Wayland Homecoming Parade Opens Annual Celebration
Wayland kicks off its annual Homecoming with a noon parade featuring more than 20 entries. Prize money awarded for floats, with Sandy Luse crowned queen and attendants Zelda Graber and Shirley Schlatter. Activities include carnival games, a tractor pull, and evening entertainment culminating in a free prize drawing.
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Wayland
Maurice Grieser
Kauffman Grocery
Sandy Luse
Zelda Graber
Shirley Schlatter
Children’s Reading Program Ends Friday at Washington Library
The Washington Public Library closes its month long morning session for kindergarten through sixth grade this Friday. A total of 307 enrolled with over 400 average daily attendance, under the direction of Mrs. Thomas C Morrison. The final sessions feature a movie and treats with ten days of perfect attendance recognized.
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Washington Public Library
Thomas C. Morrison
Tracy Lynn Brown
Rocky Gray
Ann Gebhardt
Ainsworth Inn Wins Its First Liquor License
The Shamrock Inn in Ainsworth secured a Class C liquor license under the new liquor by the glass law. Iowa Liquor Control Commission approved the license after the Ainsworth town council backed the local application. Henry F. Stettler operates the Shamrock Inn on highway 92.
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Ainsworth
Washington County
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Henry F. Stettler
Highway 92
State Liquor Commis
Six Die In Major Five Vehicle Wreck In Pittsburgh
A fiery five vehicle crash on the Penn Lincoln Walkway East killed six people including a family of four. Ralph E Regan and Martin Davern died in the collision with the Ashbaugh car, while Wel don Seese Edward Wiechmann Leese and Duane Watkins survived with injuries. The incident was described as the worst in city history.
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Pittsburgh
UPL
Penn Lincoln
Blair E.ashbaugh
Salina
Frances
Linda
Randy
Ralph E. Regan
Ashbaugh
Regan
County road work makes steady progress in Washington County
Washington County road work advances with minimal disruption this summer. County engineer Bob Huber says crews finish shoulder improvements on two paving projects from Washington to Riverside and Riverside to Kalona. Other projects include a permanent surfaced road east from highway 218 toward Wyman and planned grading north of Wellman toward the Johnson County line.
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Washington County
Bob Huber
Washington
Riverside
Kalona
Highway 218
Wyman
Louisa County
Columbus City
Board of Supervisors
Wellman
Johnson County
Baritone Solo Highlighted at Washington Municipal Band
Milo Steele Jr. will perform a baritone solo at the Washington Municipal Band concert on Wednesday evening July 10. The 8 p.m. Central Park show features a program including God Bless America, Overture Hermann, The Thunderer, Night and Day, and The National Anthem among others.
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Milo Steele Jr
Washington
Central Park
God Bless
Golden Wave
Berry
Handson
Sousa
Cole Porter
van Auken
Queen City
Boorn
Rail strike threatens economy and transport nationwide
The anticipated nationwide rail strike endangers freight like livestock and grain and could disrupt highways, with major impact on New York and Chicago commuters. Officials warn of higher prices and economic damage, while Hoffa pledges union support but decries strikes. Post office would suspend longer mail beyond 150 miles and meat packers warn of chaos without rail service. A Mid-Prairie school board discusses budget, staff changes, and a public hearing set for August 5 as the district plans for the upcoming year.
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RPI
New York
Commerce
Luther Hodges
J. Edward ¢ Day
Edward A. Cudahy III
Cudahy Packing Co
Cudahy
Mid-Prairie Board of Education
Free Week’s Outing for Mothers at YWCA Camp Fire
Announced by Mrs Swartzendruber and Mrs Wolf mothers can volunteer as cabin mothers at Lake Darling Camp Fire July 28 to August 3. Volunteers receive a week with no meals to cook and no phones to answer plus companionship of lively young women. Contact Swartzendruber or Wolf to sign up soon.
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YWCA
Lake Darling
Don ‘Swartzendruber
Calvin Wolf
Cuban airman defects to Cuba shows up in Havana report
Havana Radio says Cuban born U S airman Roberto Ramos Michelena 26 missing on a Miami to Pensacola flight defected to Cuba landing Monday with a TS trainer from Tyndall AFB. Defense Department confirms Ramos is missing. his wife cites happiness with his work and unclear motive. The base airmen planned to pick up a friend at Homestead AFB before returning home.
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UPI
Havana
U.S
Pensacola
Roberto Ramos Michelena
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United States ‘Air Force
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Homestead Air Force Base
Homestead
Forecast Record Iowa Corn Crop
Washington report shows 1963 Iowa corn at 791.85 million bushels the state’s largest on record. UPI notes 1968 US corn forecast at 3.894 billion bushels with wheat at 1.111 billion. 1983 corn compared to 3.644 billion in 1982 and 3.552 billion average for livestock feed. This is the third straight year under a voluntary feed grain reduction program.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Department
Deadline Near As Rail Unions Reject Kennedy Arbitration
UPI report says five rail unions rejected President Kennedy s arbitration plan in a race against a midnight strike. Kennedy pressed Congress for a compromise while railroads prepared to enforce new work rules. Government preparations to ease a nationwide tie up continued as talks paused and no decisive conference was scheduled.
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UPI
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Arthur Gold
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Pierre Salinger
Union and Railroad Management
Salinger
Kennedy House
Tod W. McCormack
McCormack
House
Carl Albert
Okla
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House ‘Labor Committee
Jr Life Saving Course Offered at Washington YMCA
The Washington YMCA plans a junior life saving course if eight or more enroll. Tom McSpadden announced the course costs 1.50 with six weeks of Monday and Wednesday sessions from 11 a.m. to noon for 12 to 15 year olds. Registration deadline is Saturday July 13.
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Washington | Ymca
Tom McSpadden
YMCA
Chinese Soviet Talks Resume in Moscow Over Ideology Rift
Top leaders from the Soviet Union and China met in Moscow for a resumed two-session discussion aimed at halting a deepening split in the international communist movement. Khrushchev returned from Ukraine to shuttle with Kadar and the talks shifted from papers to substantive points amid Beijing denouncing Soviet sovereignty pressure.
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UPI
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Red China
Nikita S Khrushchev
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Central Committee
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Woking
Khrushchev
Ukraine
NATO
Paul-Henri Spaak
Janos Kadar
Texas
Dar
New China News Agency
Tokyo
Soviet Union
China
Chinese Communist Party
Weather Town Forecast With Showers and Heat
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy, begin extreme northwest this afternoon and spread west and central tonight into Thursday. Warmer tonight, highs Thursday mid 80s. Friday outlook: scattered showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change. Five day forecast: temperatures near to above normal, modest day to day changes. rainfall totals 0.30 to 0.50 inch east and 0.50 to 1.00 inch locally heavier in the west.
Fire destroys combine and rye field in blaze
A Journal photo by Bob Elliott shows firefighters arriving as a combine is demolished by fire. About one acre of rye in the field was burned.
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Wayland
Allen
Theaf
Teresa Kauffman
Meredith Miller
Kauffman Grocery
Journal
Bob Eliott
Bob Elliott
Maurice Grieser
Grieser
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