President Eisenhower Walks Unassisted After Heart Attack
President Eisenhower took his first unassisted steps since his Sept. 24 heart attack at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver. He moved from bed to chair several times and remained in good spirits as medical reports noted stable vitals and satisfactory prothrombin time.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
McKay
MIT
Mr. Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Neighbors Help Fill 40 Acres At Carl Jarrard Farm
About 40 neighbors relatives and friends gathered at the Carl Jarrard farm Saturday to pick 40 acres of corn for Mr Jarrard who had a broken hip. Six pickers 15 wagons 10 tractors and two elevators moved the task along by noon with women bringing dishes and assisting Mrs Jarrard at lunch.
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Carl Jarrard
Olin Jennings
Stephen Wolfer
Don Holmes
Ed Lukovsky
Forrest Walker
George Waldron
John Turner
Earl Arbogast
Ted Givans
Charles Kuhn
Homer Davison
Arthur Davison
Dale Davison
George Jarrard
Homer Jarrard
Walter Jarrard
George McGuire
Eldon Navy
John Rittenhouse
Social Security Topic at Keota Farm Meeting
Keota will host an adult farm evening class at the high school Wednesday October 26 with attorney J E Baumert of Sigourney discussing social security for farmers. He will answer questions and explain eligibility and farm management while drawing payments.
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Keota
J. E. Baumert
Sigourney
Mr. Baumert
Foolish Misstep Revealed by Anonymous Onlookers
A humorous note suggests embarrassment is lightened when the person behind the pratfall remains unknown. Readers are invited to ponder who caused the scene without naming suspects.
Toastmasters Mark 31st Anniversary With Muscatine Meet
Washington Toastmasters Club marks Toastmasters International 31st anniversary with a joint dinner meeting featuring Muscatine and Iowa City speakers. John Gamon serves as master of ceremonies. Dr A W Clow Everette Meeker and Walter Steigelman are among presenters.
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Washington Toastmasters Club
Toastmasters International
Muscatine
Iowa City
John Gamon
Washington
A. W. Clow
Everette Meeker
Walter Steigelman
Clow
Howard Benn
Washington Club
Local Home Group Dissolves and Funds Given to Association
The Washington Home a nonprofit founded in 1925 to establish a retirement home for elderly women dissolved on October 4 1955. Trustees including Mrs H M Eicher and Anna Dawson transferred funds totaling 2790 20 to the Washington Home and Home Association of Washington Iowa Inc to support the active organization.
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Washington
UN Kits Teach Fifth and Sixth Graders About World Organization
Fifth and sixth graders at Lincoln and Stewart schools studied the United Nations during a recent week. YWCA public relations kits, designed with three dimensional UN building models, explain the UNs aims like peace, aiding children, feeding people, fighting disease, and promoting self-government.
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Washington
Lincoln
Stewart
United Nations
Ywca Public Relations Committee
General Assembly
Department of Public Information
Education Research Inc
Washington, D.C
Fire Destroys Apartment Over Meat Market in Ainsworth
Ainsworth. The apartment above Larry Trotter's meat market was gutted by fire this morning. Tenants Mrs Louise Thompson and her son. Furnishings ruined and water damaged the newly decorated market below. Cause and total damage undetermined.
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Ainsworth
Larry Trotter
Louise Thompson
Ainsworth Fire Department
Guard Planes Practice On Defense Tactics
Jet fighters of the Air National Guard scrambled in a nationwide exercise named Operation Stopwatch to test alert, manning, and deployment of fighter-interceptor squadrons after a state of air defense readiness is declared.
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Washington
Air National Guard
Air Guard
Southern Democrat backs Lausche for 1956 nomination
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia endorsed Frank Lausche as a middle of the road choice for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. He said Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman are too far left. Russell noted Stevenson leads currently, while Lausche gains southern backing amid doubts about Lyndon Johnson's health and candidacy.
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Washington
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Richard B. Russel
D- Ga
Senate
South
New York
Lausche
Russell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Stevenson
Johnson Russell
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Swine Production Meeting Set At Washington YMCA
Francis A. Kutish and R J Nolan will speak at a swine production meeting February 27 at 8 p m at the Washington YMCA. The program, open to all swine producers, covers pork promotion activities and a new film while Kutish discusses recent industry trends.
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Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
R.J. Nolan
National Livestock and Meat Board
Washington Ymca
Washington County Swine Producers Association
County Extension Service
Nolan
Kutish
Midwest
Farm Policy Forum
Iowa Farm Science
George Horn
County Swine Producers
Don Sheetz
George Dare
Cleo McCoy
Crawfordsville
Lawrence Marek
Riverside
John Shettler
Wellman
Don Robison
Brighton
Bill Day
Keola
Robert Stephens
West Chester
Unbalanced attacker haunts Grinnell Johnson family
Grinnell Iowa police chief Waldo E Johnson faced a murderous unknown prowler who has twice invaded his home. A bed fire burned the son James while he slept and his wife was struck with an ax as she found him. The family remained calm. neighbors tightened security.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Waldo E. Johnson
Johnson
James
Plan Boosts Hog Prices Draw Mixed Shipments
Washington officials outline a pork buy plan to support sagging hog prices and aid midwestern farmers. The program aims to purchase 85 million dollars of dressed pork and lard as soon as practical, extending through August 1956, funded by customs receipts. Prices opened lower as farmers rushed hogs to market, while the Midwest greeted the move with mixed opinions from farm leaders and senators.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
E. Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fred Stover
Iowa Farmers Union
Jake Moore
Midwest
Democratic Farm Conference
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Minnesota
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Washington Moose Group Attends 42nd Iowa Convention
Washington Moose Lodge and Women of the Moose attended the 42nd Iowa Moose convention in Sioux City. Marvin Carter was re elected to the state board of trustees and, with Bob Dunbar, earned the fellowship degree Sunday. Paul E McCarville of Fort Dodge received special recognition as Supreme Governor.
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Washington
Moose Lodge
The
Moose Organization
Sioux City
Marvin Carter
Washington Lodge
State Board of Trustees
the Moose
Carter
Forrest Dale
Ames
Moose Home
Burlington Lodge
Howard Curl
Lorene Cupp
Dorothy Stalder
Bob Dunbar
Leo Mangold
Iowa City
Iowa
Paul E. McCarville
Fort Dodge
the Loyal Order of Moose
Philadelphia
McCarville
Moose
MecCarville
Neighbors Help Stan Kiesey Harvest 40 Acres of Corn
Neighbors and friends of Stan Kiesey gathered at his farm south of Washington to harvest 40 acres of corn. Kiesey, limited to nonlifting tasks, is awaiting a Veterans Hospital checkup in a few days. Helpers included Harold Ahrens Charles Kuhn Marcus Kuhn Dale Woodburn Roy Kephart Harold Beenblossom Paul Beenbloessom Everette Schmidt Earnest Wagner Glenn Thompson Leonard Flynn George Flynn Clarence Boshart Clinton Boshart Charles Miller Erwin Koenig Earl Davis Luther Cram. The crew used four pickers 15 wagons eight tractors two hoists and two elevators.
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Stan Kiesey
Washington
Kiesey
Veterans Hospital
Harold Ahrens
Charles Kuhn
Marcus Kuhn
Dale Woodburn
Roy Kephart
Harold Beenblossom
Paul Beenbloessom
Everette Schmidt
Earnest
Dubuque Firm Low Bidder on City Well
Warner Well and Pump Company of Dubuque offered the lowest bid for a new city well in Washington at a Monday hearing. Four bids ranged from 40 192 to 51 479 75. Council postponed action to study specifications and possible changes before accepting the bid at the next meeting.
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C. L. Jennings
New London
Lane Western Company
Thorpe Well Company
Des Moines
Longest Major League Tie Ends After 26 Innings
The May 1 1920 game between Brooklyn and Boston stretched to 26 innings before finishing in a 1 1 draw, the longest game in major league history. The remark notes it occurred in the peak season last summer.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Farmer Urges 100 Percent Parity in Farm Price Talks
Bert Bellig of Sanborn urges restore of 90 percent parity on major crops and expansion to all crops including hogs and cattle during Senate Agriculture Committee hearings in Worthington Minnesota. Norman Anderson backs 100 percent parity. production payments favored to offset gaps between market and support prices as witnesses push for a new farm price support bill.
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Republian
Secretary of Agriculture
Bert Bellig
Sanborn, Minn
Bellig
Senate Agriculture Committee
National Guard
Des Moines
Iowa
Norman F. Anderson
Ada, Minn
Ellender
Anderson
Report Big Increase In Marketing of Hogs
Farmers sent 101 600 hogs to 12 major market centers, heaviest run since January. Opening bids fell 50 cents per hundred pounds as surplus pork loomed and prices for 190 to 230 pound barrows slid to 13 25 to 13 50. Chicago Stockyards received 20 000 hogs. Indianapolis market shuttered by a livestock handlers strike.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Senator Martin and wife escape highway crash
Senator Tom Martin and his wife survived a rollover on U S 169 three miles south of Fort Dodge. Both wore safety belts and were taken to a hotel after the accident. Martin planned to speak at a Republican 6th District meeting today.
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Fort Dodge
Tom Martin
A-Iowa
U. S. 169
Here
Martin
Iowans Comment On Pork Buying Program
Des Moines reports a mix of opinions on the 85 million dollar pork and lard purchase program. Farm leaders praised the move as needed action while others said it is too little and too late, with criticism from Fred Stover and a National Farm Organization spokesman.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fred Stover
Iowa Farmers Union
Jake More
Midwest Democratic Farm Conference
Benson
National Farm Organization
Make Arrangements For Father and Son Program
Plans for the annual city wide father and son banquet near finish. Bill Brown chairs the event to be held Monday evening November 14 with dinners at each church and a 7 40 p m parade from St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church to YMCA for the 8 p m program. Carl Paetz will be master of ceremonies. Workshops include group singing and acts by a Wapello school group.
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Bill Brown
Fathers and Sons
St. Paul's Evangelical
YMCA
Carl Paetz
Weather by United Press Iowa Fair to partly cloudy forecast
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with a chance of light rain in extreme northwest late Wednesday. Warmer tonight, cooler northwest by afternoon Wednesday, lows 37 to 50, highs 60s to 70s. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies with scattered light rain. five day temps run 3 to 6 degrees above normal with .10 to .25 inch precip in showers Thursday and over the weekend.
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United Press
Iowa
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