Legislature Delays and Tax Debate Slow State Funds
lawmakers stall on money issues amid conflict between Democratic Gov Hughes and Republican majority. Debates split over raising income taxes versus expanding sales tax to services. Hughes resists sales tax rise but not ruled out if needed for revenue and property tax relief. Committees push revenue study notes, with a buy-in to 2 percent sales tax expansion and broad service coverage options.
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UPI
Renowa
Harold Hughs
Hughes
House
Two Civil Defense Classes This Week
Washington area residents may attend two civil defense classes this week to learn nuclear fallout protection. Registrations start at 7 p.m. in the high school chemistry room for the Monday class, and in the high school office at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the second class.
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Washinton
SW. Easter
County Civil Defense
Court House
Washington
Immanuel Lutheran Names Officers for Coming Year
Bill Matson named president of Immanuel Lutheran Church for the coming year with Alan Bergstrom as vice president. James Jorgen son serves as secretary and Richard Wac holz as treasurer. Dennis Stutrud is the church pastor.
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Bill Matson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Alan Bergstrom
James Jorgenson
Richard Wacholz
Dennis Stutrud
First Aid Course To Start Here Tuesday
The first session of a standard first aid course begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Red Cross office. Those not yet registered are urged to contact the Red Cross. Geraldine Sehulty will instruct a five week course with Tuesday evening meetings. The only charge is 73 cents for a textbook.
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Red Cross
Geraldine Sehulty
Mrs. Margaret Friese Dies Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Margaret Friese 79 died Sunday afternoon at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a three week stay. A Kalona hotel operator since 1996 she was born August 12 1883 in Richmond. Funeral Wednesday at 10 am Holy Trinity Catholic Church with burial in Kalona cemetery. Rosary Tuesday 7 30 pm at the Kalona Hotel. She is survived by daughter Catherine Walker of Kalona five grandchildren five great grandchildren sister Clara Marhoefer Cedar Rapids and brother Joe Marhoefer Miami Florida.
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Kalona
Margaret Friese
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Richmond
Balthaser
Mary Caster Marhoefer
Frank Friese
Friese
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Women's Relief Corps
American Legion Ausilia
Herman
Catherine) Walker
Clara Marhoefer
Cedar Rapids
Joe Marhoefer
Miami
Fla
Local Volunteers Plan April Cancer Crusade Meeting
Washington County volunteers gathered in Fairfield on Friday to organize the April Cancer Crusade. Attendees included Mrs Knotek, president. Mrs J E Letts, past president. Mrs Harold Brock. Mrs Ed Letts. Mrs Neil Burton. Mrs Hugo Lensch. Mrs M M Schell and Schell, the crusade chairman, all from Washington. Also present were Mrs Paul Snyder of Brighton and Mrs Cleo Orris and Mrs Max White Jr. of Ainsworth.
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Washington County
Fairfield
Washing County
Knotek
J.E. Letts
Harold Brock
Ed Letts
Neil Burton
Hugo Lensch
MM. Schell
Washington
Paul Snyder
Brighton
Cleo Orris
Max White Jr
Ainsworth
Feed Grain Program Meeting Set for Ainsworth
William Day of the local ASC announces a special 1963 feed grain program briefing to aid residents in navigating the new plan. The session will be held Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the Ainsworth school hot lunch room.
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Ainsworth
William Day
ASC
Dennis Day among 24 earns Eagle Scout honor in Cedar Rapids
Dennis Day of Troop 241 was one of 24 Hawkeye Area Council Scouts to achieve the Eagle Scout rank in 1962. The ceremony at Mount Mercy college auditorium featured a Collins Radio Co chorus performance and remarks by Dr. John C. Walker and Edward E. Sears. The class is named Fred Poyneer. each Scout received a certificate and group portrait choice of wall plaque or Eagle ring.
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Dennis Day
Boy Scouts of America
Hawkeye Area
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
Collins Radio Co
John C. Walker
Edward E. Sears
Eagle Scouts
Fred Poyneer
Poyneer
Hawkeye
Robert Day
Preston Harvey
Dennis
Mrs Edna Gardner Dies Here Sunday
Mrs Edna Gardner 83 died Sunday Feb 10 1963 at Washington County Hospital. She lived at 1019 North Sixth Avenue and had been ill since September. Funeral at 1:30 PM yesterday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Carlyle Smith, burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Born Nov 28 1879 in Washington County she was married to Walter J Gardner who died 1938. Survivors include one son Elwyn of Washington five grandchildren six great grandchildren. Rebekah lodge to attend.
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Edna €. Gardner
Iheington County Hospital
North Sixth Avenue
Yesday
Jones
Carlyle Smith
Elm Grove
Garner
Washington County
L. F
Eliza Hamilton Sigafoose
Shiloh
Walter J. Gardner
William Knebel Dies After Long Riverside Illness
William Knebel 83 of Riverside died Saturday after a long illness at his home. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St. Marys Church Riverside with Rev. Walter Boeckman. Rosary at Adens Funeral Chapel Riverside tonight at 8. He was born March 22 1879 near Riverside, married Nell Bauer Sept 24 1907, farmed, served as Riverside mayor, and worked at Ft Madison and Riverside schools. Survivors include his widow two sons Aelred and Francis a daughter Mrs R B Pearson five grandchildren one great grandchild one brother Joseph and he was preceded in death by seven brothers and four sisters.
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Riverside
William R. Knebel
St. Mary's Church
Walter Boeckman
A den and
Adams
Mt. Olivet
Mr. Knebel
Aelred
Francis
Cedar Rapids
R.B. Pearson
Melcher
Joseph
McAvoy Marks 25th Year With Company
Marion McAvoy of Washington has completed a quarter century with General Telephone Company of Town. He marked his 26th year as a company employee during the past week and serves as district manager for the local phone company.
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Marion McAvoy
Washington
General Telephone Company
Town
McAvoy
Washington native reflects on 25 years, eyes next two
A Washington native and former standout high school athlete spoke about the occasion. He said he has enjoyed the first 25 years and now looks forward to the next two.
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Washington
Retail Merchants To Meet Tuesday Morning
Members at the Ketan mer nts Bureau of the Washington mber of Commerce will hold at 9:30 a.m a t meeting Tues in the YMCA. Main item of business at the meeting will be a discussion on proposal that Washington stores change the evening of the week on which they will be open to a night other than Saturday. All members are urged to attend.
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Ketan Mer Nts Bureau
Washington
Mber of Commerce
Tues
YMCA
Facts on the table end Cuba debate
Washington A senior administration official urged ending public Cuban debate after a weekend of charges and countercharges. Undersecretary George W. Ball said it is time to stop talking so much and let the evidence speak, with the facts on the table. If new offensive buildup or weapons are found, the Defense Department is ready.
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Washington
UPL
Nign
George W. Ball
Ball
Congress
GOP
United States
State Department
Kennedy
Defense Department
Crashes Drownings and Fires Take Many Children
A weekend of accidents kills numerous children and adults across the United States. Separate incidents include four sisters drowned when ice broke on a Babylon pond. two head-on car crashes killing five in each. a fatal snowbound crash in Indiana. a Batesland, South Dakota, five-vehicle wreck. a Oklahoma fire killing five, including three grandchildren. Maine twins burned in a Portland house fire. two two-year-olds burned in Washburn Texas. and Ohio State students killed in a tractor-trailer crash near Green Ohio plus another crash near Cambridge killing four.
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United Press
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Kathleen
Patti
Mary Ann
Louise Corridan
Lorraine
Elwood
Ind
Dere Leeman
Noblesville
Sally
Carl
Henrietta
Miriam Myer
Geneva
Leeman
Myer Auto
Batesland
Wallace Nichol
Rapid City
S.D
Purvin Running Shield
Melvin Hales
William Martin Decker
Calvin Landeau
Batestand
Prener
Okla
Paule Fowler
Portland
Maine
Michael Susan’ Stiles
Washburn Community
Texas
Ohio State University
Green
E. Schrock
Garry Dean Rupp
Teresa Holian
Archibald
Ohio
Cambridge
Pratt Williams
Carol Joan Williams
Carrie Mae Williams
Akron
Arthur Parker
Doylestown
Knox
N.Y
Stephen
David Salisbury
Robert Cook
Troy
Two Accidents in Area During Past Weekend
Highway patrol investigated two weekend crashes near Wellman and Riverside. At 9 p.m. Saturday two cars collided two miles east of Wellman injuring three people, with Jerry Nichols and Dale Wilbur Ayers as drivers and passenger Karry Knott severely hurt. Nichols and Knott were treated at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Knott underwent surgery. Nichols reported Ayers car spun and struck Nichols car broadside. In the early hours Sunday at the junction of highways 218 and 22 east of Riverside, Robert C. Swailes stopped to signal and John William Price struck rear of Swailes, causing about 600 dollars damage to Swailes and 300 to Price. Price was charged with failure to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
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James Sheart
Wellman
Jerry Nichols
Dale Wilbur Ayers
Karry Knott
Nichols
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ayers
Richard
Acciden
Riverside
Robert C. Swailes
Lone Tree
John William Price
Swailes
Price
Richart
Firing Ceases as Iraq Rebels Tighten Grip in Baghdad
Reports from Beirut say Iraq's new pro Nasser regime executed four officers and claimed control of Baghdad after days of fighting. Travelers describe dead quiet in the capital, curfew extended, and ships resuming on the Shatt El Arab. Rebellion casualties are estimated around 1,500 with continued clashes in Basra and pockets of resistance.
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Lebanon
UPI
Iraq
Baghdad
Rudolph Werner
Werner
Kassem
Shatt- el Arab
Britain
West Germany
Baghdad Radio
Tehran
Basra
Middle East
Ali
Missing Marine Sulphur Queen Baffles Rescue Efforts
Planes and ships comb the Atlantic for eight days with 39 crew on the 524 foot Marine Sulphur Queen missing after radio distress near Dry Tortugas and Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard and Marine Transport Corp. say sulphur cargo and insulation pose no special danger. historical memory of Cyclops looms as search continues.
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Norfolk
Marine Transport Corp. of
New York
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Here
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Local Man Charged Over Telephone Solicitations in Ames
Philip E. Dusenbery a 31 year old Washington IA man faces municipal court Thursday on a charge of violating Ames local ordinance forbidding telephone soliciting of business. He was arrested for using the phone to sell photographic services. The ordinance bars soliciting begging or contracting of services without the called party consent.
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Ames
UPL
Washington
Iowa
Philip E. Dusenbery
District NFO Meet Held at Junction Columbus Junction
The first district meeting at Columbus Junction Saturday evening drew a large group from 12 counties. Soybean export contracts were discussed and copies distributed. Discussions covered promotional dinners public relations and future grain and meat board meetings. Ivan Stavinsky presented a report on red meat consumption production and imports by the Economic Research Service.
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Washington County Nfo
Nan Elmer Schneider
Duane Redlinger
Alvin Horak
Columbus Junction
Economic Research Service
Department of Agrculture
Ivan Stravinsky
Iowa Weather Outlook Through Weekend
Forecast shows cold start with near zero lows and highs in the 20s Tuesday. Temperatures dip below normal by 5 to 10 degrees Tuesday through Saturday. Expect light precipitation around Thursday or Friday, mainly as snow, with gradual moderation Tuesday and Wednesday, turning colder again later in the period.
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Iowa
Weday
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