Crisis for British cabinet after by election shock
Foreign Secretary Gordon Walker reportedly resigned after a devastating Leyton by election defeat that left Labour with only a three vote majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who accepted the resignation, faced a possible general election as ministers named Roy Jenkins and Denis Healey as potential successors amid cabinet reshuffles.
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UPI
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Britain
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Harold Wilson
Number 10
Downing Street
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Foreign Office
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London Evening News
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Ard
Labor Party
Ronald Buxton
Leyton
Smethwick
Peter Griffith
Defense and Overseas Policy Committee
Roy Jenkins
No. 10
Denis Healey
Defense
Labor
Liberal Party
Stage set for Farm Institute third annual event
The Washington County Farm Institute returns for a full-day program at the Washington YMCA on Wednesday January 27 starting with coffee at 9 00 a m The talks at 9 45 focus on specialization in farming livestock production land values machinery roads futures trading and feed grain prices Speakers include J W Hackamack R R Poyner John McClellan Carl Anderson and Dale Butz Lynch will be available at noon to 300 farmers with complimentary tickets from Ag Bureau merchants before the 27th Southeast and east central Town farmers and others are invited to attend the Institute.
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Washington County Farm Institute
YMCA
Washington
Ag Bureau
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
J. W. Hackamack
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
R.R. Poyner
International Harvester Company
Chicago
John McClellan
McKee Grain Co
Muscatine
Carl Anderson
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Brokers
Chiago
Dale Butz
Farm Service
Ida Miller rites at Kalona on Saturday
Funeral services for Ida M. Miller 71 who died in Mercy Hospital Iowa City Thursday will be at 2 p m Saturday at the Petersen Funeral Chapel Kalona Rev Eugene Gaber in charge Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona She was born February 26 1893 near Kalona daughter of Joseph and Amanda Kauffman Miller and lived in Kalona all her life She was a member of East Union Mennonite Church Survivors include four brothers Elmer El Monte California Levi Hydro Oklahoma Lewis Muscatine and Lawrence Kalona one sister Amelia Berkholder Wellman
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Kalona
Ida M. Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Peterseim
Kilona
Eugene Gaiber
Sharon Hill
Miss Miller
Joseph
Amanda Kauffman Miller
East Union Mennonite Church
Elmer
el Monte
Calif
Levi
Hydro
Okla
Lewis
Muscatine
Lawrence
Amelia Berkholder
Wellman
Quality hog show scheduled Feb 9 Washington Swine Show
Swine producers from Washington and neighboring counties are invited to enter the annual Quality Park Show at the Washington Sales Barn on Tuesday February 9. Entry fee is 1 per pig, with a limit of two hogs per farm unit. All hogs must be barrows and graded by USDA standards. trophies awarded for champion and reserve carcass, plus cash premiums of 10 to top five and 5 to next ten. A followup carcass data program with John Halstead is set for 1:30 p.m. February 23 at the Washington fairgrounds.
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Washington
Washington County
Washington County Extension Service
Rath Packing Co
USDA
John Halstead
Washington Fair Grounds
Notice of merger objections time and place given
Public notice for Brighton and Washington Community school districts lists the time and place to file objections to the proposed merger. Readers are directed to appear at the specified location on the stated date to present concerns or comments regarding the merger plan.
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Brighton
Washington
Republicans choose Ray Bliss to lead post Burch era in Chicago
The Republican National Committee accepted Dean Burch’s resignation and unanimously elected Ray C. Bliss of Ohio to replace him, signaling a return to party unity after the 1964 defeat. Nixon hailed the move as ending a ``greatest threat to GOP unity since 1912'' and said Goldwater’s followers could still back the party.
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UPI
Republican National Committee Today
Dean Burch
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Barry M. Goldwater
Burch
Republican Party
United States of America
National Committee
Albert K. Mitchell
New Mexico
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Nixon
Goldwater
Republican National Committee
Jr High Dance at YMCA This Saturday
A junior high dance will be held at the YMCA Saturday evening January 23 from 7 30 p m Admission is 10 cents for members and 35 cents for non members A moon dogs instrumental group will provide intermission entertainment
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YMCA
Riots In Saigon As Buddhist Monks Lead Demonstrators
Police and paratroopers suppressed anti American rioting in Saigon as Buddhist monks led crowds to attack the U S embassy and the information library with tear gas and gunfire. Demonstrators hid behind barbed wire barricades while hundreds fled.
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Saigon
API
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Nessed
United States
Tran van Huong
Wndows
William A. Duam
Rochester
N.Y
Senate spar over VA hospital closures sparks budget protest
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield assails the Veterans Administration for plans to shut 14 hospitals in 12 states as part of a cost saving move. Republican Leader Everett Dirksen joins the protest while VA acting chief William Driver defends the action amid delayed Senate confirmation.
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UPI
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Veterans ‘Administration
Mansfield
New Democratic Congress
Johnson Administration
Veteran Affairs Subcommittee
Everett Dirksen
Veterans Administration
William J. Driver
Miles City, Mont
Senate Finance Committee
Fairfield Youth Dies in Truck Accident
Russell Dwight Mendenhall 18 of rural Fairfield died Thursday afternoon when his pickup overturned on a road south of Pleasant Plain. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Friends Church Pleasant Plain, burial in Friends Cemetery. Gould Funeral Home Brighton in charge. Born April 12, 1948 in Iowa City, son of Herschel and Mildred Coffin. Survived by parents and two grandfathers Everett Coffin Fairfield Lloyd Mendenhall Earlham.
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Russell Dwight Mendenhall
Fairfield
Pleasant Plain
Friends Church
Richard Hartman
Friends Cemetery
Gould
Ino
Iowa City
Herschel
Mildred Coffin
Atar
Fairfield High School
Friends Church At
Pleasant Alain
Everett Coffin
Lloyd Mendenhall
Earlham
Legion and Auxiliary to Meet at Washington City Hall
Washington County American Legion and Auxiliary members gather for a joint meeting tonight at the Legion rooms in Washington city hall. District and department officers will headline with guests including Clarence Aseke, state commander, and Mrs. E. G. Kandel, Auxiliary state president. Other attendees include Harold Siemesen, Bennett. Mrs. Georgia Harmier, West Point. Mrs. Kenneth Rhea. and Mrs. Vivian Wells. Lawrence Hunter and Mrs. Ernest Whiting will lead the event, with dinner at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
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Washington County American Legion
Legion
Washington City Hall
Clarence —_Asekeand
E. G. Kandel
Minden
Harold Siemesen
Bennett
Georgia Harmier
West Point
Kenneth Rhea
Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Lawrence Hunter
Brighton
Ernest Whiting
Registration open for adult education classes at Washington High
Washington High School adult education registration is robust with enough potential enrollees for five winter classes. Adults may sign up at McDaniel Drug Store or through Russell Bannister, the program director. Final registration is 6:30 to 7 p.m. Monday before classes begin.
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Washington High School
McDaniel Drug Store
Russell Bannister
Southeast Six superintendents visit Washington host
Washington Superintendent John Phleger welcomed Ralph Gambach of Fairfield Thomas Dunsmoor of Bloomfield W Paul Forney of Centerville and C Arthur Hansen of Ft Madison to Washington to tour Washington Jr High and McCleery Cummings Calendar Factory and discuss Southeast Six school issues and projects.
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John Phleger
Southeast
Ralph Gambach
Fairfield
Thomas Dunsmoor
Bloomfield
W. Paul Forney
Centerville
C. Arthur &Hansen
Ft. Madison
Washington Jr. High
McCleery- Cummings
Brighton voters approve bonds for gas system
Brighton residents approved issuing bonds to fund a municipal natural gas system in a Thursday election. 257 voters participated, with 200000 bond issue passing 235 to 14 and a supplementary 40000 bond issue passing 205 to 30, marking the first step toward a Brighton gas system.
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Brighton
Break-ins in Kalona and Ainsworth Reported
Washington County sheriff's office investigates two county break-ins in Kalona and Ainsworth. About 400 dollars in cash stolen from APCO Service Station in Ainsworth after a window was broken. Twenty one dollars stolen from the Yoder Phillips 68 Station in Kalona with no visible forced entry.
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Washington County Sheriff's Office
Kalona
Ainsworth
APCO
Weather by United Press International Tow a Snow and Cold Outlook
Snow in the north with rain changing to snow in the south and colder conditions tonight. Snow may intensify across the south into the east central area by morning. Saturday brings more snow and colder air. Increasing northeasterly winds tonight. Lows 15 to 20 north, near 30 south. Saturday highs 20 to 25, with Sunday partly cloudy and cool.
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United Press International
TOWA
Iowa considers daylight time bill and wage laws
Iowa lawmakers filed multiple measures including a daylight saving time mandate from after the fourth Sunday in April through Labor Day and a fast time rule for public offices. Other bills include fishing license exemptions for seniors and minors, min wage proposals, and a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.
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UPI
Iowa
Towa
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Don McGill
D - Melrose
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