Washington Farm Institute set for January 16 at YMCA
A one day Washington Farm Institute themed to the 60s agriculture will be sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Bureau at the Washington YMCA on January 16. The program opens at 9 30 a m with coffee and doughnuts followed by a film The Cat Cattle Feeder and welcomes from Mayor Cloud Willits and Chamber president Walter Farrell Farm Management Carl Hertz will speak Then Rath Packing Co representatives Bernard Ebbing and Lou Thompson discuss the challenge to beef and pork industries in the 60s A free noon lunch precedes afternoon talks by Walter Goeppinger national president of the Corn Growers Association on exports effect on farm markets in the 60s and a government farm programs outlook by Robert Buck Former local farmer Buck sits on the Secretary of Agriculture advisory committee A final panel discussion with audience questions rounds out the program Tickets for lunch are available through Chamber agriculture bureau ASC offices or the Chamber of Commerce Endorsed by committee chairs Chuck Dotle and Grim.
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Washington Farm Institute
Washington
Agriculture Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Cloud Willits
Walter Farrell
Carl Hertz
Nevada
Iowa
Rath Packing Co
Bernard Ebbing
Lou Thompson
Walter Goeppinger
The
Corn Growers Association
Goeppinger
Chamber
Agriculture Bureau
ASC
Es Grim
Farm Institute
Chuck Dotle
Births Rise to 444 in Washington County 1962
In 1962 Washington County recorded 444 births and 253 deaths, the highest births in five years. December saw 49 births, February 46, and March and April 39 each, while June had the fewest at 29. Data held at the county clerk’s office reflects a rise after years of decline.
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Washington County
Largomarcino to Speak at Washington County School Meeting
Dr Virgil Aren, director of teacher education at Iowa State University Ames, will speak to Washington County school board members tonight at 8 PM at Mid Prairie High School. The program includes a tour of the new Mid Prairie Community High School. He led the seven county school reorganizations study and is a noted school authority. The meeting will also address a proposed countywide reorganization plan and all board members and guests are invited.
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Br. Virgil Aren
Towa State University
Ames
Washington County
Mid- Prairie
Mid- Prairie Community High School
Largomareino
Wash Ducation
List Activities In Schools This Week
Semester examinations will be given Thursday and Friday in Washington schools. Report cards for the first semester will be issued Wednesday, January 16. Other activities in the schools include a school board meeting Wednesday evening at the administration building. Teachers meetings in all buildings from 4 to 5 p.m. today. Future Homemakers at high school Tuesday 2:40 p.m.
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Washington
Barn Fire Destroys Large Brighton Barn
In Brighton near Karl Wright farm a 4:30 a.m. blaze destroyed a large barn housing hay and over 250 pigs. Wright saved about 200 pigs, but more than 250 were lost along with one sow. Firefighters from Brighton and Richland, plus a Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. truck, fought the flames, tearing down a connected shed and moving nearby structures. Wright expects partial insurance coverage.
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Brighton
Karl Wright
Wright
Richland
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Washington
Marek Receives Sears-Roebuck Foundation Scholarship
Ronald Marek son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorence W Marek Riverside route one has been awarded a Sears-Roebuck Foundation scholarship of 300 dollars at Iowa State University He is enrolled in a farm operations course at Ames The award reflects scholarship need aptitude for agriculture and community service He is a 1962 graduate of Washington High School with a strong FFA and 4H record.
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Nonnd Mares
Str
Lorence W. Marek
Route One
Riverside
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Iowa State University
Ronald
Ames
Sears Foundation
Washington High School
Masonic Groups To Install Officers Tuesday Night
Zeredetha Council and Cyrus Chapter will hold the installation of officers at 8 30 pm Tuesday in the Masonic Temple. Both groups will meet briefly before the public installation.
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Masonic Temple
Zeredetha Council
Cyrus Chapter
Central Government Moves To Take Over Katanga
The central Congolese government authorized direct rule over Katanga, with Premier Cyrille Adoula signing papers to impose Congolese law and administrative control. In Elisabethville, Bunche pressed UN aims, denying renewed talks, as Tshombe’s forces reportedly resisted and concentrated near Kolwezi. Armed tension and diplomatic efforts continued around Jadotville and Mokambo.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Bunche
Five die on Iowa roads in New Year toll rise
United Press International reports a sharp rise in Iowa traffic fatalities with five dead over the weekend, raising the 1965 toll to eight. Victims include Thomas Hughes 25 of Muscatine and Frank Dvorak 76 of Mount Vernon, plus a Keokuk man run over by a suspected truck. Additional deaths occurred in Waterloo Dysart and Des Moines, with an Iowa City incident and an army loss in Korea noted.
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United Press Internatio
Iowa
Muscatine
U.S. 61
Thomas Hughes
Mount Vernon
Frank Dvorak
Dvorak
U.S. 30
Keokuk
Harry Pennington
Pennington
Duane Allensworth
Waterloo
Dysart
Evelyn Rowe
Juanita Tour 15
Korea
William Fuller Davenport
Edward A. Fuller
Des Moines
A.W. Goehring
Goehring
Truman Wenig
Dorchester
Allamakee
New Albin
William Gramlich
Waukon
Iowa City
Roy Leroy Scortt, Jr
Towa City
Scott
Mrs John Adrian 77 Dies in Harper area
Mrs John Adrian aged 77 of Rural Harper died Sunday morning at Keokuk County Hospital Sigourney after December admission. Funeral Tuesday at Ss Peter and Paul Church Clear Creek with Rev Francis Lollich. Burial in parish cemetery. Rosary tonight at Powell Funeral Home Keota. Survivors include her husband three sons, a daughter sixteen grandchildren and siblings.
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Abula
John Adrian
Harper
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Ss. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Francis Lollich
Cemtery
Powell
Keota
Catharine M. Adrian
Peter
Anna
Mary Aller Redlinger
John P. Adrian
Harper and
Altar
Rosary
Howard
Richland
Lawrence
Leonard
Vaughn
Margaret) McArtor
John
Mike Redlinger
Elizabeth Flander
Clarence
Local District Secures Funds for School Counseling Upgrade
Washington-Community School district will receive 2 funds under Title V A Guidance Counseling and Testing of the National Defense Education Act. Supt John V Phleger announced the State Board of Public Instruction approved the grant for upgrading counseling at both junior and high school levels. The funds support the ongoing program to enhance local counseling services. A new counseling department at the junior high school was established as part of this effort.
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Washington — Community
Supt
John V. Phleger
State Board of Public Instruction
Rites at Bloomfield For C. O. Leon
C O Leon of Bloomfield dies in Bloomfield on Sunday father of Mrs Clint Hensel and J R Leon of Washington Funeral services set for Tuesday in Bloomfield Mr and Mrs Hensel and Fred and Mr and Mrs Leon and Lan hie were there Sunday and will return for the funeral
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C. Leon
Bloomfield
Clint Hensel
J.R. Leon
Washington
Hensel
Fred
Leon
Lan Hie
Leonard Schantz Stars in Lil Abner at Local High School
Leonard Schantz will star in the title role of Lil Abner in a March 14 and 15 production by the local high school Vocal Music Department. Rehearsals have begun and the cast includes Sharon Lowry Mammy Yokum Dan Coon Pappy Yokum Jana McConnell Daisy Mae John McDaniel Earthquake McGoon Dave Everetts Marryin Sam George Johnson Senator Phosbhound Alan Stewart General Bullmoose Judy Marshall Apassionata Yon Climax Dick Holden Evil Eye Fleagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Schantz
Lil Abner
Vernon Feuerhelm
Cox Patch
Schantz
Sharon Lowry
Mammy Yokum
Dan Coon
Pappy Yokum
Jana McConnell
Daisy Mae
John McDaniel
Earthquake McGoon
Dave Everetts
George Johnson
Senator Phosbhound
Alan Stewart
General Bullmoose
Judy Marshall
Dick Holden
Mr Duck Surprise Dinner Guest Here
An unexpected visitor dropped by the John Butler family on Sunday morning a mallard resting under a bush near the house. The duck stayed all day quacking quietly as the Butler girls left for Sunday School. Mr Butler fed and bedded the bird then it departed between 9 p.m. and midnight leaving no address.
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John Butler
Mallard
Butler
South
Iowa Avenue
Funeral Service For George Burdock Tuesday
Former Oskaloosa mayor George Burdock 90 dies in Des Moines after living there ten years. He co owned lumber yards in Oskaloosa Brighton and Washington Iowa. Funeral services set for 3 pm Tuesday at Newman Funeral Home with a memorial at Windsor Methodist Church Des Moines.
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Joraluusa
UPI
George
Burdock
Newman Funeral Home
Windsor Methodist Church
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Lumber Ards
Brighton
Washington
Iowa
Battle Ahead for Kennedy in House Rules Fight
Washington reports Speaker McCormack voiced optimism that President Kennedy will win his opening day battle in the House over the Rules Committee. He predicted some form of tax cut will pass this year as the new Congress convenes, while noting a tight partisan clash with Rep. Crd W. Smith. The White House seeks a broad program including medicare and federal aid to education, against conservative opposition tied to spending cuts.
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Washington
UPI
John McCormack
Kennedy
8Th Congress
Tam
Crd
W. Smith
D.va
Committee On Rules
Smith
Massachusetts
Congress
McCormack
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Barry Gold Water
R-Ariz
Rules Committee
Senate
White House
Nedy
House
Howard Smith
JFK
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
British reports claim US defenses caught napping in mock raid
London papers and radio said RAF Vulcan bombers breached US air defenses in a simulated H bomb attack and hit New York and Washington. A US spokesman called the reports nonsense while Air Ministry notes an exercise occurred around Oct 14 1961. NORAD downplayed later raid claims as nonsense.
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London
UPI
U.S
New York
Washington
Air Ministry
Deense Department
Roy O Schiebel Named Director of Magnaflux Corp
Roy O. Schiebel of Starrington ML has been elected director of Magnaflux Corp, Chicago. General Mills Inc, parent of Magnaflux, announced the appointment. Schiebel, former Washington resident, is Magnaflux vice president of marketing and sales and has worked there since birth. His parents moved back to Washington in 1948 and Roy Schiebel Jr. died last year.
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Roy O. Schiebel
Starrington
Roy Schiebel
Washington
Magnaflux Corporation
Chicago
General Mills Inc
Magnafius
Mr. Schiebel
Roy Schiebel Jr
Group Asks Rule Changes Would Ban Senate Filibuster
A bipartisan group of eight senators urged tighter limits on filibusters in a 39 page brief. They argued the present two thirds cloture rule blocks civil rights and other legislation, proposing a three fifths standard but allowing eight to nine weeks of extended debate before a vote. The effort drew reactions from Senate and House leaders amid a broad fight over rules and the administration agenda.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Paul H. Douglas
Joseph S. Clark
Philip A. Hart
Mich
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Kennedy
Russell
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Amies
Mansfield
Book Rental Fees Due for Second Semester in Washington Schools
The Washington Community Schools report the 1962-63 first term ends January 11 after 88 days. Superintendent John V. Phleger reminds parents book rentals for the second semester are due Monday January 14, the opening day of term. Fees vary by grade from Kindergarten 60 cents to upper grades with four or five subject options.
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Washington
John V. Phleger
Three Columbus Jet Stores Burglarized
Three stores in a Columbus Junction shopping center were burglarized early today. The Econ-O-Mart Grocery, Hawkins Variety Store, and the Columbus Bowl Bowling Alley were entered by prying doors. An undetermined amount of money and merchandise was taken from some shops while Hawkins reported a small amount of cash and merchandise missing. Culbertson the bowling alley manager said nothing appeared missing. Louisa County Sheriff Ralph McDowell announced the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
UPI
Louisa County
Ralph McDowell
Marriage License Issued for 1962 Couple in Ainsworth
The first 1962 marriage license was issued at the county courthouse on Saturday morning. James Alex McCreedy of Ainsworth and Penny Sue Henry of Washington received the license, and the couple wed at the Ainsworth Methodist Church on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Court House
James Alex McCreedy
Ainsworth
Penny Sue Henry
Washington
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Coffman Father Dies in Boone at 74
Les Coffman of Washington reports his father in Boone died Sunday morning at age 74 from a heart ailment. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Boone.
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Les Coffman
Boone
Washington
Coffman
Areway
Homer Bouslog Rites At South English
Funeral services for Homer Bouslog, 71, of South English will be held Tuesday at 1 30 PM at the Powell Funeral Home in South English. He died suddenly Sunday morning at Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Sigourney.
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Homer Bouslog
Powell Funeral Home
Bouslog
Pleasant Val
Sigourney
Weather town forecast turns mild then cooler
The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with continued mild conditions. Low temperatures in the 20s, highs in the 30s to 40s from northeast to southwest, with Wednesday partly cloudy and mild. Temperatures average below normal in the northeast and near normal in the south, turning colder by mid period. Precipitation amounts under .15 inches with light snow overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
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Agriculture
Ronald Marek
Sears
Masonic
Tarsis Harris
Department of Motor Vehicles
Los Angeles
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ine
Angola
United Nations
Dilolo
Kolwezi
Godefroid Munonga
Mokambo
Munongo
David B Dawson
Allensworth
C. O. Leon
Mr. Duck
George Burdock
U. S
North American Air Defense Command
HOP
Thomas J. _nuchel
Alif
Cliford P. Case
Jacob K. Jasits
Kenneth B. Keating
N.Y
Columbus Jet
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