Washington County Beef Producers Banquet Honors Growth
The 16th annual Washington County Beef Producers Association dinner at the K C Hall in Washington featured speaker Kenneth Falk of the Iowa State Fair Board. The event highlighted membership drives, past year activities, and a February 14 meeting at the Captain's Table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Hall
Washington
Washington County Beef Producers Association
Robert Carr
Crawfordsville
Kenneth Falk
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Wilbur Wright
County Association
Baby Beef
Washington County
Wyman
Allen Stransky
Baxter Freese
Ron Ornduff
Oscar Steele
Frank Sojka
Dean Luers
Herb Hammen
Red tanks hit Khe Sanh as U S jets reply
UPI reports near Khe Sanh in South Vietnam Marine jets bombed a Communist tank column and supported ground troops as North Vietnamese forces launched their largest offensive yet. B52s pounded fronts, refugees sought safety, and mobilization expanded nationwide amid ongoing fighting across northern frontiers.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Lang Vei
South Vietnam
Garage fire damages Washington home garage
A spectacular garage fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Vargason 422 E 7th street Washington was battled by Washington Volunteer firemen about 5 20 p m Thursday Flames shot nearly 40 feet in the air and an auto at the scene was also in flames Firefighters moved the burning auto away and extinguished the flames The car suffered finish hood and windshield damage not a total loss No injuries were reported Children evacuated and the home protected by water from the house Damage to the garage and its contents including a lawn mower bicycles and tools is not yet estimated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vargason
E. 7Th Street
Washington
Vargason
Robert Vargasons
Believed Safe in Vietnam Hochstetlers Liberated by Marines
A Kalona Iowa couple Harlan Hochstetler and his wife were reported liberated by U S Marines after fighting in Hue Vietnam They were on a one year assignment with Vietnamese Christian Service and may have fled or been taken by Viet Cong They were en route to Saigon with Marines and were to be contacted by telephone once safe News from Wellman and Kalona relatives says the couple left the United States in October and had one year in Vietnam The family contacted Mennonite Central Committee for updates and awaited word on their status in Saigon.
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Hue
South Vietnam
U. S
Harlan Hochstetler
Istian Committee
Old City
Leslie Tetler
Wellman
O» Law
Vmese Christian Service
Hochstetler
United Apes
Vietnam
Hochstetlers
Leslie Hochstetler
Saigon
Ray Hochsteler
Kalona
Harlan
Mennonite Central Committee
Trouble at Negro College in Orangeburg Bloodshed at SC State
In Orangeburg South Carolina state troopers opened fire on students at South Carolina State and Clafin Colleges amid three nights of violence. Three youths were killed and 36 injured as guards and troopers faced snipers and arson. Cleveland Sellers SNCC official among the wounded and jailed with charges of inciting to riot and arson. Local guards, troopers, and SLED dispersed after a grass fire and sniper fire.
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Orangeburg
S.C
UPI
National
South Carolina State
Clafin
Sellers
Cleveland Sellers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Stokely
Carmichael
David W. Shealy
South Carolina
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
SLED
Joe A. Dickey
Sam Hammond
Henry Smith
Delano Middleton
Farmers diverting more acres here in 1968
Washington County farmers show rising interest in the feed grain sign up. Four days into the 1968 program, 240 farms enrolled with a corn base near 21,000 acres and about 9,300 acres diverted. County ASC reports indicate 44 percent of base acreage may be diverted, ahead of last year. First advance payments for 1968 will be issued today.
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Washington County
William Day
ASC
Wilson warns on policy in Vietnam during White House dinner
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson sharply challenged U.S. President Lyndon Johnson at a White House state dinner, warning against rushing into harsher fighting in Vietnam. He said force cannot end the war and a just settlement requires talks at the conference table with determined pursuit of peace.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Wilson
White House
Johnson
Vietnam
Wilson
Heart Fund drive gets major club support in county
Start on February 11 with Heart Sunday efforts in Washington County led by Kiwanis Club in Washington and Jaycees in outlying towns. Jaycees coordinate manpower with 4 H clubs and local chairmen in towns like Crawfordsville Riverside Ainsworth Rubio West Chester Brighton Kalona Wellman. City drive set Feb 18 in Washington. Kalona and Wellman excluded. Jaycee co chairs Dick Anderson and Lyle Edwards. Joe Evanovich heads city drive. Heart Fund funds support research education and public information.
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Washington
Kiwanis Club
The
Jaycees
Washington County
T. M. Nelson
Nelson
City
Heart
Kalona
Wellman
Dick Anderson
Lyle Edwards
Jack Fish
Crawfordsville
Neal Hall
Riverside
Joe Martin
Ainsworth
Rubio
West Chester
Ed Mineart
Brighton
Jaycee Ettes
Logan Reif
Paul Noffsinger
Joe Evanovich
Iowa student found dead near car in Calamus
Theodore Mancuso 23, of Warrensville Heights Ohio, a Palmer College student, was found slumped in a locked car in a field near Calamus. Autopsy inconclusive. no foul play suspected. He died five to 14 days earlier after wedding in January. toxicology needed to determine cause. Mancuso wed Sandra Young January 20 in Cleveland.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Ohio
Theodore Mancuso
Warrensville Heights
Calamus
Mancuso
Palmer College of Chiropractic
William Meyer
Clinton County
Jack Cauritzen
Dr. Meyer
Cleveland
Sandra Young
Mayfield
Marine hijacking attempt on Pan American flight at Da Nang
U S Marine Pfc William Lee Clark dressed in a leather jacket held 83 passengers at gunpoint on a Pan American DC6 charter to Hong Kong in Da Nang Vietnam. Air police moved in with M16 rifles and tear gas after the crew disarmed him with co-pilot Eric L Archer and flight engineer Robert H Clack aiding in the takedown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DA Nang
Vietnam
UPI
U.S
Hong Kong
Air
William Lee Clark
1St Marine Division
Clark
James Lee Evans
Eric L. Archer
Beeville
Texas
Robert H. Clack
Midland
Mich
Weather Summary for Iowa Saturday and Sunday
United Press International reports Iowa weather with Saturday mostly cloudy and colder conditions. Light snow possible especially in the west and central regions, with frigid low temperatures from zero to five in the northeast to ten to fifteen in the southwest. Saturday highs range from around 20 in the northeast to 32 to 37 in the southwest. Sunday outlook is partly cloudy with a chance of occasional snow and a milder but still cool air.
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United Press International
Iowa
Notice of Bond Sale at Riverside
Public notice item states sale of bonds at Riverside and appointment of administrator for the estate of Lucy Rein. The brief appears under public notices today with details on proceedings and official actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Lucy Rein
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Harm’s Way
Hanoi
Marsha Crone
Carol Beenblossom
Joanne Knott
Mary Ann McClain
Roger Harrington
Helen Gilbert
Hochstetler’s
Harlan Hochstetlers
Muscatine, Iowa
Wayne Parden
Muscatine
Negro College
Thieu
Nguyen Vang Thieu
Wallace
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Washington, D. C
Journal
U. S. Marine
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