Conrad family awaits launch of Gemini eight day mission
Mrs Charles Conrad prays with four sons before blastoff while astronaut husband Charles Conrad and L Gordon Cooper prepare for the nations first eight day space mission. Marilyn Lovell and Jane Conrad attend church in Laporte Texas as neighbors serve reporters coffee to ease the wait.
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Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Conrad
L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Florida
Jane Conrad
Marilyn Lovell
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Laporte
Pinochle Club Meeting At Western Star House
Mrs John Owens hosted the pinochle group of the Eastern Star at her West Chester area home on Wednesday August 18 at 1 30 p m Dessert Five tables played with Mrs E E Ward taking first prize Mrs Joe Falk second and Mrs Dwight Murray winning a travel prize The next meeting is September 2 at the Masonic Temple Washington for a 1 30 p m dessert
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John Owens
Eastern Star
West Chester
E. E. Ward
Joe Falk
Dwight Murray
Masonic Temple
Washington
$1.2 Billion School Aid Bill Advances in House
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $1.2 billion package to fund President Johnson’s school aid program and related Great Society expenditures. It covers education, library improvements, senior programs, and health research, with strong support from lawmakers. Homeowners spent $224 on alterations in 1963 totaling $6.8 billion, Census reports.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Health, Education & Welfare Department
House
Senate
U.S
WCOF Members Attend Davenport Meeting Deliberations
Riverside group of WCOF members led by Mrs. Wilbur Kiene attended a August 9 salon and dinner in Davenport. An officers election formed the Davenport Diocesan Association with Mrs. Shebek and Mrs. Waldschmidt on the nominating committee. The aim is funds for the Bishop’s Seminary Burse, with each court contributing a project to support the seminary.
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Riverside
Salon
Edward Shebek
Pete Schneider
Erma Heitzman
William Waldschmidt
Davenport
Shebek
Waldschmidt
Bishops Seminary
Burse
Canadian team wins bridge championship in Chicago
An all Canadian squad led by Eric Murray of Toronto captured the Masters Knockout Bridge Team Championship at the American Bridge League Summer National Tournament. The Murray quartet defeated Edgar Kaplan's New York led team by 91 international match points after surviving a 128 teams field beginning Aug. 11. The champions included Sammy Kehela Percy Sheardown and Bruce Elliott, all of Toronto, defending the title won last year in Toronto.
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Chicago
UPI
Eric Murray
Toronto
New York City
Dorothy Hayden
Hasting- On-Hudson
N.Y
Norman Kay
Philadelphia
Farmerettes 4-H Club Meeting Recap
The Farmerettes 4-H club met Monday afternoon August 16 at Barbara and Janet Beranek’s home. Vice president Linday Witt hoff led, Barbara Beranek led the pledge, 13 members answered roll call with the theme A New Outfit I Plan for School. Connie Goodlander led the 4-H pledge and demonstrations covered brushing and hanging clothes and storing summer clothes by Kathy Marek and Myrna Cave, with Carolyn Goodlander directing music and Janet Beranek hosting a treasure hunt and refreshments by the hostesses and mothers.
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Farmerettes
Barbara
Janet Beranek
Linday Witthoff
Barbara Beranek
Connie Goodlander
Darla Goodlander
Kathy Marek
Myrna Cave
Carolyn Goodlander
Notable Washington Evening Journal Staff and Rates
Washington Evening Journal details staff roles with editor David Elder and executives, notes publication afternoons except Sundays and major holidays, and lists mail subscription rates for Iowa and outside Iowa. Includes carrier rate in Washington and short terms for eight months, six months, and one year.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Wiorins
Osincup Drug Store Offers Instant Foot Therapy
An advertisement promises quick relief from athlete’s foot using instant T-4-L treatment. It claims itching and burning subside within minutes, infected skin sloughs off in 3 to 5 days, and healthy skin returns. Satisfaction guaranteed with 48 cent refund if not pleased within one hour.
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Osincup
Missing Minnesota youth found in Iowa
A Minnesota youth presumed lost on the St. Croix near Stillwater turned up in Burlington Iowa. Wayne Columbus 18 of Coon Rapids disappeared during a Boy Scout outing. his canoe, shirt and wallet were found. He hitchhiked home with no charges planned.
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Burlington
Iowa
UPI
Minnesota
St. Croix
Stillwater
Minn
Wayne Columbus
Coon Rapids
U.S. 34
Donald Columbus
Columbus
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Robert Benware
Robert Westerheid
Stewart Ayton
Osincup Drug Store
West Side Square
Brown’s
Aacuhmi Shoe Fit Company
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Middleton
Wis
Bridgestone
Ned’s Auto & Cycle
Ned Figgins
Wurlitzer
K. Gunnar Benson
N.S
WCOF
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
WINDE
Kay Windsor
Windsor
East Side Sq
Studebaker
East Side
Clarence Logan
Robert Logan
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