Speakers Directory offers free guest speakers for Washington groups
Supt John V Phleger and local teachers compile a free Speakers Directory listing volunteers and topics from School Policies to Education in a Changing World and Special Education for Special Students. No charge. contact the superintendent with date time place audience size and program type for advance arrangements.
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Washington Area
Supt. Phleger
Superintendent of Schools
Washington High School
Washington
Iowa Senate debates interim plan for reapportionment
Democratic Gov. Hughes praises a Senate vehicle bill as an improvement over current redistricting though critics fear it hugs the line of the federal court. The measure would create a 56 member Senate and 120 member House with pop based representation, while a separate permanent plan proposes 59 Senate and 100 House. Debate focuses on population balances, Polk County gains, and potential gerrymandering in two county groupings.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
David C. Shaff
R.clinton
Senate
Jake Mincks
D-Ottumwa
House
Leonard Andersen
Sioux City
Paul Knowles
Robert Rigler
Hampton
GOP
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Johnson
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Lee Marshall
Jasper
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Mills
Fremont
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Montgomery - Adams
Dickinson - Emmet
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Fumboldt
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Adair
Madison
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Ring Told - Taylor
Decatur-Wayne
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Worth Mitchell
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Howard-Chickasaw
Mann
United States
Panama
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Patman
Life
Senate Housing Subcommittee
Federal Housing Authority
House Rules Committee
Howard Smith
D-Va
YMCA member drive ends tomorrow
The 1964 YMCA membership drive will conclude tomorrow as secretary Bob Gillesby reports. The goal was 900 members with income of 5590 dollars. 788 members have signed and 5047 dollars turned in, with 25 workers yet to report.
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YMCA
Bob Gillesby
Rural Farm Bureau Domination Defines Iowa Redistricting Committees
Rural dominated committees in Iowa's special session shape reapportionment plans. Led by Rep. Henry C. Nelson and Sen. Robert Rigler, the panels mix farmers, businessmen, and attorneys, with Farm Bureau influence strong in both chambers. Rural blocs outnumber urban in both Senate and House panels, shaping Shaff plan support and opposition across counties. The political split shows rural majorities holding sway despite urban populations, signaling continued rural minority control.
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Des Moines
UPI
Farm Bureau
House
Senate
Iowa
Govarold E. Hughes
Henry C. Nelson
Forest City
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Nelson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Winneago
Rigler
House Committee
House Group
Shaff
Johnson signs historic 11.5 billion tax cut
President Johnson signed the 11.5 billion tax cut into law after Senate approval by 74 to 19. The measure, expected to add about 4 to 5 dollars weekly to most workers’ take home pay, begins next week with lower payroll withholding and IRS enforcement a matter of reason.
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White House
Johnson
Washington
UPI
John F Kennedy
Senate
United
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Hughes to Seek Federal Projects in Space Center Push
Des Moines reports Gov. Harold E. Hughes plans a Washington trip with Midwest Governors Conference leaders to press for NASA space age projects. He cites concern over a Boston area space research center chosen over central or eastern Iowa after efforts to secure a better Midwest site.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Washington
Hughes
Midwest Governors Conference
Nebraska
Frank B. Morrison
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Boston
Iowa
Riverside collision injures woman at highway junction
A Wednesday 2:35 pm crash three miles east of Riverside involved Kurt Henry Jelinek 65 of Muscatine and Fred Ralph Carlisle 59 of Bloomfield. Jelinek failed to stop at a stop sign and struck Carlisle’s truck. Jelinek auto totaled. Margaret Jelinek, a passenger, was injured and admitted to Muscatine County Hospital.
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Riverside
Highway Patrol
Kurt Henry Jelinek
Muscatine
Fred Ralph Carlisle
Bloomfield
Carlisle
Jellinek
Margaret Jellinek
Muscatine County
Mrs Edith Godwin Dies in Mt Pleasant
Mrs Edith Leona Godwin dies at Memorial Hospital in Mt Pleasant and funeral services are set for Friday at 2 pm at Mt Pitnt Methodist Church Burial will be in Brighton cemetery The family will meet friends at Weir Cookes funeral home Mt Pleasant tonight from 7 30 to 9 pm She was born October 16 1905 in Henry County and married Cecil Lynn Godwin on January 5 1924 Survivors include a daughter two grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters
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MT. Pleasant
Edith Leona Godwin
Mt. Pi Nt
Brighton
Weir-Cookes
Senators Debate Farm Measure in Congress
Leaders push on administration wheat and cotton bill as House margins appear divided. Senate and House dispute the scope and timing of the farm bill affecting this year’s plantings, with Dirksen opposing broader farm action and Halleck warning of a long fight ahead.
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Washin
House
Charles A. Halleck
Senate
Halleck
Brett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Panama
House Subcommittee On
Toastmasters meet at Captain's Table
Ralph Martin served as toast master and Bob Miller topics chairman when the Toastmasters met Wednesday night at Captain's Table. Five minute speeches were given by Charles Twinam Cor fan Bill White The Whip Roy Hodges To Soothe the Savage Breast and Frank Patterson Presidential Success on.
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Ralph Martin
Bob Miller
Charles Twinam
Cor
Bill White
Roy Hodges
Frank Patterson
Weather Update Iowa Partly cloudy, milder into Friday
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight with lows from 10 to 15 degrees east to 15 to 20 degrees west. Friday highs expected generally in the 30s with an outlook for Saturday mostly fair and continued mild temperatures.
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United Press International
Iowa
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