U S Ships Help Break Blockade Around Quemoy
Formosa dispatch reports a Nationalist convoy escorted by U S 7th Fleet ships broke a Communist blockade of Quemoy and unloaded cargo on a beach under shellfire. Three Nationalist LSMs landed despite Red batteries, then fled as typhoon winds hindered resupply.
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7Th Fleet
Quemoy
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Formosa Strait
Quemoy Island
Liao Lu Beach
United Press International
Charles Smith
Big Quemoy Island
Smith
D. Felt
Pacific
Felt
New China News Agency
Peiping Radio
Red China
United States
Marines Begin Lebanon Withdrawals Ahead of U.S. Ship Transport
The second U S Marine battalion slated for Lebanon retreat will board ships bound for the United States Monday. Adm James Holloway said the 1st Battalion 8th Marines leaves next week, reducing forces to about half. Washington confirms replacements voyage to the Mediterranean as a precaution. Chamoun says U S troops may stay until at least November.
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UPI
Lebanon
United States
Adm
James Holloway
8Th Marine Regiment
U. S S
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Washington
Navy Department
6Th Marines
Morehead City
N. C
Mediterranean
Navy
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Army
24Th Infantry Division
Camille Chamoun
United Press International
U.S
Herbert Campbell Speaks at Washington Kiwanis Club
Herbert Campbell described activities tied to the Town Conservation Field Day during the Kiwanis Club talk. The meeting also elected officers with Dr. R. Q. Eastland as president and Dr. Max Smith as vice president. Four new directors were named: Dale Hofmann Ed Hutchcroft Dr. Edward J. Vosika and Claude Woods. New member Leonard Tindal joined and George Means of Mt. Pleasant was a guest.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
Herb Campbell
R. Q. Eastland
Max Smith
Dale Hofmann
Ed Hutchcroft
Edward J. Vosika
Claude Woods
Leonard Tindal
George Means
Mt. Pleasant
Boy 8 Confesses to Killing Parents in Sleep
An eight year old boy confessed to stabbing his mother and father to death with a bread knife in their Staten Island home. District Attorney Braisted said the case remains open and the youth may be remanded for psychiatric examination amid conflicting statements. Gas main work on East Jefferson Street in Iowa continues as workers replace a two inch line with a four inch main to handle increasing load.
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New York
UPI
Staten Island
Melvin Nimeer
John M. Braisted
Melvin Jr
Braisted
Melvin
Children’s Court
Iowa
Norberg Denies Demos Get Hoffa Type Money in 1958
Iowa Democratic Chairman Donald A. Norberg rejected claims of out of state big money funding for Democrats. He criticized L. L. Jurgemeyer for alleging ties to Hoffa and others while noting the Iowa Democratic Party, about $5,000 in debt in July, is rebuilding financially amid recent polls and Maine results.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Donald A. Norberg
Dave Beck
Bernard Goldfine
Democratic Party
Maine
Norberg
Benson Warns of Big Wheat Surplus in Kansas
United States Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson warned Kansas farmers of a government wheat surplus despite planting controls. He urged an early surplus-cutting law, hinted at lower price support and more planting freedom, and urged diversification into soybeans and livestock to reduce wheat dependence.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Ezra Taft Benson
Kansas
Benson
Kansas Free Fair
Great Plains
Corn
Family Night Swim In Y Pool Tonight
Residents of the Washington area are invited to use the YMCA pool this evening for family groups. The family night swim starts at 7 p m with lobby and gym access after the swim. A 25 cent fee for mothers and children and 35 cents for fathers applies to non members. members are admitted free.
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Washington Area
YMCA
Burlington Arsenic Poisoning Confession Reported
A Burlington woman Mrs. Theresia Solotko 34 confessed to poisoning her husband with arsenic in three instances. Officials planned lie detector testing in Des Moines as motives remain unclear and no charges filed yet. The husband John 50 survived with partial paralysis. Daughters Dorothea 10 and Diana 7 were examined. poisoning occurred over three to four weeks in July.
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Burlington, Iowa
UPI
Burlington
Theresia Solotko
Des Moines
John
T.A. Thompson
Solotko
Washington Public Schools Dismiss Early for Field Day
Supt. M. M. Schell announces Washington public schools will dismiss Friday afternoon to allow students to attend the Iowa Conservation Field Day north of Washington. Buses will carry pupils along their routes after a noon dismissal.
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Washington
M. M. Schell
Schell
Faubus expects adverse ruling in Little Rock case
Gov. Orval Faubus said he expects a Supreme Court adverse decision in the Little Rock matter citing NAACP gains. He hinted atclosing Central High if integration is ordered and noted a new law allows him to close schools amid violence threats while an injunction remains.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Orval E. Faubus
Supreme Court
Little Rock
NAACP
Central
Faubus
National Guard
U. S. Supreme Court
Debbie Reynolds Admits Love for Eddie Fisher Amid Separation
Debbie Reynolds says she remains very much in love with husband Eddie Fisher after announcing their separation. The couple, after hours with attorneys, issued a brief statement saying the marriage once seen as ideal is threatened and no further action is planned at this time.
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Hollywood
UPI
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Eddie
Debbie
Elizabeth Taylor
Edwin Bender Found Dead in Kalona Garage
Edwin J. Bender 40 was found dead in his car in the Kalona garage after reportedly closing the doors and lying on the back seat. Officials believe carbon monoxide poisoning. Funeral services Saturday at Kalona Methodist Church with burial in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Memorial fund established. Born February 3, 1918, he lived in Kalona 29 years and is survived by wife Joy Miller, a daughter Karen, two sons Kirby and Terry, his parents, and seven brothers.
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Edwin J. Bender
Bender
Kalona Methodist Church
Dendy Garrett
Elmer Swartzendruber
Sharon Hill
Peterseim
Mr. Bender
Shinshewanna
Ind
Henry J
Polly Bender
Joy Miller
GOP Candidate Says He Refused Gift To Campaign Fund
William Murray Republican governor candidate told Kiwanis at Marengo a $5,000 campaign bribe offer came via an intermediary for an appointment if he won but he declined. He also rejected a $25,000 outside-state donation last fall. Murray urged tax reform and job creation to keep Iowans home.
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William Murray
Murray
Kiwanis Club
Marengo
Clarion
Clark McNeal
Belmond
Special Legislative Investigating Committee
McNeal
Herschel C. Loveless
Des Moines
Iowa
Loveless
Teamsters Union
United Auto Workers Union
Eddyville
New Sharon
Montezuma
Belle Plaine
Dysart
LaPorte
Waterloo
Stage Set for Tomorrow Field Day in Washington County
Officials announce a full program for the Conservation Districts Field Day and State Plowing Matches in Washington County. Events run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on host farms seven miles north of Washington with demonstrations in terracing ditching pond building contouring and more.
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Conservation Districts
Washington County
Washington
Herschel C. Loveless
Herb Plambeck
Ainsworth
Record Iowa crops predicted for 1958 corn and soybeans
Washington predicts Iowa will have its third largest corn crop and set soybean records. The Agriculture Department estimates the 1958 Iowa corn crop at 68 bushels per acre with a September 1 total of 647,010,000 bushels, behind only the 1952 and 1948 full yields.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Schwengel Declines Debate Challenge in Iowa Race
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa declined a debate challenge from Democratic candidate Tom Dailey. The Schwengel campaign cited constituents’ obligations lack of time and previous commitments as reasons for not accepting the invitation.
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Schwengel
Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Fred Schwengel
Tom Dailey
Burlington
Dailey
Norman Bakers Body Returned to Muscatine
Norman Baker 74 former Iowa gubernatorial and Senate candidate and cancer clinic operator died in Miami Florida from jaundice. His body will be returned to Muscatine for funeral services Friday. Baker previously operated a Muscatine clinic in the 1930s and later faced a 1940 federal fraud conviction after a mail fraud case tied to a cancer cure. He sought to found a research foundation in 1946 but was denied nonprofit status.
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Muscatine, Iowa
Iowa
Farmer-Labor
U.S. Senate
Baker
Little Rock
Ark
Secretary of State
Three Burned In Creston Gas Blast At Home
In Creston Iowa a gas leak ignited by a cigarette caused a blast and flash fire that seriously burned Phillip Eagan 32 Helen Eagan 30 and their infant daughter Phyllis 8 months The roof was raised and interiors damaged while three other children Gary 3 Mike 5 and Steve 7 escaped uninjured The three adults were reported in serious condition at Greater Community Hospital authorities noted a second small explosion near the furnace during firefighting efforts
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Creston, Iowa
UPI
Creston
Phillip Eagan
Helen
Phyllis
Greater Community Hospital
Eagan
Barbara
Gary
Mike
Steve
County Legion Picnic Set For September 14 At Lake Darling
The Washington County Legion and Auxiliary picnic is scheduled for Sunday September 14 at 1 p m rain or shine at the Youth Center headquarters near Brighton Lake Darling. Posts from Wellman Kalona Riverside Ainsworth Crawfordsville Washington and Brighton join as hosts with entertainment from each post. New county Legion officers will be installed at the gathering.
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Washington County Legion
Youth Center
Lake Darling
Brighton
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Washington
Brighton Posts
County Legion
Weather Update for Iowa Plains Partly Cloudy Soon
Partly cloudy Iowa forecast with a slow warming trend tonight and Friday. Lows dip to 52 to 58 degrees and highs reach 72 to 82. Saturday remains partly cloudy and mild with a chance of light showers.
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Iowa
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