Christmas Music Featured By Washington High School Choir
Washington High School vocal students present their first concert of the season under Robert B. Ferrell at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program includes mixed chorus, boys and girls glee clubs, solos, and narrator Joe Pollock with Carol Lance on organ. Tickets at door or season tickets.
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Robert B. Ferrell
Boys Glee Cub
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Bill Mouser
Carol Lance
Joe Pollock
Ferrell
Fire Damages Farm Home Near Clarion Iowa
A basement fire at a modern farm home nine miles north of Clarion Iowa caused about 10 000 dollars in damage. The Johnson family Kermit his sister and brother in law lived there but no injuries were reported. The cause remained undetermined.
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Muscatine Woman Charged in Murder
Janet Thompson, 39, of Muscatine, charged with murder in the shooting death of Robert Navratil, 29, former Davenport planning director. Preliminary hearing held in Muscatine General Hospital. bound over to District Court. case to go to Grand Jury Jan. 14. Navratil shot in the back of the head at Thompson’s mother's home after a quarrel.
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UPI
Janet Thompson
Muscatine
Davenport
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
Garry Woodward
Muscatine General Hospital
Thompson
Robert H. Wilson
Grand
Robert J. Navratil
Clifford Bennett
Navratil
Dulles Foresees No War Over Berlin at NATO Session
Paris UPI reports NATO reaffirmed resolve to stay in Berlin despite Soviet threats and rejected Khrushchev's demand to leave. Dulles told the 15 nations the Soviets would not risk war over Berlin, and a broad Franco British American Western unity plan was agreed with talks to Moscow possibly after Christmas. France voiced leadership doubts and trade tensions surfaced among the Big Four as De Gaulle and Dulles met.
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Mrs. May Hopengardner Dies Today in City
Mrs. May Hopengardner of 308 East Second Street died today. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Details were not available at press time.
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Keota Funeral Services for Harvey Leeper
Keota holds funeral services for Harvey Leeper 52 with Rev. Robert L Burns presiding at Powell Funeral Home. Burial follows at Keota Cemetery. Leeper died in Canon City Colorado from heart ailment after living in Keota and working as a switchman for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. He is survived by wife Alice three children a sister a brother and two grandchildren.
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Smoking in stairwell tied to Our Lady of the Angels fire
A survivor testifies he saw two boys smoking and lighting matches in the Our Lady of the Angels school stairwell. Witnesses describe a delayed alarm and wrong address on first alert while investigators interview hundreds of youths to determine if arson or accident caused the deadly blaze.
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Blue Ribbon
Robert Quinn
James Kehoe
Police Department
Free Balloon Drifts Across Atlantic Toward Latin America
A free balloon named Small World carrying three men and a woman travels a southwest course at 700 feet altitude and 9 knots, heading toward Latin America. Spanish radio monitors reported the craft, tracked north east of the Cape Verde Islands, with expected arrival in about two weeks.
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Brighton Man Dies In Jefferson County Home
Dwight Wilkins 86 of the Brighton community died Monday evening at the Jefferson County Home where he had entered days earlier. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton, Rev. Roger Williams officiating. He was born June 19, 1872 in Washington County, son of Benjamin F. and Jane Moore Wilkins. He lived all his life in Louisa County and the Brighton area. Survivors include two brothers Earl of Clinton and William of Council Bluffs, and two cousins Oral Long of Washington and Gary Long of Olds.
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Louisa County
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William
Council Bluffs
Oral Long
Washington
Gary Long
Olds
Hospital receives $1000 gift for new delivery table
Washington County Hospital announced a gift of 1000 from the Washington County Health Improvement Association to fund a new delivery table. The balance of 335 was paid from hospital operating funds. The association, formed by Blue Cross subscribers, was reorganized with new officers headed by Mrs. J H Jones.
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Franklin Sojka
Robert Kleese
Ed Wyse
Brighton
Virgil Hostetler
Kalona
E. D. Miller
Wellman
Tom Lowry
Cotter Woman Anna Arthur Dies at 77 in Muscatine Hospital
Anna Arthur 77 longtime Cotter resident died at Muscatine General Hospital. Born in Wales December 16 1880 to Richard Peters and Gwen Davis Peters she moved to Cotter at age two. She married John Arthur December 28 1899. he died 1957. Survived by son Stanley Columbus Junction daughter Mrs William Robertson Crawfordsville two grandchildren four brothers and four sisters. Funeral details pending.
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William Robertson
Crawfordsville
Richard Peters
Daniel Peters
Maxwell
Jane Williams
Ruth Arthur
Mary Hughes
Columbus City
Elizabeth Davis
Warming Trend Offers Brief Break From East Cold Wave
A plains driven warm spell may reach the East today offsetting more frigid air. Temperatures rose 10 15 degrees in parts while Great Lakes and Northeast locales logged near or below zero with snow and drifting across the region.
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Iowa to试 Flashing Lights at Intersections Trialed
The Iowa Highway Commission approved an experimental program using red flashing lights to alert drivers of stop signs ahead at three northern Iowa intersections. The measure aims to reduce fatal crashes without full stop signs, with two-way and four-way stop configurations planned near Sibley Cherokee Storm Lake and surrounding routes.
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Iowa
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Carl Schach
Commission Traffic and Safety Engineer
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Chris Larsen
Sioux City
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Cherokee
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Hog House Fire Kills 22 Hogs on Ainsworth Farm
Ainsworth area. A hog house on the Clive Klopfenstein farm about one mile north of Ainsworth burned Monday evening, killing 22 pigs inside. Mrs. Klopfenstein said they saw flames around 8 15 and called the fire department. Firefighters saved nearby structures but could not save the building or animals. Cause suspected to be hot lamps used to heat water tanks.
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Iowa Woman Killed When Car Hits Bridge
A 68 year old Persia Iowa woman Christine Sophia Choneich was killed when her car driven by her husband Charles crashed into the railing of a bridge on Iowa 92 six miles east of Greenfield. The husband and an unidentified three year old boy were hospitalized. Sheriff Don Foster said the boy may be Carleton Lee Adams, a Choneich grandchild. He cited possible sun blindness as the crash cause.
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Here
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Don Foster
Adair County
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Foster
Cummings to Speak To Farmer Class At Washington High
William G. Cummings rural development supervisor for Iowa Southern Utilities Co will address the adult farmer evening class Thursday at 730 pm in the vocational ag room Washington High School He is ISU graduate and former vocational agriculture teacher He will discuss farm electricity using slides film and demonstrations covering wiring heat lamps electric fences motors fixture repairs and lamp use in hazardous locations The marimba originated in Africa and was popularized in Central America.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Washington High School
Mr. Cummings
Iowa State College
ISU
Centerville
Local businessmen nominated for Washington Chamber board
Five businessmen were nominated to fill seats on the Washington Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors at a noon meeting of the current board. Nominations were made by the present board, which ends terms December 31, with election ballots to be mailed today to voting members. Nominees are Bill Sitler, Gene Grecian, Harold Johnson, Herb Osincup, and Bob Ross. Retiring members are Leon Hillman, Phil Kneen, Harold Wolf, John Logan, and Grant McKune.
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Claude Woods
Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber
Bill Sitler
Gene Grecian
Harold Johnson
Herb Osincup
Bob Ross
Leon Hillman
Phil Kneen
Harold Wolf
John Logan
Grant McKune
Inspection of Iowa Dairies Is Ordered
Des Moines reports state agriculture officials have ordered inspections of all Iowa dairies to verify vitamin content claims on milk cartons and bottles. L B Liddy of the dairy and food division confirms an investigation and preliminary findings show many dairies fail to meet stated vitamin concentrations.
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Lowa
L.B. Liddy
Dairy and Food Division
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Food Stamp Plan May Be Used to Distribute Surplus Farm Products
New York UPI Harold D. Cooley predicts Congress will likely approve a food stamp plan to distribute surplus farm products to needy Americans. He also foresees possible revisions to wheat and dairy supports and extension of the sugar act. A wreath shipment delay affects Future Homemakers of America deliveries.
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House Agriculture Committee
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Iowa Forecast: Warmer Tonight With Patchy Cloud Cover
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with lows from 15 to 25 degrees. Wednesday sees mild conditions with highs in the 30s to 40s, higher north and lower south, followed by continued mild, partly cloudy weather Thursday.
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