Judge rules state cannot close private Amish schools
A district court in Independence Iowa ruled the state cannot close two Amish operated schools over teacher certification, though it may pursue other steps to ensure instruction meets minimum standards. Judge Peter Van Metre said the state lacks power to shut private schools and may compel parents to send children to properly certified schools through attendance actions.
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Independence
Iowa
UPI
Peter van Metre
van Metre
Buchanan
Oelwein
J. J. Jorgenson
William J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Dan Bornstrager
Iawa
Drag Racer Starts 8 Year Prison Term
In Burlington two 19 year olds faced charges from a fatal drag race that killed Paul Hesser and Vernon Johnson after a car struck them on October 27. Donald W Johnson began an eight year manslaughter sentence at Anamosa reform school. James W DeHague was to appear in municipal court on speeding and prohibitive passing charges. A witness said the youths were drag racing at the time.
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Burlington
UPI
James W. DeHague
Donald W. Johnson
Anamosa
Paul R. Hesser
Vernon L. Johnson
Young Johnson
DeHague
Two Hurt In Accident At Crawfordsville
Ft. Madison residents were injured when a small foreign car leaving Crawfordsville went out of control and crashed into a ditch. An older man suffered a possible fractured neck while his young niece, not believed in serious condition, was also hurt. both were taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Iowa City.
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Ft. Madison
University Hospital
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
Marlene Peiffer Hurt In Minor Auto Mishap
Miss Marlene Peiffer of Washington was improving in Washington County Hospital after a minor auto collision Tuesday evening. Her car was rear ended by Forrest Mitchell’s vehicle as both cars left a plant parking lot. Mitchell said he looked away briefly. Damage was about $300 to the Mitchell car.
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Marlene Peiffer
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Miss Peiffer
Forrest Mitchell
McCleery-Cumming Plant
Mr. Mitchell
Mitchell
Peiffer
Red Cross rushes $53 million in aid for Bay of Pigs prisoners
The American Red Cross directs a $53 million package of food and medical supplies to Florida for the Bay of Pigs prisoners in Havana negotiations led by James B. Donovan. A U S freighter may transport the first consignments to Cuba within days as talks continue.
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Washington
UPI
American Red Cross
Florida
Fidel Castro
The
Red Cross
New York
James B. Donovan
Havana
Donovan
Miami
U. S
Cuba
Kennedy
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lowa
Castro
Internal Revenue Service
Kennedy Macmillan hold extra sessions on Western defense
Talks between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan extended into Friday as they reassess Western military posture and Skybolt. Britain seeks a workable alternative to Skybolt while Congo tensions and future U S plans draw careful scrutiny from both sides.
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Nassau
UPS
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
White House
Pierre Salinger
Britain
Knnedy and
Macmillan
Robert S. McNamara
Peter Thorneycroft
U.S
Skybolt
Ask Hughes Action On School Buses
Citizens for Educational Freedom committees push to urge Governor-elect Harold Hughes to propose state funded bus service for students in accredited independent schools. Petitions circulating in Washington County and statewide cite health safety and welfare goals and urge action before January 17.
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Harold Hughes
Iowa
Citizens For Educational Freedom Committees
Washington County
Robert Marek
Washington
CEF
Marek
Outdoor Pageant “The Word Became Flesh” by Marion Avenue youths
An outdoor nativity pageant titled The Word Became Flesh will be staged on the Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church lawn on Sunday and Monday, December 23 and 24 at 7:00 pm. Youth groups from the church organize the production with a brass prelude, narration by Allen Stewart and Jana McConnell, a scripted script from Scriptures, and roles for Gabriel Willard Larsen, Holy Family Mary Ellen Luckenbill and Dick Holden, Innkeeper Joe Kerr, Shepherds Dale Eatinger Steve Whisler Phil McConnell and Bobby McConnell, King Herod Ron Perdock, Wise Men Tom Duensing Jim Koehler John Bordwell, with choir, organist Mrs. William Stewart, and director Mary Ellen McNeil.
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Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Marion Avenue
Rob McFarlane
Dennis Day
Eddie Day
Dave Everetts
Jana McConnell
Allen Stewart
Gabriel
Willard Larsen
Holy Family
Mary Ellen Luckenbill
Dick Holden
Joe Kerr
The
Shepherds
Dale Eatinger
Steve Whisler
Phil McConnell
Shepherd Boy
Bobby McConnell
King Herod
Ron Perdock
Wise Men
Tom Duensing
Jim Koehler
John Bordwell
Marion Avenue Church
William Stewart
Mary Ellen McNeil
Claudia Tinnes
Nancy Knutson
Sally Owen
Diane Perdock
Kathy Berhoff
Howard Howe
John Owen
Truman Tuttle
Rex Ray
Bill Koehler
Ricky Bordwell
Linda van Winkle
Kent Myers
Shirley Tines
Jan
Jo Hotle
Dwane Shallas
Dick Wiley
Dave and
Bruce Temple
Forger Caught By Missouri Police In Palmyra
Harold John Blansett a suspected widespread forger was arrested in Palmyra Marion County by Sheriff Wesley E. Bross on December 14. He admitted forging checks in 17 towns across Iowa Illinois and Missouri. He targeted filling stations asking for a veterinarian then made checks payable to a local name and purchased small items before discarding them.
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Palmyra
Harold John Blansett
Wesley E. Bross
Marion County
Iowa
Blansett
Washington Fairfield
Ainsworth Farmington
Mt. Pleasant
Donnellson
Illinois
Missouri
Unusual Helicopter Stop At Local Gas Station
Rodney Woods reports an odd request at Chalupa's Service Station when two men arrived by helicopter seeking fuel. After landing at the vacant lot behind the station they refueled with five five gallon cans and departed for Port Byron Illinois.
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Rodney Woods
Chalupa
Washington
Port Byron
Ill
Illinois
Polio Sabin vaccine use approved for adults and children
Surgeon General lifts three month old ban on Type 3 Sabin oral polio vaccine for adults. Public Health Service advisory committee endorses all three Sabin types with low overall risk and urges rapid rollout focusing on children and young adults despite polio cases in older adults.
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Luther L. Terry
Public Health Service
Soviet Interest Lingers in Congo Amid Adoula Crisis
The text notes the Soviet Union waiting for an opening to influence the Congo and press Adoula's ouster through backroom tactics. It recalls past Moscow efforts in 1960 to dominate via Lumumba and Gizenga, UN intervention, and Washington’s response with increased U.S. military aid and a survey team to aid UN forces.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Congo
Central Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Adoula
Canakat Party
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Russia
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Washington Mfg Employees Celebrate Annual Christmas Gathering
Washington Manufacturing Company employees and their guests attended the annual Christmas party held Wednesday night at the YMCA. President Robert Goodwin of Des Moines presented watches to four long serving employees Dale Batterson Don Pencil Bob Choate and Harley Brock. Entertainment by Colonel Lucky featured a program on rackets and swindlers. Guests included Rock Island Motor Transit Co. employees.
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Washington Manufacturing Company
YMCA
Robert Goodwin
Des Moines
Dale Batterson
Don Pencil
Bob Choate
Harley Brock
Lucky
Rock Island Motor Transit Co
Snow Expected To Cover Iowa Friday
A pre Christmas snowfall moved into western Iowa Thursday with a forecast of a white blanket statewide by Friday. The heaviest snow could bring 4 inches or more to the southern sections while central areas see lighter amounts. Temperatures will dip, with highs in the 20s to low 30s and lows around the teens to 20s. Snow ending Friday night, clearing into Saturday with slightly warmer trends. Roads already slippery in many areas due to ice and packed snow.
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Iowa
Spencer
Burlington
Ottumwa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Irene Conrad 71
Funeral services for Irene Mary Conrad 71 will be held Saturday at 9 am at St Marys Catholic Church Keota. Rev C S Kempker to preside Rosary Friday at 7 30 pm at Powell Funeral Home Altar and Rosary Society rosary Friday at 3 15 pm Mrs Conrad died December 18 in Tampa Florida after a brief illness She was born August 27 1891 near Talleyrand daughter of Michael and Mary Becker Koch She married January 31 1911 to Jake A Conrad who died in April 1962 They lived south of Keota until moving to Keota in 1950 Survivors include one son Maurice two granddaughters Jacque Powell of Goshen Indiana and Ricque at home two sisters Mrs Will Page of Sigourney and Mrs Hazel Herbert of Tampa Florida
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Keota
Irene Mary Conrad
St. Mary's Catholic Church
C. S. Kempker
Rosary
Powell Funeral Home
Altar and Rosary Society
Conrad
Tampa
Fla
Talleyrand
Michael
Mary Becker Koch
Jake A. Conrad
Maurice
Jerry
Jacque) Powell
Goshen
Ind
Ricque
Will Page
Sigourney
Hazel Herbert
Lon Hyde Dies Here Wednesday Afternoon
Lon Hyde died Wednesday afternoon at 4 o clock in the Pines Rest Home in Washington where he had lived for some time. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m in Hope Lutheran Church with Rev Dennis Stutrud of Washington presiding. Burial will be in Green Mound Cemetery southwest of Wayland with Zehr Funeral Home in charge. Hyde was born February 28 1878 in Jefferson County to Philip and Susan Hyde. He was married to Clara Stone who preceded him in death along with a daughter and grandchild. Survivors include a daughter Mrs John Baldosier of near Wayland a brother Rolla of Wayland and two sisters Mrs Nora Hixson and Mrs Kate Ross of Wayland.
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Wayland
Lon Hyde
Pines Rest
Washington
Hope Lutheran Church
Dennis Stutrud
Green Mound
Zehr
Mr. Hyde
Jefferson County
Phillip
Susan Neff Hyde
Clara Stone
John Baldosier
Near Wayland
Rolla
Nora Hixson
Kate Ross
Iowa Snow Warning Impacts Extreme South Tonight
Weather bulletin notes heavy snow likely in extreme southeast and extreme south central Iowa with 4 inches or more possible. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and colder, with lows from 15 below to 15 above in the north to the south. Friday brings highs in the 20s and a partly cloudy warmer Saturday outlook.
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Iowa
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Ask Hughes
Ray Watson
Watson
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Reds
Washington Mfg. Co
United Press International
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