Wash ington Community Summer School Offered to District
Summer school classes will be offered to all Wash ington Community School District students. Elementary sessions run six weeks from June 24 with grades K through six. Junior high and high school courses run June 10 to July 1 with fees 7.50 per elementary course and 15 per junior high or high school course, 20 for Driver's Training. Registration runs April 22 to May 1 at designated sites.
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Washington Community
Edward Hatchcroft
Lincoln School
Stewart School
Olympia
Local Students Enter Works for SUI Art Exhibit
Washington High and junior high students will show works at the 33rd annual Iowa High School Art Education Conference at the State University of Iowa. Fifty-seven Iowa schools have pre registered entries for the exhibition held with the conference. Exhibits from the Iowa Mennonite School at Kalona will also be displayed.
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Washington
Iowa High
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Towa Mennonite
Kalona
Washington Men Attend Water Works Short Course at SUI
Four Washington men joined the Water Works Management short course at State University of Town, a two day conference to address managerial problems in the water works field. Keith E. Bridson RB McAllister from health officials Marvin R Glandon and Glenn C Yoder from municipal water works attended along with Alvin Smith of Wellman.
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Washington
State University of Town
Keith E. Bridson
RB. McAllister
State Department of Health
Marvin R. Glandon
Glenn C. Yoder
Municipal Water Works
Alvin Smith
Wellman
Five Children Die In Michigan Fire
A grandfather described how five grandchildren perished when a space heater ignited a two story home in Michigan just after midnight. Mother Elizabeth Ann Moes, 28, had left the children with her sister Judy Cook, 17, who were unable to escape the flames.
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Mich
UPI
Elizabeth Ann Moes
Judy Cook
Frier Addresses Rural Development Talk At Kiwanis Meeting
At a Junetoon Kiwanis gathering Bill Day 소개 Jim Frier Washington County Extension Director spoke on Rural Area Development and its county impact. He noted Iowa's 10 year population rise of 45 percent vs county migration of 2300 seeking work elsewhere and showed rising farm capital from 30000 in 1930 to 113000 in 1959 as farm sizes grow while farmer numbers fall. Guests Marvin Smith and Ed Gidley were introduced.
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Kiwanis Club
Bill Day
Jim Frier
Washington County
Frier
Iowa
Marvin Smith
Ed Gidley
Sinking of Thresher Attributed To Burst Pipe
Capt. Frank A. Andrews said a burst circulating salt water pipe likely caused the Thresher submarine to sink with 129 aboard. He described a possible water leak shorting an electric board and an inward implosion as the hull flooded, while urging review of diving tests and nuclear submarine design. Andrews spoke aboard USS Warrant on the voyage home to Newport News amid naval inquiries.
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Warrington
APD
Thresher
Frank A. Andrews
Submarine Development Group II
Navy
Andrews
Atlantic Waters
Cape Cod
Newport
Naval Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
WACO and Mediapolis Bands Plan Joint Concerts
OLDS bands from WACO Community High School and Mediapolis Community High School combine for a concert in Mediapolis on April 23 and May 6 at 7 30 p m. WACO band includes Crawfordsville Olds and Wayland students while Mediapolis band draws from Mediapolis Huron Sperry and Yarnmouth HP. Jones of Washington will conduct both concerts.
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OLDS
Waco Community High School
Mediapolis Community High School
Mediapolis
Waco High School
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Huron
Sperry
Yarmouth
HP. Jones
Washington
Junior High Pupils Will Exhibit Work
Washington Junior High School opens an open house Monday evening at 7 30 featuring displays of industrial arts home economics and art. A style show starts the program. A ceramic exhibit and works by Wally Horn Carlton Bump and Connie Whitel will be shown. Public can visit the building after 7 30 Monday April 2.
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Washington
Wally Horn
Carlton Bump
Connie Whitel
Toll Rises as Killer Tornadoes Hit Midwest
A deadly tornado outbreak swept four states causing at least three deaths and about 70 injuries. Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbonnais lost its five story administration building and campus facilities, with thousands of students spared major injuries. In Indiana and Michigan damage and missing persons were reported, with farms and homes destroyed and cities like Bourbonnais and Gifford bearing the brunt.
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Kankakee
Ill
UPI
Midwest
Indiana
Olivet Nazarene College
Bourbonnais
Leon Blanchette
Sandra Rivard
Bradley
Gifford
Ind
Mrs Lenmark 93 Dies After Weeklong Illness
Ellen Dragseth Lenmark 93, a Meldal Norway native, died this morning April 18 1963 at Sunnyhaven Rest Home after a weeklong illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Stutrud. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Surviving: four sons George Morris and Ivar. two daughters Mrs Christensen and Mrs Boettcher. 14 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren. Lenmark lived in the United States since age 16 and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
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Ellen Dragseth Lenmark
Meldal
Norway
Sunnyhaven
Sherman-Eden
Dennis Stutrud
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ellen Dragseth
Johan Drags
Chris Jan Lenmark
Lenmark
United States
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Oal George
Morris
Minneapolis
Ivar
Hillsboro
Ore
Christ Christensen
Elgin Til
Paul Boettcher
Washington
Bud Dela Named as City Coordinator in New Post
Hotel Washington owner Bud DeLa was named city coordinator by the council at a special meeting, taking over May 1 to centralize purchasing and cut waste. Mayor Wilits noted anticipated savings. Also named to replace city clerk John Sowash is LeNora Taylor, effective July 1, with an assistant to join her office. A Loyal Order of Moose enrollment meeting was moved to May 22 at 8 p.m. with a national office speaker.
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R. B
Bud) DeLa
Hotel
Washington
DeLa
LC. Willits
LeNora Taylor
John Sowash
Taylor
Sowash
the Loyal Order of Moose
Washington County Fair Board plans August event slate
The Washington County Fair Association board met at Townsley Park to outline plans for the annual fair the first week of August. A nominating committee was named for June elections. Fireworks, a beauty contest, an amateur contest and a big horse show are on the program along with a large farm machinery exhibit and expanded flower and art shows. Holiday space demand for commercial exhibits remains high and a painting contract for the fair buildings was approved.
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Washington County
Townsley Park
Milo Orris
Herman Wagenknecht
Leo Beauchamp
County Democrats Endorse Operation Support Program
Washington County Democratic Central Committee members voted to back Operation Support promoting the Kennedy administration's legislative program. Walter Farrell chaired a Wednesday meeting at the courthouse. The plan includes sixteen weeks of taped broadcasts on the local radio station, a May bake sale chaired by Mrs. Paul Ryan, and a future dinner event.
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Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Kennedy
Court House
Walter Farrell
Paul Ryan
Former Washingtonian Named to National Post
Former Washington resident Mrs. Carl D. Koehler has been unanimously selected as executive secretary to the National Association of Educational Secretaries. She will assume duties July 1 in Washington D.C. and has long held leadership roles in educational office associations.
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Carl D. Koehler
Mary Westphal
National Association of Educational Secretaries
Koehler
Linda Vista Drive
Whittier
California
Washington D.C
George E
The
East
Whittier City
Little Lake Office Employees Association
East Whittier Association of Educational Office Employees
Los Angeles County Association of Educational Office Employees
Santa Fe Springs
Iowa House Rejects Omnibus Tax Bill Then Passes Substitution
After a stormy two hours and caucus interruptions the Iowa House adopted a substitute revenue measure endors ed by leaders of both chambers. The 60 to 17 vote set only sales use and cigarette tax increases and moved to take up other minor tax proposals. House file 550 carried 70 amendments with debate over rereferral to Ways and Means. Republican and Democrat members sparred as the chamber tried to end the contentious treadmill and proceed with tax action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
William Scherle
R-Henderson
Scherle
House
Chamber
Senate
Tory
Mowry
William Denman
Denman
Robert Naden
New Hampton
Katanga Gold Found in Southern Rhodesia Bank Transfers
Report from Washington says millions of Katanga francs disappeared with secessionist officials in Elisabethville and later surfaced in Southern Rhodesia. The IMF credited with tracing funds amounting to 500 million Congolese francs and arranging their transfer back to Elisabethville, though initially seen as a bank robbery.
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Washington
UPI
Katanga National Bank
Rhodesia
Katanga
International Monetary Fund
Moise Tshombe
National Bank
Elisabethville
Tey
Katanga Bank
U.N
Monetary Fund
Southern Rhodesia
Wounded Refugee Escapes in Berlin Armored Car
A 19 year old refugee Wolfgang Engels escaped East Berlin by stealing a Soviet armored personnel carrier and driving it through a wall to the West. He was wounded but alive after a clash with border guards and barbed wire, evacuated by West Berliners.
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Hhe
East Berlin
Karlshorst
East Germany
Engels
Weather outlook for town with scattered showers
United Press International reports variable cloudiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Locally heavy rains likely southwest. Warmer tonight with Friday partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s north and upper 40s south. Friday highs in the 60s. Saturday mostly sunny and slightly warmer.
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United Press International
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Grand Beach
Monroe
Bud Dela
Fair Board
Washingtonian
National Post
NEA
Washington, D.C
NAES
Angie Holns
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American Air Lines
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Oregon State University
Phi Kappa Tau
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Marshalltown
Berlin
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