Community Pauses To Pay Respects To Its War Dead
Washington residents observed Memorial Day with programs at Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries. A 10 a.m. parade led by the Municipal and high school bands split to the two cemeteries. Attorneys Ira Morrison and John E. Baldrige spoke. Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and Campfire Girls joined patriotic groups. Most businesses closed and the Evening Journal published at noon under clear, cool skies.
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Washington
Crooked Creek Bridge
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
Ira Morrison
John E. Baldrige
Evening Journal
Premature Talk of Tax Cut in Kennedy Plan
Washington reports that talk of a tax cut to stimulate the economy appears premature despite statements from top administration officials. President Kennedy faces a volatile stock market and growing unemployment fears that could affect upcoming elections, while advisers outwardly maintain the economy is strong.
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UPI
Kennedy
Walter Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Congress
Washington News
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Mrs Nolin Reports YMCA Work in Egypt
Mrs Ruth Nolin president of the Washington YWCA council spoke to the Washington Y's Men club Tuesday about YMCA activities in Egypt. She cited letters from a founder and from her son involved in the movement along with a trio of Singing Teachers performing dinner music.
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Washington Ywca Council
Egypt
Washington
Washington Y's Men's Club
Mary Shafer
Betty Donnelly
Kill-for-Profit Plot Behind Crash Of Big Airliner
Federal investigators weigh a kill-for-profit theory after a Continental Airlines jet crashed near Unionville Missouri on May 22 killing 45. The FBI pursues suspect passengers while CAB says the blast cause will be identified and most wreckage released to the insurer.
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Centerville
Iowa
UPI
Washington
D.C
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alan Boyd
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Continental Airlines
Unionville
FBI
Edward E. Slattery Jr
Continental
Body of Boy, 12, Found in Pennsylvania Mine
In Shamokin Pennsylvania searchers found Kenneth Schickley 12 dead in a 525 foot coal mine shaft at 545 am after nightlong rescue efforts. He had disappeared Tuesday while exploring with companion William Kreiger also 12. The shaft had not been worked for two years.
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Shamokin
UPI
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Schickley
William Kreiger
Reading Railroad
Pris
E. Kase St
Cldren
Stevens School
U S Says It Can Withstand Soviet Nuclear Strike
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva Ambassador Arthur H. Dean contended the United States could endure both first and second strike nuclear attacks by the Soviet Union. He argued Soviet capability to inflict grave damage exists but while lacking either the first or second strike capacity to destroy the United States. Dean outlined the U S draft for a disarmament treaty to eliminate first and second strike weapons in its second stage amid resumed talks following a Russian turnabout that disrupted earlier progress.
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Geneva
UPI
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
United States
Soviet Union
Dean
Accused Slayer of Five Is Caught in Barn Loft
Gayne Gilbert Smith 24 an ex Marine and farmhand was dragged from a hayloft on a farm near Lake Wapello after four days on the run from a mass slaying that claimed five relatives including Amos and Anna McBeth and 17 year old Donna Jean. He was turned over to Keokuk County authorities for transport to Sigourney.
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Iowa
UPI
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Smith
Lake Wapello State Park
Walter Cantril
Cantril
Hedrick
Here
Keokuk
Sigourney
Andrew McBeth
Amos
Anna
Donna Jean McBeth
Kellogg
Perry
Patsy McBeth
Eichmann Appeals For His Life
Former Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann asked President Itzhak Ben-Zvi to spare him from hanging for his role in the Holocaust. The supreme court had rejected Eichmanns death appeal, and a clemency petition written in his own hand was submitted before his Ramle prison transfer. Ben Zvi could decide within three days.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
Eichmann
Ramle
Supreme Court
Ben-Zvi
Robert Servatius
Servatius
Rites Thursday for Rex E. McKune
Funeral services for Rex E. McKune age 25 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sherman-Eden Funeral Home with the Rev. W. J. Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in Schrock Cemetery. He died Monday morning at home.
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Rex E. McKune
Sherman—Eden
Mr. McKune
W. J. Stevens
Schrock
Six Foot Jump Loses Edge At Local Meet
Three Washington friends recalled athletic days as Jack Weik former Iowa high jumper attempted a six foot leap at Case Field on May 29. At 35 he cleared 5 6 and failed to clear 5 8 as Clint Stewart Rob Robertson cheered. The stiff, sore result sparked local pride over a notable oldtimer’s performance.
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Jack Weik
Clint Stewart
Bob Robertson
Clint
Monmouth College
Robby
Wyman High
Washington Junior College
Jack
University of Iowa
Case Field
Farm Bureau Leaders Meet in Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau leaders from across the state gather in Des Moines May 31 and June 1 for the 1962 Mid-summer conference. A noon luncheon features Dr. A William Jasper presenting the proposed national turkey marketing order. The program includes a 6:30 p.m. banquet at Hotel Fort Des Moines with Dr. Arthur R Upgrew as speaker, plus a Friday morning resolutions committee meeting and a panel on taxes schools and roads.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
William Jasper
Hotel Savery
Farm Bureau Insurance Agency Force
Fort Des Moines
Arthur R. Upgrew
Bureau of Economics Studies
Macalester College
State Resolutions Committee
Farm Bureau Insurance
Billy Graham Opens Chicago Crusade at McCormick Place
Evangelist Billy Graham launches a three week campaign in Chicago with a goal of a great spiritual awakening. The Greater Chicago Crusade begins at the new McCormick Place with preparations for about 40 000 chairs to be arranged for the crowd.
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Chicago
UPI
Billy Graham
Graham
McCormick Place
Wall Street Recovers After Market Slump Following Holiday
On Memorial Day the Dow Jones rose to 603.95 up 27.03 and the S and P index reached 56.06 up 2.58 as traders shrugged off a six day slide. Volume fell to 14.75 million on NYSE with 630 advancers to 637 decliners among 1,399 issues. Amex traded 5.35 million shares as brokers faced lingering delays.
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New York
UPI
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Climbs Across Nations Highways
United Press International reports Americans honored war dead by driving to parks beaches and mountains. Early holiday hours saw severe congestion and multiple fatalities, including five deaths in Maryland and three in New York. The National Safety Council warned up to 120 holiday traffic deaths and thousands more injuries possible.
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Maryland
Sunderland
New York
National Safety Council
United Press International
The
Mrs Shepard Guilty In Death Of Her Son
Mrs. Sarah Shepard 24 was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her newborn son who was smothered with towels and newspapers and placed in a suitcase. The jury deliberated nearly two hours, with Judge Lawrence McCormick set to sentence on June 6.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Sarah Shepard
Lawrence McCormick
Shepard
Sioux City Air Force Base
Mary Thompson
Denver
Cole
Estes Called To Testify In House Inquiry
Rep. Florence Dwyer urged the House Government Operations subcommittee to summon Billie Sol Estes to Washington to answer questions about his grain storage ventures. Chairman Fountain resisted rush to call more witnesses, noting the need for preparation. Estes would likely invoke the Fifth Amendment, complicating the proceeding.
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UPI
House
Billie Sol Estes
Florence P. Dwyer
Rn.j
Governmen Operations
United Press International
Estes
Dwyer
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Weather Town Partly Cloudy With Scattered Showers Likely
Partly cloudy through Thursday with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms this afternoon mainly north and east. Cooler and less humid tonight. Highs 60s northwest to lower 70s southeast, lows in the 50s. Five day forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal north and near normal south, with scattered thunder showers mainly late week and rainfall around 0.25 to 0.5 inch north and 0.5 to 1 inch elsewhere.
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