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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1963

Page

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Local Girl Among Miss Iowa Finalists

A 19 year old Green eyed blonde from Illinois won Miss Iowa and will compete in Miss America at Atlantic City. Carolyn Northway of Downers Grove is a Marycrest College sophomore and was crowned by Lt Gov William Mooty at the Surf ballroom. First runner up Kara Flickinger and other finalists are noted with talents and preliminary results.

Clear Lake UPI Illinois Iowa Hawkeye State Atlantic City Carolyn Northway E. Northway Downers Grove Davenport Marycrest College Miss Northway William L. Mooty Jolene Wolf Des Moines Northway Lisz Kara Flickinger Miss Anne Iowa State University Edina Minn Linda Anne Davidson Burlington Margaret McKinstry Washington Washington County Marilyn Dogherty Elkader Monona Lin«da Lainson Congen

Pravda Attacks France China Over Test Ban Pact

Pravda accuses France and China of wrecking the nuclear test ban treaty. The article condemns Paris Bonn alignment and Peking’s stance on tests and the thermonuclear race. It praises Western goodwill toward the pact and urges Khrushchev’s peace plan with inspections and troop reductions.

Moscow UPI Communist Party Pravda China France Yuri Zhutov Bonn Paris Zukov People's Republic of China Germanys

Toll climbs as Iowa weekend deaths reach 14

United Press International reports 14 Iowa traffic fatalities over the weekend raising the year toll to 355 with 5 out-of-state deaths. Names and ages span Waterloo to Mount Union and beyond, detailing two-car and car-truck crashes near Higginsville Missouri, Cheyenne, and Des Moines area intersections.

United Press International Iowa Leo Steimel Waterloo Mark Garms Dubuque Clarence Wisecarver Grinnell Rachael Meller Yarmouth James Endsley Newton Lester Smolt

Weather Town forecast for early week

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms mainly in the west and central areas. A little warmer tonight with lows around 60 to 65 and highs in the 80s on Tuesday. Wednesday outlook shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and storms and little temperature change. Five day pattern averages near normal temps with a slight warm start and minor daily changes. Normal lows 60 to 68 and highs in the 80s with rainfall about 0.40 to 0.80 inches, mostly later in the week.

United Press International

Rites at Wayland For Henry Sommers

Henry Sommers 87 died Saturday after a brief illness. He lived at 427 East Madison Street and farmed before retiring to Washington in December. Funeral Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Eicher Mennonite Church near Wayland with Rev. T A van der Smissen officiating. burial in Eicher Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home in charge. Survived by two sisters Mary and Margaret and a brother Jake. a son Paul died in 1962.

Henry Sommers East Madison Street Eicher Mennonite Church Wayland T.A. van der Smissen Eicher Cemetery Jones Mr. Sommers Alsace Lore France Christian Chathrine Eicher Sommers Stringtown Crawfordsville Anna McKee W Land Jake Paul

De Gaulle Says No Split With U S Is Imminent

Paris and Washington retain strong bonds saying it would be ridiculous absurdity to doubt alliance. De Gaulle rejects Khrushchev non aggression pact while reaffirming Atlantic ties and joint effort to ease Cold War tensions.

Paris UPI Charles de Gaulle France United States de Gaulle Nikita S. Khrushchev NATO Britain

Iowans Against the Shaff Plan Opens Campaign Office

DES MOINES IA PII The state headquarters of Iowans Against the Shaff Plan opens at 312 Fleming Building marking a full scale campaign to defeat the constitutional reappointment amendment. The group declares unity against minority rule and urges legislators to present a better plan. Local leaders include Duane Dewel chairman Mrs Howard Dresser vice chair Mrs Elliott Full secretary and Joseph Rosefield treasurer.

Des Moines API Fleming Building Aas IASP Jim Collison Farm Bureau Collison Clear Lake T O Duane Dewel Algona Howard Dresser Mason City Elliott Full Iowa City Joseph Rosefield

Mrs. James E. Reaney Dies At Muscatine

Mrs. James E. Reaney 72 of Columbus Junction died this morning at Muscatine General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Stacy Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Survivors include her husband, a Columbus Junction attorney, a son Robert of Columbus Junction, a daughter Mrs. James Benbow of Ft. Madison, and six grandchildren.

Columbus Junction James E. Reaney Muscatine General Hospital Stacy Funeral Home

Find More Relics In Indian Mound

WEST DES MOINES UPI Extensive probing and sifting of soil continued at a 200 to 400 year old Indian burial mound after a 15 year old boy found 60 beads and 8 crosses of Christian origin along with human bones and Indian artifacts. Sunday excavations yielded 90 more beads 4 more complete crosses and several broken ones.

West Des Moines UPI

Louisa County Fair Opens at Columbus Junction

The Louisa County Fair commenced this morning at Columbus Junction with an open class Barrow Show starting at 8 am. The fair runs through Saturday evening at the Columbus Junction fairgrounds featuring harness racing on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, an auto thrill show on Thursday, late model rock car races Friday, and jalopy races Saturday. Highlight days include open class swine judging, 4H and FFA swine shows, a high school band concert, cattle and sheep judging, dairy cattle shows, lamb shows, a pony pulling contest, a baby beef sale, and a tractor event.

Columbus Junction Columbus Junction Fairgrounds

Rites Planned for Carl Wickenkamp in Clear Creek

Carl Wickenkamp 75 retired farmer of Keota route three died Sunday at St Josephs Ottumwa after a Saturday transfer. Mass at 9 20 a m in Sts Peter and Paul Church Clear Creek with Rev Eugene J Smith and Rev Francis E Lollich in charge. Burial in the Clear Creek cemetery. Rosary 8 p m tonight at Powell Funeral Home Keota. Survivors include wife Clara Ollinger four sons Omer Rose Hill Walter Ollie Frank Sigourney Floyd Keota 12 grandchildren one brother Harry and one sister Mrs Henry Krier Sigourney. Born July 28 1888 in South Plank Township.

Columbus City Stacy Robert Parris Mr. Schabilion Otto Duchien Rawhouser Schabilion Carl Howard Clark Davenport Flora Smith Cedar Rapids Sybil Lewis Columbus Junction Dessa Schabilion Keota Carl Wiexenkamp St. Joseph's Hospital Ottumwa Sts. Peter and Paul Church Clear Creek Eugene J. Smith Francis E. Lollich Rosary Powell Funeral Home Mr. Wickenkamp South Plank Township John H Susan Smith Wickenkamp Clara Ollinger Omer Rose Hill Walter Ollie Frank Sigourney Floyd Harry Henry’ Krier Sigour

Har riman cites Khrushchev on China’s nuclear prospects

In Washington Harriman said Khrushchev told him Red China would need a long time to reach meaningful nuclear capability due to limited industrial capacity and lack of Soviet assistance since 1960. He discussed the withdrawal clause and potential U S tests with three committees as ratification debates continue.

Washington UPI W. Averell Harriman Nikita S. Khrushchev Red China J. William Furright D-Ark Senate Foreign Relations Committee John C. Pastore D-R House - Senate Atomic Energy Committee Richard B. Russell Senate Armed Servies Committee Harriman Khrushchev China Soviet Union United States Britain Russia William C. Foster Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Warriman Senate Everett M. Dirksen Rusk Sens Eugene McCarthy D-Minn John G. Tower R-Tex McCarthy Tower Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Atomic Energy Moscow Kennedy Dirksen

U S Soldiers Killed In North Korean Attack

Two American soldiers died and a third was critically wounded as North Korean raiders ambushed a U S Army jeep patrol south of the DMZ near the truce line in Korea. The UN Command placed some units on reinforced alert as the attack was called vicious and unprovoked.

Secu Korea UPI United Nations Command UNC 1St Cavalry Division Atus 1St Cavalry George Creel Birmingham Ala U.S Creel

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