Washington City Council swears in new terms in 1969
Washingtons city council assembled to wind up old business and swear in Mayor Ralph Martin for a full term along with Councilmen Walter Messer Harold Stephens and Irv Whitham. The health officer Dr E J Vosika was named for another term and the first regular meeting of the year set for January 5.
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Washington
Old City Council
Lloyd Robertson
Ralph Martin
Martin
Walter Messer
Harold Stephens
Irv Whitham
Board of Health
Holidays toll climbs during New Year period
United Press International reports the holiday traffic toll rose steadily with an estimate of 450 to 550 deaths expected between 6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight Sunday. At 3 a.m. EST, at least 178 people were killed in traffic during the period, with 13 fatalities each in Georgia and California topping the state list. Pennsylvania had 11, Kansas 10, and Alabama, Tennessee and Texas nine each.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Georgia
California
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Iowa Declares 72 Townships Under Hog Cholera Quarantine
Iowa state officials and the federal government quarantine 72 townships across 18 counties after 11 hog cholera outbreaks traced to an Arkansas auction market. Depopulation and cleanup aim to finish in three to four weeks. shipments may go directly to slaughter from quarantined areas, with hog losses estimated around 120000 dollars.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
E. A. Butler
Butler
Arkansas
Hijacked Brazilian airliner refueling halt in Lima
Dozens of Peruvian police watched as mechanics repaired a battery issue on a Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle hijacked from Montevideo to Cuba. The aircraft with 21 passengers and seven crew was staged for refueling in Lima after stops in Buenos Aires and Antofagasta, while hijackers led by James Allen demanded a Cuba pilgrimage.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Cuba
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Montevideo
Rio de Janeiro
Che Guevara
Bolivia
Latin America
James Allen
Atus Costa
Silva
Claudio Galleano
Magalhael Luna
Luis Albert Silva
Isolda de Somer
Alberto
Allen
University Federation of Brazil
Carrasco
Buenos Aires
Antofagasta
Chile
Brazil
Panama
Havana
Porto Alegre
Sao Paulo
Ezeiza
Prisoners wives hope to see Pope in Rome
The wives of three American servicemen missing in Vietnam arrived in Rome seeking a meeting with Pope Paul VI. They planned to press for intervention to stop alleged inhumane treatment of prisoners by North Vietnam and would visit Paris again to pursue talks with Hanoi officials.
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U. S
Vietnam
Paris
Italy
UPI
Rome
Paul VI
North Vietnam
Thomas Stegman
Virginia Beach
Hanoi
U.S
Stegman
Richard Nelson
Robert Duncan
Probate of Will and Executor Appointment
Public notice announces probate of the will of Humphrey W. Owen and the appointment of the estate's executor. The notice outlines the legal filing, interested parties, and upcoming court actions related to the estate.
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Humphrey W. Owen
Agnew Reassures Chiang Kai-Shek During Taiwan Visit
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew assured Nationalist Chinese leaders in Taipei that the United States would stand firm on alliance commitments as Washington's overtures to Red China sparked concern. He toasted Chiang Kai-Shek, reaffirming defense obligations under the 1955 mutual defense treaty and noting U.S.-China policy remains aligned with East Asian allies amid ongoing talks and troop movements. Agnew planned stops include Thailand on his ten nation Asian tour.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Chiang Kai-Shek
Washington
Peking
China
Agnew
Vietnam
Chiang
Red China
Warsaw
Taiwan
C. K. Yen
Republic of China
East Asia
Thailand
New Federal Plans Offer Loans on Rural Housing
The Agriculture Department via the Farmers Home Administration will use conditional commitments to back private loans for rural homes in towns with 5500 or fewer residents and open country. FHA aims to expand loans to about 80,000 homes this year, insured against borrower defaults, to boost rural housing and allow speculation with reduced financing risk.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
James V. Smith
Smith
America
Israel Unrest Escalates as Warplanes Hit Suez Posts
Israel shells Egyptian army outposts along the central Suez Canal for nearly an hour and returns to base. Jordan reports an attempted Israeli crossing at the Jordan River and Beirut faces threats of harsher retaliation if Lebanese guerrillas persist. France demands recalling an Israeli admiral over the gunboat affair,–a move Egypt calls decisive while Israel calls unjustified.
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Suez Canal
Jordan
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
France
Paris
Egypt
Jordan River
Haim Bar Lev
Beirut
Weather Iowa: cloudy tonight and Saturday
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with a chance of light snow mainly in the eastern portion. Lows tonight range from zero to 5 above, locally 10 below in some areas.
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United Press International
Iowa
Three hurt in two car Washington crash at intersection
Three people were treated and released from Washington County Hospital after a two car collision at the North Marion Avenue and West Third Street junction in Washington Thursday at 2 05 PM. Gerald K Clubb and Gerry Gene Gonterman, both Washington residents, drove the cars which were demolished. Clubb and a passenger Joyce Clubb were thrown from the vehicle. Gonterman, northbound, failed to yield the right of way and was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Washington County Hospital
North Marion Avenue
West Third Street
Washington
Gerald K. Clubb
Gerry Gene Gonterman
Clubb
Joyce Clubb
Gonterman
Gonte
Battle Flares Following Truce in Viet Nam War
Guerrilla forces attacked an Allied bivouac near Superstition Mountain and fought U.S. troops northwest of Saigon. Thirty-two Viet Cong were killed. U.S. losses six dead and 14 wounded. North Vietnamese actions near Saigon and in Superstition Mountain continued amid a New Year truce. U.S. B52s resumed bombing along the Cambodian border. a Saigon bomb wounded four Vietnamese women. Hanoi Radio claimed large Allied casualties in 1969. Final 24 hour truce tally: 167 guerrillas slain, 116 incidents of fighting. Ninety minutes after a three day standdown ended, North Vietnamese attacked a South Vietnamese armor camp west of Saigon. Vice President Agnew visited the war zone and urged the path of Vietnamization.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Washington County Farm Bureau Names Health Care Committee
Health committee members from multiple townships were named by Riverside based chair to plan and launch an open enrollment for a new Blue Cross Blue Shield Iowa health care program. Enrollment runs January 8 and 9 through February 21 at the Washington County Farm Bureau office in Washington. Open to all residents, regardless of health history, the plan targets rural residents and self employed individuals seeking comprehensive care.
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Keith Hora
Riverside
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington County
Hora
Lather Guy
Brighton
Earl Booth
Cedar
Robert Stephens
Earl Wright
Clay
Hadyn Thomas
Crawford
Allen Griggs
Dutch Creek
Ed Augustine
Franklin
David Miksch
G. W. McCracken
Highland
Leroy Veggy
Iowa
Frank Sojka
Jackson
Ed Whetstine
Lime Creek
Paul Beenblossom
North Marion
Don Davison
South Marion
Duane White
Oregon
Keith Stewart
Seventy Six
Joe Jones
Washington
Leo Vittetoe
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Schmidhauser won't run for Congress in 1970
Former U S Representative John Schmidhauser said he will not seek the office in 1970. He noted family financial needs and said he might write a book on congressional campaigning to explain reform needs and create a more responsive political system.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
John Schmidhauser
Schmidhauser
Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
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