Refugees Arrive from Cuba on Shirley Sykes at Port Everglades
The cargo ship Shirley Sykes brought 1170 Cuban refugees to Port Everglades after a 13 hour voyage from Havana. Seventeen ambulance cases and fourteen on stretchers marked a difficult crossing. Many are feeble or aged, with a 74 year old diabetes patient among the first off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everglades
Fla
UPI
Shirley Sykes
Fidel Castro
Miami
Havana
Rosa Chacon Vasquez
Red Cross
Pedro Perez Vidal
Cuba
Shirley Lykes
Florida Straits
F.M. Kosieracki
Texas City
Tex
Shirley Lakes
Cuban Red Cross
Guide to Better Health starts in Evening Journal
A six week health series based on D. Harry J. Johnsons book will appear daily in the Evening Journal starting Monday January 28. Dr Johnson, president of Life Extension Foundation, drew on nearly three million clinic examinations for the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Johnson
Evening Journal
Dr. Johnson
Life Extension Foundation
King Features Syndicate
Burton H. Fern
Wreckage Found Of SAC Bomber In Maine Wilderness
Air rescue teams spotted the eight engine Stratofortress B52 wreckage in central Maine near Moosehead Lake during a routine training flight. Parachutes and crew members were seen as teams landed at dawn to aid possible survivors. Lt. Col. Dante E. Bulli and crew were aboard. the plane carried no nuclear weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownville Junction
Maine
UPI
Strategic Air Command
Moosehead Lake
Air Force
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Here
Bangor
Dante E. Bulli
South Hadley
Mass
Cherry
Schlatter Dies At 85 In Washington Home
Chris W Schlatter 85 longtime Wayland resident died Thursday at his home 320 South Main Street Washington He lived there a year Funeral set for January 27 1963 at 2 p m Zehr Funeral Home Wayland burial North Hill Cemetery Born Noble February 27 1877 married Vaughn Belle Davis March 22 1905 Retired from a Wayland garage business in 1945 Mason lodge member 34 years Survivors include wife six children 13 grandchildren various in Wisconsin Texas Ohio and Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris W. Schlatter
Wayland
South Main Street
Washington
Zehr
North Hill
Mr. Schlatter
Noble
Vaughn Belle Davis
Masonic Lodge
A. C
Dorothy) Enders
DePere
Wisc
Joe Davis Schlatter
Mt. Pleasant
W. F
Christine) Hagemann Jr
Galveston
Texas
Don
Vaughn) Rinner
Bob
Jean) Hann
West Lake
Ohio
Harry
Lorraine) Suter
Crawfordsville
Mrs. Gammon Dies At Halcyon House
Mrs. B. O. Gammon aged 84 died at Halcyon House where she had lived since June 1962. She had been ill ten years. Edith Koons born January 8, 1879 in Des Moines married Burton Osmond Gammon November 23, 1904. Survived by husband and brother James H. Koons of Winfield Kansas. Funeral by Hamilton Funeral Home Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O. Gammon
Halcyon House
Hamilton Funeral Home
Des Moines
Washington
Edith Koons
James H
Emma Irvine Koons
Burton Osmond Gammon
Wesley Methodist Church
P.E.O
James H. Koons
Winfield
Kansas
Support Voiced for Another Year of AFS Student Exchange
Local high school students and the Washington AFS chapter voiced support for continuing the American Field Service foreign student exchange program. Officers were re elected for another year and organizers urged hosting families and talks through the high school to assure financing and future exchanges. Pio Lumaga from Naples and Linda Campbell from Norway shared positive views on APS exchange benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Field Service
Washington
AFS
Jerry Stalder
A. C. Peterson
Washington Afl
Pio Barone Lumaga
Naples
Italy
Linda Campbell
Norway
Dr. Peterson
Herbert Campbell
Dale Connelly
Linda Chorpening
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
George
Cordes
Peterson
Schlapkohl
Pio Lumaga
Bill Boshart
Nation Grapples With Record Cold as Storms Rattle Midwest
A severe cold wave and driving snow drifts paralyze large areas from the Rockies to New England. Record lows and subzero temperatures hit cities like Havre Montana Lone Rock Wisconsin and Minneapolis Minnesota as millions face power cuts, road blockages and school closures. Officials report hundreds of weather related deaths and vast crop and freight disruptions across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Watertown
Rockies
New England
Southland
Havre
Mont
Lone Rock
Wis
Minneapolis
Mercury
Nashville
Tenn
Atlanta
Florida
United Press International
Indiana
Illinois
Texas
Ohio
Michigan
Lake Ontario
Alabama
A.W. Todd
Rio Grande Valley
South
Cadillac
Mich
President Kennedy Tax Plan Gains Soft Support
Congress greets Kennedy's 13.6 billion tax cut with caution and trims reform measures. Rep. Hale Boggs warns reforms may not pass this session while Mills schedules early hearings for February 6. Industry groups resist loss of depletion allowances and deductions, fearing slower home ownership and revenue gaps. Barbara Baker's name was mistakenly omitted from Thursday's honor roll list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boggs
Kennedy
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Barbara Baker
Washington High School
Evening Journal
St James Pupils Named on Honor Roll
Thirty nine students at St James school earned honors after the second quarter. Names include Patricia Butler Walter Friese Carolyn Hammen Michael Hansen James Minick Dorothy Ham men Patrick Hennigan Rhonda Horak Mike Levy Mark Nemmers Wendy Richardson Diane Worley Anne Butler Richard Greiner Julie Horak Mary Lechner Cynthia McCall Charles Van Zile LaVon Worley Kathy Custer Debra Nemmers Kathy Sobaski Richard Van Zile Dennis Hennigan Alvin Peiffer Beth Ann Richardson Andrew Steele Susan Eagle Patricia Lechner Mary Ann Marie Rose Mary Peiffer Ann Krogmeier John Marie Mary McCarthy Pam McClure Beth Redlinger Carol Van Zile Kim Walker Cathy Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James School
Patricia Butler
Walter Friese
Carolyn Hammen
Michael Hansen
James Minick
Dorothy Hammen
Patrick Hennigan
Rhonda Horak
Mike Levy
Mark Nemmers
Wendy Richardson
Diane Worley
Anne Butler
Richard Greiner
Julie Horak
Mary Lechner
Cynthia McCall
Charles van Zile
LaVon Worley
Kathy Custer
Debra Nemmers
Kathy Sobaski
Richard van Zile
Dennis Hennigan
Alvin Peiffer
Beth Ann Richardson
Andrew Steele
Susan Eagle
Patricia Lechner
Mary Ann Marie
Rose Mary Peiffer
Ann Krogmeir
John Marie
Mary McCarthy
Pam McClure
Beth Redlinger
Carol van Zile
Kim Walker
Cathy Walker
Washington County Beef Producers banquet draws 400
A capacity crowd of about 400 attended the 11th annual Washington County Beef Producers banquet at the Washington Methodist Church. After dinner, Dave Livingston delivered the principal address while 4 H members and the Iowa Beef Producers Association were noted for activities. Three new directors were elected to the association board as Don Sheetz and others continued in leadership roles.
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Washington County Beef Producers
Washington Methodist Church
Peggy Grimes
Keota
Marian Peterson
Farmer
Dave Livingston
Washington
Don Sheetz
Beef Association
Willard McCracken
Dean Yates
Bob Friese
Maurice Crawford
Kenneth Kos
Donald Penningroth
Robert Huff
Wiliam Chmelar Jr
Howard Bohr
Clarence Kaufman
Richard Dare
Sheetz
Jim Frier
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Joe Podaris
Hugh Morris
Livingston
United States
Methodist Church
Iowa AG Rules Shaff Reapportionment Word Proposes No Magic
Atty Gen Evan L Hultman ruled the Shaff reapportionment plan may use proposed rather than adopted in a constitutional amendment. He said there are no magic words and the Legislature's action clarity matters more than exact wording. The ruling follows four senators challenging the phrasing and a potential court test if needed before voter ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Evan L. Hultman
Hultman
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
Shaff
Sen
David QC
R-Clinton
Supreme Court
D.C. Nolan
Iowa City
General Assembly
Senate
YMCA Enrollment Opens With Breakfast Saturday Drive
The 1963 Washington YMCA membership drive begins Monday January 28 with a 7 a m breakfast for workers, provided by the Kiwanis Club. Attendees will receive worker kits watch YMCA activity films and hear an inspirational talk by attorney E D Morrison Jr. The goal is 850 members and 4900 to fund the 1963 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
Washington Kiwanis Club
Tom MacSpadden
Y Staff
Get
Cal Larsen
Bob Huber
Cochairman
Bob Reed
Verle Gallagher
Lyle Wilson
John Walker
Don Minick
R. Q. Eastland
Y's Men’s Club
Frosty Westering
Parsons College
Bill Boshart
Logan Heilman
Bob McFarlane
Bob Wiley
Bob Day
John Owen
Paul
Music Contest Draws 400 Participants From 23 Schools
More than 400 young musicians from 23 schools attend Saturday’s instrumental contest in Washington. The Everetts Music Company sponsors the event, with sessions from 8 30 a m to after 4 p m in the high school. Judges include William Gower and other area music heads as contest rules are set by the Southeast Town band directors association.
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Washington
Everetts Music Company of
Iowa
Everetts Music Company
William Gower
University of Iowa
Ger
Ald Boshart
Keokuk
Maurice Wright
Burlington
Calvin Shanks
Hamilton, Ill
Lyle Atkin
Carthage
Southeast Town Band Directors Association
Hazardous driving warning with weekend snow in Iowa
Weather advisory indicates cloudy conditions through Saturday with occasional snow west and statewide accumulation of two to four inches by late Saturday. Blowing and drifting snow possible Saturday. Temperatures near or below normal with zero to 5 below tonight and highs near 5 to 20 above Saturday. Snow tapering Sunday with colder conditions and a five day outlook of well below normal temperatures through Wednesday. Snowfall water content around .10 to .25 inches tonight into Sunday.
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Iowa
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SAC
Lake Michigan
Weather Bureau
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Tennessee
Pennsylvania
National Guardsmen
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Braddock
Jefferson County
Cairo
Ill
Mississippi
Ohio River
Om, Eire
Las Vegas
N.M
New Mexico
Gallinas River
St. James
Beef Producers
YMCA
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