De Gaulle urges Geneva talk on Vietnam war end
French President Charles de Gaulle pressed for reconvening the 1954 Geneva Far East peace conference as the sole path to end the Vietnam conflict. He urged cessation of foreign intervention and neutralization of Vietnam, while outlining France’s plan to progressively withdraw from NATO by April 4, 1969 and to hold regular political consultations with EC partners on US relations and Eastern Europe. He also accused Moroccan Interior Minister Mohamed Oufkir of masterminding Mehdi Ben Barka’s 1965 disappearance and murder, signaling strain in Franco-Moroccan ties.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Geneva
de Gaulle
France
United States
China
Great Britain
Mohamed Oufkir
Mehdi Ben Barka
Oufkir
Massive ice jam floods Quad Cities across Mississippi
National Guardsmen and volunteers work around the clock as a massive eight mile ice jam drives Mississippi River waters into Davenport and Bettendorf. About 150 families evacuated. city on emergency stand as water rose to 18 feet and levees faced renewed pressure.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Quad Cities
Iowa National Guardsmen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Centennial
River Drive
Corps of Engineer
Moline
Bettendorf
Illinois
Mississipi
Mississippi
Adj
Junior Miller
Des Moines
Scott County
Wlliam Strout
Miller
Roger Harrison
Clinton
185Th Artillery
No. 15
Joseph May
1105Th
Mount Joy
Strout
John Jebens
Urges Ash Wednesday prayer day for peace
The Washington Ministerial Association calls for Ash Wednesday February 23 as a day of penitence and prayer for a just peace in Vietnam and worldwide. Bishop Rueben Mueller urges member churches to observe the day and seek divine guidance for peace amid the Vietnam crisis.
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Washington Ministerial Association
Rueben Mueller
National Council of Churches
Vietnam
Washington
Clarence Dehne
Southeast Asia
Iowa Democrats Plan Congressional Testimonial Dinner
In Des Moines over 2,000 Iowa Democrats are expected to attend the Congressional Testimonial at the radio theater on Friday evening. The event highlights party supporters and officials in a statewide gathering.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Radio Theater
Iowa introduces uniform student deferment guidelines
Des Moines Iowa selective service boards will use new uniform standards to grant deferments for students based on college test scores and class ranking. Tests being developed by Princeton University and private researchers may be used locally to assess undergraduates and graduates, with boards retaining discretion and focusing on the national interest.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Selective Service Boards
Glenn R. Bowles
Selective Service
Col
Bowles
Princeton University
Chicago
Congress
Heart Fund Sunday Collection Totals $1,700 in Washington
Approximately $1,700 was collected in Washington Sunday by members of the Washington Kiwanis Club in the annual Heart Fund drive. Members went door to door and left envelopes where residents were not home, urging contributions by mail. T. M. Nelson, general chairman, urged all residents to donate and mail the envelope promptly as work continues in other county areas under Farm Bureau Young People direction.
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Washington
Washington Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Heart Fund
T. M. Nelson
Washington County
Heart
Farm Bureau
Merchants Announce Feb 22 Washington Sale Event
Washington merchants announce a one day only February 22 sales event for Washingtons Birthday. Each shop plans price cutting, with details listed in advertisements in today’s Evening Journal.
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Washington
Evening Journal
California father fights Iowa custody ruling in Supreme Court
Harold W Painter, an artist from Walnut Creek California, lost custody of his seven year old son Mark after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled his lifestyle too unstable and Bohemian for a middle class Midwest home. Painter plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court with aid from the ACLU and Covington and Burling.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court
Midwest
U.S. Supreme Court
Harold W. Painter
Subur
Ban
San Francisco
Iowa High Court
Painter
Marilyn
Mark Painter
Jeanne Bannister Painter
Dwight Bannister
Ames
Iowa
Bannisters
Mark
California
Reverend Dehne Installed as Washington First Presbyterian Pastor
Rev Clarence W Chene was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Washington in ceremonies at the church Sunday evening. Southeast Iowa Presbytery moderator Donald Howell led the service with sermons by Dr Hubert Brom. Elders J T Jewell Sikke Temple and others participated as Rev Dale Brehmer gave the benediction. A reception for Rev and Mrs Dehne followed. Dehne is a Minnesota native who came to Washington in June 1964 on an interim appointment.
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Clarence W. Chene
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Donald Howell
Columbus Junction
Southeast Iowa
Hubert Brom
Iowa City
Robert Rushing
Crawfordsville
Leo Jeambey
Muscatine
Hubert Sunderman
Vernon Elgin
J. T. Jewell
Sikke Temple
Dale Brehmer
Ainsworth
Robert Kiesey
Mountain
Lawrence Zuehlke
Cal Wolf
Pork carcass data available Tuesday
The follow up meeting for the Quality Pork Show is set for Tuesday evening February 22 at 7 30 p m at the Washington County Fair grounds. Ken Cuhel notes carcass data will be available for all entered pigs. John Halstead of Rath Packing Company will discuss the data and key points for producers. Bob Casey of CAA Swine Testing Stations will show how carcass information supports herd quality improvement.
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Washington County Fairgrounds
Ken Cuhel
John Halstead
Rath Packing Company
Bob Casey
CAA
Fairfield man held on rape charge after alleged assault
A 24 year old Fairfield man Earl Wilson Jr was held in Washington county jail on a 10000 bond after being charged with criminal assaulting a fourteen year old Brighton girl. Prosecutors say Wilson picked up three youths and later took the girl and boy to a country road where the assault occurred. Wilson denied the accusations and was with his wife when charges were filed.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Washington County
Earl
Frank Wilson, Jr
Brighton
Lonely Country Road
Wilson
Washington Police Department
Washington County Sheriff's Deputies
Wilson flies to Russia for peace talks in Moscow
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flew to Moscow to kick off Viet Nam peace negotiations. He arrived at Sheremetievo after fog diverted his plane from Vnukovo-2, delaying greetings by Kosygin and Gromyko. Wilson said he would seek Russia's cooperation to reconvene the Geneva Conference.
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Moscow
UPI
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Wilson
Vnukovo-2
Sheremetievo
Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
London
Russia
Britain
Soviet Union
Humphrey arrives in Manila amid Viet Nam protest demo
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey landed in Manila after a torchlight protest against U.S. Viet Nam policy outside the U.S. Embassy. He planned talks with President Marcos and to brief Filipino leaders on war developments. The visit followed demonstrations in Wellington and at Wellingtons airport arriving from New Zealand.
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Manila
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Viet Nam
Manila International
Humphrey
Air Force
Wellington
New Zealand
William McCormick Blair
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
Philippines
Marcos
South Korea
Asia
Pacific
South Viet Nam
America
United States
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Robert F. Kennedy
New York
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