U S Blocks Soviet Move Toward Back Door UN Rule
UPI reports the Soviet Union proposed a single secretary general with three veto deputies to govern the United Nations. The plan, described as a four headed troika, was rejected by the United States during a meeting of Big Four leaders led by Adlai Stevenson. The Security Council postponed a key session on China’s UN status to Monday.
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United Nations
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Valerian A. Zorin
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Nathan Barnes
Security Council
Hammarskold
Outlook Meeting At Washington Sale Barn Draws 175
Over 175 persons attended the feed and livestock outlook meeting at the Washington Sale Barn Tuesday night. The event was sponsored by the swine and beef producers associations and county extension service. Speakers included Bill Zmolek from Iowa State University and Charles Mogged, district extension economist from Fairfield, who discussed feeder cattle grades and red meat supply versus consumption.
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Feed and Livestock Outlook
Washington Sale Barn
Swine and Beef Producers Associations
County Extension Service
Bill Zmolek
Iowa State University
Ames
Paul Widmer
Charles Mogged
Fairfield
Sidney W Burkholder Dies at Home in Wellman
Sidney W Burkholder 75 died Tuesday evening at his Daytonville home after a year of illness. Funeral at Mennonite Church Wellman Friday 1 30 where Rev Noah Landis will preside. Burial East Union Cemetery Powell Funeral Home Wellman in charge. He born Aug 11 1886 in Harrisburg Va son of Abraham and Rebecca Burkholder. He married Amelia Miller Dec 19 1908 in La Junta Colo. Survived by widow one daughter Mrs Howard Zillman Wellman four sons Ed Wellman Glenn Kalona Clarence What Cheer Harold Parnell ten grandchildren six great grandchildren one sister Mrs Walter Innman Gravious Mills Mo a brother Alpheus Waynesboro Va. Preceded in death by sister and infant son.
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Wellman
Sidney W. Burkholder
Daytonville
Mennonite Church
Noah Landis
East Union Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Burkholder
Warrisburg
Abraham
Rebecca Burkholder
Amelia Miller
la Junta
Colo
Kalona
Howard Zillman
Glenn
Clarence
What Cheer
Harold
Parnell
Walter Innman
Gravious Mills
Alpheus
Waynesboro, Va
Chimp Set for Space Flight to Test Orbit Bottlenecks
Cape Canaveral reports readiness to launch a baby chimp in late October aboard a Mercury capsule, a rehearsal toward a manned orbital flight by a U.S. astronaut within three months. The mission aims to orbit Earth three times and could lead to a November crewed launch if all goes well. The program, Project Mercury, seeks to counter Soviet cosmonaut advances before year end.
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Cape Canaveral
API
U.S
United States
Earth
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Dutch Elm treatment halts disease in Muscatine tree
Tree surgeon Charles Freer claims his method halted deadly Dutch Elm fungus in a Muscatine tree after drilling holes and draining the trunk. Since August, the tree has sprouted new growth and buds, though Freer says the treatment is not a cure.
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Muscatine
UPI
Charles Freer
Muscatine Sanitation Department
Freers
Freer
Local Business Leaders Support Christmas Decorations
A listing of the first 100 local firms and donors backing Washington's three year Christmas decorations program is announced. Businesses such as Washington State Bank and J. C. Penney Co are named alongside others and further support is encouraged. Hollywood note Maureen O Hara recalls difficulty convincing producers she could sing in The Parent Trap.
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Washington
Iowa
M. L. Smith
Joe Falk
Brown Shoe
R. Q Eastland
Tom Duncan
Evening Journal
Wash
Federal Savings & Loan
National Bank of Washington
George Breitenbach Real Estate Ll. Osincup
Farmers Mutual Insurance
Jones Funeral Home
Schoonover Drugs
Wolf Floral Co
McDaniel Drugs
Livingston, Day & Bates
Wilson's Clothing Store
Brake’s Davis Paint Store
Atchison and Paul
Phillip’s Pharmacy
Washington State Bank
Lemmon's Jewelry
McFarlane Insurance
Watson's Stain Cleaners
Crull & Lee Insurance
Thomassen Variety
Seifert's
J. C. Penney Co
Connelly Hardware
Hy Vee Food Store
State Cafe
Zager Plumbing & Heating
Hollywood
UPI
Maureen O'Hara
Walt Disney
Miss O'Hara
Wall Reinforcement and Escapes Mark Berlin Divide
Berlin reports a new third barbed wire barrier and trenches near the American sector as the wall rises up to ten feet in places. East Berlin escapes continue with four cutting barbed wire and a man leaping from a fourth floor window. West Berlin forms a civilian police reserve of 200 to guard against riots. American students Gilbert Ferrey and Victor Pankey began serving a two year East German prison sentence for aiding an East Berlin girl’s escape, amid charges of slave trade and breaking the German Democratic Republic laws.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
East Berlin
Gilbert Ferrey
Santa Ana
Calif
Victor Pankey
Tustin
ADN
German Democratic Republic
Humboldt University
U.S
Friedrich Strasse
David McFadden
Ferrey
TB Testing Program Progress in Washington County Schools
The tuberculosis testing program is progressing in Washington County schools with tests set for Riverside and St. Marys at Riverside this Friday September 29. Additional tests will be held at the high school in Washington October 2 and at Stewart and Lincoln Schools October 3. Nurses urge absent pupils to come to Stewart or Lincoln, and parents to return consent slips. First, fifth, ninth and twelfth grades are tested and few reactors reported so far.
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Washington County
Riverside
St. Mary's
Washington
Stewart School
Lincoln School
Ray Glover
Stewart
Lincoln
Eileen Jeffrey
Congress Ends Longest Session Since 1951 In Turbulent Exit
Washington report on Congress ending its nine month session in a volatile mood after a lengthy final day. The Senate adjourned at 5 16 am CDT with a contentious battle over a 3 9 billion foreign aid bill and a sweeping $95 billion peacetime spending record. President Kennedy hailed a productive session while Dirksen and Mansfield reflected mixed judgments on quantity versus quality.
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UPS
Congress
Senate
House
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
GOP
Everet M. Dirksen
Berlin
DuPont
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Peace Corps
Arms Control Agency
YMCA Buddy Day kicks off boys membership drive
The local YMCA invites boys to a Buddy Day on Saturday with a free bean feed at noon for members who bring a non member buddy. Sign up by 10 am in the Y lobby. Non members may attend the day’s free events from 9 am to 9 pm, including swim and gym activities for various grades and age groups.
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YMCA
Kennedy names McCone to lead CIA in place of Dulles
President Kennedy appoints John A. McCone former head of the Atomic Energy Commission to succeed Allen Dulles as CIA director. McCone, 59, is a Republican industrialist from San Francisco who had chaired the AEC from 1958 to 1961 and had supported nuclear testing resumption amid Cold War tensions. Dulles will step down after eight years in the post and remain briefly to ease transition.
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UPL
Kennedy
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
Allen W Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
McCone
Dulles
Washington
Quonset Naval Air Station
Hammarsmith Farm
John Foster Dulles
Office of Strategic Services
William Donovan Dulles
CIA
MecCone
AEC
Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
Germany
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
White House
U.S
San Francisco
Everett Elected Head of Red Cross Group at Mt Pleasant Meeting
Robert Everett was elected president of the Southeast Association of American Red Cross Chapters at Iris Courts in Mt Pleasant. Other attendees included Dwight Goode chapter chairman, Mrs Lawrence Miksch former chair, Winnie F Beller executive secretary. Ruth Mellor ARC Field Representative spoke. Fourteen chapters attended. Washington County Chapter will host the next meeting in January 1962.
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M_ Robert Everetts
Southeast Association of American Red Cross
Iris Courts
Mt. Pleasant
Dwight Goode
Lawrence Miksch
Winnie F. Beller
Ruth Mellor Arc Field
Washington County
Fire Engulfs U S N S Potomac Tanker at Morehead City
A tanker loaded with 60 000 barrels of high octane fuel and jet aviation fuel burned uncontrollably for more than 12 hours near the Morehead City waterfront. One seaman was killed and 27 injured as guards and responders sealed the harbor and searched for survivors. The blaze damaged a pier and threatened nearby fuel facilities.
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Morehead City
N.C
UPI
Potomac
Morehead City - Beaufort
State Ports
Newport River
Coast Guard
Clyde V. Leonard
Norfolk
Valeonard
Pioneer Ave
Band Day Cancelled in local event plans
The third annual Band Day scheduled for Saturday September 30 has been canceled by the local Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee. Bands and sponsoring merchants were notified of the cancellation due to circumstances beyond control.
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Retail Trade Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Nixon expected to announce California governor bid tonight
Richard Nixon, former vice president, is set to reveal at 10 pm CDT at the Statler Hilton Hotel whether he will seek California’s governorship. The 40 year old Californian could also abandon presidential aims if he wins the four year term, shaping his 1964 prospects.
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Los Angeles
Richard Mo Nixon
Kennedy
California
Nixon
CDT
Statler Hilton
Services Today For Oren A Colbert 65 Columbus Junction
Funeral services for Oren A Colbert 65 of Columbus Junction were held at 1 pm at Hodgwon Funeral Home Rock Island. Burial followed in the National Cemetery Rock Island Arsenal. He died Thursday Sept 21 in the Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Born What Cheer he was survived by wife Loraine, a daughter Ella and five brothers and four sisters.
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Columbus Junction
Oren A. Colbert
Hodgwon
Rock Island
National Cemetery
Rock Island Arsenal
Colbert
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
What Cheer
Loraine Cursie
Ella
Weather by United Press International Iowa Frost and Freeze Warning
Frost and hard freeze warnings across Iowa as clearing and colder conditions bring frost tonight. Northwest regions face a hard freeze with temps near 30 to 40 elsewhere. Thursday sunny and cold with highs in the 50s, then a warmer Friday and Saturday with a moderate to heavy weekend rain, totaling up to 2 inches in some areas. Five day outlook shows below normal temps by 4 to 8 degrees, normal highs 68 74, lows 45 52.
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United Press International
Iowa
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