Washington High School Graduates 86 Seniors in 1956 Ceremony
Eighty six Washington High School seniors received diplomas at the 1956 commencement in the new gym. Dr. James H. Hilton urged early career planning, use of talent, courtesy, humor, and seriousness about work. Pauline Crone won the Griffith Scholarship for scholarship and character.
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Washington High School
L. A. Holland
Board of Education
James H. Hilton
Iowa State College
Dr. Hilton
Washington
Pauline Crone
Don Crone
Griffith
Know Your Candidate Meeting Plans Are Completed Today
Plans for a Farm Bureau sponsored Know Your Candidate meeting in the Washington Armory are complete. The public event opens at 8 pm on Tuesday May 29 with speakers from both major parties and entertainment including a pep band and a dance orchestra. Committee members include Mrs. Robert Stephens and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Washington Armory
Harry Levy
Wayne Norman
Ken Langer
Iowa Farm Bureau
West Chester
Dick McColl
Armory
Robert Stephens
T.C. Johnson
R. E. Whisler
Orville Meyer
Robert Megchelsen
Rioting Turks and Greeks clash in Larnaca Island
In Larnaca Cyprus Greeks and Turks fought with knives and clubs as British troops from the Middlesex regiment tried to restore order. The violence spread across the island injuring at least 13 people, four critically, as shops were pelted with stones and vehicles set ablaze.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Larnaca
Britain
Middlesex Regiment
Plan Robertson Rites At Keota On Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose E. Robertson 75 of Keota are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Keota. The Rev. Clyde Mosher will officiate with burial in Windham Cemetery northwest of Wellman. Friends may call at Powell Funeral Home in Keota until services.
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Keota
Rose E. Robertson
Bernard Hahn
Christian Church
Clyde Mosher
Windham
Wellman
Powell
Model T Ford Involved In Riverside Accident
Riverside report of a highway 22 collision two miles west of Riverside involving Gene Streb and Robert Te Bockhorst both of Riverside. Mrs Streb and three children were ejected from the Model T when hit from behind after the stalled car stopped. Larry Streb had cuts but no serious injuries. TeBockhorst vehicle suffered extensive damage. Urban Heitzman accompanied the Streb party.
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Riverside
Highway 22
Gene Streb
Robert Te Bockhorst
Mrs. Streb
Larry
Peggy
Cindy Jo
Urban Heitzman
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Streb
Poppy Sale Saturday to Honor War Dead
The American Legion auxiliary schedules its annual poppy sale Saturday with Mrs Golia Miller urging Washington residents to wear a poppy and buy one on local streets. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and needy veterans families, with much staying in the community.
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Washington
America
Golia Miller
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Army seeks authority to operate long range aircraft
The Army asks to operate heavier, longer range aircraft beyond the 1952 Army Air Force limits to assist guided missile fire and other missions. It also proposes ground officer control and aviation independence, requiring a major revision of the 1952 agreement amid ongoing interservice feuding. Senate subcommittee questions air defense capabilities against the Russian Bison, noting newer missiles and planes may counter Interceptors.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Force
Senate
Earle FE. Partridge
Subcommittee
Partridge
U.S
Navy probes death of 17 year old recruit at Great Lakes
Rear Adm. Emmett Forrester pledged full disclosure in the Navy inquiry into Maurice Everett 17 of McKenzie Tennessee who collapsed after a rifle drill on a hot day and died hours later An autopsy is ordered and a board of inquiry will report in about a week Everett was in Company 800B a retraining unit for trainees not meeting military standards Capt Charles B Jackson said there was no disciplinary action against him and no evidence of malpractice yet 도
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Ill
Emmett Forrester
Navy
Maurice G. Everett
McKenze
Tenn
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Charles B. Jackson
Everett
Jackson
Forrester
Eisenhower Sees Knowledge as Key to Peace at Baylor
President Eisenhower denounced world communism as a gigantic failure and urged iron curtain nations to seek freedom. He promoted a global belt of technical schools and an international education program to strengthen peace and respect, speaking before 11,200 at Heart O’Texas Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco, Tex
Eisenhower
Baylor University
Columbia University
Free World
Baylor
Heart O’texas
Boy, 3, Killed by Tractor on Iowa Farm
Larry Lee, 3, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Lee, died when a tractor backed over him on a Worth County farm near Manly Iowa. Coroner Robert Bride ruled the death accidental. The father saw the boy playing and began backing the tractor from a shed. the child wandered behind the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly
Iowa
Larry Lee
Raymond Lee
Worth County
Robert Bride
Boileau to Face Arson Charge Over Ainsworth Fire
Donald Boileau of Ainsworth is held in Washington County jail as investigators link a 5 40 am fire at Thompson's Cafe to arson. Sheriff Snyder says Boileau will be charged and another person may be implicated as the probe continues.
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Donald Boileau
Ainsworth
Washington County
Sheriff's Office
Thompson
Snyder
Boileau
Teachers at Annual Breakfast Meeting Here This Morning
Washinon Education Association members gathered at the high school for their annual breakfast meeting and a brief business session before summer recess. John Calkins presided as longtime teachers received recognition and departures were announced with note of future leadership. Glenn Drahn was named president for the coming year with Tom English as vice president and Ruth Ann Sponberg as secretary treasurer.
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Washinon Education Association
Washington
John Calkins
Glenn Drahn
Washington Education Association
Tom English
Ruth Ann Sponberg
Mr. Calkins
Edward Hutchcroft
Elsie Glassburner
Edna Mercer
Irvan Rich
Senator Young Cleared Of Gas Bill Charge
Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota said he is pleased the special Senate lobbying committee rejected the charge that he sold out on the vetoed Natural Gas Bill. The committee said the Leader's headline was unsupported by evidence and that Young, editor K. W. Simons, and RC. Nathan testified they did not allege bribery or improper influence. Simons and Nathan described the headline as common political vernacular, while McClellan and Bridges condemned the poisoning pen phrasing.
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Washington
Milton R. Young
Special
Senate
Senate Committee
Young
Bismarck
N.D
Leader
K.W. Simons
RC. Nathan
Jamestown
Young Young
Nathan
Simons
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Sen
McClellan
Bridges
North Dakota
Non-Partisan
League
William) Langer
R-Nd
Phil Kneen Elected Head of Archery Club
Phil Kneen was elected president of the newly formed Washington archery club named the Washington Arrowheads. Curt Wells became vice president and Ted Woods secretary and treasurer. Dwain Tschantz and Ralph Woods named directors. The group approved bylaws and set up an archery target at Townsley Park. Interested parties may contact Ed Nardy or Mervin Kern.
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Phil Kneen
Archery Club
Washington
Paul Horak
Washington Arrowheads
Curt Wells
Ted Woods
Dwain Tschantz
Ralph Woods
Townsley Park
Ed Nardy
Mervin Kern
Hiroshima Maiden dies during New York reconstructive surgery
Tomako Nakabayashi 26, one of the Hiroshima Maidens, died of a heart attack six hours after plastic surgery at Mt Sinai Hospital. She was among 25 Japanese women who came to the United States for operations to remove WWII scars.
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New York
Tomako Nakabayashi
Mt. Sinai Hospital
United States
Hiroshima
Japan
Miss Nakabayashi
Mother Kills Her Three Daughters
Police report a Florida mother Laurene Culbeck shot her three daughters aged 5 3 and an infant in a Lake Wales trailer then tried to take her own life She placed the children in beds as if asleep and called a doctor before collapsing in hospital Neighbors recall no motive for the killings.
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Lake Wales, Fla
Laurene Culbeck
Mark Culbeck
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Wales
Culbeck House
Shirely
Pamela
Jan
Culbeck
Tom Petty
Bomb Explodes In Chicago Man's Arms
Chicago police say a dynamite bomb exploded in 55 year old Michael Campbell’s arms while he walked on a Northwest Side street. Campbell suspected as a relay man in bootlegging into Iowa from Kentucky Illinois and Indiana. He carried $522 in cash and wore a diamond ring. Campbell formerly worked as a relay truck driver for a horse racing publication and had aliases including Clarence Campbell and H Olson Borden of Mount Vernon Illinois.
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Chicago
Michael Campbell
Rnch
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Campbell
Miami
Fla
Florida
New Orleans
Louisiana
Clarence Campbell
H. Olson Borden
Mount Vernon
Ill
Borden
Illinois Sports News
LaSalle, Ill
Iowa State College Raid Fails to Escalate Into Violence
Campus leaders halted a panty raid by about 1000 students at Iowa State College, preventing major violence. No dormitories were entered and no garments stolen as officers and student leaders dispersed the mob around 1:30 a.m. A dynamite blast damaged part of a campus lake dam and rattled nearby roads.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Central Campus
Charles Henningsen
Des Moines
Cardinal Guild
Lake LaVern
Cattle Bumps By Spring May Signal Grubs Warbles
Spring bumps on cattle backs may result from grubs or warbles and can lower meat and milk production.
John Calkins Suffers Cardiac Event at Meeting
John Calkins junior high teacher and incoming principal was taken to Washington County Hospital after suffering a coronary attack during a Washington Education Association meeting. Tests were sent to Iowa City for analysis and the exact nature of his illness will be determined after results.
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John Calkins
Calkins
Iowa City
Calkin
Washington Education Association
Washington County Hospital
Weather outlook Iowa five day with scattered rain
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the south and east. Warmer tonight with lows 55 to 62 and Saturday highs 65 to 75. SundayPartly cloudy mild with scattered showers in the extreme southeast. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures and 0.5 to 0.75 inch rain spread through early and mid week.
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Iowa
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Shaker Heights
Cleveland
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Richard Winga
Joan Shebeck
Jim Dunn
Donna Sojka
Smith
Mendelssohn
Wilhousky
M.M. Schell
Carl G. Paetz Jr
Earl Longfellow
Enid McConnell
Plan Robertson
Sailor
Great Lakes, Ill
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
David J. M.onaid
USW
Howard R. Hague
A W. Abel
Taylor
White House
Sen. Young
Archery
Robert T. Loughran
United Press
James McMahon
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