Kennedy Calls for New Trade Powers to Boost Exports
President Kennedy urged replacing the Reciprocal Trade Act with broad powers to lower tariffs for Europe and build an economic NATO against Communist encirclement. He praised the European Common Market but said the United States should not join, pressing for investment tax credits and wage-price stability while pursuing a liberal tariff policy.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
Europe
NATO
West
United States
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Florida
Miami Beach
NAM
U.S
Free World
Congress
Extension Staff At Conference in Ames
Washington County Extension Service staff attend the annual Extension Conference in Ames from December 4 to 6. Attendees include County Extension Director Jim Frier Extension Home Economist Marilyn Thatcher Associate Merritt Canady and Extension Trainee Carole Lindsay. The program features talks by Karl Fox George Beal Ross Talbot Carl Hamilton Sam Labell and E T York Jr. on economic growth agriculture families and communities.
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Washington County
Ames
Jim Frier
Marilyn Thatcher
Merritt Canady
Carole Lindsay
Karl Fox
George Beal
Ross Talbot
Iowa State University
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls
Sam Labell
New York City
E.T. York, Jr
Federal Extension Service
George Horas Leads KC Pinochle Marathon Standings
George Hora and partner top the Knights of Columbus pinochle marathon after five rounds with 5 320 points. The top contenders include Raymond Hammen 4 670 and Nick Gevock 4 040, then George Sojka and Tim Woods, Howard Hess and others in a crowded field.
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George Horas
George Hora
Knights of Columbus
Raymond Hammen
Nick Gevock
George Sojka
Farm Tax Guides Available at Extension Office
Washington County extension office offers copies of the 1962 Farmer's Tax Guide from the Internal Revenue Service. Director Jim Frier says farmers have used the guides profitably for income tax work in past years. The new edition updates 1961 tax rules for farm returns.
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Washington County
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Jim Frier
New Ben Franklin Store Opens Thursday in Washington
Washington welcomes a new Ben Franklin Store on the north side of the square with a three day grand opening Thursday through Saturday. Owners Aldo and Mary Low Moretti relocate from Farmington NL and operate at 726 North Fifth Avenue with two sons. Butler Brothers provides centralized buying and services for the 2,400 store network. The remodelled location previously housed Minick Furniture and features air conditioning and self service with modern counter displays. Further event details appear in today's Evening Journal advertisement.
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Washington
Ben Franklin
Aldo
Mary Low Moretti
Butler Brothers
Des Plaines
Farmington
Moretti
North Fifth Avenue
Minick Furniture
Evening Journal
Augustine Named Noble Grand of Washington Odd Fellows
Archer Augustine was named noble grand of the Odd Fellows lodge in Washington. Elected officers for the term include Dave Williams as vice grand Leroy Jugenheimer recording secretary Charles Murdock financial secretary Stanley McKeown treasurer and Henry Wagenknecht trustee. Forty eight visitors attended the lodge session this week as second and third degrees were conferred on ten candidates with guests from Moline Kewanee Davenport Princeton Iowa City Lone Tree and Sigourney.
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Archer Augustine
Odd Fellows Lodge
Washington
Dave Williams
Leroy Jugenheimer
Charles Murdock
Stanley McKeown
Henry Wagenknecht
Moline
Kewanee
Davenport
Princeton
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Sigourney
County 4 H Girls Plan Charm Night
Washington County 4 H girls host Charm Night at the High School Auditorium on Thursday December 14 at 7 30 p m Corrine Shower of Cedar Rapids speaks on wardrobe planning makeup and posture with practical grooming tips for young ladies All Washington County 4 H girls and mothers invited to attend the meeting.
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Washington County
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Seven men indicted in $250000 sewing machine mail fraud
Sioux City report: Seven men indicted on 34 counts of mail fraud for a Cedar Rapids area sewing machine swindle tied to Main Sewing Service Co. The scheme sold machines at inflated prices via 50 000 mailings between February and December 1958. Women were promised work sewing children's clothes resold in Kansas City. many contracts misrepresented as credit references.
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Sioux City
UPS
U. S. Dist. Atty
Dan O' Brien
Cedar Rapids
Brockmeyers
Bradley
McNiel
O'Brien
Slocum
Elkhart
van Dusen
Niles, Mich
Eaton
Orlando
Fla
Main Sewing Service Co
Kansas City
O' Brien
U S to Send Up To 21 Cargo Planes to Congo
The United States announced it will provide up to 21 additional U S cargo planes to U N forces in the Congo A Department statement says 15 C 124s and six C 130s will be available if requested by the U N The planes will be flown by Air Force crews and operate in support of troop movements to the Congo front lines, supplementing six C 124s already aiding U N operations.
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Washington
UPI
United States
United Nations
Congo
State Department
Air Force
U.N
Legion Posts Seeks Items for Therapy at Institute
American Legion post members collect neckties silk hosiery carpet rags spools and old leather goods for therapy work at the Mt Pleasant state mental institute. They heard Chuck Hotle discuss historical items in Washington County and viewed slides from a summer tour. Plans were made for a joint county Legion meeting in January.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
Mt Pleasant State Mental Institute
Chuck Hotle
Washington County
Joint County Legion
Plan Open House At Eden Memorial Chapel Ainsworth
Sherman Eden Funeral Home of Washington announces an open house at Eden Memorial Chapel in Ainsworth on Sunday December 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. The event invites the public and is hosted by Mr and Mrs Wendell Eden. The chapel sits on Front Street near Sands Drug Store in Ainsworth.
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Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Washington
Eden Memorial Chapel
Ainsworth
Wendell Eden
Front Street
Sands Drug Store
Halcyon House adds infirmary with six beds
Mrs Mayme Squire reports Halcyon House will complete a modern infirmary with six beds for convalescent care available to residents and a limited number from the local community. The program mirrors other Methodist retirement homes like Wesley Acres Des Moines and Heritage House Atlantic. Rev. George Dimmitt and Mr Keck visited to inspect the new facilities.
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Halcyon House
Mayme Squire
Wesley Acres
Des Moines
Atlantic
Heritage House
Cedar Rapids
Squire
George Dimmitt
Halcyon
Keck
Wesley Acres Board
Attlee in Grave Condition After Hospital Admission
Former British prime minister Earl Attlee, aged 71, admitted to Amersham Hospital for a minor stomach upset, deteriorated to a grave condition with anxiety in medical staff. His wife Lady Attlee remains by his bedside as doctor reports worsen.
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Amersham, England
UPI
Earl Attlee
Amersham Hospital
Clement Attlee
Labor
Attlee
Lady Attlee
Lumbago
Soviet increases peacetime military budget in 1962
Soviet Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced the largest peacetime military budget in USSR history, stating 13.4 billion rubles for 1962 to counter NATO. He cited Western rates and hidden spending concerns, noting U S defense appropriations rose by about 6 billion dollars.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Vasily Garbuzov
Ussr
Supreme Soviet
Garbuzov
NATO
United States
East German Engineer Steals Train to Escape to West Berlin
A 29 year old East German train engineer hijacked a Communist passenger train with a fireman friend and 24 refugees, speeding to West Berlin at 60 miles per hour. The escape bypassed Albrechtshof and surprised border guards as families joined the ride and seven passengers chose to return to East Germany.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Hurn
Walter Mitty
Albrechtshof
Spandau
East Germany
Greene Rehabilitation Fund Created for Ainsworth Farmer
The Official Board of Ainsworth Methodist Church establishes a Greene Rehabilitation Fund for Bob Greene injured on his farm last Thursday. Emergency surgery at Mercy Hospital Burlington led to left arm amputation. Contributions can be sent to Sam Stephens or left at Ainsworth State Bank or Columbus Junction State Bank. Committee members are Preston Edmondson Bryce Lord and Robert Megdel sen.
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A ~ Greene
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Bob Greene
Ainsworth
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Bob
Sam Stephens
Iowa
Preston Edmondson
Bryce Lord
Robert Megdelsen
Greene Rehabilitation Fund
UN Jets Hit Kolwezi Airfield Disabled Katanga Air Force
Katanga air power was largely knocked out as United Nations jets bombed Kolwezi airfield in a 20 minute strike from Luluabourg. US cargo planes and Globemaster transports were pledged to boost UN forces with crews. Fighting raged around Elisabethville as Katanga defenses and a railway link were damaged.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Congo
State Department
Washington
Elisabethville
Luluabourg
Kasai
Kolwezi
Jadotville
US Air Force
Globemaster
Manono
Paris
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Rio de Janeiro
Brazzaville
French Congo
Stockholm
Leopoldville
Former Wellman Man Dies in South Bend
Arnold Van Han ey, 71, former Wellman resident, died Tuesday in South Bend Indiana. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. Survivors include his wife, three children, and three sisters Edna Blumenstein Luzetta Walton of Wellman and Georgina Sells of California.
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Wellman
Arnold van Haney
South Bend
Ind
Edna Blumenstein
Luzetta Walton
Georgina Sells
California
Washington County 4-H Names Youth Committee Members
The Washington County Extension Council appoints the 411 Youth Committee. Members include Mrs. Charles Davison Wayland and Mrs Harold Gerdes Ainsworth with others in Crawfordsville Wellman Riverside and Crawfordsville. Members will serve two year terms on boys and girls club committees across county areas.
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Washington County Extension Council
Charles Davison
Wayland
Harold Gerdes
Ainsworth
Cleo McCoy
Crawfordsville
Richard Huber
Wellman
Davison
Gerdes
Joe Jones
Vern Escher
Washington
Northeast
CR Johnson
Northwest
McCoy
Southeast
Huber
Northwest Area
Melvin Schneider Crawfordsville
Marion Augustine
Southwest Area
Lorence Marek
Riverside
Journal Telephone Service Disrupted
Incoming calls at the Evening Journal were not completed due to trouble with the building's telephone system. Service was largely disrupted for a period, making it hard to answer calls. The issue was fixed by noon and the Journal asks for forgiveness for the inconvenience.
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Evening Journal
Journal
Eldora boys to receive Christmas home leaves
About 60 boys at the Eldora state training school will get chances to go home for Christmas this month. Only boys at the school before July 1 are eligible and must meet conditions. Parents will be notified of their supervision responsibilities and no boy may leave the state.
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Des Moines
UPI
Eldora
Benjamin Bauer
Baer
Homer Tschantz funeral Thursday at Zehr Home
Funeral services for Homer Tschantz, 71, will be held Thursday at 2 pm in Zehr Funeral Home. Military graveside rites will be conducted at the cemetery for the World War I veteran found dead Tuesday morning at his Wayland area home.
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Wayland
Homer Tschantz
Zehr
Mr. Tschantz
Iowa Weather Outlook: Fair Then Cold With Snow Flurries
Weather report for Iowa notes fair conditions in the southwest and partly cloudy skies in the east and north tonight with light snow flurries in the extreme northeast. Gusty winds ease, temperatures dip to 15-20 northwest to 20s southeast, and Thursday brings colder but fair conditions with highs in the 20s to 30s.
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Iowa
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