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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1963

Page

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Contingency Fund Is Ruled Illegal in Iowa

Iowa Attorney General Evan J. Hultman ruled the Interim Budget and Financial Control Committee oversteps statutory powers by allocating from a contingency fund. He warned that signing the $2 million appropriation could trigger unconstitutionality, though Gov. Harold E Hughes may still sign. The ruling could lead to court action if executed.

YES Moines UPI Iowa Atty Evan J. Hultman Hultman Harold E Hughes Hughes Yellow River Forest McGregor Hulsman General Assembly Executive Council

Refugees say Reds control Cuba after Havana clash

A group of 107 diplomatic refugees arriving from Havana said Cuba is under Russian influence with key military and police positions in Soviet hands. A Pan Am flight to Miami was to arrive, with two more due next week. They reported a bloody battle in Matanzas Province leaving dozens dead and described increased Soviet penetration. Refugees kept Cuban cigars as souvenirs. customs gave 150 cigars duty free per person, with excess left behind. The flight carried 74 adults and 33 children.

AMI UPS Havana Cuba Pan American World Airways Miami International Matanzas Fidel Castro

Farewell Planned For Crawfordsville Pastor

A farewell potluck supper for Rev. and Mrs. Paul Pennington is set for Monday June 17 at 6 30 p m in Crawfordsville Methodist Church The public is invited to attend and bid farewell to the pastor and his spouse in a community gathering.

Rawfordsville Paul Pennington Crawfordsville Methodist Church

Venezuelan Reds Loot Bus Office In Caracas Raid

Communist gunmen raided a Caracas bus company office stealing about 15 500 as police round up pro Castro elements. Seven thieves with pistols and submachine guns held 15 people at gunpoint and seized cash while three extremists abducted a woman and released her after a ransom in the outskirts. Police reported extensive arrests of Reds in Caracas but provided no official progress updates.

Caracas Venezuela UPL Reds Lidice

Ainsworth Children Will Ride Bus For Swim Program

Ainsworth district will bus children to the Washington Municipal pool for the Red Cross learn to swim program. The bus leaves Ainsworth School at 9 a.m. Monday with pupils from Ainsworth and the school service area meeting by 8:30 a.m. at the school.

Ainsworth Tne Washington Municipal Pool Red Cross

Reading Program To Open Monday At Washington Library

Mine children’s summer reading program at the Washington Public Library opens Monday with sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. daily from June 17 to July 12. The theme is Let’s Read Together, directed by Thomas Morr and assisted by Mrs Archie Euwer.

Washington Public Library Thomas €. Morr Archie Euwer

Over 700 Fat Cattle at Washington Sale Opens Weekly Series

More than 720 head of fat cattle were run through the Washington Livestock Sales Company auction this morning, the first in a planned regular weekly fat cattle sale. About a dozen buyers from packing companies in Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, and Missouri attended as cattle came from Washington County and nearby farms including North Liberty and Knoxville.

Washington Livestock Sales Company Iowa Mississippi Ohio Illinois Alabama Missouri Washington County North Liberty Knoxville Iowa City Jack Scheeler Wilson, Morrell, and Dubuque Packing Companies Ziegler Tuscaloosa Ala United Jeffereson City Ducey Jerseyville Tfl Superior Elburn Elburn, al Dixie Stock Yards Meridian Miss Kneip Lamoni, Ta

Funeral Saturday for Mrs Addie Boshart

WAYLAND Funeral services for Mrs Addie Boshart will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Wayland Mennonite Church with the Rev Omer Nisley in charge. Mrs Boshart died Thursday evening June 13 1963. Born June 15 1887 she was daughter of Jacob and Miller. She married John Boshart Nov 4 198. Survivors include three children Frank Oakville Edith Pincus Oak Ridge Tenn and Lawrence Muscatine, 11 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and a half sister William Harper Ware and half brother Earl Miller LaSalle.

Wayland Addie Boshart Wayland Mennonite Omer Nisley Boshart Jacob Ker Miller John Boshart Frank Oakville Edith Pinkus Oak Ridge Tenn Lawrence Muscatine William Harper Ware Earl Miller LaSalle

Costly Trinkets Blow Up Budget Fight in Washington

The House Appropriations Committee trimmed the US Travel Service budget by 1.6 million with over 2 141 dollars spent on trinkets and bracelets for foreign visitors. They cut 308 million from a 82.1 billion request and denied 570 new State Department jobs while awarding the FBI every penny of its 147 million. The US Information Agency kept funding, boosting Voice of America despite a 44 million overall cut.

Washington UPL US Travel Service House Appropriations Committee State, Justice and Commerce Departments Kennedy House State Department Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI J. Edgar Hoover Civil Rights Commission U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency U. S. Information Agency USIA Latin America Africa Voice of America

Soviet Sends Astronaut Aloft

Russia launched its fifth man into space with Valery Bykovsky aboard Vostok 5 at 3 p.m. and awaited a cosmonaut woman to join in a twin flight. Officials claimed Bykovsky’s eight day mission would test long duration and possibly a paired space rendezvous, while Khrushchev and Tass hinted another space shot soon.

Moscow UPI Russia Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky Romanov and Juliet Tan den Space Effort Bykovsky U.S Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Bykowsky Andrian Nikolayev Pavel Popovich Nikolayev Popovich Moscow Television Tass Nikita Khrushchev Labor Party Harold Wilson Kremlin Wilson Khrushchev Radio Moscow Tass Ne Andrean Nikolayev Vostok 3 Vostok 4

Red Cross learn-to-swim program starts Monday

About 890 boys and girls will join the annual Red Cross learn-to-swim program at the Washington Municipal pool this summer. Directed by Mrs Clinton Boshart, the effort opens Monday with Wellman heading the registrants and 15 instructors plus 9 swimmer aides, 10 water safety aides, five basket monitors and two timekeepers. Classes run three 45 minute sessions each weekday morning across four area groups, with detailed per-city participation totals.

Red Cross Washington Municipal Clinton Boshart Wellman Katona Riverside Washington Ainsworth Crawfordsville Brighton West Chester Boshart

FBI Gets Evidence In Evers Shooting

Jackson Mississippi FBI receives evidence in the Medgar Evers slaying including a 30 caliber rifle and a fingerprint from the weapon. The case is led by 30 officers with a pledge to solve it. Evers funeral set for Saturday at the Masonic Temple. Evers, NAACP field secretary, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with honors from World War I service. Tensions rise as leaders meet Mayor Thompson over alleged police brutality and racial demands.

Jackson, Miss UPI Medgar Evers Arlington National Cemetery Washington FBI Ab Evers FBI Allen Thompson Masonic Temple National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Thompson

Methodists Announce Pastoral Changes in Washington County

The South Iowa conference of the Methodist Church announced over 30 pastoral appointment changes at Des Moines closing. In Washington County, Rev. Lloyd Latta will return for another year at Washington Methodist Church. Rev. Seifoullah Lothi was named associate pastor at Washington and will also serve Brighton Methodist Church. Other changes include Thomas Hotle to Crawfordsville, Paul Pennington moving to Montrose Melrose, Georg E. Gibson to Kalona Sharon Chapel, E Edward Philgreen to Agency Riverview, Earl Koston to Wellman, Paul M. Dietterich to Carroll, H Wallace Kinzler to Chester Pilotsburg, and William Andre to Lacey Beacon.

South Iowa The Methodist Church Des Moines Washington County Lloyd Latta Washington Methodist Church Seifoullah Lothi Washington Church Brighton Methodist Church Crawfordsville Thomas Hotle Paul Penington Montrose-Melrose Kalona Sharon Chapel Georg E. Gibson E. Edward Philgreen Agency Riverview Wellman Earl K, Soston Coon Rapids Paul M. Dietterich Carroll West Chester Pilotsburg H. Wallace Kinzler Iliois William Andre Lacey - Beacon Cha

Jay Wall Dies At Conesville Thursday

Jay Wall 76 of Conesville died suddenly Thursday afternoon June 1 1963. Col umbus Junction fire department rescue unit responded but he was dead on arrival. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev Hubert Sunderman. Burial Swenk Cemetery northwest of Conesville. Born Louis County March 18 1887 to William and Josephine Wall. Married to Bessie Forbes who died in 1949. Survived by three brothers Frank and Charles of Columbus Junction and another brother in Conesville and a sister Mrs Frank Dwinell of Fredonia.

Columbus Bessie Forbes Broth Cohin Conesville Frank and Charles Columbus Junction Ister Frank Dwinell Fredonia

Dewey D Stephens Completes Third Year Of Osteopathic Study

DES MOINES Dewey D Stephens a former Ainsworth High School student now at College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery COMS has completed three years of osteopathic medical education and begins his clinical clerkship at the College Clinic Des Moines He will serve six months as family physician and six months in a hospital assisting physicians and continuing seminars At 40 he left farming near Ainsworth to pursue college education and after COMS will intern for a year before practice

Des Moines Dewey D. Stephens Ainsworth High School College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery COMS College Stephens Ainsworth State University of Iowa COM

Mrs. Luella Barnes Dies Thursday Night in Elgin

Luella White born May 9 1876 in Ainsworth grew up there. She married Thomas Harvey Barnes December 25 1900. he died September 4 1948. Survived by two sons Thomas Barnes Raleigh NC Fart Barnes Morris Plains NJ. three daughters Louise Hewitt Hagerstown MD Ruth Olson Decatur IL Maude Vadala Roselle IL. 12 grandchildren. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Rushing officiating. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. She was a member of Crawfordsville United Presbyterian Church.

Luella Barnes Crawfordsville Elgin Jones Robert Rushing Ainsworth Cemetery Luella White Ainsworth Edward Louisa Cunningham White Washington Academy Thomas Harvey Barnes

Weather summary for Iowa with scattered storms and heat

Weather by Unitea eres international Iowa partly cloudy tonight not Saturday with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Heaviest storms likely northwest and extreme west late tonight into Saturday morning. Lows 50s to 60s, highs Saturday 80s to near 90. Five day forecast shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal with below average precipitation around 3 inches overall.

Unitea Eres

Ex Moslem Minister Joins Brighton Methodist Church

Rev Seifoullah Lotfi, born in Iran in 1915 and former Iranian air force member, has been assigned to Brighton Methodist Church and will assist at Washington Methodist Church after a long journey from Islam to Christianity. He studied in Hastings College and Knox Theological College, Canada, and later Crozer Theological Seminary, joining the Iowa Methodist Conference ministry with a distinctive religious background.

Seifoullah Lotfi Brighton Washington Methodist Church Lotfi Iran England Iranian State Railroad American Presbyterian Mission School Tehran Mohammed Allah Moe ‘Hammed Canada Knox Theological College Toronto Ontario Crozer Theological Seminary Chester Towa Omaha Council Bluffs Hastings T've God

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