Washington County Democrats field five nominees in primary
Washington County lawmakers and party officials announced at least five Democratic candidates will appear on the primary ballot. Leona Peiffer seeks county recorder, Erma Zelinsky for county treasurer, Lloyd Griggs for the board of supervisors, with James Quinn aiming for re election as state representative and F. W. Schnoebelen running for state senator.
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Washington County
Washington County Court House
Erma Zelinsky
Lloyd Griggs
County Board of Supervisors
Leona Peiffer
James Quinn
F. W. Schnoebelen
Journal
Charles Morris
Paul Ryan
Cedar Falls
Emil I. Peiffer
Washington
Washington Water Department
Griggs
Washington Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Quinn
Schnoebelen
Ainsworth
Riverside
Cuban ship barred from San Juan harbor today
The U S Coast Guard denied entry to the Cuban cargo vessel Cerro Pelado off San Juan Puerto Rico. It was believed to carry Cuban athletes to the 10th Central American and Caribbean games. Entry was refused on Treasury Department policy under the port security program after interagency consultation.
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Puerto Rico
UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Cerro Pelado
Treasury Department
U. S
State Department
Hughes Says Johnson Agriculture Policy Hurts Dems in Iowa
Governor Harold Hughes warned that statements from Johnson administration agriculture officials may damage Democrat prospects in Iowa’s fall elections. He cited a Pentagon pork purchase cut and a Freeman remark on lower food prices as factors hurting farmer support and the party’s standing in a state where Democrats hold offices and key majorities.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Johnson Administration
Iowa
Hughes
Henry Wallace
Pentagon
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Johnson
U.S
Cedar Falls Youth Shoots Policeman Amid Station Heist
A Cedar Falls, Iowa patrolman was wounded in the face and head by a point blank shotgun blast during a chase of a 17 year old suspect in an armed service station holdup. The youth, Albert Leroy Fullbright, fled, was captured six blocks away, and faces charges of assault with intent to murder, auto theft, and robbery with aggravation.
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Iowa
UPI
Waterloo
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Sartori
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Albany
Ill
Huron
South Dakota
Edward Anderson
Cleark
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Kolpek
Fullbright
Ken Longseth
Waterloo Police Department
George Hansen
Donald Kehoe
Longseth
Roger Wood
Red Cross swim schedule updated for Washington summer
Neal Lampkin, director of the Red Cross summer learnto-swim program, announces a change. All advanced beginners now report to the municipal pool Thursdays at 9 a.m. Enrollments close June 14 with first classes starting June 20. Other weekly times remain as before including Washington Mondays at 9 a.m., Ainsworth 9:45, Crawfordsville 10:30, and so on through Friday. There is still room in Washington and rural groups.
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Red Cross
Washington
Ainsworth
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Rural
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West Chester
Riverside
Wellman
Brighton
Topeka Tornado Death Toll Rises. Wide-Scale Damage Seen
Rescue teams searched a tornado struck Topeka Kansas where at least 15 people were known dead and 20 to 30 feared missing. Federal aid was pledged as millions in damages hit Washburn University and hundreds of homes and businesses.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Charles Wright
Johnson
Wright
Washburn University
Washburn
A.J. Engelbert
Burnett’s Mound
Kansas
Public Notices Today Probate of wills and estates
Probate of wills and appointment of executors for Clarence Roy Funston and Henry Schantz noted. Also an estimate of budget for the county conference board listed in today’s public notices.
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Clarence Roy Funston
Henry Schantz
County Conference Board
Fairfield group forms to counter Parsons College article
Fairfield Iowa residents form the Fairfield Fights Back committee to counter Life magazine's Parsons College portrayal. Chairman Jack McKinzie says the goal is to tell the nation the accurate story of Parsons and Fairfield, with no concrete plans yet.
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UPI
Iowa
Fairfield Fights
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Life
Jack McKinzie
Parsons
Fairfield
West Point star saves allies in Kontum siege
UPI reports two U S Army helicopter rescues lifted eight wounded from paratroop units of the 101st Airborne in Kontum. Capt Bill Carpenter of West Point famed lonesome end called napalm strikes on his own position to aid the surrounded company as heavy enemy fire blocked landings. Brigade commander Willard Pearson praised the defense and vowed relief efforts amid a four day battle that left hundreds of enemy dead and involved multiple heroic rescue attempts by volunteers.
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UPI
West Point
Bill
Lonesome End
Carpenter
101St Airborn “Screaming Eagles
Walter R. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willard Pearson
Kontum Plains
Walter Wesley
Galveston
Texas
United States
101St Airborne Division
U. S. Army
Tex
U.S
Bill Carpenter
Monroe
N.Y
Ky remains confident as Hue crisis eases
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky sends combat police into Hue where Buddhists blocked convoys but officials say he is in control and may attend a Seoul conference next week. Moderate Buddhist leader Thich Tam Chau met Lodge then Ky, easing tensions as Tri Quang’s hunger strike enters a critical stage. Vien Hoa Dao pledged support to end the standstill.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Chau
Lodge
Chau See Ky
Thich Tri Quang
Johnson
Robert Ibrahim
Tri Quang
Quant
U.S
Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Vien Hoa Dao
Reuther Addresses UI Graduation in Iowa City
Walter P. Reuther of the United Workers of America spoke at the University of Iowa commencement urging peace through science and technology, calling for Vietnam settlement, stronger United Nations, and bold action to fulfill President Johnson’s Great Society while stressing civil rights progress and poverty reduction. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
The
United Workers of America
Walter P. Reuther
University of Iowa
Reuther
Asia
United Nations
Johnson
Berlin
Saigon
Birmingham
Selma
Gracehill Moravian Centennial Service Planned Near Washington
The Rev Milo A Loponow of Madison Wisconsin president of the Western District Moravian Church will headline Grace hill Moravian Churches centennial worship Sunday June 12 at the rural church southwest of Washington A morning service at 1030 am dinner at noon continue with an afternoon program starting at 2 pm and a Centennial Communion at 8 pm The church bell will ring at noon to mark 100 years Youth fellowship will display antiques and pictures in the parsonage open after the morning service until 2 pm and again after the afternoon program Special music includes a Wayland Mennonite quartet greetings from former ministers and reminiscences.
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Milo A. Loponow
Madison
Wisc
Moravian Church In America
Gracehill Moravian Church
Washington
Wayland Mennonite
Weather outlook for Iowa shows fair skies and warm weekend
United Press International reports generally fair conditions across Iowa tonight and Saturday with a small temperature rise on Saturday. Low temperatures range in the upper 40s to lower 50s, highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s, and Sunday looks to bring variable cloudiness with scattered showers and little temperature change.
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