Berlin Protest Over Christmas Day Shooting at Wall
UPI reports Washington protested to Moscow over a Christmas Day shooting at the Berlin Wall that killed an 18 year old refugee. Martin Hillenbrand delivered the note to Soviet envoy Abrasimov in East Berlin. West Berlin officials also protested to East Germany. The incident spurred calls for humane reunions and stricter border controls.
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Berlin
UPI
United States
Russia
Martin Hillenbrand
U.S
Bonn
Pyotr A. Abrasimov
East Germany
East Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Horst Korber
Brandt
Erich Wendt
Paul Schultz
Humanitar
November Jobless Rise Despite Manufacturing Gains
In Des Moines the state Employment Security Commission reported 7,000 more people out of work in November as cold weather hit. Construction and wholesale trade fell hardest while retail trade rose. Farm employment dropped to 225,000, a record low for the month since 1950, though manufacturing earnings rose to 108 dollars weekly or 2.67 per hour with total weekly earnings expected to exceed last year by four dollars. Unemployment benefits averaged 6,250 per week, with many claimants out of work only briefly amid seasonal rise.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Employment Security Commission
Notices Mailed On 1964 Feed Grain Program
Washington County ASC Committee announces 1964 feed grain program details. Individual farm notices will go to owners and operators in January. Signup runs February 7 to March 27, 1964. Premeasurement service offered. complete office work early to allow field work and seeding planning. Farm rates and base acreages are on record. early reviews aid compliance planning.
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Washington County
ASC
Howard Lins
Lins
Hoffa Eyes National Truckers Contract Next Month
Teamster leader James R Hoffa said he expects to sign the union s first national trucking agreement around January 15 as talks with trucking firms show early momentum. He forecast about 250 million dollars annually in raised wages and fringe benefits and noted progress after talks with the chief spokesman for the trucking firms.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Washington
Chicago
Teamsters
Appeslright
Miller Rites Set for 89 in Goshen Indiana
Mrs Sara S Miller of Wellman dies in Goshen Indiana at 89. She moved from Wellman ten years ago and is survived by a daughter Erma Erb of Goshen two sons Dr Glen Miller of Goshen and Dr L Wallace Miller of Chico California a brother Dr EE Stutsman of Washington and a sister Mrs S C Yoder of Goshen. Funeral services Monday at 10 30 a m at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with Rev John Y Schwartzendruber officiating burial in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman Sunday afternoon.
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Wellman
Sarah Stutsman Miller
Goshen
Ind
Lower Deer Creek
Miller
Iowa City
Eli C
Anna Marner Stutsman
L. Miller
Mennonite Church
Jacob
Erma) Erb
Glen Miller
L. Wallace Miller
Chico
Calif
E.E. Stutsman
Washington
S. C. Yoder
Accidents Reported in City on Thursday Evening
City police report two motor vehicle accidents on Thursday. Florence Kraft of Hampton stopped at a stop sign on North Second before colliding with Thomas Lee Fritz at North Second and East Main, causing 500 dollars damage to Kraft and 300 to Fritz. no injuries. Kraft charged with failure to yield the right of way. Armena Ruth Smith of rural Washington collided with Donald Duane Stutsman of El Cajon California at West Main and North Avenue. Stutsman charged with failure to yield the right of way. both cars sustained total damage with no injuries.
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Florence Kraft
Hampton
Thomas Lee Fritz
North Second
East Main
Kraft Auto
Fritz
Armena Ruth Smith
Washington
Donald Duane Stutsman
el Cajon
Calif
West Main
North Avenue
Stutsman
Liquor Sales Rise in Iowa State Store November
Net sales at the Iowa state liquor store in Washington increased in November compared to a year earlier. November 1962 sales totaled $17,446 while this November reached $19,992. The trend appeared statewide though some stores reported declines.
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Iowa State
Johnson hosts Erhard talks at LBJ Ranch meeting
President Johnson and German chancellor Ludwig Erhard prepare for four scheduled sessions at the LBJ Ranch with discussions on economic issues and foreign aid. Key aides including George Ball, Dean Rusk, Orville Freeman, and McGeorge Bundy join the conference while a seven member policy panel readies recommendations by January.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
John ‘A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Dean Rusk
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Lbj Ranch
Ludwig Erhard Erhard
Houston
McCone
Mediterranean Republic of Cyprus
George Ball
Christian A. Herter
McGeorge Bundy
Texas White House
Rusk
Freeman
Austin
Washington
Erhard
Orville Freeman, Ball
Christian A Herter
Johnson Ranch House
Jim Bennett Leases Standard Station Across From City Hall
Jim Bennett announces lease of the Standard Station opposite City Hall. The station, previously Ross Bros for two years, has Bennett as manager for ten months and in the last year and a half. Stanley Rathmell will assist Bennett. opening planned soon. Change takes effect immediately.
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Dim Bennett
Ross Bros
Jim
Stanley Rathmell
Jim Bennett
Funeral services pending for Mrs. Stanley Arthur
Mrs. Stanley Arthur 60 died Friday morning at Mercy Hospital in Iowa. The Sta cy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born Margaret Faris July 7, 1903 in Keota, daughter of Andrew and Marie Barrie Faris. She married Stanley Arthur September 27, 1939 and taught school in the Cotter area. Survived by husband, mother, and brothers Donald of Belmond and Walter of Mt. Vernon.
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Columbus Junction
Stanley Arthur
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
Stacy Funeral Home
Arthur
Margaret Faris
Keota
Andrew
Marie Barrie Faris
Cotter
Donald
Belmond
Walter
Mt. Vernon
Demand inquiry into ship fire Lakonia tragedy
London reports a government inquiry demand after the Greek liner Lakonia burned at sea. The disaster, off Madeira, killed up to 155 with 886 survivors from 1041 aboard. Greek captain Mateos Zarbis blamed rescue distances. passengers praised crew while some accuse crew panic.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
Lakonia
Southampton
Mateos Zarbis
Madri
Canary Islands
Athens
Madeira
Break in US Soviet wheat talks prompts export licenses
Washington officials signaled a potential breakthrough in the long stalled negotiations by issuing export licenses for 40.6 million dollars of U S wheat for Russia to private traders who seek assurance the licenses would stand if needed. The deals hinge on compliance with shipping rules and terms of any US Soviet agreement.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
U.S
Russia
Jack N. Behrman
Behrman
Moscow
Protesters attack U S Legation in Sofia during spying trial
In Sofia hundreds of Bulgarians attacked the U S Legation in a volatile protest amid a Bulgarian diplomat’s trial for spying for the United States. More than 500 demonstrators threw stones and overturned four cars, leaving banners urging death to imperialist traitors. The violence lasted about 1 hour 15 minutes with no injuries reported.
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Vienna
UPI
United States Legation
Sofia
Legation
U.S
United States
Eugenia Anderson
Washington
Ivan-Assen Georgiev
Georgiev
Farewell reception for the Latta family
A farewell reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Latta and their family is at Washington Methodist Church Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The Latta family will move to Grinnell soon where he becomes superintendent of the Newton District of the Methodist Church. The public is invited to attend.
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Lloyd Latta
Washington Methodist Church
Latta
Grinnell
Newton
Methodist Church
Weather Outlook for Iowa Five Days
Weather by United Press International reports mostly fair conditions tonight and Saturday with colder air in the southeast and east central areas. Temperatures will range from zero to five degrees at night in the northeast and minus values elsewhere, with highs from five to ten above in the northeast and up to 20 in the southwest. Sunday stays fair and cold. The period through next Wednesday averages five degrees below normal, with highs 28 to 34 and lows 10 to 17, and little precipitation expected.
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Iowa
Fire destroys home near Rubio. Cox family escape with injuries
John Cox and his wife fled their Charles Kessler farm home after a stove explosion started a blaze at 6:45 am. Three children suffered first or second degree burns, Julie and Jer ry burned, Julie saved by ladder used by Mr Cox who was himself burned. The mother was treated for shock. firemen found headway too strong to stop the blaze. The family neighbors host while Kesler considers moving them nearby.
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Rubio
John Cox
Charles Kessler
Mr. Cox
Julie
Richland
Johnny
Jerry
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