Poverty bill for Johnson war on poverty near House vote
President Johnson’s war on poverty bill faced House passage after a Friday vote of 228 to 190 approving an administration backed compromise. Republicans blocked final action on a parliamentary technicality, leaving a Republican substitute and final roll call as the remaining steps. The amended measure was reduced from 962.5 million to align with the Senate version.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
GOP
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Volunteers staff first aid station at county fair
Dr E J Vosika as first aid chairman thanked volunteers who staffed the Red Cross first aid station at the county fairgrounds during the annual fair. Thirty three calls for first aid treatment were received. Names listed include Larry Chalupa Minnie Schroeder Mrs Walter Sheetz Mrs Calvin Little Mrs Meryle Steele Edna Jones Max Donaldson Clyde Brown and many more.
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E. J. Vosika
Washington County
Red Cross
Larry Chalupa
Minnie Schroeder
Walter Sheetz
Calvin Little
Meryle Steele
Edna Jones
Max Donaldson
Clyde Brown
Geraldine Schul
Jim Quinn
Dorothy Kafka
Charles van Winkle
Maynard Reitzler
Cloyce Horse
Alex Gevock
Lawrence Miksch
Hazel Moore
Nellie McBee
Rodney Arnold
Boyd Seifkas
Merritt Canady joins English River Pellets role
Merritt Canady former Washington County extension service associate resigns after eight years. He will serve as representative for English River Pellets Inc of Kalona, living in Washington and starting about September 1 while continuing to work in the area.
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Merritt Canady
Washington County
Canady
English River Pellets, Inc
Kalona
Washington
Benton County
County Extension Council
Extension Service Office
Good Samaritan Intervenes in Broadway Attack
James H. Crouch a 35 year old New Yorker aided a white man Juan Serrano pursued by four attackers on Broadway. A gun was drawn but off duty Housing Authority patrolman Vincent Calderone 38 intervened aiming a .38 at the assailant who fled and was arrested for felonious incident violation of the public safety items law and resisting arrest.
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New York
UPS
James H. Crouch
Broadway
Juan Serrano
Serrano
Crouch
Vincent Calderone
Frank Veillanueva
Des Moines Man Charged in Des Moines Shooting
Henry Hesser, 44, Des Moines, was charged with assault with intent to commit murder after a Thursday night shooting that wounded James Wilson in rural Des Moines. Bond set at $25,000, with a Aug. 19 hearing. Wilson in fair condition after chest and arm wounds.
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Des Moines
UPI
Henry Hesser
James Wilson
Harry B. Grund
Hesser
Wilson
Turkish jets strike Greek Cypriot positions near Kokkina
Turkiye launched two strafing rocket and machine gun attacks on Greek Cypriot forces near Kokkina as fighting surges in Cyprus.UN officials reported added naval movements from Iskenderun and Izmir while Turkey ordered a nationwide armed forces alert and sought a UN Security Council emergency session. Greek leaders warned of war complications. NATO met in Paris with no communiqué issued. UN observers noted air and naval activity and measures for an emergency standby by peacekeepers.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
Kokkina
United Nations
Mediterranean
Ankara
Iskenderun
Polis
Athens
Peter Garougalias
Stravros Kostopoulos
Greece
Kostopoulos
NATO
Paris
NATO Permanent Council
Turkey
U.S
London
Raymond Hare
Feridun Cemal Erkin
Washington
Stavros Kostopoulos
Mansoura
Jonas Waern
U.N
Mansoura-Kokkina
Kato Pyrgos
Pamos
Paphos
Ledra
Mississippi Autopsies Signal Deeper Brutality In Slain Workers
United Press International reports an attorney announced a second autopsy on James Chaney may reveal more brutal details than previously released. Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman were killed and buried on a Mississippi farm. Goodman’s body returned to New York, Schwerner’s to New Orleans for cremation. In New Orleans a Black businessman Rivers Frederick III was shot after a meal at a segregated lunch counter. A white ex convict, Fred Samuel Jackson, was later arrested after claiming the man tried to run him down. Other nationwide items include Klansmen charged in Athens for the night ride killing of a prominent Black educator, sit in defendants’ sentences commuted in Tallahassee, and desegregation actions in Richmond Baton Rouge and Montgomery.
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United Press International
Mississippi
John M. Pratt
James Chaney
Jackson
Miss
Chaney
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Good Man
Pratt
Meridian
Miss. Goodman
New York
Schwerner
New Orleans
Rivers Frederick III
Fred Samuel Jackson
Athens
Washington, D.C
Tallahassee
Fla
Washington County Fair auction totals reach 49063.59 dollars
Washington County Fair auction revenue totaled 49063.59 dollars, slightly lower than 1963 receipts. Baby beeves accounted for 31437.46 dollars with an average 25.09 dollars per cwt, junior feeders 16704.02 dollars at 24.67 per cwt, and 41 lambs 922.11 dollars at 25.51 per cwt.
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Washington County
Anima
Washington
No counter attacks planned amid Asia tensions
Washington reports indicate Asian Communists plan no attacks in retaliation for the Gulf of Tonkin actions. Johnson relaxes at home while Congress backs the President with broad support for measures to repel aggression in Southeast Asia. Lodge to brief allies as Red China cautions and the Soviet Union stays distant. Iowa forecast includes mild night and warmer Sunday with possible showers.
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Washington
UPI
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Texas
State Department
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
United States
U.S
Far East
White House
Lodge
North Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Union
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Hotle Feed
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Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
National Bank of Washington
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Chick Robison
State Cafe
Wayne Norman
Farm Service Co
B. D. Duna Fur Co
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Kiene Bros
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Don Rinner
KCI
Patterson Seed and Supply
C. K. Snyder
Paul Widmer
Crawtfordsville
Emerson Witting
Peoples Savings Bank
Home Lumber Company
Fletcher Oil Company
Wellman — Wellman Lumber Co
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Drs. Miller and Miller
Wilbur’s Feed Service
Wayne Johnson
Kalona Sale Barn
Paul Swank
English River
D and H Feed and Grain
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Keota Spray
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