Democrats Debate Budget Reappraisal Aims at Tax Cut
The Kennedy administration reconsiders federal spending and taxes as economy growth remains slow. A tax reduction for individuals and corporations is proposed for 1968, with deficits possible in the 1963 budget. Budget Director Bell urges evaluating spending and revenue for full employment.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
White House
David E. Bell
Bell
Red Cross Learn To Swim Program Opens Monday
The American Red Cross county chapter announces its annual learn to swim program at Washington Municipal pool from June 18 to July 27. Director Mrs. Donald Smith and assistant director Mrs. Clinton Boshart lead 13 instructors and 14 water safety aides with 971 students enrolled. Classes run weekdays at 9 00, 9 45 and 10 30 each week for locations including Washington City Ainsworth Crawfordsville Kalona West Chester Riverside Wellman Brighton and Washington Rural. Readers may call the Red Cross office for questions.
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American Red Cross County
Washington Municipal
Richard Schiebel
Red Cross
Donald Smith
Clinton Boshart
Washington City
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Kalona
West Chester
Riverside
Wellman
Brighton
Washington Rural
Chamber Members Hear Board Briefing At Morning Coffee
Chamber of Commerce members met in the YMCA community room for a morning briefing led by John Myers. Irv Whitman announced a nearing balanced budget as Leon Hillman outlined plans for broader membership and participation.
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Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Chamber
John Myers
Irv Whitham
Myers
Leon Hillman
Cub Lehrer
Washington County Farm Bureau tops 1075 member goal
Washington County Farm Bureau announces surpassing its 1 075 member target for the year. Cedar township led with John Duvall as captain, followed by Highland Crawford and Marion townships. English River Lime Creek added most new members. Dutch Creek credits Cloyce Crone for the single largest signups.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
George Horn
Joe Jones
Washington Co. Farm Bureau
Mr. Jones
Cedar Township
John Duvall
Highland Township
Jr. Knottnerus
Crawford Township
Si Finke, Jr
Marion Township
John Gannon
English River
Lime Creek
Cedar
Iowa
Cloyce Crone
Dutch Creek Township
E. Ray Bell
Elmer Steele
C.T. Johnson
Ray Bonar
Miniature Golf Course Opens in Washington
Announcement for Cool Crest miniature golf course at Washington’s west edge. The 18 hole course will be run by Willard Widmer. Open afternoons and evenings, closed all day Sundays. Details in today’s Journal advertisement.
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Evening Journal
Cool Crest
Washington
Willard Widmer
The
Journal
Lyle Lowe Elected to Washington County Fair Board
Lyle Lowe of Crawfordsville is named among nine men elected for a three year term on the Washington County Fair Association board. Lowe’s name was initially omitted from a previous meeting report in the Evening Journal.
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Lyle Lowe
Crawfordsville
Washington County Fair Association
Lowe
Evening Journal
Advance Ross To Post Notice For Second Union Vote
Advance Ross Electronics Corp will post a notice at its Burlington and Washington plants to speed a National Labor Relations Board representation election. The notice states there will be no threat of job loss for voting for a union and allows a new election 60 days after posting.
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Advance
Ross Electronics Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Burlington
Washington
D. C
Tricebock
Advance Ross
WACO High School to Open at Olds in New District
WACO Community School District selects Olds school building for high school use with kindergarten and first grade possible there. Wayland and Crawfordsville will host elementary and junior high units. New staff include elementary principal Paul Strickfaden and teachers such as Joan Anderson Alice White Helen Rodgers and Frances Roth with athletic and music instructors named for Olds High School.
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Waco Community
Paul Strickfaden
Mary Jo Barnholdt
Edith Roth
Rozena Wyse
Marcia Freyenberger
Rachel Leichty
Thelma Whitmarsh
Nancy Story
Myrtle Elder
Mabel Sandeen
Jesse Linch
Imogene Hinkle
Lyle Bowers
Mabel Huffman
Crawfordsville
Joan Anderson
Alice White
Helen Rodgers
Lottye Sloan
Mildred Cherryholmes
Lois Jones
Doris Davis
Frances Roth
Wilma MecdAllister
Robert Wayman
Robert McCullough
Herbert P. Jones
Zaida Stanley
Waco
Olds High School
John B. Alderson
Jacqueline Hult
Quist
Fred Ekstrand
Dan Dahlgren
Jerry Barnholdt
Keith Hammel
Goldie Helgens
Marguerite Wolf
Ardith Ingmanson
Infant Found Dead in Crawfordsville Trailer Home
A two month old infant boy, Gary Dean Unzelman, died of asphyxiation in his Crawfordsville trailer. Son of Dennis and Mrs. Unzelman of Wentworth South Dakota he died after their move to the north edge of Crawfordsville Monday. Funeral services and burial will be held in Madison South Dakota.
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Crawfordsville
Gary Dean Unzelman
Dennis Unzelman
Wentworth
South Dakota
G. E. Montgomery
Anzelmans
Ainsworth
Gary
Jones Funeral Home
Madison
Steady Rise in Social Security Beneficiaries in Washington County
Washington County residents now receive 1.87 million dollars yearly in checks from Social Security trust funds. Beneficiaries include retired workers, spouses, widows, and disabled dependents, with an average payment of 738 dollars. The program has expanded as coverage broadened and now affects over 2,500 county residents.
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Social Security Administration
Washington County
Three Alcatraz escapees searched by air sea and land
FBI and bay area units hunted John Anglin Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris after they vanished from Alcatraz. The men reportedly escaped through a ventilation shaft and pipes, using dummy bedding as cover, with authorities expanding the search toward Angel Island and Marin County. All three were bank robbers serving 10 to 15 year terms.
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UPS
San Francisco Bay Area
Alcatraz
John William Anglin
Clarence
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Lee Morris
New Orleans
Island
San Francisco Bay
FBI
Angel Island
Marin County
Anglin Brothers
Morris
Bay Area
Hamilton
Ohio
Columbia
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Angola
Slidell
Orleans Parish
Atlanta
Navy Uses Periscope Photos to Foil Soviet Spy Ships
UPI reports Neptune patrol planes tricked a Soviet spy ship into exposing espionage gear by flatly approaching on a predictable schedule and photographing its operations. Sailors shadowed multiple Soviet vessels, including Voyeykov and Shaka'skiy, to glean onboard computer and communications equipment and other details while Russians played volleyball and waved.
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Navy
Neptune
Voyeykov
U.S. Navy
Space capsule exhibit plans announced at Washington airport
Two aircraft will join a National Aeronautics display at Washington airport Saturday and Sunday. A full sized Mercury capsule replica will show Americans orbiting Earth as part of milestones in space effort. The Iowa Air National Guard and Capt Harold Stephens organize the display with a fly in breakfast by Washington Jaycees. The exhibit runs noon to 8 pm Saturday and 6 pm Sunday with many planes expected.
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Washington
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Iowa
United States
Iowa Air National Guard
Harold Stephens
Washington Jaycees
The
Washington Airport Club
Vacation Church School Open Houses Planned
Vacation Church school students wrap two weeks of sessions with First Presbyterian and Marion Avenue United Presbyterian churches. Kindergarten open house Thursday 10 30 a m at Marion Avenue with Mrs Vernon Elgin in charge. Primary open house Friday 9 30 a m at First Presbyterian with Mrs Robert Huber in charge. Junior open house Friday 10 30 a m in Marion Avenue chapel with Mrs Dale Caldwell in charge.
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Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian
Vernon Elgin
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Huber
Marion Avenue Church
Dale Caldwell
Doubtful Replacement for Crooked Creek Bridge Near Fern Cliff
The Crooked Creek bridge near Fern Cliff collapsed Tuesday while a Whiting Inc. truck carried shelled corn. County officials say replacement would cost about 40,000 dollars and would not be worth the expense. the bridge had warned against vehicles over eight tons.
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Crooked Creek
Fern Cliff
County Board of Supervisors
Bob Huber
Washington
Whiting Inc
Crawfordville
Bob Lenninger
Huber
Lenninger
Windows Replaced After Vandalism Spree in Washington Stores
Two Washington stores will replace broken windows after Ralph Tusing damaged the Grecian Jewelry Store and the Chocolate Shop on Saturday night. Damage to the Grecian shop is estimated at 500 dollars as investigators determine if insurance covers the loss. Tusing is jailed in Washington County on a malicious damage charge, with bond to the grand jury. Bob Nardy of the Chocolate Shop aided by reporting the incident.
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Washington
Ralph Tusing
Tusing
Washington County
Grand Jury
Bob Nardy
Nardy
Vacation School Open House at St. Paul
St. Paul United Church of Christ invites the public to an open house after Daily Vacation Church School on Friday evening June 15 at 7:30. Hand work by children will be on display and a short program will be followed by light refreshments in the basement.
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St. Paul United Church of Christ
Slayings Tangle Iowa Family in Grim Case at Hedrick
Gayne Gilbert Smith 24 admitted slaying five family members including his stepmother Juanita Marcella Smith. The 46 year old woman was found nude in a shallow lime crusted grave near her Hedrick bedroom. Police tied a gun and bank transactions to the case as Smith faced five murder counts and was held without bond.
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Sigourney
Iowa
UPI
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Stephen Gerard
Smith
Gerard
Juanita Marcella Smith
Hedrick
Andrew McBeth
Hayesville
Gayne Smith
Keokuk County
Washington
Gayne
Ottumwa
McBeth
Patsy Lou McBeth
McBeths
Justice of the Peace Court
BCI
Weather outlook Iowa fair through tonight
United Press International reports Iowa experiences fair conditions through tonight with partial cloudiness Thursday in the northwest and mostly fair in the east and south. Temperatures steady with lows from 45 to 50 in the northeast and 50 to 55 in the west and south, highs reaching the 70s. Friday looks partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a chance of widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
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United Press International
Iowa
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