Brothers Will Stop at Hannibal Cyclist Heads to Guatemala
Everett Whiteside and two brothers ride from St. Paul to Central America by bicycle stopping in Washington for a night. They plan to reach Hannibal Missouri next to enroll in Hamline University in the fall while Everett continues to dedicate a Guatemala chapel in honor of his grandmother. They cook most meals on the road and eat a hearty breakfast in cafes.
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St. Paul
Minn
Washington
Hannibal
Guatemala
Central America
Everett Whiteside
Everett
Sunset Park
George Rudiger
Rudiger
Dora Burgess
Norman
Stewart Whiteside
Hamline Uni
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Expected To Rise
United Press International reports that during the 78 hour Labor Day weekend 430 to 520 people could die in traffic accidents, with 50 killed already by 8:30 a.m. CDT Friday. California led with seven fatalities. the council warned the toll could exceed last year’s record 501.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
City Considered As Factory Site
Washington again eyes as potential site for a new industrial plant. The Washington Industrial Corporation spent Friday with firm representatives considering the city. A labor survey in the area will start Monday to aid decis ion on location.
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Washington
Washington Industrial Corporation
Industrial Board
Des Moines Boy Shot Dead by 12 Year Old Uncle
A four year old Des Moines boy was killed when his 12 year old uncle admitted firing the weapon. The uncle said the shot was accidental after the boy retrieved a .38 revolver from a sewing machine and asked him to shoot. The incident is under investigation with no charges filed yet.
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Des Moines
UPI
Russell Cowling
Lucas
Jerry Cowling
Russell
James
John Cowling
Williams
Washington Stores to Close on Labor Day Holiday
Most Washington stores will be closed Monday for Labor Day with business activity halted. The Evening Journal will publish at noon while some local businesses keep holiday hours.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Negro family guarded as white mob clashes in Falcroft
State troopers moved 60 troopers to protect Horace and Mrs. Baker in Falcroft Pennsylvania where about 500 white demonstrators faced the Negro family. Stones harmed a photographer and several people, with a 150 yard buffer around the home, and roadblocks were set as tensions rose.
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United Press International
Falcroft
Horace Baker
Baker
Philadelphia
Williamston
N.C
Lloyd Banks
Sation
St. Louis
Plaquemine
Riverside Man Dies in One Car Crash Near Lone Tree
Lyle Luckey a 43 year old Riverside resident died Friday night in a single car crash when his vehicle overturned on Iawa 22 east of Lone Tree. He was born May 17, 1920 in Riverside and served in World War II. Survived by his mother Marge Luckey and seven sisters and three brothers, the funeral is set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Sorden and Adams Funeral Home with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
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Riverside
Lyle Luckey
Iawa
Lone Tree
Luckey
Minneapolis
Marge Luckey
Sorden and Adams
W.F. Boeckman
Riverside Cemetery
Mr. Luckey
Sammons Construction Co
Carl Luckey
Marguerite Annas Luckey
Dale
Detroit
Mich
Fred
James
Ladora
Clarence Wilson
Merle Blieu
Washington
James Benish
Richardson
Texas
Virginia Moldenhauer
Chicago
Glen Miller
Solon
Patricia Strickland
Baxter
Larry Flanagan
Marengo
Khrushchev Tito Split Evident Despite Harmony Talks
Western observers say Khrushchev and Tito show major differences despite joint statements of harmony. Khrushchev touts world Communist triumph while Tito emphasizes broader Moscow Belgrade ties and non aligned stance. Disagreements appear sharpest on economic integration and Yugoslavia's non aligned path.
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Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Tito
Khrushchev
Velenje
Moscow
Belgrade
L I Davidson Dies In Utah Mine Blast
A former Washington man L I Davidson was killed in a Moab Utah mine explosion this week. He is survived by his wife and three daughters at home and by his parents Mr and Mrs J Ida Davidson now on rural route 6 Harrison Ark formerly Washington. An uncle and aunt John Been blossom Sr and Mrs Lou Williams live in Washington.
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Washington
L.I. Davidson
Moab
Utah
Davidson
J. Ida Davidson
Harrison
Ark
John Beenblossom Sr
Lou Williams
Hope Fades For Third Trapped Miner
In Sheppton Pennsylvania high speed drills aim to finish a rescue hole to reach missing miner Louis Bova 52 buried in an Aug 13 cave in with two others rescued earlier. A telemon camera glimpsed a possible body but officials cautioned it is likely debris. hope remains slim as drills continue and volunteers consider another descent.
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Sheppton
UPI
Louis Bova
Bova
David Fellin
Henry Throne
H. Beecher Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Charmbury
Andy Debrito
Andy
Debrito
Fellin
Throne
Daniel
John
Mrs. Merritt Booth Dies This Morning
Mrs. Merritt E. Booth, 83, of 721 East Jefferson Street died this morning August 31 1963 at Washington County Hospital after three years of declining health. Survived by husband Merritt Enoch Booth two sons Ernest of Waukegan Illinois Dwight of Oregon City one daughter Velma Wagner of Royersford Pennsylvania seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Merritt E. Booth
East
Jefferson Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Charles Hawkins
Elm Grove Cemetery
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Washington
Ernest
Waukegan
Ill
Dwight
Orego City
Harry
Velma) Wagner
Royersford
Pakistan denies U.S. pressure amid shakeup and Ball visit
Pakistani officials reject claims that Washington pressured a government reshuffle or that U.S. mediation visit ties to events. They note the shakeup was planned before George Ball’s planned trip to discuss SEATO friction. The report links U.S. loan suspensions, a Sino-Pak air pact, and shifts in Pakistan’s foreign ties to China and the USSR.
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Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
U.S
George W. Ball
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Presidential Secretariat
Secretariat
Washington
United States
Dacca
East Pakistan
Soviet Union
China
Peking
India
Kashmir
Mid-Prairie Schools Report Enrollment Totals
Superintendent Bill M. Clark announced district enrollment across three centers. Wellman shows 328 students, Kalona 238, West Chester 118, with total district enrollment 1,184, up from 1,179 last year as junior and senior high counts rise.
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Wellman — School
Mid - Prairie
Supt
Bill M. Clark
West Chester
Wellman
Kalona
Bad Start Iowans Toll Rises on Labor Day Weekend
A Labor Day holiday traffic surge in Iowa left at least three dead in six hours raising the 1963 toll to 414 with victims including Fort Dodge Messenger reporter Helen C. Strode and Madison Wisconsin visitor Vivian Conway. Gov. Hughes urged cautious driving and pledged a federal style safety push.
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Fort Dodge
Erma Wickander
Walker
Vivian Conway
Madison
Wis
Tillie Conway
Conway
Cecil Willis
Ruth Hurd
Council Bluffs
Robert Kelb
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Luckey
Riverside
Iowa
Lone Tree
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Rites at Kalona for Lewis Lemley
Lewis Lemley 83 died Friday at his son Keith’s home near Parnell Born near Kalona December 14 1879 he spent most of his life in the Kalona area Funeral at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona with Rev William McDermott burial in Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona He was married in 1904 to Maude Marsh and survives with three sons Keith Francis Erlis one daughter Verva Arhart one brother John Iowa City one sister Mrs Jesse Ayers Wellman seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Kalona
Lewis Lemley
Keith
Parnell
Peterseim
William McDermott
Sharon Hill
Lemley
Perry Lemley
Maude Marsh
Francis
Coralville
Erlis
Cedar Falls
Verva Arhart
Estes Park
Colo
John
Iowa City
Jesse Ayers
Wellman
Kennedy to Name Rail Arbitrators
President Kennedy will appoint three neutral members to a seven member arbitration board in the four year rail work rule dispute. With unions and management deadlocked, the White House selects the middlemen, possibly including Milton S. Eisenhower or Nathan S. Pusey as chairman.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Harvard
Nathan S. Pusey
E. Barrett Prettyman
Harold Medina
Kennedy Aides Plan Public Push for Foreign Aid Support
Gen. Lucius D. Clay heads a Kennedy advisory panel to drum up public backing for restoring aid funds. He and committee members will meet in New York to map how to explain to Americans that the House cuts were too deep, risking Latin America aid and military assistance amid Cold War tensions.
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Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
House
Clay
United Press International
New York
Senate
Chatham
Cape Cod
White House
Squaw Island
David Bell
Latin America
Iowa Weather Outlook Shows Showers and Thunderstorms
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with scattered showers or thunderstorms developing in the southwest and extreme south late tonight or early Sunday, continuing south and central portions Sunday. Low temperatures 50s northeast to lower 60s southwest. Highs Sunday in the 70s. Monday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer with some showers and thunderstorms likely in the south.
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Iowa
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Second Methodist Conference On Human Relations
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Myrtle Bear
Samuel
Sarah Bowersox Bear
Washington County
Navy
Merritt Enoch Booth
U. S
Mid-Prairie
Clay Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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