Iowa Braces for Mixed Winter Weather Across State
Weather systems brought heavy snow rain and freezing drizzle across Iowa with widespread ice. Power lines and trees fell leaving hundreds without electricity while several cities reported thick ice and several inches of new snow. Temperatures ranged from near zero to the upper 30s as northern areas faced frigid conditions and a new storm loomed from the southwest.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Hampton
Sioux City
Manly
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Spencer
Sheldon to Get New Feed Firm
Northern Biochemical the victim of a 2 million embezzlement collapse will be replaced by a financially sound firm led by Elliott Roosevelt. A new Sheldon Chemical Co with 500000 capital is planned with local backers and hires for existing production staff. Roosevelt plans to relocate from Denver and build a 100000 building on 10 acres for livestock feed additive production.
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Sheldon
UPI
Northern Biochemical Corp
Sheldon National Bank
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
American Legion Hall
Northern Biochemical
Sheldon Chemical Co
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Harold E. Kistner Jr
Denver
Colo
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kennedy Feed Grain Plan Faces Farm Resistance
Washington reports opposition to President Kennedy's emergency feed grain program as Senate and House committees plan hearings. Farm leaders critique higher price supports and reduced acreage, while some GOP lawmakers view the plan as aligned with earlier proposals. Critics say 1.20 per bushel for corn is too low and payments favor certain commodities.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
GOP
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Don L. Short
R-N.d
Senate Agriculture Committee
Allen J Bellender
D-La
WE Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Report Soon on Iowa Liquor Probe Underway
The State Bureau of Criminal Investigation leads a probe into the Democratic controlled Iowa liquor control commission at Gov. Norman A. Erbe’s request. The inquiry covers store placement purchases and personnel with a report due in weeks. Community protests fueled the investigation amid store openings in Lake View Grinnell Washington and Mount Pleasant.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Bureau of Criminal Investigagation
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Norman A. Erbe
Erbe
Osceola
Liquor Commission
Russell Ross
Criminal Bureau of Investigation
CBI
Ross
Lake View
Grinnell
Washington
Mount Pleasant
C. J. Burris
Maquoketa
Homer R. Adcock
Gerald W Smith
Creston
Smith
Adcock
Burris
Fourteen Washington County Pilots Invited to Iowa Association
Fourteen Washington County pilots were invited to join the Iowa Pilots Association as charter members. The IPA, a registered Iowa non profit, aims to improve private and business aviation in the state. Executive secretary Harlan H Heater noted potential legislation to support IPA goals during the current General Assembly. Charter members include James Boyd Jr Royce Buckwalter Howard D Burham Elwyn W Corey Wallace L Fagan James G Fresh Waters Earl Griggs Earl Guengerich Robert J Koehler Edward L Martin Rex J Lee Milos Sorden and Vernon G Stagner.
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Washington County
Iowa Pilots Association
Des Moines
State of
Iowa
Harlan H Heater
IPA
Heater
General Assembly
James Boyd, Jr
Royce Buckwalter
Howard D. Burham
Elwyn W. Corey
Wallace L. Fagan
James G. Fresh Waters
Earl Griggs
Earl Guengerich
Robert J. Koehler
Edwardl. Martin
Rex J. Lee
Milos Sorden
Vernon G. Stagner
Aelred Te Bockhorst
Legion Auxiliary to Aid Heart Fund Drive Monday
Past presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary in Washington and other members will meet Monday to assist the annual heart fund drive. They will prepare envelopes for the mail campaign and meet in the Legion rooms at city hall at 9 30 am with a cooperative lunch at noon.
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Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
Legion Rooms
Emma McCall Edwards Dies in Ames Today
Mrs. Emma McCall Edwards 74 of Ames died early this morning. A Washington native, nurse by profession, she served overseas in World War I. Survived by brother Dr. Harvey McCall Allerton and nephew David Puffet Des Moines. Preceded in death by husband. Another brother Dr. Will McCall Des Moines died recently.
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Emma McCall Edwards
Ames
Mrs. Edwards
Washington
John
Lizzie McCall
Harvey McCall
Allerton
David Puffet
Des Moines
Will McCall
Hog Show Set For Tuesday At Washington County
The annual market hog show, sponsored by the Washington County Swine Producers Association with the county Extension Service, will be held Tuesday Feb 21. Hogs must arrive at the Washington Sale Barn by 10 a.m. Judging begins at 11 a.m. Carcasses go to Bath Packing Co for processing and photos. The live hogs and carcasses will be featured at the county swine banquet with tropies awarded.
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Washington County Swine Producers Association
County Extension Service
Washington Sale
Bath Packing Co
William Bayliss 59 Keota editor dies in office
William Bayliss 59 of Westchester Indiana died at noon Thursday while in his Chicago Tribune sports department work. He edited the Keota Klipper, studied at Keota High and Persons College, married Leita Carris in 1931, and is survived by his wife two daughters two grandchildren one brother and four sisters. Funeral services planned in Oak Park and Keota.
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Keota
William Bayliss
Westchester
Leita Carris
Bayliss
Chicago Tribune
England
Keota Klipper
Persons College
Fairfield
Burlington Gazette
William
Mary Ann Pike Bayliss
United Presbyterian Church
Oak Park
Powell
Joan Benedetto
Maywood
Ill
Barbara Pearson
Santa Monica
Calif
Tom
Congo Advisory Committee to press Congo action plan
The 11 nation conciliation mission report urged upholding Congo law re Kasavubu, broadening his government, halting hostilities, insulating the army from politics, and reconvening Parliament. It called for a summit with leaders at a neutral site and full enforcement of UN resolutions including limits on outside aid.
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United Nations
UPT
Congo
U.N
Security Council
Ceylon
Liberia
United Arab Republic
Patrice Lumumba
Russia
United States
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
France
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Conciliation Commission
Stevenson
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Joseph Ileo
Leopoldville
World Day of Prayer Observed Across County Churches
Special services marking the World Day of Prayer were held in Washington and West Chester churches along with surrounding communities. In Washington's St Paul United Church of Christ about 230 people attended the 75th anniversary program by the council of churches. West Chester Federated Church drew about 50 attendees with events hosted by local Methodist and Federated churches and Grace Hill Moravian Church. The West Chester program was chaired by Mrs. Merle McDowell with organist Mrs. Betty Janecek and soloist Mrs. Eugene Engle, backed by pianist Mrs. Max Waterhouse. Guest speaker was Mrs. Dave Livingston Jr. Washington announced a goal to double the offering this year and achieved it. general chair was Mrs. Kermit Klopfenstein.
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Washington
West Chester
St. Paul
Grace Hill
Kermit Klopfenstein
Troop Shift in Stanleyville Boosts Mobutu Stand
Native troops in Stanleyville reportedly pledged allegiance to Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu, threatening Lumumba loyalist leadership in Orientale and Kivu. Reports say Bukavu possible flip. UN flight carrying Lumumba allies canceled, worsening security around the slain leaders' kin and regional centers.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Victor Lundula
Lumumba
Bukavu
U.N
Washington District advances school building program despite weather
Contractors from Conner Brothers move materials for Washington Junior High and four new rooms at each elementary school. Footings for Stewart School addition in place, Lincoln tour room nearly finished. Four room blocks connect to existing schools with reading rooms and updated heating, while high school adds a new concrete floor in the industrial arts area.
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Washington
John V Phieger
Lincoln School
Stewart School
Conner Brothers Construction Co
Washington Junior High
Friday High
Baton Rouge
Olathe
Kan
New Mexico
Kowana
Okla
Wetumka
Wewoka
Stratford
High School Renovation and Additions Planned
Schools have mailed bids from several firms for the upcoming board meeting. Contractors will install aluminum doors at east, north, and south entrances replacing worn wood doors. The project includes renovating the science and home economics rooms, remodeling all toilets, and adding two boilers. Completion aimed for summer, with junior high delayed.
Cuban Church Leaders Protest Seizure of Havana Cemetery
Cuban church leaders planned protests over the seizure of Havana's 200 year old Colon Cemetery by Fidel Castro's government as part of a broader drive to nationalize cemeteries. Agents also reported pro Castro student actions at Luz High School and calls to seize Catholic schools. A church source said bishops would draft a protest noting lack of guarantees for the faithful and attacks on church hierarchy.
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Havana, Cuba
UPI
Havana
Colon
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Luz
Edison Institute
Escambray
Oliva Domingo
Patrice Lumumba
Winter Storms Ravage Nation Across Tornadoes and Ice
Winter weather battered the nation with tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, a central Rockies snowstorm, freezing rain from the Texas Panhandle to Wisconsin, and gusty winds. Oklahoma reports include 14 injured, multiple buildings demolished and extensive damage in cities like Kewana, Wewoka, Stratford, Spencer and Jones.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Central Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Wisconsin
Michigan
Spencer and
Jones
Okla
Oklahoma City
Lindsay
Lexington
Columbus
Kan
Dequeen
Ark
Weather Bureau
Bartlesville
North Dakota
Explorer IX Satellite Recovered After Brief Loss
NASA officials joyfully announced the Explorer IX satellite, a 15 pound, 12 foot balloon, found after a loss caused by a radio beacon failure. Launched from Wallops Island Virginia, the craft orbited toward Woomera Australia before reappearing through visual sightings to aid air density measurements.
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Washington
UPS
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA
Wallops Island
Woomera
Australia
Weather forecast for Iowa with glazing in extreme east
Glaze warning for extreme east this afternoon with freezing rain or drizzle and notable glazing. Snow across the rest of the state this afternoon with east and south escalation tonight. Blowing and drifting snow northeast diminishing tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy and colder east tonight. Highs vary from the 20s north to the lower 20s south. Monday outlook shows partly cloudy, very cold, with a chance of snow in the west.
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Iowa
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Ers
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Antoine Gizenga
Anicet Kashamura
Oriental
Kivu
Gizenga
Maurice Mpolo
Joseph Okito
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