Miss Iowa Marie Mushro to visit Washington Saturday
Washington Jaycees host Meet Miss Iowa Day with Marie Elizabeth Mushro of Sioux City arriving at 2 p.m. Saturday. She will perform the Dancing Swan ballet at 9 p.m. in Central Park and is noted for Miss America talent and congeniality honors.
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Tom Kuncla
Washington
Washington Jaycees
Marie Elizabeth Mushro
Sioux City
Mushro
Central Park
Miss Mushro
Atlantic City
Heart
Jow
American Heart Association
Heart Association
Heart Fund
Sekks
Marie
Morningside College
Iowa
Edna McRae
Chicago
Highland Band Set Concert on Front Street in Ainsworth
Highland School band will present a concert on Front Street in Ainsworth this Saturday July 9 at 8 p m. The public is invited to attend.
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Highland
Ainsworth
Highland School Band
Front Street
Summer at the Library Reading Program Hits 348 Enrollees
Washington Public Library reports 348 boys and girls enrolled in the summer reading program under director Mrs. Tom Brown. Daily attendance averages 1183 children with final week July 11 to 15 urged for new attendees. Sessions run weekdays 9 to 10 30 a m with the theme Sailing Through The World of Books.
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Washington Public Library
Tom Brown
Hawaii
Alaska
Mexico
England
Scotland
France
Italy
Spain
Africa
Saudi Arabia
Uss.a
India
China
Japan
Debbie Levy
Debra Nemmers
Shelly
Washington North beats Lone Tree in Tri-County game
Washington North defeated Lone Tree 6 to 1 on Wednesday. Washington scored four runs in the first inning and two in the second, while Lone Tree’s solitary run came in the sixth. Winning pitcher Tom Trier allowed two hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. Losing pitcher Lantz conceded six hits, two walks, and eight strikeouts. Steve Goff had two hits. Russell Davis son hit a two run homer in the first inning. A fine defensive effort by catcher Steve Goff, Trier, and Russ Davison aided the win.
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Washington North
Lone Tree
Washington
Tom Trier
Lantz
Steve Goff
Russell Davisson
Russ Davison
Mrs Iva A Cook 97 dies at Kalona home
Mrs Iva A Cook 97 died Wednesday at Pleasant View Home Kalona where she had lived several years. Funeral Friday at 10 30 a m in Union Church South English with S J Horst and George S Miller in charge Burial in Brethren Cemetery Powell Funeral Home South English in charge. Born Sept 18 1888 in Illinois moved to farm north of Keota with parents later married Feb 19 1892 to G W Cook. Survived by three daughters seven grandchildren 17 great grandchildren. three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
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Keota
Iva A. Cook
Pleasantview
Kalona
Union Church
South English
S. J. Horst
George S. Miller
Brethren Cemetery
Powell Funeral
Cook
Illinois
Solomon B
Mary Ellen Myers Long
G. W. Cook
Liberty Mennonite Church
Schmidhauser to be honored Sunday garden party
Johnson County Democrats plan a Sunday garden party for Congressman John Schmidhauser at the Frank Seiberling home on July 10 from 4 to 7 PM. Guests pay 1 to 5 dollars for refreshments and a view, with proceeds supporting the reelection fund.
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Johnson County
John Schmidhauser
Frank Seiberling
Schmidhauser
Seiberling
Cedar Rapids
Crites and
McConnell
Train Wreck Drags Freight Cars In Illinois Derailment
A Chicago and Eastern miners train derailed in Momence Illinois with 31 cars turned upside down and tossed on their sides along the right of way. UPI telephoto shows the wrecked freight cars and scattered debris after the incident.
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Chicago and Eastern
Momence
Ill
UPI
Mrs. Cora M. McKee Dies at 86 in Crawfordsville
Cora M. McKee 86 of Crawfordsville died July 6 1966 at Morning Sun Manor after six weeks there Her funeral will be at United Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville with Rev Robert Rushing officiating Burial is in Crawfordsville Cemetery Jones Funeral Home in charge Friends may call at the funeral home until Friday noon then the body will go to the church Born Sept 12 1879 in Crawfordsville she was daughter of Robert H and Jennie Moore Walker She married Robert R McKee Oct 21 1902 who died Oct 26 1929 They farmed near Crawfordsville before moving to town in 1927 She was an only child and the last of her family.
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Cora M. McKee
Crawfordsville
Morning Sun Manor
Morning Sun
United Presbyterian Church
Robert Rushing
Jones Funeral Home
Cora M. Walker
Robert H
Jennie Moore Walker
Robert R. McKee
Klansman testifies FBI offered bribe in Penn case
Ku Klux Klansman James Lackey testified that a $3,000 FBI offer prompted him to claim he drove the car from which shots killed Lemuel Penn in July 1964. An FBI agent denied any such offer. Judge Bootle weighed whether Lackey statements should be admitted as new evidence in the civil rights trial.
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Athens
UPI
James
Lackey
FBI
Lemuel Penn
Penn
Jack Simpson
William A. Bootle
Bootle
US. Dist
Floyd Buford
Town sprayed with poisonous chemical in Argyle Minnesota
ARGYLE Minn UP I report half the village fled after a pilot sprayed parathion a deadly chemical. Dr Ervin Pumala acting county medical officer said antidote atropine was rushed in and given to two children who might have been troubled. Some residents showed mouth sores from small doses.
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Argyle
Minn
UPI
Ervin Pumala
Pumala
Hy-Vee completes remodel with new service area
Washington Hy-Vee celebrates a grand opening week for a new 7000 square foot addition, bringing total shopping space to over 15 000 square feet. The remodel includes air curtain cooled freezers, eyelevel refrigeration, a rotisserie broiler in meat, foil packaged chickens, and six service lanes with extra checkout.
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Washington
Jim Harris
The
Journa
Washington South Downs Riverside Tri County Little League Victory
Washington South defeated Riverside 13 to 6 in a Tri County Little League game on Wednesday. Washington led 5 to 2 after the first inning, saw Riverside cut the gap to 7 to 6 by the third, then four runs in the fifth sealed the win. Kim Robertson started on the mound before being relieved by Butler, with Ward Anderson pitching in the fourth. Anderson homered and Ballard doubled in the first inning surge.
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Washington South
Riverside
Kim Robertson
Washington
Butler
Ward Anderson
Anderson
Ballard
Carrie Lough Dies in Sigourney After Farm Life
Mrs. Carrie Lough dies in Sigourney joining Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Fremont Funeral Chapel. She married Morris Lough in 1903. he died in 1964. They farmed northwest of Richland. Survived by four sons Irvin, Eldon, Galen, Wayne and three daughters Alma Des Rosiers, Eva Feil, Mary Morgan. Eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Sigourney
Fremont
Eva Feil
Eiko, Nev
Mary Morgan
Denver
Elizabeth Hughes Dies After Long Illness
Elizabeth E. Hughes, 82, died July 6 1966 at United Presbyterian Home Washington after a long illness. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday at Sherman Eder Funeral Home with Rev John Baird and Rev Sam Pickens in Pine View Cemetery. Born December 19 1883 in Chicago she was a stenographer. Moved to United Presbyterian Home March 31 1953. Survived by sister Esther Jane Stone of Silver Spring Maryland and several nieces and nephews.
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Elizabeth E. Hughes
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Sherman-Eder
John Baird
Sam Pickens
Waukegan
Pine View
Miss Hughes
Chicago
Ill
Solomon
Harriet Williams Hughes
Marion Avenue
Beck seeks probe into use of funds for political rally
Cedar Rapids Iowa UPI report says James Bramwell questioned Gov Harold Hughes and Robert K Beck about using federal anti poverty funds to transport children to Des Moines for a Democratic fund raising dinner. Bramwell argued funding should not aid a political rally and noted the event featured supporters urged to sell party philosophy.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Harold 3
James Bramwell
Hughes
Des Moines
Johnson
Robert K. Beck
Centerville
Bramwell
United States
Hoover Memorial Library
Bromwell
Pilots on Parade Captured Airmen Hailed by Hanoi Crowds
Dozens of captured American airmen were marched through Hanoi under armed guard while tens of thousands mobbed the streets. The North Vietnamese News Agency said the captives ranged from lieutenants to commanders from U S Seventh Fleet bases in South Vietnam and Thailand. The report noted the crowd shouted anti US slogans as guards escorted the detainees to an interrogation site.
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UPI
Hanoi
North Vietnamese News Agency
VNA
Viet Nam
Thailand
Northietnamese
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