Iowa Boy 14 Admits Killing Grandfather in Iowa
A 14 year old from a broken home confessed to shooting his 80 year old grandfather Ernest Ganzhorn twice with a rifle. He dragged the body 200 yards to a pasture and told officers he was angry over farm chores. The case is awaiting district court decision.
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Logan
Iowa
UPI
Robert Moser
Magnolia
Harrison County
Sam Strain
William Kellogg
Ernest Ganzhorn
Ganzhorn
Moser
Ganzh
Mysterious odor alarms Brighton residents
A puzzling ammon ia like odor swept Brighton Monday evening prompting 25 firefighters the county sheriff's office and highway patrol to investigate. Despite searching areas including Lockridge the source remained unfound. By Tuesday morning the smell had disappeared though a resident four miles west reported a similar sickening odor.
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Brighton
Jack Scheeler
Fire Department
Lockridge
Chicaqua Members Plan For Future Activities
Chicaqua chapter of the Izaak Walton League outlines future plans at a Monday meeting. Orville Harmison presided. Ground rules were set and grounds may be used for family events with reservations via Norman Schoonover. A White Elephant sale and auctions of used motors and donated items fund Kid's Fish Day. Handicap children from University Hospitals attend. Two Minnesota resort vacations offer incentives for membership and participation. A man and wife are sought to run the Lake Darling boat dock and concession stand, chaired by Ken Peters. County conservation boards expand to 72 counties. Ed Childs showed films of hunting coon, mountain lions, and rabbits.
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Chicaqua
Izaak Walton League
Orville Harmison
Norman Schoonover
Greiner
Minnesota
Lake Darling
Ken Peters
Iowa
Washington County
Ed Child
Rotary hears Rev Omer Nisley on world peace ties
Rev Omer Nisley pastor of the Wayland Mennonite church told Rotary members that deeper understanding among peoples and their needs is essential before world peace can come. He urged peace groups and disarmament but stressed Christian relation and fellowship as key. Principal Kelly Schlapkohl presented Jim Moyer and Ron Miles as high school guest delegates.
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Omar Nisley
Wayland Mennonite Church
Rotary Club
Glenn Klopfenstein
Jim Moyer
Ron Miles
Kelly Schlapkohl
Adult Farm Classes Discuss Swine Shelter
Swine buildings and equipment will be discussed at the weekly meeting of the adult farmer evening school at Washington High School. All interested persons are invited to attend at 7:30 p.m. in the voc eng room. The group will cover ventilation insulation and suitable buildings with several local firms displaying equipment in the high school shop.
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Adult Farmer Evening School
Washington High School
Voceng
Dance Lessons For Junior High Group At Washington YMCA
Junior high age boys and girls are invited to join a dance class at the Washington YMCA. The eight week program begins Saturday Feb 2 at 6 pm with instructors Mr and Mrs Jack Nelson and Dean Garrett. Registration closes Friday Feb 1. Fees are 4 dollars for Y members and 6 dollars for non members.
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Washington Ymca
Jack Nelson
Dean Garrett
Fairfield Area Cancer Society Meeting Held Friday
Volunteer workers from Washington County will represent the county at an area American Cancer Society meeting in Fairfield Friday Feb. 8 at 9 30 a m. The event is announced by Mrs Ralph Mann Jefferson County ASC chairman with chapters from counties throughout the area in attendance.
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Washington County
American Cancer Society
Fairfield
Fairfield Country Club
Ralph Mann
Jefferson County
ASC
Mrs Swartzendruber Dies in Des Moines
Barbara Alice Swartzendruber, long-time Wellman resident, died Monday in Des Moines after moving there 16 years ago. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev. Paul Dietterich. Burial in Wellman Cemetery. She was born July 25 1883 and survived by children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, sisters and a brother.
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Powell
Wellman
Paul Dietterich
Swartzendruber
Joseph
Anna Moser Liechty
Joseph M. Swartzendruber
Jess Carnahan
Newburg
Williard
Bill) Swartzendruber
Lloyd Robertson
Washington
George Lackey
Texas
Don Canfield
Merle Ingalls
Cecil Angrove
Des Moines
Three Fairfield Men Charged With Larceny
Three Fairfield men Dale Kuzmic ki Edward Williams and Marion Williams are jailed on $500 bond each after being charged with larceny. They allegedly stole a case of beer from Bucky James tavern in Brighton Friday night and were identified by James’ wife who noted their license plates. They appeared before a preliminary hearing and were bound over to the grand jury. The larceny charge carries up to a $300 fine and one year in state prison.
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Fairfield
Grand
Dale R. Kuzmicki
Edward Eugene Williams
Marion Willams
Bucky James
Brighton
James
Shaff Plan Survives Early Test In Iowa Senate
The Shaff reapportionment plan faced two hours of debate in the Iowa Senate as amendments were defeated 33-17 32-18 and 36-14. Sen. David Shaff defended the plan arguing it aims to legislate for this century. The plan contemplates a 58 member Senate and a 9 member house with county representation tied to population and votes. The vote followed a call of the Senate and included strong opposition from opponents who urged delaying to a later election.
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Des Moines
UPS
Shaff
Iowa Senate
David O. Shaff
Clinton
Eugene Jill
D-Newton
Hill
Newton
J.T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
George O'Malley
Iowa
O'Malley
Senate
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Turner
House
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Irving Long
Manchester
Iowa nurses push licensure act amid hospital opposition
Iowa hospitals fight a proposed nursing licensure bill arguing it would worsen nurse shortages and raise costs. Iowa Nurses Association and Licensed Practical Nurses Association back mandatory licensure to upgrade patient care, noting 10,000 active professional nurses and 3,000 licensed practical nurses in Iowa.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa Nurses’ Association
Licensed
Practical Nurses’ Association of Iowa
Iowa Hospital Association
Margaret L. Jacobsen
Miss Jacobsen
Paul Keiser
Burlington Hospital
Keiser
Minnesota
Nurses’ Association
Mrs. Mary McClure Dies at 85 in Richland
Mrs. Mary McClure, 85, died Monday evening at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Gould Funeral Home in Richland with Rev. John E. McCracken officiating. Burial is planned at Highland Cemetery. She was born May 4, 1877 near Richland, daughter of Sam and Iona Lewis. Surviving are four stepchildren Harry and Earl McClure of Richland Ralph Patterson and Bertha Hines of New London, plus two nieces and a step-granddaughter, Mrs. Keith Townsend of Fairfield.
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Richland
Mary McClure
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Gould
John E. McCracken
Highland Cemetery
Albert McClure
Harry and
Earl McClure
Ralph Patterson
Bertha Hines
New London
Washington High to hold four division speech elimination
Washington High School will host Iowa High School Speech Association eliminations on January 31 at 4 p.m. Thirty-one students compete across Interpretative Reading Prose Humorous and Public Address. Top three in each division advance to the district contest in Sigourney on February 23.
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Washington High School
Daryl Schultz
Alberta Rhea
Don Woodruff
Schultz
Sigourney
Mary Ellen Luckenbill
George Krogmeier
Steve Nemmers
Donald Woodruff
Kennedy proposes doubling federal education aid package
President Kennedy asks Congress to enact a catchall school aid bill to roughly double current federal education spending over three to four years totaling about 5 billion dollars. The plan aims to fund new classrooms labs libraries and shops, raise teacher pay and training, and expand college aid with first year costs around 1.2 billion allocated to the Office of Education. The proposal preserves most prior education requests while wavering on direct private and parochial school aid and faces church state disputes.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
U.S. Office of Education
National Science Foundation
Senate
Kennedy education plan seeks targeted federal aid for schools
President Kennedy calls for about 5 billion dollars over three to four years to expand school construction higher teacher pay and college student aid through targeted federal grants while maintaining local control. He aims to boost education nationwide arguing better schooling strengthens national security and domestic welfare.
Horas lead in Knights of Columbus pinochle marathon
Keith Horas and his partner retain the lead through round eight with 10 460 points. George Hora pair remains unbeaten, while the top ten includes Wolfer and Ferdinand Marie Lukovsky Gevock Horn Peiffer Marie Redlinger Payne Hunsinger Orth Vittetoe with scores from 9 k 50 to 4 850.
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Keith Hora
Knights of Columbus
George Hora
Steve Wolfer
Ferdinand Marie
Ivan Lukovsky
Alex Gevock
George Horn
Ed Peiffer
Leo Marie
Jim Redlinger
Margaret Payne
Theresa Hunsinger
Bertha Orth
Marcella Vittetoe
Weather Iowa: Clouds Step Up Cold Trend Through Wednesday
Cloudy skies spread over Iowa as a cold snap takes hold with light snow possible across much of the state. Overnight lows fall from five to ten below in the northwest to five to ten above in the southeast. Daytime highs glide from five to fifteen above in many areas on Wednesday.
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Iowa
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