Disturbing year in Europe reshapes alliance balance
A 1965 overview notes NATO strain, rifts in European unity, and Moscow-Peking tensions shaping 1966. It highlights France's withdrawal pressure, Britain’s economic crisis and Viet Nam effects on East West relations, Rhodesia's independence, and possible shifts toward new Atlantic alignments.
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London
UPI
Europe
NATO
Moscow
Peking
Ben Bella
Algeria
China
Peking-Jakarta
Viet Nam
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
West Germany
NATO Alliance
Kremlin
West
Red China
United States
Western Alliance
France
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Atlantic
Bonn
Elizabeth
de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
British Commonwealth
Hanoi
Commonwealth
Rhodesia
Portugal
Very light snow falls at Noble
Noble Dec. 20 report notes a thin sprinkling of snow with daylight. The writer mentions Christmas gifts and generosity from donors, recounts Bethel M.Y.F. Bible Study, Christmas suppers, and church events at Bethel, Eicher, and Parkview Home. Several named families attend services and share meals as Christmas plans unfold.
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Noble
Christmas Party Held by Study Club at Mrs Jewell Home
Crawfordsville December report shows the Study Club’s Christmas meeting hosted by Mrs. James Jewell with co host Mrs. Gerald Howell. Program Birth of Christ in Song and Story, roll call Bible verse, charity gifts to Mental Health Institute Mt Pleasant, refreshments served, 55th wedding anniversary and birthday noted for Mr. and Mrs. C L Walker. Neighbors visited. The piece also records wintering in Mission Texas for Mr and Mrs Lee Lease and a pre Christmas dinner at Columbus Junction with Grace Fletcher birthday. Attendees listed from multiple towns and families. Gary Fletcher's family, Miss Grace Fletcher, and Steve Fletcher mentioned. Mrs Gary Fletcher of Iowa City had a tonsillectomy and Mickey spent weekend with Vernon Fletcher family.
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Parkview
Wargler
Beatrice
Nebr
Goll
Hesston
Kansas
Eicher Church
Rudy Martens
Rev. Martens
Chicago
Stewards of Stuches of
Bethel
Harold Wenger
Russell Krabill
Mr. Krabill
James Wenger
Russell
John R. Wenger
Raymond Wengers
Dianne Widmer
Marvin Widmer
Janice Grieser
Linda
Little Mark
Ft. Wayne
Arthur Boshart
Royden Bosharts
Harlan Hochstettlers
Roydens
Kokomo
Indiana
Leonard Leichtys
Harlan Widmers
Maurice Griesers
Iona
Mark
Leila
Wm. Freyenberger
Jim
Stockport
Ronnie Gholsons
Ralph Rubeys
Crawfordsville
James Jewell
Gerald Howell
Jim Edgar
Mabel Monson
Christ
Grace Fletcher
Steve Fletcher
Omaha
Gary Fletcher
Iowa City
Little Mickey
Vernon Fletcher
William Simbro
Coralville
Dale Roberts
Olive Miksch
Dave Stephens
Milledgeville
Ill
Gene Stephens
Robert Johnson
Debbie
Robbie
Washington
Louis Pruess
L. V. Ayers
Waterloo
Clarence Richards
Georgia McGinnis
Mercy Hospital
Bill Frame
John Frame
Iowa State University
Ames
Leo Carson
Carrie Wheeler
West
Dedre
John Herr
Raymond Herr
Ralph Herr
Stanley
Keota
Forest Green
Wellman
Gary Hauschild
Katie
Russel Herr
Pella
Methodist Sunday School
John Duvall
Lee Mangold
Robert Stout
Comrades
Friendship
Vicki Smith
Clara Ann Pearson
Denise
Dianne Smith
Ben Johnson
God With
Virginia McDowell
Arthur Peters
Charles Ralston
Robert Pearson
Don Smiths
Gale Reifs
Beth Janecek
John Combs
Richard Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Ronnie
Kathryn
Norma Martin
Clarence Wilson
Merle Blieu
Jane
Laverne Zieglowsky
Rusty
Larry Flanagan
Marengo
Jim Luckey
Kellog
Pat Strickland
Baxter
Glen B. Miller
Solon
Fred Luckey
Doris Blieu
J. L. Benish
Fred Schnoebelen
Larry Nehala
Renee
Clayton Schnoebelen
Ernest Fear
Charles Durst
Hiram
Ohio
Zeno Knebel
Dotty
Riverside
Knebel
Kenneth Schnoebelen
Bever Cressing
Neb
Charles Kiene
Kiene
Henry Kiene
Loren Moore
Ernest
Elmer Kiene
Joe Kiene
Wilbur Kiene
Richard Thomann
Christmas Eve Parties Across Keota and Nearby Homes
Keota residents plan Christmas gatherings at multiple homes including Mrs Myrtle Trier hosting a large Keota group with Stoutner Sieren Trier and others. George Bond hosts a pre Christmas visit from Elkhart guests. Families from Keota Rockford Elkhart Dysart and Washington share meals and gift exchanges across several homes.
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Keota
Dee
Myrtle Trier
Carl Stoutner
Marvin Sieren
Vicki
Gale Trier
Molly
Chuck
Mike
Boyd Trier
Richard Lee
Kenneth Streigel
Harper
Dean Trier
Jay Dean
Wendy
Dale Trier
Rockford
Illinois
George Bond
Charles
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Bond
Dale Reed
Phyliss Kirk
Dale Ballard
Eugene Wehr
Jackie
Gina
Daisy Chambers
Earl Chambers
Leonard Sonday
Patty
Robert Vincent
Wayne Mangold
Elmer Vincent
Flora Lee
Richard See
James See
Joyce
Jim
Howard Baumert
L. V. Clarahan
Washington
Aubrey Lee
Dysart
Herper
Visit With Mrs Bean in Haskins Home
Grover Bear and his niece Mrs Hazel Montgomery of Fairfield called on Mrs Jim Bean in Haskins. Mrs Jim Bean and Mrs George Murphy visited Ethel and Vivian Booth. Mrs Paul Harmon of Sigourney spent Saturday with Mrs Ben Harrison. Sheldon Smiths moved into a house purchased from Una Gordon with son Dean and baby Samantha Ann. Ten members and guests attended Chat and Patch dinner. next meeting in January with Ethel and Vivian Booth.
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Haskins
Grover Bear
Hazel Montgomery
Fairfield
Jim Bean
George Murphy
Ethel
Vivian Booth
Paul Harmon
Sigourney
Ben Harrison
Sheldon Smith
Una Gordon
Dean
Samantha Ann
Mr. Smith
John Sands
Bob Bruegge
Edgar Whetstine
Mabel Miller
Jim Soukup
Bill Darby
Wilbur Krotz
Kay
Samantha
Ivan Hartsock
Christmas Social Notes From Ainsworth and Area
Reynolds residents Fred Walters and Mrs. Richards hosted guests. The Pepper Ettes 4H Club netted 32.32 from a Saturday bake sale at Skeetz Hardware and plan a December 30 Christmas luncheon with Karen Byerly. Local families share holiday visits and hospital news, with several gatherings and a White Elephant gift exchange noted.
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Ainsworth
Fred Walters
Reynolds
Ill
Clarence Richards
Pepper Ettes 4H Club
Skeetz Hardware
Pepper Ettes
Karen Byerly
Marge Trotter
Coe College
George Trotter
Iowa State University
Larry Trotter
Cleo Orris
Ralph Boyd
Edgar Whetstine
Dean Zachs
Whetstine
Fairgrounds
Give
Kenneth Ornduff
Dave Armstrong
Gene Stephens
Grove Letts
West Chester groups host Christmas meetings and events
Six W C T U members met with Mrs Merl McDowell for devotions and Christmas program planning at West Chester. Cub Scout Pack 233 held a Methodist Church Christmas meeting with Den 3 opening by spelling Merry Christmas on balloons and a gift exchange led by Cub master John Duvall. The day included new Cubs introduced, gifts for families, carols, and popcorn making. John Duvall resigned after three years. John Johnson elected as Cub master.
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West Chester
W.C.T.U
Merl McDowell
John Duvall
Den 1
Wallace Kinzler
Eddie Tinnes
Jay Crone
Cub
John Johnson
Wilbur Wright
Cloyee Tinnes
den i
Cubs
Den 3
Doris Stout
Robert Stout
John McDowell
Bill Clark
Kalona
W.S.C.S
Karen Hobbs
Harriet Orr
Judy West
Jeaniene Dusenbery
Dick Stewart
Yoder Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in Kalona
Kalona residents Mr. and Mrs. Joel H Yoder marked fifty years of marriage with a Dec 15 candle light dinner at the Swartzendruber home and a Dec 19 open house at Kalona Methodist church attended by 270 relatives and friends. The couple, married Dec 16 1915, welcomed grandchildren and honored guests including daughter Fannie Mast and sister Ida Kemp.
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Kalona
Joel H. Yoder
Eli Swartzendruber
Cleo Troyer
Morris Swartzendruber
Arthur Kauffman
Sylvanus Yoder
Leslie Byler
Mahlon A. Miller
Yoder
Kalona Methodist Church
Dorothy
Ruby Mast
Goshen
Indiana
Verton Yoder
Curtis Mast
Barbara Ann Yoder
Dale Brenneman
Tom Russell
Karen
Joe Saforek
Richmond
Jack Saforek
el Dorado Springs
Missouri
Howard Gnngey
Cleo
Orange
California
Doris
Mary Gnagey
California visitors at Kron's By MRS. MARGE LUCKEY
Riverside reports holiday gatherings and family updates from Kron and Luckey households. Jim Metz recently discharged from the navy visits relatives in Riverside and Rock Island, while Mercy Hospital patients Wes Prehoda and Ed Schneider are released. A baby born at Mercy Hospital December 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Musser is noted.`
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
Jim Metz
James Scott
California
Don Kron
Albert Kron
Jim
Navy
Rock Island
International Harvester Co
Duwa
Zitta Duwa
Leroy Duwa
Ed Schneider
Mercy Hospital
Wes Prehoda
Wes
Melvin Havel
Prehoda
Richard Musser
Route 4
Iowa City
Harry Musser
Lone Tree
August Schmidt
Route 1
Earl Hart
Joe Murray
Lamont
Ill
Saturday Stamp Corner reviews 1965 and looks to 1966
A year end reflection on stamp collecting trends in 1965 noting rising interest, more nation specialization, a push for appealing issues, and a move toward smaller issue quantities. Prices rose in many European nations, while U S issues stayed near the commemorative limit. The column wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a good 1966.
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Post Office Department
Evening Journal headline summary from Washington IA
Washington Iowa newspaper dated December 29 1965 presents local briefs and notices including community events, civic updates, and regional notices reflecting a late-December edition.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
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K.C. Thaler
United Press International
Berlin
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Bethel M.Y.F
Elmer- Roth
Donnie Guezel
Peggy Leichty
Bethel Hearts and Hands
Dickey
Prairie Home
Richland
Bethel W.M.S.A
William Conrad
Escher Church
Billy Graham
Iowa Wesleyan Chapel
Eilene Widmer
Denny Taylor
Kathy
Ken Freyenberger
Nancy
Mary Schlatter
Paul Duncan
Ted Simpson
Shirley Schlatter
Junior Graber
Graber
Dale Garrett
George Unkrich
Earl Graber
P. P. Graber
Jr. Graber
Harlan Widmer
Leilene
Sandra
Blitz Brothers
BY Sakren
Mrs. Vivian Wells
Mrs. Bean
Haskins Home
Wesleyan A Cappella Choir
Iowa Wesleyan College
Iowa Wesleyan
Middlewest
U. S
Burton P. Mahle
Betty van Sant
Wayland
Bob Wilcox
Sherrie Roberts
Fred Walters Ainsworth
WCTU
Cub Pack
A. J. Wotruba
Joel H. Yoders
Mrs. Eugene Way
Kron’s
By Walt Green