Washington Community Summer School Classes Listed
Summer school will be offered to all students in the Washington Community School District. Elementary classes run June 24 for six weeks. junior high and high school from June 10 to July A $7.50 per elementary course and $15 per junior or high school course, with $20 for drivers training, are charged. Registration opens April 22 at the junior high and high school offices and Lincoln and Stewart schools. Courses include Reading A B C, Language Arts, Arithmetic, Elementary Spanish, Advanced Science, and two hour sessions for notehand, typing, trigonometry, Driver's Training, Art Appreciation, Sewing, Reading Improvement, Speech. one semester credit possible if approved.
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Washington Community
Edward Hatchcroft
Lincoln School
Stewart School
Olympia
Local Students Have Entries in SUI Show
Washington High School and Jun ior High School students will have work on exhibit at the 33rd annual Towa High School Art Education Conference Friday and Saturday at the State University of Towa. Fifty-seven Towa junior and senior high schools have pre registered artworks for the exhibition. Exhibits from the Iowa Mennonite School at Kalona also will be on display.
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Washington
Towa
State University of
Iowa
Washington Men Attend Water Works Short Course at SUI
Four Washington men participated in the annual Water Works Management short course at the State University of Town. The two-day program ended Wednesday and aimed to clarify managerial problems in water works at all employment levels. Attendees included Keith E. Bridson RB Me Allister Marvin R. Glandon Glenn C. Yoder and Alvin Smith from Wellman.
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Washington
State University of Town
Keith E. Bridson
RB. Me. Allister
State Department of Health
Marvin R. Glandon
Glenn C. Yoder
Municipal Water Works
Alvin Smith
Wellman
Five Children Die In Michigan Fire
In Grayling Michigan a grandfather relayed that five of his grandchildren died as flames engulfed a two story home shortly after midnight An oil space heater started the blaze trapping the children inside The mother Elizabeth Ann Moes 28 a divorcee had gone out leaving them in the care of her sister Judy Cook 17
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Grayling
Mich
UPI
Elizabeth Ann Moes
Judy Cook
Frier Speaks on Rural Development at Kiwanis Meeting
At the Kiwanis luncheon Bill Day introduced Jim Frier Washington County Extension Director who spoke on Rural Area Development. He noted Iowa's 10 year population rise of 45 percent versus 19 percent nationally and 200 residents left the county for jobs. He explained federal aims to boost local leadership and growth using resources. He cited farm capital rising from 30000 in 1930 to 113000 in 1959 and a shrinking farmer count. Guests Marvin Smith and Ed Gidley attended.
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Kiwanis Club
Bill Day
Jim Frier
Washington County
Frier
Iowa
Marvin Smith
Ed Gidley
Bursting Pipes Blamed For Sub Thresher Sinking
Navy officer says a bursting pipe in the USS Thresher likely caused flooding and an implosion, as 129 men perished. Capt. Frank A. Andrews from Submarine Development Group II discussed test diving, nuclear submarine design, and testimony at a naval inquiry aboard the USS Warrant on the Atlantic near Cape Cod.
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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
WACO and Mediapolis High School bands plan a combined concert tour at Mediapolis with performances on April 23 and May 6 both at 7 30 p m conducted by HP Jones of Washington. The WACO band includes students from Crawfordsville Olds and Wayland while the Mediapolis group draws from Mediapolis Huron Sperry and Yarmouth HP.
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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 hosts an open house Monday evening featuring work from industrial arts home economics and art classes. The program opens with a style show at 7 30 p m and includes a ceramic exhibit and student work by Wally Horn Carlton Bump and Connie Whitel.
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Washington
Wally Horn
Carlton Bump
Connie Whitel
Tornadoes Ravage Midwest Leaving Deaths and Injuries
A line of killer tornadoes struck the Midwest damaging Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbonnais Illinois and smashing the Bourbonnais village hall and nearby structures. In Indiana two children were reported missing as homes collapsed and survivors were dug out. Total damage runs into millions with at least 70 injured and multiple critical cases.
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Kankakee
Ill
UPI
Midwest
Indiana
Olivet Nazarene College
Bourbonnais
Here
Leon Blanchette
Sandra Rivard
Bradley
Gifford
Ind
Bob Brooks
Manchester
Missouri
Michigan
P Myra
Grand Beach
Monroe
Mich
Mrs Lenmark 93 Dies After Illness at Rest Home
Ellen Dragseth Lenmark 93, a Meldal Norway native, died this morning April 18 1963 at Sunnyhaven Rest Home after a week long illness. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Stutrud officiating. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by four sons Cal George Morris of Minneapolis Ivar of Hillsboro Ore two daughters Mrs Chris Christensen and Mrs Paul Boettcher of Washington 14 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren. She was born April 3 1870 in Norway, lived in the United States since age 16 and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church. Her husband Chris Jan Lenmark died in 1913.
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Ellen Dragseth Lenmark
Meldal
Norway
Sunnyhaven
Sherman-Eden
Dennis Stutrud
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ellen Dragseth
Johan Dragseth
Chris Jan Lenmark
Lenmark
United States
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Urvivors
Cal
George
Morris
Minneapoli
Ivar
Hillsboro
Ore
Chris’ Christensen
Paul Boettcher
Washington
Bud DeLa Named City Coordinator in New Post
Bud DeLa owner of Hotel Washington was named city coordinator a post created by the city council. He will start May 1 and serve as city purchasing agent to boost efficiency and cut waste. Mayor LC Willis and council members said the move should save money and streamline supplies.
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Bud) DeLa
Hotel
Washington
DeLa
LC. Willis
LeNora Taylor
Ohn Sowash
Taylor
Sowash
Wash County Fair Board Plans August Event
The Washington County Fair association board met to map plans for the first week of August. A nominating committee was formed, fireworks approved, beauty and amateur contests proposed, and the big horse show slated for the final night. Space is in high demand for commercial exhibits and a large farm machinery display is planned. Painting contracts for fair buildings were awarded. The flower show and art exhibit will return, and 4H livestock outlooks predict record baby beeves and pigs. Ticket sales for a giveaway car show strong interest. Meeting led by Herman Wagenknecht with a postdinner gathering.
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Washington County
Townsley
Milo Orris
Herman Wagenknecht
Leo Beauchamp
County Democrats Back Operation Support Campaign
Washington county Democratic Central Committee members voted to back Operation Support promoting the Kennedy administration's legislative program. Chairman Walter Farrell led the meeting at the courthouse. The plan includes sixteen weeks of tapes on the local radio station. A bake sale is scheduled for May with Mrs. Paul Ryan chairing, and a future dinner was also planned.
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Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Kennedy
Court House
Walter Farrell
Paul Ryan
Former Whittier secretary named executive secretary of NEA
Mrs. Carl D. Koehler formerly Mary Westphal of Ainsworth is unanimously chosen as executive secretary to the National Association of Educational Secretaries. She will begin duties July 1 in Washington D C. Koehler, a long time California educator and leader, has served in varied school district roles and has held national office since 1961.
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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. Koehler
Ainsworth
Westphal
Landmar's
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
NEA
Washington
D.C
NAES
Angie Holms
Alhambra California
American Air Lines
David
Oregon State University
Phi Kappa Tau
Iowa House scraps omnibus tax plan for substitute revenue bill
After stormy debates in Des Moines the Iowa House approved a substitute revenue measure favored by both chambers leaders. Lawrence Carstensen and John Camp led the substitute moving to tax increases only on sales use and cigarettes as Republicans and Democrats fought over the omnibus bill with 44 amendments filed across seven days. Speaker Naden oversaw motions to end debate while colleagues urged re referrall to committee amid intra party tensions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
William Scherle
William Scherle, R-Henderson
Scherle
House
Chamber
Senate
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Mowry
William Denman
Denman
Robert Naden
New Hampton
Katanga Gold Found in Southern Rhodesia Bank Transfer
Millions of dollars in Katanga francs were located in Southern Rhodesia after secessionist leaders fled Elisabethville. The transfer, not a bank robbery, involved deposits in Katanga’s name and a later handover to Elisabethville. The IMF helped resolve the disappearance, with about 500 million Congolese francs traced and repatriation arranged.
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Washington
UPI
Katanga National Bank
Rhodesia
Katanga
International Monetary Fund
Southern
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Katanga Bank
U.N
Monetary Fund
Rhodes
Wounded refugee escapes in Berlin in armored car
A 19 year old mechanic from East Berlin, Wolfgang Engels, fled to West Berlin by stealing a Soviet armored personnel carrier. He drove 10 miles to the border, rammed a wall, and escaped amid gunfire, though wounded by bullets and barbed wire. He survived emergency surgery to remove a chest wound.
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East Berlin
Karlshorst
East Germany
Engels
Thad
Estern
Iowa Weather Summary From United Press International
Weather report notes variable crowdiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Locally heavy rains likely southwest. Warmer tonight with Friday partly cloudy. Lows range from the 30s north to the upper 40s south. Friday highs in the 60s. Outlook Saturday mostly sunny and slightly warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
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National Post
White House
Berlin
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