Hope for Amish settlement inching toward accord in Iowa
Gov. Harold E. Hughes met in Hazleton with the Oelwein School Board Buchanan County Atty and Old Order Amish to push toward a solution to the school attendance dispute. Officials indicated a tentative agreement was reached but details would follow and a formal announcement was not expected today as Hughes prepares to leave on an Iowa trade mission.
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N. J. Kjar
Kjar
Hughes
Iowa
Farm Bureau youth help heart drive underway countywide
Kiwanis sponsorship backs Washington County Heart Fund drive as 90 couples in Farm Bureau Young People group join in. Larry Griggs appoints eleven couples to run township territories starting Friday night with literature and surveys, while Joe Evanovich chairs city efforts. Richland obit notes John Widner 66 died Cedar Rapids nursing home after Belle Telephone career. survivors include three brothers.
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Kiwanis Club
Washington County Heart Fund
Joe Evanovich
Don Maxwell
Farm Bureau Young Peoples Group
Larry Griggs
Heart Fund
Griggs
Maxwell
Farm Bureau
Iowa tax take climbs by sixteen million in 1965
Iowa Tax Commission receipts for the year ended June 30 rose to 184.76 million, up from 168.74 million a year earlier, led by sales and individual income taxes. Gasoline, diesel, and liquor taxes are excluded. Homestead Tax Credit refunds totaled 30.01 million to counties. Chain store taxes fell slightly. A Southeast Iowa clergy seminar at Camp Wyoming features Dr. Vernon G. Elgin and a panel on the pastor as layman.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Tax Commission
Lorne Worthington
Worthington
Commission
State Treasurer's Office
Liquor Control Commission
Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
United Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Camp Wyoming
Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Ralph Kleese
Dr. Elgin
Viet Cong mines kill and injure Vietnamese farmers near Tuy Hoa
In the Central Highlands a truck carrying rice farmers struck Viet Cong mines killing at least 47 and injuring seven as a crane recovered a bus from a canal. Civilians and other buses involved in separate mine blasts raised the death toll further.
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Saigon
VPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
My Tho
Death of John Knott 46 San Diego? Washington man dies
John Knott 46 dies Sunday at his Washington home after a long illness linked to war injuries. He was born January 11 1920, married to Roberta Lynn May 22 1947. Survived by wife four children mother and three siblings. funeral at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson. burial Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Jones Funeral
Richard Peterson
Elm Grove
Mr. Knott
Harry
Ella Kiesey Knott
Roberta Lynn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Baptist Church
Thomas
Linda
Joanne
Ella Knott
Washington
Russell
Rusty) Knott
Harrison
Ike) Knott
Chicago Heights
Ill
James
Eva) Ashby
Lincoln
Nebr
Advance Ross expands plants to meet TV demand
Advance Ross Electronics Corp. announces a substantial production expansion in Iowa with two plants in Burlington and Washington. President Henry C. Buckingham says color television demand drives the plan, including new winding machines, ovens, and added warehouse space. The 1965 consolidated net sales reach 12,792,182 up from 8,804,087 in 1964.
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Advance Ross’ Electronics Corp
Henry C. Buckingham
Advance Ross
Iowa
Burlington
Washington
Donald L. Taylor
Vice Press
Bent
Advance Ross Corporation
Buckingham
Eagles Aerie Install Officers at Saturday Ceremony
Members of a newly formed Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie held day-long ceremonies Saturday at the fairgrounds to install officers and initiate members. About 75 participated as Charles Crosett was named Junior Past-President, with Donald Rick as Vice President and Bob Speed as Secretary among others. The Aerie plans to cover the Washington trade area and may form an auxiliary unit. The group noted prior activity in Washington from 1910 to 1916.
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Order of Eagles Aerie
Fairgrounds
Charles Crosett
Donald Rick
Bob Speed
Bernie Crooks
Harold Gilmer
George Janecek
Eagle
Ray Watson
Aeire
Washington Trade
Watson
Journal
Eagles
Washington
City sanitation truck skips alleys until spring
Washington residents are reminded the city truck will not use alleys and likely won’t until spring. Citizens should place garbage and trash along street curbs in front of homes for pickup until further notice.
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Washington
Future domed cities could cleanse Earth’s air and water
Dr Eugene B Konecci of the National Aeronautics and Space Council spoke at a Smithsonian symposium on ecological technology. He envisioned self contained sealed communities of several thousand people, bonded by astrodomes, with electric transport, recirculating water, and synthetic food, linked into larger cities. He noted some doubt remains about the timeline.
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Washington
UPI
Moon
Mars
Earth
Eugene B. Konecci
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Smithsonian Institution
Konecci
National Cybernetics Foundation
Mother Earth
Weather in Iowa Partly cloudy with mild temp change
United Press International reports Iowa will be partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Lows range from 5 to 15 degrees, highs Tuesday from 15 to 20 in the north and into the 20s in the south. Outlook for Wednesday is partly cloudy and colder.
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Iowa
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Elmer
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