Vietnamese Air Force C47 Crash Kills 23 in Kontum
A C47 transport carrying 27 aboard crashed after takeoff from Kontum Airfield killing 23, including an American officer serving as adviser to the Vietnamese air force. Rescue teams found two Americans dead in a helicopter crash and another missing, amid a broader pattern of involved U.S. personnel in Viet Nam combat operations.
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Saigon
VPS
Kontum
U.S
Air Force
Vietnam
Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Here
Viet Nam
No One Injured In Two Crashes Sunday
Two separate Sunday crashes left four cars damaged but no injuries. Vernon D. Heilly of Donaldsville Louisiana and Clarence Jennings of Ainsworth collided on highway 218. damage about 200 dollars to Jennings car. Rodney Letts and Guy Koch of Route 3 Washington collided at a county road intersection. damage around 100 dollars.
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Vernon D. Heilly
Donaldsville
Clarence Dale Jennings
Route Two
Ainsworth
Jennings
Louisiana
Washington
Rodney Letts
Guy P. Koch
Route Three
Letts
Koch
Lima
Ohio
Geneseo
Kan
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
California
Eastshore
San Pablo
Calif
Oakland
French MPs vote on censure motion over De Gaulle nuclear policy
Paris reports the National Assembly prepares for a six to seven hour debate on censuring Charles de Gaulle over an independent nuclear strike force. A passage of the motion could topple the government and force new elections, though experts expect the government to survive amid party defections.
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Paris
UPI
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
Pompidou
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Socialist Party
Independent and Peasant Party
Democratic Entente
Ernest G. Koch 89 Dies in Brighton
Ernest G. Koch age 89 died suddenly Sunday July 15 1962 at his Brighton home. A lifelong Brighton resident he was a retired farmer and garage owner and longtime councilman Funeral services Tuesday at 10 30 am at the Presbyterian Church Brighton Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Friends may call at Sherman Eden Funeral Home until 8 am Tuesday Survivors include son Ver Koch Brighton two grandchildren and five great grandchildren with one daughter deceased.
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Ernest G. Koch
Brighton
Mr. Koch
Presbyterian Church
Hillcrest
Sherman-Eden
Washington County Fair Season Tickets On Sale
Season tickets for the Washington County 4 H and FFA Fair are on sale for two dollars at county and Keota Wayland banks as well as Horle Feed Grain the County Extension Office and Lee s Standard Service West Madison Street Advance carnival book tickets cost one dollar The Grand American Shows carnival returns with new rides including a scrambler paratrooper and electric bumper cars The fair runs July 30 31 and August 1 2.
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Washington County
Milo Orris
Keota
Wayland
Horle Feed & Grain
Lee's Standard Service
West Madison Street
Fairgrounds
Two Are Injured In Crash At Ainsworth
Two persons injured in a two car crash at the west edge of Ainsworth Sunday afternoon at 2 30. Roger E Goedert Hastings Nebraska and Leewell Jolly Ainsworth drove the colliding cars. Jolly pulled across from the south after stopping at a stop sign. Damage to Goedert’s car 350 and to Jolly’s 200. Pauline Hazelett cut on forehead and Marcia Hazelett cut over ear taken to Washington County Hospital. Charges filed against Jolly.
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Ainsworth
Roger E. Goedert
Hastings
Neb
Leewell Jolly
Goedert
Highway 92
Jolly
Nebraska
Washington County Hospital
Pauline Hazelett
Marcia Hazelett
Plan Talent Show At County Fair
A county wide talent show featuring 22 acts from Washington County will open the Washington County Fair on Monday July 30 at the fairgrounds stage. Acts include song and dance routines instrumentalists humorous declamation a comedy skit a Gay Nineties number quartet selections a German band the Countrymen baton twirler drummer and organist plus the 1959 champion fiddler Leon Hillman serves as master of ceremonies starting at 8 p.m.
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Leon Hillman
Schwengel Seeks Medal of Merit for Arts and Culture
Congressman Fred Schwengel proposes a joint Congressional committee to award eighty four medals of merit from Senate and House to U S citizens for outstanding excellence in the arts and humanities. The plan allows guidance from arts associations and councils in selecting honorees. His remarks note the nation must value liberty alongside cultural achievement.
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Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Schwengel
U. S
Senate
House
Morris R. Marshall of Davenport Dies
Bur ial services for Morris R. Marshall 65 of Davenport were held at Columbus City Cemetery. A former Columbus City and Columbus Junction resident he died Friday July 13 at his Davenport home. Survivors include his wife one son one daughter five grandchildren one brother Ralph L Marshall of Columbus Junction and one sister Mrs M A Davidson of Denver Colorado.
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Columbus Junction
Morris R. Marshall
Davenport
Columbus City
Marshall
Class of 1936 Reunion Planned at Washington Country Club
Washington High School class of 1936 schedules a reunion for Saturday July 21 at the Washington Country Club. An informal family gathering runs 3 to 5 p.m. followed by a 6 30 p.m. dinner for classmates and spouses. Two members remain unlocated: Stanley White and Clifford Beatty.
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Washington High School
Washington Country Club
Cathleen Godfrey
Stanley White
Clifford Beatty
Miss Godfrey
Soviets Reject Compromise on Nuclear Test Ban Plan
Geneva AP The Soviet Union rejected a demand for on site inspections and said only national control systems can police a test ban. Valerian Zorin urged acceptance of the eight nation memo and warned no other basis would be considered. U S Ambassador Arthur Dean urged realism and said the United States will press for mutually acceptable disarmament terms.
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API
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
Sys
Tems
Zorin
United States
Russia
U.S
Arthur Dean
Dean
Conservation Work Surges in Washington County Farms
Soil Conservation Service reports rapid progress with over 30 projects in two months across Washington County. Concrete spillways, culvert risers, grassed waterways, terracing, field tiles and farm ponds were completed on multiple farms including Schnoebelen Bopp Brothers Riverside and others near Washington Keota and Ainsworth.
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Washington County
Soil Conservation Office
Paul Boettcher
SCS
F.W. Schnoebelen
Bopp Brothers
Riverside
Verle Gallagher
Washington
P. P. Graber Jr
Crawfordsville
Roy Voorhees
Titus
Robert Scott
Prairie Flower Community
Robert Weiland
Mike Flynn
Keota
Milton Ross
West Chester
Floyd Crayne
Dale Woodburn
Glenn Gordon
Helen Foster
Charles Snyder
Frank Kleese
James Reed
G.B. Denton
Keith McClelland
Brighton
Sam Stephens
Ainsworth
Welkona Turkey
Weilman
William O'Connor
M. Darnell
Clark Peiffer
Eileen Jeffries
Gene Stephens
Joe McGraw
Washing
B.D. Dann
Kalona
Burke McCreedy
Charles Boock 49 Dies After Stroke in 1962
Charles T J Boock 49 of 633 West Second Street died at 12 30 a m today July 16 1962 at University Hospital Iowa City after illness since a stroke in October 1961 Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Walter Wenck Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery He was born October 27 1912 in Bryant Iowa married Lavera Ruchotzke December 26 1935 and lived here six years Survivors include his wife seven children his father John two grandchildren and several siblings
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Charles T.J. Boock
West Second Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Walter Wenck
Elm Grove
Boock
John Deere
Harry
Preston
William
Mt. Vernon
John
Clinton
Lorette Morrison
Arlene Jackson
Alberta Marburger
Sabula
Esther Todtz
Camanche
Tornadoes Rake Plains States and Floods Sweep Midwest
Night of severe weather leaves a 70 year old Kenton County woman dead as Banklick Creek floods her home. An Iowa City service station owner dies from burn injuries after floodwaters flood gasoline tanks and explode. A tornado damages a mobile home near Pampa Texas injuring an elderly couple while another near Ponca City Oklahoma occurs with no damage. Rubble cleared in Wright Elizabethville and Loraine. Iowa River erosion floods Marshalltown. Continued on page 8.
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Kenton County
Kentucky
Iowa City
Iowa
Pampa
Tex
Ponca City
Oklo
Bismarck
N.C
Kalona Holds Annual Barbecue Day Celebration
Kalona prepares for its big annual Barbecue Day with a two night horse show offering $1000 in prizes plus trophies and ribbons. A free barbecue lunch starts at 11 45 a m on Tuesday followed by a parade, musical acts, a talent show, tractor pulling, and a final horse show night with carnival rides.
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Kalona
Mid-Prairie
Vigor-O-Tones
Nationwide Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches 52 Dead
Thirteen accidents across 11 states killed 52 people over the weekend. Victims include a father and three sons in Lake Superior drowning, a New York plane crash, seven Albertville vacationers near Fayetteville Tennessee, and multiple crashes in Georgia Alabama Oklahoma Indiana California Colorado Iowa Kansas Ohio and more. Local incidents also included two-car and three-car collisions leaving families bereaved.
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Lake Superior
Upstate
New York
Fayetteville
Tenn
Albertville
Five Die In Iowa Weekend Auto Crashes Across State
Five motorists from neighboring states died in weekend traffic crashes in Iowa, while a Des Moines woman injured June 24 died later in hospital. Killed were Donald Timm of Missouri, Carl McCurley of Iowa, James Neely and Foster Collins of Colorado, and Clarence Barrett of Oregon. Dr. Leo Luka ruled the Des Moines death as accident related.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Donald H. Timm
Kansas City
Carl W. McCurley
Pecatonica
James Matthew Neely
Denver
Colo
Foster Earl Collins
Clarence Edward Barrett
Florence
Ore
Leo Luka
Polk County Medical Examiner
John Hodges
Hodges
Neely, Collins
Barrett
U. S. 30
Woodbine
McCurley
Minnie
Grace Raidy
Rockford
Ill
U. 520
Fort Dodge
Timm
U. S. 69
Leon
Compromise Medicare Vote Faces Tight Senate Battle
Washington UPI reports intensifying efforts to win Senate support for the old age health care compromise as Tuesday’s motion to kill the bill looms. Republicans split, with Dirksen predicting passage of a motion to table, while Estes bond issues draw scrutiny and Celebrezze moves toward confirmation as HEW secretary.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Health, Education and Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
GOP
Everett Dirksen
Estes
Agriculture Department
House
Billie Sol Estes
Dabney Townsend
U.S. Warehouse Act Branch
Sen
Clair Engle
Dcalif
Robert S. McNamara
Engle
McNamara
Celebrezze
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Kennedy
Cleveland
Funeral Services For Walter W. Stuart 57
Funeral services for Walter W. Stuart 57 of Rock Island IL were held Friday with burial at Greenview Memorial Gardens in Silvis IL He died July 10 at St Anthony's Hospital in the Quad Cities He was born in Lucas March 29 1905 and married Gladys M Genkinger in May 1928 He worked 52 years for the Farmall section of International Harvester Co in Rock Island Survivors include wife daughters Betty and Arizona and son Robert Stuart plus several relatives and 11 grandchildren
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Walter W. Stuart
Rock Island
Greenview Memorial Gardens
Silvis
Mr. Stuart
St. Anthony's Hospital
Quad-Cities
Lucas
Gladys M. Genkinger
Farmall
International Harvester Co
Macmillan Fires More Appointees
London United Press International reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismissed nine senior and junior ministers in a second government shakeup in four days. Lord John Hope led the ousters while Julian Amery, Macmillan's son in law, was promoted to minister of aviation. Changes affected the home office and the agriculture, air, education and work ministries as part of a broader effort to inject fresh blood and support fiscal policies.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Lord John Hope
Macmillan
Julian Amery
Home Office
Agriculture
Air
Education
Work
Weather forecast shows mild temperatures and scattered rain
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered light rain in the northeast late today. A little warmer northwest Tuesday. Low tonight 55 60. High Tuesday 70s northeast to near 80 southwest. Wednesday partly cloudy with little change in temperature and scattered thunder showers likely northwest. Five day outlook: temperatures about 5 degrees below normal through Saturday. normal highs in the mid to upper 80s, lows near 60 north to upper 60s south. Moderate temperatures with little day to day change and about 2 inches precipitation north to 1 inch south. Thunder storms becoming more numerous latter half of week.
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United Press International
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Ala
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Warren Smith
Bettendorf
Richard Ewing
Shrevesport
Charles Suman
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Stuart
Fulton
Leonard Young
Raymond Hancher
Maquoketa
Thomas Stewart
Fred D. Stewart
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