Estes Probe Says Taxian Violation Suspected in Grain Storage
A Agriculture Department official told House investigators there is reason to believe Billie Sol Estes committed a criminal violation related to false financial statements in grain storage deals with the government. The charge could carry up to five years in prison and involves statements turned over to the FBI and Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
House
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
FBI
Justice Department
Ballou
Estes
Department
Kennedy
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Orville L. Freeman
Property Taxes Compared Across 128 Iowa Cities
The May issue of The Iowa Taxpayer, a bulletin by the Iowa Taxpayers Association, compares actual property tax burdens in 128 Iowa cities. It notes that millage rates alone can mislead and provides adjusted millage figures based on state sale price percentages, with Washington’s values shown as examples. It also lists average tax payments on a $15,000 home across several cities, ranging from $254 to $494.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Tax Association
Washington
City of
Walt Kiesey
Sigourney
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Fighting Breaks Out In Algiers As OAS Attacks Mosque Police
In Algiers the OAS launched a two hour waterfront battle targeting the new Moslem auxiliary police guarding the port. A Moslem longshoreman was killed and two Moslem officers wounded as French security forces deployed armored cars to support the overwhelmed guards. The clash followed an OAS bombing that killed 63 dockworkers and wounded 110.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Poppy Day Raises Five Hundred One Dollars Thirty Cents
A total of $501.30 was collected from the annual Buddy Poppies sale here Friday and Saturday led by Mrs. Harry Ramseyer. The event included the VFW Auxiliary Camp Fire Girls and Cub Scouts with prizes for top sellers and a June show to honor volunteers. Proceeds benefit veterans welfare work and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ramseyer
Ramseyer
Camp Fire Girls
Cub Scouts
Camp Fire
Don Jackson
Kenneth Bakehouse
Raymond Miller
Vocal Music Try-Outs For Next Year At High School
Announcement from Vernon Feuerhelm, high school vocal music instructor, outlines try-outs for next year in the school music room starting Friday June 1. Seniors may audition 9 12 and 1 4. Juniors on Monday, sophomores Tuesday, and freshmen Wednesday with each day repeating the same schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocal Music Room
Vernon Feuerhelm
Music Room
One Car Accident On Highway 92 West of Here
Two youths from Oskaloosa and Sigourney escaped serious injury after a one car crash on Highway 92 west of here. Driver Dona'l Eugene Stout, and his brother Jerry Stout, were uninjured aside from minor scratches. The 1956 model car was badly damaged after hitting a rough spot on the highway.
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Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Highway 92
Here
Eugene Stout
Met
Mver Stout
Jerry Stout
Death of Rex McKune at 25 in Washington
Rex E. McKune 25 of Washington dies at 11 30 this morning. Son of Mrs Ida MecKune. Funeral services pending with Sherman Eden Funeral Home. Rev W J Stevens to officiate with burial in Schrock Cemetery. Born November 17 1936 in Washington and educated at Glenwood School. Survived by mother, two brothers Harry and John and nine sisters in various California and Colorado towns, and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex E. McKune
Washington
Ida Nicola MecKune
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
W. J. Stevens
Schrock Cemetery
Rex McKune
Glenwood
Harry
John
Yucaipa
Calif
Buelah Askea
Edna Gebelin
Bessie Edwards
Brighton
Hattie Nebel
Wayland
Opal McManus
Redlands
Eva Neff
Helen Roth
Cannon City
Colo
Dorothy Randolph
Sacramento
Jo Ann Evans
el Monte
Famed Sgt York III hospital bound in Tennessee
Alvin B. York, 74, Medal of Honor recipient, is acutely ill at Fentress County General Hospital Jamestown Tennessee after a gastro intestinal hemorrhage. Dr. Guy C. Pinkley reported the bleeding checked and noted York has a history of pneumonia heart trouble high blood pressure a hemorrhage in his eye and a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Tenn
Pinkley
York
Mother stands by suspect in Iowa farm killings
Mrs Marie Johnson, mother of Gayne Gilbert Smith, says her son, 24, has never been in trouble and she cannot believe he committed the shotgun slayings of five members of the McBeth family in Hayesville Iowa. Authorities issued an all points bulletin as Smith possibly heads to Denver to see her.
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Denver
UPS
Iowa
Marie Johnson
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Smith
Hayesville
Unionville
Patsy
Gayne
Dad
McBeth
Brighton
Hunter sought after mass killer near Unionville Iowa
A methodical farmhand and expert hunter, Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, was believed cornered near Unionville after killing five of his family at the Hayesville farm and wounding a 15 year old. A heavily armed posse surrounded a five square mile area while authorities traced his trail from the dance to the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McCormick
United Press International
Unionville, Iowa
UPI
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Hayesville
Iowa
Smith
Andrew McBeth
Dora Mae
Amos
Anna
Donna Jean McBeth Kellogg
Donna Jean
Patsy McBeth
Cosmos V Satellite Launched by Soviet Union
Tass reports the Cosmos V uncrewed satellite is now in an orbit of 49 degrees 4 minutes with a period near 102.75 minutes and altitudes from 126 to about 993 miles. Officials describe it as routine and note all systems function normally as part of the moon mission program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Carpenter Relates Space Flight As Easy As Bus Ride
Cape Canaveral reports Scott Carpenter said the three orbit Mercury flight showed the craft is sound and a seven orbit mission could be scheduled for next fall with a Pacific landing. Carpenter called weightlessness agreeable and urged readiness for two weeks in orbit, while noting a fuel miscalculation and a brief liferaft period after overshooting the landing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Scott Carpenter
NASA
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Carpenter
Atlantic
UPS
Pacific
Earth
Midway Island
John H. Glenn Jr
Mercury
Trap Shoot At Izaak Walton Grounds
A special holiday trap shoot will be held at the Izaak Walton club house grounds south of Washington on Wednesday. Officials say the event may become an annual affair if interest continues, with a baked ham dinner at noon and matches for teams and individuals. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton Club
Washington
Walton League
New Clues in Plane Crash Probe At Centerville Iowa
Federal investigators traced new evidence suggesting a dynamite type bomb in a washroom ripped apart a Continental Airlines jetliner at 39000 feet. CAB experts described a small origin blast while FBI probes consider death by own action motives and life insurance connections to Kansas City and Chicago witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Iowa
UPI
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Missouri
John Leak
Bureau of Safety
FBI
Chicago
Kansas City
Washington
Four Iowa weekend highway deaths with drownings
United Press International reports four traffic fatalities and one drowning in Iowa over the weekend. Victims include Joseph T. McGrath 19 of Melrose Mona Osbahr 5 months of Omaha Ruth Berry 65 of Cherokee Carl Peterson 81 of Estherville and Lars Landsverk 11 of Waterloo.
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United Press International
Iowa
Joseph T. McGrath
Melrose
Mona Osbahr
Harold Osbahr
Omaha
Ruth Berry
Cherokee
Carl Peterson
Estherville
Lars Jeffrey Landsverk
Paul Landsverk
Waterloo
Berry
Toway
Fort Dodge
Osbahr
U. S. 34
Glenwood
Howard Thompson
Osceola
McGrath
Albinn High School
Albia
Peterson
Iowa 17
Clyde Dykhuis
Emmetsburg
Landsverk
Cedar River
Certificates Awarded In Gun Safety Course
The hunter safety course sponsored by the local Marine Corps League and the Izaak Walton League was completed. Recipients include Dan S Walker Steve Crawford Don Jaspering Larry W Custer Kurt Lechner Bill Little James L Potter Lynn Harvey Bill Swartzendruber Larry Cuddeback Mike Walker Randy Miller Jim Cuddeback David Taylor Larry Dawson Gary Dawson Bill Lee Steve Walker Bob Minick Orville L Harmison William P Harvey Daryl Black Wayne Brock Ronald L Green John R Green Jim Lewis Mike Levy Dennis Nardy Tony Ross Douglas Storck James R Tuttle James Zieglowsky John Tweeten William Guenther Joe Moore Steve Bealer Dick Anderson Douglas Cole Mark Schenk Bill Stagner Jerry Van de Vort Ray Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Safety
Marine Corps League
Izaak Walton League
Dan S. Walker
Steve Crawford
Don Jaspering
Larry W. Custer
Kurt Lechner
Bill Little
James L. Potter
Lynn Harvey
Bill Swartzendruber
Larry Cuddeback
Mike Walker
Randy Miller
Jim Cuddeback
David Taylor
Larry Dawson
Gary Dawson
Bill Lee
Steaks Cigarettes and More Stolen in Ainsworth Break-In
The Shamrock Inn at Ainsworth was burgled during the night Saturday with items taken including six T bone steaks five sirloin steaks a 10 pound rolled ham loaf 72 cartons of cigarettes a card with 10 cigarette lighters and a small carton of cough drops No cash was taken Entry was gained through a forced rear door and sheriff officials investigate the incident.
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Shamrock Inn
Ainsworth
Sheriff's Office
Bible School Opens At Methodist Church June 4
Daily Vacation Bible School runs June 4 to 8 from 9 to 11 30 a m at the Methodist Church. The program titled The Bible invites all children from kindergarten through sixth grade. Co chairmen are Mrs Richard Higgins and Mrs Ralph Reisener. Teachers include pre kindergarten superintendent Mrs William Richardson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Richard Higgins
Ralph Reisener
William Richardson
Merle Turnipseed
R. Q. Eastland
Roland Underwood
Iowa Weather Outlook Fluctuating Clouds and Showers
Considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Locally heavy storms likely tonight with minimal temperature change. Lows tonight near 60 to 65, highs Tuesday in the 60s north to 70s south. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer, with scattered showers and storms northeast.
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Iowa
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Roland Ballou
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Government Operations Subcommittee
Ty Credit Corporation
Sgt. York III
Tennessee
Hedrick
Mrs. Kellogg
Perry
Izaak Walton Grounds
Continental Casualty Co
Roy Tuchbreiter
Tuchbreiter
Kansas
American
Los Angeles
Leak
Bible School
Robert Fickle
Wayne Schichtl
Paul Miller
Max Smith
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