Washington area adopts daylight saving time on Sunday
Washington city votes to advance clocks by one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday April 26 and maintains daylight time through October to align with Riverside Ainsworth and Keota while neighboring towns and districts across Keokuk and Washington counties also switch. Churches schools and post office announce DST observance and adjusted schedules to fit the change.
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Washington County
Riverside
Ainsworth
West Chester
Kalona
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Wayland
Keokuk County
Keota
Ules
Mid - Prairie
Washington Community
Veilier
Ottumwa
Harry Levy
Voters Approve City Airport Improvement Bonds
Washington voters approved a $120000 airport improvement plan in a special election with 1415 ballots 1200 in favor and 215 against The four wards showed strong yes votes aided by local business groups and the Junior Chamber of Commerce The city will use 47000 in city bonds and 66000 federal funds plus state aid to complete permanent runway surfacing and preliminary engineering is underway with contracts expected to be let soon and project completion targeted for summer
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Industrial Corporation
Federal Aviation Agency
President Johnson Extras Delightful Day For Cathy May Baker
Cathy May Baker, a 7-year-old from Park Forest Illinois, met President Johnson at O Hare and at a Democratic rally. He carried her in a piggyback ride, kissed her cheek and she received a red rose and a hand written letter from the First Lady. Johnson read her note requesting railroad settlement on TV. Cathy told him she hoped to have his letter framed and asked why he did not telephone first.
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Ater
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Kathy
New York
UPI
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United States
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White House
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O'Hare International Airport
Washington Hi-Y Delegation Joins State Youth Legislative Meet
Five members of the Washington Hi-Y delegation join 200 Hi-Y and Tri Hi-Y youths at the Iowa YMCA Youth in Government Model Legislative program in Des Moines. Opponents propose Compulsory Motor Vehicle Protection as major bill with others on reapportionment taxation sanitation public welfare safety conservation and education. The session opens at 10 15 Friday with Lt Gov Mooty addressing a joint session.
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Iowa
Rites in Kalona for Mrs Lily Zahs 77
Kalona mourns Mrs Lily Zahs 77 who died near noon at Green Acres Rest Home Iowa City. Funeral arrangements are pending Yoder Funeral Home Kalona. She was born April 10 1887 in Johnson County daughter of George and Anna Fountain. Her husband William Zachs died in 1963. Survivors include daughter Helen Kalona two sons George Kalona and Dean Ainsworth seven grandchildren and sister Mrs Ethel Miller Iowa City.
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Green Acres
Iowa City
Yoder Funeral Home
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Johnson County
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Anna Fountain
William Zachs
Helen
Dean
Ainsworth
Ethel Miller
Towa City
Johnson tours poverty zones amid crowd surge in South Bend
President Johnson and Lady Bird began a whirlwind stop in South Bend Ind amid a mass gathering that breached security ropes and surged toward the president. He toured a Studebaker job retraining center and pledged to see what the federal government can do for the unemployed as he continues to rally Democratic support.
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Cook County
Midight Johnson
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Peru
Pittsburgh
League of Women Voters
Camping Center Plans Grand Opening Saturday
Camping Center announces a grand opening event all day Saturday April 25 at the Grand Hotel one block north of the post office. The firm will display Apache camping trailers for sale and rent with a line of trailers shown for Washington territory visitors.
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Grand Hotel
Washington Territory
Special services at Tabernacle here this week
Daily services at the Christian Tabernacle run morning, afternoon and evening through Sunday April 26. Dr John R Stevens, pastor of Valley Church of Sepulveda and Grace Chapel of South Gate, will speak at 9 30 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm. His ministry is well known among ministers and laymen across the Midwest and Southern California with many clergy planning to attend.
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Living Word
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California
Washington County Art Exhibit Entries Due by April 29
Washington County residents may enter the annual art exhibit at the city library with entries due by April 29. Sponsored by the Applied Arts department of the Fortnightly Club, entries are collected by Mrs. Bob Vanderlinden and Mrs. Reid Orris. The show runs April 4 to 9 at the Washington library.
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Bob Vanderlinden
Reid Orris
Washington Library
Waltonians Plan Cooperative Family Night Dinner
Waltonians plan a family night dinner at the club house south of Washington on Monday evening with reservations at 6 30 p m A program of interest to the entire family has been arranged.
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Washington
Grand Jury charges Opal Lenniger in local shooting
Opal Lenniger, 4, at rural route two Washington, was charged with assault to commit great bodily injury against her husband Robert Lenniger. She was bound over to the grand jury on a $1000 bond and held in the Washington County Jail. Robert Lenniger is hospitalized at University Hospital in Iowa City with a gunshot wound to the chest. his condition is listed as satisfactory. The grand jury recessed today and will reconvene Monday for further investigation.
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Route Two
Washington
Robert Lenniger
Ira Morrison
Teenage Republicans to Meet at Joe Jones Home
Teenage Republicans will meet Friday night April 24 at 7 o clock at 718 South 9th. The group will stage a mock Republican Convention and invite all interested persons to attend.
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Washington
Joe Jones
South 9Th
Southeast Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy and Warm Weekend
Becoming mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunder. Warmer tonight with little temperature change. Highs Saturday in the low 60s and lows tonight in the mid 40s.
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United Press Internation
Washington to Monroe Coffee Club Trip Set for April 30
About fifty members of the Washington Coffee Club will travel 180 miles to Monroe Wisconsin to visit the Monroe Kiwanians and the Monroe Coffee Club. The event includes a noon visit by Kiwanis members and a 2 PM meeting, with plans to initiate Monroe members into the Mongoe club and showcase Washington 125th Anniversary materials and a brass band. The trip follows a thaw in a past feud over a printed mat and an editorial, culminating in a peace mission and promises of lasting harmony.
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