Proposed Reorganization School Election in Washington County
Voters in eastern Washington County will vote Friday March 1 on a school reorganization plan affecting several rural districts and towns Riverside and Ainsworth. Polls open noon to 7 p m at district polling places including Ainsworth City Hall Oregon Township Erwin General Store Crescent Mrs Elc Wieland residence Farmers No 8 Lyle Gerot residence Greenfield Robert Dawn Riverside Community building Yatton Ralph Klein Oak Grove Leo Brophy North Ridge Francis Waldschmidt Iowa Township No 1 Charles Skubal residence Valley Aiva Bell residence The Washington County School Board set the election plans after petitions and a public hearing on the reorganization proposal.
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Washington County
Riverside
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Consolidated
Ainsworth City Hall
Oregon Township
Erwin General Store
Highland Township
Crescent Independent
el ¢ Wieland
Farmers No
Lyle Gerot
Greenfield
Robert Dawn
Riverside Independent
Yatton
Ralph Klein
Oak Grove
Leo Brophy
North Ridge
Fran
Cis Waldschmidt
Iowa Township No. 1
Charles Skubal
Aiva Bell
Washington County School Board
Raymond Reed
Boone
Washington
Robert Miller
Crawfords, Wille
Steve Gerrard
Sigourney
Leon Steele
Iowa City
Tom Tanner
Walt Kiesey
Joe Jones
60Th General Assembly
Assembly
Rites at Junction For Sfc Wolford
Funeral services planned Tuesday for SFC Craig Enton Wolford 37 Columbus Junction Iowa killed in a friendly mine field accident in South Vietnam. Services at Stacy Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m burial in Lone Tree. Survivors include mother Mrs Charles Wolford seven brothers and two sisters. Wolford was not married.
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Columbus Junction
Charles Wolford
Wolford
Balloon destroyed in sequence of blasts over Mars project
A Venus sized balloon for a Stratoscope I Mars study at Palestine Texas ruptured during inflation due to gas pressure, shredding the 80 foot envelope and delaying launches for at least a week. No injuries, no fire, but patching proved impossible and nearby tests previously ended badly.
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Palestine
Tex
Mars
Earth
Gulf of Mexico
Wellman Man Found Dead At Home
WELLMAN August Feipurg aged 75 was found dead in his Wellman residence this morning. A longtime community resident who lived alone his death is being investigated funeral services are pending Felburg a painter by trade was mentioned in records
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Wellman
August Feipurg
Rites Here Monday For Edward B. Guinn 62
Graveside rites for Edward B. Guinn 62 of Chicago Illinois will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery at 2 pm Monday with the Rev Fred Penny in charge. Sherman Eden Funeral Home is handling arrangements. He died Thursday in Chicago and was born December 7 1900 in this city. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Luba Crowder Minneapolis and Mrs Mildred Howard Washington.
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Edward B. Guinn
Chicago
Ill
Woodlawn
Fred Penny
Sherman Eden
Mr. Guinn
Lewis and
Eva Johnson Guinn
Luba Crowder
Minneapolis
Minn
Mildred Howard
Washington
Washington FFA Chapter Reports Active 1961 62 Year
Forty four boys enrolled in Vocational Agriculture at Washington High School follow recommended practices building a supervised farming program. They produce crops and livestock learn farm mechanics and keep records. Income for productive projects averaged 198.54 with 22 boys in sow and litter projects and 11 with feeder calves among others. The group assisted at the county fair and district welding contest while officers attended training and the national convention in Kansas City in 1962.
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Washington High School
Washington
Gary Wagner
Arnold ‘Thompson
Kansas City
Washington County Fair Association
Jerry Lowry
Dick Wells
Jim Wells
Sam West
Washington FF. A
Dave Davis
Stan Petraz
Arnold Thompson
Sentinel
Verne Knecht
UPI Report On Russell Backing Shoot-First Policy
Sen. Richard B. Russell urged that U S pilots may shoot first if Communist planes attack ships in international waters. He said McNamara noted the aim to eliminate Castroism and communism in Cuba. Russell cited a Cuban MIG attack on a shrimp boat and warned future pilots might retaliate even if a ship’s nationality is unclear.
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Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
Georgia Democrat
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Russell
McNamara
United States
Marshal Rodio Malinovsky
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Malinovsky
Dale Williams to Speak at ISU Alumni Banquet
Dale Williams, farm radio editor and WOl broadcaster in Ames, is slated as an alumni speaker for the 1963 Washington County Iowa State University Alumni banquet. The event, Saturday March 2 at Washington’s Methodist Church, invites all alumni and friends to buy tickets by February 27 for $2.00. Williams is known for Cyclone athletic reports and agricultural news, with complimentary tickets for local high school seniors planning ISU attendance.
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Dale Williams
Wol
Ames
Washington County
Iowa State University
Methodist Church
Washington
Wilfred McCreedy
Williams
Iowa State
Thousands Reported Battling With Flu
United Press International reports thousands of Americans ill with Asian flu and influenza like illness across 21 states. Schools closed or delaying reopening. a boxing match canceled. a Alabama boy touts a chopped onion remedy. Detroit area sees up to 30,000 with flu, Memphis area reports 2,467 cases, Crofton Ky records another death.
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United Press International
Alabama
Daniel S. Robertson
Brewton
Ala
Pittsburgh
Portland
Maine
Charles Anderson
Motor City
Memphis, Tenn
Crofton
Genero Arzu
Los Angeles
Key West
Fla
Dallas
Tex
Lubbock
Sioux City
Towa
Wisconsin
Funeral Monday For Mrs. Mary Overholt
Mrs. Mary Overholt 71 of Iowa City died in Mercy Hospital Friday. Widow of Daniel Overholt a former Columbus Junction resident. Funeral Monday in Iowa City with burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters.
Five Adults and Eight Children Die in Missouri Fire
A four room frame home in Morehouse Missouri burned in minutes killing ten people, eight of them children. Police and fire officials described the scene, noting the fire likely started in the ceiling and rapidly collapsed the structure. The Saville family, including Paul D. Saville Sr and his wife and eight children aged 11 to 3 months, were all found burned in their beds. The house burned to the ground before firefighters could bring the blaze under control.
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Morehouse
UPI
JW. Wyrick
Wyrick
J.T. Kindred
Saville
Kindred
Morehouse School
Lhad
Missouri
Quake Kills 500 in Libyan City Brace Hit by Aftershock
The Barce quake left about 500 dead and 12,000 homeless with hundreds injured. Military teams, airlifted aid, and field hospitals operated as British and U.S. forces provided relief. The Libyan city, built on ancient Barca, resembled a battlefield with widespread rubble and desperate evacuees.
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Brace
Barce
Eighth Army
Afrika Corps
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Barca
B.C
Idris
Libya
U.S
Wheelus
Tripoli
el Adem
Cyprus
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Area Bankers At Burlington Meeting
Washington banks dominated the Iowa Bankers Association Group 11 annual meeting in Burlington. Frank Kos of Washington State Bank finished a two year chairmanship as sessions opened with a 512-strong Washington contingent attending along with FDIC, Federal Reserve reps, and others.
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Washington
Group 11
Iowa Bankers Association
Burlington
Frank Kos
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Burlington Theater
Herbert Ollenberg
Iowa Bankers Associ
Projs
Des Moines
Glen Ingle
Frank Warner
Charles H
Robert Wiley
Frank Crone
Phil Weldin
Richard Weeks
Howard Timmins
The
National Bank
John Winga
Lee Holland
Logan Heilman
Milo Orris
Jack Moore
Agnes Wheelan
Charles Lanning
State
Vote to Continue TV Teaching Program in Washington County
Washington County board of education voted to extend the television based Spanish teaching program for another school year. The action covers sixth and seventh grade students in participating schools, with negotiations set in Ottumwa on March 4 to expand to seventh graders. Mid-Prairie teachers Mrs. Lawrence Miksch and Mrs. Anna B. Harms attended.
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Washington County
Board of Education
Ottumwa
Ktvo-Tv
Mid-Prairie
Lawrence Miksch
Anna B. Harms
Highland
Berserk Cowboy Is Killed in Atlanta
In Atlanta a berserk man dressed in a cowboy outfit hijacked a police car Friday night and led officers on a chase through the city. Jerry Ambrose Cantu, 25, fired at Patrolman G P Hicks during the pursuit and was killed in a gunfight as investigators closed in at a busy intersection. Hicks, who escaped the car, later described facing a gun and being forced to lie still as Cantu died amid gunfire.
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Atlanta
APL
Jerry Ambrose Cantu
G.P. Hicks
Cantu
Hicks
Labor Leaders Urge Keeping NATO Strong
MIAMI BEACH AFL CIO states withdrawal of US forces from Europe would invite Soviet aggression against Berlin and risk collapse of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO.
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NATO
Miami Beach
UPI
Afl-Cio
Europe
Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Iowa House Debates Annual Assembly Sessions And Implied Consent Bill
The Iowa House and Senate in a joint session hear a tribute to Legionnaires as the Assembly advances a constitutional amendment for annual sessions. HF 10 Implied Consent for drunken driving passes 84 to 23, with supporters urging tougher law enforcement and debate about Senate action.
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Keith Vetter
Legionnaires
YMCA
Marlow Cowan
Cowan
James E. Powers
American Legion
House
Senate
Iowa
General Assembly
Assembly
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Keota
Eft
Joe Barnes
Corse Washington
Bob Elliott
Sfc
Voc Ag
U S
Ara
ISU
Mrs. Mary Overholt
Ngrick
Himmelberger-Harrison Manufacturing Co
Fire Department
Vetter
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