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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1963
Page
4
A long list of Thanksgiving visits fills the page as families from Newton, Waterloo, Oelwein, Grinnell, and Mason City gather at homees of relatives across the area. Notable attendees include Mr and Mrs Dean Elmore, Mr and Mrs Bil Bartlett, Mr and Mrs C E Burroughs, and many others. Several travel from Chicago, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids for the holiday.
Miss Mary Patricia Jacobi daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Ion Jacobi of Kins united in marriage with John Wharton of Cedar Rapids son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Wharton of Cedar Falls. The ceremony occurred at St Pauls Catholic Church Newhall on November 16 with Rev Donald Werdert presiding. The bride wore silk tissue taffeta with a fitted bodice and bouffant floor length skirt. Attendants included Mrs Eugene Kline sister of the bride as matron of honor and bridesmaids from South Amana Newhall Cedar Rapids. Best man was Jen Wharton Cedar Falls, with groomsmen from Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Atkins and others. Altar boys and junior altar boys were relatives of the bride. The couple will reside at 1300 Oakland Gardens Cedar Rapids.
Capitol News reports Iowa grieves the nation after President John F Kennedy is shot. The item lists residents including David and Mr Henry Schafer Monticello Paul Tobinson Decorah Miss Jeanette Worth Sioux Center Miss Betty Wirth State College of Iowa Cedar Falls and Thanksgiving dinner guests at the Ressler home and Kielman households with numerous relatives present.
The piece recalls Kennedy's strong ties to Iowa with 21 percent of the state’s votes helping him secure the 1960 Democratic nomination in Los Angeles. It notes his first Iowa appearance in Des Moines in 1958, a September 1960 crowd over twenty thousand in Fort Dodge, and a November Des Moines farm rally led by Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Gov Harold Hughes Senator Guy Gillette and Republican Chair George Nagle issued condolences after the assassination. They called it a shocking deplorable event with nationwide sympathy for Mrs Kennedy and the Kennedy family, noting the tragedy transcends politics.
Government officials and industrial leaders from Iowa, including Carroll Worlan and Gov. Harold Hughes, will visit three cities to attract new plants. Notables like Dr. James Van Allen and Forest Evashevsk will join the delegation, as pressure to grow industry rises. The piece also notes salary data, with Dr. Robert C. Hardin earning $31,000 annually, while the governor earns $18,500 plus a $5,000 salary account.
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