Tempers Flare In Congress Over Kennedy Agenda
In Washington Kennedy ally Lyndon Johnson clashed with Barry Goldwater on the Senate floor as obstructionism accusations rose. House Rules Committee advances minimum wage and school aid bills to a conference while medical care talks near a final compromise. A Dominican sugar import issue and Eisenhower economic aid requests also surface in ongoing congressional debates.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Johnson
House Rules Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Senate House Conferces
Dominican Republic
Congress
Eisenhower
Caribbean
Latin America
House Foreign Affairs Committee
July U S cost of living hits record high in first rise since spring
The consumer price index rose 0.1 percent to 1266 in July, the fifth straight monthly gain, with food and gasoline leading the rise. Officials say inflation is not imminent and expect price declines in August as food supplies improve. About 180,000 union workers receive small pay boosts tied to the index, amid a general drop in real spendable earnings for factory workers.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Clague
Mrs Powers Seeks Clemency for U2 Pilot Francis Powers
Mrs Barbara Powers and two American lawyers presented a clemency petition to Soviet President Brezhnev for her husband Francis Powers the U2 pilot convicted of espionage and sentenced to ten years. The case includes potential talks with Khrushchev and limited access to the prisoner.
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UPI
Barbara Powers
Soviet Union
Francis G Powers
Frank Rogers
Alexander Parker
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Powers
Vincent Hallinan
San Anselmo
Calif
Hallinan
Progressive Party
Des Moines battered by brief windstorm
A brief thunderstorm struck Des Moines around 7 pm causing heavy rain and gusts up to 69 mph at the airport. The storm lasted minutes with 0.5 inch rain measured, and toppled trees plus brief electrical and telephone outages reported mainly on the south side.
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Des Moines
UPL
Weather Bureau
Cuban Priest May Face Tribunal
In Havana a Jesuit priest, Father Marcial Bedoya, wounded in an incident near Havana, is to be brought before a revolutionary tribunal as an anti government conspirator. He was reportedly with a group seeking an illicit arms shipment when a confrontation led to two deaths and his arrest.
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Marcial Bedoya
Bedoya
Pinar del Rio
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Bauta
Alberto Jerez
Jerez
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Castro
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San Jose
Costa Rica
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Soviet Russia
Raul Roa
Roa
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Red China
Latin America
Simon Bolivar
Jose Marti
Karl Marx
Bolivar
South America
Marti
Spanish America
Mexico
Venezuela
Organization of American States
OAS
Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala
Colombia
Roas
District GOP Women Plan Fall Campaign Meeting
Fifty six Republican women from eleven counties met at the Captain's Table for an executive session to map the fall campaign. District president Mrs. Phil Weldin led the meeting with reports from county presidents and plans to contact voters unable to reach polls. A Washington rally September 24 with Congressman Walter Judd was announced and the district fall conference set for October 6 in Mount Pleasant with speakers including Mrs. E J Hennings and candidates Fred Schwengel Jack Miller Norman Erbe. Maizie Stokes outlined a bus caravan across counties and a telegram from Schwengel praised the district women’s achievements.
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First District
Phil Weldin
Robert Everetts
Washington County
Washington
Walter Judd
Brazelton Hotel
Mount Pleasant
E. J. Hennings
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Fred Schwengel
Jack Miller
Norman Erbe
Maizie Stokes
Davenport
Washington Community Schools to start hot lunch program
The hot lunch program begins August 31 for grades kindergarten through eight with 30 cent daily charges, while high school students, teachers and staff pay 35 cents. Milk is 2 cents per half pint for kindergartners. Payments are due one week in advance and menus will be set by the head cook and school nurse under state guidance.
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Washington Community Schools
John V. Phieger
Helen Woodburn
Fileen Jeffrey
Department of Public Instruction
Supt. Phieger
Seadragon Opens Arctic Passage and District Teachers Hires
The atomic submarine Seadragon completes the Northwest Passage transit from Aug 15 to 21, charting a route under ice and signaling military and commercial Arctic potential. In Iowa Washington district schools, 8 new teachers join the 1940 61 staff as the two day opening workshop begins ahead of Tuesday, August 30.
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Northwest Passage
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Arctic
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George ?P Steele II
John
Sebastian Cabot
Navy
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John McClure
Dragon
Kathryn Masson
Lincoln School
Masson
Washington Junior College
University of Nebraska
Coe College
McCook
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
George Masson Jr
Zelda Tackenberg
Morning Sun
Iowa Wesleyan College
Louisa County
New London
Gunman Kidnaps Girl at Lovers Lane in Illinois
In Carbondale Illinois a gunman abducted 17 year old Mary Lilly Roberts after shooting 20 year old John Bryant in the face. Police set roadblocks but the kidnapper escaped with the girl from a spillway near Orchard Lake Wild Life Refuge.
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Carbondale
Ill
UPI
Mary Lilly Roberts
John Bryant
Murphysboro
Bryant
Orchard Lake Wild Life Refuge
Orchard Lake
Miss Roberts
Doctors Hospital
Williamson County
Wild Life Refuge
Elizabeth Ruplinger 80 Dies After Heart Attack in Harper
Mrs. Elizabeth Streit Ruplinger of Harper died at 5 45 am in Keokuk County Hospital Sigourney after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 9 30 am in Elizabeth s Church Harper with burial in St Elizabeth Cemetery. Rosary is planned Friday at 8 pm in Powell s Funeral Home Keota. She was born July 28 1880 in Harper and married June 14 1897 to John Ruplinger. Her life was spent in the community and survivors include her husband 12 other relatives and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Elizabeth Streit Ruplinger
Harper
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Elizabeth
M. J. Diamond
Bars
St. Elizabeth
Powell
Ruplinger
John Ruplinger
Warren Carris
Clarence Fulton
Fred Lawrence
McHenry
Joseph
South English
Richard Redlinger
Edwin
Willoughby
Ohio
Dallas Cathey
Herdick
Francis
Local Contractors Get Highway Contracts
Two Washington contractors were awarded highway contracts at a State Highway Commission letting in Ames. Hanson Construction Co of Washington will build bridges and culverts on a farm to market road from Abington to Fairfield in Jefferson County, with a bid of 12,541 dollars. Don M. Hayes of Washington will surface 5.5 miles of highway 77 south from highway 9, with a gravel surfacing bid of 14,478 dollars.
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Washington
State Highway Commission
Ames
Abington
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Hanson Construction Co
Hanson
Don M. Hayes
Hayes
Ainsworth Riverside School Plan Examined
A study group forms to explore merging Ainsworth and Riverside schools. Committees include Curriculum with Ivan Shradel and two matrons, Bralding with Duane Latta, Ernest Lantz, Everett Rath. Transportation with Bob Cress and Ethyle Gerot. Finance chaired by Louis Havel with Leo Brophy and Lewis Westfall.
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Riverside
Ainsworth Riverside
Ivan Shradel
Walter Watkinson
Lyle Gerot
Bralding
Duane Latta
Ernest Lantz
Everett Rath
Bob Cress
Ethyle Gerot
Edwin Westfall
Louis Havel
Leo Brophy
Lewis Westfall
Five NFO Members on Kiwanis Program
Allen Spurgeon national NFO director spoke at the Washington Kiwanis meeting with four local NFO members. Guests included John Copp of Washington, Jake Swisher Iowa City lieutenant governor, and Washington participants Leo Marie Elliott McKinstry Duane Redlinger, Jim Stewart Columbus Junction.
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Allen Spurgeon
NFO
Washington
Reid Boyd Announces Open House For 25th Anniversary
Reid Boyd a local magazine and greeting card salesman announces an open house at 709 West Main Street on Saturday August 27 to mark his 25th anniversary in Washington. Hours run 10 am to 8 pm with free coffee and cookies. A door prize and favors will be given to the first 150 registrants.
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Reid Boyd
West Main Street
Washington
Iowa Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers
Considerable clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. Friday mostly fair and cooler in the northwest. Lows near 70 from west to east. Friday highs around the upper 80s southeast and mid 70s northwest. Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday.
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Iowa
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