Kalona Man First In Line For 1964 License Plates
Paul Ropp of Kalona waited outside the Washington County Courthouse to secure the first three plates for 1964. He bought numbers one two and three for himself and relatives, as plates remain on sale with white numbers on a green field. Plates may be purchased through January 31 1964 without penalty for slower buyers.
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Paul Ropp
Kalona
Ropp
Washington County
W. E. Howell
Solomon C. Ropp
Joseph Evanovich
Washington
Richard Dewis
Eli Knepp
Mr. Ropp
Dr Addison Leitch to Speak at Marion Ave Church
The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church schedules four evening services from December 5 to 8 at 7 30 featuring Dr Addison H Leitch of Tarkio College as speaker. He formerly led United Presbyterian Seminary in Pittsburgh and now serves Missouri College as assistant to the president and professor of philosophy and religion.
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Marion Avenue
Hunter Safety Class Planned for January 1964
A new Hunter Safety class is planned to start in January 1964. The Izaak Walton League and the Marine Corps League seek to launch a series like the 1962 classes, with support from area Boy Scout groups or individuals. Walter Johnson is the contact for more information. The NRA and State Conservation Commission jointly sponsor, teaching safe gun handling and safety measures for hunting and target shooting.
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Izaak Walton League
Marine Corps League
Walter Johnson
National Rifle Association
State Conservation Commission
Washington groups praised for Chest giving drive pace
Robert Kennedy commended Washington Manufacturing Company employees and Washington public school teachers for near full participation in the Community Chest drive. pledges reached $26,059.41 toward a $28,100 goal with continued optimism to hit the target soon.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
United Fund Way
Washington Manufacturing Company
Paul Gebhardt
Community Chest
Washington Manufacturing
Kennedy
Rites Monday for Mr. Claude Flynn
Claude A. Flynn 83 died Saturday in Happy Haven Nursing Home Lone Tree. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Trinity Methodist Church Riverside with Rev. Gilbert McDowell officiating. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery. Flynn born January 28 1880 in Washington county was an insurance agent and a 50 year Mason. He married Ethyl Bailey in 1918 and was an O.E.S member. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and one brother Roy.
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Riverside
Claude A. Flynn
Happy Haven
Lone Tree
Trinity Methodist Church
Gilbert McDowell
Riverside Cemetery
Washington County
Edward
Laura Mouser Flynn
Ethyl Bailey
Flynn
O.E.S
Roy
Public backs early tax cut in Harris Survey
The Harris poll shows public opinion favors enacting a tax cut now. Majority support rises to over two to one, with a plurality opposing any delay until the budget is balanced, reflecting a shift since September and strong support for President Johnson to push the measure through Congress.
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Congress
Johnson
Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
America
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Debor ah Moothart rites planned for Tuesday
Deborah Jean Moothart 13 died Saturday November 30 1963 in Washington County Hospital after a two day illness. Funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Lloyd Latta presiding burial in Wellman Cemetery. Sherman Eden Funeral Home in charge. She was born January 27 1950 in Wellman and raised in Wellman and Washington as a seventh grade student. Survivors include her parents Harold and Gayle Wade Moot hart three brothers Douglas Kermit Bret and Jane Washington and her grandparents Leck Wade Wellman and Guy Moothart Washington.
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Deborah Jean Moothart
Harold Moothart
North Fifth Avenue
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Lloyd Latta
Wellman Cemetery
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
Miss Moothart
Harold
Gayle Wade Moothart
Wellman
Methodist Church
Douglas
Kermit
Bret
Jane
Leck Wade
Guy Moothart
Milles Butcher Dies Following Surgery in Iowa City
Milles Butcher of West Liberty died Friday November 29 after surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Born in Gladwin he married Grace Worley who preceded him. Survived by brother S. A. Butcher Armstrong and sisters Mrs Mayme Colton Columbus Junction and Mrs John Emmons Colorado.
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Milles Butcher
West Liberty
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Butcher
Gladwin
Grace Worley
Butcher
S. A. Butcher
Armstrong
Mayme Colton
Columbus Junction
John Emmons
Colorado
Betancourt's Party Leads Venezuela Presidential Race
Early returns show Raul Leoni of Democratic Action leading a seven-man field with 275,078 votes while rivals include Jovito Villalba 193,680 and Arturo Uslar Pietri 185,484. Violence and threats accompanied voting but security held. communists banned from the election amid pro Castro sabotage fears.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Raul Leoni
Romulo Betancourt
Democratic Action Party
Leoni
Jovito Villalba
Democratic Republican Union
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Rafael Caldera
Social Christian Party
Nine Die On Iowa Roads In Thanksgiving Weekend
United Press International reports at least nine traffic deaths during the long Thanksgiving weekend in Iowa raising the 1963 toll to 615. Also one fire fatality, a home accident death, and three out-of-state crash victims are listed, with multiple injuries and several car train collisions.
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United Press International
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Walter Whitaker
Rose Hills
Marshal Bascomb
Osage
Larry D. Klammer
Westgate
Cecil R. Hall
Waukee
Genevieve Hall
Hoffman
Sales
Robert
Albia
Miss Shekleton
Bascomb
Klammer
Rochester
Minn
U.S. 52
Minnesota
Canadian
Okla
Hall
Texas
Johnson pressed for crash effort on Negro unemployment
Whitney Young of the National Urban League urged President Johnson to launch a public works driven crash program to ease Negro joblessness, noting 15 percent unemployment in the Negro labor force and tying in Civil Rights support with broader employment goals. The White House meeting spanned 45 minutes and covered school dropouts delinquency and employment strategies.
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UPI
National Urban League
Johnson
Whitney Young
White House
Young
Urban League
Johnny
League
Equal Employment Opportunity
Congress
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Wilkins
New York
Kermit Gordon
Death of John A Wieneke in Brighton
John August Wieneke of five and a half miles east of Brighton died Saturday at 6 40 p.m. He was born March 27 1903 in Brighton and married Ida Beese Oct 1 1924. Survivors include his wife two sons Junior and Merle two daughters Emma and Dorothy plus 19 grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral is Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church Germanville with burial in the cemetery. Stacy Funeral Home of Columbus Junction is in charge. The body was taken to the Wieneke home in Brighton at noon today. Members of Leon Beatty American Legion post will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Legion rooms city hall with C M Denison in charge.
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Brighton
John August Wieneke
Hope Lutheran Church
Germanville
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
Sarah Wieneke
Mr. Wieneke
John
Sarah Hostetler Wieneke
Ida Beese
Junior
Washington
Merle
Mt. Pleasant
Emma Wieneke
Dorothy Wagner
Salem
Mabel Beese
Lockridge
Clara Amire
Alice Lowe
Weather Outlook For Iowa Turns Warmer Next Day
Forecast shows generally fair conditions through tonight and Tuesday. A slight warming trend occurs from north to south with lows in the upper teens to the 20s and highs ranging from the 30s in the north to the 40s in the south. Outlook for Wednesday indicates little change in conditions.
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Iowa
Memorials across globe honor Kennedy in name and tribute
Tributes flow after John F Kennedy's assassination with towns renaming places and streets abroad and in the United States. Berlin dedicates a city square, Bogotá renames John F Kennedy Village, and Cape Canaveral becomes Cape Kennedy. Schools, streets, and even a Colombian housing project, plus a Chicago twins' namesake, reflect widespread homage.
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Berlin
Latin America
Kennedy
City Hall
Barrio del Techo
Bogota
Colombia
John F. Kennedy
Alliance For Progress Project
Europe
Lebanon
Rue Clemence
Northwest Coast
America
Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
Chicago
John Fitzgerald
Jacqueline Bouvier
New Hampshire
West Virginia
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