China blasts Soviet Viet Nam policy in Johnson “hoax”
In a sharp clash with Moscow, Communist China accused the Soviet Union of colluding with President Johnson on a Viet Nam peace hoax as a high Soviet delegation led by Alexander Shelepin visited Peking. Shelepin’s stay drew a frosty Chinese reception amid reports of Beijing distrust and possible talks with North Vietnam.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Soviet Union
Johnson
Alexander Shelepin
Peking
Shelepin
Hanoi
Communist Party
Viet Nam
Moscow
Mao Tzetung
Chou En-lai
Peking People’s Daily
Outer Mongolia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Yumzhagin Tsedenbal
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Tension in Birmingham Negroes defy injunction
About 20 shouting Negroes defied a federal court order and marched into Ullman High School to recruit students for demonstrations. Two were arrested for disorderly conduct as about 10 joined the effort. police ordered dispersal and more recruits were sought while observers wondered about another injunction section.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Ullman High School
Federal Court
Scouts honored for Breakthrough for Youth goals
Iowa City area Boy Scout and Cub Scout units received Hawk Eye Area Council recognition for meeting membership and participation targets in the 1965 fall round of the Breakthrough for Youth campaign. Cub Packs led by Max Lewis at Wellman and Howard Schultz at Ainsworth were cited, along with Boy Scout Troop 237 of Washington under scoutmaster Dave Horsey.
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Iowa City
Hawkeye Area
Max Lewis
Wellman
Howard Schultz
Ainsworth
Washington
Dave Horsey
Brighton Couple Receive Purple Heart for Son’s Wounds
Mr and Mrs Omer Crawford of Brighton announce their son Staff Sergeant Duane E Crawford has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat action while serving with U S forces in Vietnam on November 20 A certificate and a letter from the commanding general accompany the medal confirming the honor and the circumstances of the injury in the Viet Nam conflict.
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Brighton
Omer Crawford
Duane E. Crawford
Crawford
Republic of Viet Nam
Wessler to star in Kiss Me Kate at Phillips Univ
Bill Wessler son of R G Wessler of Washington Iowa will take part in Phillips University Enid Oklahoma production of Kiss Me Kate the annual all school musical based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. He is a senior psychology major playing Fred with Professors Peaster Abercrombie Turpin directing chorus and drama and David Williams coordinato r and orchestra director.
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Bill Wessler
R.G. Wessler
West Second Street
Washington
Iowa
Kate
Phillips University
Enid
Oklahoma
Cole Porter
Morris Peaster
Betty Abercrombie
Jerry Turpin
David Williams
Bill
Phillips
Fred
Trailer Home Destroyed by Fire in Ainsworth
A trailer home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schrader in Ainsworth was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday at 3 45 p.m. Neighbors sounded the alarm. firefighters could not save the structure or its contents. The exact cause was not immediately determined but the blaze began near an oil heater.
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Ainsworth
Tom Schrader
Red Cross Board to Meet Monday in Washington
Clarence Logan chapter chairman of the Washington County Red Cross announced a meeting of the chapter board members and special services chairmen. The gathering is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p.m. at the Red Cross office on the north side of the square in Washington.
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Clarence Logan
Washington County Red Cross
Special Services
Red Cross
Washington
Hughes presses action on new area school districts plans
Gov Harold Hughes urged speed in launching up to 20 area vocational and community college districts. He noted a 1965 appropriation of 10 million dollars to start four or more schools and said the first campus could open by fall 1966, with districts to be built across Iowa amid debates on pace and planning.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
General Assembly
Hughes
Boyd Graeber
Graeber
Iowa
Synhorst Seeks Old Job As Secretary of State Candidate
DES MOINES UP I report Melvin Synhorst 51 former Iowa secretary of state will run again for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. He served eight terms before losing to Gary Cameron in 1964 and has been with a Des Moines investment firm since early 1965. He led the ticket in votes among Republicans in 1964 and was the first announced candidate for a 1966 state office contest.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Gary Cameron
GOP
Cameron
M. L. Abrahamson
Atty
Evan Hultman
Rites Saturday for Myron W Oswalt in Keota
Myron W. Oswalt 60 died January 12 at a Mesa Arizona hospital where he and his wife spent winter. A rosary is tonight at 8:30 at Powell Funeral Home. Funeral Saturday at 10 in St Marys Catholic Church Keota. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. He was born February 1 1905 in Richland. Survived by wife Rosa, daughter Betty Beck, three grandchildren, and sister Mrs Edwin Wanerus of Marion.
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Keota
Myron W. Oswalt
Mesa
Ariz
St. Mary's Catholic Church
C. S. Kempker
St. Mary's Cemetery
Powell
Mr. Oswalt
Richland
Andy
Christina Wagner Oswalt
Rosa Conrad
Richard O
Betty) Beck
Edwin Wanerus
Marion
Officers elected by First Presbyterians
Robert Bates was elected president of the congregation at the annual meeting of the First Presbyterian Church Thursday evening. Eugene Booth will serve as vice president. The Rev. Clarence Dehne moderated the meeting. Dale Connelly, Robert Gillesby and Francis McAvoy were elected trustees. The nominating committee for the next year is Russell Bannister, Irv Whitham, Mrs. Richard Dare, Mrs. John Martin and Ella Gordon.
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Robert Bates
First Presbyterian Church
Eugene Booth
Clarence Dehne
Dale Connelly
Robert Gillesby
Francis McAvoy
Russell Bannister
Irv Whitham
Richard Dare
John Martin
Ella Gordon
March of Dimes Campaign Seeks Additional Contributions
Robert H. Ross, Washington County chairman for the annual March of Dimes drive, reports mailed envelopes describing the program and needs. He notes some residents not in the mailing may wish to contribute and invites contact for information on the campaign and fund use.
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Robert H. Ross
Washington County
Ross
Winter adult education registrations open at Washington High
Registrations are now being accepted for the fifteenth annual adult education program at Washington High School starting January 24. Courses cover art, sports, business machines, home furnishings, and more with varying fees from 2 to 7.50 dollars. A registration session is planned January 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the school.
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Washington High School
Russell Bannister
McDaniel Drug Store
Evening Journal
Verne Knecht
Carlton Bump
Gwyneth Augustine
Dick Roeder
William Brice
T. J. Berdo
Week of Prayer Plans Completed in Washington
Clergymen and laypeople plan a community Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Washington. A Sunday service at Baptist Church will feature a dialogue on Unity and Renewal led by Rev. Richard Peterson with Father James Grubb and Dr. Vernon G. Elgin. Weekday services run through the week with a Tuesday evening dialogue and meal at St. James School Cafeteria.
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Washington
The
Baptist Church
Richard Peterson
James Grubb
St. James Roman Catholic Church
Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Dale Venzke
Kermit Klopfenstein
St. James School
Don
Religious Emphasis Committee
YMCA
Joe Martin
Y Committee
Smithburg Becomes First Local Volunteer for Job Corps
Leslie E. Smithburg, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Smithburg of Washington, leaves Wednesday for Des Moines and then Missoula to join the Trapper Creek Job Corps Center at Darby Montana. He is the first candidate from three counties under Fairfield Iowa Employment office to enroll. The Job Corps oath was given in Fairfield before departure. The program, under the Office of Economic Opportunity act of 1964, assists youths 16 to 21 lacking education or job skills by placing them in centers for basic education and vocational training with counseling and skill development.
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Leslie E. Smithburg
Donald Smithburg
Washington
Des Moines
Missoula
Montan
Trapper Creek
Darby
Montana
Smithburg
Fairfield
Iowa State Employment Office
Leslie
Plane shot down in Saigon area killing two U S airmen
Viet Cong executed the pilot and co pilot of a privately operated U S transport plane after shooting it down near Vi Thanh in the Mekong Delta. A third crewman was abducted with a rope around his neck while villagers reported his hands tied behind him. Airlines and US authorities provided details about the crash and rescue attempts.
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Saigon
UPS
U. S
Mekong Delta
Vi Thanh
Air America
U. S. Operations Mission
USOM
Air American
Surgeons Named to Associate Medical Staff at Local Hospital
The Washington County Hospital board appoints Dr. Clifton L. Anderson and Dr. Neal Llewellyn as board surgeons to the associate medical staff. Both doctors are linked to Doctors Scanlon Dul in and Vetter of Iowa City and will perform major surgical procedures at the hospital. Families and hospital board members say the appointments provide the same professional service as elsewhere and will benefit patients seeking major operations.
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Washington County Hospital Board of Trustees
Clifton L. Anderson
Neal Llewellyn
Anderson
Llewellyn
Scanlon, Dulin and
Vetter
Iowa City
Youth speaker Sharm Scheuerman at Feb 6 youth banquet
The Washington Council of Churches youth department will sponsor a senior high youth meeting and banquet on Sunday evening February 6 at the Captain's Table. Guest speaker is Sharm Scheuerman former head basketball coach at the University of Iowa and active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Ellen Jarrard chairs the youth department and Rev Clarence Dehne serves as counsellor.
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Washington Council of Churches
Sharm Scheuerman
University of Iowa
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Ellen Jarrard
Clarence Dehne
Iowa Weather Turning Cloudy With Snow Accumulation
United Press International reports Iowa will see increasing cloudiness tonight and Saturday with lows of 15 to 25 degrees. Saturday highs reach the mid 20s in the northeast to the mid 40s in the southwest. Sunday looks colder with light snow likely as clouds continue to increase.
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United Press International
Iowa
Police kill two men in Beverly Hills kidnap plot
Police bullets felled two men who plotted to kidnap Leonard K. Firestone from his Beverly Hills mansion for a ransom. Bailey and Sealla, both with arrest records, attempted the grab as a police stakeout, with a maid observer and detectives nearby. Firestone praised the officers after the shootout.
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Beverly Hills
Cailif
UPI
Leonard K. Firestone
Firestone
California Angels
Los Angeles Rams
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
California
San Francisco
William Calvin Bailey
George Henry Sealla Jr
Barbara Ezell
B. L
Cork
Bailey
Scala
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Wayne Knupp
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Charles Morris
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U.S
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Los Angeles
John Hankins
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