Washington City of Power and Contrasts in Civil Rights March
Washington confronts deep contrasts as civil rights marchers prepare for a large demonstration at the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. The city shows growth and beauty alongside slums and rising crime, with Congress controlling key funds and local power limited by federal authority.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Washington -Ia
Capitol
White House
Jefferson Memorial
Greece
Tohington
Virginia
Maryland
America
Congress
District of Columbia
Columbus Weekend Personalities and Visitors Report
Columbus Junction residents Ruth Kaney and sons visited over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs George Weber and other colalives. Dennis Stouiner and family of Keota called on her parents Jr and Mrs L B Dempsey Sunday. Beverly Everett and sons from Cedar Rapids visited with her parents Mr and Mrs William Ping. Edna Geritzler and Miss Effie Kelly hosted Irene and Worenee McDill from Wapello Mae Jahr of Galesburg and Florence Curtis of Terre Haute, Curtis recently back from a European tour. Kathy Anderson of St Paul visits Robert Smylie and sons households.
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Columbus Junction
Ruth Kaney
Des Maines
George Weber
Amid
Dennis Stouiner
Keota
L. B. Dempsey
Beverly Everett
Cedar Rapids
William Ping
Edna Geritzler
Effie Kelly
Irene
Worenee McDill
Wapello
Mae: Jahr
Galesburg
Florence Curtis
Terre Haute
Curtis
Kathy Anderson
St. Paul
Robert Smylie and Sons
Forest Service Fights Montana Timber Blaze
Forest Service officials reported a spreading blaze from the Rug Red Cinnabar Basin near Yellowstone National Park that swept about 700 acres of dense timber Sunday night. Smoke jumpers were dispatched by air from Missoula, 100 Indian firefighters arrived from Billings, and bulldozers were positioned to construct fire lines.
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Gardiner
Mont
Forest Service
Yellowalone National Park
Missoula
Billings
Woman Survives 80-Foot Mine Shaft Plunge
Mrs Margaret Hayes 29 fell eighty feet into an abandoned mine shaft and landed in deep water. She clung to the shaft timbers for over an hour Sunday before rescue. Hospital attendants said she is in good condition with only bruises.
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Webb City
Margaret Hayes
Berkeley Seismograph Records Strong Fiji Quake
A strong earthquake centered about 5 400 miles southwest of Berkeley in the Fiji Islands was recorded by the University of California seismograph at 5 23 am PDT today. Seismologist Don Tocher reported the quake registered 6 to 7 on the Richter scale, likening it to the 1906 San Francisco quake at 8 4. It was unclear whether tremors were felt on populated islands.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ina
Fiji
University of California
Don Tocher
San Francisco
Million Dollar Sewer Project Starts Work
Work begins on phase one of a 1.0 million sewer project in Caldwell Moline and neighboring areas with Caldwell Inc moving in machinery and setting up barriers at the Pappase Creek pumping station site. Major work includes new ventrances and exits, two pumping stations and 16 to 24 inch force mains to Mussay Park, while highway improvements for Route 41 32 are planned. The contract totals 1.015 million with federal approval, with final project cost estimated at 2.74 million.
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Tris
Be-Caldwell,, Inc
Moline
Pappase Creek
Harbor
Quive
West
Mississippi Drive
Highway Commission
Lina
Walnut
Pine and Chestnut Streets
Tawa Avenue
Normoyle and Berg
Harbor Drive
Mussey Park
Caldwell
Eminent Rabbi Julius Noel to Speak at Muscatine Teachers Workshop
Rabbi Julius Noel of St Louis will address Muscatine teachers at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium. Noel, a renowned orator and author, is senior rabbi of Temple Shaare Emeth and a former navy chaplain. He will discuss Our American Heritage Dead Belic or Living Bequest as the workshop closes. The event opens Wednesday with sessions at local schools and a river trip on the Kent.
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Julius J. Noel
St Louis
Baltimore
Temple
Shaare Emeth
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Portland
Ore
St. Loui
Feahbl Nodet
America
Hehar
Uni
Heswax
Anietlin Veterann’s Committee
Washington University
St. Louis
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Muscatine ‘High School
Marine Summer Training Completes For Richard Altenbernd
Richard A. Altenbernd, son of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Altenbernd of 1474 Washington Street Muscatine, completed the Marine Corps Schools Quantico summer course for senior platoon leaders. The program trains college students for commissions as Marine officers. The senior class includes graduates from prior summers, covering leadership, tactics and unit employment. Altenbernd will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve after college graduation.
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Richard A. Altenbernd
David W. ‘Altenbernd
Washington Street
Muscatine
Marine Corps
Quantico
Callege
Combat United
Miine Corps “Reserve
Fire Crackers In Mail Box Provokes Thief
Irving Hines of 4617 Lincoln Blvd reported damage from fire crackers bursting in his mailbox last Saturday night. His mailbox was damaged, and three white ducks were stolen with duck heads left in the yard. adult footprints were found as clues.
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Irving Hines
Lincoln Blvd
Algas
City Park Plans Outlined by Muscatine Official
Rotary luncheon speaker O E Bently outlined proposed Muscatine park expansions. Major work would add baseball diamonds fishing area and recreation facilities near the slough with space for future exhibition building. Weed park would receive new tennis courts while Eversmeyer pond area may gain a ball diamond and other facilities as area opens. The commission seeks at least five acres for a new north west recreation tract and aims to keep parks assets for the community.
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Muscatine
O. E. Bently
Veteran Park Commission
Rotary Club
Bently
Muscatine Slough
Weed Park
Heinz
Eversmeyer Pond
Benny
The
Park Commission
Heart Attack Strikes National Foundation Leader O Connor
Riverhead New York O Connor president of the National Foundation March of Dimes remained in fair condition at Central Long Island hospital after suffering an acute heart condition and two heart failures on Saturday involving his health status and ongoing hospitalization.
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Riverhead
N.Y
Basil
O'Connor
National Foundation — March of Dimes
Central Liffolk Hospital
Thirty Day Jail Term For Intoxication
Louis As cencid of Muscating was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail after an arrest late Sunday for intoxication. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Marley G. Alibee Jr.
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Louis Ascencid
Muscating
Justice of the Peace
Marley G. Alibee, Jr
Checkbook Spending Rises in Muscatine in July
A Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago report shows Muscatine July spending up 15.5 percent from 1962, the strongest gain among 22 Iowa cities. The state average rose 24 percent, with changes ranging from a 13.5 percent climb in Muscatine to a 43 percent drop in another locale. Bank check clearings are a widely watched business indicator.
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Muscatine
Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago
Wapello Tri-Deck Bridge Club Opens Season
Wapello Tri-Deck Bridge Club met for their first meeting of the season Friday evening at the home of Mrs Velma Baker. Anhaballe Pulver won high score, Bessit Bates second, Fern Messer took the traveling prize. Next meeting time and place to be announced.
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Wapello
Tri-Deck Bridge Club
Velma Baker
Anhaballe Pulver
Bessit
Bates
Fern Messer
East German Border Guards Flee to West
East German border guards attempted entry to West Germany with at least 15 people trying to flee over the western border. Some succeeded while a year old boy wandered into a minefield area and was found in Bavaria. A Berlin incident had a border guard disarm a superior and escape over barbed wire into the western sector. West Berlin police noted two more guards crossed safely.
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Berlin
Westend
Bavaria
West Berlin
Earlham names Hoerner Hall for Iowa donor in 102-man residence
Richmond Indiana Earlham College officials honor Richard Hoerner of Keokuk Iowa a 1920 Earlham graduate and father of two graduates by naming a new 102 bed student residence Hoerner Hall. Hoerner serves as Moerner Boxes Inc chairman and Earlham trustee since 1550.
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Richmond
Ind
Ewham College
Hoerner
Richard Hoerner
Keokuk
Iowa
Earlham
Farlham
Woerner
Moerner Boxes, Inc
Chartered Bus Taking Lowans To Washington
A chartered bus leaves Des Moines today carrying 20 to 40 travelers to join rights demonstrations in Washington on Wednesday. The trip includes meetings Tuesday with Iowa senators Jack Miller and Rourke B. Hienlooper and Rep. Fred Schwengel. Sponsors are Des Moines NAACP and the American Friends Service Committee.
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Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Jack Miller
Rourke B. Hienlooper
Fred Schwengel
The
Des Moines National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
American Friends Service Committee
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