Prison Riot at Villa Devoto Jail Kills 29 in Argentina
In Buenos Aires a 12 hour riot at Villa Devoto prison ends with 10 guards and 15 prisoners dead. Four riot leaders were executed after a brief truce. authorities report no escape as hundreds of police and guards retook the facility.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Villa Devoto
Caseros
Hugo U. Lujan
Castrillon
Seffer
Soto
Lujan
Leopoldo Insauridide
Col
Miguel A. Paiva
Insaurralde
Hope for Release of Cuban Prisoners
Negotiations to exchange 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners near conclusion. Donovan listed foodstuffs and medicines to meet Castro demands, with a decision expected after Castro review. The African Pilot freighter carrying baby foods and medicine was to sail to Cuba, while railroads donated about 80 box cars for the mission.
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Havana
UPI
New York
James B. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Donovan
Castro
Washington
Maritimes Trades Department
AFL
CIO
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Cuba
Union
Justice Department
Florida
Wellman Guernsey cow sets high DHIR record
Wellman Iowa's Guernsey cow Wellman produced 10 570 pounds of milk and 505 pounds of butterfat in 305 days two milking sessions daily on test under the supervision of Iowa State University agriculture and the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
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Peterborough
N. H
Vandalism Strikes Local YMCA Pool Windows
City police investigate vandalism at the YMCA after a night incident broke brick windows and dropped glass into the pool. The pool is closed for cleaning and tonight’s swim practice is canceled, reported by Harold Brock, the janitor, who found the damage this morning.
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YMCA
Y Pool
Harold Brock
Charles Dolies Dies in Long Beach
Word has been received of the death of Charles Chic Dolies, 69, a well known amateur golfer, in Long Beach California. He died suddenly December 2 after a short illness. He had lived in Long Beach for 40 years and retired recently from Douglas Aircraft. Funeral services were held in California. Mr Dokes was well known in Washington.
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Charles
Chic) Dolies
Long Beach
Calif
Dolies
Douglas Aircraft
California
Dokes
Washington
Blue Scout Rockets Launch Two Missions Tuesday
In California two Blue Scout rockets lifted off on Tuesday. Transit 5A carried a navigational satellite visible from Los Angeles to San Francisco and Utah. A second rocket conducted a secret operation after the first, with no time or outcome disclosed.
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Point Arguello
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
Utah
Funeral Thursday for Mrs Pardun
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Pardun 81 will be at 1 30 p m Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Latta presiding Burial will be in Keota Cemetery She died Tuesday Dec 18 1962 in The Pines Rest Home Washington She had been in ill health three years Maude Gray born Feb 13 1881 Daytonville Iowa daughter of Hiram and Sarah J Albin Gray survived by a grandson Robert Bell Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs A E Bitting Washington and Mrs Orpha Brumbach Cedar Rapids one brother Harry Gray San Francisco California and one great grandson
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Maude Pardun
Jones Funeral Home
Lloyd Latta
Keota
Virgil E. Pardun
Pardun
Methodist Church
Robert Bell
Cedar Rapids
A. E. Bitting
Washington
Orpha Brumbach
Harry Gray
San Francisco
Calif
Doctor Denies Powell May Die Very Soon
Beverly Hills California reports indicate actor Dick Powell, 57, faces cancer setbacks but his doctor says he is not a terminal case. Powell is not responding to cobalt treatment and is receiving intravenous therapy while his back condition may be connected to the illness.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Dick Powell
Powell
John C. Sharpe
Sharpe
Frank McFadden
Former Clear Creek Pastor Rev Paul A Kleinfelder Dies
Rev. Paul A. Kleinfelder 69, longtime pastor of St Peter and Paul Church at Clear Creek, died Tuesday at St Francis hospital in Burlington after a yearlong hospitalization and multiple strokes since 1955. He served 31 years at Clear Creek retiring in 1961. Funeral at Clear Creek with Bishop Ralph L Hayes as celebrant. Burial in parish cemetery. Powell Funeral Home Keota in charge. Survived by sister Rose Marie De Blasio of Davenport, one niece and two nephews.
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Keota
Paul A. Kleinfelder
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Clear Creek
St. Francis Continuation Care Hospital
Burlington
Kleinfelder
St. Francis Hospital
St. Peter and Paul
Ralph L. Hayes
Pontifical Requim
Cem
Powell Funeral Home
Davenport
Jacob B
Johanna Heuer Kleinfelder
St. Ambrose
St. Mary's Seminary
Baltimore
Owen Corrigan
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore Seminary
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Davenenport
St Mary's Catholic Church
Muscatine
St. Joseph's
Bauer
James
Rose Marie) de Blasio
Mrs. Nettie Custer Rites Planned for Friday
Mrs. Nettie S. Custer 87 of Washington dies after months of illness. Funeral services Friday at 10 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. S Ray Blair officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Born December 16 1875 in Toledo Ohio. Married William M. Custer June 11 1902. He died in 1941. Lived in Washington 60 years. Survived by nieces and nephews.
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Nettie S. Custer
Washington
Jones
S. Ray Blair
Elm Grove
Nettie S. Humm
Toledo
Ohio
Henry and
Sarah Woodhall Humm
Gracehill
Eureka
William M. Custer
Iowa's Corn Crop Is Fourth Largest On Record
Iowa's 1962 crop season was highly favorable with a final corn yield of 742,976,000 bushels from 9,776,000 harvested acres. Per acre output reached a record 76 bushels, 0.5 bushel above the 1961 mark, though total production was 1% below 1961 and 24% above the 1951-60 average. Other records included sorghum grain at 65 bushels per acre, popcorn at 2,600 pounds per acre, and all hay at 2.32 tons per acre.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Department
Vincent Pohren Dies in Davenport Hospital
Vincent Pohren 82 of Davenport died Tuesday evening at Mercy Hospital after a week of ill health. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9 a.m. at St Joseph's Catholic Church East Pleasant Plain, with burial in Clear Creek Cemetery. Rosary is set for Friday at 7 30 p.m. in Gould Funeral Home Brighton. He was born August 10 1880 in Jefferson County. Survived by three sons Doyle Davenport Willard Argyle Milford Princeton Ill. three brothers Chris Burlington Lee and Peter Fairfield. three sisters Lena Eagle Fairfield Margaret Grass Lockridge Christine Kentlin Burlington. seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was predeceased by two brothers and one sister.
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Brighton
Vincent Pohren
Davenport
Mercy
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Henry D. Geers
Clear Creek
Gould
Mr. Pohren
Jefferson County
Jacob Pohren
Germanville
Anna Sieren
Pohren
St. Joseph's Church
Doyle
Willard
Argyle
Milford
Princeton, Ill
Chris
Burlington
Lee
Peter
Fairfield
Lena Eagle
Margaret Grass
Lockridge
Christine Kentlin
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at Marion Avenue Church
The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church hosts a Christmas Eve candlelighting service from 11 p.m. to midnight on Monday December 24. The Washington Council of Churches and local Ministers Association organize it with Rev. Lloyd Latta delivering a Christmas meditation and special music. All welcome to attend.
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Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Washington Council of Churches
Local Ministers Association
Lloyd Latta
No Trash Collection In City Next Tuesday
The city will skip trash pickup on Christmas Day but operate on the regular schedule for New Year’s Day. Sanitation superintendent Raymond Miller urged residents to have bins ready, with pickup moved to Wednesday next week.
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Raymond Miller
Mrs. Irene Conrad Dies in Tampa Florida
Mrs Irene Conrad of Keota dies Tuesday in Tampa Florida where she had wintered with her sister The body will arrive at Powell Funeral Home in Keota Friday morning Arrangements for the funeral are indefinite
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Keota
Jake
Irene) Conrad
Tampa
Fla
Powell Funeral Home
Tito Ends Visit With Khrushchev
Yugoslav President Tito and Premier Khrushchev travel by train to Kiev as the first leg of Tito’s return from a two week vacation and talks. Khrushchev’s Kiev trip signals continued success of Soviet Yugoslav relations. Korotchenko welcomes Tito and Tass notes optimism for friendly ties between the two nations. Cub Scouts plan a pack meeting and Christmas party at the VFW Hall on Thursday December 20 at 7 30 p.m.
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Moscow
UPI
Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Kiev
Khrushchev
Demyan Korotchenko
Yugoslavia
Russia
Tne
Tass
VFW
Warn of Dangers During Holidays
Iowa Health Department warns parents to guard children from holiday hazards. Bright Christmas tree lights, artifical snow adhesive, fireplace color compounds, red holly berries, and mistletoe pose poisoning risks. Read children’s minds when shopping for toys and decorations.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Health Department
Health Department
Kennedy Macmillan hold Nassau talks on Skybolt Congo crisis
Kennedy and Macmillan met in Nassau to review East West tensions and the Skybolt missile issue after the US decided not to fund Skybolt further. They discussed filling the nuclear deterrent gap and a Congo crisis amid rising Soviet intervention concerns. A high level US military mission was ordered to the Congo for a rapid survey of UN and Congolese defense forces.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
White House
Macmillan
Skybolt
Congo
United States
Britain
U. S
United Nations
Katanga
Cyrille Adoula
Soviet Union
Adoula
Kennedy to seek record defense budget and Minuteman force
President Kennedy plans a record military budget for the coming year aiming for 950 Minuteman missiles and a significant rise in conventional arms. The budget, pending Nassau talks with UK PM Macmillan, delays on Skybolt and shifts in shipbuilding and pay, will set total military spending between 50.3 and 513 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Nay
Rites Thursday for Mrs. Hoxworth 81
Mrs. I. B. Hoxworth of 503 West Jefferson Street died Tuesday December 18 1962 at Washington County Hospital after a short illness Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 am at Jones Funeral Home Reverend Lloyd Latta to officiate Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery Christena Gray born October 6 1881 in Washington County was the daughter of John S and Julia Ann Burham Gray The widow of I B Hoxworth she lived on a farm near Washington before moving to the city in 1937 She was a member of the Methodist Church Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Marvin Lewis of Keota and Mrs Wilfrid Peiffer of Van Horn seven grandchildren one great grandchild and one son Ralph who preceded her in death
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I. B. Hoxworth
West
Jefferson Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Christena Gray
Washington County
John S
Julia Ann Burham Gray
Washington
Gray
Marvin Lewis
Keota
Wilfrid Peiffer
van Horn
Ralph
William H. Deans Dies in Iowa City
William H. Dean 87 of Columbus Junction died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Services Friday 1:30 p.m. at Columbus Junction Methodist Church Rev. Robert Parris officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Dean born Aledo Illinois November 27 1875 son of Solomon and Mary Powell Dean married Daisy Fender May 28 1900. Survived by widow three sons Charles Barstow California Ralph Berthoud Colorado Floyd Columbus Junction two daughters R J Koehr Orlando Florida and P O Berg Fort Wayne Indiana five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
WiLliam H. Dean
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Robert Parris
Columbus City
Stacy Funeral Home
Mr. Dean
Aledo
Ill
Solomon
Mary Powell Dean
Daisy Fender
Charles
Barstow
Calif
Ralph
Berthoud
Colo
Floyd
R. J. Koehr
Orlando
Fla
P. O Berg
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Weather outlook Iowa five day period remains near normal
Cloudy and much colder tonight and Thursday with light local snow possible. Lows near 8 to 25 above north east to 25 southwest, highs Thursday 15 to 30s. Friday remains cold with further mixed precipitation and light snow by weekend. Temperatures average near normal Wednesday night through Monday with small precipitation totals.
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Iowa
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Wellman Guernsey
Charles Dolies
Blue Scout
Mrs. Pardun
Nettie Custer
T. J. Lew
St. James Catholic Church
Albert Donovan
Father Lew
St. James Church
Bob Elliott
Jake Conrad of
South
CUB
Great Falls
Mont
Army
Defense Department
Mrs. Hoxworth
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