Johnson predicts prosperous 1969 with price stability push
President Johnson told Congress 1969 should be highly prosperous though inflation must be tamed. He urged voluntary wage and price restraints with labor and business, warned against forced controls, and outlined tax and monetary policies to balance a $195.3 billion spending plan for Nixon’s incoming administration.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Richard M. Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
High court rules on Iowa ad tax appeal and bond
Iowa justices allowed the direct parties in the ad tax suit to refrain from paying the 3 percent levy pending potential U S Supreme Court review. They must pursue review with diligence and post a 100000 dollar bond by January 27 to cover missed taxes if the high court ruling fails. The order binds only the state suit parties, not other Iowa media.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa
Theodore Garfield
Supreme Court
Garfield
Scott County District Court
Lee Enterprises, Inc
WOC Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Stations, Inc
WMT - Tv, Inc
Kyiv Television Co
Perkins Brothers Co
Petersen-Harned,Von Maur, Inc
Lujack Schierbrock Chevrolet Co
Bawden Brothers, Inc
Creswell Munsell Schubert & Zirbel], Inc
Ainsworth Bank Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
Stockholders of Ainsworth State Bank met at 1 30 p m in the bank building with 491 of 600 shares represented. Seven directors were elected including Earl R Wood Gene Stephens Kenneth Ornduff Erwin Wulf Clarence Kaufman James Quinn and Cleo C Orris. Orris reported on income dividends and growth as assets topped 32 million. Officers were elected after the meeting with Wood as chairman and president Wulf as vice president Orris as executive vice president Freida R McFarland cashier Norma White assistant cashier and Betty Thompson Alice Droll hired as tellers and bookkeepers.
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Ainsworth State Bank
Earl R. Wood
Cleo C. Orris
Gene Stephens
Kenneth Ornduff
Erwin Wulf
Clarence Kaufman
James Quinn
Freida R. McFarland
Norma White
Mission school of Ainsworth churches opens January 19
The United Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Ainsworth announce a joint school of missions starting Sunday evening January 19 at 5 30 p m with a potluck at the Methodist church. Classes by grade level and age group will be held at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches through February 23. Olive Miksch chairs the project and books may be bought at the opening session.
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Ainsworth
United Presbyterian and Methodist Churches of
School of Missions
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Eldon Conry
Charles Ort
Robert Megdelsen
Margie Trotter
Robert Greene
Larry Trotter
Louis Koehler
Jerry Richard
Charles Hobanks
Olive Miksch
Robert Green
Fred Orris
Evening Journal briefs from Washington Iowa January 16 1969
Local notes from Washington Iowa published Thursday January 16 1969 include community updates and brief notices. Items mention civic happenings and social events in the county and town.
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Wv Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Funeral services for Mrs A J Robertson held
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p m at the Jones Funeral Home for Mrs A J Robertson with Rev Richard Peterson officiating. Mrs Kay Stewart was soloist. Pallbearers were John James Donald Larry Dale J and Kenneth Robertson. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
YMCA to Offer 22 Rifle Class for Boys Soon
The YMCA will start a 22 Rifle Class for boys aged 12 and up, with six two hour sessions every Thursday 7 to 9 pm starting January 23 in the craftroom. After completing a 12 hour course and passing NRA Hunter Safety, participants join the YMCA 22 Rifle Club and may earn NRA certificates and medals while shooting in Postal Matches and taking hunting trips. John Walker leads the program with Roy Fields Ed Brown and Jack Mings assisting. certified NRA instructors oversee safety and instruction.
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YMCA
NRA
Ymca Junior Rifle Club
Congress
Ymca 22 Rifle Club
John Walker
Roy Fields
Ed Brown
Jack Mings
Jim Jorgensen
Local and Visit Notes From Town and Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Ralph McCreedy plan a Friday trip to Sherman Oaks California to visit their daughter and family The retiree leaves the local post office after today Mrs Don Maxwell reports from Arizona that Mr Maxwell has moved from intensive care at Phoenix General Hospital to room 232 He is improving slowly after a severe heart attack The hospital in Phoenix has ZIP code 85015 The Knights of Columbus will host a free annual game supper for members wives and guests Sat Jan 18 at 6 30 p m at the KC Hall Adolph Havel of Oak Park Illinois is a patient in Mercy Hospital room 517 B 2517 South Prairie Chicago He would like to hear from relatives and friends Mrs Havel said he is showing a little improvement The American Home III meeting hosted by Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn Mrs Ernest Salladay and Mrs Arthur Wiley was to be at Captain s Table
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Ralph McCreedy
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Howard Smiths
McCreedy
Don Maxwell
Arizona
Maxwell
Phoenix General Hospital
Phoenix
Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
Adolph Havel
Oak Park
Ill
Mercy Hospital
South Prairie
Chicago
Havel
Floyd Blankenhorn
Ernest Salladay
Arthur Wiley
Kiwanis meeting shifts to Dana McAvoy talk
Dana McAvoy of Washington spoke to the Kiwanis club after the March installation of 1969 officers was postponed due to hazardous roads. He had just returned from New Zealand as a Rotary Exchange student. Paul Gebhardt urged two or three Kiwanians per hour for the March of Dimes event on March 25.
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Harold Norton
Central City
Iowa
Dana McAvoy
Washington
New Zealand
Rotary International
Washington County
Paul Gebhardt
Scouts Spend Night At Winter Camp
Scouts from Troop 242 St James spent part of the weekend at a winter camp packing into Chuck Hotle's timber. They learned winter clothing first aid and equipment use. They pitched tents cleared snow built a fireplace and enjoyed wood gathering sledding and rabbit snares before a chili supper and campfire study of winter constellations. Each Scout received a winter camp patch as Troop 242 plans another camp and ice rescue at the reservoir with Scout Week February 7 to 14 and a late February camp.
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Boy Scouts
St. James
Chuck Hotle
Four Heroes to Receive Medal of Honor at White House
Four U S servicemen will be awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, including two Georgians from Newnan. Maj Stephen W Pless and Lt Col Joe M Jackson are joined by Army Sgt Drew D Dix of Pueblo Colorado and Navy Lt Clyde E Lassen of Fort Myers Florida. Pless earned the award for an exceptional 1967 helicopter mission in South Vietnam rescuing four wounded soldiers after a fierce attack. Jackson earned it for a May air rescue near Kham Duc, piloting a C123 under fire to save a three man Air Force team. Dix was cited for killing six enemy soldiers and rescuing and capturing prisoners during a South Vietnamese province attack. Lassen received for landing a helicopter in a fuel critical North Vietnam clearing and rescuing two pilots under heavy fire.
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UPI
U.S
Georgia
Johnson
Vietnam
White House
Newnan
Atlanta
Stephen W. Pless
Air Force
Joe M. Jackson
Army
Drew D. Dix
Pueblo
Colo
Navy
Clyde E. Lassen
Fort Myers
Fla
Pless
Pensacola
South Vietnam
Jackson
Pentagon
Kham Duc
Lassen
North Vietnam
Ice Hazard Keeps Iowa Roads Slippery and Schools Closed
Ice covered highways east of Sioux City to Centerville left routes fully coated with ice at 3 a.m. Interstate 80 had ice patches near Davenport while salted stretches thawed. About 150 eastern Iowa schools shut down with many more in central and northern counties. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids reopened. Utility outages persisted as Northwestern Bell restore work reached about 90 towns. a Cedar Rapids hospital saw a mother give birth on the emergency room ramp.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sioux City
Centerville
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Burlington
Muscatine
Bank Report Fragment Shows Liabilities and Deposits Totals
A partial bank report lists totals for liabilities 4 824 102 50 and deposits averages over 15 days, plus loan figures and asset notes. The document includes a cashier declaration by I L Heilman asserting the statement reflects the bank's condition to the best of his knowledge.
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I. L. T. Heilman
L. T. Heilman
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