Continuing resolution keeps money problems at bay
Washington column by John Hall explains the continuing resolution as a time buying device. It allows agencies to spend at current levels when appropriations bills are stalled. The piece discusses its private sector echoes, critiques Congress for overwork, and even muses about calendar reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Labor Department
Capitol Hill
Pices
Israeli raids widen in mideast as Gaza clash follows
Israeli fighter bombers raided targets along the northern Suez Canal for about an hour and returned safely. Egyptian MIGs engaged earlier, with two fighters destroyed in flight. In Gaza, a dawn skirmish killed four Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, prompting warnings and the demolition of houses near El Muazi refugee camp to clear a patrol road. Defense minister Dayan and generals toured the camp. In England, fireman Monckton was fined $120 for reporting a false alarm at a boarding school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Suez Canal
Israel
Gaza Strip
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Gaza
el Muazi
Moshe Dayan
Ariel Sharon
Menahem Aviram
Thorp Credit announces fifth annual $1000 scholarship
Thorp Credit Inc announces a fifth annual scholarship competition offering two $1,000 awards for Iowa high school seniors to attend any of 26 North Central Association accredited colleges. Twenty five regional $25 Savings Bonds accompany the prize. Essays due February 16, 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Thorp Credit Inc
U. S
Thorp
Thorpe Credit Inc
The
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Proper fitting shoes for comfort and style
A local shoe retailer offers relief for foot pain from ill fitting footwear. The ad promotes smart new styles with proper fitting to improve comfort and appearance, inviting customers to visit for relief and fashionable options.
Arctic walk ends on a happy note
Two-man helicopter crew McNeil and Kilmurray walked into Umi Alaska after a 12 day Arctic ordeal. They survived 50 miles of freezing temperatures down to 40 below and said a higher power kept them going. A defective jet helicopter part triggered the misadventure, with Era Helicopters sending them back to Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
McNeil
Patrick Kilmurray
Umi
Era Helicopters, Inc
McNeil and
Kilmurray
Alaskan
North Slope
Funeral today for E H Messer long time Washington resident
Funeral services for Elva Howard Messer aged 78 were held at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson presiding. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Messer died Saturday January 3 1970 after a month of serious illness at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. He was born August 12 1891 in Henry County to Calvin and Elizabeth Messer and married Clara Belle Lyon February 9 1910. Survivors include his wife four children nine grandchildren 23 great grandchildren three sisters and numerous relatives.
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E. H. Messer
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Richard Peterson
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Messer
West
Madison Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Elva Howard Messer
Henry County
Calvin
Elizabeth Smith Messer
Clara Belle Lyon
Railway Express Agency
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
The
Baptist Church
W. T
Edna) Dahl
Des Moines
Lester M. Messer
Wapello
Donald
Ruth) Benell
Hedrick
Donald M. Messer
Concord
Calif
Earl Moran
Co. J. Loder
Peter Lyon
Mt. Pleasant
Services today for accident victims
Funeral services for Mr and Mrs Ervin Hill of New London who were killed in an auto accident south of Wapello on Jan 1 were held at First Presbyterian Church in Mt Pleasant. Burial was in New London. A son Robert Hill and his wife were listed in fair condition in a Burlington hospital. Ervin Hill was a son of Homer Hill of Trenton and brother of Lawrence J Hill of Trenton.
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Ervin Hill
New London
Wapello
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Hill
Burlington
Homer Hill
Trenton
Lawrence J. Hill
Rites Wednesday for Miss Gingerich
Miss Sarah Gingerich 81 of Kalona died this morning in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a two week stay. Funeral services Wednesday 1 30 p m at East Union Mennonite Church with J John J Miller officiating. Burial in Peter Miller Cemetery north of Kalona. Peterseim Funeral Home handling arrangements. She was born November 11 1888 in Johnson County daughter of Joe and Nancy Miller Gingerich. Survived by three sisters Lucy Gingerich Wellman Mary Gingerich Kalona Mrs Merton Miller Iowa City and three brothers Joe P Alva Kalona and Frank Upland California. nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by two brothers.
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East Union Mennonite Church
J. John J. Miller
Peter Miller
Kalona
Peterseim
Miss Gingerich
Johnson County
Joe
Nancy Miller Gingerich
Lucy Gingerich
Wellman
Mary Gingerich
Bonnie Cassady 78 dies here Sunday
Miss Bonnie O. Cassady 78 died Sunday January 4 1970 at Washington County Hospital after a month of serious illness She lived here 40 years with her sister Mrs W E Howell She taught school 42 years in rural schools Brighton Ainsworth Olds born May 1 1891 in Jefferson County She was a member of the Christian church Legion Auxiliary and Pythian Sisters Surviving sister Berniece Howell two nieces and one nephew Funeral Tuesday 10 am Jones Funeral Home Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield
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Bonnie O. Cassady
Washington County Hospital
Cassady
W. E. Howell
Jones Funeral
Leland Grove
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield
Miss Cassady
Brighton
Ainsworth
Olds
Jefferson County
Samuel Marion
Lake Westenhaven Cassady
Christian Church
Legion Auxiliary
Pythian Sisters
W. E
Berniece) Howell
Washington
Mrs. John A Schlatter Dies While in Florida
Funeral services are pending at Zehr Funeral Home Wayland for Mrs. John A Schlatter who died Sunday afternoon in Bradenton Florida where she and her husband were spending the winter. She leaves Warren Schlatter Wayland Glenn Schlatter Mt Pleasant and Mrs. Don Krebiel Columbia Missouri as children.
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Wayland
Zehr
John A. Schlatter
Bradenton
Fla
Warren Schlatter
Glenn Schlatter
Mt. Pleasant
Don
Mabel) Krebiel
Columbia, Mo
Vanderbilt student co author in Negro Education journal
Pat Gilpin of Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee son of Mrs A J Gilpin of Washington is co author of an article in the Fall 1969 issue of The Journal of Negro Education. The piece titled A Challenge to White Southern Universities An Argument for Including Negro History in the Curriculum appears from Howard University Press. Gilpin active in Civil Rights, studied Negro problems since moving to Tennessee. He is a Parsons College graduate with Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, MA from Northwestern, taught at Tennessee A&I State University, and is completing PhD work at Vanderbilt.
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Pat Gilpin
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tennessee
Wellman High School
Parsons College Cum Laude
Woodrow Wilson
Northwestern University
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University
Vanderbilt
William Hall 78 dies. rites set in Columbus Junction
William Edward Hall 78 of Columbus Junction died Saturday evening at home. Funeral Tuesday at 1 30 p m Stacy Lewis Funeral Home with Rev Denley Ganfield officiating burial Indian Creek Cemetery military rites by VFW. He was a past commander. Born July 17 1891 in Cheyenne County Kansas to Samuel and Addie Hall. Survived by wife Jennie Mae Tucker two daughters Wanda Fuhlman and Nancy Woodward, Muscatine. three brothers Harry Beloit Kansas George Valley Center California James Wapello. three sisters Leona Cargile Tulsa Oklahoma Merle Ball and Hadley Heater Wapello.
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Stacy Lewis
Columbus Junction
Denley Ganfield
United Presbyterian Church
Indian Creek
VFW
Hall
Cheyenne County
Kan
Samuel
Addie Mitchell Hall
Jennie Mae Tucker
Columbus City
Mrs Sondag receives Heinz centennial gift from 1969
Mrs. Mary Sondag of Keota Iowa aged 100 has been given a Heinz Centennial Gift Pack. She received a letter from Henry J Heinz II, noting Heinz’s 100th anniversary in 1969. The Heinz company, founded 1869 by Heinz’s grandfather in Sharpsburg Pa, now offers over 1250 products and ranks as a leading ketchup producer with Star-Kist Foods and Ore Ida Foods as domestics.
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Mary Sondag
Keota
Iowa
H. J. Heinz Company
Sondag
Maplewood Manor
Henry J. Heinz II
Heinz Company
Heinz
Sharpsburg
Pittsburgh
Star - Kist Foods
Ida Foods
Duplicate Bridge Game Scheduled for Tuesday Night
The first Duplicate Bridge game of the new year will be held tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. in the McCleery room. All bridge players are welcome. The events are sponsored by the Y's Men's Club and are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.
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McCleery
Y’s
Farmers Organization meeting set at Fairgrounds
The National Farmers Organization will meet Wednesday January 7 at 8 p.m. at the Fairgrounds. A tape from the national convention will be played and new officers will be elected.
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NFO
National Farmers Organization
Fairgrounds
Schultz Attends Continental Training In Missouri
Darrell Schultz from Crawfordsville, an Iowa Telephone Co. employee in Mt. Pleasant, is taking a two week course on outside plant at Fenton Missouri. The program, at Continental Telephone Corp’s new training center, trains linemen in safe and efficient underground and aerial cable work. Manager Ray Gisser calls the center a major Continental System benefit as telephone systems grow more complex.
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Darrell Schultz
Crawfordsville
Iowa Telephone Company
Mt. Pleasant
Fenton, Missouri
Continental Telephone Corporation
Continental
Ray Gisser
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