Pine Tree Planting Expands In Washington County Farms
In Washington County farmers plant thousands of pine seedlings this spring under the A C P program with Forester Bruce Plum. Alvin Horak farm near Ainsworth led 3 000 saplings on three acres while Ted Pratt and the Duwa farms near Riverside Wash ington contributed additional plantings. Horak plans future harvests for pulp wood and some home lumber use.
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Ainsworth
Washington County
Alvin Horak
Bruce Plum District
Horak
Bruce Plum
Ted Pratt
Riverside
B.D. Duwa
Washington
Lloyd Duwa
Here
Santa Fe Railway Seeks to Block Strike
The Santa Fe Railway asked a federal court for an injunction to replace a temporary restraining order that bars a 3,000 member strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. A walkout could halt major trains including the Super Chief and Texas Chief, affecting the 13,000 mile system. The BRT had been restrained from striking by Judge Julius J. Hoffman pending today's hearing on the injunction.
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Chicago
UPS
Santa Fe Railway
Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
el Capitan
BRT
U.S. Dist
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Santa Fe
Two Bushel Mushroom Find Reported Here
Mushroom stories abound in Washington with tales of rich finds. Tom Tanner and party gathered two bushel baskets of mushrooms, mostly dark grey and yellow varieties, under one tree. Charles Ragan hunted near Conesville and killed a rattlesnake with ten rattles after spotting it in a wooded area.
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Washington
Tom
Jack Tanner
Joe Marston
Raymond Miller
Johnnie
Terry
Charles Ragan
Conesville
Rickover Testifies on Thresher Submarine Sinking
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover testifies at a naval Court of Inquiry that the Thresher’s nuclear reactor core is designed so it cannot explode like a bomb. He notes debris shows no radioactivity and explains flood cooling would safeguard the reactor.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPS
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
Naval Court of
Thresher
Atlantic
Naval Court
Harriman Talks Laos Peace With Macmillan in London
Under Secretary of State W Averell Harriman met Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House in London to discuss Western efforts to maintain peace in Laos. The talks included Lord Heath and Foreign Secretary Lord Home, who was absent at a CENTO meeting in Karachi.
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London
UPI
W. Averell Harriman
Tiarold Macmillan
Laos
Harriman
Moscow
Nikita S Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Macmillan
Admiralty House
Privy Seal
Edward Heath
Lord Home
Home
Central Treaty Organization
Karachi
Pakistan
Four Youths Flee East Berlin by Truck Breach
Four East German youths aged 19 to 24 escaped to West Berlin by ramming a five ton army truck through the border wall during a dawn attempt. Border guards fired two shots but hit no one as the truck created a hole in the foot thick barrier and halted with cab in West Berlin. The youths emerged with minor injuries and celebrated their successful crossing.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Eastern Iowa towns split on daylight time and fast time
Residents in many eastern Iowa cities shifted clocks for daylight time while others kept standard time. The Lee County injunction blocks advancing clocks in Fort Madison for darkness dependent business. several towns including Bettendorf and Davenport started daylight time, with varied termination dates across counties.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Lee County
Winois
Wisconsin
Lansing
McGregor
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Durant
Moline
Davenport
Muscatine
Wapello
Sabula
New London
de Witt
Morning Sun
Bellevue
West Point
De Gaulle Confident After Grass Roots Tour Ends
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle returns to work buoyed by strong public backing for his France first policies on defense and the Common Market. Crowds cheered during a week long northeastern provinces tour ending in Troyes amid labor unrest and tensions with Western allies.
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Paris
API
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Troyes
United States
Britain
Red Chinese influence and a flight dispute in Laos
In Laos the Chinese ambassador Liu Chun and Deputy Minister Prince Souk Vongsak missed an official inauguration in Phongsaly due to a last minute hitch. A transport plane broke down and the government offered a liaison plane with an American pilot, which Liu refused, sparking a diplomatic confrontation amid Pathet Lao pressure in the Plain of Jars.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Plain of Jars
Liu Chun
Prince Souk Vongsak
Phongsaly
China
Pathet Lao
Phong Saly
Liu
District IOOF Meet Here Next Saturday
The Eastern Iowa District meeting of the IOOF and Rebekahs will be held in Washington on May 4. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with sessions at 1 p.m. in the IOOF Hall. Music by the Top Twenty and Stage Band from Washington High School. Separate evening sessions at 7 p.m. Rebekahs in the YMCA and IOOF in the lodge hall. Later dancing with Nu-Tones.
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Iowa
YMCA
IOOF
Lodge
Governor Hughes Seeks Veto Three Iowa Bills This Session
Gov. Harold E. Hughes signaled definite vetoes on the interim appointment bill and two other measures unless changes are made. He cited a solvent and materials tax exemption bill and a broad government agency exemption as risky for state revenue, estimating losses from 840 000 to 1 250 000 dollars annually. He suggested recalling the bills to adjust funding and noted a proposed 2 percent surtax on dividends by the Democratic minority to offset revenue losses.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
General Assembly
Hughes
Tax Commission
Norman A. Erbe
Lynn Potter
X.T. Prentis
Senate
Castro Receives Hero's Welcome in Moscow Russia
Fidel Castro arrived in Moscow to a choreographed hero's welcome and met Khrushchev for two hours in the Kremlin. He later greeted Brezhnev and addressed crowds at Red Square. The talks focused on economic aid and Soviet military presence in Cuba amid lingering tensions.
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Moscow
UPI
Fidel Castro
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Tass
Khrushchev
Castro
Leonid Brezhnev
Cuba
Caribbean
Vnukova
Red Square
United Nations
Lenin
Murmansk
United States
General Telephone Pays $6,203 Tax Bill In County
General Telephone Company of Iowa reports 1962 property taxes rising to 12,406 for the year with one half paid, and total county taxes now at 12,406. Company total 1962 Iowa property taxes reach 3262209, about 22,000 more than 1961. Griffin says about 23.7 percent of revenue goes to taxes, and with federal excise and sales taxes the total bill to customers runs 942049, about 2.72 dollars per telephone per month.
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General Telephone Company
Iowa
K. J. Griffin
Griffin
Washington County
General
OAS to send envoy to ease Haiti Dominican crisis
The Organization of American States prepared to send a special mission from Washington to Port au Prince to prevent armed conflict between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It aims to defuse a Dominican ultimatum and alleged Haitian harassment while the U S plans evacuations of about 1000 citizens if needed.
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Washington
UPI
Organization of American States
Port-Aug-Prince
Haiti
Dominican Republic
OAS Council
Gonzalo Facio
United States
el Salvador
Ecuador
Chile
Colombia
OAS
Francois Duvalier
U.S
Port-Au-Prince
Santo Domingo
Soviet Says West Resists Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
In Geneva the Soviet Union charged that nuclear test ban talks are a waste of time and accused the Western powers of not wanting a treaty. Tsarapkin repeated Khrushchev’s hint that Moscow could reduce its offer of on site inspections if the West rejects the current Russian position. The West urged acceptance of a new initiative proposing a sliding scale of inspections about five per year over five years, midway between US and Soviet stances.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Havana
Castro
Cuba
New York
Kremlin
Geneva
UPI
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Tsarapkin
Il Giorno
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
United States
Britain
Invitational Day For Women at Washington Golf Club
The annual Country Club invitational day will be held at Washington Golf and Country Club. A luncheon starts at 12 30 p m followed by golf and bridge for the women and their invited guests.
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Country Club
Washington Golf and Country Club
Weekend Iowa Fatalities Rise With Five Dead
Five people died in Iowa weekend accidents including a 15 year old drowning along the Wapsipinicon River near De Witt. Two traffic deaths occurred on U.S. 30 near Scranton and Iowa 24 near Lawler. A elderly Stuart man was struck by a Rock Island train while crossing tracks. A Ledora farmer died when a tractor ran over him on his farm. The state toll for 1963 traffic fatalities reached 153 through April 28.
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Charles C. Thomas
Davenport
Wapsipinicon
de Witt
Charles K. Thomas
Thomas
Iowa
Henry H. Anthofer
Carroll
Dale William Westedt
Lawler
Anthofer
U.S. 30
Scranton
Greene County
Mary
Kay Delgety
Stuart
Rock Island
Clyde Gilman
Ledora
Marengo Hospital
Percy Norton
Weather Update for Iowa
The forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions tonight with windy cooler spells and periodic rain across the state. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 50s and Lows in the 40s range.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Journal
Bob Elliott
East Berlin
Bettendorf
Burlington
Camanche
Clinton
Danville
Keokuk
le Claire
Middletown
Mount Pleasant
Dubuque
Moon
Venus
Jupiter
District Ioof
The
General Telephone
Duvalier
Juan Bosch
Soviet
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