Improvements Spread Across Washington County Parks
Washington County Conservation Board has expanded outdoor recreation areas. Leichty Timber area renamed Lockum Ridge Park after a naming contest. Sockum Ridge Park parking area graded and graveled with two picnic tables and a grill for group use. Fall survey work planned for a proposed dam and fishermen access. Marr farm rest and picnic areas sprayed to reduce mosquitoes and chiggers. security light installed. Walnut School site improvement includes mowing, a picnic table, grill, and highway markers to highlight history and rest areas. Hayes Timber booklet on local trees to aid school libraries this fall.
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Washington County Conservation Board
Lockum Ridge Park
Nels Westermark
Wayland Road
Washington
Sockum Ridge Park
Iowa City
Marr
Ainsworth
Walnut School
The
County Historical Society
English
Hayes Timber
De Gaulle calls for peace talks to end Vietnam war
President Charles de Gaulle urged an international conference to end the Vietnam conflict and push Southeast Asia toward neutralization. He pressed Europe to chart an independent path from the United States while staying allied, and urged a federation of independent European states to advance unity.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Europe
United States
de Gaulle
Ficult
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
France
Elysee Palace
Presidential
European Common Market
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Des Moines Teacher Marie Baldrige dies at 84
Marie Baldrige 84 of 1901 34th Street Des Moines died Wednesday July 22 1964 at Washington County Hospital after 10 days illness. She taught in Des Moines schools for 50 years born December 2 1879 in Wapello daughter of Alfred E and Eva Baldrige. She leaves two brothers and a sister. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Jones Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Stutrud. burial Oakland Cemetery. She was a member of Eastern Star.
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Marie Baldrige
34Th Street
Des Moines
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral
Dennis Stutrud
Oakland
Miss Baldrige
Wapello
Alfred E
Eva Siverly Baldrige
Iowa State Teachers College
Drake University
Eastern Star
A. E. Baldrige
Washington
Frank
Delbert
Blanche) Smith
West Liberty
Missing Farmington girl sparks kidnapping search in SE Iowa
SE Iowa authorities kept mum about a possible kidnapping as 14 year old Connie Beams remained missing since Saturday night. Van Buren County Sheriff Orville Lee said she was last seen in Bona Partes in a car with three men, Illinois plates, and that the mother reported the disappearance Monday morning. Lee said he had a lead on the three men and suspects the car or plates were stolen. Connie is described as 5 foot 4, about 130 pounds with blonde hair.
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Keosauqua
Iowa
UPI
Farmington Farm
Orville Lee
Connie Beams
Lee
Bonaparte
Illinois
National Bank of Washington Opens Quarters for Tours
The National Bank of Washington invites the public to tours of its newly remodeled quarters on Saturday July 25 from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. The bank returned to the renovated building on June 29 after seven months in temporary quarters. Free coffee and cookies will be served and staff and directors will conduct guided tours.
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National Bank of Washington
Bank
Mrs Day Nominated for UNICEF Iowa Representative
Mrs Robert Day of Washington Iowa is named as a State Representative candidate for UNICEF United Nations Children Fund. She has served on the Iowa Commission of Children and Youth and the Iowa Town and Country YWCA Board and edited Memberscript. The article notes UNICEF's global aid across 100 countries focusing on nutrition disease control and child welfare.
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United Nations
N.Y
Iowa
U. S
Unicef
United Nations Children’s Fund
Defecting Southern Democrats threaten Johnson in 1964 race
Dissident Southern Democrats abandon Johnson era civil rights policy and drift toward GOP. Defections appear in Mississippi Alabama Georgia with signs of trouble in North and South Carolina. Wallace's withdrawal and Goldwater polls lift GOP hopes while loyalty battles erupt in Alabama and Georgia.
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UPI
GOP
National Democratic Party
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South
North Carolina
George C. Wallace
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Herman E. Talmadge
Five Nights Of Riots In Harlem And Brooklyn
Rioters clashed with police in Harlem and Brooklyn in a fifth night of unrest. About 90 arrests in Brooklyn raised the two-night total to 186, with 155 stores broken into and many looted. Riot police used mounted officers for crowd control and a heavy rain helped clear streets. Looters grabbed TVs radios clothing and cash registers amid the turmoil.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Harlem
Robert F. Wagner
John Judge
79Th Precinct
Tetanus warning issued to Iowans during summer
DES MOINES UPI health officials urged Iowans to receive tetanus shots after minor injuries during summer activities. Dr Ralph Heeren warned even finger pricks from fish hooks can cause infection. Farm workers were singled out as a high risk due to soil bacteria. A two to three shot series with boosters every four to five years builds immunity.
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Des Moines
UPI
Heeren
Iowa Weather Outlook From United Press International
Weather by United Press International Iowa clear to partly cloudy Friday with occasional showers and thunderstorms mostly west and north. Cooler northwest with night lows 65 to 70, to the lower 70s in the south. Friday highs reach 80s to near 90s. Saturday partly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers or thundershowers east and south.
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Iowa
Principals Resign At Mid-Prairie District
George R. Evans resigned as Mid-Prairie Senior High principal after five years with the district and took a similar post at Cresco. Warren W. Johnson, elementary principal after one year, accepted a superintendent position at Galamus.
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George R. Evans
Mid - Prairie
Cresco
Evans
Warren W. Johnson
Galamus
Betty Donnelly Fans Rally After Theft Incident
Betty Donnelly, a longtime kindergarten teacher at Stewart School, faced a total wardrobe loss after a Seattle theft. Her students and their parents formed a fan club, raised about 100 gifts, and presented a new wardrobe to her, prompting thanks for a caring, small Washington community.
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Betty Donnelly
Stewart School
Seattle
Wash
Betty
Washington
City hydrants gain color coded red or amber scheme
Washington hydrants receive bright fluorescent red or amber paint to indicate water main size. Glenn Yoder, head of the water works, says painting occurs during idle work periods and could take weeks. The color coding aims to help firefighters locate hydrants quickly and estimate available water. Dental authorities add that raw vegetables promote jaw health and cleanliness.
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Washington
Glenn Yoder
City Water Works
Government forces ambushed near Saigon in Viet Nam clash
Guerrillas lured two ranger companies into a daylight ambush about 25 miles northwest of Saigon, killing 17 and wounding 34. An Nhon Tay outpost was attacked, armored personnel carriers were damaged, and Air Force Skyraider bombers supported the government drive. Officials cited an estimated 60 guerrilla deaths and reported further clashes across the country with hundreds of Viet Cong killed or captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
An Nhon Tay
Trung Lap
Sky
Kiwanis Club Views Russian Slides at Washington Meeting
Bill Morgan presented colored slides from a recent trip to Soviet Russia during a Washington Kiwanis meeting. The group saluted Sam McCleery on his last club appearance before moving to Denver, with Gary Hurst attending as a guest.
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Kiwanis Club
Bill Morgan
Soviet Russia
Washington Kiwanis
Sam McCleery
Denver
Gary Hurst
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Farmer’s Daughters
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Mrs. Day
Dayton
Ohio
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Wallace
Frank Dubois
Yazoo City
Louis Harris
Washington Post
125Th Street
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Nguyen Cao Ky
North
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