Holiday Death Toll Climbing Steadily
United Press International reports the labor day holiday traffic toll rising with the safety council predicting 420 auto fatalities by Monday midnight. The tally so far is 61 deaths with crashes in Wisconsin Utah and Texas, plus a White House call for patient, safe driving and heightened enforcement nationwide.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
Safety Council
Astico
Wis
Knotl
Utah
Fort, Worth
Tex
Kennedy
White House
The
Rainstorm Drops 1.13 Inches Amid Sonic Boom Noise
Washington residents recorded 1.13 inches of rain in about an hour as a heavy thundershower rolled through Friday evening. A sonic boom from aircraft followed a loud afternoon blast, initially mistaken for thunder or a dynamite explosion. Air force officials warned eastern Iowa to expect more booms.
Class Officers Named at Mid-Prairie High School
Mid-Prairie High School elected class officers with sophomore leaders Beverly Yoder president and Rusty Parcell vice president. Junior officers include Sheila Maxwell president and Ken Kepler vice president, while senior officers list Dale Stout as president and Connie Jo Brown as secretary.
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Beverly Yoder
Rusty Parcell
Janet Johnson
Ruby Mast
Connie Bomber
Joel Schwartz
Judy Slemmons
Sheila Maxwell
Ken Kepler
Bob Hough
Jerry Karr
Gary Swain
Gene Stromley
Tom Jirsa
Dale Stout
Connie Jo Brown
Myron Jones
Lois Slemmons
Ronnie Bomber
Kennedy Keeps Busy With World Crisis From Hyannis Port
President Kennedy, vacationing at Hyannis Port, monitors the Berlin crisis and Russia's nuclear test via a discreet briefing system as Maj Gen. Clifton remains on alert. He spends time with daughter Caroline and 17 cousins during a seaside visit, then returns to normal family activities aboard his yacht Marlin.
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Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Berlin
Russia
Washington
Cape Cod
Hyannis Port
Caroline
Chester W Clifton
White House
United States
Soviet Union
Central Asia
Andrew T Hatcher
Marlin
Nantucket
Robert F. Kennedy
ASC Election Plans Announced for Community Committee
The Washington County ASC Committee plans community elections for ASCS Community Committee men on Thursday September 14 1961 at 8 pm. Voting sites span townships with locations in Brighton Cedar Prairie Flower Clay Crawfordsville Grace Hill Kalona Franklin Highland Riverside Wellman Pleasant Hill Ainsworth and more. Incumbent committee members will oversee elections and a county wide mailing informs producers of voting locations and eligibility to choose representatives for ASCS programs in the coming year.
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Washington County
ASC
ASCS
Brighton Township
Brighton
Cedar Township
Prairie Flower
Clay Township
Clay Church
Crawford Township
Crawfordsville
Dutch Creek Township
Grace Hill
English River Township
Kalona
Franklin Township
Franklin Center
Highland Township
Highland Center
Iowa Township
Riverside
Jackson Township
Jackson Center
Lime Creek
Wellman
Marion Township
Pleasant Hill Church
Oregon Township
Ainsworth
Seventy Six
Seventy Six Center
Washington Township
Court Room
Cash Stolen From Ft Madison Station Prompts Police Search
About $5,000 in cash vanished from the Garner Oil Co station Friday after being prepared at a bank for cashing checks. Officers seek a man approx five feet nine inches, 166 pounds with a mustache seen loitering around the station in recent days.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Garner
Man Targets Kennedy as Police Tighten Security in Cape Area
An armed man, Howard C. Cooper, 48, a former Brookline resident, is believed en route to Hyannis Port to threaten President Kennedy. State police and Secret Service boosted patrols around the Kennedy compound and at Bourne and Sagamore bridges, airports, and Logan Airport to check passengers and deter the threat.
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UPI
Kennedy
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Sagamore
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Barnstable
Here
Logan International Airport
Boston
Howard CC Cooper
Brookline
Texas
James Cleary Cleary
Cooper
Cleary
Secret Service
Austin
Tex
Massachusetts
Maine
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Soviet Union
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lincoln Laboratory
Kremlin Silent On New Atomic Blast Reported Friday
The Kremlin avoided comment on the Soviet explosion while observers in Moscow awaited a formal announcement. Western and allied reactions poured in as Kis Khrushchev faced global protests, with experts noting signs of a new weapon amid ongoing Geneva talks.
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Central Asia
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Moscow
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Belgrade
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Mass
Cape Cod
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Torsten Magnusson
Sesson
Paris
Combat
Paris Jour
Asia
Hindustan Times
India
Robber in Des Moines Takes $628 From Drive-In Staff
A youth wearing a chartreuse mask and tan shirt forced seven Henry's Hamburger Drive-In employees into a restroom with a switchblade, taking $628 after midnight. Assistant manager Dave Daffer said the bandit burst in through a back door and fled on foot after locking the workers in.
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Des Moines
UPI
Henry
Dave Dafferon
Dafferon
Dubuque Legislator Thomas OToole Dies at 65
State Rep Thomas P OToole 65 of Dubuque died Friday night from a heart attack in Xavier Hospital Dubuque He had earlier mild heart attacks and owned OToole Office Supply Co A Dubuque native he attended Loras Academy and served as an infantry sergeant in World War I in France.
Wreckage Clues Sought On Chicago Plane Crash Cause
Fragments of the Trans World Airlines tail were found 300 feet from the fuselage as federal investigators weigh sabotage or disintegration theories. FBI and CAB teams sift witness reports amid conflicting claims while language on the cause remains unsettled and may take time.
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Hinsdale
APT
Trans World Airlines
Boston
San Francisco
Melvin Gough
Civil Aeronautics Board Safety Bureau
FBI
Midway Airport
CAB
Federal Aviation Agency Administration
Najeeb E& Halaby
Services for Hostess to Be Held in Keota
Graveside funeral services for Mrs Barbera Pearson are tentatively set for 2 pm Monday at Keota Cemetery. She was a hostess on the TWA Constellation which crashed Friday near Hinsdale. Powell Funeral Home will handle arrangements. Mrs Pearson was a granddaughter of the late Mr and Mrs John S Carris of Keota. her mother is Mrs Leila Bayliss of West Chester Illinois.
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Pearson
Keota
TWA
Hinsdale
Powell Funeral Home
Haggard Funeral Home
Oakpark
John S. Carris
Leila Bayliss
West Chester
Ill
Tornado Rips Through Butler County Iowa Causes Major Farm Damage
A Friday night tornado across Butler and Brember counties damaged at least 15 farms in a six mile area southeast of Greene. Orin Noel’s Greene area farm suffered near total ruin with 17 cows killed. Several homes and outbuildings were destroyed while residents took shelter in basements. Rainfall and power outages accompanied the storm as crews worked to restore service.
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United Press International
Butler
Bremer County
Iowa
Greene
Butler County
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Noel
Lewis Stille
Fred Stille
Fred Howser
Emmet Keene
Lawrence Drak
Herman Roeder
Ascher
Greene-Allison
REA
Sumner
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Harpers Ferry
Fayette
Independence
Shell Rock
Elkader
Mason City
Washington
Raymond Moyer Named Washington County Maintenance Foreman
Raymond Moyer of Washington has been appointed maintenance foreman for the Iowa State Highway Commission in Washington County. A longtime employee, he has served as senior operator and first assistant to the foreman. The appointment fills the vacancy caused by the sudden death of Russell Goodin and becomes effective August 1.
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Raymond Moyer
Washington
Iowa State Highway Commission
Washington County
Moyer
Commission
Russell Goodin
Fred Vlaff
Pfaff
Moyver
Ghana Leader Urges Neutrals for Berlin Summit Meeting
President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana urged neutral nations to convene a East West summit to resolve the Berlin crisis before war. He proposed Accra as host and pressed for recognition of two German states and a German peace treaty, amid UN and China seating debate.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Asia
Latin America
Haile Selassi
Ethiopia
China
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Russia
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Red China
General Assembly
Selassie
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Peoples Republic of China
de Lassie
Burley Ray Thompson Dies Friday Evening
Burley Ray Thompson 71 of Keota died Friday evening at the home of his son Wayne in Wellman. Funeral services Monday at 11 am at Powell Funeral Home Keota with burial in Keota Cemetery. Born June 29 1890 in Henry County he married Stella Jane Woodruff April 15 1908 and lived in Keota community 30 years. Survivors include three sons Wayne James Raymond a daughter Mrs Eugene Lockett plus 19 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and two brothers.
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Keota
Burley Ray Thompson
Wayne
Wellman
Powell
Jerry Beltz
Mr. Thompson
Henry County
William T
Anna Leffler Thompson
Stella Jane Woodruff
James
Oskaloosa
Raymond
Rose Hill
Eugene Lockett
East Moline
Conrad
Amity
Ore
Bert
Gene Hudson
Kinross
Mel Thompson
Mid-Prairie High School enrolls 198 students this year
The 1961-62 start at Wellman Mid Prairie High School shows 198 students enrolled, up from 189 last year. The senior class has 68 members, the sophomore class leads with 76 pupils, and the junior class includes 54 students.
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Wellman — Mid Prairie High School
Four Men Escape After Train Hits Car in Wisconsin
Four Iowa men escaped serious harm when a Milwaukee Road train backed into their car near Hilbert Wisconsin. Driver Neil Harlan, 40, Hampton, was pinned and rescued by a local tavernkeeper who forcibly freed him after firefighters could not due to gasoline hazards.
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Hilbert, Wis
UPL
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Neil Harlan
Hampton
Hilbert
Ilarlan
Iowa Weather Forecast: Cloudy Tonight With Scattered Thunderstorms
Mostly cloudy tonight with widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and east and south Sunday. Occasional rain northwest Sunday. Southerly winds 25 to 40 mph tonight. Cooler in extreme northwest tonight and in northwest and extreme west Sunday. Lows tonight 60s northwest to 70s southeast. Sunday highs 60s northwest to near 90 southeast. Monday outlook partly cloudy and cool.
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Iowa
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