Air Raid Alerts After Communist Flights Over Formosa Strait
No combat occurred as two waves of Soviet-made MIG fighters were sighted west of Matsu amid renewed shelling of Quemoy. U.S. Admiral Beakley joined Taipei talks with Nationalist and American commanders on defending offshore islands if Eisenhower orders action, amid secret Cabinet discussions on the plan.
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Taipei
Formosa
API
Formosa Strait
Matsu__Islands
Defense Ministry
Matsu
Little Quemoy
Adm
Wallace M. Beakley
U.S
7Th Fleet
Far East
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Red
United States
Beakley
Keelung
Helena
Roland Smoot
U.S. Taiwan
Formosa Straits
Eisenhower
Big Quemoy
New Saturday Swimming Schedule At YMCA
A new Saturday schedule from the YMCA pool lists 9:00 a.m. Minnow Club beginners, 9:45 a.m. Fish Club intermediates, 10:30 a.m. Flying Fish and Shark Club advanced, 11:15 a.m. semi-private lessons. Evening swim is 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets for a noon hamburgers and bean feed are 50 cents. Junior High Y'ers hold a 7:15 p.m. dance with 10 cent admission for seventh and eighth graders.
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Y'ers
Fence Removal Clears Site for Iowa Field Day Preparations
A work party organized by Leo Marie and led by Jerry Heck’s friends from St. James church removed 140 rods of fence on the Spera farm north of Washington. The fence near a large gully will be cleared and filled for the September 12 Conserva tion Field Day, with about 10 bull dozers expected to operate on the site.
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Iowa
Spera
Washington
Jerry Heck
St. James Church
Leo Marie
Earl Redlinger
Paul Adam
Alvin Horak
Leonard Horak
Ralph Witthoff
Frank Sojka
Francis Friese
Ed Knotek
Ferdinand Marie
George Marie
Dale Marek
Robert Marek
Bob Crone
George Hora
Joe Knotek
Farm Outlook To Be Discussed At Monday Meeting
A packed house is expected for the livestock outlook feeding and management conference Monday September 8 at 8 p m in the Washington County courthouse. Topics include cattle and hog markets feeder prices and decisions on what feeders to buy with Carl Malone and Tom Robb leading discussions.
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Tom
Robb
Washington County Court House
Washington
Iowa
Carl Malone
Tom Robb
Hurricane Ella Threatens Gulf Coast Watch Extended
Tropical storm Ella was nearing hurricane strength and expanding in size. A hurricane watch extended from south of Corpus Christi to Galveston as coastal residents were urged to prepare and be ready to act if Ella strengthens further.
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New Orleans
API
Ella
Louisiana
Texas
Weather Bureau
Summer Schedule at Methodist Church Prolonged This Month
Washington Methodist Church will keep summer hours in September with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and morning worship at 10 a.m. The official board, after a special meeting, approved continuing these times for all Sundays in September.
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Methodist Church
Washington Methodist Church
Judging Of 4 H Records Entries In Washington County
County 4 H officers hold meetings to prepare record books and entries for district judging. Farm project leaders meet at the courthouse Tuesday at 7 30 p m to grade records, boys 4 H committee convenes Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the county extension office to select winners, and girls 4 H committee meets Monday Sept 15 at 9 a m to pick girls awards after grading books. Winners of the Sept 18 district judging at Muscatine become eligible for state competition.
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Washington County
Farm Project
Muscatine
First St. Lawrence Power Delivered at Massena Dam
The St. Lawrence River power project opened with 11 turbines delivering commercial power in Massena New York with Gov. Averell Harriman and Premier Leslie Frost presiding. The dam represents a four year 650 million dollar build with 32 generators planned and a capacity of 1 880 000 kilowatts once fully operational.
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Massena
N.Y
UPI
St. Lawrence
United States
Canada
Averell Harriman
New York
Leslie M. Frost
Ontario
Uncle Sam
New York State
Grand Coulee Dam
Cancel Plans for Air Show at Washington Airport
Unexpected developments force cancellation of the September 14 air show at Washington airport. Officials of the Washington Airport Club announced the plan to host the Sky Kings for a dedication of the lighted runway has been called off.
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Washington
Washington Airport Club Today
Sky Kings
Refuse to Attend Classes Strikes at Van Buren High
White students at Van Buren Arkansas strike over integration with about 45 to 50 white boys and 12 girls. Thursday saw an effigy burn and harassment. today no Negro students attended as parents debated legal rights and possible school recall measures while pledging no violence.
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van Buren, Ark
UPS
van Buren’ High School
Freshman Students Take SRA Tests
Freshman at Washington High School undergo SRA testing provided by the Science Research Associates of Chicago. Tests cover pictorial, arithmetic, and reading achievement to guide counseling and curriculum planning, with results compared to national freshman cohorts.
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Washington High School
Science Research Associates of
Chicago
James Ribbeck
SRA
Iowa
Mansfield Urges Consult Congress Before Defending Quemoy Matsu
Sen. Mike Mansfield urged President Eisenhower to seek Congress leadership before deciding to defend the offshore China islands Quemoy and Matsu. He called such action a matter of face saving and psychology, not military importance, and warned against appearing weak to Red China through concessions. He noted U S officials seek world opinion to deter China and supported the Newport talks that reaffirmed US readiness to use force if needed to defend Formosa.
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Washington
UPI
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Congress
China Islands
Quemoy
Matsu
Senate
United Press International
Mansfield
Senate Democrats
U.S
Red China
Formosa Straits
Peiping
Free World
Defense Department
United States
U. S
Department
Formosa
Dulles
Newport
R.I
China
Union funds aided Iowa elections in 1948 and 1956
The Legislative Investigating Committee heard that union money supported Loveless in 1956, Beardsley in 1948, and Gillette’s Senate bid. Records show Teamster and UAW contributions totaling about 37 500 dollars to Loveless and Beardsley campaigns, with testimony noting no strings on the funds and no use against Adlai Stevenson.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Legislative Investigating Committee
Herschel C. Loveless
William Beardsley
Guy Gillette
Jake More
Loveless
Teamsters Union
United Auto Workers
Leo Frenzel
Beardsley
Gillette
U.S
More
Labor
Mary Jane Freeman
Loveless Committee
Miss Freeman
UAW
Secretary of States Office
Clark McNeal
R- Belmond
Walter P. Reuther
Emil Mazey
Bob Johnson
Bob Roberts
Johnson
Roberts
Adlai Stevenson
Frenzel
Film at West Chester Church
A film titled Out of the Dust will screen at West Chester Federated Church at 7 30 p m on Sunday. The documentary covers missions in Latin America and the public is invited to attend.
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West Chester
Legion Commander Is Oklahoma Man
Preston J. Moore of Stillwater Oklahoma won the American Legion national commandership on the first ballot at the 40th convention. Moore defeated Truman C Wold of Fargo North Dakota and Howard Kingdom of Conneaut Ohio by a wide margin. The World War II Air Force veteran pledged to travel widely and argued the United States must confront the advance of communism.
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Chicago
UPI
Preston J. Moore
Stillwater
Okla
American Legion
Moore
Legion
Truman C. Wold
Fargo, N.D
Howard C. Kingdom
Conneaut
Ohio
Kingdom
Oklahoma
No Plans for Clinic Before Grid Season
No plans have been completed for the annual pre season football clinic at Case Field. Officials say the clinic likely will not be held this year due to lighting work at the field before the opening game. New lights will be installed as soon as workers can complete the job.
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Case Field
Joe Miller Marks Second Anniversary at Feed Store
Joe Miller observes his second anniversary as a Big H dealer this Monday September 8 at the Washington Highway 92 feed store. The shop offers a full line of livestock and poultry feeds with a special anniversary event planned for September 8. details are on page 7.
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Joe Miller
Washington
Highway 92
Weather forecast for Iowa with scattered showers and cooling
The Iowa forecast calls for scattered showers tonight mainly in the southeast. Lows in the 60s. Cooler by Saturday with highs in the 70s. Sunday turns cloudy with rain. Temperatures will average near normal through Tuesday with a warmer start then cooler by Tuesday. Normal high 79 83, low 55 59. Precipitation about a tenth to one inch as scattered showers and storms early, then again Monday or Tuesday.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Gov
Edmund S. Muskie
Rep
Robert Hale
Frank M. Coffin
Maine
GOP
Paul Blackburn
U. S. Taiwan Straits
Ni Yu-shi
YMCA
Paul McLain
Boys
Little Rock
Arkansas
Leo Hoegh
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