Washington Farm Institute Sets Theme for 1960s Agriculture
The Washington YMCA hosts a one day Farm Institute on January 16 sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Bureau. The program opens at 9:30 with coffee and doughnuts, includes a film The Cattle Feeder, talks by Mayor Cloud Willits and Walter Farrell, and a series of industry and government speakers on farming in the 60s. A free lunch follows, with later sessions on export impacts, government farm programs, and a panel discussion. Tickets are available from chamber and ASC offices. Les Grim chairs the event.
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Washington Farm Institute
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Agriculture Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Cloud Willits
Walter Farrell
Chamber of Commerce Farm
Carrier
Nevada
Iowa
Rath Packing Co
Bernard Ebbing
Lou Thompson
Walter Goeppinger
Cornrowers Association
Chamber
Agriculture Bureau
ASC
Les Grim
Farm Institute
Chuck Hotle
Births in Washington County reach 444 in 1962
In 1962 Washington County recorded 444 births and 253 deaths, the highest annual birth total in five years. December saw the most births (49), with February and March close behind (46 and 49). The county clerk handled the vital statistics, noting a rise after years of decline from 1959 to 1961.
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Uring
Washington County
Largomarcino to Speak at County School Meeting
Dr. Virgil Largomareno of Iowa State University will speak to Washington County school board members at 8 p.m. in Mid Prairie High School. The evening includes a tour of the new Mid Prairie Community High School building. The county board will report on actions from the October 11 meeting regarding a new countywide reorganization plan.
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Virgil Largomareno
Iowa State University
Ames
Washington County
Mid- Prairie
Mid- Prairie Community
Largomareino
Washington County Board Ofducation
Rds
List of School Activities 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 announced by the superintendent's office include school board meeting Wednesday at the administration building. Teachers meetings in all buildings from 4 to 5 p.m. today, Future Homemakers at high school II 2:40 p.m.
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Washington
Barn Fire Destroys Large Brighton Structure Loss of Pigs
A Brighton farm blaze at Karl Wright's premises destroyed a large barn and hay, with 250 to 275 pigs lost. Wright, working nearby, spotted the fire around 8:30 a.m. near a 100 watt light, and firefighters from Brighton, Richland, and a Washington Farmers Mutual unit responded. The barn fire spread despite efforts to save buildings. Wright saved about 200 pigs, but more than 250 were lost along with one sow. Insurance will partially cover the loss.
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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 of Riverside route one, won a 300 Sears Roebuck Foundation scholarship at Iowa State University for farm operations studies. A 1962 Washington High School graduate, he has an impressive high school and 4 H club record and active FFA involvement.
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Ronald Marek
Lorence W. Marek
Route One
Riverside
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Owa State University
Ronald
Ames
Sears Foundation
Washington High School
Masonic Groups To Install Officers
Zeredetha Council and Cyrus Chapter will install officers Tuesday at 8 30 pm in the Masonic Temple. The groups will meet briefly before the public installation.
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Masonic Temple
Zeredetha Council
Cyrus Chapter
Central government to take over Katanga amid upheaval
The Congo’s central government moved to assume direct control of Katanga, issuing papers delegating provisional authority and enforcing foreign currency rules. U.N. chief observer Bunche arrived in Elisabethville amid tension, dismissing talks with Tshombe as futile as Katanga’s defiance and siege rumors continued.
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Elisabethviii
Katanga
UPL
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Bunche
United Nations
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
Kolwezi
Bad Start for New Year Five Die on Iowa Roads
Five deaths mark a grim weekend on Iowa roads raising the 1965 toll to eight. The report cites two Muscatine cousins Thomas Hughes 25 and Carl Hughes 22 as casualties after a crash near Muscatine, plus other fatal collisions near Mount Vernon Des Moines Keokuk Waterloo and rural towns. Additional notes include a fatality from a collision near Dysart and a truck hit run in Keokuk, with a mix of other injuries and incidents across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Muscatine
U.S. 61
Thomas Hughes
Carl Hughes
Mount Vernon
Frank Dvorak
Dvorak
U.S
Evelyn Rowe
Juanita Tournier
Waterloo
Mrs John Adrian 77 of Rural Harper Dies
Catharine M Adrian aged 77 of Rural Harper died Sunday in Keokuk County Hospital Sigourney after December admission. Funeral Tuesday Jan 8 at 10 am Ss Peter and Paul Church Clear Creek with Rev Francis Lollich. burial parish cemetery. Rosary 7:30 pm at Powell Funeral Home Keota. Survivors include husband John P Adrian three sons Howard Lawrence Leonard one daughter Margaret McArtor 16 grandchildren two brothers one sister. A son Clarence and other siblings preceded her.
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AEOTA
John Adrian
Harper
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Ss. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Francis Lollich
Powell
Keota
Catharine M. Adrian
Peter
Anna Mary Aller Redlinger
John P. Adrian
Harper and
Ss. Peter and Paul Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Howard
Richland
Lawrence
Leonard
Vaughn
Margaret) McArtor
John
Mike Redlinger
Elizabeth Flander
Clarence
Local District Receives Funds for High School Counseling
The Washington Community School district will get 2403.14 dollars to upgrade counseling at the junior high and high school levels. Superintendent John V Phleger announced the State Board of Public Instruction approved the Title V A grant from the National Defense Education Act. The funds support the continuing program to upgrade the district counseling department, including the new junior high counseling office.
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Washington
Supt
John V Phleger
State Board of Public Instruction
Rites at Bloomfield For C. O. Leon
C O Leon died in Bloomfield Sunday with funeral services scheduled there Tuesday. Father Clint Hensel and J R Leon were among mourners with Mr and Mrs Hensel, Fred, Mr and Mrs Leon, and Lannie in Bloomfield and set to return for the services.
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Leon
Bloomfield
Clint Hensel
J.R. Leonton
Cast Named For Li'l Abner at Local High School
Leonard Schantz will star as Li'l Abner in a March 14 15 high school production. Rehearsals begin as Vernon Feuerheim announces the cast for the Broadway musical adaptation about Dog Patch residents saving their town from an atomic bomb project. Other cast members include Sharon Lowry Dan Coon Jana McConnell John McDaniel Dave Everetts George Johnson Alan Stewart Judy Marshall Dick Holden and more in this 1958 hit from Broadway.
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Leonard Schantz
Vernon Feuerheim
Dog Patch
Hom
Schantz
Sharon Lowry
Mammy Yokum
Dan Coon
Pappy Yokum
Jana McConnell
Daisy Mae
John McDaniel
Earthquake McGoon
Dave Everetts
George Johnson
Alan Stewart
General Bullmoose
Judy Marshall
Ap. Passionata von Climax
Dick Holden
Evil Eye Fleagle
Mr Duck Surprise Dinner Guest Here
An unexpected visitor dropped in on the John Butler family on Sunday morning a mallard duck rested under the bushes near the house all day quacking softly The Butler girls left for Sunday School noticed him first Mr Mallard accepted corn and straw before leaving between 9 p.m. and midnight with no forwarding address.
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John Butler
Mallard
Butler
Mr Mallard
Iowa Avenue
Mr. Butler
Mr. Mallard
Funeral Service For George Burdock Tuesday
Former Oskaloosa mayor George E. Burdock 69 died in his sleep at a Des Moines home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Newman Funeral Home. Burdock had lived in Des Moines 10 years and earlier led Oskaloosa as mayor for two terms in the 1930s. He co owned lumber yards in Oskaloosa Brighton and Washington.
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Uyskaloosa
UPI
George E. Burdock
Newman Funeral
Windsor Methodist Church
Des Moines
Burdock
Oskaloosa
Brighton
Washington
Kennedy Faces Battle Over House Rules and Tax Cut
Speaker McCormack voiced optimism that Kennedy will win the opening rules fight in the House and that the 8th Congress will enact part of the tax cut. He cautioned that trimming the Rules Committee could weaken the administration’s program. Budget plans foresee a record high 89 billion dollar federal outlay for the 12 months beginning July 1.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
Kennedy
House
8Th Congress
Tam
Wth
Howard W. Smith
Committee On Rules
Smith
Massachusetts
McCormack
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Rules Committee
Medicare
Federa
Senate
JFK
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
British claim of mock raid penetrated US air defenses
London reports say British Vulcan bombers simulated an H-bomb strike, allegedly penetrating US air defenses and threatening New York and Washington. The Air Ministry cited Oct 1961 for the exercise but said no policy on confirming success. US officials dismissed later raid claims as nonsense.
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London
UPI
U.S
New York
Washington
Air Ministry
U.S. Defense Department
Roy O Schiebel Named Director of Magnaflux
Roy O Schiebel, son of Mrs Roy Schiebel of Washington, has been elected director of Magnaflux corpora tion, a Chicago metals testing firm. He serves as vice president of marketing and sales for Magnaflux since 1939. Born in Washington, he lived here until 13, then moved away. parents returned in 1948. Roy Schiebel Sr. died last year.
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Hoy O. Schuenel
Barrington
Roy. Schiebel
Washington
Magnaflux Corporation
General Mills Inc
Chicago
Magnaflux
Schiebel
Roy Schiebel Sr
Senators Seek Rule Change to End Filibusters
A bipartisan group of eight senators urges ending filibusters by majority vote of 51, arguing current two thirds cloture is inequitable. They warn civil rights bills suffer from prolonged debate yet propose limited eight to nine weeks of extended debate before a vote. The group includes Humphrey Douglas Clark Hart and Kuchel Case Javits Kearny.
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Washington
UPL
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Paul H. Douglas
Joseph S. Clark
Philip A. Hart
Mich
Book Rental Fees for Second Semester Due Monday
Washington Community Schools set January 14 as due date for second semester book rentals. Fees vary by grade, from 60 cents for kindergarten to 9.50 for grades 2–8, with high school charges 2.50 for four subjects and 3.00 for five subjects.
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John V. Phieger
Three Columbus Jet Stores Burglarized
Three stores in a Columbus Junction shopping center were burglarized early today. An undetermined amount of money and merchandise was taken from Econ-O-Mart Grocery, Hawkins Variety Store and Columbus Bowl Bowling Alley. Hawkins reported a small amount of money and merchandise gone, while the bowling alley manager found nothing missing.
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Columbus Junction
UPD
Louisa County
Ralph McDowell
Hawkins
Columbus Bowl
Fack Hawkins
Todd Culbertson
Marriage License Issued at Court House in 1963 Start
The first 1963 marriage license was issued Saturday morning at the court house. James Alex McCreedy of Ainsworth and Penny Sue Henry of Washington received the license at the clerk's office. The couple wed at 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
Coffman Father Dies in Boone at 74
J. J. Coffman of Boone father of Les Coffman of Washington died Sunday at age 74 from a heart ailment. He passed away in Boone where his son, manager of the May Store, is now. Funeral services will be held there on Wednesday.
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J. Coffman
Boone
Les Coffman
Washington
Mr. Coffman
Homer Bouslog Rites At South English
Funeral services for Homer Bouslog 71 of South English will be held Tuesday at 1 30 PM at Powell Funeral Home South English He died suddenly Sunday morning at Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Sigourney.
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Homer Bouslog
South English
Powell Funeral Home
Bouslog
Pleasant Valy
Sigourney
Weather Iowa: Mild stretch with a turn to colder mid period
United Press International reports Iowa will be partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with continued mild temperatures. Lows in the 20s, highs Tuesday in the 30s northeast to the 40s southwest. Wednesday outlook for more clouds and mild conditions, with a five day forecast showing temperatures slightly below normal in the northeast and near normal in the southwest. Occasional light snow possible Wednesday night or Thursday, with precipitation totals under 0.5 inch.
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Iowa
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