Journal Boys' Annual Dinner Honors Carriers and Winners
Twenty three carrier boys and parents attended the Journal Boys banquet at the YMCA. Rudy Allison received the 55th Journal Watch for outstanding carrier service. James Cnossen and Marion Bain won second and third prizes. New carriers Bob Simmering and Donald Brown shared first prize in the under one year group. Inland awards went to Allison, Cnossen, and Goldsmith for character, attitude, scholarship and salesmanship. A ping pong tourney, calendar photos, a turkey dinner, prizes, and a silver dollar gift completed the evening amid a roomful of carrier families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Carrier
Y.M.C.A
Journal
Journal Watch
Rudy Allison
James Allison
James Cnossen
Bill Cnossen
Marion Bain
Max Bain
Bob Simmering
Richard Simmering
Donald Brown
Richard Brown
David Goldsmith
Claude Goldsmith
Wayland
Inland
Inland Daily Press Association
United States
Jim Cnossen
Frank Albert
David Leavitt
Public backs Kennedy rights bill despite Southern opposition
The Harris survey shows broad public support for the Kennedy civil rights bill with about two to one overall approval. Support is rising in both North and South as Congress progresses, though the South remains a strong opposition base for President Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
South
Mr. Johnson
Pan Am jet crash in Elkton kills 81 on flight
The Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashed in a frost covered field near the Maryland Delaware line killing 81 aboard. The pilot radioed he was out of control as the jet spiraled into flames while weather and potential turbulence are investigated.
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Elkton, Md
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Federal Aviation Agency
Philadelphia
San Juan
P.R
Baltimore
Pan American
Carmen Davila
FAA Air Traffic Control Center
New Castle
Del
Maryland-Delaware
U.S
Wilmington
CAB
Boeing Co
FAA
Air Line Pilots Association
FBI
Clay Holland
Robert T. Gregg
TWA Constellation
Milan
Italy
GOP committee sets meeting for Tuesday in court house
J. H. Jones, chairman of the Washington County Republican Central Committee, announced a meeting for Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. The gathering will be held in the court house here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jones
Washington County Republican Central Committee
Court House
Ten killed in Iowa highway crashes over wintry weekend
United Press International reports at least ten people died in Iowa traffic crashes as blizzard conditions and blowing snow reduced visibility. Among the fatalities were four Parsons College students in a rear collision with a truck carrying Christmas trees on U.S. 34 near New London, plus two Mount Ayr men, a Des Moines teen in a chain reaction wreck, and several other incidents across the state and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Lloyd Eildon Pierce
Harold Smith
Iowa 169
Mount Ayr
Des Moines
Carolyn Ann Frank
Winterset
Russell Fisher
Parsons College
U.S
New London
David Tyler Ross
Washington, D. C
David Harvard Downing Jr
Pleasant Hill
James William Davidson Jr
Chicago
Phillip Gossen
Fairfax Station
Young Ross
William Bradford Ross
Wyoming
Nellie Taylor Ross
U.S. Mint
Washington, D.C
James Belcher
Littleton
Colo
Mount Pleasant
Waterloo
Richard Fleisher
Eugene Stewart Tomey Jr
Tomey
Steven Potter
Clinton
Saddie Quinn
Richard Green
Savanna
Ill
John Arnold Gillen
New Albin
Eitzen
Minn
Vicim
Frances Ary
Muscatine
Rock Island
Local Young Man Leads Popular Iowa Dance Band The Escorts
Roger Booth drums and vocals lead The Escorts a Cedar Rapids based five year old rock and roll and twist group drawing crowds at Teen-Hops across Eastern Iowa. The band features Dick Burns and Dick Sherman with Zelda on organ, formed from a former big band, and has toured Michigan Missouri Ohio and Minnesota with a Monday Cedar Rapids engagement at the Devar supper club. Booth recently recorded for Fredlo with I Wanna Do It and I Found Love and drew 500 people to a hometown Armory show.
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Roger Booth
Escorts
Iowa
Roger
Dale Booth
Washington
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Dick Burns
Wellman
Dick Sherman
Zelda
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Devar
Fredlo
Albert E. Paul dies at 85 in Cedar Rapids
Albert E. Paul, 85, formerly of Washington, died today December 9, 1963 in Cedar Rapids after moving there seven years ago. Survived by son Floyd of Cedar Rapids, two daughters and six grandchildren. Funeral services planned in Cedar Rapids and here with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Born July 7, 1878 in Little Rock Arkansas, married Leila Annette Ross in 1904.
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Albert E. Paul
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Turners Mortuary
Jones Funeral Home
Elm Grove
Mr. Paul
Little Rock
Ark
Leila Annette Ross
Wellman
Sharon E.A.B. Church
The
Golden Age Club
Floyd
Bernice’ Stafford
Grants Pass
Ore
Ethel Schoner
Stude Baker Corp to close U.S. assembly lines after 61 years
Detroit reports Stude Baker Corp will shut down its U.S. automotive assembly lines on Tuesday ending more than six decades as a major producer. The move comes as the firm winds down its manufacturing footprint and faces ongoing industry pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
API
Studebaker Corp
U.S
Auto Crash Injures Three Men From Iowa and Washington
Two Washington men and an Iowa City man were injured in an Illinois crash on slick roads Sunday. John Winga Jr. of Washington skidded while turning and hit a cement wall, suffering facial bruises. Milburn McKay, a passenger, had chest bruises and a possible broken rib. The Iowa City man also sustained minor injuries.
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Washington
Iowa City
Illinois
John Winga Jr
Farmington
Iowa Weather Today and Next Five Days Forecast
Fair tonight with colder air moving in east and central IA. Lows 5 to 10 north, 10 to 15 south. Tuesday mostly cloudy with highs in the 20s to 30s. Wednesday cloudy and a bit colder with snow ending in the south. Five day outlook calls near normal temps north to slightly below south with highs around 30s and lows 10 to 20. Light precipitation Tuesday night into Wednesday, about a tenth inch or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr Shocks Lake Tahoe Area
Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped from a Stateline motel by two armed men. Police in California and Nevada issued all points bulletins for Joseph Soree and Thomas Keating who fled in a white Chevrolet Impala. The FBI labeled the suspects extremely dangerous and searches focused on the Tahoe Carson City summit region.
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Stateline, Nev
UPI
Frank Sinatra Jr
Lake Tahoe
Sinatra
FBI
Joseph J. Soree
Thomas Keating
California
Nevada
Carson City
Nevada Highway Patrol
Spooners Summit
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City of
Dallas
Honor Journal
Ainsworth
Dennis Dae
Ray Palmer
Brighton
Paul Peck
Michael Peck
Jerry Peck
John Widmer
Glenn Widmer
Myr Leavitt
Mike Walker
Lloyd Walker
Mike Gardner
Cloyd Gardner
Mike Loveless
Earl Loveless
Jim Knight
Faye Gentzler
Mark Schumacher
Leo Schumacher
Paul Scranton
Robert Scranton
Randy Reighard
Gailen Reighard
Harris Survey
By Louis Harris
the Washington Post Co
Ats
Maryland
Civil Aeronautics Board
GOP
Zelda Sherman
Robert Shea
Council Bluffs
Studebaker
Young Sinatra
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