Stephens to File For State Senator
State Representative Richard L. Stephens of Ainsworth announced he will run on the Republican ticket for state senator in the 1962 regu lar election. He seeks the Tenth Senatorial District comprising Washington and Louisa Counties. Stephens has served in the 57th 58th and 59th General Assemblies and held key committee posts including Education Appropriations Ways and Means and Reapportionment. He is a farmer and longtime Farm Bureau leader, with numerous community roles and extensive public service. He is married with two sons and is active in the Methodist Church and Masons.
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Richard L. Stephens
Ainsworth
Washington
Louisa Counties
Dick Stephens
Iowa
Washington County
Agricultural I
Board of Control
General Assembly
Iowa Legislative Research Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa State College Farm Foundation
Iowa 4H Club Foundation
Wesley Acres
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Europe
American Friends Service Committee
Methodist Church
Masons
Kaaba Shrine
Gamma Sigma Delta
Stephens
Missing Housewife Sought by Police in Lincoln Mass
Police and conservation officers, with FBI officials in unofficial capacity, comb woods and cottages near Hanscom Field after Mrs Joan Risch 31 vanished from her bloodstained home. Blood on kitchen items matched her, while two fingerprints on the telephone were traced to her husband Martin 32, an executive.
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Lincoln
Mass
UPI
Hanscom Field
Bedford
FBI
Joan Risch
Risch
Boston
Martin
Kiwanis Club Speaker outlines Unsuspected Needs in Bills
State Representative Richard Stephens spoke to the Washington Kiwanis Club on Unsuspected Needs in legislation. He classified them into three categories and gave examples. President Robert Nicola reported a board meeting, with nominating committee candidates presented for officers and directors. Guests included Harvey Peckham and Tom Narney from Mt. Pleasant.
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Richard Stephens
Washington Kiwanis Club
Robert Nicola
Leon Hillman
Keith Norton
Charles Hotle
Robert Brewer
John Owen
William Perdock
William Day
Charles Goodell
Ronald Goff
Gene Grecian
Gilbert Mills
Harvey Peckham
Tom Narney
Mt. Pleasant
General School Aid to Be Paid in Full for First Time
DES MOINES Iowa officials announced that general school aid claims will be paid in full this year for the first time. The Department of Public Instruction said general aid funds will allow a 109 percent pro rata payment while supplemental aid will cover only 43 percent due to limited funds.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Department of Public Instruction
Richard N Smith
Department
Parsons Student Struck By Whirling Propeller
A Parsons college student from Cedar Rapids was killed at Fairfield airport when his head touched the propeller of the small plane after landing. The pilot James Hise from Des Moines helped park the aircraft and was treated for shock.
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Fairfield
UPI
Parsons College
Cedar Rapids
Gale Peterson
Jefferson County
Peterson
James Hise
Des Moines
Parsons
Iowa City
Hise
Martin Luther Film At Trinity Lutheran Church
The Martin Luther Film will be shown at Trinity Lutheran Church on Reformation Sunday October 29 at 7 pm. Trinity Lutheran Couples Club sponsors the event and the public is invited with refreshments served in the church basement.
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Martin Luther
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Couples Club
Mrs Myrtle Swartz Dies at 86 in 1961
Myrtle B. Swartz 86 died Oct 25 1961 at Washington County Hospital after living at United Presbyterian Home since Nov 25 1955 Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Saturday at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Revs Vernon Elgin and George Kerr Graveside at Aspen Grove Burlington 3 p m Saturday Memorial fund planned for US P Home Survivors include three sons Glenn Iowa City Willis Carbondale Al and Edgar Hahn Oakville six grandchildren eight great grandchildren born Nov 24 1874 in West Burlington to John P and Anna Espey McChesney long active in the Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
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Myrtle B. Swartz
Washington County Hospital
United Presbyterian Home
Sherman-Eden
Vernon Elgin
George Kerr
Aspen Grove
Burlington
Swartz
US. P
Myrtle B. McChesney
West Burlington
John P
Anna Espey McChesney
Middletown
George Swartz
Marion Avenue
Object Floating Beside City Post Office Sparks UFO Talk
Residents phoned in reports of a round shiny object near the post office. Observers speculated about a flying saucer before weather balloon explanations from the Weather Bureau tied it to California released Project Hiball.
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Journal Newsroom
Post Office
Grace Hill
Weather Bureau
Red Bluff
Calif
City Holds Halloween Party At YMCA In Washington
The annual city Halloween celebration will take place at the Washington YMCA next Tuesday October 31. Preschool and grade schoolers will parade from the YMCA at 6 30 p m with Jaycees judging costumes. A junior high band leads the parade and cartoons follow at the YMCA. A free dance for junior high students runs 7 30 to 9 p m with Dick Ballard’s band providing music and free refreshments for all attendees.
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Washington
YMCA
Jaycees
Dick Ballard
Man Freed Over Love For Dog Waterloo Returns To Await Him
In Indianapolis UPI a 56 year old veteran Karo Gamble was released from a 90 day vagrancy sentence to reunite with his small dog Waterloo at the city dog pound The municipal court suspended the sentence and fine after police and officials arranged a municipal job for Gamble at the garage The dog and man shared a staged reunion captured by a photographer and cheered by observers nationwide with waterloo’s affection turning Gamble momentarily toward hope after hardship.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Karo Gamble
Waterloo
Gamble
Karo
Robert Reilly
Jonna
Tennessee
William Hague
Noble Pearcy
Gamble Hague
Defense calls witnesses in bid to place Stump far from scene
Defense seeks to prove Phi Beta Kappa psychology student Ronald M Stump was en route to Ottumwa to visit relatives when Michael Daly was killed. Witnesses testified Stump arrived home about 10 pm and was seen elsewhere later, while prosecutors note gaps in his alibi.
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Des Moines
UPS
Phi Beta Kappa
J. Riley McManus
Ronald M. Stump
University of Iowa
Keokuk
Stump
Michael Daly
Leanna Jean Skultety
Miss Skultety
Ron
Mike
McManus
Ottumwa
Here
Murphy
Geraldine
Steven
Johnson
Knoxville
Daly
Fallout Levels Decline But Russian Tests Raise Genetic Risks
Public Health Service says current radioactivity remains low and unlikely to harm most people. Fallout from the Soviet tests will raise genetic risk in future generations, but no public- health measures are advised. surveillance of air water milk and food continues.
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Washington
UPI
Publi Health Service
PHS
United States
United State
The
Public Health Service
Geneva
Russia
Community Chest Drive Threshold Targeted in Washington
Washington officials report the annual Community Chest drive is about one third toward its $28.15 goal. pledges and gifts total $9 355 50 with the first week nearly done. Donors are urged to give generously as all reserve funds are spent and agencies may face budget cuts if the quota is not met.
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Washington
George Hora Attends Iowa Farm Bureau Resolutions Meeting
George Hora of Washington left for Des Moines to join the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation state resolutions committee. Re elected Washington County Farm Bureau president, Hora will help draft state and national resolutions for 1962 as 99 county bureaus contribute proposals. The committee meets in Des Moines today and Friday, then returns home before further sessions and a November vote by delegates.
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George Hora
Washington
Des Moines
State Resolutions Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Berlin Crossing Show of U S Force Through East Berlin
U S Army jeeps and tanks escorted an American civilian sedan into East Berlin amid tense border activity. Military policemen with fixed bayonets backed the convoy as two American officers observed from the West side while a helicopter circled above.
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East Berlin
Friedrich Strasse Crossing
Berlin
West Berlin
U.S
Robert Sadyk
Mrs. Ben Hershberg of Kalona Dies During Surgery
Mrs. Ben Hershberger 55 of Kalona died during surgery at University Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral set for 10 am Saturday at East Union Mennonite Church, with Lloyd Swartvendruber and John J. Miller in charge. Burial in Gingerich cemetery. Born August 18 1908 in Johnson County, she married Ben Hershberger January 1 1928. Survived by husband two daughters Galen Rutter Empire Ore Wanda at home eight grandchildren her mother four sisters and two brothers.
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Kalona
Ben Hershberger
University Hospital
Iowa City
East Union Mennonite
Lloyd Swartvendruber
John J. Miller
Gingerich
Yoder
Elizabeth Viola Brenneman
Johnson County
Milton
Katie Miller Brenneman
Galen Rutter
Empire
Ore
Wanda
Sam Hershberger
Joe Miller
Coralville
Everitt Newhaus
Marengo
Henry Slagle
Wellman
Joe
Jacob Brenneman
Utica
No Names on Ballots In Keota Election
Keota voters will cast write in ballots for the November 7 municipal election after nomination papers were found null and void. The move followed consultations with an attorney and the League of Iowa Municipalities. Former candidates include Mayor Ernest Carlson and Bob Beck.
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Keota
League of Iowa
Ernest Carlson
Bob Beck
Harold Fink
Ken Shafer
Austin Zehr
Arnold Smoothers
Gayle Trier
Cecil Greiner
Don Fagen
Dick Norenberg
Funeral rites planned for Shirley Ann Ayers
Funeral services for Shirley Ann Ayers 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ayers of Parnell will be held at 10 a m Saturday at Powell Funeral Home Wellman She was killed in an auto accident northwest of Washington Wednesday morning Rev Charles Hawkins to preside
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Shirley Ann Ayers
Robert Ayers
Parnell
Powell
Wellman
Shirley Ann
Washington
Charles Hawkins
Patterson in Good Condition After Fatal Washington Crash
John Kenneth Patterson Jr. of near Washington remained hospitalized and improving after a Wednesday morning crash seven miles north and three miles west of Washington at Straw College Corner. Shirley Ann Ayers, 11, died in the collision between her mother’s car and Patterson’s truck. the mother was not seriously hurt and was treated in Iowa City.
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John Kenneth Patterson Jr
Washington
Patterson
Washington County
Straw College Corner
Shirley Ann Ayers
Robert Ayers
Parnell
Floyd Ayers
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Memorial Fund Established for Frank Rich in Wayland
Friends and relatives establish a memorial fund for Frank Rich to aid a Park View Home purchase. Gifts may be delivered to Zehr Funeral Home or mailed to the Washington family. Mr Rich died in Washington Tuesday October 294. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Ficher Mennonite Church. A Morning Sun daughter, Mrs Wayne Allen, was misnamed in yesterday’s list.
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Frank Rich
Parkview
Wayland
Zehr
Washington
Rich
Ficher Mennonite
Weather: Fair and Warmer Tonight Then Partly Cloudy Friday
United Press International reports fair and warmer conditions tonight. Friday becomes partly cloudy and warmer with windy periods. Lows in the 30s tonight and highs Friday in the upper 60s to low 70s, varying by location. Saturday outlook calls for partly cloudy and mild skies.
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Myrtle Swartz
Moscow
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Watson
Albert Watson II
Ben Hershberg
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