Monroe Wisconsin Coffee Club Visit Sparks Peace Pact
A Wisconsin group from Monroe representing the Coffee Club of The Waffle Shop visited Washington to “smoke the pipe of peace” with local members. The two clubs entered a peace pact after negotiations led by Herb Tschudy, with a lighthearted event at Winga's Cafe and two mor ticians present among 16 visitors. The visit included a parade of local dignitaries and a lighter nod to friendly rivalry.
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Coffee Club
Monroe
Wisconsin
Mike See
Washington
See
Monroe Waffle Shop
Washington Coffee Club
Winga
Herb Tschudy
Iowa Daily Press Association
Tschudy
Winga’s
Nikita
Jane Hager
Martha Etter
Alfred Henning
Vernon Schillinger
The
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Wendell Simmons
Thomas R. Smith
Cliff Reasa
Ernest W. Hayes
Orville K. Evans Sr
Roy G. Vetterli
Herbert Booth
Mrs Harold Crossett Dies in Moline
Mrs Harold Crossett 58 died this morning at Moline Lutheran Hospital. Her home was Rock Island, she formerly lived in Washington. Funeral arrangements are indefinite. Charlotte Irene Ballard born July 18 1905 at Richmond daughter of Henry and Elie Morgan Ballard. She married Harold E Crossett June 29 1937. Survivors include husband one daughter Mrs Hannah Morgan and three granddaughters, sisters Mrs George Weston Mrs Jessie Eden both of Washington, and Mrs Marion Brock and William Ballard of Washington State.
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Harold Crossett
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Crossett
Rock Island
Washington
Charlotte Irene Ballard
Richmond
Henry and
Elie Morgan Ballard
Harold E. Crossett
Hannah Morgan
George Weston
Jessie Eden
Marion Brock
William Ballard
Washington State
Mrs Carter Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting Program
The Kiwanis program featured Prairie Flower School of Special Education presented by Mrs Phyllis Carter. She described learning by doing and daily life skills for 55 students, with expansion to high school classes at Washington High School next year. Slides showed activities as Dr Edward Vosika announced Foster Parents Plan Inc foster sponsorship and provided a history of needs. In a separate note from Saigon three American soldiers were killed by a Communist mine in Binh Long Province near the Cambodian border.
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Kiwanis
Prairie Flower School of Special Education
Phyllis Carter
Prairie Flower Staff
Carter
Prairie Flower School
Mary Curley
Washington High School
Edward Vosika
Foster Parents Plan, Inc
Washington Kiwanis Club
Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
Binh Long
Rights Issues Urgent Kennedy Board Room Sit-In Cleared
Police cleared an eight day racial sit-in at the Chicago Board of Education offices, carrying out 10 demonstrators to paddy wagons. CORE organized the protest seeking district boundary changes, with injuries reported among bystanders earlier, and a board vote on a special meeting pending.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Board of Education
Board
Jane Mullin
Central Headquarters
City Hall
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
School Board
Claire Roddewig
Helscher Named Ohio National Man of the Month
J W Helscher of The Shacklett Agency Iowa City area has been chosen as Ohio National Life Insurance Company Man of the Month for May. He led the sales organization, joined Shacklett in 1960, and won earlier awards in 1961. He is active in Rotary Boy Scouts Masons Elks and Methodist Church. The Helschers live at 711 South Fourth Ave Washington.
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J.W. Helscher
O.E. Shhacklett
Iowa City
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Helscher
Shacklett
Ohio National
Montgomery Ward
Cedar Rapids
Sigourney High School
Iowa State University
Rotary
Boy Scouts
Masons, Elks
Methodist Church
South Fourth Ave
Washington
Mrs Tuttle Named All Iowa Fair Women’s Judge
Mrs Tru man Tuttle of Washington will judge the expanded women’s department at the All Iowa fair August 11 to 18. She will oversee all classes including a new needlework contest and place entries in sewing handicraft embroidery and ceramics. Entry is open to Iowa women and girls. The event is a prelude to a national wool needlework contest with a grand prize of 1000 and a New York trip for winners.
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Cedar Rapids
Truman Tuttle
Washington
J. Keith Noll
Tuttle
National Hand Knitting Yarn Association
American Wool Council
New York City
Optimism for Partial Nuclear Test Ban Gains Momentum
In Moscow the Big Three Sakharov talks resumed with Gromyko Harriman and Hailsham noting progress toward a partial test ban. A communique reported draft provisions nearing agreement amid optimism over a possible non aggression pact and input from East German officials on Berlin.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Washington
Kennedy
Lothar Boltz
Boltz
Berlin
Laos
Soviet Union
NATO
Warsaw Alliance
Preparatory Service At Marion Avenue Church
A preparation service for the Lord's Supper is held in the chapel at 8 p.m. at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church tonight with a meditation by Dr. Vernon G. Elgin and special music. The Sacrament will be observed on Sunday, July 21.
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Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vernon G. Elgin
Kalona Man Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Winn M. Allensworth 62 dies at his Kalona home after a heart attack. Funeral at Kalona Methodist Church with burial in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Born June 4, 1901 in Morning Sun, he moved to Kalona in 1946 and left a cafe business before later working in Washington and Iowa City. Survivors include his widow two sons Rex and John a daughter in Iowa City a Kalona daughter and two relatives in Davenport and Omaha.
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Kalona
Winn M. Allensworth
Kalona Methodist Church
George E. Gibson
Sharon Hill
Allensworth
Morning Sun
Herman
Nancy Pryror Allensworth
Ethel Pilcher
Washington
Iowa City
Rex
John
U. S. Air Force
Omaha
Neb
Kenneth Thornton
Howard Spreacker
Tom Walker
Shenandoah
C. L. Hunt
O. M. Allensworth
Davenport
Stella Gowey Dies in Richland Nursing Home
Mrs Stella Gowey, lifelong Richland Rubio resident, died this morning at Helen Hadley Nursing Home in Richland. Born December 12 1870 near Rubio, she married Ossman Gowey in 1893. he died in 1955. Survived by two sons Merritt Donald both of Richland two daughters Mrs Harry Hamilton and Mrs Carl Daering five grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral arrangements are by Gould Funeral Home with details pending. She belonged to the Friends Church at Pleasant Plain.
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Brighton
Stella Gowey
Helen Hadley
Richland
Rubio
Gould Funeral Home
Gowey
Richard
Susan Sasseen van Dyke
Ossman Gowey
Merritt
Donald
Harry Hamilton
Carl Daering
The
Friends Church At
Pleasant Plain
Kennedy presses civil rights action before Senate panel
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy urged House and Senate support for the administration civil rights package in prepared remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Sen. James Eastland. He cited unrest in Cambridge Maryland and Savannah Georgia as proof of the need to act and warned that delaying desegregation harms the cause. Kennedy argued that federal court power to desegregate schools should be enacted to speed compliance with the 1954 Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress Today
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D - Miss
Cambridge
Congress
Supreme Court
Ton
S.C
Savannah
Danville
Chatham
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Beckwith
Bar Association Mediates Cambridge Racial Dispute
Maryland Bar Association to mediate Cambridge racial tensions as Gloria Richardson calls for patience. National Guardsmen arrest six white men after clashes with soldiers reporters and photographers outside an armory.
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United Press International
Cambridge
Maryland Bar Association
Gloria Richardson
National
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Charles
Five Day Weather Outlook With Showers and Mild Temps
A five day forecast shows temperatures near to slightly below normal with highs from 85 to 90 and lows 62 to 68. Thursday turns cooler and by Sunday or Monday it warms again. Expect moderate to heavy rain with 1 to 2 inches, locally 3 inches, chiefly Saturday to Monday.
Oat Harvest Hopes Rise in Washington County
Farmers anticipate a county oat record this summer per James Frier extension director. Reports show some yields 80 to 100 bushels per acre, while 1957 county average was 48 and 1961 was 39. Early planting, good subsoil moisture, and low rust aided prospects.
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Journal
Bob
Washington County
James Frier
Frier
Sion
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Viet Nam
Merlin Nygren
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Mrs. Tuttle
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Gromyko
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