Cambridge Pact Aims End to Cambridge Racial Strife
Negro leaders in Cambridge Maryland pledge to halt demonstrations under a five point agreement with officials and Attorney General Kennedy. The deal includes desegregation of first four grades by September a low rent housing project Negro employment in state job office a bi racial committee and opposition to a charter referendum on public facilities.
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United Press International
Cambridge
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
Maryland
Department of Job Security
New York
Chicago
Municipal Band Plans Evening Concert in Central Park
The Municipal Band presents a Wednesday program at 8 p.m. in Central Park conducted by Dick Ballard. Featured pieces include God Bless America, National Emblem March, In the Mood, Stars and Stripes Forever, Hello My Baby, and a Dry Bones novelty number among others.
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Central Park
Dick Ballard
God Bless America
Berlin
Men of Music
King
Walters
Chenette
Fillmore
DeRose
Bagley
Yoder
Baby
Cofield
Hill
Leonard
Moffit
Stars and Stripes
Sousa
Kupka Funeral Rites Wednesday Afternoon
Fred Kupka funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Harold DeVries officiating Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery Mr Kupka died at his home south of Washington on Monday morning Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home
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Fred Kupka
Jones Funeral Home
Harold DeVries
Elm Grove
Mr. Kupka
Washington
Iowa crops in good to excellent condition says weekly bulletin
Des Moines reports corn tasseling and soybeans blooming with most crops in good to excellent shape. Rain helped moisture but caused some corn damage in fields with prior rootworm impact. Pasture varies by district with water surplus in parts and adequate soil moisture overall.
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Des Moines
Agriculture Department
Iowa
New Appeal in Rail Strike as Congress Eyes ICC Plan
Washington leaders urged management to delay work rule changes to avert a nationwide rail strike while Congress weighs President Kennedy's plan to shift the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The AAR backedKennedy's plan to refer the issue to the ICC. The deadline for new rules remained midnight Monday, threatening 55 000 jobs if imposed. Senate leaders signaled favorable odds for passage, while some lawmakers criticized the measure as compulsory arbitration.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John W. McCormack
Democratic House
Carl Albert
Okla
McCormack
Mansfield
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Commerce Committee
Willard Wirtz
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Com
Mittee
Senate
House
Riverside Obituary of Carl Luckey 76
Carl Augustus Luckey 76 of Riverside died Monday July 22 1963 at the VA Hospital in Iowa City after years of ill health He was born May 10 1887 in Washington County and was the last of 13 siblings He married Marguerite Annas in 1919 Surviving are his widow 4 sons 7 daughters 22 grandchildren and one son who died in 1962 Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 a m in the Sorden and Adams chapel Riverside with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
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Riverside
Carl Augustus Luckey
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Gladwin
Sorden and Adams
W. F. Boeckman
Riverside Cemetery
Mr. Luckey
Washington County
Joseph C
Nora Woodruff Luckey
Marguerite Annas
Marge Luckey
The
Evening Journal
Dale
Detroit
Mich
Lyle
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred
James
Ladora
Clarence Wilson
Merle Blieu
Washington
James Benish
Richardson
Texas
Virginia Moldenhauer
Chicago
Glen Miller
Solon
Patricia Strickland
Baxter
Larry Flanagan
Marengo
William
Farm Bureau Outlines Grain Plan to Cut Surpluses
The American Farm Bureau Federation told Congress that its plan to reduce wheat and feed grain surpluses offers a practical long and short run solution. Charles B. Shuman said the program may cost money upfront but would be cheaper initially and preferable to existing schemes. He testified before a House agriculture subcommittee amid uncertain passage prospects.
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Washington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Charles B. Shuman
Farm Organization
Bureau
Shuman
House Agriculture
Farm Bureau
House
Monroe Coffee Club Member Hospitalized After Trip
Ernest W. Hayes of Monroe Wisconsin was hospitalized in Washington Iowa when he hemorrhaged on the return trip from a coffee club meeting. Hayes a past president and signer of a peace treaty between clubs received flowers from the Washington club and get well cards were signed at a Monroe coffee club gathering.
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Washington
Iowa
Monroe
Wisconsin
Ernest W. Hayes
St. Clare Hospital
Hayes
Washington Club
Coffee Club
Seeks Dolls for Camp Sunnyside Fund Raising Plan
Washington County residents are asked to provide 800 dolls for Camp Sunnyside near Ankeny. Operated by the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc Susie Swartzendruber is county chairman. Dolls or stuffed animals may be donated to be sold at the Iowa State Fair with proceeds supporting the camp.
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Washington County
Sunnyside
Ankeny
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Susie Swartzendruber
Kalona
Regional plan stresses multi county approach to Iowa growth
A planning firm argues Iowa should shift from single community projects to regional development across multiple counties. Arthur D Little Inc says Iowa will be organized into 12 economic regions with TENCO in south central and southeastern Iowa and a program under way in north central Iowa. State agencies including Public Health and Public Instruction back the effort with Carroll Worlan of the Development Commission noting the area concept guides prospective industry placement.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Arthur D Little Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Carroll Worlan
The
Development Commission
Iowa State University
Devel
Tenco
Department of Public Health
Department of Public Instruction
Washington County Region VI designation described by survey
The survey assigns Washington County to Region VI with Benton Cedar Iowa Johnson Jones Linn Tama and notes commuting to industrial jobs is increasingly common in Iowa. The report outlines focal areas around major cities and emphasizes services skilled labor and transportation links to support economic development.
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Washington County
Cedar Rapids
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Tama
Employment Security Commission
Worlan
Opment
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Burlington
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Nations Near Pact End to Nuclear Tests
Talks in Moscow among the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain reportedly concluded with a final agreement to ban nuclear tests in space, air and underwater. Leaders planned to initial the deal Wednesday as East European communists convene a summit to counter China.
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Moscow
UPI
United States
Russia
Britain
China
W. Averel Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Gromyko
Harriman
Hailsham
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchhev
Art Guild Forming in Washington to Meet August 12
A Washington Art Guild will be organized at a meeting on August 12. Preliminary plans were discussed Monday evening by interested persons. Contact Jane Norman for more details. Officers will be elected and committees named at the August 12 session. A studio room above the Sport Shop on the square’s south side will host activities and a local artists exhibition hall.
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Washington Art Guild
Jane Norman
Washington
Weather outlook for Iown with scattered storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thundershowers increasing late tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures stay steady with lows 70 to 75 and highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s across regions.
Actress Mari lyn Rice-Davies Testifies in Ward Trial Scandal
London UPI reports blonde Mari lyn Rice-Davies, 18, testified she slept with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. during the Stephen Ward morals trial. She also named Viscount Astor as another lover and said rent for the flat was paid by Astor. Ward faces charges of living off prostitution earnings and enticing young girls.
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London
UPI
Marilyn Rice-Davies
Stephen Ward
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Fairbanks
Miss Rice-Davies
Peter Polish
Peter Rachman
House of Commons
Lord Astor
Bill
Ward
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Princess Margaret
Princess Alexandra
Britain
Miss Rice - Davies
Warwickshire
Miss Keeler
Astor
Christine
Mandy
Stephen
Mervyn Griffith Jones
Vicki Barrett
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