Blue Bird of Happiness at YMCA Valentine Box Supper
Mary Taylor, daughter of the Rolland Taylors of Washington, enjoyed a joyful Blue Bird father-daughter Valentine Box Supper at the YMCA. She giggled through the lively event, which drew many Blue Bird members and their fathers. A brief program followed in the Community room, with Journal photos by Helen Gilbert.
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Mary Taylor
Rolland Taylors
Washington
YMCA
Mary
Blue Birds
Blue Bird
Helen Gilbert
United States rushes 10500 more troops to Vietnam
The Defense Department announced 10500 additional combat troops will be sent to South Vietnam at Gen Westmoreland’s request. Details on units were not disclosed, but they may include airborne outfits, with no current decision on reserves. Troop total rises to 510,500 while overall authorization remains 525,000 for now.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Defense Department
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Pentagon
U.S
Phil G. Goulding
Defense
Goulding
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Wounded Vietnam Soldier Pfc Claude Randall Named
Pfc Claude G Randall son of Mr and Mrs Claude Randall of Washington was wounded in action in Vietnam on January 31 His wife Sandra Allred of Wayland was notified The MP served at Tan Son Nhut near Saigon and has been in Vietnam since March 1967 He is in a Japan military hospital about 14 days address provided for medical holding unit in San Francisco 96594
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Claude G. Randall
Claude Randall
Washington
Vietnam
Randall
Sandra Allred
Wayland
Japan
Medical Holding Co
7Th Field Hospital
Apo
San Francisco
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Hogs Missing From County Farm Prompt Hunt for Clues
Area law officers investigate the disappearance of 25 hogs from Dennis Stout’s Ainsworth farm. Only 5 of 30 swine, Hampshires about 300 pounds each, found. Police seek sightings of a vehicle and urge tips to solve the mystery.
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Dennis Stout
Ainsworth
Stout
Market Hampshires
Stouts
Guerrillas Killed in Battle Near Saigon Edges
Allied forces report at least 133 Viet Cong killed on Saigon outskirts as B52 bombers strike positions to avert a second Saigon assault. In Hue Marines push toward the forbidden city amid house to house fighting while air power used to spare palaces.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Phu Tho
America
Hue
Forbidden City
U.S. Army
199Th Light Infantry
Cholon
South Vietnam
Robert Thompson
Perfume River Bank
UPI
Richard V. Oliver
Oliver
Edwin H. Klink
Albany
N.Y
Bien Hoa
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Weather forecast for Iowa by United Press International
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight with lows 5 to 10 degrees. Wednesday will be generally fair with highs in the 20s. Outlook for Thursday calls for partly cloudy skies and a warmer trend.
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United Press International
Iowa
Capacity will expand as farmers seek maximum profits
CHICAGO UP I researchers say farm production capacity will grow due to new technology and profit focus. Dr Raymond Ewell of SUNY Buffalo forecasts a fertilizer plant boom that could double nitrogen fixation by 1970. Experts note market expansion and surpluses will challenge the industry alongside a shift to a maximum profits philosophy.
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Chicago
UPI
Raymond Ewell
State University of New York
Buffalo
Ewell
National Plant Food Institute
H. Wise Miller
The
Institute
Miller
Kalium Chemicals, Ltd
Atlanta Ga
W.G. Duncan
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Narrow gap to start peace talks with North Vietnam
London UPI reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson told MPs only a very narrow gap remains to bridge the U S and North Vietnam to open peace talks. Wilson spoke after meetings with UN Secretary General Thant and discussed Washington talks with President Johnson. Thant, in Moscow, met with Wilson Heath and Foreign Secretary George Brown as Soviet leaders urged negotiating terms from Hanoi. Diplomats say prospects for rapid progress appear slim.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
House of Commons Today
United States
North Vietnam
Thant
Washington
Johnson
Moscow
Vietnam
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Wilson
U.S
House
Heath
George Brown
Hanoi
America
Youth conference to be held at YMCA in Washington
The Iowa Commission on Children and Youth visits Washington February 27 with opening remarks by Don Oxenford of the Washington County special education program. Selected youth-serving groups are asked to submit concerns by February 16. Luncheon reservations close February 23. Schools involved include Mid-Prairie Highland and Washington districts. Lunch funding provided by local Kiwanis Rotary and Y’s Men clubs.
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Don Oxenford
Washington County
YMCA
Washington
Iowa Commission On Children and Youth
Washington City
Mr. Oxenford
Mid - Prairie
Highland
Washington Kiwanis
Rotary
Y’s Men
Des Moines Man Held After Shooting
A West Des Moines man, Steven Moser, 21, was jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge after a series of 22 caliber rifle shots fired from a second floor apartment. Lyle Koons, 20, wounded in the leg, was at Des Moines General Hospital in satisfactory condition after being struck near a paint store. Police recovered a .22 rifle and 133 bullets. six to eight shots were fired as officers returned fire to enter the building.
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West Des Moines
Des Moines General Hospital
Moser
Fire damages Coralville apartments in water pipe repair blaze
Firefighters from Coralville Tiffin and Iowa City battled a blaze that charred two apartments and smoke damaged four others in a Coralville complex. Authorities blamed the fire on blowtorch work while residents evacuated and saved some belongings. The incident caused about 40 000 dollars in damage.
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Coralville, Iowa
UPI
Coralville
Clarence Briskey
Tiffin
Iowa City
Principal Surprised by Sponge Cake Birthday Prank
Faculty at the junior high celebrated Principal Richard Gipple with a playful sting. A sponge cake feast featured crumpled newspapers stacked in his office, and a chorus of off-key Happy Birthday. Students helped haul the paper to the incinerator as laughter filled the room.
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Richard Gipple
Mr. Gipple
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Washington Chamber of Commerce Launches Membership Drive
The Washington Chamber of Commerce under President Phillip Kneen initiates a membership drive this week to broaden its base. Current members span many community activities as volunteers will call on residents to hear the case and join the organization under the campaign theme Help Us To Build.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Phillip Kneen
Chamber of Commerce
Kneen
Chamber
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