Truman Blasts Republicans Over Farm Policies in Iowa
Former President Harry S. Truman told a Cherokee rally that Eisenhower Nixon and Ezra Benson policies cost farmers 20 billion dollars since 1952. He warned farmers to sell crops before election and blamed Washington for farm price changes and a long farm depression.
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Cherokee
Iowa
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Agriculture
Ezra Benson
Benson
Eisenhower
Nixon
Jurors Picked for November District Court Term
The court drew 64 names for petit jury service for the November term in Washington. Jurors report Monday at 1:30 p m unless notified otherwise. Judge Frank Bechly presides.
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Court House
Washington
Frank Bechly
Hazel Barnhart
Crawford Township
Golda Bartlett
Brighton Township
Vivian Baumgartner
Joyce Belcher
Wellman
Boyd Blattner
Seventy
Esther Boettcher
Marvin Bohr
Charles Bond
John Brenneman
Seventy - Six
Paul Brenneman
Kalona
Cleo Burich
Iowa
Howard Durian
Kathryn Durian
Harry Dusenbery
Cedar Township
Ethel Eckels
Mildred Eyestone
J. M. Finney
Ella Gordon
Vesper Haight
Dale Hoffman
Della Humphreys
T. O. Johnson
Brighton
W. R. Kent
Cletus Kern
Richmond
George T. Koehler
Oregon
Lewis Koehler
Maurine Larson
Marjorie Libe
Franklin Center
John Logan
Oscar Lowry
Jon Luithly
Clay Township
Howard Lanning
Washington Township
Harry Malichky
Marie Malichky
Jackson Township
Betty Mangold
Dutch Creek
Carl Messer
Marion
Lloyd Mikseh
Gladys Morrison
Sara Lu Morrison
Sam MecCleery
W. S. McKeown
Oral Norman
Harry Payne
Wilson
Putman
William G. Putman
Patricia Roberts
Marion Schiebel
Fannie Shannon
Donald Smith
Byron Snider
Lloyd Stout
Harold Strum
Zelma Tomkins
Francis Alin
Robert Wessley
Highland Township
Nels Westermark
Elizabeth Wold
Cal Wolf
Hattie Wolfe
Irene Yard
Lawrence Veggy
Iowa Township
Stanly Zager
Red Cross Chapter Board Holds Meeting
Norman F. Schoonover chaired the Washington County Chapter Board meeting. Fred E. Bourgeois presented the proposed budget for 1959–1960 and it was accepted. Learn to Swim program report was given by W H Boekelman and Mrs Lester Leeper. Plans for Veterans Administration Hospital service in Iowa City were outlined by Mrs R A Baumgartner. Ruth Mellor will visit October 14 for consultation and service. A Southeast Iowa Chapter chairmen meeting is planned for Fairfield in late October.
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Norman F. Schoonover
Washington County
Fred E. Bourgeois
L. C. Swain
Harlan Neuhart
W. H. Boekelman
Lester Leeper
R. A. Baumgartner
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Schoonover
Ruth Mellor
Southeast Iowa
Fairfield
Local Moose Members At State Convention
Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose attend the state Moose convention in Waterloo. The event opens with a joint session at 10 a m. today. Highlights include the Women of the Moose coronation pageant at 8 p m. in the Masonic Temple and the 25 Club party at 10 a m. Saturday in the Russell Lamseon Hotel. A fellowship breakfast is planned Sunday morning and at 1 30 p m Sunday the Iowa Enroll A Rama will be held. Sponsors with candidates are urged to bring them for the ritual performed by the state champion degree staff from Des Moines.
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The
Loyal Order of Moose
Women of the Moose
Waterloo
Masonic Temple
Russell Lamseon Hotel
Iowa
Des Moines
Milroy Defends Seat On Iowa Investigating Panel
Rep. Jack Milroy Republican of Vinton sharply rebutted Iowa Democrats after Duke Norberg state party chairman urged his resignation from the legislative investigating committee. Milroy questioned Norberg integrity while accusing Democratic figures of pressuring him over William Murray campaign links.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jack Milroy
Vinton
Iowa
Duke Norberg
Milroy
Legislative Investigating Committee
Murray - For - Governor
Norberg
William Murray
Ames
Loveless-Hoffa-Farrell
Body of Pope Pius XII Taken From Castel Gandolfo to Rome
The body of Pope Pius XII was moved from Castel Gandolfo to Rome for a funeral Mass at St. John Lateran. A formal procession will carry the Pontiff to the Vatican for burial in the Sistine Chapel near St Peter’s tomb. Cardials assemble to elect a successor before October 27.
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Rome
UPI
Pius XII
Alban Hills
St. John
Lateran
Castel Gandolfo
Basilica
Vatican
Sistine
Basilica of
St. Peter's
Sacred College of Cardinals
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Azores
Eugenio Pacelli
St. Peter
St. Pius X
Basilica of St. John In Lateran
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Martin J. Kern 83 Dies at Home in Washington
Martin J. Kern 83 of 717 West Main Street died at 10 a m today October 10 1958 after years of poor health Funeral services set for 9 30 a m Monday at St James Catholic Church burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery Richmond Rosary at 7 30 p m Sunday at Sherman Funeral Home He was born July 11 1875 in Franklin Illinois and moved to Washington county at 18 He married Stella Schillig February 9 1904 in Richmond He worked for Iowa Southern Utilities Co until retiring in 1951 Surviving are his wife son Lester five grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Martin J. Kern
West Main Street
St. James Catholic Church
T. J. Lew
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Richmond
Sherman
Mr. Kern
Franklin, Ila
August
Barbara (Keifer) Kern
Washington County
Stella Schillig
Kalona
Washington
Ex Junction Resident Nina Whisler Dies in Phoenix
The body of Nina Whisler 55 former resident will be brought from Phoenix Ariz where she died after a long illness She was born near Cairo Feb 14 1903 to Ray G and Mabel Fitzsimmons Whisler Funeral services will be held at 230 p m at Stacy funeral home with Rev Melvin Meineke of the United Presbyterian church officiating Burial will be in Cairo cemetery Survivors are her parents
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Columbus Junction
Nina Whisler
Phoenix
Ariz
Miss Whisler
Cairo
Ray G
Mabel Fitzsimmons Whisler
Melvin Meineke
United Presbyterian Church
Stacy
Rites in Keota for Lawrence Stewart 70
Final rites for Lawrence Stewart aged 70 will be held Saturday at 3 p m in Powell Funeral Home Keota. He died Thursday at his Des Moines home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs A K Stewart, a Presbyterian Church member and World War I veteran. Survived by sister Mrs Ruth Beitz of Des Moines. Burial is in Keota Cemetery.
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Keota
Lawrence Stewart
Powell
Stewart
Des Moines
A. K. Stewart
The
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Beitz
Community Chest Supports Iowa Child Welfare Services
The American Home and Funding Association and the Iowa Children's Home join Washington Community Chest this year. The Iowa Children’s Home Society handles foster care, adoption studies, and services for unmarried mothers, aiding 215 children last year. Adoption studies safeguard against breakdowns and expect about $600 per case.
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American Home and Funding Association
Iowa Children’s Home
Washington
Iowa
Iowa Children’s Home Society
United States backs open talks in disarmament efforts
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge urged openness in future disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union during the U N debate. He cited Geneva talks on nuclear test cessation and on preventing surprise attacks, and supported applying openness to conventional arms and outer space controls.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dag Hammarskjold
Lodge
Geneva
Russia
Geese may have caused deadly Air Force crash in Idaho
An Air Force C 123 transport crashed near Payette Idaho amid a flock of 200 to 250 geese. Witnesses said the birds disrupted the flight causing a stall before the craft plummeted and exploded killing 19 people. Rescue crews guarded the scene as authorities identified the charred remains.
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Payette
Idaho
Air Force
Hill Afb
Ogden
Utah
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Boise
Eldre Gissell
a_ ranch
Gissell
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Here
Air Police
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Goldsmith
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Goldsmith 75 will be at 2 p m Sunday in the Zehr funeral home. Rev Martin Greer and Rev J J Pritchard will officiate. Mrs Goldsmith died early today in a Mt Pleasant hospital.
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Anna Goldsmith
Wayland
Zehr
Martin Greer
J.J. Pritchard
Goldsmith
Mt. Pleasant
Racial Issue Flares as Gop Gains From Demo Disarray
The piece notes Democratic rifts over racial issues boost Republican prospects for 1960 while current campaigns see attacks on Faubus and civil rights sparks. Meade Alcorn cites party shifts, Nixon criticizes Truman era claims, and Louisiana fights Gravel removal ahead of a National Committee decision.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Louisiana
National Party
Meade Alcorn
Paul M. Butler
Faubus
Richard M. Nixon
Columbus
Ohio
Truman
Republican National Committee
Butler
Louisiana Democratic Committee
Camille Gravel
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Gravel
Louisiana Committee
Democratic Advisory Council
Louisiana Party
Nuclear test at Yucca Flat fires Quay tower shot
A 100 foot tower collapsed as a sub kiloton blast at Yucca Flat marked the AEC final announced test series. The Quay shot, observed from News Nob site 11 miles away, aimed to test on site observation procedures before an international test ban.
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UPI
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Quay
New Mexico
Los Alamos
Yucca Flat
D.t
ABC
Ground Zero
Nevada Test Site
Las Vegas
Commerce Group Answers Charges Of Illegal Trucks
Republican Commerce Commission members rebut Democratic candidate Harold Hughes who alleged that about half of Iowa’s 20 000 commercial truckers operate without permits. Chairman R H Thompson and fellow commissioners dismissed the claim as meaningless and publicity driven. Hughes had said about 10 000 truckers hold permits and another 10 000 operate without them, costing Iowa.
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Des Moines
UPI
Republican Commerce Commission
Democratic Commission
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Commission
R. H. Thompson
John A. Tallman
John M. Ropes
Hughes
Iowa Weather Outlook From UPI Frost Warning and Diminishing Winds
Frost and freezing temperatures expected tonight with lows from 27 to 35. Northwest winds ease this evening. Saturday and Sunday bring fair skies and moderate warmth, highs 54 to 60 with slightly warmer conditions on Sunday. Overall temperatures about 5 degrees below normal through Wednesday with light precipitation possible late weekend.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Lester
Junction
Keota Cemetery
Community Chest
St. James School
Martin McCarthy
John Lechner
Monica McCarthy
Willard Friese
Soviet
CAA
Tacoma
Gop
Commerce Group
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