Braves Even World Series With 4-2 Win Over Yankees
The Milwaukee Braves defeated the New York Yankees 4 to 2 to tie the 1957 World Series at one game each. Lew Burdette pitched well, while key plays included Aaron's long triple and Adcock driving in the go ahead run as Mantle misplayed a ball in center field.
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Braves
New York
Milwaukee Braves
Lew Burdettes
Yankees
Aaron
Mantle
Adcock
Pafko
Bauer Kubek
Covington
Crandall
Burdette
Shantz
Columbus Junction Resident Catherine May Dies in Washington County Hospital
Mrs. Catherine Ann May 70 lifelong Columbus Junction resident died Wednesday October 2 at 10 45 PM in Washington County Hospital Funeral services set for October 5 at 2 PM at Central Presbyterian Church Columbus Junction Reverend Edwin Emmell to preside Burial in Columbus City Cemetery She was born May 3 1887 to Louis and Hanna Edwards reared in the area She married Hermie S May January 21 1911 in Clinton He died December 31 1938 Survived by brother Evan Edwards of Columbus Junction and four nephews and five nieces
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Columbus Junction
Catherine Ann May
Washington County
May
Central Presbyterian Church
Edwin Emmell
Columbus City
Mrs. May
Columbus Junction Area
Louis and
Hanna Davies Edwards
Hermie S. May
Clinton
Evan Edwards
Hoffa Favored to Win Teamster Presidency Despite Opponents
Hoffa remains the likely winner as opponent Thomas L. Hickey withdraws and backs William A. Lee. Hickey hopes Lee can derail Hoffa with hundreds of votes, while Hoffa claims rivals muster about 200 of the 1,900 convention votes. The ballot, to be held this afternoon, may be delayed by convention business.
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Miami Beach
James R. Hoffa
Teamster Union
Convention Hall
Hoffa
Thomas L. Hickey
New York
William A. Lee
Chicago
Hickey
Lee
Thomas J. Haggerty
Teamsters
AFL Cio
Afl-Cio
Earl R. Utterback Dies This Morning
Earl R. Utterback of 515 West Main Street Washington died at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City this morning. The body was sent to Sherman’s Funeral Home where final rites are pending.
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Earl R. Utterback
West Main Street
Washington
Veteran's Hospital
Iowa City
Sherman
Iowa born colonel among three killed in Maryland crash
Col Leo F Paul 42 of Iowa City died when a Bolling AFB C47 transport crashed near Colesville Maryland during a routine training flight. Also killed were Col Willis Frost Bond 43 of Springfield Virginia and Capt William O Ruse 36 of Tulsa Oklahoma. Paul a WWII veteran and former Ike aide earned three Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Bronze Star. He left a widow Mary Lou Sparks and twins Marilyn and Larry.
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Col
Leo F. Paul
Iowa City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bolling Air Force Base
Here
Willis Frost Bond
Springfield
William O. Ruse
Tulsa
Okla
Paul
Air War College
University of Iowa
Mary Lou Sparks
St Louis, Mo
Marilyn and
Larry
Falls Church, Va
Knowland Declares Run Against Governor Knight in 1958 Primary
United States Senator William F. Knowland announced he will challenge Governor Goodwin J. Knight in the June 1958 California Republican primary. The 49 year old Senate minority leader told reporters and appeared on TV and radio that he will wage an all out campaign against Knight.
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Sacramento
Calif
William F. Knowland
Goodwin J. Knight
Senate
Knight
Red Cross Certifies Washington County Swim Classes
W. H. Boekelman water safety chairman reports several Red Cross class certificates issued by instructors in Washington. Mrs. Harlan Neuhart and Mrs. Lester Leeper along with Mrs. Max Owens certify beginners intermediates and swimmers with lists of named students including Sara Young Joyce Taylor Doris Blieu Marsha Schoonover Ann Lord Blanche Brenneman Don Kiesey and others. Water safety aides Don Bealer and Don Beve named.
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W. H. Boekelman
Washington County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Sara Young
Joyce Taylor
June Dodder
Merna Coakley
Irene Drayfahl
Betty Freel
Julie Young
Maureen Merz
Pamela Miller
Tamra Hall
Donna Sojka
Rex Neuhart
Ardith Hammes
Shirley Hammes
Kathryn Kriner
Norene McGraw
Sue Bruty
Doris Blieu
Molly Kneen
Cheryl Anderson
Maxine Jarrard
Eileen Wilson
Jean Ann Ramsey
Judith Putnam
Marilyn Merz
Janet Schiebel
Barbara Robertson
Ellen Jarrard
Barabara Holden
Lorene Holden
Marsha Robertson
Lester Leeper
Rita Brenneman
Evelyn Garrett
Rachel Wyse
Pauline Crossett
Pat Peiffer
Mary Jo Peiffer
Pam Duncan
Max Owens
Marsha Schoonover
Jackie Schoonover
Mary Butler
Glenda Stoutner
Gwen Gipple
Wilma Butler
Marge Kneen
Antonnette Kron
Ferne Minick
Don Kiesey
Sarah Holden
Marvin Lowry
Warter Lowry
Shirley Shimon
Jean Fox
S. S. Statler
Mary Swails
Evenly Tweeten
Dean Luers
Pearl Weeks
Francis McAvoy
Miranda Schoonover
Don Bealer
Don Beve
Southeast 6 Name Of New Conference
The Southeast 6 name was adopted for the new athletic conference with Washington High School joining after this football season. The six members Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Fort Madison Centerville Bloomfield and Washington met in Fairfield to approve a constitution and discuss schedules. Washington was represented by Supt M M Sehell Principal John Phieger and Coach Paul Strathman.
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Atheltic Conference
Washington High School
Fairfield
Washington
Supt
M. M. Sehell
John Phieger
Paul Strathman
Mt. Pleasant
Ft. Madison
Centerville
Bloomfield
Prison Hospital Dedication at Fort Madison
The Feightner Prison Hospital was dedicated at Fort Madison Penitentiary in Iowa. Gov. Herschel C. Loveless and two Iowa Board of Control members attended the ceremony. The hospital honors Dr. R L Feightner, longtime prison physician.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Feightner Prison
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa Board of Control
R.L. Feightner
Regional Meeting On Retarded Children In Washington Iowa
A regional meeting for all persons interested in retarded children and adults will be held in Washington Iowa October 6 at the Lincoln School Building. The program begins at 1 30 p m and features a panel of specialists from the University of Iowa state institutions a doctor of medicine and a superintendent of schools. Speakers include Mrs Helen Henderson Dr Robert B Kugel Richard Jensen Drexel Lange Elsie O Connell Mrs Payne Marshall and W W Mossberry with Dr Wm J Grossheim delivering the invocation.
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Iowa
Washington, Iowa
Lincoln School
University of Iowa
Helen Henderson
The
Iowa Association For Retarded Children
Robert B. Kugel
Washington
W.W Mossberry
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Wm. J. Grossheim
Truck Forced From Highway by Two Cars Near Kalona
An Oskaloosa semi driver told Washington County deputies that two cars traveling side by side on highway 22 forced him into a ditch three miles west of Kalona at 1 30 a m. The Floyd R Adams What Cheer truck was damaged about 2125 Archie James Hornbeck of Oskaloosa drove the truck Hornbeck escaped injury and said neither car stopped at the scene.
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Oskaloosa
Washington County
Kalona
Floyd R. Adams
What Cheer
Archie James Hornbeck
Hornbeck
Free Barbecue to Be Served Tuesday by Local Merchants
Plans are set for a free barbecue supper on the square in Washington hosted by the Chamber of Commerce during the Iowa State Corn Picking Contest. About 3,000 visitors are expected with 200 frankfurters grilled every five minutes and prizes including a one week vacation drawing to the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley and Old Mexico. Children must be accompanied by parents to eat.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Leon Hillman
Mary Jane
Fern Bakeries
Washington Jaycees
Washington
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Old Mexico
Hillman
Paratroopers Again Escorting Negro Students Into School
A large barn on a southwest edge of Columbus City burned to the ground last night starting about 8 30 p m. The fire destroyed baled hay and a calf inside the barn owned by Orville Collier. Columbus Junction Fire Department fought the blaze but could not stop the fire.
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Columbus City
Orville Collier
Columbus Junction
Ter
Wright
Strike Sparks French political crisis as De Gaulle looms
In Paris nearly two million workers struck amid Coty’s bid to name a premier. De Gaulle covertly reappears from Lorraine to advise, as Coty weighs Mollet or Pleven or Soustelle for a cabinet. Labor unrest hits shipyards, construction, and manufacturing with wage freezes fueling protests.
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Paris
Rene Coty
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Lorraine
Coty
Guy Mollet
Rene Pleven
Jacques Soustelle
Maurice Bourges
Maunoury
Reinforce Guard At Central High Amid Race Tension
Nine Negro children entered Central High School under the heaviest armed guard since integration began. About 120 paratroopers escorted them as white students murmured and cheered. Superintendent Virgil Blossom said the day was reasonably satisfactory with adequate protection in place.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
101St Airborne Division
Arkansas National Guard
S.t
Iine
National Guardsmen
Central High
Virgil Blossom
Blossom
Holiday Mtg Co Starts Operations In Washington
The Holiday Manufacturing Company sets up temporary headquarters at the Clarence Goff building in East 12th Street to train workers for a factory in Washington. They will recruit locally, with skilled trainers brought in, as the city sees industrial growth and economic balance. The initial Iowa enrollment figures show 10,213 students at the University of Iowa for fall, up 312 from 1956.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Holiday Manufacturing Company
Clarence Goff
East 12Th Street
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Industrial Corporation
Chamber
Industrial Corporation
Budget Cuts Haunt Iowa State Offices in 1950s
Iowa state departments faced funding shortfalls after the last legislature approved far less than requested. Agriculture, public safety, health, public instruction, and the commerce commission bore the brunt, with staff cuts and slowed inspections shaping a tight budget year.
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Departments of Agriculture, Public Safety, Health, Public Instruction
Commerce Commission
Two Armed Men Rob Grocery Store For 200
Irving Matulef owner of Matulef Food Market said two armed men posing as customers entered the Des Moines store. They shopped then pulled a revolver at him at checkout and demanded all the money as they fled with about 200 dollars and a wristwatch from a customer.
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Des Moines
Irving Matulef
Weather Outlook for Iowa Turns Cooler With Showers
United Press Iowa reports a generally fair tonight with a mild pattern continuing Friday. Lows near 45 to 55, highs around 75 to 85. Saturday brings increasing clouds and cooler air as showers move across the state.
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Iowa
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Schoendienst
Logan
Conlan
Mathews
Bauer
McDougald
Air Force
Colesville
Knowland
Gov
Harlan Neuhart
Ann Lord
Blanche Brenneman
Lois McGuire
Darlene Sheetz
Southeast
Mollet
Soustelle
Bourges - Maunoury
Algeria
Nante and
St. Nazaire
New Mexico
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
International Sound Photos
Holiday Mtg. Co
SUI
SDPA
J. C. Wright
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
IBM
John Ropes
Ropes
Attorney General's Office
Ecommerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Charles Wagner
Statehouse
Wagner
United Press
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