Byrd backs probe into stockpile abuses
Sen. Harry F. Byrd endorsed a GOP plan to have his committee take over the stockpile inquiry. He urged Kennedys release of secrecy on contents of the $7.7 billion stockpile while President Kennedy and Stuart Symington agreed on a full, open Senate examination.
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UPS
Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Armed Services Subcommittee
Joint Committee
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
United Press International
Congress
Walter Riehlman
R-N.y
House
Stuart W. Symington
Symington
1 000 Licenses Sold In Past Two Days At Court House
More than 1,000 license plates were sold at the county treasurer's office in the court house over the past two days before the deadline. Mrs. C. W. Shaffer noted 6,110 auto plates and 1,997 truck licenses had been purchased, with smaller counts for trailers, motorcycles, and miscellaneous titles.
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Court House
C. W. Shaffer
Mobil Homes
Iowa Farmers Get Higher Prices
Des Moines reports the USDA index of prices received by Iowa farmers rose nearly 1 percent for the month ending Jan 15 led by poultry and eggs. The all farm products index reached 236 percent of the 1910 14 base, with hog prices up 30 cents per hundredweight offsetting a 1 cent per bushel rise in corn.
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Des Moines
UPI
Agriculture Department
U P Men to Hear Miss Anne Courtney Speaker
Miss Anne Courtney an exchange student from England will address the Marion Avenue United Presbyterian men's Brotherhood at their dinner meeting Monday February 5. The event begins at 6 30 p m according to Art Duensing president.
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England
Marion Avenue
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Art Duensing
Cuban crowds urge closing of U S Navy base
In Havana crowds organized by Fidel Castro’s union federation demanded closure of the U S Navy base at Guantanamo. Radio Havana aired chants against the base and solidarity with Castro. Guatemala’s president called Cuban supporters “human cattle” forced to attend.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Havana
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo
Radio
Castro
Guatemala City
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Ydigoras
Kennedy seeks federal wiretap authority to fight crime
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked Congress to authorize wiretapping by federal and state officers to combat organized crime and subversion. He sent a bill to permit controlled wiretapping with court orders while banning private taps. The proposal would cover treason espionage sabotage subversion and unauthorized disclosure of classified nuclear information.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rites at Keota For James Gilbert Adams
Funeral services for James Gilbert Adams are set for 2 p.m. at the Federated Church in Keota with Rev. David Van Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Keota Cemetery. Adams, a service station operator, died suddenly at his Keota home Wednesday morning. Powell Funeral Home of Keota is in charge of arrangements.
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James Gilbert Adams
Federated Church
David van Wagner
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Powell Funeral Home
Congressmen Opposed to Kennedy Farm Plan Faces Hurdles
UPI reports early opposition in Congress to Kennedy farm program as dairy and grain controls threaten price supports. Rep Hoeven and Sen Ellender voiced reservations while House Chair Cooley framed the bill as a working document awaiting hearings. Dirksen criticized the frontier program as failing to solve farm problems.
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UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Charles B Hoeven
Iowa
House Agriculture Committee
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Harold D. Cooley
N.C
Cooley
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Ellender
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Brighton Pinochle Player Burdette Miller Wins With Eight Aces
Brighton resident Burdette Miller drew a perfect hand in a noon pinochle game with Harry McKune Jack Scheeler and Bob Martin at E. & B. Plumbing Shop. Miller held all eight aces and won easily marking a memorable occasion for the quartet.
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Burdette Miller
Miller
Harry McKune
Jack Scheeler
Bob Martin
Burdette
Pentagon Speech Review Policy Defended in Senate Hearing
Pentagon public affairs chief Arthur Sylvester defended the speech review policy as essential to maintain national policy and prevent confusion abroad. He warned Communist propagandists seek to distort statements to sow suspicion among citizens allies and enemies. Senate subcommittee members pressured for disclosure of individual speech reviewers amid a dispute with Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur Sylvester
Pentagon
Sylvester
Senate
Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Kennedy
McNamara
NFO Officials Set Area Meetings in Iowa City Saturday
NFO county officers and captains from across the territory will attend a Saturday 8 p.m. meeting at the 4H Building in Iowa City to hear instructions on a nationwide bargaining campaign. National NFC President Oren Lee Staley said the drive, launched in western Kansas and Nebraska and stretching to the Pennsylvania border and Oklahoma to Kentucky, is gaining momentum. Attending leaders include Grove Letts, Jim Patterson, Alvin Horak, Wes Freel, Leo Marie, Gerald Hoyle, Ralph Tadlock, Lamont Dann, Paul Ryan, Earl Dickinson, John McClintic, John Jeffries and Wm. Martin. All interested farmers are invited.
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Iowa City
Duane Redlinger
Washington County
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Kansas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Grove Letts
Jim Patterson
Alvin Horak
Wes Freel
Leo Marie
Gerald Hoyle
Ralph Tadlock
Lamont Dann
Paul Ryan
Earl Dickinson
John McClintic
John Jefferies
Wm. Martin
Rockefeller assails Kennedy on urban affairs plan in Iowa
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, in Des Moines for a fund raising dinner, attacked the Kennedy administration over a proposed Department of Urban Affairs promising to head it with Robert Weaver. He called the plan a smoke screen and urged federal restraint, endorsing state rather than cabinet level control and urging continued nuclear testing. He also criticized farm policy and supported tariff adjustments to stay competitive.
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UPI
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs
Rockefeller
Robert C. Weaver
Congress
Washington
U. S
America
Bob Miller Wins Local Toastmasters Speech Contest
Bob Miller was the first winner in the Washington Toastmasters local speech contest to select a representative for the area competition. Frank Patterson came in second with Charles Twinam as toast master and John Gam as table topics chairman.
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Bob Miller
Washington Toast Masters
Frank Patterson
Charles Twinam
John Gamon
Preston Harvey
Tony Mondia
Kennedy urges new welfare program to restore dignity
President Kennedy asks Congress for a $193 million special welfare plan aimed at prevention and rehabilitation to reduce dependency. It would increase federal aid to expand state community work and training projects for the jobless, with $193 million in year one and $10 million annually after, marking a major reevaluation since 1935.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Honor Pupils At St James Parochial School
St James parochial school named its honor roll students for the second nine weeks. First honors include Diana Hammen Martin McCarthy Barbara Baker Jean Terpstra Patricia Butler Robert Van Zile Marsha Baker Dorothy Hammen Rhonda Horak Diane Worley Mike Levy Mark Nemmers Charles Van Zile Kathleen Custer Marcus McCarthy Debra Nemmers Jean Ann Greiner Kathleen Sobaski Jeannette McCarthy Donna McClure Andrew Steel Dennis Hennigan Susan Eagle David Levy Alfred Fritz Ann Krogmeier Pam McClure Claire Wehr. Second honors list includes Ellen Moriarity Becky Claeys Carolyn Hammen Rosemary Reed James Minick Patrick Hennigan Joseph Minick Rita Peiffer Douglas Storck Richard Greiner Mary Lechner Cynthia McCall Tim Terpstra LaVon Worley Mary Ann Greiner Annette Peiffer Priscilla Reighard Deborah Levy Barbara Mackayk Janet Reighard Judy Ossman Sheryl Blum. Hobby show winners in seventh and eighth grade include Patty Butler Kathy Horn Diana Hammen Mike Hansen Bob VanZile and David McDaniel.
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Martin McCarthy
Barbara Baker
Jean Terpstra
Patricia Butler
Robert van Zile
Marsha Baker
Dorothy Hammen
Rhonda Horak
Diane Worley
Mike Levy
Mark Nemmers
Charles van Zile
Kathleen Custer
Marcus McCarthy
Debra Nemmers
Jean Ann Greiner
Kathleen Sobaski
Jeannette McCarthy
Donna McClure
Andrew Steel
Dennis Hennigan
Susan Eagle
David Levy
Alfred Fritz
Ann Krogmeier
Pam McClure
Claire Wehr
Ellen Moriarity
Becky Claeys
Carolyn Hammen
Rosemary Reed
James Minick
Patrick Hennigan
Joseph Minick
Rita Peiffer
Douglas Storck
Richard Greiner
Mary Lechner
Cynthia McCall
Tim Terpstra
LaVon Worley
Mary Ann Greiner
Annette Peiffer
Priscilla Reighard
Deborah Levy
Barbara Mackayk
Janet Reighard
Judy Ossman
Sheryl Blum
Patty Butler
Kathy Horn
Mike Hansen
Bob VanZile
David McDaniel
Hoffman Rites Slated At Richland Saturday
Elwood Dutch Hoffman 84 will be laid to rest Saturday at 2 p.m. at Richland Friends Church Richland. The former Keota resident died Wednesday at Mt Pleasant hospital.
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Richland
Keota
Elwood
Richland Friends Church
East Germany protests tunnel under Berlin wall
East Germany charged the West with building a tunnel under the border to East Berlin. Communist officials showed burrows to reporters at Wollankstrasse station and demanded punishment for West Berlin vandals. They said the tunnels aimed to smuggle spies, while observers noted possible refugee use. West Berlin denied wrongdoing and said escapes by East Germans continue. Transport Minister Erwin Kramer said the tunnel was discovered after a section collapsed.
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West Berlin
Vollankstrass
Erwin Kramer
Tony Upset As He Starts New Job
London report notes Antony Armstrong-Jones known as Lord Snowdon arrived at Thomson House for his first day as artistic adviser to a Sunday Times color supplement. He spoke to no one and hurried inside after a kiss from Princess Margaret, while photographers and reporters observed.
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London
UPI
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Thomson House
Coley Street
Sunday Times
New Color Supplement
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Iowa Weather Update Mostly Cloudy With Light Snow
Mostly cloudy skies across Iowa tonight with occasional light snow in extreme northwest. Then warmer conditions Friday with mild west to central warmth and highs 35 to 40, near 30 in the east. Tonight temperatures dip to near zero in the northeast to 15-20 in the southwest. Saturday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a light warm trend.
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