Washington County 4H To Attend Citizenship Short Course
Twenty seven Washington County 4H members and three adults will depart June 1 for Washington D C to participate in the Citizenship Short Course. Delegates will join 4H members from other states and work on committees to plan the program with tours of the capital and Gettysburg National Park on the way home.
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Washington County
Washington
Washington, D.C
Merritt Canady
Tim
Gettysburg National Park
Bill Frame
Julie Wood
Mar
Jorie Walf
Ainsworth
Steve Whisler
Joe Jones
Gary L. Shebeck
Willard Larsen
Barbara Guy
Claudia Tines
Alic Lance
Vaughn Rinner
First Lady Kennedy Expected Third Child in August
Palm Beach Florida reports Jacqueline Kennedy is four months pregnant with her third child the first White House birth since Grover Cleveland. President Kennedy and the children Caroline and John Jr. accompany the announcement with plans for a later Rome state visit and a working trip to Germany, without the full pomp of a state arrival.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Grover Cleveland
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Pierre Salinger
Washington
Italy
Kennedy Kennedy
Rome
West Germany
Bonn
West Berlin
Macmillan Leads Probe Into Britain Security Leak
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met with Home Secretary Henry Brooke for 65 minutes after returning from Easter holiday to review government inquiries into leakage of nuclear war prep pamphlets. Security units planned raids to find the group Spies for Peace over alleged underground regional government sites.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Home
Henry Brooke
Brooke
Britain
Cletus Reed Elected By Swine Producers
The Washington County Swine Producers Association reorganization elected Cletus Reed of Keota as chairman and Don Stout of Crawfordsville as vice chairman. Merritt Canady will serve as secretary. The board aims to sponsor a quality pork class at the 1963 county fair for 4H and FFA members.
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Washington County Swine Producer's Association
Merritt Canady
Cletus Reed
Keota
Don Stout
Crawfordsville
Canady
Treast
FFA
Edwin Pfeiffer
Keatgene Wead
Wellman
Ed Chabal
Riverside
Swin Horn
Wilford Ittetoe
Washington
Dale Roberts
Jim Barnes
Brighton
Mrs Davisson 29 Dies in Iowa City Hospital
Mrs. Ross Davisson Jr 29 of Manson died Monday afternoon at University Hospital Iowa City after heart illness. She fell ill Friday night and was moved from Ft. Dodge hospital to Iowa City where she died the next day. Funeral for former Darlene Ruth Meyer set for Thursday at 2 pm in Lytton Lutheran Church. Survivors include husband three children and her mother Mrs Hattie Meyer of Lytton. Mrs Davisson’s mother-in-law Mrs Ross Davison of Keota also listed.
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Ross Davisson Jr
Manson
University Hospital
Towa City
Davison
Ft. Dodge Hospital
Iowa City Hospital
Darlene Ruth Meyer
Lytton
Davisson
Keota
Wellman
Hattie Meyer
Ross Davison
Keot
Hearing on Flagman at North 4th Avenue Crossing Underway
A court hearing in the local courthouse today reviews whether a flagman at the North 4th Avenue railroad crossing will stay on duty. The Iowa Commerce Commission leads the session with Des Moines official Bernard J. Martin in charge. Local opponents Speak through city attorney John Owen as Milwaukee and Rock Island Railroads seek removal of Lorel Garrett of Washington. Decisions are not expected until days after the hearing.
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North 4Th Avenue
Loca Court House
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Bernard J. Martin
Des Moines
John ©. Owen
Lorel Garrett
Washington
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Washington County Receives .19 Inch Rainfall Overnight
Washington County farmers welcomed a light .19 inch rain early this morning. The moisture helps seal plowed fields dried by recent winds and benefits oat crops, according to Merritt Canady of the County Extension Service. The measurement was recorded by the official weather observer in Washington.
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Washington
Washington County
Merritt Canady
The
County Extension Service
Weather Observer
Rites Thursday for Richard Peck
Funeral services for Richard Peck will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Fast Pleasant Plain with Rev. Henry B. ieers presiding. Burial follows at Polishville Cemetery. The rosary is planned for 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton after his sudden death Monday in Brighton.
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Brighton
Richard Peck
Fast. Pleasant Plain
Henry B. Ieers
Polishville
Gould
Peck
Indiana University narcotics probe expands with second arrest
Monroe County prosecutors say Frederick Fisher Jr. a graduate student from Cedar Rapids Iowa will be charged with possession of narcotics in an IU marijuana party investigation. Nancy Dillingham 21 was arrested after police found marijuana worth 50 in her Bloomington apartment and a city map with Chicago area locations suggesting a syndicate link.
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UPL
Indiana University
Monroe County
Thomas A. Hoadley
Frederick “Fritz” Fisher Jr
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fisher
Nancy Dillingham
Miss. Dillingham
Con
Jroin
Applegate
Monroe
Miss Dillingham
Don Smith
Bloomington
Hoadley
Marijuan Hoadley
VFW to Tape Bicycles in Local Safety Campaign
The Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars post will apply reflector tape to bicycles at local junior high schools on Wednesday as part of a national Lite-a-Bike program. Marion S. McAvoy says volunteers will tape bikes at Stewart Lincoln and St James schools, with city hall Saturday for others.
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Seuiwets
Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Nation
Marion S. McAvoy
Stewart
Lincoln
St. James
VEW
Move to Cut Social Welfare Budget by Senate Committee
Des Moines reports the Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a 17.515 million dollar annual social welfare budget for two years, a 418000 decrease from the prior budget and 1.095 million below Gov. Hughes proposal. Cuts hit Old Age Assistance and ADC, with smaller trims to Aid to the Blind and other programs.
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Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
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Department
Franklin S$. Main
D-Lamont
Social Welfare
OAA
Tama
Iowa lawmakers split over tire discounts for personal cars
Des Moines legislators debated using state car discount prices for private tires. Rep. John Ely argued it is improper while Reps. Carstensen Maule Kenfuthrie Wright cited fairness. Some lawmakers admit discounts help travel between Des Moines Clinton and home. An embargo on heavy trucks on Highway 78 in several counties was lifted.
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Des Moines
UPL
Iowa
John Ely
Cedar Rapids
Harvey Montgomery
Ely
Lawrence Carstensen
R Clinton
Eloy Maule
D-Ona
Carstensen
Clinton
Maule
Eral Assembly
Sam_ Kenfuthrie Center
Jed Wright
R-Vinton
Washington
Henry
Keokuk
State Highway Commission
Local Boys Aim for Canadian Wilderness Camping Trip
Twenty local high school boys may join a YMCA arranged summer camping excursion to Camp Menogyn near Duluth Minnesota. The August 2 to 11 trip includes five days on the trail with counselors, costs 36 dollars plus extra spending money, and 20 campers will be accepted with registrations open at the Washington YMCA.
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YMCA
Minneapolis
Menogyn
Duluth
Minn
Tom Mes
Washington
Parked Car Damaged When Semi Turns Corner
A semitruck cut a corner on South Iowa and East Washington in Ottumwa damaging a parked 196 model car owned by Dwain Leroy Tschantz. The driver Hillard Lee Fowler of Ottumwa was heading north and turning east at about 8:30 PM causing an estimated $150 in damage.
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Dwain Leroy
Tschantz
Hillard Lee Fowler
Ottumwa
South
Iowa
Washington Street
Torrential Rains Wreak Havoc in Hawaii
Torrential rains devastate Hawaii with two Army officers missing and presumed dead. Homes lost and farms flooded as 18 inches of rain fell in eight hours near Honolulu, with damage estimated in the millions.
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Honolulu
Misplaced Praise for Telstar and Relay Rivalry
Washington reports a praise surge for the relay satellite on a Europe broadcast of Kennedy signing Church’s citizenship, but Telstar is credited as the first to debut. Telstar’s early launch by NASA and AT&T outshines Relay, despite the latter’s success. The London Daily Sketch errs on the name, praising Telstar’s brilliance.
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UPI
Europe
White House
Kennedy
Winston Churchil
Relay
Radio Corporation of
Ameca
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RCA
Mus
Telstar
Elstar
Felstar
Tele and Telegtaph Co
NASA
London
Daily Sketch
Iowa Weather Outlook Droplets and Clouds Across State
Partly cloudy skies remain over Iowa through Wednesday with scattered thundershowers in the southeast and extreme south late tonight into Wednesday. Cooler conditions settle over most of the state tonight and Wednesday. Thursday trend shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change.
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