Iowa GOP faces Vietnam split at Des Moines convention
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Republican convention where Vietnam policy sparks floor fights as the resolutions committee leans middle of the road. Delegates from all 99 counties gather with 3,480 anticipated attendees for a headline dinner honoring Senator Hick enlooper, featuring Dirksen.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Vietnam
Resolutions Committee
William C. Ball
Waterloo
Iowa
Veterans’ Auditorium
Illinois
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Hick
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Bright little girl counts in church visit
A minister tests a bright child who quickly counts to ten and adds face cards and more. A window display promotes spring apparel and formal wear with promise of double Washington stamps. A new baby girl prompts a playful dad comment. Knits in stock include turtlenecks and mock turtles from Manhattan Van Heusen and Hanes. A gag about deceptive packaging features two wives reacting to a TV segment.
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Jack
Manhattan
van Heusen
Hanes
Show boat cast and crew listing continues on page 1
The article lists ensembles and personnel for the show boat production. It names colored and white chorus members, both men and women, the parade band, production supervisors, musicians, costume makers, stage crew, and ticket sales staff. Notable names include Lee Buchholz Pete Getz Pauline Stewart Warren Erickson Mollie Keating Verle Gallagher and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Chorus
Lee Bucholz
Pete Getz
Stan Soucek
Floyd Woods
Dwain Tschantz
Jerry King
Joe Jones
Ralph Kleese
C. P Berkhoff
Robert Gillesby
Ted Woods
Colored
Pauline Stewart
Jean Robertson
Wilma Butler
Mable Miller
Roma Pearl
Catherine Wallace
DeLores Fetterman
Florence Sherman
Helen Reschly
Betty Hughes
Enid Tweeton
Sue Getz
Mary Witting
Ann Duncan
Iola Morrison
White
Warren Erickson
Earl Rae
Ed Augustine
Wayne Waggoner
Pete Weller
M. L. Tweeton
Robert Cheyney
Warren Anderson
Roger Miller
Don Boyer
White Chorus
Millie Keating
Donna Wheelan
Ruth Engelstad
Norma Whitham
Dot Nardy
Gail Schrock
Elaine Oxenford
Jan Gardner
Priscilla Thompson
Pauline Crull
Lucille Smith
Harriet Rustan
Greg Hillman
Dave Gregory
Craig Stanley
Mark Flickinger
Jay Kephart
Mark Shearer
Eldon Luers
Ben Johnson
Wayne Gamon
Calvin Wolf
Margaret Wolf
Leon Hillman
Nancy Pasley
Helen Gilbert
Ron Wise
Gary McCurdy
Rosemary Hanson
Dave Elder
Dunham Morrison
Bob Anderson
Bob Carter
Bob Huber
Larry DeLong
Lam Messer
Dick Ross
Yaro Chmelar
Bob Logan
Bob Choate
John Walker
Clarence Dehne
John Owen
John Butler
Ed Jarrard
Verle Gallagher
Arden Freel
Spring clothing and home life quirks fill town pages
A rambling mix of shop asks and domestic jokes highlights spring fashion from shirts to shorts and a comic tale of a new bride seeking tax deductions. A laughable exchange about birth control costs and a porch painting anecdote add local flavor to the quirky column.
Rites Thursday for Mrs. Emma C. Shaw
Mrs Emma C Shaw 70 of 720 South Marion Avenues Washington died Monday April 15 1968 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after brief illness Funeral Thursday 130 PM at Jones Funeral Home Rev M O Smith in charge Burial Elm Grove Cemetery She was married May 18 1921 to Alvin F Shaw Surviving sister Edith Hayes Evanston Illinois and several nieces nephews Two brothers Albert and Harry Dusenberg preceded her in death Memorials encouraged gifts to Washington State Bank or Jones Funeral Home.
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Emma C. Shaw
South Marion Avenues
Washington
Mercy
Bethel Missionary Society
Friendship Club
Emma C. Dusenbery
West Chester
William and
Elsie Crawford Dusenbery
Ailvin F. Shaw
Harold
Edith) Hayes
Evanston
Illinois
Albert
Harry Dusenbery
Death notices: Mrs Lucy Miller of Kalona dies
Mrs Lucy Miller 91 of Kalona died Monday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a three day stay. She lived in Kalona all her life and in recent years at Pleasant View Home. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. East Union Mennonite Church with pastors Swartzendruber and Miller officiating. Burial Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Born August 14 1876 near Kalona to Henry H and Lizzie Bender Hershberger. Married Abraham D Miller December 23 1897 in Iowa County. he died April 27 1938. She was last of eleven, predeceased by two daughters Elva and Alice Swartzendruber.
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Kalona
Lucy Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Pleasant View
East Union Mennonite Church
A. Lloyd Swartzendruber
J. John J. Miller
Lower Deer Creek
Yoder
Mrs. Miller
Henry H
Lizzie Bender Hershberger
Abraham D. Miller
Iowa County
Elva
Alice Swartzendruber
4-H Horse Project Members Urged to Attend First Meeting
4 H horse project members are urged to attend the first information meeting led by Ray Bonar Thursday at 7 30 PM at the Farm Bureau Building. Bring the new project record book insert and Horse Project fact book. A film titled Youth and the Quarter-Horse will be shown and Bonar will explain the project.
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Horse Project
Ray Bonar
Farm Bureau
Bonar
Francis Glider Dies at 51 in Town City
Francis Gene Glider 51 of 420 West Vanburen Street died Monday April 15 1968 in a Veterans Hospital at Town City after three weeks illness. services 3:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Cowell in charge. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars rites. He worked 19 years for the city of Washington. A World War II veteran, he was born August 19 1916 in West Chester. Survived by wife Vera Lowash a son Gene Denver Colo a daughter Mrs. Charles Bruty Washington a grandson Mark Bruty a sister Mrs. Carl Stecher Rock Island Illinois and two brothers Ray Dubuque and Keith Washington.
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Francis Gene Glider
West
Vanburen Street
Town City
Jones
Charles Cowell
Elm Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Glider
City of
West Chester
Carrie Grover
Washington
Vera Lowash
Gene
Denver
Colo
Charles
Chris) Bruty
Mark Bruty
Carl
Betty) Stecher
Rock Island
Illinois
Ray
Dubuque
Keith
Meeting Tonight by Louisa County Association for Retarded Children
The Louisa County Association for Retarded Children meets tonight at 7 in Grandview at The Center in Columbus Junction. Harold Bridges of Muscatine will discuss reorganizing the Iowa Association for Retarded Children into 16 state areas. A nominating committee will be appointed for the May officers election. current president is Mrs. Edward Rowe.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Association For
Grandview
Harold Bridges
Muscatine
Iowa Association For
Bridges
State Board For
Edward Rowe
Local Notables and Visitors Share Easter Weeks in Washington
Washington residents and guests recount hospital stays, leaves, and family gatherings around Easter. Elsie Garrett at St Joseph Ottumwa seeks ecards, Brian Owen on leave from Vietnam visits his parents, and the Witthoft family hosts Easter meals with relatives from Davenport and Ainsworth. Other updates note Anders and Hensel family travel for military duties and Drake University student Kenneth Hensel’s return. Public Affairs plans a Thursday brunch at Captain's Table with a day change and vanishing contact for regrets.
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Edgar Stewart
Funeral Wednesday for Kueneman girl
Funeral services for Janeane Annette Kueneman ten year old resident of Plano Illinois will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Daniel Salisbury in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery She was killed Monday April 15 1968 in an accident on a county road one mile east of Haskins born December 2 1957 in Davenport She is survived by father Gilbert Kueneman of Ainsworth mother Ramona Geisen and step father Charles Geisen of Plano one half sister Charlene Geisen of Plano and grandparents Edwin Malmberg of Washington and Sophia Kueneman of Riverside
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Janeane Annette Kueneman
Jones Funeral Home
Daniel Salisbury
Elm Grove Cemetery
Janeane
Plano
Ill
Haskins
She
Davenport
Gilbert Kueneman
Ramona Malmberg Geisen
Ainsworth
Charles Geisen
Charlene Geisen
Edwin Malmberg
Washington
Sophia Kueneman
Riverside
Oskaloosa Seniors Attend Show Boat at Washington High
A group of 20 elderly residents from Oskaloosa travelled by bus to Washington High School for the opening of Show Boat. The outing was organized through the Oskaloosa YMCA for the Oskaloosa Senior Citizens group.
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Oskaloosa Group
Washington High School
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Senior Citizens
Oskaloosa Ymca
Ruth Ann Hendrickson to marry Saturday in Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs William Hendrickson of Columbus City announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Ruth Ann to Dennis M Galitz son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Galitz of Columbus Junction The couple will wed Saturday April 20 at 2 pm in St Josephs Catholic Church Columbus Junction All friends and relatives invited to the ceremony and reception afterward
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Columbus Junction
William Hendrickson
Columbus City
Ruth Ann
Dennis M. Galitz
Raymond Galitz
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Medical and surgical cases admitted and dismissed
On the record Admitted Sunday Mrs Richard Moot hart Washington surgical Yesterday Fred Jarvis Ains worth medical Kurt Wolf Washington medical Mrs Earl Cline Brighton medical William D Young Washington surgical Today James Nelson Keota medical Dismissed Today Mrs Claude Dicker son Washington
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Richard Moothart
Washington
Surgical
Fred Jarvis
Ainsworth
Kurt Wolf
Earl Cline
Brighton
William D. Young
James Nelson
Keota
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Fairfield
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Newton
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Delmar van Horne
Jefferson
Lee Watts
Corning
Jack Warren
Hickenlooper
Jack Miller
Glen Pardon
Brandon
Charles E. Wittenmeyer
E. M. Smith
Joy Rohm
Republican Workshop
Herbert Reed
Panora
Iowa Council of Republican Women
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Young Republicans
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Bob Rigler
Wittenmeyer
Smith
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Richard M. Nixon
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Squire News
Spring Apparel
Pete Boshart
Dick Giardino
Squire
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Mr. Frog
Squire Shoppe
Evening Journal
Wayne Knupp
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Osincup Drug Store
Walgreen Agency
West Side Square
Francis
Louisa Co
Elsie Garrett
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Brian Owen
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C. J. Armstrong
Bellevue
Neb
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Wayne Witthoft
Wilbur Witthoft
Ralph Witthoft
Arthur Witthoft
Frances Miller
Margaret Voorhees
Mae Lamb
Harold Brooks
Albia
Henry Brooks
Pearl Thompson
Pfe
Frederick Hensel
Ft. Riley
Kan
Clint Hensel
Kenneth Hensel
Drake University
Lee Drollinger
Russell Drollinger
Westminster
Calif
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Wellman
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Claude Dickerson
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