Water Crisis Strikes Mellen Wisconsin as Wells Run Dry
In Mellen Wisconsin about 1100 people faced a water shortage with no clear cause or timeline. Homes lacked pressure while wells mains and the Bad River held water. Schools closed for lack of heating fuel and the mayor urged reopening an old reservoir to restore fire protection and resume classes.
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Mellen
Wis
UPI
Penokee Veneer Co
Howard Peters
State Board of Health
Peters
Kennedy blocks censor probe as senator blasts action
President Kennedy invoked executive privilege to stop a Senate subcommittee from obtaining names of Defense and State officials who censored military speeches. Senator Thurmond condemned the move as dangerous while Senator Stennis upheld the ruling and stated the inquiry would continue. Marine morale takes a hit as the panel questions 31 Marines in Washington and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Defense and
State Department
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
White House
Thurmond
Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
George Washington
Congress
Stennis
Willis D Lawrence
Lawrence
Pentagon
Directorate of Security Review
McNamara
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
San Diego
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Washington County Petit Jury Draw Names Reported for March Term
Names of Washington County residents drawn for possible duty on the petit jury during the March term of district court were announced at the courthouse. Jurors must report March 12 at 1 30 p m unless notified otherwise. Judge R G Yoder will preside. The list includes George Baker Ma bel Beauchamp Leslie O Bell Homer Brenneman John Brenneman D B Brindley Mary Brinning Ruth Bull Elmarie Capper Everett Cox Janet Crawford Lorene Crone Phil Crossett Harold Cumming Donald Custer Marjorie Davisson Joy DeLong Wanda Derby Edna Durian John Duvall Lloyd Dann Frank Dvorak Seba Fleenor Henry Frank George W Fry Richard C George Edith Glass burner Robert Godwin Eunice Gowey Doris Gray C E Griffith G D Gravier Keith Hardy Ruth Hayes Louis Horak Mary Helen Jewell Gwen Jones Mrs Richard Kauffman Clayde Knupp Erma Latta Myrl Leavitt Ferne Leeper Francis Leeper Grove continued on page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Court House
R. G. Yoder
George Baker
Mabel Beauchamp
Crawford Township
Leslie O. Bell
Lime Creek Township
Homer Brenneman
Kalona
John Brenneman
Seventysi
Brighton Township
Edna Durian
Lime Creek
John Duvall
Cedar Township
Lloyd Dann
Richmond
Frank Dvorak
Highland Township
Seba Fleenor
Seventy - Six
Henry Frank
Iowa Township
George W. Fry
Richard C. George
Edith Glassburner
Robert Godwin
Eunice Gowey
Doris Gray
C. E
Kennedy Ignores Japanese Reds Tour Stop in Kansai
UPI reports President Kennedy’s brother Robert F. Kennedy faced noisy protests in Osaka as Japanese Communists demonstrated against him during a two day Kansai district tour. Security was briefly increased as Kennedy pressed on meeting 12 university students at his hotel, including members from Zengakuren who later did not attend.
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Osaka
Japan
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Kansai
Kennedy
Tokyo
Zengakuren
Eisenhower
Light Snow Moving Into Iowa Tonight
Cloudy skies move into Iowa bringing slightly warmer temperatures and light snow tonight and Friday. Moist air from the southwest collides with ground level cold air to produce snow across the northeast Friday and Saturday. Early today wide temperature swings show Waterloo at 10 below zero and Council Bluffs and Sioux City at 16 above. Friday highs range from near 10 above in the northeast to 20 in the southwest with 30 in the south.
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United Press International
Lowa
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Maggert Seeks State Senate Seat in Old Fifth District
Robert Maggert 63 of Afton, longtime Capitol buildings and grounds superintendent, announced his bid for the Iowa State Senate from Ringgold Union and Decatur counties in the former fifth district. He previously represented Union County in the 1957 and 1959 legislature and plans to leave March 1. The seat was vacated by X T Prentis who became tax commissioner.
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Des Moines
UPS
Robert Maggert
Senate
Ringgold
Union
Decatur
Maggert
Afton
X.T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
Norman A. Erbe Maggert
James
Erbe
New Hampton
Rigler
Floyd and
Chickasaw Counties
Roy J. Smith
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Dickinson County
Kennedy and Macmillan Invite Khrushchev to Geneva Talks
Washington reports Kennedy and Macmillan urged Soviet Premier Khrushchev to join the March 14 Geneva disarmament talks. The plan aims to halt the nuclear arms race and revive stalled test ban negotiations. Diplomats said Gromyko acknowledged the proposal but gave no reply.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Russia
Geneva
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
Christmas Island
Central Pacific
United States
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Religious Drama Roger Williams Promise Sunday at Baptist Church
A drama titled Roger Williams and Mary will be shown at 7 p m Sunday February 11 in the Baptist church. The Iowa City Roger Williams University Student Fellowship presents the program. Marvin Lowry of this city has a major role. A free will offering will be collected after the performance.
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Roger Williams
Mary
Baptist Church
Iowa City
Iowa
Roger Williams University
Rhode Island Colony
University of Iowa
Marvin Lowry
Werner Lowry
Rev Robert Rushing to be installed at Crawfordsville church
Installation services for Rev. Robert Rushing new pastor of United Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville set for 7 30 p m Sunday. The Rev James Roberts head of religion department Parsons College Fairfield will preach the sermon with ministers from nearby communities taking part. Public invited to attend and join a social hour afterward.
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Crawfordsville
Robert Rushing
United Presbyterian Church At
James Roberts
Parsons College
Fairfield
Tiros in Orbit
UPI reports the United States launched the Tiros 4 weather satellite from Cape Canaveral at 7 43 a m aboard a Thor Delta rocket. In orbit I hour 33 minutes after launch it began transmitting from about 500 miles up and aims to photograph cloud cover for weather forecasting and future space flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Upi
United States
Wallops Island
Space
U.S
John M. Glenn Jr
Tiros
Robert M. Rados
Atlantic Ocean
Glenn
Space Agency
Mine Toll Rises After Saarbrucken Mine Disaster
Grim rescue teams found more bodies at the Luisenthal Mine near Volklingen raising confirmed deaths to 260 in the gas explosion. Officials said about 480 miners went underground and 249 were recovered by morning with many still trapped deep in the pit.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
UPI
Saarland Mine Commission
Luisenthal
Volklingen
Shoulder Injury For Local Man in Crash
Robert Lyman Muench of 421 South Fourth Avenue was treated by a Kalona doctor for a shoulder injury after an auto crash at a Kalona street intersection. Muench and Duane Leo Yoder of Wayland could not stop due to icy streets at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Damages to both cars were estimated at $500.
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Robert Lyman Muench
South Fourth Avenue
Kalona
Kalona Street
Mr. Meunch
Duane Leo Yoder
Wayland
Jayne Mansfield Rescued After Reef Night Survival
Actress Jayne Mansfield and husband Mickey Hargitay were rescued after their small boat overturned off Rose Island Nassau Bahamas. They spent a night on a coral reef as sharks loomed and were later treated for exposure and insect bites at Rassin Hospital.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Blades II
Hargitay
Meyer Rassin
Rassin Hospital
Miss Mansfield
Hollywood
Rose Island
US Coast Guard
Jack
Jayne
Drury
U.S. Coast Guard
Miami
Kiwanians Observe Cub Scout Demonstration Week Event
Kiwanians attend a National Boy Scout Week demonstration by Cub Scout Den No 1 led by Mrs Bill Hammer. Den members explain ranks Wolf Bear Lion and 12 requirements per rank. Speakers Mark Underwood Jim Harris and Mark Hammer describe Wolf Bear Lion meanings. The pack performs two skits Parade of the Presidents and The Brave Little Indian. Guests include Oren Jarvis Leonard Tindal Dr Robert Coben Keith Hora and Dick Koss.
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Bill Hammer
den Mather
Mark Underwood
Jim Harris
Mark Hammer
Oren Jarvis
Leonard Tindal
Robert Coben
Keith Hora
Dick Koss
Armored Cars Patrolling Paris Amid OAS Bombings
Armored cars mounted with two machineguns and a 37mm cannon patrolled Paris for the first time to quell a wave of plastic bombings linked to the Secret Army Organization. Seven people were injured in blasts as authorities sent thousands of troops to Algiers to quell a student protest over the killings of two European youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
API
Secret Army Organization
CAS
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Versailles
Latin Quarter
Jaw
OAS
Algeria
Andre Malraux
France
Malraux
Roger Frey
Swine Health Discussed Here
Fifty five Washington County farmers attended the second day of a three day swine management short course held at the local VFW hall. A panel of county veterinarians led the talks on swine health with Dr John Budding Dr James Jewell Dr H E Weimer and Dr Lee C Swain. Iowa State extension veterinarian Dr Maynard Spear spoke on brucellosis and hog cholera eradication programs. Dr Paul McAndrew discussed SPF pigs in the county and Bob de Baca led the afternoon session on cross breeding and obtaining breeding stock to improve herds.
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Washington County
VFW
John Budding
Brighton
James Jewell
Crawfordsville
H. E. Weimer
Riverside
Lee C. Swain
Wellman
Maynard Spear
Iowa State University
Ames
Paul McAndrew
Kalona
Bob de Baca
Rites Held in Wellman for Lucy Adams McArtor
Funeral services for Lucy Adams McArtor 86 were set for Saturday at 2 30 p m in Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev Ezra Shenk officiating Burial will follow in Wellman Cemetery She was born January 16 1876 to Joseph and Sarah Adams married Clarence McArtor September 5 1895 and lived in Washington and Wellman areas Survivors include daughter Carrie Norman two sons Elmer McArtor and Walter E McArtor ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren
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Wellman
Lucy Adams McArtor
Powell
Ezra Shenk
McArtor
Joseph
Sarah White Adams
Clarence MecArtor
Washington
The
Christian Church
Royal Neighbors
Carrie Norman
Elmer McArtor
Crawfordsville
Walter E
Iowa City
Rock Island Transit Payroll Impacts Washington Area
Rock Island Motor Transit Co. added 34232 to the local economy in 1961 through payroll in Washington community. Iowa payroll totaled 3207211, figures released today by auditor R. V. Fletcher.
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Rock Island Motor Transit Co
Washington
Iowa
R. V. Fletcher
Iowa Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy With Light Snow
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered light snow likely tonight and in the northeast Friday. Not very cold tonight with lows 10 to 20 above. Friday highs around 20 in the north and 3 in the south. Saturday partly cloudy with little temperature change and a chance of light snow in extreme northeast.
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Iowa
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Mich
Senator Thurmond
Full Armed Services Committee
Nikita
Nevada
London
eMacmillan
Don Stout
Keith Stewart
West Chester
Bob Elliott
Mine Commission
Mickey
Reel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jack Drury
Odd Fellows Lodge
Rites
Rock Island Transit
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