Master Woodworker Foster Bickel Crafts From Historic Wood
Foster W. Bickel, a Washington teacher for 36 years until 1956, runs a refinishing shop on East Van Buren. He crafts items from teakwood from the battleship Oklahoma and other aged woods, creating custom pieces like a rocking chair for a needlepoint, a cherry gate table, and church furnishings while reflecting on a life in education and woodworking.
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Foster W. Bickel
Bickel
Washington
Wenatchee Valley
Washington State
Washington High School
Verna
Stanley Clinton
van Buren Street
Iowa Southern Utilities creates Northeast District in Iowa
The Washington Columbus Junction and Sigourney districts are consolidated into the Northeast District. R W Greenleaf announces the move to strengthen service with a unified staff. Theo Johnson becomes district manager of the enlarged district. Sue Clarahan named superintendent. other promotions detailed for operations and supervision. 80 employees will work across the new district with expanded radio communications and FCC frequency allocation anticipated for better dispatch and emergency response.
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Washington
Columbus Junction
Sigourney
Iowa Southern Utilities
R.W. Greenleaf
Iowa Southern
Greenleaf
Washington, Columbus Junction
Theo Johnson
Sue Clarahan
Clarahan
al Chebuhar
Marion Cady
Lew McFadden
Merl Sherman
Paul Wolfe
Don Birlingmair
Olivier Cellman
Sigourney Area
Harry Baumert
Johnson
Northeast District
Federal Communications Commission
Rusk to Return From Geneva As Berlin Talks Stall
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will depart Geneva for Washington with the Berlin deadlock unresolved. Gromyko also plans to leave Thursday after three private meetings totaling 100 hours. Despite talks, no fourth meeting was arranged and the Western position on access to Berlin remains unaltered.
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Geneva
UPI
Dean Rusk
Washington
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Rusk
Gromyko
Moscow
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Soviet Union
East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Liquor Sales Slide at Washington Iowa Store in 1962
Net sales at the Iowa State Liquor store in Washington for the year ending June 1962 were lower at 210 348.2 dollars than the 216 628.27 dollars for the previous year. Other area stores showed small gains while totals across the listed towns included Pleasant Fairfield and Muscatine with respective figures.
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Iowa State
Washington
Pleasant
Fairfield
Lowaey Aes Muscatine
Many Local Stores To Close For County Fair
Washington merchants plan Wednesday afternoon closings on August 1 to let owners and employees attend the county fair. Cub Lohrer, chamber secretary, handed out leaflets. stores will shut early as exhibits often leave by Thursday.
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Washington
Washington County
Cub Lohrer
Chamber of Commerce
Suport
Locel
Ben Bella Heads Toward Algiers In 17 Car Parade
Algerian strongman Ahmed Ben Bella moves toward Algiers in a 17 car procession greeted by cheering supporters. He plans a public meeting in Tiaret and may clash with GPRA premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda over a seven man bureau and CNRA ratification amid renewed OAS violence concerns.
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Algiers
Algeria
API
Al-gerian
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Oran
Tiaret
Tlemcen
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Algerian Provisional Government
GPRA
CNRA
Willayas
Revolutionary Army
European Secret Army Organization
OAS
Amar Mohammedi
Grain grading schools announced for eastern Iowa
The New Farm Bill prompts a series of grain grading schools in eastern Iowa. One session, August 10 at 1 p.m., will be at the Washington YMCA with elevator personnel from southeast Iowa. Sponsored by Cargill Inc USDA and Chamber of Commerce Grain Service, other sessions are set for Waterloo August 1, Marshalltown August 3, and Cedar Rapids August 8.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington Ymca
Cargill Inc
Usda Agricultural Marketing Service Grain Supervision Office
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Grain Service
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Death of 3 Girls Has Air of Mystery
Johnson county medical examiner George D. Callahan would not determine whether the Iowa City trio died in a wreck or due to a second vehicle. Victims were Sharon Ann Francis 17 Coralville Judith Brack 17 Iowa City and Mary Louise Purvis 18 Iowa City. One survivor Miriam Stallfort 18 Coralville could not aid inquiry. Lee Paul Houston 49 Sioux City charged with leaving the scene after his car crashed onto the girls vehicle on Interstate 80 near Iowa City. Suspect in TB sanatorium at Oakdale. Brack skull crushed Purvis skull fractured Francis neck fractured chest. County officials weigh timing but say it may not affect charges.
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Iowa City
API
Johnson County
George D. Callahan
Lee Paul Houston
Sioux City
Oakdale
Houlton
Houston
Dr. Callahan
Callahan
Miss Brack
Miss Purvis
Miss Francis
Albert J. Murphy
Ralph Neuzil
Youth Pried Away From This Phone Call
In West Burlington a frightened 18 year old from Mount Pleasant was locked inside a curbside phone booth after finishing a call to a girlfriend. Police and county and highway patrol officers arrived and pried the door open with a crowbar to release Ralph Cornick.
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West Burlington
UPI
Ralph Cornick
Mount Pleasant
Cornick
Harold Luecking
Des Moines
Merritt Quick
Hog Cholera Outbreak Triggers County Quarantine
Washington County reports first hog cholera case since Iowa quarantine started January 1 1962. Ex tension Director Jim Frier says farm near Washington is quarantined until three weeks after last sick hog is disposed and cleaned. Vaccination urged for all local herds along with strict sanitation and visitor control to prevent spread.
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Washington County
Iowa
Jim Frier
M. E. Pomeroy
Animal Industry
Des Moines
Washington
Frier
Ames Urges Limits on Iowa Highway Access Rules
The Governors Highway Liaison Commission urged the Iowa Legislature to curb Highway Commission access control powers. They proposed defining eligible highways, requiring purchase or condemnation for access rights, allowing repurchase if not used for construction, and simplifying owner rights while ensuring need-based condemnation.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Governor’s Highway Liaison Commission
The
Highway Commission
John Airy
Johnston
Full Liaison Commission
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Liaison Commission
Commissions
Norman A. Erbe
Passman Opens Attack on Foreign Aid Bill
House Foreign Aid Appropriations Committee chair Otto Passman urges a $2 billion cut in Kennedy foreign aid funds while Kennedy seeks $4.6 billion ceiling for the next fiscal year. Passman argues for reduced spending based on unused funds and repayment problems, hoping to force Senate restoration if needed.
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UPI
House
Foreign Aid Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Appropriations Subcommittee
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
United Press International
Congress
White House
House Subcommittee
Senate
U.S
Poland
Yugoslavia
House-Senate
India
United States
U.N
World Organization
Compromise Reaches Floor on Farm Bill Debate
Senate Agriculture Committee clears a watered down farm bill including a Kennedy wheat production plan while extending the 1962 feed grain program for one year. The measure faces a House vote as leaders set up a floor showdown next week with a plan for referenda in 1964 on production versus price supports.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Kennedy
House
Senate Committee
Agriculture Committee
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Harold D. Cooley
Dn.c
House Agriculture Committee
Senate House
Harvey Bales 77 Packwood Dies in Martinsburg Funeral
Harvey Bales 77 of Packwood dies with services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Zion Church Martinsburg burial in local cemetery. Retired after 44 years as Burlington Railroad section foreman. Survived by two sons Jesse Seattle Allen Des Moines a daughter Ruth Littleton Colo seven grandchildren six great grandchildren and sister Pearl Sustman Packwood.
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Harvey Bales
Packwood
Mt. Zion
Martinsburg
Raymond Funeral Home
Fairfield
Bales
Burlington Railroad
Laura Wood
Winfield
Crawfordsville
Richland
Nathan Bales
Jesse
Seattle
Allen
Des Moines
Ruth
Littleton
Colo
Pearl Sustman
Iowa Weather Forecast From United Press International
Iowa shows fair weather through Thursday with cooler nights around 50 to 60 and daytime highs 75 to 80. Friday continues fair and a touch warmer. five day outlook calls for temperatures 4 to 6 degrees below normal, a warming trend Sunday and Monday, normal lows 60 to 70 and highs 85 to 92, with 0.40 to 0.60 inch rainfall mainly over the weekend.
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United Press International
Iowa
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