Planted by Seed Firm Brings Colorful Display to Highway Corner
The Northrup King demonstration plot at the intersection of highways 92 and 1 just north of Washington blooms each summer. Bud Howell administers the annual display started in 1961 with flowers planted mainly since 1963 using garden seed packets shipped from another Northrup King facility. Seeds are started in a greenhouse then transferred to the plot, with some hand planted along the highway border. Planting begins April first, focusing on petunias, with varied maturity dates requiring staggered plantings. This year the schedule was delayed by spring weather. Besides flowers, the plot also features corn soybeans and sorghum, including some corn varieties produced for foreign markets. The demonstration area is free to the public and a summer highlight for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northrup-King Seed Co
Washington
Bud Howell
Bud
Lintz Serves in Unit Earns Air Force Outstanding Award
Vietnam era record shows Staff Sergeant Robert V. Lintz of Washington Iowa serving as navigation systems technician with the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cam Ranh Bay. The unit has earned the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the third consecutive year for its 23 000 combat sorties during June 1957 to May 1968. Lintz is a 1963 Washington High School graduate who attended St Ambrose College Davenport and Solano Junior College Vallejo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Washington High School
St. Ambrose Colege
Davenport
Iowa
Solano Junior College
Vallejo
Calif
Laymen and Gideon Speakers at Faith Baptist Services
Laymen will conduct the worship service at Faith Baptist on Sunday evening with Sam Weeks Rex Roth and Darwin Widmer speaking on In the Space Age Why I Believe. Mark Hampshire will speak at the 10 a.m. service, and youth meet at 8 15 p m Sunday. The usual prayer service is Wednesday at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Baptist
The
Gideons
Mark Hampshire
Sam Weeks
Rex Roth
Darwin Widmer
Visiting relatives mark quiet Wheaton anniversary weekend
Tammy and Sonya Tweeten, daughters of Mr and Mrs Richard Tweeten of Wheaton Illinois, visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs Glenn Knupp. The Knupps recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and hosted relatives including Dr and Mrs John Balles and their daughters Nancy and Janet Balles of Pittsburgh. The Tweetens and the Knupps plan further visits as family travels continue to Sioux City and Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy
Sonya Tweeten
Richard Tweetens
Wheaton
Ill
Glenn Knupp
W. J. Knupp
Columbus
Sioux City
Glenn Knapp
John Balles
Nancy
Janet
Pittsburgh
Helicopter Shot Down as U S Troops Hit Vietcong Near Da Nang
Reports say a U S Army helicopter delivering soldiers to a Da Nang battlefield was shot down with all 10 aboard killed. In the week’s heaviest fighting, U S and South Vietnamese units killed over 100 Communists along the Cambodian border. U S B 52s dropped more than two million pounds of bombs northwest of Saigon while additional helicopters fell to enemy fire in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh City
Cambodia
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Loc Ninh
Nixon to Meet Lodge Ahead of Vietnam Pullout Decision
President Nixon plans a meeting with Henry Cabot Lodge in San Clemente as he moves toward a decision on another Vietnam troop withdrawal this month. Lodge traveled from Boston to meet with Secretary Rogers in Washington, while Nixon enjoys a quiet weekend at his estate amid anticipated antiwar demonstrations. He also prepares for a state visit by South Korea in San Francisco and a Labor Day address to the National Governors Conference in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Boston
William P. Rogers
Washington
Pacific
White House
Nixon Estate
Peace Action Council
San Francisco
Park Chung Hee
Park
St. Francis Hotel
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
Texas
Colorado Springs
Colo
Three motorists pay fines in justice court
Three motorists paid fines in the local justice of the peace court after city police charged them. James Ray Wilson of Ainsworth paid 10 dollars for faulty brakes, James Douglas Peiffer of route 2 Keota paid for failure to have control, and Donald Ray Speas of Kalona paid 50 dollars for failure to have control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace Court
James Ray Wilson
Ainsworth
James Douglas Peiffer
Keota
Donald Ray Speas
Kalona
Engagement Planned for Rhonda Billingsly and Billy Osburn
Columbus Junction residents Mr and Mrs Luther Billingsly announce the engagement of their daughter Rhonda Gail to Pvt Billy Gene Osburn son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Osburn of Sparta Missouri The couple plan a fall wedding Rhonda is a 1967 Columbus Community High School graduate who attended Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar Missouri two years Billy is a 1965 Sparta High School graduate who attended Southwest Missouri State College three years and is stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Billingsly
Columbus Junction
Rhonda Gail
Billy Gene Osburn
Virgil Osburn
Sparta
Miss Billingsly
Columbus Community High School
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar
Osburn
Sparta High School
Southwest Missouri State College
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Social Calendar notices for upcoming week printed in advance
Social calendar lists gatherings from Sunday through Wednesday with times and locations at Fair grounds Sun set Park Gardens YWCA rooms VFW Hall Legion rooms Sunset Park and Legion rooms. Events include reunions clubs meetings bowlers league fees coffee hosts and potluck with family dish requirements.
Grim Reaper Quips From 1917 Death Certificates
In Merillan Wisconsin a humorous relic from 1917 surfaces via the Wisconsin Leader. Death certificates cited absurd doctor phrases such as Died suddenly nothing serious and Went to bed feeling well but woke up dead. The notes lampoon malapropisms in chief health statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merillan
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin Leader
State Board of Health
Plan Y-Wives Coffee Next Tuesday Morning
The last of the Y-Wives summer coffees will be held Tuesday August 19 at 9 30 a.m. at the home of Mrs Marlin Peiffer. Reservations should be made by calling cohostesses Mrs James Wood or William Westphal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Peiffer
James Wood
Richard Horak
William Westphal
YMCA Fall Swim Classes Announced Schedule
The YMCA unveils a fall swim program starting September 2 with eight week sessions. Mrs. Max Owens teaches Tuesday mornings for Intermediates and Swimmers then a 9 45 dip. Mrs. Neuhart runs Tuesday evenings and Friday mornings. Mrs Schiebel Friday evenings. Fees: 4 dollars for girls and YWCA adult members. 25 cents per 45 minute dip or free with YW Activity tickets. Registration via YWCA desk on August Tuesdays and Fridays and every weekday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Max Owens
Harlan Neuhart
Richard Schiebel
YWCA
Paris peace talks stall as Lodge returns to U.S.
Allied sources say the Communist freeze at the Vietnam peace talks will continue until U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge returns in about 10 days for consultations. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have refused debate, demanded unconditional U.S. troop withdrawal, and criticized U.S. and Saigon proposals. Madame Nguyen Thi Binh did not attend last session. Nguy en Van Tien stood in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
United States
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nguyen van Tien
France
Tien
Saigon
Philip C. Habib
Detergent tips revive wilting flowers and more
A Cornell Floriculture Department report recommends adding a teaspoonful of detergent to a quart of water to revive partly wilted cut flowers. Wisconsin experts say keeping flowers in a clean, hot suds washed container extends life. The piece also advises baths after toddler haircuts, cleaning vinyl placemats on both sides, and washing a colorfast garment with proper laundering labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Cornell University
University of Wisconsin
Funeral Monday for Ralph F. Peiffer
Funeral services for Ralph F. Peiffer are set for Monday at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church with Rev. Edward F. Collins officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery. Prayers are planned Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home and a K. C. rosary at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Peiffer
St. James Catholic Church
Edward F. Collins
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
K. C
Better relations with Hungarians
The United States and Hungary announced a three point accord signaling modest gains in ties. The pact covers payments on wartime property and embassy staffing, with the U S to gain access to 1 million dollars in Hungarian currency for embassy operations and to expand diplomatic staff to 31 in Budapest and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
State Department
U.S
Budapest
Pleasant Hill CWF Meeting At Church Attended By Six
Mrs. Jake Earnest led the Pleasant Hill CWF gathering at the church Thursday afternoon with six members present. Mrs. Carl Schneider led a lesson study as members discussed hidden answers from World Call Magazine and answered roll call with the most interesting article to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Earnest
Pleasant Hill
Admitted and Dismissed Persons list from Washington area
Yesterday admissions include Delmar Yoder of Washington and Michael Van Cleave. Dismissals feature Mrs William Beenblossom and others, including Mrs Charles Capper and son in Wellman, Mrs Homer Patterson in Keota, Mrs George Miller in Letts, Mrs John Ibbot son in Columbus Junction, Raymond Moyer in Washington, and Mrs Barbara Chupp in Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Capper
Wellman
Homer Patterson
Keota
George Miller
Letts
John Ibbotson
Columbus Junction
Raymond Moyer
Washington
Barbara Chupp
Kalona
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Northrup - King
Wade
AMN
Lawrence E. Wade
Chanute Afb
Will Rogers
Fevaave
Sellers
Insurance Agency
Jay Sellers
Bob Koehler
West
Wolf's Flower Shop
Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Pacific Coast Highway
Oceanside
Pat
Tricia
Julie Eisenhower
Julie
David
Camp Pendleton
Rogers
John Mitchell
Arnet-Mccabe & CO
E. Washington St. Washington, Iowa
Evening Journal
Noon — Fairgrounds
Noon
Sunset Park
Arden Freel
Golden Age Club
Dorothy Patterson
Y - Wives
Tops Club
VFW
Legion Rooms
Grim Reaper
Plan Y
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Ralph Peiffer
C. L. Jennings
New London
Czechoslovakia
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations Mail
P. O
Pleasant Hill Cwf
Delmar Yoder
Michael van Cleave
William Beenblossom
Pells
North Marion
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