Venice Patriarch Roncalli Named Pope John XXIII
The Sacred College of Cardinals elected Angelo Roncalli, Venice Patriarch, as the 262nd pope. He becomes Pope John XXIII, a non political leader focused on spiritual affairs. Crowds of up to 250000 cheered in St. Peter's Square as smoke signaled the election.
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Younger Children To Share Halloween Fun At Party
Pre-school and grade school children in Washington are invited to a city Halloween party at the YMCA. The parade leaves the YMCA at 6 30 p m with prize winning costumes then a movie and entertainment by the Rotarians and Ys Men’s Club. The Jaycees handle parade arrangements. A pumpkin face contest is also featured with entries due at the Y before the parade. The junior high band directed by Alan Bergstrom will lead the parade.
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Defense questions jurors in Fugate murder trial in Nebraska
Lincoln jury selection begins for 15 year old Caril Ann Fugate in the robbery murder case tied to Charles Starkweather. Defense attorney John McArthur vows rough questioning to gauge jurors while prosecutors pace careful, two alternates to be chosen from 34 candidates. Caril pleads innocent claiming fear and victim status during the January spree that left ten dead in Wyoming and Nebraska.
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Eisenhower Ends East Campaign Swing In New York
President Eisenhower made his final eastern campaign push from the Astor Hotel in Times Square. He planned three talks for campaign workers and meetings with New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut GOP nominees alongside Nelson Rockefeller and Kenneth Keating. He would fly to Washington Wednesday morning.
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Rites at Harper for Michael Legill
Funeral services for 70 year old Michael Legill of Harper were held at St Elizabeth Church with Rev Father Diamond presiding. Survivors include sisters Mrs Edward Ball Osseo Minn Anna Legill Washington and Rose Segill Sigourney with Sr M Livina preceding him in death. Burial followed at St Elizabeth Cemetery Harper.
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Washington
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Mayor Eicher Suffers Hand Injury At Carpenter Shop
Mayor L. M. Eicher injured Monday afternoon when his hand was caught in a power saw. The end of one finger was severed and another finger badly mangled. He returned home after hospital treatment and stayed there overnight.
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West Chester Groups Plan Halloween Party
The West Chester Lions Club and local churches sponsor a Halloween party for K through 8 students at the Methodist Church on Wednesday Oct 29 at 7 p m. Children will split by age groups to visit homes in West Chester to collect donations for sending milk food and other supplies to overseas children. All local children are invited.
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Second Nobel Prize Awarded to Russia
Russia wins a rare second Nobel Prize in physics shared by Pavel Cherenkov Igor Tamm and Ilya Frank for the Cherenkov effect work enabling cosmic ray studies and nuclear structure research at Stanford UC and other centers. The chemistry prize goes to Frederick Sanger of Cambridge for insulin sequencing and protein structure methods advancing biochemistry.
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Ilya M. Frank
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Frederick Sanger
Britain
Cambridge University
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Murray Pledges To Support Iowa's Right to Work Law
United Press International reports Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidate William Murray and running mate reaffirm support for the right to work law at Independence rally. Murray says the law, in operation 11 years, aids industry growth and mutual accord between labor and management. State Rep. W. L. Mooty calls the lieutenant governor's post the defense against repeal and cites the law as essential to individual choice and freedom from forced union membership.
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Pasternak expelled by Soviet Writers Union over conduct
The Union of Soviet Writers expelled Boris Pasternak for conduct incompatible with the calling of a Soviet writer. The move followed his Nobel Prize designation by the Swedish Academy. The Literary Gazette published the notice less than a week after the award.
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Anonymous Donor Gives $800 to Iowa Tax Commission
In Des Moines an anonymous sender mailed over $800 in cash with a slip listing bill serial numbers. Officials believe the money may settle a tax account or be a joke or stolen funds and will hold the money, envelope, and note for identification. Washington's Community Chest fund drive reports $18,739.85 toward a $24,100 goal.
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Auditors Accused of Illegally Reclaiming State Travel Expenses
Des Moines reports say seven state auditors, living in Iowa City and Ames, billed lodging and meals as travel expenses while working in cities they consider home. State Comptroller Sarsfield urged stopping the practice, noting payments since 1951 and confirming he paid claims for years.
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Loveless points to possible campaign fund book at Iowa Tax Office
Governor Herschel Loveless said a notebook found in the Iowa Tax Commission may show contributions to the Republican Party from 1951 through 1954. He will hand the record to the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation to check for illegal solicitation or voluntary gifts.
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Dulles Condemns Civilian Shelling by Chinese Reds
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles blasted the Chinese Communists for shelling Quemoy and Matsu as uncivilized and aimed at indiscriminate civilian killing. He warned the tactics were unprecedented and unlikely to trigger general war, while noting signs of Communist efforts to save face after failed bombardments. He also commented on nuclear test ban talks, predicting collapse of communism in decades and highlighting Chiang Kai-shek’s shift from force to political aims in the long run.
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All Saints Day Mass Times at St James
Catholics of St James parish in the Washington area were reminded that Saturday November 1 is All Saints Day Masses will be held at St James church on Saturday morning at 6 7 30 and 9 o clock.
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Rath Packing Plant reaches agreement to end work stoppages
In Waterloo Iowa United Packing House Workers Union Local 46 and Rath Packing Co reach a deal to suspend suspensions and resume production. About 600 workers were idled over the weekend with union grievances to be discussed November 5. Ratification by union members is pending and discharged workers will not be rehired.
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Bishop mine blast kills 22 in West Virginia
Investigators probe a Bishop coal mine blast that killed 22 miners near the border town. The 1956 incident mirrored by 37 deaths 20 months earlier raised safety concerns at Pocahontas Fuel Co. Rescue crews recovered bodies, identified only by dog tags, as ventilation was restored and a hearing is scheduled.
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Study Mt. Pleasant as Site for Hall of Fame
A Doane Agricultural Service representative toured Mount Pleasant as one of three Iowa contenders for the national Agriculture Hall of Fame site. Des Moines Ames and Mount Pleasant remain in the running for the honor honoring individuals who advanced U.S. agriculture.
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Weather Iowa: fair with minor temps through Wednesday
Iowa forecast calls for fair conditions with little temperature change through Wednesday. Lows range upper 20s north to lower 30s south, with highs Wednesday in the 57 to 63 degree range. Thursday looks fair and slightly warmer.
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