Eisenhower expands drought aid for farmers in 14 states
President Eisenhower announced increased relief funds totaling five million dollars and a raise in the feed grain subsidy from $1 to $1.50 per hundred pounds for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers. He urged western railroads to cut hay and livestock transport rates and said a tour to assess programs would occur before year’s end.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fisenhower
Agriculture Department
Southwest
White House
James
Hagerty
United States
Hoegh Praises Iowa Drivers and Traffic Safety Efforts
Des Moines reports Gov. Leo A. Hoegh praising Iowa motorists and the state's safety program as October deaths run 12 in 10 days versus 23 last year. Commissioner Moyer cites a straw poll showing 95 percent in favor of a fixed speed limit and notes an 8 percent drop in accidents, offset by 61 more highway fatalities than last year.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety Today
Hoegh
Clinton Moyer
Moyer
Missing Newcombe Ready for Japan Trip
The wife of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe said she has been in touch with him and that they are packed and ready to leave for the Japanese tour. Newcombe left after a fourth inning exit in the World Series game and did not return home that night.
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Colonia
N.J
Brooklyn Dodger
Don Newcombe
Newcombe
Baxter Buildings Destroyed by Fires in Jasper County
Three fires struck Jasper County Wednesday night, two on farms near Lynnville and Newton, likely from lightning. A Baxter Mercantile store blaze destroyed the store and five second floor apartments. residents escaped with losses. Firefighters from Colfax, Newton and Melbourne aided Baxter crews as flames threatened nearby shops.
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Baxter
Iowa
Jasper County
Harrison Terpstra
Lynnville
Clarence Hoetger
Newton
Baxter Mercantile
Colfax
Melbourne
Baxter Drug Store
H. E. Holzapfel Grocery
Riots in Hong Kong as mobs attack foreigners and clash with police
Chinese mobs roamed Kowloon on the second day of rioting during the Double Tenth anniversary. Four people were killed and scores injured as mobs attacked Europeans, looted, and set cars on fire while police opened fire to disperse the crowd. Chinese nationalist flags appeared at roadblocks as troops were deployed.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
China
Sun Yat-Sen
North Star Ferry
Three Men Named To Country Club Board of Directors
John Lee Max Henness and Curtis Wells were elected to the Washington golf and country club board for three year terms at the annual stock holders dinner. They replace Bill Sitler T R Phillips and Bill Shannon who presided at the meeting. The club voted to poll members about a potential dues raise for golfing members.
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Country Club Board of Directors
John Lee
Max Henness
Curtis Wells
The
Washington Golf and Country Club
Bill Sitler
T. R. Phillips
Bill Shannon
George Krogmeier
M. J. Cruise
Helen Breese
Iowa
Irv Coffey
Clint Hensel
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Walter Doak
Frank Melegari
Country Club Board of
Richard Weeks
Eisenhower denies planning end to draft or H bombs
President Eisenhower said he never considered announcing during the campaign an end to the draft or H bomb tests. He would go before the United Nations if needed to address the Suez crisis and outlined a new drought program to be announced later. He supported publishing passenger lists of government ships.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
GOP
Adlair Stevenson
Stevenson
Benson defends farm program amid Democratic issue in Iowa
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson said he was content that Democrats have made his farm program a campaign issue. He vouched for Republican farm policies as sound and wise and urged farmers to trust their judgment. Benson urged a choice between bureaucratic control and an expanding, prosperous agriculture while criticizing the administration for not allowing farmers a fair share of income.
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Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Alaska
Adlai Stevenson
Maine
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Ezra Benson
Lown
Benson
Kasson
Minn
Eisenhower
White House
Indianaola
Garden Grove
Ezra T. Benson
Corn Belt
Towa
Allen Logan 73 Dies in Davenport
Allen Logan 73 former Washington resident died at his Davenport home after years of illness Funeral services set for October 12 at 2 p m at Shermans Funeral Home with Rev Basil McBee in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery He was born July 12 1883 in Washington County Illinois married May 25 1915 in Chester to Deana Ruth Buhrman Survivors include his wife four sons and four daughters and seven grandchildren
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Allen Logan
Washington
Davenport
Sherman
Basil McBee
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Logan
Washington County
Ill
Andrew Jackson
Catherine (Guthrie) Logan
Chester
Deana Ruth Buhrman
St. John's Methodist Church
John
James
Owatonna
Minn
Jay
Jack
Cedar Falls
Theo
Kathryn
Marjorie
C. M. Jones
Air Force transport missing over Atlantic with 59 aboard
A U S Air Force transport carrying 59 homeward bound servicemen disappeared over the Atlantic between England and the Azores after leaving Lakenheath. Rescue forces including 12 plus aircraft searched from southern England toward the Azores, with ships alerted and planes from Prestwick and Orly involved.
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U.S. Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
England
Azores
Air Force
East Atlantic
Prestwick
Scotland
Orly Field
Paris
U.S
Lakenheath
Lagens
Land's End
Atlantic
Farm Tractor Lift Accident Kills Keota Farmer Rodney Greiner
Rodney Richard Greiner 24 of Keota was fatally injured Wednesday when a hydraulic lift on a tractor collapsed, trapping him beneath. He was a lifelong resident, member of St Mary’s Church, and survived by his parents, siblings, and grandmother. funeral details pending.
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Rodney Richard Greiner
Greiner
Keota
Powell
Richard Greiner
Joan of
Terry
Wellman
Kenneth
Dudley
Harry Reed
Washington
Hold Woodburn Rites Near Junction Today
Mrs. Ella Jane Woodburn 89 lifelong Louisa County resident died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant. Funeral at 2 30 p m Cairo Church of God southeast of Columbus City with Rev. Arvell Hughs in charge. Burial Fulton Cemetery Cairo Community. Survived by four daughters one son a sister and a brother, 28 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Ella Jane Woodburn
Louisa County
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Cairo
Edna Paxson
Wapello
Mina Creelman
Mediapolis
Lorena Martin
Pleasant
Letha Hall
John Boden
West Liberty
Cora Hamiston
Davenport
Bailey van Horn
Dade B Shearer Dies After Lingering Illness at 79
Miss Dade B Shearer 79 longtime Latin instructor at DePauw University died after a lingering illness in Washington. Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday October 13 at Shermans Funeral Home with D William J Grossheim in charge. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Shearer taught Greek and Latin at the Academy and DePauw University and retired in 1942 as professor emeritus. Born July 28 1877 in Sigourney she later moved to Washington with her parents in 1879 and earned degrees from the University of Chicago and DePauw University. She was active in Mortar Board Phi Beta Kappa Delta Kappa Gamma PEO and Fortnightly Club. Preceded in death by her parents and siblings.
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Dade B. Shearer
Sherman
D. William J. Grossheim
Elm Grove Cemetery
Miss Shearer
DePauw University
Sigourney
Washington
Washington High School
Washington Academy
University of Chicago
Academy
DePauw
Mortar Board
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Kappa Gamma
PEO
The
Presbyterian Church
William Nicholas Visitor in Washington and Club President
William Nicholas a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor visited Washington today. He was elected president of the Washington Coffee Club and spoke to the Wellman Rotary Club at a Wednesday evening meeting.
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William Nicholas
Washington
Washington Coffee Club
Wellman Rotary Club
O'Malley Questions Secrecy of Iowa Tax Study Group
Des Moines Democrat George O'Malley questioned the Iowa Tax Study Committee on secrecy after it met in executive session last week. He warned the locked doors suggest bad news for taxpayers and urged disclosure of findings before the election.
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Des Moines
George O'Malley
Iowa Tax Study Committee
O'Malley
Tax Study Committee
Nixon Ends Second California Tour
Vice President Richard Nixon ended his second coast to coast campaign in California before heading east to Elko Nevada and Boulder and Denver Colorado. A Chinese high school drum corps and a large illuminated dragon welcomed him in San Francisco as he pledged to keep hope alive for freed peoples behind the Communist bloc. The parade stretched past schedule with Nixon greeting thousands, posing for photos, and resisting rain as the dragon parade rumble continued.
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Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Nevada
Colorado
San Francisco
Elko
Nev
Boulder
Denver
Colo
the Dragon
California
Chinatown
China
Stevenson
Chinese Central High School
St. Mary's Chinese School
Lake MacBride to Grow into Iowa’s Largest Artificial Lake
Lake MacBride in Johnson County will expand from 150 acres to about 934 acres, making it Iowa’s largest artificial lake. A dam at the lake is being rebuilt 29 feet higher to prevent flooding from the Coralville Dam. State park facilities including the bath house boat dock and sewer system will be rebuilt to fit the new lake size.
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Des Moines
MacBride
Johnson County
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Coralville
Lake MacBride State Park
Names of jurors drawn for November district court term
The Washington district court drew petit jurors for the November term. Jurors report at 1 30 p m on November 12, presiding judge J G Patterson will oversee. The list includes Maurice Alvine to Hubert Wilson Jr with many names across Wellman Kalona Washington and Crawford townships and wards.
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Washington
Court House
J. G. Patterson
Maurice Alvine
Highland Township
R. M. Anderson
John Barnhart
Crawford Township
Eva S. Bauer
Wellman
Bernard Berg
Esther Birney
Jackson Township
Charles E. Bennett
Brighton
Richard Bordwell
Washington Township
Clifford Campbell
Carla Carter
Bill Cnossen
Mary Conger
Muriel Darnell
Marjorie Davisson
Kalona
Stanley Dawson
Donald Dann
Richmond
Helen Fillmore
Pearl Flenner
Ruth Fletcher
Mabel Foster
Ed Garrett
Lois Greiner
Betty Griffith
T. R. Guthrie
Edith Hemmings
Aleda Horak
W. P. Huston
Wilbur Kiene
Don Knight
Oregon
Robert Koehler
Blanche Kos
Loretta Kos
Vera Kyle
Charlies Lemley
Eunice Letts
Robert Libenguth
Iowa
H. E. Lorrine
Alice Mangold
West Chester
Lloyd Miller
Seventy Six
Marion McAvoy
LeRoy McGraw
Earl Neal
Clay Township
Imo Nies
Donna Orris
Myron Oswalt
Dutch Creek
Daniel Osweiler
Nira
Oakley Payne
Elvin Roberts
Ed Schlabaugh
Geraldine Schulty
George Shalla
Marion Sheetz
Martha Skubal
Highland
Louis Smith
Boyd Stephens
Harry Dan Sutter
William E. Martin Hurt By Belt Incident On Corn Picker
Washington County farmer William E. Martin of Lexington was severely injured when entangled in a corn picker on Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital in Iowa City with a broken wrist and arm and severe lacerations above the elbow. condition listed as fair.
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William E. Martin
Washington County
Lexington
Martin
Iowa City
Misnamed Eastern Hemlock Not Poisonous Says NGs
A National Geographic Society finding states that America’s eastern hemlock is not poisonous to humans or animals, countering Old World myths about its toxicity.
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America
National Geographic Society
Fair share guideline for Washington Community Chest donors
Chest officials propose a voluntary formula to help donors determine their fair share based on annual income. For incomes of six thousand or more, a percentage scale from one percent to two percent applies, with specific examples: $60 at $6,000, $90 at $7,200, $126 at $8,400, $168 at $9,600, and $300 at $15,000.
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Washington
Community Chest
United Campaign Fund
National United Fund
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