Engagement of Judith Ann Childs to Michael Mohr
Washington families announce Judith Ann Childs and Michael Irwin Mohr engagement. Judith Ann is a 1966 Washington High School graduate attending Burlington Business College. Mohr, a 1965 Waco High School graduate, studied at Universal School of Trades in Omaha and serves in the navy at Great Lakes. A June wedding is planned. Von Stoeser, ISU graduate, works in Dairy and Food Industry research. Mohr is Washington High School alum and ISU veterinary student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Childs
Washington
Judith Ann
Michael Irwin Mohr
Irwin Mohr
Pleasant
Miss Childs
Washington High School
Burlington Business College
Mr. Mohr
Waco High School
Universal School of Trades
Omaha
Navy
Great Lakes, Ill
Miss von Stoeser
Iowa State University
Dairy and Food Industry
ISU
Walter von Stoeser
Lake Villa
Ill
Mary Louise
John Beranek
Hubert Beranek
Riverside
Club activities and Woman's group notices
WCTU hosted by Mrs Elizabeth McClung and Mrs Mary Hastie in their UP Home apartment. Program on alcohol questions led by Mrs Ross Copeland. WCTU film strips donated for county schools. PEO and other club events noted with hostesses and meeting summaries. Auxiliary to WWI Barracks members plan hospital visit and cookie donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Elizabeth McClung
Mary Hastie
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Carol McMillan
Ross Copeland
Hugh Milne
Aurora McIntyre
Lloyd Walker
Court House
Mild congressional reception to new base closing plan
Washington reports that McNamara announced 39 base closures consolidations and partial shutdowns in 18 states plus overseas cuts to save 47.4 million annually. 4,358 jobs would disappear, half civilian, with no impact on Vietnam effort. Senator Hart backed the move noting Battle Creek 6th Army HQ is no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Sen
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
New Order
Hart
Congress
6Th Army
Battle Creek
Mich
Chinese gunboats threaten Macao during talks
Three Chinese Communist gunboats with soldiers positioned off Macao in a show of strength amid peace negotiations with Portuguese leaders. Ferries entered the harbor as a huge crowd gathered, with watchers on deck and tension high after December riots over alleged spies and worker-Overseer disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MACAO
UPI
Lappan Island
Peking
Jehovah's Witnesses Return From Burlington Convention
Delegates from the ministerial convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in Burlington Iowa returned to Washington today after a gathering that drew 1019 for a Watchtower Society film showing Saturday night and 924 for Sundays public discourse by Andrew Laguna of New York. Laguna spoke on mankind's need for a new system rooted in Christ's sacrifice, predicting a coming kingdom that ends war, sin, and all wickedness, unites races, and restores life to the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Burlington
Iowa
Washington
Watchtower Society
Andrew Laguna
New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Laguna
Christ Jesus
Christ
Mr. Laguna
Earth
God
Powell to release record and book to fund judgment
Rep Powell unveils Keep The Faith Baby record and a sermons book from Simon & Schuster as potential cash sources to cover a $164000 slander judgment. An aide cites expected sales and compares to Dirksen's record, aiming to stabilize his House seat amid political and legal pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Powell
Dirksen
Everett M. Dirksen, Jr
Simon & Schuster
Variety Night Delights At U P Home Event
The Variety Night committee led by Mrs Mineva Moon Miss Aurora McIntyre and Miss Mattie Black presented fine entertainment including piano numbers by Miss Martha Glass Joe Holmes and guest Miss Laura Moon in a family album themed program featuring Sleep Baby Sleep A Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary picture and Mother Machree songs. Attendance included Mrs Zelza Buttigen who read poems and guests Laura Moods parents Jess Moon and Steven Moon. Local hospital stays and visits were noted with Mrs Maude Statler hospitalized and multiple visits among community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machree
Mae Sturgeon
Laura Moon
Jess Moon
Steven
Sigourney
Kremlin seeks European backers for Sino-Soviet split
Moscow dispatched Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin on a secret swing to Poland with talks aiming to win backing from East European satellites. A joint communique from Warsaw and Moscow said leaders shared full agreement on the world Communist movement and the Vietnam and China situations. Observers noted rapid changes in Red China and urged swift Kremlin action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Warsaw
Vietnam
China
Ebony says Negroes may turn to GOP
Ebony magazine predicts a major shift in Negro voting toward the Republican Party in the next presidential race. It cites Romney's 35 percent Negro support in Michigan as proof and notes gains for Republicans in state and federal races. The article frames a growing reconciliation and a possible historic showing among Negro voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebony Magazine
Washington
Simeon Booker
Barry Goldwater
Ebony
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Record of Several Vehicle and Goods Purchases
A historical record lists buyers including James or Rosemary Boyd, Ford. Byron or Gladys Coakley, Pace mobile home. Raymond Joseph Kron, Chevrolet truck. Snail Hardware Co., Chevrolet truck. Jimmie or Lorraine Riley, Chevrolet. Rodney Allen Anderson, Pontiac. Ballou Oil Co., Ford truck. Karl or Marian Pemberton, Ford. Victor or Charlotte Mayer, Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Rosemary Boyd
Ford
Byron
Gladys Coakley
Pace Mobile Home
Raymond Joseph Kron
Chevrolet
Snail Hardware Co
Jimmie
Lorraine Riley
Rodney Allen Anderson
Pontiac
Ballou
Oi! Co
Karl
Marian Pemberton
Victor
Charlotte Mayer
Real estate transfers in Washington area auctions noted
Samuel Simmering to Wendell Warner and wife lot 4 in Doigs subdivision Washington. Estate of Harry H Haifley to Charles and Janice I Ruble lot 9 in F E Swift subdivision bik 21 22 23 24 South Washington. W D Roberts to Charles D Craig and wife lot 5 excluding west 20 feet in width all of lot 4 block 4 auditor's plat Ainsworth Roy S Sommers and wife to Richard E Stumpf and Clifford P Stumpf land in section 30 77-7 and section 25 77-8. Samuel R Weeks and wife to Robert E Arbogast and wife lots 3 and 4 in S M Cox subdivision of west half of OS 11 East Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Simmering
Wendell Warner
Doig
Washington
Harry H. Haifley
Charles
Janice I. Ruble
F. E. Swift
South
W. D. Roberts
Charles D. Craig
West
Auditor's Plat
Ainsworth
Roy S. Sommers
Richard E. Stumpf
Clifford P. Stumpf
Samuel R. Weeks
Robert E. Arbogast
S. M. Cox
East
Aspirin may help prevent sunburn say Duke doctors
Drs W Stacy Miller and J Graham Smith gave 10 male volunteers four aspirin tablets before UV exposure and one tablet every three hours after. Skin showed reduced inflammation, suggesting less severe sunburn. Other health notes address suburban asthma risk, prenatal care gaps, grenade injury in Vietnam, and ongoing dental views on sugar and cavities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
W. Stacy Miller
J. Graham Smith
Mrs Dickinson undergoes surgery in Iowa City
Mrs Lloyd Dickinson entered Mercy Hospital Monday and underwent major surgery Tuesday. Her condition is reported as satisfactory. The piece also notes several club meetings with hostesses and programs, including Poinsettia Club, Star Country Club, Prairie Home Cafe gathering, Ollie Southerner's Club, and Church events with noted organizers and dates in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Pfeifer Richland
Lloyd
W. L.) Dickinson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Katherine Unkrich
Poinsettia Club
Marjory Gould
Don Whitlow
Prairie Home Cafe
Star Country Club
Gertrude Hinshaw
Ollie Southerner
Dale Garretts on trip to California
Mrs Ezra Wittmer Wayland reports Dale and Joyce Garrett of Washington, cooks at Park View Home, depart Jan 11 for a month in the West visiting California. Several local updates include hospital admission for gall bladder surgery, farm bureau meeting notes, telephone company officer elections, church annual meeting outcomes and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer Wayland
Dale Garrett
Washington
Parkview
Warren
Clara Wenger
Jefferson Township Women’s Farm Bureau
Orlin Eigsti
Ronnie Roth
Fred Richardson
Ralph Wenger
Farmers and Merchants Mutual Telephone Company
Wayland State Bank
Otto Frey
Elon Boshart
Noah Widmer
Laurence Henss
Joseph Graber
Telephone Exchange
Hattie Nebel
Roy Edwards
California
Katie Roth
Loren
Nebraska
Mervin Roth
Karen Troyer
Wayland Mennonite Church
Carl Reschly
Dick Schlatter
J. Laurence Henss
Duane Peterson
Charlie Davison
Linda Hertig
Laurence Shaffer
Glen Richenberger
Edwin Wagler
Dale Richenberger
Edward Wagel
la Verne Graber
Ledru Kauffman
C. C. Wyse
Stanley Meyer
Willis Alliman
Donald Meyer
Aaron Leichty
Edward Roth
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Robert Moss
Raymond Carter
Calvin Shanks
Lena Ramseyer
Darrell Bandy
Mary Berry
Leona Gardner
Double Deck
Thelma Rohrer
Low
Ella Miller
Don Norton
Tle Club
HH Club
Clark Baker
Don Holmes
Fairgrounds
Merle Bates
Earl Ferrell
Vernon Roth
Bates
Washington and Vicinity
Oneita Fisher
Joe Schlatter
Robert Hammer
Legion Hall
Veterans Hospital
Capitol Hill
MOI
American Diversified Investors Fund
Robert J. Koehler
Wallace L. Fagen
West Second St
U.P
Maude Statler
Washington County Hospital
Marvin F. Miller of
Keota
Jennie Harris
Dale Brehmer
Karl Megdelsens
Wayne Mangold
Grace Vincent
Margaret Work
Mineva Moon
Charles McClung
Mattie Black
Bertha Williamson
Edith Weidner
Lester Orr
Europe
Ruth Nolin
Francis Patton
Sparta
Patton
Red China
Mao Tsetung
Nanking
Chicago
Republican Party
Family Health News
Walter H. Kemp
Baltimore
Marie Britt Rhyne
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rhyne
The
Maternity Center Association
New York City
Vera Keane
Marine Corps
James Chandler
Chandler
Dentists
Candy Makers
American Medical Association
National Confectioners Association
ADA
NCA
Imadam
Uered Hee
Howdy
John Reid
Rock Island
International Homes
St. Mpls
Minn
Dale Garretts
North Marion
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