Kiwanis Talent Show at County Fair July 26
The Kiwanis talent show at the Washington County Fair on July 26 at 8:00 p.m. offers over 3000 dollars in cash prizes. County wide entries include the RPMs from Keota Clear Creek area, the Wingding 17 from Waco High led by Harold Dodd, Phil Roth from Wellman, John Ellinger from Ainsworth, Tom Walker from Keota, the Harmony Four Barbershop Quartet, Ibex Dancing School seniors, and the Sandpipers from Washington with more groups expected before opening night. Will Burt of KCI will be master of ceremonies.
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Fae
Aone Kiwanis
Washington County
The
Kiwanis
R.p.m.’S
Keota
Clear Creek
Winging 17
Waco High
Harold Dodd
Phil Roth
Wellman
John Ellinger
Ainsworth
Tom Walker
Harmony Four
Ibex
Sandpipers
Washington
Will Burt
KCI
Johnson puts blame on China for new Haiphong raid
U S war planes hit North Viet Nam with raids near Haiphong turning an oil dump into a 140 mile visible inferno. Viet Cong shot down two U S helicopters over South Viet Nam as 71 Communists fell in a 10 minute strafing run. Large air strikes including B52s targeted a major staging area near the 17th Parallel amid fears of a possible major South Vietnamese offensive.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Haiphong
South Viet Nam
Budapest
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Guam
Quang Tri City
Oriskany
Dong Nahm
USS
Johnson urges peaceful coexistence with China to Asia peace
President Johnson in a televised address urged China to pursue cooperation rather than hostility and to open its doors to the outside world. He warned of continued U.S. resolve in Vietnam while seeking to curb Communist expansion and stressing that lasting peace in Asia requires a peaceful mainland China.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
China
U.S
Asia
Peking
Viet Nam
United States
Europe
White House
Dean Rusk
Schwengel accuses Demo administration over farm policy
Fred Schwengel, Republican candidate for Iowa 1st district, charged the Johnson administration with failing to deliver farm parity and depressing prices. Speaking at a Henry County GOP gathering, Schwengel claimed grain dumping, higher cheese imports, and reduced farm product purchases show Democratic shortfall on farmer welfare. He noted farm expenditures have almost doubled since 1960 and urged action in the November election.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
UPI
Johnson
Iowa Farmer
Fred Schwengel
Congress
Schwengel
John Schmidhauser
Henry County
McMillan Park
Johnson - Freeman
Defense Department
Agriculture Freeman
Davenport
Department of Agriculture
Heatwave Strains Illinois Utilities Amid Fatal Heat
Springfield and St Louis endure a blistering heat wave as at least 22 people are hospitalized and two die in Illinois from heat stroke. City utilities report record electrical load while blackouts appear in several districts and efforts to prevent outages continue nationwide. Heat tops 100 in many areas with storms and floods touching Ohio towns as governors declare disaster.
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Springfield
UPI
Ilinois
Harold Paul Smith
Sangamon County
W.C. Telford
St. Mary's Hospital
Decatur
Lorne Jackson
Jackson
City Water Light and Power
Menard
William Porter
City Light and Power
Harold McCabe
City Water, Light and Power
ST. Louis
Midwest
Mississippi
Busch Memorial Stadium
Union Electric Co
New York City
Federal Power Commission
Lee C. White
Washington
Fair Washington County 4 H and FFA entries due July 15
July 15 is the deadline for 4 H and FFA entries to the 1966 Washington County Fair. Ken Cuhel notes stall cards must be ready by July 25 when the fair opens. Entry fees are due with entries, and submissions may be mailed to the County Extension Office at Box 29, 209 S. Marion Ave. Washington. The livestock, collection, and construction classes are listed, with growing enrollment in Baby Beef, beef heifers, dairy cattle, horses, sheep, and swine projects this year.
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Washngton County
4-H
FFA
Washington County
Ken Cuhel
S. Marion Ave
Washington
Horse and Pony
Talks Resume Amid Plane Strike Slow Progress
Negotiations reopen with five struck airlines after Northwest drops overseas sanctions and revokes a Tokyo housing rent order. Union leaders, federal officials, and airline executives pursue a settlement as three fifths of flights remain grounded, impacting 150 000 daily passengers across 231 U S cities and 23 abroad.
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Northwest Airlines
Northwest
James Reynolds
Tokyo
Reynolds
United
National
Trans World
Eastern
Joseph W. Ramsey
Emef
Hudson
Wis
William Pollack
Buddhists Split Over Viet Stand Amid Ky Cabinet Shakeup
In Saigon militant Buddhist leaders push for a harder stance against Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s government while moderates resist. Ky appoints Nguyen Lau Vien as deputy premier as part of a cabinet shakeup to boost civilian confidence. Thich Tam Chau retires for health reasons after militant factions pressure him to resign.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Lau Vien
National Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
Tam Chau
Tien Doa Hao
Three Navajo Miners Rescued From Uranium Mine
Three Indian miners Jerry Vazzi Charlie Martinez and Scotty Hudson were rescued unharmed after 16 hours trapped 100 feet underground in the Rimrock mine near Ambrosia Lake New Mexico They emerged with families to greet rescuers and return home The ceiling collapse Tuesday afternoon trapped them in a four by eight foot cubicle as rescuers chipped away eight feet of limestone through the night to reach them They could talk to the men throughout the slow operation to avoid another cave in.
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Ambrosia
Lake
N.M
UPI
Rimrock
Jerry Vazzi
Charlie Martinez
Scotty Hudson
Retired colonel charged with spying for Russia
FBI arrested 51 year old William Henry Whalen in Virginia on charges of conspiring to sell atomic, missile and bomber secrets to two former Soviet embassy staffers between 1959 and 1963. He faced U.S. Commissioner Alex Ackerman Jr and posted a $15,000 bond before going into seclusion with his wife and child.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
William Henry Whalen
FBI
Alexandria
U.S
Alex Ackerman Jr
Whalen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kathy
Newport News
State Department
Sergei Edemski
Mikhail A. Shumaev
United States
Edemski
Russia
Shumaev
Strategic Air Command
Joint Chiefs
Fairfax County
Weather Summary for Suwa Through Thursday
Parity cloudy conditions persist through Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the north. A touch warmer on Thursday, with low temperatures tonight between 70 and 75. Daytime highs Thursday range from 90 to 95 in the north and 95 to 100 in the south.
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Suwa
Uicar
Summer reading program enrolls hundreds of Washington youths
More than 360 young Washington readers join the city library summer program, with about 170 participants daily. The initiative has inspired a wide world of adventures between book covers, and over 4,200 books have been checked out by eager young readers. Mrs. Thomas E. Brown, the library's Story Lady, entertains children with animated readings.
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Washington
Washington Library
Thomas E. Brown
Childres
Tom Kuncl
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