YMCA Volunteers Start Swim Program for Mentally Retarded Kids
The local YMCA with Red Cross and county education support launches a weekly Thursday swim lesson program for mentally retarded children from a special education school. Led by MacSpadden with Gillesby and several volunteers, the effort uses pool and gym equipment to build water safety and physical coordination.
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Red Cross
Mike Berns
Robert Nicola
Robert Gillesby
YMCA
Journal
Bob Elliott
Red Cross Chapter
County Board of Education
Special Education School
Nurses Home
Tom McSpadden
The
Don Taylor
Clinton Boshart
M. R. Flickinger
MacSpadden
Dwight Bode
Milo Steele Jr
Red Cross Swim
McSpadden
Milwaukee
Wis
Ques
Richard Peterson
Washington
William Brice
Kennedy vows no ill feeling toward steel firms
President Kennedy stated the administration holds no hostility toward steel companies after price changes last week. He emphasized cooperation among labor, management, and government to curb inflation and said a New York grand jury probe will continue to determine if any law was broken.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U.S. Steel Corp
New York
Student and Educator To Attend Traffic Safety Conference
Jerry Stalder a Wash ington High School junior and James Rossen a driver trainer will attend a state youth traffic safety conference in Des Moines on Tuesday April 24. Supt Dwight G Bode received Governor Norman Erbe's request to designate a county junior and adult observer for the event. Principal E Kelly Schlapkoh named Stalder and Rossen to represent the county. The governor hopes the conference fosters a state wide youth traffic safety organization.
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Jerry Stalder
Washington High School
James Rossen
Des Moines
Dwight G. Bode
Norman Erbe
Supt. Bode
Washington
E. Kelly Schlapkoh
Stalder
Rossen
Erbe
Junean Goschke Earns Science Scholarship
Mid Prairie High School senior Miss Junean Goschke won a four year scholarship to the State College of Iowa through the Eastern Iowa Science Fair in Cedar Rapids. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Goschke of Wellman. Her project Microbeat Population of Frozen Foods placed sixth and earned a one year subscription to Scientific American.
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Wellman
Junean Goschke
Mid-Prairie
State College of Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Goschke
Gene Goschke
Miss Goschke
Scientific American
S. S. Statler
Mid-Prairie High School
Sunrise Service Planned at Wellman Golf Course
The inter church youth council at Wellman plans a sunrise service at the Wellman golf course at 6 a.m. Sunday April 22. Worshippers are invited to a sacrificial breakfast at the Methodist Church with juice served for fifty cents, benefiting a worthy fund such as CROP.
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Wellman
Wellman Golf Course
Inter-Church Youth Council
Methodist Church
Husband backs segregationist excommunication row
Bernard J. Gaillot Jr. said he shares his wife’s segregation views and should be excommunicated with her. He wrote Archbishop RummeI defending the couple’s stance and recounting his own picketing activities amid the controversy over desegregation at New Orleans parishes.
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New Orleans
UPI
Bernard J. Gaillot Jr
Gaillot
Joseph Francis Rummel
Rummel
United Press International
John P Cody
Cody
Kansas City
U.S. Plan to Cut Armies and Form UN Peace Force
The United States proposed a six year path to cut global arms by about two thirds and replace national armies with a United Nations peace force within a decade. The plan includes zone spot checks and a sampling method to verify disarmament commitments while relying on Soviet agreement on initial armaments.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
United Nations
Russia
St James Church Holy Week and Easter Schedule
St James Catholic Church announces Holy Week and Easter services. Holy Thursday includes 4 p.m Low Mass and 8 p.m High Mass with Eucharistic procession and midnight adoration. Good Friday starts 3 30 p.m with Passion reading and veneration of the cross. Holy Saturday 7 30 p.m includes fire and candle blessings and baptismal rites. Easter Sunday masses 6 30 a.m 8 30 a.m and 10 a.m. public invited.
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St. James Catholic Church
Holy Week Activities At Ainsworth Church
The Ainsworth Methodist Church announces Maundy Thursday service at 8 p.m. led by Reverend William Simbro. The senior choir performs the cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ on Good Friday at 8 p.m. with soloists Cheryl Rees Louise Stout Irene Trotter John Elliott Dave Stephens and William Simbro. Easter Sunday features a 6 a.m Sunrise Service, an Easter breakfast, Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Simbro preaches Easter Certainty. both choirs sing.
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Christ
Dubois
Cheryl Rees
Louise Stout
Irene Trotter
John Elliott
Dave Stephens
William Simbro
Larry Trotter
Dale Roberts
Youth Fellowship
Simbro
Easter Egg Hunt Planned by Keota Community Club
Keota residents will join the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 21 at 9 30 a m The event offers a separate hunt for kindergarten and under at the football bowl and for grades one through five at Wilson Park The eggs marked with 25 will redeem for 25 cents when returned to a committee member
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Keota
Wilson Park
Poisoning of Dogs Alarms Ainsworth Residents
In three days three dogs in Ainsworth died from poisoning and a fourth ill, with concern spreading among families including the Ginkens and Hazen households. Town marshal Fred Combs checked drugstores for strychnine as veterinarians confirmed two deaths likely due to strychnine. Community members fear deliberate poisoning, worrying about children exposed to the danger.
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Ainsworth
Jim Ginkens
Ginkens
Debbie
Denny
Mrs. Ginkens
Goldie
Duane Hazen
Whitey Gosling
al Hazelett
Fred Combs
Lawrence Wilson
Board of Health
Evening Journal
Sunrise Easter Service at Washington YMCA
The Rev. Ted Dillow of Parsons College will deliver the Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Easter morning in the YMCA gym. Sponsored by the Y's Men's Club, the service features Rev. Vernon G. Elgin and Robert Choate assisting, with music from local high school groups under Alan Bergstrom and Vernon Feuerhelm.
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Ted Dillow
Parsons College
Fairfield
Washington Ymca
Washington Y's Men's Club
Washington
YMCA
Y's
Dillon
God
Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue United
Alan Bergstrom
Vernon Feuerhelm
Plan Commission Urges Park Improvements
City Planning Commission members voted to send a resolution to the park board urging improvements to the park system. The group also discussed a subdivision ordinance and recommended a Sunset Park softball diamond and additional playground equipment.
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City Planning Commission
Park Board
Bill Perdock
Sunset Park
Iowa Weather Outlook From United Press International
Weather by United Press International Iowa forecast mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers likely Thursday afternoon or evening. Low near 40 tonight. high near 70 Thursday. Five day trend shows mild start then turning colder Saturday and Sunday with light precipitation totals under one percent inch.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Washington County
Department of Commerce
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Standard Rate and Data Service
Commerce Department
International Disarmament Organization
Arthur H. Dean
St. James Church
Ainsworth Church
Ainsworth Methodist
Ronnie
Mrs. Hazen
Mr. Wilson
Dillow
U's
Robert Logan
Plan Commission
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