Fights across South mark tense weekend after rights law
Across Texas Alabama Florida and Mississippi violence flared as whites and Negroes clashed near Atlanta Tex Selma and St Augustine. A Lake Texarkana beach incident left a white youth shot in the foot and several others injured while 16 Negroes were arrested. In Jackson Miss hotels desegregated marking a first since the civil rights act passage.
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Atlanta
Tex
Selma
Ala
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Fla
Athens
Tenn
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Miss
Mississippi
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Southeast Iowa NFO Meeting Here Tuesday
The Washington County NFO will host the Southeast Iowa area National Farmers Organization meeting on Tuesday July 7 at 8 30 p m in the Washington County Fairgrounds exhibition building. Alvin Horak county chairman announced. Speakers include Iowa national NFC director John Engles. A discussion on meat and grain bargaining progress will be held.
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Washington County Nfo
Iowa
Rites Held Today for Clyde Carlin
Funeral services for Clyde R. Carlin age 80 were conducted at 1 30 p m at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Theo dore Schwartz officiating Military rites followed at Elm Grove Cemetery He died Friday afternoon July 3 1964 at the VA Hospital in Iowa City He had lived in Washington County 18 years and was a retired farmer Survivors include wife four sons Sidney Lester Armour and William a daughter Jennie Kreimeyer 12 grandchildren three great grandchildren two brothers and one sister all named with their hometowns
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Sherman - Eden
Theodore Schwartz
Elm Grove
Mr. Carlin
Iowa City
South Ninth Avenue
Washington
Western
Nebraska
William
Caroline Gamber Carlin
Inez Young
Washington County
Carlin
Sidney
Canon City
Colo
Lester
Conrad
Armour
Lakewood
Calif
Ted
Jennie) Kreimeyer
Iowa Falls
Frank
Edison
Earnest
Seattle
Wash
Maude Harding
Lincoln
Rites Wednesday for plane crash victim
Glen A. Yates 35 of Grant Prairie Texas formerly Kinross was killed in a Tulsa plane crash while en route to visit his parents the Rev Harley Yates and Velma Brubaker Yates. Funeral services set for Wednesday at St Peter and Paul Catholic Church Clear Creek with Rosary Tuesday at Powell Funeral Home Keota. Yates a former Kinross resident served in the Air Force and is survived by his wife two sons a daughter his father and mother a brother and a sister in Iowa City.
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Glen A. Yates
Grant Prairie
Texas
Kinross
Keota
Yates
Tulsa
Okla
Harley Yates
Hopewell Friends Church
Church of the Brethren
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Clear Creek
Francis Lollich
Powell
Harley
Velma Brubaker Yates
Darlene Greiner
Air Force
Ricky Alan
Gary Lynn
Kristy Ann
Harley Jr
Rosemarie Johnson
Iowa City
Lions Plan 10th Annual Pony Show at Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Lions Club sponsors its 10th Annual Pony Show on Saturday July 11 with 7 afternoon halter classes starting 4 30 p m and an evening program at 7 30 p m featuring 12 more classes from Local Pony to Farm Team to Wagon. Winners receive trophies ribbons and over 500 in cash prizes. Joe Weiler of Tracr provides organ music. Admission is 1 for adults with children free. proceeds fund Lions community state and national service projects.
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Crawfordsville Lions Club
Joe Weiler
Tracr
Lions
Seven Die On Highways In Iowa Fourth Of July Toll
Seven traffic deaths and four drownings marked Iowa’s Fourth of July weekend. Police staffing included all Iowa Highway Patrol officers led by Chief Ted Mikesch. Victims named include Roberta Blair 17 Kathleen Sawyer 18 Penelope Dodds 16 and three Dodson family members in a Marengo crash. others died in Davis City Waukon Burnham and Clinton drownings.
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Ted Mikesch
Roberta Louise Blair
Barnham
James Carl Melcher
Monona
Kathleen Sawyer
Ellendale
Minn
Donald Vaske
Bancroft
Penelope Dodds
Lone
Ray Laverne Dodson
Bremerton
Wash
Marjorie Anna Dodson
Waske
Miss Sawyer
Miss Dodds
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Davis City
Melcher Boy
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Waukon
Blair
Burnham
University Hospitals
Iowa City
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Marengo
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Sioux
Arch Grimes, retiring Iowa school facilities consultant
Arch Grimes, 72, retires after 14 years with the Iowa Department of Public Instruction as a consultant on school plant facilities. He surveys Iowa schools, notes better physical education grads but ongoing need for arts cultivation, and praises architectural progress in state facilities.
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State Department of Public Instruction
State Department
Grimes
Iowa
West Union
Monticello
Boone
Maynard
Mrs Atkinson 82 Dies Here Saturday
Mrs John F Atkinson aged 82 died Saturday July 4 1964 at Washington County Hospital She lived four miles southwest of Washington and had resided in the county for 60 years The funeral is set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home Rev Theodore Schwartz will officiate Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born Lelia Mae Foster January 25 1882 in Batesville Virginia married August 25 1908 to John Finley Atkinson He died July 26 1946 Survivors include one son William Atkinson three grandchildren and two sisters Rachel Layman Charlottesville Virginia and Vinnie Baker North Highland California
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Washington County Hospital
John Finley Atkinson
Atkinson
Methodist Church
Washington County
William Atkinson
Davenport
Rachel Layman
Charlottesville
Vinnie Baker
North Highland
Calif
Marshall's Furniture Marks Tenth Anniversary in Washington
Marshall's Furniture celebrates its 10th business anniversary in Washington this week. Ralph Marshall and Harlan Grunder bought Scott's Furniture on the north side of the square in 1954. Two years later Marshall bought Grunder's interest and the store became Marshall Furniture. Five years ago the store moved to 221 South Iowa Avenue. Current employees include Skip Renoux, Dick Donaldson, Ronnie Stalder, and Jerry Keller.
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Washington
Ralph Marhall
Harlan Grunder
Scott's
Mr. Marshall
Grunder
Marshall Furniture
South
Iowa Avenue
Skip Renoux
Dick Donaldson
Ronnie Stalder
Jerry Keller
Iowa firm ordered to re hire fired worker
The Ritchie Manufacturing Co at Conrad Iowa was found guilty of unfair labor practices for firing Rev. Robert E Feltz a Baptist minister and worker. The NLRB ordered the company to rehire Feltz with back pay and to stop actions discouraging union organizing at the plant.
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Iowa
Robert E. Feltz
National Labor Relations Board
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Feltz
Country Club July Fourth Celebrations Include Golf Picnic Fireworks
Washington Country Club marked the Fourth with a blind bogey tournament won by Dean Cox Dick Paul and Bob Truax. Prizes went to several two ball foursomes. About 150 members had a noon picnic hosted by Mrs. Claude Powell and roughly 250 attended the evening fireworks.
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Dick Paul
Bob Truax
Bill Pattersons
Tom Tanners
Gifford Morrisons
Walter Doaks
Jerry Ridleys
Charles Lemleys
Jack Weiks
Mike Moore
Julia Young
Bill Casey
Nel Willhoit
Claude Powell
Urge Tshombe to become premier for Congo transition
President Kasavubu formally asked Moise Tshombe, former Katanga secessionist, to head a transitional Congo government. Tshombe, back from exile, predicted a 24 hour path to a stable administration, guiding unity until elections for a new parliament within about six months.
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Frank Sanders fires hole in one at Washington course
Frank Sanders, a local high school golfer, carded a hole in one on the par three 144 yard fifth while playing in a foursome with Tom Lowe, Bob Bower, and Jim Logan on the Washington course. He used a seven iron and the ball vanished into the hole on the fly. Sanders becomes eligible for prizes offered to golfers achieving this feat.
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Frank Sanders
Washington
Frank
Tom Lowe
Bob Bower
Jim Logan
Sanders
Goldwater aides seek last push at convention nod
Goldwater campaign managers eye Wisconsin and Ohio favorite sons to topple Scranton by releasing delegates before balloting. They push a civil rights compromise pledging vigorous enforcement while deferring constitutionality to the courts. Scranton supporters insist on a fight as platform work continues.
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UPI
Barry Goldwater
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Ohio
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Arizona
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
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Senate
Scranton
John W. Byrnes
James A. Rhodes
Hugh Scott
Scranton Nominates Himself for Presidency at Nomination
Gov William Scranton announces that Dr Milton Eisenhower will nominate him for the Republican presidential nomination at the San Francisco convention. He confirms Eisenhower’s knowledge and approval and campaigns through Illinois to win delegates, with Eisenhower neutral on the Goldwater-Scranton contest. Scranton lauds broad public appeals, conducts whistle stop and handshaking, and is joined by his wife and children.
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UPI
William W. Scranton
Milton Fisenhower
Scranton
Eisenhower
Illinois
Prairie State
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
San Francisco
Milton Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Downstate
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North Western Railroad
Bill Jr
Mary
New Holiday Traffic Death Toll Sets Record
The Fourth of July weekend saw a new nationwide traffic death record with at least 492 motorist fatalities from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, topping the 1960 count of 442. California led with 76 deaths, followed by Michigan 38, Texas 37, New York 28, and Illinois 26, as the National Safety Council had warned of 450 to 550 expected deaths.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
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Michigan
Texas
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Safety Council
Legion post to name officers here Tuesday
Leon Beatty American Legion post will elect officers at Tuesday evening’s business meeting. Commander Norman Schoon urged all members to attend the 7:30 p.m. session in the Legion rooms at city hall. Delegates to the state convention will also be named.
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Norman Schoonover
Legion
Mexico City Hit by Quake Shakes Central States
A strong early morning earthquake rattled at least ten Mexican states and Mexico City, causing hotels and homes to empty as buildings cracked and communications were disrupted. No casualties were reported, with power and phones briefly out, and workers fleeing the Interior Ministry offices before returning to work. Quakes were recorded at 1:23 a.m., 1:11 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. across Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Jalisco, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Michoacán, and Mexico state.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Interior Ministry
Bucareli Street
Guanajuanto
San Luis Potosi
Pubela
Jalisco
Queretaro
Hidalgo
Guerrero
Tlaxcala
Michoacan
Iowa Weather Brief Tuesday Outlook
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions across Iowa. Tuesday will be locally cooler with few thundershowers ending southeast Tuesday morning. Tonight temperatures 60 to 68, high Tuesday 85 to 90. Wednesday looks mostly fair with moderate temperatures. Local forecast for the region.
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United Press International
Iowa
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