Salem Iowa’s Lewelling Shrine preserves Underground Railroad history
Tour the Lewelling Quaker Shrine in Salem Henry county where Henderson Lewelling and brother John ran a nursery and store starting in 1837. The 1840 house features 18 inch thick walls two trap doors and an upstairs pantry and parlor. Donated period furnishings and a no fee entry invite visitors from across the states to learn local abolitionist history.
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Lewelling
Underground
Henderson Lewelling
Salem
John
Elbert Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Anamosa Coed Joins SCOPE Get Out the Vote Effort
Anamosa senior Deanna Fulwider joins Wartburg College coed in Georgia for SCOPE work in Savannah. She will recruit voters, help with registration and education, attend rallies, and sustain local organizing until the SCLC convention in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Savannah
Georgia Voters League
Dee
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jackson
Miss
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established 1883
The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list night edition six issues for 31.25 a month and 13 a year, afternoon and Sunday seven issues 1.35 a month or 14 a year, with 23.40 a year for other states. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carriers operate. The Associated Press has exclusive rights to local news and dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U. S. Territories
Iowa Hydraulic Engineers Prove Adept at Movies
The University of Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research completes the fifth color film in a six film series on fluid mechanics Now ready for release The project has drawn $92 000 from the National Science Foundation since 1959 with the university matching about half The institute led by Dr Hunter Rouse and Dr Emmett O Loughlin produced three roles of films and two of them feature Rouse as director writer and narrator Films have sold 138 copies worldwide and 125 have circulated to colleges and universities in the U S and abroad
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research
U.S
Colombia
Australia
Holland
England
Mexico
France
Japan
Alaska
Hawaii
Hunter Rouse
College of Engineering
Institute
Emmett O’loughlin
O'Loughlin
O’loughlin
U. of S
Audio-Visual Center
O’ Loughlin
National Science Foundation
University
Homemade gun explodes killing Waterloo boy
Waterloo 11 year old Scott Ralston died after a homemade gun made from gas pipe exploded. His brothers James 14 and Robert Stabell 15 from Dunkerton were treated and released. Authorities said the youths assembled the device behind the Ralston home while playing.
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Waterloo
Scott Ralston
Milo Ralston
Scott
James
Robert Stabell
Dunkerton
Ralston
Robert
Iowa's Ray Elected To National Board
Dr. Robert F. Ray of the University of Iowa extension and university services was elected to a three year term on the six member board of directors of the National University Extension Association NUEA at its Albuquerque conference Ray also directs Iowa Title I program and was joined by Lee Cochran J L Davies Eloise Snavely and Robert Senecal from the university division at the event
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Iowa City
Robert F. Ray
University of Iowa Division of Extension and University Services
National University Extension Assn
NUEA
Ray
Iowa
Albuquerque
N. M
Division of Extension and University Services
Lee Cochran
J. L. Davies
Eloise Snavely
Robert Senecal
Institute of Public Affairs
Kissinger to Speak on Foreign Policy at Iowa
Henry A. Kissinger, Harvard professor and author on foreign affairs, will lecture at the University of Iowa Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union ballroom. He will discuss Foreign Policy in a Nuclear Age as the last talk of the 1966 summer session lecture series, part of the 28th annual Fine Arts festival. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Iowa City
Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
U. of I
Kissinger
How They Voted On Iowa Delegation Roll Calls
Washington AP reports how Iowa members voted on recent roll calls. Amendments by Ellender and Byrd sought foreign aid cuts, denouncing West Germany, or funding changes. Passages and defeats are listed with supporting votes by Hickenlooper and Miller, plus the House rules vote on civil rights debate.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
Ellender
D-La
Miller
Hickenlooper
Cooper
R-Ky
Alliance of Progress Nations
Byrd
D-Va
D-S.d
Church
D-Idaho
Bandstra
Culver
Greigg
Hansen
Schmidhauser
Smith
Gross
New President Named for Ottumwa Heights College
Ottumwa Heights College selects Sister Muriel Hogan to succeed Sister Marie Ancille Kennedy as president. Hogan will assume duties soon, continuing the church related leadership at the Ottumwa institution.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Muriel Hogan
Ottumwa Heights College
Marie Ancille Kennedy
State Clinic In Maquoketa Iowas Ear Nose Throat Clinic
The State Services for Crippled Children will hold an ear nose and throat clinic at First Lutheran church Maquoketa Iowa August 24 for children under 21 with chronic or acute ENT problems. Referrals by physicians required. no examination fee. Counties eligible include Cedar Clinton Delaware Dubuque Jackson Jones Linn Scott. appointments mailed after referral.
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Iowa City
State Services For Crippled Children
SSCC
Maqoketa
First Lutheran Church
East Platt and
Eliza
Cedar
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Jones, Linn
Scott
SLCC
Blame Council Bluffs Crash on Pilot Error
An attempted takeoff in instrument weather by a non instrument rated pilot caused a Council Bluffs crash on November 6. Ross A. Walker and his wife Alta were killed when their light plane failed after takeoff from the airport in dense fog. The Civil Aeronautics Board faulted the pilot's judgment given the weather.
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Council Bluffs
Ross A. Walker
Alta
Civil Aeronautics Board
Walker
90th Birthday Celebration For H F Danshill
H F Danshill turned 90 years old on Monday and was honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Noffsinger in Wellsman. The event marked the milestone birthday with family and friends in attendance.
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Thornburg
H. F. Danshill
Paul Noffsinger
Wellsman
Amvets Delay West Branch Carillon Dedication
The Amvets postpone the 25 000 Schilmerich Carillon ceremony in West Branch to honor Herbert Hoover’s birthday after a dispute over program length. Officials say a 15 minute dedicatory slot and a one hour total program prompted the move, with a September redate likely. The carillon has stood at memorials like the Truman and Eisenhower libraries.
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West Branch
Iowa
National
Amvets
Schilmerich
Herbert Hoover
West Branch Heritage Foundation
Building Pace Still Ahead in Iowa City
Iowa City issued building permits in July totaling about 62934 dollars, with 243700 dollars for 11 new single family homes and 200000 dollars for one new commercial building. The month lagged behind June and July 1965 but seven month total reached 7896470 dollars, about 5500 dollars more than the same period in 1965.
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Iowa City
Fellowship awards fund doctoral training at Iowa State
Under a 113300 grant to Iowa State for training educational researchers, 17 fellows were named by Dr. Virgil Lagomarcino. The three year program leads to PhD in education or related fields. Each fellow gets 2400 yearly stipend and tuition plus 500 per dependent. increases occur in years two and three. Richard Wilson of Cedar Rapids is among the fellows.
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Ames
Iowa State
Virgil Lagomarcino
Richard Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Beck calls for property tax equality and state aid
Adel Iowa Monday night Republican candidate for governor Robert K Beck of Centerville urged property tax relief would be much less with tax equality. He said the state must shoulder a larger share of the tax burden, especially in funding schools.
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Adel
Iowa
Robert K. Beck
Centerville
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