Hultman Rules on Road Use Funds for Street Bonds
Iowa Attorney General Evan Hultman ruled road use tax money may be used to pay municipal street bonds and that cities can allocate a fixed portion of street funds for bonds. The opinion clarifies arterial streets must receive 75 percent of road funds starting Jan 1 1963 and allows limited use for engineering or non salary costs while excluding alleys street lighting parking facilities traffic signals and sidewalks.
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Des Moines
UPI
Atty
Evan Hultman
LM. Clauson
Iowa Highway Commission
Hulman
Hultman
Clauson
Fall at Factory Injures Bath Packing Employee
A Bath Packing Company worker, Robert Stirling, 43, was injured in a fall at the Columbus Junction meat plant Wednesday morning after slipping on steel steps. He was rushed to Muscatine General Hospital in good condition, with a bruised back and minor injuries after landing on a cement floor.
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Columbus Junction
Bath Packing Company
Robert Stirling
Muscatine General Hospital
School to Accept Bids On Furnishings At New Junior High
Washington Community School District board approved bidding for furnishings for the new junior high building including gym cafeteria kitchen home economics sewing room stage locker rooms and industrial arts room. They also authorized invitations to bid and reviewed the junior high curriculum study and a regular bus inspection report.
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Washington Community School District Board
John V. Phieger
Edward Hutchcroft
Don Smith
John Walker
Irv Whitham
T. J Berdo
Ellen Pronga
Jesse Linch
S| Ray Blair
George Cordes
William Hutchinson
Freshmen Honored by John Charles Daly for Grammar
Washington Community High School freshman English students under Vernon Feuerhelm won a personal letter from John Charles Daly after accusing him of misusing the phrase baskets full of money on his What's My Line show. Daly acknowledged the error, promising to be more careful in the future.
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Washington Community High School
John Charles Daly
Vernon Feuerhelm
Daly
Ton of Clothing Collected in Church Drive Countywide
Over a ton of used and new clothing was collected for Protestant Church World Service through the Washington Council of Churches. St Paul United Church of Christ served as an accumulation center, with Maynard Goff Jr and Dwain Tschantz in charge of packing labeling and weighing. Dick Staples praised local church efforts amid expected winter demand.
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Protestant Church World Service
Washington Council of Churches
Special World Service
St Paul
Dick Staples
Des Moines
Church World Service Drives
Farm Bureau Ends Convention Today in Chicago
The American Farm Bureau Federation closes its 43rd annual meeting in Chicago after debating about 150 pages of resolutions on topics from international affairs and military training to rural living and farm policy actions.
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Chicago
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kiwanis Hear About Wrestling at Local High School
Washington High School wrestling coach Don Lawless spoke to the Kiwanis Club about the new sport. He outlined its history and its educational value, noting it welcomes boys of all ages and sizes. About 35 boys are participating, with 24 on the team. Walter Ferguson of Mechanicsville attended. The Senior Citizens meet Friday at 2 pm in the Washington YMCA.
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Don Lawless
Washington High School
Kiwanis Club
Lawless
Walter Ferguson
Mechanics
Ville
Flu outbreak forces school closures across three states
An early flu surge shuts schools in Colorado Missouri and Illinois while California factories see absenteeism. Potosi Ignacio Durango Pagosa Springs and Wolf Lake report high cases with 75 percent of Potosi students affected. Fortunes of seasonal activity shift as caroling and tournaments are canceled.
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Colorado
Missouri
Rnois
California
Illinois
American Medical Association
Public Health Service
Potosi
Ignacio
Durango
Pagosa Springs
Colo
William Long
San Juan Bas
Los Angeles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Long
Wolf Lake
Mississippi River
James O'Brien
Two Speak at Washington Toastmasters Club Meeting
Lawrence Miksch and Robert Miller presented five minute talks at the Washington Toastmasters Club Wednesday evening at Captain's Table. Miksch spoke on 1961 I'm Glad It's Over and Miller spoke on Everyone Sells while Roy Hodges acted as toastmaster and Bernard McCarthy served as topic chairman.
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Lawrence Miksch
Robert Miller
Washington Toastmasters Club
Mr. Miksch
Mr Miller
Roy Hodges
Bernard McCarthy
Snow Belts and Deep Freeze Sweep Across Much of U S
Arctic cold driven snow and subfreezing readings hit the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast. New York’s snow belt saw a foot of snow while Georgia cooled rapidly and California endured heavy rain. blizzard-like drifts and near zero temperatures were reported in several states.
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Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Carolinas
New England
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
California
Rockies
Appalachians
Deep South
Boonville
N.Y
Chautauqua
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Ohio
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Plains
Arizona
New Mexico
Train hits bus in rural Colorado killing twenty children
A Union Pacific streamliner crashed into a school bus near Greeley Colorado in sub zero temperatures. Twenty children were killed and fourteen were hurt including three in critical condition. Bodies and wreckage covered the icy ground as investigators described a devastating scene.
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Greeley
Colo
UPI
National Guard
Weld County
Union Pacific
Denver
Clarence Oliver
Vocal Students Plan Christmas Concert
Washington Community High School presents its third annual sacred Christmas concert on December 21 led by Vernon Feuerheim. The event features the high school choir, boys and girls glee clubs, and the girls sextet with Nancy Osincup singing solo. A choir number directed by 1960 graduate Bob Lee plus the piece Two Kings by Clokey will include four brass players. The program ends with a selection from The Messiah.
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Christ
At & P.m
Vocal Music Department
Washington Community High School
Vernon Feuerheim
Nancy Osincup
Bob Lee
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
Kings
Clokey
Wendell McConnell
Terry DeVries
Logan Heilman
Joe Jones
Globemaster crash and Katanga siege amid Congo turmoil
A U S Air Force Globemaster crashed during buildup near Elisabethville in northern Katanga with no immediate casualties reported. UN forces continued mortaring Elisabethville’s European quarter as Katanga defends, while Tshombe vows total resistance and UN reinforcements pour in to restore order.
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Elisabethville
Katanega
the Congo
UPI
United States Air Force
Globemaster
United Navas
Katanga
Kamina
United Nations
Leopold I
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville
Congo
Security Council
Bunche
Ralph Bunche
Northern
Rhodesia
U.S. Leads in Rocket Race Aids NATO Security Stance
NATO heard from Adm. Max Duguet that the Soviet ICBM arsenal could reach several hundred by 1963, while U.S. ICBM stocks remain ahead. The council also considered an Allied nuclear strike force to counter Russia’s MRBM threat, with study ordered as urgent.
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Paris
UPI
Russia
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Council
Adm
Max Duguet
France
NATO
Washington
West Germany
Western
Europe
Council of Ministers
NATO Council
America
Kennedy proposes 700 million for civil defense subsidies
The Kennedy administration unveiled a 700 million civil defense program to subsidize construction of community fallout shelters in schools and hospitals, aiming to protect about 20 million people. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric said federal grants would cover part of costs, with local agencies funding the rest.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Congress
Defense Department
Post Office Opens All Day Saturday for Holidays
The Washington post office parcel post and stamp window will be open all day Saturday December 16 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Postmaster C. J. Brown asks last minute mailers to send Christmas cards and gifts within the next four days to avoid delays and a holiday pile up. He thanks the public for cooperation and urges immediate mailing.
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Washington Post Office
C. J. Brown
Brown
Frier To Head Cancer Crusade In Washington County
James Frier of Washington named chairman of the educational and fund-raising Cancer Crusade to be conducted across Washington County next April. Mrs. J. E. Letts announces plans aim to place life saving literature in every family. Frier, then County Extension Director, with wife Priscilla and three children, moved from Boone last year to Route 3, Washington, and attends Prairie Flower Baptist Church.
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James Frier
Washington
Ty Chapter
American Cancer Society
The
Cancer Society
Washington County
Boone
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
J. A. Liercke
Clarence
Iowa
Kercke
Frier
Weather Outlook for Iowa Through Friday
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Friday with increasing cold. Tonight and Friday morning will be cold with lows from 5 to 15 below zero in some areas and highs Friday near 10 to 15 above. Saturday looks fair to partly cloudy with milder conditions in the west.
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Iowa
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T. J. Lew
Journal
By Bob Elliott
Farm Bureau
Washington Ymca
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Shawnee
Ill
Fort Lewis
Toastmasters Club
United Press International
Greeley, Colo
Globemaster Down
Thant
Britain
Tshombe
Brussels
U. S
Institute For Strategic Studies
London
Red Army
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