Three survive Air Force radar plane crash off Massachusetts
At Otis AFB Cape Cod survivors told Col. Raymond K. Gallagher the crash of a four engine radar picket plane 100 miles off the Massachusetts coast was like hitting a brick wall at 100 miles an hour. Nine men were killed seven missing and feared lost after the craft ditched 10 hours in the water. Survivors Lt. Bruce E. Witcher and Airman 2C David A. Surles were rescued by a West German destroyer. third survivor IC John W. Puopolo of Sagamore Mass. was brought in severely injured.
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Mariner 4 nears Mars for first close photos
UPI reports Mariner 4 reduced the gap to 300000 miles and will, at 820 p.m. EDT, begin 21 pictures with a 30 power telescope from a distance under 10000 miles. The images aim to reveal Mars surfaces beyond earthbound telescope views.
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Local Employees Form Credit Union In Iowa Plant Meeting
The George Washington Credit Union name was chosen for a union formed by McCleery-Cumming Co Inc employees. Iowa Department of Banking issued the charter, authorizing formation. A meeting at the plant on Wednesday evening July 14 at 7 30 p m will elect a board of directors. All interested employees and their immediate families living at home are urged to attend.
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Probate notices for three estates listed
Notice of probate for the Effie B. Anderson estate, the Cloyce A. Pringle estate, and the Harley O Loughlin estate appear in Public Notices Today on page 6 with probate actions indicated.
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Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting in ISU Community Room
The Washington Red Cross held its annual meeting Monday evening in the ISU community room with Chairman Clarence Logan presiding. New board members elected include Lyle Darbyshire Robert Everett Fern Leeper and Ralph ae Clarence Logan and eith Horn re elected to the board for terms through June 30 1968. Reports were presented by Secretary Don Darbyshire and Treasurer Lee Holland with service chairmen also speaking. Awards for service were given to the Grey Ladies and Men and refreshments were provided by the canteen committee.
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Don Darbyshire
Keith Lord
Lee Holland
Clarence Logar
Howard Timmins
Grey
Robert Lowe
Merle Steele
Rites Thursday for H. Tom Carris 82
Funeral services for H. Tom Carris 82 of Halcyon House Washington die Sunday July 11 will be at 2 p.m. Thursday July 15 at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev M O Smith officiating. Masonic services will be at Keota Cemetery.
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Washington
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Rites Thursday for Stella Gallagher 89
Funeral services for Stella Maude Gallagher 89 of the Pines Rest Home in Washington will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday July 15 at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with the Rev M O Smith officiating and burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born Stella Maude Davidson October 31 1875 in Washington County and married C R Gallagher in 1889 who preceded her in death. She was a Methodist and survived by nieces and nephews. Washington UPI The House approved creating a 200 acre Herbert Hoover National Historical Site in Iowa with a 165.00 appropriation over objections of Rep John B Anderson.
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Washington County
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Iowa
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Brighton
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
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Anna Brieter Shaffer
Charles Kessel
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Willing Workers Club
Donald Robison
LaVerne Farmer
Wayland
Bernard Singleton
Howard
Clarence
Ira Saunders
Gould Funeral Home
Marines Report Two Da Nang Raids Kill 5 in Two Battles
Five U S Marines died and 17 wounded in two battles near Da Nang air base with Communist guerrillas. Marines killed an estimated 48 Viet Cong. 22 guerrillas reported killed. Additional Marine losses followed a counterattack near the old French fort, with 26 guerrillas claimed dead. American raids killed about 260 Viet Cong. 284 Vietnamese soldiers killed. Across seven days, 201 clashes were logged, weapon losses rose to 322 government guns, while 172 guerrillas were captured and 162 Vietnamese listed missing.
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Johnson holds news conference after Texas ranch retreat
President Johnson returns to Washington to chair a full-dress news conference on Vietnam and foreign policy. He planned talks with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and Defense Secretary McNamara en route, while reviewing Dominican Republic issues and a study on U S Canadian relations.
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Ellsworth Bunker
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Bunker
Dean Rusk
Highland school issue ends in a deadlock decision
Washington County Superintendent Dwight Bode reports 175 people attended a public hearing on the Highland Community School district reorganization plan at the Washington County courthouse. The joint boards of Washington and Johnson counties remained deadlocked after the hearing, and a second hearing must occur within 10 to 15 days to avoid automatic approval if again deadlocked.
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Johnson County
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Iowa
Reading Program to Close Friday at Washington Library
The Children's Reading program for kindergarten to sixth grade ends Friday morning at the Washington Public Library. Certificates of attendance and paper fish pins will be given, plus ice cream and a movie. 362 children registered, average daily attendance over 175, with some earning gold stars for perfect attendance.
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Mrs. Brown
Cynthia Reschly
Donna Proudfit
Ann Bergstrom
Cathi Custer
Claudia Norton
Chris Lechner
Nancy Bakehouse
Irene Whitham
Jackie Zear
Kathy Bakehouse
Hazel Euwer
The
Library Board
Iowa Weather Turns Cooler From Northwest Invasion
Warm humid conditions persisted across Iowa today with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler air began moving in from the northwest as shower activity shifts eastward, expected to end in the southeast tonight.
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