Boon News-Republican, The (Newspaper) - September 13, 1965, Boone, Iowa HE BOONE Dial 4321234 before pm it you have not received your paper Saturday 3 pm VOL NO 213 VOL LVIV NO 292 BOONE IOWA MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 13 1965 Centennial Edition Single Truckloads of Bodies Expect NEW ORLEANS AP Truckloads of bodies from out lying flood areas were expected at the New Orleans coroners office today as the sad method ical proces of gathering the dead from Hurricane Betsy con The quoting a coroners office spokesman said 250 bodies were expected from the parishes of ines and St Bernard which stretch along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans All I know is that we are ex a hell of a lot of bodies a weary official said when asked about the report The coroners office already had more than 50 bodies many unidentified Most drowned in QUEEN FOR A WEEK Mrs Stan Simmons lovely blonde was crowned queen of the Boone Centennial evening at the coronation ball at the Boone Golf and Country club Mrs Simmons will reign overall centennial activities this weekand will appear along with her court of eight princesses at the Boone Story nightly and on the Queens float in the parade Saturday She was crowned by Harlan L Weeks president of the centennial and Dr H C Erbe general chairman of the centen nial Staff photo by H L Weeks floods in suburban areas on the southern side of the city Scores mising The Red Cross said it has 25 000 evacuees in two big shelters and expected many of them to remain a week or two A new emergency arose at Stan Simmons The Boone Centennial celebra tion got off to a good start with the coronation of the queen and her court Saturday evening and Faith of Our Fathers Day on Sunday Before a good sized crowd Mrs Stan Simmons 1528 Story street was crowned queen of the centennial and will reign along with her court of eight princesses over all activities The princesses are Miss Lynne Leininger Miss Susan Duffee Miss Rebecca Good Miss Laura Richeson Miss Connie Mondt Miss Jill Westberg Miss Diana Holmes and Miss Marilyn Erbe Richard Johnson served as master of ceremonies in the names of the princesses and queen Dr H C Erbe chairman and Harlan L Weeks president of the centennial shar ed in duties of crowning the queen George Peterson who chairmaned the queen commit tee and Mrs R William West fall assisted Sunday despite damp weath er hundreds swarmed the streets of Boone looking at win dow displays and attending the open houses of 15 churches On every hand was the comment of the program and how it got started The part women have played in the history of Boone will be marked by pioneer and ladies day on Wednesday in the Boone centennial celebration A buffet luncheon at the Mondt Town House starting at 11 a m which will feature a style show will be one of the features of the day At p m pioneer ladies in the business and professional fields in Boone will be honored at the Grace Episcopal church These women all over 70 years of age will be presented in a brief program There is no charge to this program and the public is invited to attend Cumbers The members of the Brush and Palette club will participate in the Wednesday program with special street demonstrations in painting The club will have a weeklong exhibit just east of Eighth and Story streets in the rear of the Citizens National bank building There is nc charge for this exhibit Some of the items on display at the agriculture day exhibit at the Lincoln Armory on Tues day include a walking plow horse drawn cultiva tor wooden wheeled wagon with doubletree and neck yoke two 12 inch bottom gang plow weaving loom but ter churn and many other items On Tuesday afternoon at 4 p m Mrs Virgil Sturtz will de monstrate the hand loom which was made by her great ther In addition an apple press is expected to be in operation as well as an old coffee mill and a butter making demonstration with the old dasher method The armory will be open Wednesday Thursday and Fri day afternoons between 1 and 5 p m for visitors to see the antique displays There is no charge On Thursday commerce and industry day will be featured with guided tours of several of the major industries in Boone being planned The plants to be toured be tween 1 and 4 p m on Thurs day afternoon are Iowa Electric Light and Power company Quinn Wire and Iron Works Percival Refrigeration Mid state Steel and Merit Baking company The city hall will conduct tours all day Each afternoon of the centen nial at approximately 4 p m there will be a talent show in front of the centennial head quarters with Miss Aline Mar tinek at the organ and other Baton Rouge 85 miles up the Mississipi River where a barge loaded with chlorine was sunk in the river posing a threat of poisonous gas should the barge be punctured The damage toll left by Hurri cane Betsys winds 150 mph near the coast 125 mph However the fall was slow at New Orleans where lowlying areas normally protected by leves and an elaborate pum ping system held flood water like a bowl Officials wouldnt estimate how long it will take One level beside the industri New Orleans and 94 mph at Baton Rouge remained a matter of guesswork with esti mates at about a billion dollars Water was receding through out the flood area both in New Orleans and to the south Education Director Says Some Courses Next Fa Thank YouSo Much Without the cooperation of many many Boone citi zens this Centennial edition of the Boone can could not have been prepared Our sincere thanks go to all those who helped with the stories with the history and contributed old pictures and other items of cal interest The printing of a special edition such as this meant many extra hours of work for the staff of the News Republican Without the help of the people of Boone it could not have been accomplished Without exception anyone asked for help in getting the stories or looking up items responded generously Thank you seems inadequate for acknowledging fhe unstinted cooperation given by the citizens of Boone But until better words are found the staff can only WE THANK YOU Press Hunt For Chlorine Tank BATON ROUGE La AP A Navy destroyer Navy divers and Army engineers searched for a sunken barge loaded with chlorine a threat to thousands of lives W W Du mas asked the 160000 residents of this capital city to stay tuned to their radios for a possible evacuation order Army engineers said their search had located a sunken object near the new Mississippi River bridge under construction here 500 feet out from the bank 26 feet below surface After the discovery Sunday further operations were delayed by A stretch of the Mis at this busy port was closed to shipping Dumas said 100000 gas masks were being stockpiled anticipate that any thing will happen but we want to be ready he said Sunday night The barge loaded with 600 tons of chlorine was ripped j from its moorings when Hurri cane Betsy passed over Baton Rouge 85 miles upriver from New Orleans President Johnson ordered the full resources of the federal government into the search The destroyer Hyman moved upstream from New Orleans during the night with sunken vessels and debris making navi gation a delicate business for the skipper Cmdr B E Terry and the river pilots The Hyman was ordered in primarily because it is equipped with sonar detection gear for locating underwater objects Diving experts were flown in from Washington Chlorine is shipped under pre which keeps it in liquid form Accidental puncture of its container releases a misty gas capable of killing any living thing in its path It was used as a poisonous gas in World War I Steam Power Picture Used The photograph of locomotives on the cover of the transporta tion section is from the newly published book by Charles T Knudsen entitled Steam Pow a pictorial history of the Chicago North Western rail way This handsome volume cov ering the years 1848 to 1956 was compiled researched and auth ored by Charles T Knudsen a locomotive fireman and engin eer on the C N W for more than 30 years It represents a lifetime of research and study on the part of the author The vol ume contains priceless photos and other historical material which will fascinate and delight the real steam buff and all ers interested in the historical development of our railroads There are broadside photos and classification diagrams of over 100 different types of en gines There are over 300 loco motive and train photo depict ing the historical steam era of the C N W There are many other historical items some al most forgotten about the rail roads of America The volume is printed by Company DES MOINES vo technical schools au by the 1965 Legislature should be offering some courses by next tali a state official said Monday Boyd Graeber director of vo education for the State Department of Public tion predicted we will have sketchy things started by next September if the Board of Pub lic Instruction approves plans for proposed schools in the near future the legislature this spring au establishment of as many as 20 area vocational technical schools to be financed by state and federal funds pro perty taxes in the area and stu dent tuition Graeber said his department has received proposals for five such schools Another to serve nine central Iowa counties around Des ben by school boards in and Graeber said he tions this month We aope that we will have enough that a decision can be made in October on applica tions received Graeber said by the Board of Pub lic Instruction however would only open the door toa long ser ies of steps preliminary to the actual start of clases County boards of education would have to post notice of their intent to start an area school then make a final decision about whether to form an area school district A school board would nave to be elected ad hired and and staff provided School districts may be able to rent facilities so they can offer classes construction of area schools is completed Graeber said If we wait until they get those buildings itll be thre years before we get anything going he added Graeber said if some classes arent in operation by next Sep US Planes Bombing Viet Cong Regiment Oldest Boone Resident 99 Mrs Louisa Jane Wahl is the oldest person living in Boone She will be 99 years old Janu ary 27 1966 Mrs Wahl who is living at the Clifford Johnson Nursing Home now has made her home in Boone county ever since she was three months old when she was brought here from Davenport by her parents She born in Louisa county Louisa J Smith attended school in and was married to Lawrence M Wahl in 1911 He died on her birth day on Jan 27 1933 Mrs Wahl has one daughter Mrs Leo Naeve and a grand daughter Nancy whose birth day is January 20 Mrs Wahl did dressmaking and sewing as a means of livelihood for many years and more as a hobby in later life She is still very much alert dresses herself and likes to visit with friends who drop by to see her The above picture was taken on her birthday this year SAIGON South Viet Nam AP US war planes kept up bombings today of a MeKong Delta area where a Viet Cong regiment is believed encamped a US military spokesman said The were trying to hit canals which can be used as escape routes by the in the region 50 miles west of Soe Trang US officials said they be the were trapped by the bombings j Ground troops were not com to the action because of heavy rains and the large size of the Viet Cong force A com munist regiment usually num bers 200 men The main part of the US Army 1st Cavalary air mobile Division began landing at Qui Nhon today Advance groups were already ashore The arrival of the 20000 Flying Horsemen pushed US troop strenth in Viet Nam some what beyond 125000 The exact figure was not disclosed As the troops came ashore from the ships Buckner and Darby they were taken by heli copters to their secret base ar eas The Buckner brought 2180 men and the Darby 2705 The division trained especial ly for guerrilla warfare was expected to be deployed to South Viet Nams central high lands The units home base is Ft Benning Ga Qui Nhon is 260 miles northeast of Saigon In air action Sunday bombers of the Strategic Air Command carried out their 2nd announced strike of the war hitting the Ho Bo woods 20 miles north of Saigon The planes flew in from Guam Twentythree US Air Force blasted the Yen military barracks 35 miles northwest of Hanoi for the third straight day Sunday A US military spokesman report ed the planes knocked out an antiaircraft site and destroyed 23 buildings damaging 16 ers At the same time 34 other US planes hit various targets in North Viet Nam WEATHER Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with little change in temperatures Lows Monday night 50s north to the 60s south WEATHER RECORD Yesterdays figure up to 8 am Today f Temp at 7 a A World Low Need Cited WASHINGTON AP Chief Justice Earl Warren told high court justices and lawyers for 110 nations today that the quest for a world ruled by law must succeed if mankind is to sur vive Achieving and maintaining a rule of law strong enough to regulate actions of nations and in the world commu is no more dreamy impos sible or impracticable than was the idea of splitting the atom or putting a man on the moon or sending a missile to Mars a few years ago Warren said in an address prepared for the inau gural session of the Washington World Conference on World Peace Through Law tember say we would be derelict Schools established under the area plan would emphasize courses beyond the high school j level for skilled and semiskilled occupations There could also be some vocational courses for high school students and academic courses for adults at the elementary and secondary levels Al were doing in our high schools in Iowa is geting stu dents ready for college Grae ber said Yet not all occupa tions require college training Graeber speculated that eventually vocational rehabilitai special education and even existing community junior col leges might be integrated with the area schools to form a sort of education center The climate in Iowa right now is excellent for establish ment of area cal schools he said We know we need these schools We dont know how they will develop Applications received so far propose schools for the Mow ing areas the Ottumwa area for Monroe Wa pello Jefferson Van Buren and Davis counties the Cedar Rapids area for Jones Linn Benton Dela ware Cedar Johnson Iowa and Washington counties the Waterloo area for Black Hawk Buchanan Brem er and counties and parts of Tama Grundy Butler Fayete and Clayton counties Near Sheldon for Lynn Os ceola Sioux and OBrien ties southwest Iowa for Craw ford Carroll and Audubon coun ties and parts of Greene and Guthrie counties School board members from nine central Iowa counties have also approved plans for a school to serve Boone Dallas Jasper Madison Marion Polk Story and Warren counties and most al cut in an effort to speed the drainage Power fail ure still a major problem to the city operations at the big pumping stations Physicians assisting the Red Cross refugees for pos sible communicable diseases Extra supplies of snake bite serum were on hand Snakes are a serious problem in some south Louisiana areas during and after a flood A power company official said repair crews working on emer gency schedule had more than 40 per cent of the New Orleans system lack in service Mayor Victor Schiro de scattered reports of He said there were that some prices had 01 more In Baton Rouge Gov John J vowed a crackdown n profiteering Officials said iere were reports not officially of gasoline at a allon and bread at a loaf On the other hand the red oss reported that many wholesalers and merchants do ated large amounts of food nd other to the rehab litation effort On orders from President federal agencies sent men to lay the groundwork for work Federal Housing ion staffs worked around the lock to find housing for the homes The Small Business ration opened offices here and n Baton Rouge and Thibodeaux to offer low 3 per cent loans for home and busi ness repairs I believe we of our Guthrie County tion can translate the centuries old dream of a world ruled by law from dream into reality Warren said In part my belief is based upon the imperatives of our day which make this a necessity to save mankind from nuclear hol In part my belief is based upon the fact that there is more law and judicial tions today nationally and in than ever before in the history of mankind TRAFFIC TOLL State of Iowa Total 1964 851 This date 1955 515 This date 1964 565 Boone County Total 1964 17 This date 1964 7 This date 1965 15 City ol Boone Total 1964 1 This date 1964 1 This date 1965 1 An FBI disaster squad was here from Washington to help in the slow confused identification of the bodies India Claims NEW DELHI India AP India claimed today its tanks scored a victory over Pakistani forces in a major batle near the West Pakistani city of La hore Pakistan said it the attack inflicting heavy los es on Indian armor Pakistan also claimed it turned back an Indian armored attack near Sialkot A Pakistani spokesman said 45 Indian tanks were destroyed n the Sialkot fighting while Pakistani losses have been substantially less Sialkot is just over the border rom Indian Kashmir and La aore a city of 15 million is 20 miles inside West Pakistan Reports from Lahore said fighting raged 10 miles away and artillery fire could be heard inside the city Since Sept 1 Indian forces have immobilized 246 Pakis tani tanks destroying or dam aging 212 and capturing 34 the broadcast said CLASS OF SERVICE is its deferred char f i indicated by the proper symbol s TELEGRAM W P 1201 SYMBOLS Lener t Letter 1 i i T Letter The filing time shoun n tnc date tine t iJ LOCAL TIME at point of origin Time of receipt it LOCAL TIME at point of destination CT GOVT ML D v r u J A THE SEPT 1C A GARVEY s BOOMED THE BOONE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC REPUBLICANS EXTEND MY TO THE C i T I ZENS THEY OBSERVE THE CENTENNIAL OF THEIR CITY AMD 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