Nationalist Sabrejets Down Eleven Red Mig-17s Over Formosa Strait
In the largest air battle of the Quemoy war, 32 Nationalist Sabrejets fought off Communist Mig-17s and shot down 11 with reports of six more probable in a 150 mile airspace from Swatow to Luchao. No Nationalists were lost. the clash echoed Korean War air superiority claims.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
China
Swatow
Luchao
General I
Air Force
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Massive Mastodon Tooth On Display At Evening Journal
A five pound fossil tooth from a mastodon is on display at the Evening Journal office. Discovered by Everett Jarvis at the Rome Concrete Materials plant seven miles west of Mt. Pleasant, the tooth is identified as Imperial Mastodon. Also shown is a saber tooth tiger tusk fragment.
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Evening Journal
Journal Office
Rome Concrete Materials Company
Mt. Pleasant
Everett Jarvis
North America
Rome
Journal
Mrs. Sarah Beauchamp Dies at Columbus Junction
Mrs. Sarah Beauchamp, 80, Winfield resident who lived in Columbus Junction with her daughter Mrs. Carl Lee, died Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p m at Winfield Presbyterian Church with burial there. Survived by daughter, son Ervin of Winfield, brother Robert Evans of Winfield, one grandson, several stepchildren. Husband Charles Beauchamp died in 1919.
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Columbus Junction
Sarah Beauchamp
Winfield
Carl Lee
Winfield Presbyterian Church
Lee
Ervin
Robert Evans
Charles Beauchamp
Judge Record Books Of County 4 H Girls
Record book judging by the county 4 H club committee awards purple records to numerous juniors intermediates and seniors. Names include Kris tine Wagner Abbie Timmins Car ol Donaldson Chrystal Horak Charlene Brenneman Alice Lance Carol Wilson Mary Landau Jane Houseal Ell en Knotterius Karen Hotchkiss Judy Lance Linda Campbell Linda Pence Patti Gerdes Linda Hertig Sara Knupp Bonnie Campbell Linda Timmins Barbara Mann Ronna Barnhart Carol Martin Kathleen Meyer Sharon Sheetz Margaret Stout Barbara Glassburner Janice Davison Genevieve Redeker Nancy Wilson Carol Lance Joyce Davison Karen Crawford Gwyneth Jones Evelyn Stout Janet White and others. Also long time record books submitted by Nancy Wilson Carol Lance Joyce Davison Janice Davison Gwyneth Jones Barbara Glassburner Karen Crawford Ronna Barnhart Linda Wagner Linda Donaldson Janet Eagle Sandra Weber Diane Alvine and Barbara McDowell.
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Kristine Wagner
Abbie Timmins
Carol Donaldson
Chrystal Horak
Charlene Brenneman
Alice Lance
Carol Wilson
Mary Landau
Jane Houseal
Ellen Knotterius
Karen Hotchkiss
Judy Lance
Linda Campbell
Linda Pence
Patti Gerdes
Linda Hertig
Sara Knupp
Bonnie Campbell
Linda Timmins
Barbara Mann
Ronna
Linda Wagner
Linda Donaldson
Janet Eagle
Sandra Weber
Diane Alvine
Barbara McDowell
Union Talks With Chrysler Stalled Reach Near Deal
DETROIT UPI Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers moved toward a settlement in a marathon session to recall 13,200 striking workers. Negotiators warned remaining snags could derail the deal as eight plants already struck faced potential full shutdown if noon passed without an agreement.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Reuther
Union
Washington Mt Pleasant Football Time Change
The Washington Mt Pleasant game at Mt Pleasant now starts at 8 p m Friday night. Principal John Phleger announced the time change. The match will be played at Macmillan Park Field in Mt Pleasant.
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Washington - Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
John Phleger
Macmillan Park
Mayor Appeals for Proper Parking in Business District
Mayor L. M. Eicher urges respectful parking on Washington streets as parking lanes near completion. Drivers should align tires with painted lines and center within lanes to ease entering and backing out. Police will enforce all parking laws to ensure the $250000 street improvement program delivers its benefits.
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L. M. Eicher
Washington
Eicher
Red Cross Committee On VA Hospital In Meeting Here Today
The American Red Cross committee for service to the Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital meets in the local chapter office at 1 30 this afternoon. Delegates from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids confer with Mrs Ralph Martin Mrs Roland Baumgartner and Winnie Belter executive secretary in Washington County Ellis Rickey and Mrs Wells Peck participate. They will discuss better ways to serve the hospital. Washington County gray lady hours totaled 5104 last year with nine Well man three Ainsworth and fifteen Washington Gray Ladies taking part.
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Committee of American Red Cross
Iowa City
Iowa Veterans Administration Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Martin
Roland Baumgartner
Winnie Belter
Washington County
Ellis Rickey
Wells Peck
Wellman
Ainsworth
Washington Gray Ladies
Rites for Mrs. Blieu Thursday in Junction
Final rites for Mrs. Ethan Blieu will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Stacy Funeral Home with Rev. George C Pennington officiating. Burial will follow in Conesville Cemetery. Mrs Blieu died Tuesday morning at her son Merle Blieu’s home in Washington.
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Columbus Junction
Ethan Blieu
Stacy Funeral
George C. Pennington
Conesville
Liquor Store May Be Located at West Edge of Washington
Des Moines reports Iowa liquor control commissioners study a new option for a state liquor store in Washington. Edward Sorrell of Washington is said to offer to erect a building on the west edge of town for the commission and lease it for the store if the building meets their needs.
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West Edge
Washington
Des Moines
Iowa
Liquor Control
Edward Sorrell
Commission
Sorrell
Duck Stamps Now Available to Hunters in Washington
Duck hunters in the Washington area may obtain their migratory bird stamps at the post office. The area’s duck season opens October 4. Hunters must carry an unexpired stamp this fall. Stamps sell for $2 each.
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Washington Area
Washington Post Office
Dale Carnegie Course Sponsor Speaks at Y's Men Club
Jim Marshall of New London led a session at the Washington Y's Men Club Tuesday evening detailing the Dale Carnegie Leadership Training Course. Plans consider a Washington class if at least 30 register. contact Don Boyer or Skip Adkins to sign up this week.
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Jim Marshall
New London
Dale Carnegie
Washington Y's
Marshall
Y's
Washington
Don Boyer
Skip Adkins
Rites at Riverside For Mrs. Mary Birka
Mrs. Mary Dole Birka 91 died at St. Anthony's hospital Dubuque after 18 months illness. Funeral 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Riverside with Rev. Walter Boekman. burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Rosary 8 p.m. today at Sorden Adams Funeral Home. Born Oct 15 1867 in Czechoslovakia she came to the United States in 1890. Survived by son Milton Riverside daughter Mrs. Mary Roundtree Longview Texas six grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Riverside
Mary Dolezal Birka
St. Anthony's Hospital
Dubuque
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Walter Boekman
Mt. Olivet
Sorden & Adams
Birka
Chalupa brothers mark first anniversary in Washington firm
Bob and Ford Chalupa celebrate one year of Chalupas O K Rubber Welders a Washington business offering new and used tires tire repair and recapping services. Four extra sales staff from other UK stores join the event planned for this weekend as part of an anniversary sale.
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Bob
Ford
McElroy opposes US approval of Chiang planes bombing mainland China
Defense Secretary McElroy said Washington would not welcome or contemplate authorizing Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek to bomb the Chinese mainland. He urged patience for the Warsaw talks and noted Quemoy supplies improving, as senators urged possible cease-fire and withdrawal of Nationalist forces.
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Washington
UPI
Neil H. McElroy
United States
McElroy
Eisenhower
White House
Defense Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Warsaw
Formosa
U.S
Paris
Quemoy
Far East
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Joseph S. Clark
Jacob Beam
Four Die in Iowa Crash Series On Highways
Four persons were killed in separate Iowa traffic accidents Tuesday. Cletus M Weber 35 Estherville died when his truck skidded on gravel and hit a utility pole four miles southeast of Spirit Lake. A car struck a truck near Sibley killing Ann Kujawa and injuring Ed Kniefel and a passenger. G W Krumpholz of San Diego Calif died when a car hit the rear of a panel truck near Glidden.
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Iowa
Iowan
Cletus M Weber
Estherville
Spirit Lake
Iowa 33
Sibley
Ann Kujawa
Owatonna
Minn
Ed Kniefel
Youngstown
Ariz
Sible
Kniefel
Worker electrocuted as ladder hits power line near Ankeny
Des Moines IUP reported Robert Reynolds 34 Des Moines a sign company employee was electrocuted when a metal ladder touched a power line four miles north of Ankeny. Reynolds and coworker Oran Midthun 27 West Des Moines were removing equipment after trimming a tree blocking an outdoor sign view.
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Des Moines
UPI
A_ sign company
Ankeny
Robert Reynolds
Stoner McCray
Reynolds
Oran Midthun
West Des Moines
Bribery Charges Tie Senator and Pittsburgh Mayor to TV Channel Case
House investigators named Sen. George Smathers and Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence in a TV channel award bribery inquiry. FCC chairman George C. McConnaughey was also cited for alleged offers to influence votes. Witnesses said Lawrence pressed FCC commissioners for action while Pittsburgh sought more channels. Lawrence denied soliciting bribes and said he urged rapid channel assignment.
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Lawrence
Smathers
McConnaughey
Oliver Eastland
Pennsylvania
Woote
FCC
Richard T. Bartley
Richard A. Mack
Channel
Television City
Fastland
FBI
Lee W. Eckels
Pittsburgh
Eckels
Television City Inc
Wcafe Inc
MecConnaughey
Red Cross Swim Certificates Ready For Washinton Students
W H Boekelman Red Cross Water Safety Chairman announces that report cards certificates and badges are ready for participants in the Learn to Swim Program at the Municipal Pool Washington directed by Mrs Lester Leeper. 745 students joined with weekly attendance averaging 575. 155 certificates issued including 93 with 8 or more skills 216 with 10 skills and 74 with 4 skills. the beginners pass requires 18 skills and two tests.
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W. H. Boekelman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Lester Leeper
Washington City
Boekelman
Leeper
YMCA Committee Retreat At Lake Darling
Washington YMCA leaders and other interested members plan annual retreat at Lake Darling Youth Center Thursday evening. Attendees should arrive by 6 30 p m for brief meetings at 6 30 followed by dinner at 7. A round table discussion and entertainment will finish the program. Attendees arrange their own transport to the Youth Center.
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Washington
VFW Poppy Sale Readies for Saturday in Washington
Final plans speak of a Buddy Poppy sale by the VFW and auxiliary groups on Saturday September 27 in Washington. Headquarters at Minick Speed Furniture starting 8 30 a m with volunteers urged to wear uniforms. Poppy display will be in the Iowa Southern Utilities window September 24 to 27.
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VFW
Washington
Camp Fire
Blue Birds
Minick & Speed Furniture
Gerald McGaffey
McGaffey
Iowa Southern Utilities
Alcorn undecided on endorsing right to work law
Republican Chairman Meade Alcorn, speaking at the National Press Club, voiced political reservations about endorsing right to work laws. He warned such measures could push union members toward labor bosses and criticized unions led by Walter Reuther as a domestic threat. He credited AFL-CIO advocacy for Muskie’s Senate win in Maine and predicted Proxmire’s defeat in November.
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Washington
UPI
Meade Alcorn
National Press Club
Alcorn
GOP
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Senate
Labor Organization
Republican Party
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Iowa Weather Outlook With Showers And Cooling
The forecast calls for thundershowers tonight with cooler air and lows around 50 to 60. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a few showers mainly southeast and highs near 60 to 70. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cooler. Temperatures will run 3 to 6 degrees below normal into Monday with spikes Friday or Saturday, then cooling again. Normal highs 68 to 72 and lows 45 to 49. Precipitation expected around 0.4 inch in showers Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Iowa
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Quemoys
United Press International
Charles Smith
Kuo Chin
Smith
Charles Beresford
Aideen
Cedar Ave
Long Branch
N.J
Beresford
Signal Corps
Columbus Jct
Red Cross Committee
Mrs. Blieu
Junction
Y’s
Rites At Riverside
Mary Birka
Gainesville
Fla
George A. Starke
University of Florida
Starke
Chiang
Sparta
Mich
Orland McMillan
Orland Jr
McMillan
Kent County
Stuart Hoffins
Hoffins
Arnold Pigorsh
Grand Rapids
Pigorsh
Edith
Lake
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