Polish joke display sparks incident at prewar manor and embassy
Polish jokes on a bulletin board in a small white prewar manor provoke controversy as American and Polish displays clash. U S diplomats counter with their own sidewalk board portraying Polish Americans in a positive light. Readers note mixed reactions among Poles who laugh at self depiction while others glare at the embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Miller
United States
America
Poland
U.S
Sin
John K. Kluczynski
Illinois
Federal Reserve System
Mieczyslaw Stefan Szymczak
John A. Gronouski
Remodeling planned for Washington High home economics dept
Washington Community School board at a special session outlined bids for remodeling the home economics department at Washington High School with estimated cost not to exceed 38000 dollars. Hearing set for May 15 at 8 pm. sealed bids to be opened at 7:30 pm. Funds come from the district school house fund. no tax or bonds needed.
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Washington High School
Washington Community School Board
North Central Association
James Reschly
Gary Murphy
Lincoln
Murphy
Brighton
University of Iowa
John Sproule
Sproule
Northeast Missouri College
Beverly Lamansky
Stewart
Mary K. Yowell
Kathy Anne Willenhaupt
Frank Hagemeier
Ernest Beemblossom
Beemblossom
NGPL seeks approval to test Louisa County gas storage
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America filed April 22 with the Federal Power Commission to construct and operate an underground storage reservoir in Louisa County Iowa near Columbus City. Estimated cost is 2.2 million dollars. The plan includes 1 mile of temporary 6 inch pipeline 444 miles of gathering lines multiple wells and 20 inch pipeline expansion to enable summer injection and winter withdrawal. NGPL already runs storage fields in Iowa Illinois and Oklahoma.
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Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Federal Power Commission
Washington, D. C
Louisa County
Iowa
Columbus City
G. P. Garver
NGPL
Natural Gas Pipeline Company
Illinois
Oklahoma
Hughes seeks police accord in Des Moines dispute
Gov. Harold Hughes said he intervened in a clash between Des Moines police officials and the Des Moines NAACP chapter. He met with Police Chief Vear Douglas and Capt. Wendell Nichols and planned a closed-door meeting with Estes and a Polk County attorney's representative to resolve the matter.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Hughes
of Iowa
Vear Douglas
John Estes
Douglas
Estes
Martin Luther King Jr
Wendell Nichols
Polk County Attorney's Office
Bromwell calls for overhaul of U S farm policy in Iowa
James Bromwell, a Republican Senate candidate, told Cedar Rapids Kiwanis on Wednesday that U S farm policy must be totally revised. He warned the nation now produces less food than in 1870 or 1890 and relies on large food imports to feed its people.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
James Bromwell
U.S
United States
Bromwell
U.S Senate
Kiwanis Club
Beck Urges Iowa to Attract Industry for Growth
Rob ert Beck of Centerville told Washington Kiwanis members that Iowa must provide a climate to attract industry or face dwindling population and higher per capita taxes. The Republican gubernatorial hopeful urged amendments to the 1967 tax bill, support for a right to work law, stronger Iowa Development Commission, and a targeted industry credit plan. He noted Iowa’s private sector job losses and the need to keep farm workers in the state as fewer farmers remain.
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Iowa
Robert Beck
Centerville
Washington Kiwanis Club
Beck
Washington
Iowa Development Commission
Ted Johnson
Robert Koehler
St. Louis
Humphrey gains high level backers in bid
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey attracts new support for his unlaunched candidacy. Wilbur Cohen and New Hampshire Governor John W. King join earlier endorsers, with Cohen praising Humphrey as a long time reform advocate. King says Humphrey can win the Democratic nomination in Chicago and the November election.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Wilbur Cohen
Health, Education and Welfare
New Hampshire
John W. King
Humphrey
Cohen
W. Willard Wirtz
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
HEW
King
Johnson
Chicago
Rockefeller Support Tour Starts for 1964 Bid
Two GOP leaders Thruston Morton and William Miller launched a three day tour to drum up backing for Gov Nelson Rockefeller as a Republican presidential candidate. They plan stops in Minneapolis Des Moines Chicago St Louis Topeka and Detroit and expect Rockefeller to declare within about a month while avoiding arm twisting and aiming to keep options open for an open convention.
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Washington
Morton
Miller
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Chicago
St. Louis
Topeka
Kan
Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Miami Beach
Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Trouble in Iowa as Bell cables damaged amid strike
Des Moines Western Bell reports deliberate damage to cables lines and equipment amid ongoing CWA walkout. About 6,000 Iowa workers have been on strike since Thursday, with Des Moines area seeing several cuts and outages while officials debate weather versus vandalism. A $1,000 reward is offered for information leading to convictions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
James E. Olson
Bell
Iowa
Communications Workers of America
Olson
Iowa City
Charles City
Alden
Washta
Kenneth Mathes
Interna
Tional
CWA
Mathes
South Viet Nam launches first major offensive in A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese troops opened the war's first major allied push against North Vietnamese forces in the A Shau Valley, backed by days of heavy B52 bombing on supply routes. The operation, led by 350 paratroopers, seized 10 trucks and 330 pounds of TNT in a week. U S officials reported 287 American deaths and 1,458 wounded last week, with allied losses higher than usual and a low Communist kill ratio. Air strikes totaled 116 missions against southern North Vietnam, though F111A jets faced grounding after a loss.
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Saigon
UPI
A Shau
Pickup
Pgh
Laos
Hue
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Air Force
New President Named for Advance Ross Corp
John W. Perkins is named President and Chief Executive Officer of Advance Ross Corporation with headquarters in Chicago. Henry C. Buckingham becomes Chairman of the Board. Perkins previously served as Executive Vice President and led Gavin Instruments and Precipitair Pollution Control. The Iowa plants in Washington and Burlington manufacture TV components. Perkins recently visited both facilities.
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Chicago
John W. Perkins
Advance Ross Corporation
Advance Ross
Iowa
Washington
Burlington
Henry C. Buckingham
Mr. Perkins
New Jersey
Gavin Instruments, Inc
Precipitair Pollution Control, Inc
Perkins
Public notices including bid and budget hearing at Washington High
Invitation for bids and notice of budget hearing on remodeling the home economics department at Washington High School. Probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Homer Lee Emry and Lester Wagner.
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Washington High School
Homer Lee Emry
Lester Wagner
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Tuberculosis Institute
Henry Hornacki
Clement J. Zablocki
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Lindsay
New York
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Jacob Javits
R-Ny
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Louisa
Gop
Washington County Republican Central Committee
Court House
Algiers
APS
Houari D Coumedienne
Boumedienne
Iowa City, Iowa
Howard Bowen
Martin Luther King
Bowen
Hermosillo
Mexico
Daniel D. Kennedy
Baltimore
Kennedy
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Ohio
Route 131
Newtonsvile
Advance Ross Corp
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