Washington City Council Handles Sewer Repairs and Paving Assessments
The Washington city council met to approve the Monroe Street sewer project, set paving assessments for 1965, and address a southeast sewer problem. They plan smoke-testing North Tenth Street to locate leaks and possible stormwater ties to the sanitary sewer, with notices to homeowners. Recreation funding for the YMCA program was approved, a recreation commission planned, and Cherry pond will get a snow fence plus planned flooding for skating.
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Washington
Raymond Miller
Sanitation and Sewer Department
North Tenth Street
North Tenth
Miller
YMCA
Cherry Pond
Republicans defend Vietnam policy while accusing admin of hidden taxes
In a State of the Union style declaration, Senate GOP Leader Dirksen and House GOP Leader Ford charged the Johnson administration with quietly stealing about $8 billion annually through a hidden tax linked to a 2 percent rise in the cost of living. They urged stricter budgeting and warned of higher 1966 spending.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Senate
Supreme Court
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
House
Dirksen
Ilineis
Ford
Johnson
White House
Icy Streets Blamed for Four Monday Crashes
Police report four ice related accidents in Washington on Monday and today. A nine year old bicyclist escaped serious injury after a backing car collision. Damages ranged from 75 to 700 dollars and one driver could not stop on ice. Residents urged extra caution while driving on icy streets.
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Maxine Bauer
Washington
Marilyn Miles
Riverside
Bauer
Miles
Eva Deane Nau
Ronnie Carey
Ronnie
West Madison
Nau
Ronald Dean Kaufman
Route Three
Don Harlan Siegle
Seigle
North Second Avenue
Kaufman
Siegle
East 11Th
North 6Th
Robert Allen Wagenknecht
Culligan Water Conditioners
Benjamin F. Keller
Merle Ballard
Keller
Washington High beef feeding class announced
The adult farmer class at Washington High School will discuss Feeding Beef Cattle. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the vocational ag room. Rations and feed types for beef cattle will be examined. All interested farmers are invited.
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Washington High School
Vocational Ag
Maynard Goff Jr Appointed Washington Standard Oil Agent
Maynard Goff Jr. has been appointed Washington agent for Standard Oil division of American Oil Co., effective January 10. Announcement by Davenport district manager F.W. Ross notes he succeeds Everette Miller, who held the post for 12 years. Goff will continue supplying fuels oils lubricants and agricultural chemicals in Washington and nearby areas. He received two weeks of training with a Standard Oil trainer before assuming the agency.
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Maynard Goff Jr
Washington
Standard Oil Division
American Oil Co
F.W. Ross
Davenport
Mr. Goff
Everette Miller
Goff
Standard Oil
Churches unite in battle on poverty
Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews formed a united interfaith front to fight poverty. A new body, The Inter-religious Committee Against Poverty, was created at a high level meeting to mobilize major religious groups for ongoing action against poverty.
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Washington
UPI
Inter - Religious Committee Against Poverty
Funeral Wednesday for Mrs. Carris in Washington
Mrs. J. C. Carris of route three Washington died at home January 17 1966 after five years of declining health. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p m Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Clarence Dehne. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorial fund for Mrs Carris. Surviving husband J C Carris a daughter Edith Glassburner of Washington a son Henry M Carris of Rutland Vermont and four grandchildren. She was the last of eight Miller siblings.
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J. C. Carris
Route Three
Washington
Sherman- Eden
Clarence Dehne
Elm Grove Cemetery
Henry F
Henrietta Warren Miller
This
First Presbyterian Church
D.A.R
Jaycees Week Proclaimed in Washington
Mayor proclaims January 16 to 22 as Jaycees Week urging local groups to join in observing the event. Washington Jaycees highlight community development work including Easter egg hunts traffic safety toys and honoring outstanding young leaders. The local chapter traces to 1949 with national group now named U S Jaycees and a nationwide 250000 member base across 5700 communities.
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Cloid Willits
Washington
Washington Jaycees
The
Jaycees
Henry Giessenbier
Jaycee
John Winga Jr
Probate Notices For Several Estates In Local Area
Probate of wills and appointment of executors for Norma B. Martin Guy Work Myron W. Oswalt E E Stutsman Mary Pacha and Edward J Lukavsky plus probate of will and appointment of administrator for Francis James Duffy listed in public notice brief.
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Norma B. Martin
Guy Work
Myron W. Oswalt
E. E. Stutsman
Mary Pacha
Edward J. Lukavsky
Francis James Duffy
John Havel 90 dies after hip fracture in Iowa city
John Havel 90 died Monday January 17 1966 at University Hospital Iowa City after falling and fracturing a hip December 19 He was born October 14 1875 in Washington and lived in Washington County He was a retired farmer with two daughters four grandchildren 13 great grandchildren one sister and two brothers Surviving are Mamie Kallaus and Blanche Kos plus extended family Funeral Thursday 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home Riverside Cemetery in Washington County Washington Iowa
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John Havel
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Havel
Jones Funeral
Rev. M. O. Smith
Riverside Cemetery
Washington
James
Mary Soucek Havel
Washington County
Agnes Setka
Wavel
Highland Community
Ainsworth
Frank
Mamie) Kallaus
Edwin
Blanche) Kos
Anna Brown
Clinton
Fred
Riverside
Edward J
George E Cave dies at 84 in Washington Iowa
George Edgar Cave, 84, of 408 South Iowa Avenue, died at 9:30 a.m. today January 18, 1966, after several weeks illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jones Funeral Home. Burial will be in Keota Cemetery. Born July 9, 1881 in Oxford Mills, he married Nellie A. Rose in 1903. she died in 1960. Surviving: son Don of Washington, daughter Cleo Bleitz of Davenport, seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and half-brother Harve Freel of Weilman. He lived in Washington 24 years and was a Presbyterian.
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George Edgar Cave
Iowa Avenue
Jones
Keota
Mr. Cave
Oxford Mills
Iowa
Keokuk County
Nellie A. Rose
Washington
Don
Harland
Cleo) Bleitz
Davenport
Harve Freel
Weilman
Highland school directors named Riverside- Highland district board
Riverside Highland school voters elected six directors without opposition to take office July 1 1966 when the enlarged district begins. In the sole contested race Lyle Fox beat Roger Schloss 160 to 45 for at large. Elected were Robert Gerot Elmer Wenger Ed Miller Ted Gerot Dale Bur ich Dean Cole and Cleo Orris treasurer for two years.
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RIVERSIDE — _ Highland
Highland
Lyle Fox
Roger Schloss
Fox
Schloss
Robert Gerot
Elmer Wenger
Ed Miller
Ted Gerot
Dale Burich
Dean Cole
Cleo Orris
ISU Hosts Tenth Annual Trade Association Meeting
The Iowa Southern Utilities Company hosted a Monday trade association meeting for dealers wiring contractors and builders at the V F W Hall with about eighty attendees. Ted Jonson welcomed guests while Henry A Little Merl Sherman outlined promotion plans for the new year. Entertainment featured Mrs Mable Warren Jill Stansbury and Jack Pyle the Chicago magician.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
V. F. W. Hall
Ted Jonson
Henry A. Little
Washington
Centerville Town
Funeral for Mrs Clara McDonald in Keota
Mrs Clara McDonald 80 died Monday at Twilight Rest Home Keota. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Keota with Rev Kempker officiating. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. Rosaries to be held Wednesday in Keota. Survived by five children, ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. She was born June 28, 1885 south of Talleyrand and married Sydney McDonald in 1913.
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Keota
Clara McDonald
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Cc. S. Kempker
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Powell Funeral
Cedar Rapids
Bette Carrico
Pasadena
Calif
Sylvester
Albert Vogel
Jesup
Bill
Cedar Falls
Tillie and
Rose Vogel
Amelia Dumont
Sheridan
Wyo
Shriver Takes Poverty Director Post Amid GOP Criticism
President Johnson names Sargent Shriver as full time poverty program director and pledges program expansion despite Republican opposition. Vaughn returns to lead Peace Corps, having previously directed Latin American programs and served as ambassador to Panama.
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Washington
UPI
Sargent Shriver
War On Poverty
Johnson
Shriver
Peace Corps
GOP
Congress
Jack Hood Vaughn
State Department
Vaughn
Panama
Retail Merchants Meet This Morning
Clem Dold was named chairman of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce as the group met to organize for the coming year. Mrs. Fred Andersen was elected vice chair and Tom Essex treasurer. Hubert Lehrer, secretary of the Chamber, served RMB as secretary. The principal item was drafting the retail sales calendar for the coming year.
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Clem Dold
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Fred Andersen
Tom Essex
Hubert Lehrer
Chamber of Commerce
RMB
Red Cross board meets here Monday
Washington County chapter of the American Red Cross held a Monday meeting with twelve board members and special service chairmen present at the chapter office. Clarence Logan presided as chapter chairman. Quarterly reports were delivered by secretary Mrs. Don Darbyshire and treasurer Keith Lord. Lawrence Miksch, fund and membership chairman, reported 3 551 dollars raised to date. Other reports came from Mrs. Ruth Luers, home nursing chairman, and William Tweeten, VA hospital representative. Refreshments followed.
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Washington County American Red Cross
Clarence Logan
Don Darbyshire
Keith Lord
Lawrence Miksch
Ruth Luers
William Tweeten
Record for Program Over 4 Million Receive ADC
A UPI report states 4.4 million mothers and children are on the Aid to Dependent Children program. The caseload has risen since World War II, aided by a 1961 law covering children of unemployed fathers. Officials link the rise to broader family structure issues and population growth, noting wide state eligibility and substantial federal funding.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
ADC
Welfare Administration
Mississippi
Minnesota
Two New Books Arrive at Public Library
Two popular titles arrive at the public library per librarian Mrs Edsall Brown. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a non fiction novel about a Kansas multiple slaying, and The Gift of Prophecy by Ruth Montgomery recounts Washington DC prophetess Jean Dixon. Readers have flooded requests and are urged to borrow quickly to let others access them.
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Edsall Brown
Truman Capote
Kansas
Ruth Montgomery
Washington, D.C
Jean Dixon
Weather outlook for Iowa with rising warmth and snow chances
United Press International reports Iowa will be clear to partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Wednesday brings considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions in the east and south with snow likely in the northwest. Tonight’s low 0 to 10 above zero. Wednesday highs mid 20s north to low 30s south. Thursday looks cloudy with a chance of snow and cooler temperatures.
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Iowa
City issues 1965 paving assessments payment window
The City Council levied final assessments for the 1965 Street Paving and Sewer Projects, excluding West Monroe Street sanitary sewer. Property owners have 30 days from January 17, 1966 to pay to the City Clerk. Installments begin with one tenth due within 30 days, with 6 percent interest on remaining balances after February 16, 1966. West Monroe residents are not to pay yet.
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Washington
Monroe Street
West Monroe St
West Monroe Street
West Monroe
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Jacob Javits
Robert F. Kennedy
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