Johnson presses civil rights push with labor pledge
President Johnson met AFL-CIO President George Meany and civil rights leaders to press passage of Kennedy era civil rights legislation. Meany pledged labor backing, linking civil rights to unemployment relief, while Johnson pursued action through Congress and spoke with Martin Luther King and governors.
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Washington
UPI
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Organized Labor
Kennedy
AFL - Cio
George Meany
White House
Meany
Congress
Martin Luther King
National Governors Conference
House Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rules Committee
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Vote on Shaff plan reshaping Iowa Legislature
Iowa voters turned out in light numbers for a special election on reapportionment. The Shaff plan, a constitutional amendment named for Sen. David O. Shaff, faced a narrow potential margin as it was submitted to the people for ratification or rejection amid cross state campaigning.
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Iowa
Kennedy
Melvin Synhorst
David O. Shaff
Clinton
Conservation board meets Walton League on Lake Darling
Washington County Conservation Board and Izaak Walton League discuss county conservation and outdoor recreation. League officers urge improvements at Lake Darling and ask for public support. Ken Peters named new Walton chapter president. Board members listed include Dr A C Peterson Herb Campbell John Walsh Duane White and Chuck Hotle.
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Washington County Conservation Board
Izaak Walton League
League
Lake Darling
Ken Peters
Izaak Walton
County Conservation Board
A. C. Peterson
Herb Campbell
John Walsh
Duane White
Chuck Hotle
ASC Committeemen Hold All-Day Washington County Session
Community committeemen from throughout Washington County attended an all-day work session at the Memorial Reserve Armory in Washington. William Day, ASC county office manager, said district fieldmen conducted the sessions outlining duties and ASC program details.
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ASC
Washington County
Memorial Reserve Armory
Washington
William Day
ASCS
Junior Rifle Club Seeks Local Members
Boys at junior high and high school are urged to join a Junior Rifle Club through the YMCA. Registration costs include a $2 initiation fee plus either a $2 club membership or full YMCA membership priced at $7.50 for junior high and $10 for high school boys. Instructors are Ken Cuddeback and John Walker, with meetings the second and fourth Mondays from 7 to 8 30 p.m. The next meeting is December 9, and enrollment must be completed by then.
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YMCA
Ken Cuddeback
John Walker
Two freighters collide in Montreal harbor blaze
In Montreal harbor two ocean going freighters collided at 1245 a m EST causing a blaze. The Lionel loaded with naphtha and chemicals burned from bow to stern while the Manchester Merchant suffered a gaping hole in its bow. Both crews were rescued and brought ashore safely as firefighters fought the fire.
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Montreal
UPI
Lionel
Watts & Watts
Manchester
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mc.Namara Co
Ruby murder trial postponed to February 3
Dallas judge Joe Brown postponed Jack Ruby's murder trial from December to February 3 after a conference with District Attorney Henry Wade and defense lawyer Tom Howard. No bond application had been filed. Ruby remained in county jail as a separate sanity hearing could be requested.
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Dallas
Tex
UPI
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
District Criminal Court
Joe B. Brown
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Tom Howard
Brown
Ruby
Light vote locally on Shaff amendment
The Shaff Plan vote progresses slowly in Washington with turnout behind the last city election at this stage. Polls stay open until 8 o’clock this evening as residents decide on the amendment.
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Washington
Martins open new fabric service center with coin laundry
Mr and Mrs Ralph Martin announce an open house for Martins Do All Fabric Service Center to show the new coin operated laundry and dry cleaning units. The event runs Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 8 pm at the remodeled South end plant indicating no conflict with existing professional dry cleaning. The business is in its 28th year in Washington.
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Ralph Martin
Martin
Fabric Service Center
Coi
Washington
Oppenheimer Receives Enrico Fermi Award at White House
President Johnson awarded J Robert Oppenheimer the Enrico Fermi Award worth 50000 dollars in a White House ceremony. The honor, long sought by Kennedy, recognizes Oppenheimer's contributions as a theoretical physicist and educator, despite past security concerns from 1954. Henry D Smyth of Princeton was the sole dissenter in that decision.
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AEC
Enrico Fermi
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Nedy
Kennedy
Ken
Henry D. Smyth
Princeton
Pioneer
Los Alamos
Highland group to study proposal for school building
A sixteen member planning committee was chosen to assist the Highland Community District school board in studying a proposed junior and senior high school building project. The group, reflecting all district areas, will inform residents and ensure members’ duties do not affect their opinions. The first meeting Wednesday will include an architect’s outline of building type and cost. Committee members include Colbert Dann Fox Johnson Kauffman Kirchner Koehler Krantz Lord McCracken Miller Ruth Shradel Swailes Thompson Yeggy.
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Highland Community District
Bob Colbert
Bob Dann
Burton Fox
Dale Johnson
Clarence Kauffman
Don Kirchner
George Koehler
Ernie Krantz
Bryce Lord
F.W. McCracken
Edward Miller
Don Ruth
Ivan Shradel
Richard Swailes
Charles Thompson
Eldon Yeggy
Rites Wednesday for Mr. William Gillkey
Funeral services for William Harvey Gillkey 64 who died December 2 1963 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City will be held Wednesday December 4 at 2 p.m. in the Stacey Funeral Home Columbus Junction burial at Columbus City Cemetery. He was born October 7 1889 in Columbus Junction area. Survived by wife two sons Willis of Clearwater Florida Lynn of Columbus Ohio two daughters Merna Martin Amarillo Texas and Martin Hill Brighton one brother Russell three sisters Lillian Maxwell Evelyn Coombs Corrine Germond and 11 grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
William Harvey Gillkey
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Stacey
Columbus City
Harry M
Laura Johnston Gillkey
Twyla Shipman
Gillkey
Willis
Clear Water
Florida
Lynn
Columbus
Ohio
Merna Martin
Amarillo
Texas
Martin Hill
Brighton
Russell
Lillian Maxwell
Crawfordsvile
Evelyn Coombs
Brookfield
Corrine Germond
Masury
Corn College to Discuss New Corn Farming Methods
Washington High School hosts the first Corn College meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the vocational agriculture room. Councilmen promote the Corn College book at 1 50, outlining meeting topics and bulletins on corn production. All farmers and farm workers are urged to attend.
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Corn College
Vocational Agriculture Room
Washington High School
Greenees claim reserve champion hog at Chicago expo
Bob and Connie Greene of Ainsworth showed the reserve grand champion hog carcass at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The carcass was exhibited by Connie Greene. Grand champion went to a Duroc shown by an exhibitor from Dwight, Illinois.
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Bob
Connie Greene
Ainsworth
Chicago
Dwight, Ill
Iowa Weather Outlook Clears as Snow Flurries Likely Northeast
The bulletin reports clear to partly cloudy conditions in western Iowa and mostly cloudy skies in the east through tonight with a chance of light snow flurries in the northeast. Temperatures dip to 10 to 15 degrees in the northeast and reach the 20s in the southwest, then a high in the 40s Wednesday. Thursday shows little change.
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Iowa
Evangelism Series Planned at Marion Avenue Church
Dr. Addison H. Leitch of Tarkio College will preach at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church beginning Thursday evening Dec 5 at 7 30. The series runs through Sunday with music by church groups and sermons on Probing the Will The Fundamental Crisis A Plain Proposition No Longer an Option and Counting the Cost The public is invited to attend
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Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian Church
Addison H. Leitch
Tarkio College
Leitch
Tarkio
Assiut College
Egypt
Pikeville College
Kentucky
Grove City College
Pennsylvania
United Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburgh
Luke
Muskingum College
Ohio
Pittsburgh - Xenia Theological Seminary
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
England
Tor
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