South Viet drive opening in central highlands
South Vietnamese forces aided by U.S. planes and artillery opened a drive to blunt the Communist threat in the central highlands. The aim remains to seize Fire Base 6 then Dak To and Ben Het while fighting around Fire Base 6 eased to sporadic shelling and sniper fire.
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Saigon
UPI
Fire Base 6
Dak To
Ben Het
Laos
Cambodia
Ngony
Hilary
Dzu
Central Highlands
Jase 6
Ihe
Tan Canh
U.S
Mand
Cubs to attend Scout-0-Rama at Town City Armory
Cubs of Pack 243 will sell tickets for the 1971 Scout-0-Rama at the National Guard Armory in Town City this Saturday from noon to 7 pm. Tickets go on sale April 17. Cubs feature “Adventure in Conservation” with soil demos and plant transplants for public display. Admission is $1 for adults. Scouts and children 17 and under enter free. Each Cubs ticket nets 30 cents for their pack fund.
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Webelos
National Guard
Town City
Saturda
Cub Scout Press
North Viet Nam demands peace terms rejected by Allies
North Viet Nam released a list of basic demands for peace that included a complete withdrawal of American and all foreign troops from South Vietnam by June 30, a halt to bombing raids on the North, and the toppling of the Saigon regime. Xuan Thuy and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh urged a serious response from U S ambassador Bruce, criticizing Nixon’s policy and accusing the administration of deception while peace efforts continued at the Washington talks.
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UPI
North Vietnam
Washington
Saigon
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
North Vietna
Moscow
Hanoi
U.S
Davie K. E. Bruce
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nixon
Troop 242 St James Court awards honor advancing Scouts
Troop 242 of St James Court held a Bi Quarterly Court of Awards at the school gymnasium. Six Tenderfoot recipients Brandon Ray Chris Zehr Tim Orris Mike Beenblossom Joe Lins and Mike Craig. Two Scouts Bill Tisor Tom Schneider received new neckerchiefs and flags. Five advanced to second class Scott Rich Jeff Libe Scott Hotle Gordon Gillesby Steve Weidner. Three to first class Sid Mabb Dana Swift John Lins. Brian Romine received the Star Scout award. Merit badges to Tim Banks John Blakeney Tom Schneider Dennis Franzen Ron Carey Steve Jaspering and others. Many warrants earned. patches and awards presented. Next event Blue Flag Camp and spring break out planned.
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St. James
Order of Arrow Scouts
Brandon Ray
Chris Zehr
Tim Orris
Mike Beenblossom
Joe Lins
Mike Craig
Bill Tisor
Tom Schneider
Chris Hagemeier
Jeff King
Steve Genek
Scott Rich
Jeff Libe
Scott Hotle
Gordon Gillesby
Steve Weidner
Sid Mabb
Dana Swift
John Lins
Brian Romine
Frank Russell
Advancement
Tim Banks
Secrest
John Blakeney
Dennis Franzen
Mrs. Lulu McFadden Dies at 80 in Keota
Lulu Young McFadden 80 died Wednesday evening April 14 after arrival at Mercy Hospital Town City. She lived at Maplewood Manor since 1966 and funeral services are Friday at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Keota with Rev. Richard Lee Scott Sr. officiating. Burial in Keota Cemetery. Born January 22 1891 in Wymore Nebraska, she married Carl McFadden in 1910 and lived in Washington Sigourney and Keota. Survivors include daughter Louise Pratt Des Moines. sons Jack Keota and George Osceola. five grandchildren four great grandchildren and brother C M Young Palm Bay Florida.
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Powell Funeral Home
Keota
Richard Lee Scott Sr
Mrs. McFadden
Wymore
Neb
George
Jennie Snook Young
Ottumwa
Carl McFadden
Fairfield
Washington
Sigourney
McFadden
LeRoy
Louise) Pratt
Des Moines
Jack C. McFadden
George D. McFadden
Oskaloosa
C. M. Young
Palm Bay
Fla
Vernon E Gipple Dies at 76 in Columbus Junction
Vernon Edward Gipple 76, retired farmer and businessman of Columbus Junction, died Wednesday night in Morning Sun Manor. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Stacy Lewis Funeral Home with Rev. Fred A. Richardson officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation after 10 a.m. Friday. Born March 19, 1895 near Columbus Junction. married Ethel Huston December 2, 1944. Surviving: son Lyle V. Gipple, daughter Ruth Abbott, six grandchildren, five great grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Vernon
Edward Gipple
Morning Sun Manor
Stacy Lewis
Fred A. Richardson
Crawfordsville
Columbus City Cemetery
Mr. Gipple
Edward and
Salona Metzger Gipple
Ethel H. Huston
Wyman
Jackson warns of Soviet weaponry
Senator Henry M. Jackson warned editors that the Soviet arms buildup endangers the U S strategic deterrent. He urged Salt talks for a one year interim agreement halting Minuteman II ICBMs and Soviet launchers, and a pause on antiballistic missile deployment to slow the arms race.
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Washington
Jackson
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Laurel Garrett Dies in Dubuque at 54
Laurel Garrett 54 formerly of Washington died this morning in Dubuque where he had lived for six years. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Jones Funeral Home, details to be announced.
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Laurel Garrett
Washington
Dubuque
Jones Funeral Home
House committee approves merit pay for teachers
DES MOINES UPI The House Schools Committee backed merit pay for teachers 16 to 1 to set 1973 salaries on teacher effectiveness in duties classroom performance and student gains from standardized tests. An amendment by Rep. Vernon Ewell allowed past experience as a criterion, with three years of service exempted from the bill. One vote against came from Rep. Earl Willets.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
House Schools Committee
Charles Grassley
Vernon Ewell
D - Waterloo
Ewell
Grassley
Earl Willets
United to separate smokers from nonsmokers on all flights
United Air Lines will seat nonsmokers in front and smokers in back on all flights starting next Wednesday. If the smoking area is full, smokers in nonsmoking rows will be asked to move to the rear before lighting up. The action follows TWA’s earlier move and stems from a flight bound to Miami where a passenger’s heart condition raised concern.
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Washington
UPI
United Air Lines
Award E. Carlson
United
Miami
Cleveland
David Gitlin
Trans World Airlines
Former residents plan open house for 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartz of Maywood Missouri will host an open house April 18 from 2 to 4 pm at Maywood Community Center to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They wed April 9 1921 at St James parsonage with attendants Arthur Bjork and Myrtle Gonder. They lived near Washington County before moving to Missouri about 27 years ago. Surviving children number 15 and include Virginia Taylor LaBelle Mo Mary Weikert Rock Island NL Charles Bartz Quincy Bob Bartz Taylor Mo Marguerite Herrich Lewistown Mo Evelyn Henson Pel dmont Helen Sly Ewing Dorothy Waters Taylor John Bartz Durham Darlene Bartz at home Janie Smith Durham Donna Miller Ewing. 65 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren reported.
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Charles Bartz
Maywood
Mr. Bartz
Pleasant Plain
Etta May Doran
Washington
St. James Parsonage
Arthur Bjork
Myrtle Gonder
Paren
Jack
Virginia) Taylor
LaBelle
Joe
Mary) Weikert
Rock Island, NL
Quincy, Il
Bob Bartz
Taylor
Albert
Marguerite)’ Herrich
Lewistown
William Bartz
Clarence Bartz
Eugene Bartz
Howard
Evelyn) Henson
YWCA Tennis Instruction Series Announced
The YWCA offers ten tennis lessons starting Tuesday April 2 taught by Mrs Terry Bowton. Classes run Tuesday and Friday mornings 9 to 10 at the YWCA gym for four sessions and at Sunset Park courts for six. Cost is $3 for adult members, with a 12 participant limit. register promptly.
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YWCA
Terry Bowton
Sunset Park
Mr and Mrs Gerald Chance celebrate third wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Gerald Chance observe their third wedding anniversary today with family and friends in a quiet home gathering.
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Gerald Chance
Local church hosts Reformed Church convention in town
The Iowa Presbytery and Reformed Presbyterian Church held a two day convention at the local church with the theme Jesus Christ the Way the Truth and the Life. Rev. Robert McCracken Marion was re elected moderator and Rev G M Robb Morning Sun chosen clerk. Don Wilson local church named young people's secretary. Officers and devotions featured daily with guest speaker Rev Mel Martin from Pittsburgh and Rev James Pennington recent Morning Sun pastor. Next year’s convention will be hosted by Morning Sun on April 12 with coffee hours and meals organized by local women.
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Iowa
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Robert McCracken
Marion
G. M. Robb
Morning Sun
Don Wilsom
Young People
G. M
Jesus Christ
7. E. Cummings
Ralph Wilson
Ralph Howell
David Armstrong
Mel Martin
Reformed Presbyterian Home
Pittsburgh
Washington
Basil McBee
Robert MclCracken
Wylie Kilpatrick
Sharon
Bert Gregory
John Skubal
McCracken
James C. Pennington
Japan
S. Ray Blair
Pennington
Morning Sun Church
Easter Weekend Visits Across Iowa Towns and College News
Mrs Xelma Hughes spent Easter weekend with her daughter and husband in Moline and with her son in Bettendorf. Minnie Maxwell returned from Shelby where her son Dick, hospitalized with a heart condition, recuperates at home. Kathy Freyenberger and Margie Friesen, students, returned to Bethel College North Newton after a 10 day spring vacation. Dorothy Pauly, elected president of Northeast Missouri State College Education Association, spent Easter with her mother in Kirksville. Mrs Earl Cline and Michael McCandless visited Davenport while Sevilla Bowman, a patient at St Luke's Hospital, remains in room 266 after a car accident.
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Xelma
Hughes
Stanley Leach
Moline
Wendell Hughes
Bettendorf
Minnie Maxwell
Shelby, C
Dick Maxwells
West Smiley
Shelby
Kathy Freyenberger
Margie Friesen
American Falls
Idaho
Bethel Colley
Newton
Kan
Sathy
Robert Freyenberger
Chardsville
Dorothy Pauly
Lola Pauly
Dorothy
Student Nations Education Association
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Hate
Jefferson City
Earl Cline
Michael McCandless
Davenport
Sevilla Bowman
St. Luke’s Hosital
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Ruth) Abbott
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