Plane Passenger Insured in Jetliner Crash Fallout
Centerville Iowa reports that Thomas G Doty a 34 year old Kansas City cosmetics salesman carried 275000 in flight policies from Continental Casualty and Mutual of Omaha while his wife Naomi was named beneficiary. FBI probes a murder for profit plot as CAB confirms a bomb like device tore the rear of the Boeing 707.
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Centerville
Iowa
UPI
Continental Airlines
Thomas G. Doty
Kansas City
Mutual of
Omaha
Tom Doty
Merriam, Kan
Doty
Geneva Fraley
Fraley
Tuchbrieter
Chicago
Continental Casulty
CAB
Alan Boyd
FBI
T.G.D
Jean Barclay to Train as Extension Home Economist Trainee
Miss Jean Barclay of West Liberty will arrive June 4 to train for three months in Washington County with Marilyn Thatcher, extension home economist. She will assist the 4 H club program and, after summer training, return to college to complete studies at Iowa State University before two months in another county.
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Jean Barclay
West Liberty
Marilyn Thatcher
Washington County
Barclay
Miss Barclay
Iowa State University
Ames
Weishea
Mortar Board
Women’s Residence Association
Beacons
Tomahawk
Newman Club
Muscatine County
Trains Collide Killing 61 in Voghera Crash
A freight train ran a red signal at 43 mph and struck a standing passenger train near Voghera Italy injuring over 70 with 61 confirmed dead. Two crew members fled then surrendered claiming a yellow signal.
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Voghera
Italy
UPI
Transport Ministry
Rome
Lanfranco Pigiani
Soriano Fabbri
Milan-to
Memorial Day parade and observance praised by committee
The Memorial Day committee in Washington announced satisfaction with this year's parade and observance. They commended the cooperation of volunteers and groups who assisted with planning and equipment, noting yesterday's parade lasted longer and attracted more onlookers than in recent years.
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Washington
National
Rev. Orrin T. Potter Named New Keota Minister
KEOTA The Rev. Orrin T. Potter will begin as pastor of Wesley Methodist Church in Keota on June 3. Born in Spring Hill Kansas he studied at Baker University and Cliff School of Theology. He has served two years at Goode Centennial Methodist Church in Derby Colorado. His wife Patricia and children Stephen and Ann accompany him. Bishop F Gerald Ansley arranged the Iowa transfer. Potter arrives May 31 and will preach June 3.
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Keota
Orrin T. Potter
Wesley Methodist Church
Potter
Spring Hill
Kansas
Baker University
Baldwin
Kansas City
Cliff School of Theology
Denver
Colorado
Goode Centennial Methodist Church
Derby
Patricia
Stephen
Ann
Iowa
F. Gerald ‘Nsley
Methodist Church
Newton
Who's Who Prize Non Up to $75
The grand prize of $50 in this week's Who's Who contest went unclaimed as no entrant correctly listed all eighteen clues. Mystery personality was Robert Dean Garrett of the McCleery-Cumming Company. Donna Proudfit won $5 for the first correct identification but had twenty-two clues. Next contest appears in today's Evening Journal with a $75 prize and fresh clues.
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Robert Dean Garrett
McCleery- Cumming Company
Donna Proudfit
Mr. Garrett
Evening Journal
Mrs Waddell Selected To Attend Institute
Mrs. Howard Waddell of Washington Community High School was chosen to attend the National Defense Education Act Institute for Secondary School Teachers of Spanish at the University of Wichita Kansas from June 11 to July 27. She is among 23 public and 3 private teachers from 15 states in 80 such institutes funded by the U S Office of Education to improve foreign language teaching.
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Howard Waddell
Washington Community High School
University of Wichita
Kansas
Waddell
United States
United States Office of Education
NDEA
Madrid
Spain
Bogota
Colombia
Lima
Peru
Wichita
Europe
Latin America
Mexico
Argentina
Cuba
Stocks Ride Up To Wipe Out Tuesday Losses
New York stocks advanced for a fourth straight session with heavy volume as buy orders hit the market. By 2 p.m. EDT the Standard & Poor's 500 stock average stood at 59.60, up 1.52 for the day, while the Dow 30 rose as early gains persisted, though some leaders pulled back from their initial highs.
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New York
UPI
Standard & Poor
Mrs. Emma Spalding Dies at 78 in Richland
Mrs. Emma Spalding 78 died May 30 1962 at a Fairfield nursing home after a year-long hip injury. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Gould Funeral Home Richland with Rev. J Roland Crandall. burial Richland Friends Cemetery. She taught school and married Rolland Spalding Jan 15 1908. he died in 1961. Survived by two brothers Emmett and Ernest Hadley and sister Miss Vada Hadley. one sister preceded her in death.
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Richland
Emma Spalding
Fairfield
Gould
J. Roland Crandall
Richland Friends Cemetery
Spalding
Packwood
Ezra
Rebekah Ann Jones Hadley
Rolland Spalding
Jefferson County
Woolson Friends Church
Emmett
Ernest Hadley
Vada Hadley
Smith Denies Guilt in Iowa Slayings in Sigourney
A bespectacled farmer's helper Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, accused of killing five relatives, sat in a Sigourney jail cell writing letters. He claimed innocence, said he planned to tell his Denver mother he had not decided yet, and faced arraignment continued without plea.
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Sigourney
UPI
Hunter Gayne Gilbert Smith
Denver
Cole
Smith
Two Local Educators Honored At Washington Teachers Meet
Miss Edna Mercer and M. M. Schell were honored at the annual end of school meeting of the Washington Teachers Association. Mercer retires after 42 years in the local system. Schell also retires after serving as superintendent and later advisor.
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Edna Mercer
M. M. Schell
Washington Teachers Association
Mercer
M.M. Schell
Logan Heilman
Friends of Education
Teachers Association
Daryl Schultz
Elsie Glassburner
Vernon Feuerhelm
Harold Stevens
Leona Kos
Helen Levis
Vernon Feuerhelim
Scripture distribution spreads in Manila with new couriers
Resourceful Filipino businessmen answer the call from the Philippine Bible Society to place scriptures in everyday goods. A handbag maker inserts a Gospel of John in each purse while a plastics firm adds scripture portions to each clothing bag.
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Manila
UPI
Philippine Bible Society
Four Children Die In Fort Dodge House Fire
A Fort Dodge man Paul Francis Hayes 27 and his four daughters Edna 5 Debbie 4 April 3 and Becky 23 months died in a late night blaze at their frame house in the Kalo area six miles southeast of Fort Dodge. Ruth Hayes 22 escaped and was hospitalized along with the babysitter 15 for shock and injuries. Firefighters from Otho and Lehigh fought the flames after the alarm from Kale. Deputy State Fire Marshal Don Hutchinson was called to investigate. Funeral services tentatively set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Laufersweiler Funeral Home.
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Fort Dodge, Iowa
UPI
Fort Dodge
Here
Paul Francis Hayes
Edna
Debbie
Becky
Hayes
Ruth
Kalo
Des Moines
Otho
Lehigh
Laufersweiler Funeral Home
Holiday Toll Near Record High For Memorial Day
The national holiday traffic death toll nears the seven year high for a 30 hour period ending midnight local time. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council notes 109 deaths from 1956 are likely to be surpassed as highways fill with returning vacationers. Traffic deaths stand at 99 with California leading at 13.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Safety Council
United Press International
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Texas
New York
Illinois
Georgia
Nebraska
Kentucky
Missouri
Sunderland
Chatauqua County
Mrs Flickinger on Communist Threat at Kiwanis Club
Mrs Flickinger described the communist threat to the United States at the Washington Kiwanis Club. Introduced by program chairman Dr. Robert Eastland she urged churches as a key defense against communist influence and noted guests Paul Gebhardt of Washington and Tom Barnes of Chicago.
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M. R. Flickinger
Washington Kiwanis Club
United States
Robert Eastland
Flickinger
Paul Gebhardt
Washington
Tom Barnes
Chicago
Billy Graham Draws 33500 at Chicago Crusade Opening
In Chicago at McCormick Place Billy Graham opened a three week crusade drawing 33500 attendees. 532 people stepped forward to make decisions for Christ as he urged repentance and faith. The group plans nightly services through June 16 and a finale at Soldier Field on June 17.
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Chicago
UPI
Billy Graham
Christ
Graham
McCormick Place
Soldier Field
America
Employment Climbs In May With Record High Jobs
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg announced May employment rose by 1.4 million to 68.2 million, a record for the month, while unemployment fell by 230,000. The gains exceeded expectations by about a half million, signaling continued economic improvement.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Iowa Weather Forecast From UPI Cloudy, Showers, Cooler Temperatures
Weather forecast from United Press International for Iowa calls for cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with showers in the southwest tonight and in the south Friday. Cooler air moves in from the west and north tonight and across most of the state Friday. Lows range from the mid 40s in the northwest to near 60 in the southeast. Friday highs reach the middle 60s in the northwest to the mid 70s in the southeast. Saturday inland is expected to stay cloudy with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms and little temperature change.
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Iowa
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Continental Casualty Co
New Keota
King Edward
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Bob Elliott
Unionville
Sizourney
Andrew McBeth
Dora Mae
Amos and
Anna
Donna Jeanne Beth Kellogg
Patsy Mc Beth
American Legionnaires
Patsy McBeth
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