Guards and Reserve Units Head to Camp Training
National Guard Company A and the 872nd Ordnance Company US Army Reserve depart for two weeks of summer camp. Co A officers Lt Dean Garrett leads the battalion to Camp Grayling Michigan with 68 enlisted men and 4 officers, arrival slated Monday. The 872nd heads to Camp McCoy Wisconsin with 5 officers and 67 enlisted, convoying 260 miles via Dubuque for dinner, returning August 31.
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SFC
A. P. Fitzgerald
Washington
Richard Houseal
Columbus Junction
872Nd Ordnance Company
Journal
Bob Elliott
National Guard
U. S. Army Reserve
Camp Grayling
Mich
Michigan
Co. A
113Th Army
34Th Division
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk National
Camp
Dubuque
Louis J. Gase
Edsall Brown
Amos Fitzgerald
872Nd
Blair to Speak at Sunday Union Service in Central Park
Rev. Ray Blair of Associate Presbyterian Church will deliver the sermon at a 7:30 p.m. Sunday union service in Central Park. Pastor Emil Burrichter of St. Paul United Church of Christ will preside and the topic is Demas Has Forsaken Me. If rain prevents outdoor gathering, the service moves to the Associate Presbyterian Church on South Avenue D.
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Ray Blair
Associate Presbyterian Church
Central Park
Emil Burrichter
St. Paul United Church of Christ
Blair
Demas
South Avenue
Rural District Joins Washington School District
Riverside rural independent school district in Brighton Township will merge into the Washington Community School District on July 1, 1964. The merger, approved Friday by 16 to 0, follows Iowa law allowing such rural area mergers with a reorganized district, pending school board approval.
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Riverside Rural
Brighton Township
Washington Community
Iowa
Board of Education
Washington
Oil Drillers Leave Rees Farm Test Site
Drillers for oil prospectors moved equipment from the Edward R. Rees farm test site 212 miles northwest of Crawfordsville after halting work over a week ago. They drilled to 1190 feet without oil prospects, part of a Kansas oilmen planned series of tests in the area.
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Rees Farm
Edward R. Rees
Crawfordsville
Kansas
Young Negroes Riot in Elizabeth New Jersey
Negro teenagers enraged by a giant sign reading Nigger go home assaulted police in Elizabeth New Jersey. UPI reports eighty demonstrators were booked, most youths and girls, with only three adults among them. Governors and civil rights efforts follow as similar protests occur nationwide.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Richard Hughes
St. Louis
Savings and Loan Association
New York
Washington
Kennedy
Mobile
Ala
Charles S. Trimmier
City Commission
Myrtle Beach
S. C
U. S. Public Health Service
Six Die in Wisconsin Home Fire in Niagara
Six people including five relatives died when a Wisconsin home in Niagara burned. Howard Comstock 41 and his wife Marjorie 39, daughters Paula 15 Christine 10, son Peter 7, and friend Mary Joe Schelfhout 9 perished. Robert Comstock 18 was staying away. Fire started downstairs as family slept upstairs, traced to a cigarette. mill watchman alerted volunteers.
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Niagara
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Howard Comstock
Marjorie
Paula
Christine
Peter
Mary Joe Schelfhout
Schelfhout
Donald Schelfhout
Comstock
Robert
Friends
Kimberly Clark
Neenah
Kimberly Mill
Joe Rouse
Rouse
Washington County 4-H Wins Big At Iowa State Fair
Marie Jones of Washington County earns two blue ribbons in the 4-H home economics division at the Iowa State Fair after overcoming a kitchen fire and a level-stove setback. Several Washington County girls win blues and reds with entries across baked goods, preserves, vegetables, and table settings.
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Marie Jones
Washington County
Jim Frier
Marie
John H. Jones
Jones
Reva Rath
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Carla Corpman
Brighton
Susan Huber
Wellman
Maria Simmering
Washington
Linda Spangler
Jean Sojka
Millie Stout
Ainsworth
Janet Wulf
Vicki Carr
Senate examined safeguards for nuclear test ban treaty
UPI reports that the Kennedy administration faces a push for a detailed bill of particulars outlining safeguards against Soviet violations. Senate committees demand specifics on underground tests and lab facilities while Johnson’s supporters seek a binding commitment to good faith in enforcement. Gen LeMay and other chiefs back the pact with reservations, and Goldwater notes overall support amid the hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Senate
Preparedness and Armed Services Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Executive Branch
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Howard W. Cannon
Curtis E. LeMay
Taylor
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
Air Force
LeMay
Washington County Conservation Board Plans for Future
The Washington County Conservation Board, in its first year without finances, outlines future goals including exploring sites for parks, timber preserves, and fishing access. A half mill levy for 1964 supports initial efforts while state guidelines require approval for actions. public demand will steer acquisitions and development.
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Washington County Conservation Board
Conservation Board
Hayes Timber
Washington
Marr
Highway 92
Ainsworth
State Conservation Commission
Washington County
Raid at Mills Supper Club Leads to Liquor Charge
State and county authorities raided the Mills Supper Club in New Albin Friday night and arrested owner Vic Cremer on liquor license violations. Cremer, 50, is due in Waukon justice court Monday. Sheriff Ted Rumph and Des Moines agents conducted the raid, seizing four bottles. authorities say no beer or liquor-by-the-drink permits were held.
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NEW Albin
UPI
Mills
Vic Cremer
Justice of the Peace
Waukon
Allamakee
Ted Rumph
Des Moines
Cremer
Perez Jimenez Returns to Venezuela Prison in Extradition
Ex-president Marcos Perez Jimenez is jailed in San Juan de los Morros after extradition from the United States on embezzlement charges totaling about 13.5 million dollars. He arrives under heavy guard, tailed by troops, as villagers greet him. he enjoys special trial privileges and a private three-cell suite with breakfast in bed.
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Venezuela
UPI
Marcos Perez Jimenez
United States
Perez
DCG
Miami
Palo Negro
Viva Perez Jimenez
San Juan Penitentiary
Treasure hunt for British loot from mail train robbery
British police say the seven point three million dollar loot from the train robbery is too hot to handle and expect discoveries in many places. Officers raid London homes and search woods as they continue an inch by inch hunt at Leatherslade farm with fingerprints found and tips from the public. Navy and Coast Guard alerted to possible attempts to move money abroad.
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London
UPI
Britain
Surrey
Malcom Fewtrell
Buckinghamshire Police
Fewtrell
Rail unions seek negotiated settlement before arbitration on key rail disputes
Washington upi Unions urge Congress to oversee bargaining and push for arbitration of firemen and crew make up as the two major issues after agreement on minor points. They warn if secondary issues stay unresolved by December 15 federal mediation could follow.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
House Commerce
Congressional
Dispatch
Cars Damaged In Crash Here Today
A three car collision on West Madison Street at about 7 am left two cars declared total losses and one damaged. Francis Thomas 53 Davenport charged with illegal passing and held for Davenport police after the wreck. Luther Crom of Washington also involved. McDonald of Washington owned the parked car hit in the crash. No serious injuries reported.
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West Madison Street
Francis Thomas
Davenport
Thomas
Luther Crom
Washington
West Madison
Farm Youth Tour to Visit Iowa Cities and Washington
The 13th annual Iowa farm youth tour sponsored by the Iowa Development Commission runs August 26 to 30. Fifty youths participate in two groups, linking factory and farm roles in Iowa’s economy. Group A visits Oskaloosa to Grinnell. Group B visits Ames to Marshalltown.
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Washington
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Farm
The
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Future Farmers of America
Farm Bureau Young People
Rural Boy Scouts
Iowa Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Betonsport
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Burlington
Muscatine
Davenport
Clinton
Iowa City
Grinnell
Ames
Boone
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Iowa Falls
Grundy Center
Waterloo
Waverly
Oelwein
Independence
Monticello
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Iowa Weather Safe and Warmer With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy weather continues tonight in Iowa with a warm Sunday bringing showers and thunderstorms mainly in extreme west. Tonight low around 53 to 60, Sunday highs near the 80s, outlook for Monday calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers.
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Iowa
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New Jersey
United Press International
County Conservation Board
Board of Supervisors
A.C Peterson
Herb Campbell
Duane White
John Walsh
Charles Hotle
Hotle
Peterson
Burrell Downing
Hayes
San Juan DE Los Morros
Navy
Coast Guard
T. R. Phillips
Washington Golf and Country Club
Twilite League
Harold Kerr
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