Tiny East Berlin enclave sealed with barbed wire loop
Communist police ring Steinstuecken with barbed wire isolating the enclave from West Berlin. Helicopters have provided supplies to a three man MP post after Gen. Lucius D. Clay visit. East German refugees continue daring crossings as border guards fire on escape attempts. West Berlin police report multiple escapes and tense border incidents as courtesy patrols resume on the main highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
U.S. Army
Steinstuecken
West Berlin
Stein Stuecken
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
West
East Berlin
Red
West Germany
United States
Brighton Woman Dies This Morning in Iowa Hospital
Mrs Mary Shellengoski aged 55 died at Washington County Hospital after two years of poor health. Born April 27 1996 in Algona she was a registered nurse and wife of Anthoney Shellengoski of Brighton. Surviving are husband a daughter Barbara Ann six brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending at Gould Funeral Home Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Mary Sheilengoski
Washington County Hospital
Gould
Shellengoski
Algona
Fred
Mary Bode Pech
Iowa City
Washington and Fairfield Hospital
Anthoney Shellengoski
Fairfield
St. Joseph's Church
East Pleasant Plain
Barbara Ann
Carricctta Shellengoski
East Moline
Dorothy Short
Cantrill
Theodore
Louis
Cedar Rapids
John
David
Warren
Willam
Ousted Korean Leaders Sentenced by Special Court
Seoul reports the Revolutionary Court sentenced two former Rhree regime officials to death for ordering police fire on April 1960 demonstrators. The ruling raised total death sentences to 13. police officers received life terms and five others four to fifteen years. Lt. Gen Won Yung Duk and aides got 15 and 10–15 year terms for killing a former provincial governor. former Home Minister Hong Jin Ki and chief body guard Kwak Yung Joo were also named in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
UPS
Revolutionary Court
Syngman Rhree
Rhee
North
South Korea
Korea
Won Yung Duk
Geegee
Won
Hong Jin Ki
Kwak Yung Joo
Ainsworth Man Survives Severe Highway Crash
Robert Carl Quinn of Ainsworth escaped serious injury after his car collided with a southbound truck on Highway 218 ten miles north of Ainsworth. The vehicle rolled end over end, spinning three times and traveling 610 feet. Quinn was later charged with improper passing. Patrolman James Richart described the wreck as among the worst he had seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carl Quinn
Ainsworth
Quinn
Davis Creek Hill
James Richart
Robert D Moothart
Hillsboro
Turkey Producers To Meet Here Oct. 2
Washington Iowa Johnson Henry and other southeast turkey producers will meet in Washington on October 2 at 7 30 p m CST at the YMCA Expert discussions cover under and over feeding vitamins minerals water quality and meat quality factors Iowa State University officials and the Iowa Turkey Federation outline promotional plans air sacculitis control and industry outlook The Washington County area produces about 3 million dollars in turkeys annually with around 1 7 million birds marketed this year This is the first of four Iowa meetings to inform producers of new developments in the turkey industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson, Henry
Iowa
YMCA
S. L. Balloun
Iowa Turkey Federation
John Planalp
Des Moines
C D Lee
Iowa State University
RH Forsythe
Leonard Eggleton
Frier
Washington County
Washington, Johnson, Henry County
Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Service
University
Poultry Department
Turkey
Jordan
Syria
Tehran
Iran
United States
U.A.R
Probe Charges of Nazi Recruitment in Chicago High Schools
Public school investigators pursue claims that students at six high schools and a junior college were recruited by the Fighting American Nationalists linked to George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi movement. Undercover agent Hermann Hornsby of the Jewish War Veterans cites distributed literature and a Northwest Side focus. Malcolm Lambert denies leadership ties and labels the group anti-Communist, calling Hornsby’s allegations partially false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Herman Hornsby
Hornsby
George Lincoln Rockwell
Thaddeus J. Lubera
Lubera
Board of Education
Malcolm Lambert
Lambert
Rockwells Party
Magic 100 business firms support Washington Christmas display
The Magic 100 lists the first 100 business and professional firms pledged to insure Washington’s Christmas decorations with donations from additional firms individuals and organizations. The page shows entries such as Dr M L Smith Joe Falk Co Brown Shoe Fit and Dr R Q Eastland with a note that the item continues on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
ML. Smith
Joe Falk
Brown Shoe
R. Q Eastland
Four Participate In Dairy Cattle Judging
Four members of the Washington County 4H Dairy Cattle Club judged at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Merritt Canada noted no results yet. Participants were Gary Shebeck Ron Lenhinger Gary Vincent and Rusty Parcell. the group returned home Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Dairy Cattle Club
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Merritt Canada
Gary Shebeck
Ron Lenhinger
Washington
Gary Vincent
Keota
Rusty Parcell
West Chester
Order Egyptians Out of Syria and City Holiday Donations Rise
Officials report the first individual donors to Washington city Christmas decorations fund. Edna Mercer Leo Beauchamp R B DeLa and Earle Libe among the initial patrons. Businesses are urged to contribute via the Chamber of Commerce or Tom Duncan as the drive totals 60 donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Evening Journal
Edna Mercer
Leo Beauchamp
R. B. DeLa
Earle Libe
Chamber of Commerce Office
Tom Duncan
Mrs Cora Dayton Dies in Iowa City
Word has been received of the death of Mrs Cora Dayton in Iowa City this morning. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1 pm at the Cathout Funeral Home in Iowa City. She was the widow of Milt Dayton and formerly lived in the Dayton Grove community. Survived by daughters Lola Johnson and Letha Zeeman and nephew Clifford Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Dayton
Iowa City
Cathout
Dayton
Milt Dayton
Dayton Grove
Lola Johnson
Letha Zeeman
Lone Tree
Clifford Campbell
Washington
Local Chest Funds Benefit Two Child Care Agencies
Washington community chest officials report two agencies share in funds. The American Home Funding Association of Ottumwa and the Iowa Childrens Home Society of Des Moines manage foster care and adoption services statewide. In 1960 the Iowa society cared for 635 children and unmarried mothers with 45 percent of staff on foster cases and 37 percent on adoptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community Chest
American Home Funding Association of
Ottumwa
Iowa Childrens Home Society of
Des Moines
Iowa Childrens Home Society
Bessie Forbes Dies in Iowa City
Mrs. Bessie Petzel Forbes of Riverside died in Iowa City on Friday. Funeral services will be held at Lone Tree Monday. Forbes was a sister of Mrs. Charles Vondrasek of Washington.
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Bessie Petzel Forbes
Riverside
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Forbes
Charles Vondrasek
Washington
Smaller Powers urged to break UN deadlock in successor fight
In New York the United States pressed the smaller nations to push the General Assembly to act on selecting a new secretary general. With Hammarskjold’s death two weeks past the major powers remain split with Russia and the United States at odds over a four horse administration proposal, while the UN awaits a new executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, NY
UPI
United States
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
U.N
Russia
Hammarskold
Kennedy Signs 4.2 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Amid Debate
President Kennedy signed a 4.2 billion foreign aid measure after a fierce House Senate clash over financing and scope. The bill funds the Peace Corps and expands TV rights protections for major leagues, exempting some antitrust limits while allowing blackout and regional competition provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, RI
Kennedy
Treasury
Peace Corps
Syria Seizes Power As Egypt Ties Strained Across Region
Syria's revolutionary command denied Egypt’s control and ordered Egyptian officials to report for dispatch. Damascus hailed a lifeline to Egypt while warning Aleppo and others to halt protests and promised security against rebels. Regional tension rises with Iraq moving troops to the Syrian border.
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Damascus
UPI
Syria
Egypt
Supreme Revolutionary Command
Radio
Middle East
Aleppo
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Radio Baghdad
Abdel K. Kassim
Iraqui
Cairo
UAR
Yoshito Shimoda
Japan
Lebanon
Shimoda
United States
Britain
Mayors to Visit Berlin to Back West Berlin
UPI report says 23 U.S. mayors left New York Idlewild Airport to reassure Mayor Willy Brandt of American resolve. Mayors from 106 to 110 million people plan telegrams read on Radio Free Europe and travel to Munich for two days before returning.
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New York
UPI
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
America
Idlewild
Hayden Burns
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Brandt
Radio Free Europe
John J. Buckley
Lawrence
Mass
Berlin
John R. Surratt
Winston Salem
N.C
Khrushchev
Stanley W. Church
New Rochelle
N.Y
Munich
Johnson Confers In France With U.S. Officials
Paris reports Vice President Lyndon B. Joynson met with top American officials to obtain a firsthand briefing for President Kennedy on Western defenses in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Lyndon B. Joynson
Kennedy
Europe
Nixon denies Knight emissary job offer in 1962 California race
Former Vice President Nixon flatly rejects Knight's charge that an emissary offered him any job to withdraw from the 1962 California gubernatorial contest. Knight vows to reveal the emissary's identity and witnesses at a public press conference within days as Nixon urges retractions from Knight and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
Knight
California
Nixon
Justiice
California Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
William F. Knowland
US Senate
Clair Engle
Knowland
Edmund G. Brown
John F. Kennedy
KTLA
Swimming Teams To Start at YMCA
Local YMCA announces new swimming teams organized by Tom McSpadden with Milo Steele Jr. as coach for the coming year. Eligible youths from Washington area are invited to an early practice at the Y pool on Wednesday Oct 4. ages 10 and under report at 5:50 p.m. and ages 11 and older at 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Tom McSpadden
Milo Steele Jr
Washington
Hard freeze warning for Iowa with clearing and cold night
United Press International reports a hard freeze warning in Iowa with clearing skies and much colder conditions tonight. Temperatures drop to 25 to 30 degrees, with Sunday forecast to be fair and warmer in the northwest and extreme west. Highs reach 45 to 50 east and into the 50s in the west. Outlook for Monday calls for generally fair and warmer weather.
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United Press International
Iowa
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C. DD. Lee
Leonard Fegieton
Rockwell
Hornshby
ION Engine
Hughes Aircraft
Malibu
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Central Press
Kaine Ali
House
Senate
Narragansett Bay
Congress
National Football League
Columbia Broadcasting System
NFL
CBS
Philadelphia
A. S
Johnson
France
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