Poem by Waco High Student in National Anthology
Jeannie Abramson a sophomore at Waco High is chosen by the National High School Poetry Press for inclusion in the 1963 Annual Anthology of High School Poetry. The rural Winfield native considers Derision her first serious writing effort and aims for a college major in speech English or drama.
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Jeannie Abramson
Waco High School
National High School Poetry Press
Jeannie
Paul Abrahamson
Winfield
Poetry Press
Paul Boyd
Lyric Iowa Poetry Association
T.s.elliot
Carl Sandburg
E.e. Cummings
Kennedy visits South Korea to meet Park Chung Hee
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrives in Seoul on a Southeast Asia trip to meet President Park Chung Hee and tour front line posts near the truce line with North Korea. He aims to discuss Korea Japan ties and push for a regional approach to the Malaysia dispute.
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Seoul, Korea
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
South Korea
North Korea
Kennedy
Tokyo
Sukarno
Malaysia
Park Chung Hee
Park
Japan
Korea
U.S. Army
1St Corps
Thomas W. Dunn
Kimpo
Seoul
9Th Cavalry Regiment
U.S. Cavalry Division
Cavalry
Indonesia
Subandrio
Philippines
Diosdado Macapagal
Kuala Lumpur
Tangku Abdul Rahman
Jakarta
Mrs Beenblossom dies here at 66 in January 1964
Mabel Christina Hopping Beenblossom 66 died Friday January 17 1964 at 5 30 p m after a lingering illness She lived with her sister Cora Hopping at 114 Washington St Funeral Monday 10 30 a m at Jones Funeral Home Reverend Richard Peterson to officiate Burial Elm Grove Cemetery Born August 7 1897 in Estherville Iowa she married Lester O Beenblossom June 30 1944 He died 1953 Survived by a stepson Dale Beenblossom and stepdaughter Verne Escher plus siblings Cora Hopping Clark Hopping Lloyd Hopping and Edna Geret eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Mabel C. Beenblossom
Cora Hopping
East
Washington Street
Jones Funeral
Richard Peterson
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mabel Christina Hopping
Estherville
Iowa
Frank and
Christina Thompson Hopping
Washington
Lester O. Beenblossom
Cairola
Dale Beenblossom
Columbus Junction
Verne Escher
Clark Hopping
Lloyd Hopping
Riverside
Oscar
Edna) Geret
J W Helscher of Keota Dies at 89
J W Helscher longtime Keota banker died Friday January 17 1964 at Camair Home Os Kal osa at age 89 He had been bank president since the early 1930s and served on the Farmers Savings Bank board Funeral services at Keota Methodist Church with burial in Keota Cemetery He was a teacher once and married Vivian B Day ton in 1905 He leaves a wife a daughter a son grandchildren and brothers
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Keota
J.W. Helscher
Camair
Oskaloosa
Helscher
Farmers Savings Bank
Keota Methodist Church
Orrin Potter
Powell
John Walter Helscher
Harper
John
Anna Snakenberg Helscher
Hedrick
Vivian B. Dayton
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Farmers Bank of
B. D. Helscher
H. A. Helscher
Sigourney
Mrs Lucy Jones 78 Dies in Iowa City
Mrs Lucy Jones aged 78 of 118% East Washington Street died Friday January 17 1964 at Putnam Nursing Home Iowa City after illness since September. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Friends Cemetery Richland. Survived by five daughters one son 19 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Lucy Jones
East Washington Street
Putnam Nursing Home
Iowa City
Jones
Friends Cemetery
Richland
Carlyle Smith
Sarah Lucinda Waggoner
Washington County
Newton and
Ella Gowey Waggoner
Rubio
Fred Earl Jones
State Cafe
Christian Church
Lola E. McGinnis
Rock Island
Wanda M. Helling Jr
Moline
Lucy Thieme
Ella E
Iowa Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy Warm Days Ahead
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Winds pick up and temperatures rise with lows in the 25 to 32 range and daytime highs in the 40s. A little change is expected Monday.
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Iowa
Senate tax writers move toward approval of $11.1 billion cut
The Senate Finance Committee signaled likely approval of the House passed $11.1 billion tax cut bill after a delay and debate over rate changes. The panel aims to complete work next week, with a late January to February floor vote anticipated as President Johnson urged.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
UPI
House
Senate Committee
U. S
Mrs Emma Sasseen Dies at Richland Age 86
Mrs Emma Sasseen 86 died this morning at 9 30 in the Helen Hadley home in Richland where she had lived the last weeks. Born Sept 18 1897 near Packwood she was a daughter of William and Ann Paxson. Surviving are three sons three daughters two sisters one brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Richland
Emma Sasseen
Helen Hadley
Packwood Methodist Church
Robert Williams
Gould
Sasseen
Packwood
William
Ann Kendall Paxson
Jefferson County
Austin Sasseen
Huston
Fairfield
Russell
Dale
Walter Huber
Ottumwa
Bernard Roberts
Frederic Wolcott
Knoxville
Effie Campbell
Sadie Gardner
Fred Paxson
Kolmer to speak at Farm Institute
Lee Kolmer extension economist from Iowa State University will discuss red meat imports into the United States and livestock marketing trends at the Washington Farm Institute. The program starts 9:30 a.m. Wednesday January 22 at the YMCA, free and open to all interested. dinner tickets available from local Agricultural Bureau members.
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Washington Farm Institute
United States
Lee Kolmer
Iowa State University
Washington
Washington Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Bureau
Institute
YMCA
Leonard Tindal
Agricultural Bureau
Washington County Extension Office
De Gaulle Moves Toward Normalizing Ties With China
French President Charles de Gaulle signals a long-range normalization of relations with Red China. The move could spark renewed debate between France and the United States as the French Embassy in Washington pursues a course to ease tensions and expand diplomatic contacts.
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Washington
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
France
United States
Peking
Paris
de Gaulle
State Department
Spain
Portugal
White House
Zanzibar
U.S
United Nations
Poland plots freeze to bar German nuclear role
Poland drafts a major peace plan to freeze nuclear arms in Central Europe at current levels with inspections to curb West German arming and block a nuclear navy, hoping for discussion at Geneva. Gomulka’s proposal aims to halt the arms race and enable disarmament talks, while tensions with the United States and NATO influence the framing.
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Warsaw
UPI
Poland
West Germany
United States
Europe
West
Russia
Wladyslaw
Gomulka
Nikita Khrushchev
Polio Sabin Clinic Planned in Armory Sunday
Washington County residents are urged to attend the Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine clinic in the armory on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A 25 cent donation is asked per dose, with discounts for those unable to pay.
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Washington County
Sabin
Washington Jaycees
Washington County Medical Association
Commandery officers installed Friday at Masonic Temple
Bethleham Commandery Knights Templar held installations Friday night in the Masonic Temple with 60 attendees. Marc E. Wicks served as commander and Latimer Davis as prelate, with a slate including J. Paul Wolfe eminent commander and Harold F. Timmons generalissimo among others.
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Bethleham
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Marc E. Wicks
William P. Dusenbery
Latimer Davis
J. Paul Wolfe
Harold F. Timmons
Rodney Davisson
Edgar Stewart
Paul Snakenberg
Wendell Eden
Pon Birlingmair
Graveside rites for Riverside infant stillborn in Iowa City
Riverside infant Stephen John Harper was stillborn at Mercy Hospital Iowa City Friday January 17. Graveside rites were held at 10 30 a m in Dodgeville Cemetery with Rev Walter Boeckmann of St Marys Riverside in charge. Survivors are the parents two brothers and three sisters. Serden and Adams Funeral Home arranged the services.
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Riverside
Stephen John
Robert
Virginia Harper
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Dodgeville
Iowa
Walter Boeckmann
St. Mary's Catholic Church of
Serden and Adams Funeral Home
Johnson to unveil 1965 budget and welfare push
President Johnson plans to send the fiscal 1965 budget and economic report to Congress next week. He seeks a 97.9 billion spending plan plus a 1 billion anti poverty campaign and other welfare programs. He projects a 4.9 billion deficit and higher tax receipts, with defense cuts and increased foreign aid.
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UPI
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Kennedy
Ing
Red
Hope
Armec Energy Commission
AEC
State of the Union
Cmaing Dour
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Chung Hee
Malaya
Singapore
North Borneo
Sarawak
J. W. Helscher
United Press International
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Kolmer
Farm Institute
China
Reds
Atlantic Alliance
Edgar Faure
Africa
Chou En-lai
Dallas
Texas
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