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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1963

Page

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Washington High stages The Jury of Anne Frank in school production

The Washington High School Drama Department presented the first performance of The Jury of Anne Frank in the high school auditorium Friday night to a sellout audience. The play portrays two Dutch Jewish families and a stranger hiding from Nazis for two years, with 14 year old Anne Frank at the center. The production was praised for technical skill, set design by Carol Ray, lighting by Jon Turnipseed, and strong performances from Judi Hunter as Anne and Robin Bueghly in the lead. The group planned a final show tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets remain with drama members and seniors.

Washington High School New York Drama Club Amsterdam Anne Frank Drama Department Carol Ray Michael Worley Judi Hunter Jon Turnipseed Boyd Gardner Steve Arnold Daryl D. Schultz Patricia Hoppe Miep David McDaniel Mr. Kraler Sopho Jan Heaton Dennis Day Mrs. van Daan Miss Heaton Pamela Loeffler Margot Frank James Bell Mr. Dussel Peter van Daan Larry Chalupa Anne Hotors Robin Bueghly

Bank holdup at U S Naval Station nets $125 090

FBI hunts two gunmen who escaped with $125 090 from a crowded bank at the U S Naval Station on pay day. Dressed as shore patrol, they wore grease paint and fled past three Marine guards at the main gate.

Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Naval Station Pacific Coast FBI Naval Station

Lawrence Wilson 84 dies at Letts home

Lawrence Prather Wilson of Letts dies at 84 on Friday at his Letts residence. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 a.m. at Stacy Funeral Home in Columbus Junction with burial in Ottumwa.

Lawrence Wilson Letts Home Columbus Junction Lawrence Prather Wilson Letts Stacy Funeral Home Ottumwa

Harry Gipples Hurt In One Car Crash West Of Letts

Mr and Mrs Harry Gipples of Letts were injured Friday when the car he drove ran off a county road 20 miles west of Letts and hit a tree. Both were taken to Muscatine General Hospital with Mr Gipples in satisfactory condition and Mrs Gipples transferred to University Hospitals Iowa City for a fractured leg.

James Rush D. N. Nau Lansing Lafayette Purdue Rush UPI Harry Gipples Columbus Junction Harry Gipple Letts Muscatine General Hospital Gipple

Washington High offers concert tickets to five performances

Students from the vocal and instrumental music departments at Washington High School begin selling season tickets for the annual concert series. Tickets cost 2.50 and admit the holder to all five concerts. Vernon Feuerhelm and Alan Bergstrom again direct the local school musicians.

Washington High School Rine Wexets Vernon Feuerhelm Alan Bergstrom

Goldwater declines to answer Rockefeller clash at Pittsburgh

US senator Barry Goldwater refused to engage in a public exchange with New York governor Nelson Rockefeller at a Harvard Business School event in Pittsburgh. He called Rockefeller’s charges largely erroneous and criticized Kennedy era tax policy and government intervention in industry while urging new enterprise to spur jobs growth.

Pittsburgh UPI Barry Goldwater R-Ariz New York Nelson Rockefeller Goldwater Rockefeller Harvard Business School of Pittsburgh Harvard Businessmen's Kennedy

Four inch snow blankets parts of Nevada and Utah

Four inches of snow blanketed parts of Nevada and Utah while the East grapples with drought. Columbus Ohio faces potential water rationing by mid December as rainfall remains well below normal. The Weather Bureau forecasts sub normal rain in the upper Mississippi Valley and West Gulf, with colder Southeast and Northern Plains and warmer Great Lakes and Southwest. Fire threats rose on Monhegan Island Maine as 150 firefighters battled a wind swept blaze near Wind Cave National Park South Dakota. The 1963 hurricane season ended with no major U.S. landfall, but was noted as most dangerous for the Antilles, Cuba and Haiti.

United Press International Nevada Utah Columbus Ohio He Weather Bureau Ely Nev Salt Lake City Bureau Mississippi Valley West Gulf States Middle Atlantic Plains Great Lakes Monhegan Island Maine Wind Cave National Park S.D Black Hills South Dakota U.S Weather Bureau Antilles Cuba Haiti

Mrs Eglin 75 Dies in Lombard Kalona Rites Set

Mrs Carl Eglin aged 75 dies in Lombard Indiana and Kalona IA. Funeral services are planned Monday at 9 45 a m at Sacred Heart Church Lom bard with burial at Holy Trinity Cemetery Richmond following a prayer service at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona Monday evening. Graveside services Tuesday at 9 30 a m. Survivors include her husband Richard a son two sisters and two brothers plus relatives in Kalona area.

Kalona Charles Eglin Lombard Ill Sacred Heart Church Fremont Neb Blanche Stiles Kansas City Thomas Bray Oskaloosa Lyle Bray Sacramento Calif Kalona Area

Yale Professor Barghoorn Expelled From Soviet Union

The Soviet Union expelled Yale Professor Frederick C. Barghoorn aboard a BEA flight to London after claiming he engaged in intelligence activities. Tass cited personal concern from President Kennedy and noted a swift expulsion despite earlier threats to trial him. U.S. officials reported no prior warning as Barghoorn, 52, was arrested Oct. 31 after meeting a U.S. embassy official.

Moscow UPI Soviet Union Yale Frederick C. Barghoorn British European Airways Barghoorn Andrei Gromyko Kennedy BEA London U.S Walter J. Stossel Gromyko United States Russia Stoessel The Foy D. Kohler Foreign Office Kremlin West Germany West Berlin Yale University United

Muscatine tunnel may replace aging river bridge

New York tunneling expert Ole Singstad will meet with Muscatine officials to discuss a Mississippi River tunnel linking Iowa and Illinois at a cost similar to a new bridge. The current span has been closed to heavy traffic since a span collapsed eight years ago. Federal aid for a new bridge was denied. Bridge managers say the bridge carries over 600 700 vehicles annually even with reduced volume.

Muscatine UPI New York Mississippi River Robert Bosch Ole Singstand Singstad Jack McConnaha

Argentina Cancels Oil Contracts Eight U S Firms Nine Contracts Slashed

President Arturo Illia voids oil development agreements with eight American and two European companies in a move to review losses from alleged exploitation. Decrees order suit over damages and waste, annul nearly completed drilling deals, and urge rapid, thorough inquiry into 1958 to Oct 12 oil affairs under YPF.

Buenos Aires UPI Arturo Illia U.S Argentina Illia Zspage Amilcar Mercader Washington Senate Finance Committee Jhean Ecumenical Council

Kennedy Visits Cape Canaveral Sighting Moon and Polaris

President Kennedy visits Cape Canaveral to review the U S lunar program and to oversee a Polaris missile launch from an underwater submarine. He meets NASA leaders and astronauts as Gemini and Apollo plans are outlined for future Earth orbits and a moon landing by decade’s end. New York report notes Fritz Reiner, famed conductor, dies at 74 from pneumonia.

Cape Canaveral UPI Kennedy Florida Palm Beach Fla No. 11 U.S Andrew Jackson U. S. Navy Navy James B. Wilson Wayne Moonport Clities Cape Complex 31 Virgil I Gus) Grissom Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr Wernher von Braun America Gemini Apollo Moon National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Saturn Complex New York Fritz Reiner Reiner Chicago Symphony Philadelphia Symphony Orchesra Budapest Hungary

Weather Outlook for Iowa Mostly Cloudy With Rain

Mostly cloudy to night and Sunday with occasional rain beginning west tonight and continuing over state tomorrow. Colder northwest tonight and over state tomorrow. Low tonight 45 northwest to low 50s southeast. High Sunday 40s northwest to 30s southeast.

United Press International Iowa

Thirty years of East West tension and spy charges

A historic snapshot recalls 1933 U S recognition of the Soviet Union and ongoing Cold War frictions. It notes the Barghoorn spy case, U S protests, and a Soviet pledge to release him. Brief world notes cover Kennedy in New York, tax cut hearings, Ecumenical Council debates, and Argentine oil contract cancellations.

United States Soviet Union U.S

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