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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1963

Page

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Keith I. Norton Dies In Washington at 40

Keith I. Norton a Washington business man and civic leader died suddenly Friday night at Washington County Hospital at age 40. He owned Norton Plumbing and Heating and served on the Kiwanis Club planning commission YMCA board and Methodist church official board. Survivors include his wife Jeanne two daughters Kathy and Claudia and son Stephen. A memorial service is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Washington Methodist Church with a memorial fund for the Heart Association.

Keith I. Norton Washington Washington County Hospital Norton Washington Methodist Church Lloyd Latta Sherman. Eden Funeral Home The Heart Association Sherman Eden Funeral Kiwanis Club Norton Plumbing and Heating Theity Council Washington Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Washington Planning Commission Ymca Board Crawfordsville Jeanne Davis Stephen Kathy Claudia Ivan Ida Norton Riverside Calif Kathryn Howard Ottumwa

Abraham Zehr Dies at Keota Rest Home

Abraham K Zehr dies at Henry's Twilight Rest Home in Keota where he had been a patient for four months Funeral services set for Monday at 10 a m in Liberty Mennonite Church South English with Rev S J Horst in charge Burial planned in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery with Powell Funeral Home handling arrangements Born in Baden Ontario Canada Sept 26 1887 son of Daniel L and Annie Kennel Zehr Married Lucy Mae Bash Dec 16 1915 Lived in South English then Keota since 1940 Survived by seven sons Austen Keota Lawrence Cheyenne Wayne Keota Cecil Fairfield Stanley Keota Eugene Keota daughter Mrs Ted Pratt Riverside 22 grandchildren two brothers Dave Bad Axe Mich Noah Baden Ontario Canada n K Zehr 75

Keota Abraha Liberty Mennonite Church South English S.J. Horst Lower Deer Creek Powell Funeral Home Mr. Zehr Baden Ontario Canada Daniel L Annie Kennel Zehr Town Lucy Mae Bash Southnglish Zebr Austen Lawrence Cheyenne Wyo Wayne Cecil Fairfield Ted Pratt Riverside Stanley Eugene Dave Bad Axe Mich Noah Baden Ontario N K. Zehr

Cambridge Seeks Peace Talks Amid Martial Law Clampdown

In Cambridge Maryland state police and National Guardsmen enforce limited martial law after week of protests over segregation. Officials planned talks with Negro leaders but no meeting time set. curfew at 10 PM remains in effect as 300 guardsmen and 250 troopers patrol streets.

Cambridge UPD Calvin Mowbra Stanley Branch Gov. J. Millard Tawes Annapolis Chesapeake Bay City Tawes National Guard Col Elwath D. Tawes C Company Maj G. E. Davidson Col. Tawes

Kennedy Defends Civil Rights Policy For Justice Dept

Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy addressed about 2,500 demonstrators in Washington, saying the Justice Department has no racial discrimination but will hire on ability. He noted progress from 10 of 900 Negro attorneys to around 60, and rejected hiring solely for being nonwhite. Demonstrators questioned FBI action in Jackson and job hiring, while Kennedy defended the department’s hiring standards and urged continued civil rights progress.

Ington API Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Kenely Julius Hobson Congress of Racial Equality Kennedy FBI Jackson Miss Justice Theatures Department White House District of Columbia Administration Pennsylvania Avenue Washington District of Columbia Mac McGee Danville

Unrest Flares as Racial Tension Surges Across Cities

In Cambridge Maryland negotiations resume under National Guard curfew after violence. in Fayetteville about 150 demonstrators arrested and in Jackson Mississippi mourners prepare for Medgar Evers funeral. Police hunt leaders in Danville for alleged violations of a mass demonstrations ordinance.

United Press International Cambridge Fayetteville Jackson Miss Medgar Evers Annapolis

Soviet Mission Explores Linkup With Second Spacecraft

Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky completes 12 orbits as Tass hints at a two-ship rendezvous in space to form a flying laboratory. Reports say a woman may join in a twin flight, with Bykovsky on a near 100-orbit voyage if extended.

Moscow UPS Earth Tass Soviet Union Valery “Bskovsky Flying Laboratory Bykovsky North America Hawk Andrian Nikolayev Pavel Popovich Nikolayev

Fred Dupuis Electrocuted At Cotter Friday

Fred T. Dupuis 56 a Columbus Junction resident and longtime Town Southern Utilities Co employee was electrocuted Friday afternoon when contacting a high voltage line at a Cotter transformer station. Two other men were unhurt. He was born December 17, 1906 in Sigourney and survived by a son stationed at Waverly AFS a daughter in Lawndale sisters in Sigourney and San Mateo. The body lies at Stacy Funeral Home with a tentative Wednesday morning funeral.

Columbus Junction Fred Dupuis Southern Utilities Co Cotter Dupuis Fred T. Dupuis Sigourney Fred F Itha St.” Pierreupuis Earline Coon Fred Waverly Air Force Station Richad Tuttle Lawndale California Charles Daldy R.D. Armstrong Merle Hamilton D.M. Danaker San Mateo Calif Stacy Funeral Home

Talks On Rail Strike Continue In White House Talks

In Washington, rail unions and management agreed to keep bargaining open until July 10 without a shutdown after a White House meeting with President Kennedy. He warned Congress could block a national strike and urged outside mediation as 200,000 rail workers and major railroads begin urgent bad faith negotiations with Labor Secretary Wirtz and National Mediation Board.

Washington UPS Aining Kennedy White House Congress W. Willard Wirtz James J. Reynolds National Mediation Board

Log Cabin Anniversary Open House Draws DAR Visitors

Sunset Park hosts an open house as the local DAR celebrates a 50 year move of the log cabin. More than 170 attendees from Wellman Cub Scouts Chicago Kansas City Wisconsin joined the event with refreshments and a spinning wheel display. Mrs Frank Monso and Mrs Joe Schlatter led arrangements while Mrs John Cherry Mrs Charles Wiley and Mrs B E Ward oversaw duties.

Sunset Park DAR Dars Wellman Chicago Kansas City Wisconsin Frank Monso Pleasant Antiqu John Cherry D.A.R Joe Schlatter Charles Wiley B.E. Ward Carol

Khrushchev Withdraws Offer Three On Site Inspections

Premier Khrushchev told Pravda he withdraws the offer of three annual on site inspections for a nuclear test ban and urged President Kennedy to act and pursue peace. He held that the German peace treaty must be settled and that Western powers withdraws, signaling a stiffened Kremlin stance ahead of Geneva talks.

Moscow OPL Nikitas Khrushchev Kennedy Khrushchev Communist Party Pravda American University Wecen Kremlin Otter Knrushchev Geneva

Six Months Delay On Nuclear Ban

Washington reports Soviet Premier Nikita Khushchev may have reset the timetable for a treaty banning nuclear tests, potentially delaying negotiations by six months. The claim suggests a setback in nuclear arms control talks amid mounting Cold War tensions.

Washington UPI Sovie Nikita S. Khushchev

Hoover Seriously Ill In New York At 88

Herbert Hoover lay seriously ill at his Waldorf Towers suite in New York with anemia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Doctors said his age made his condition reasonably satisfactory as he faces his final days following a long public career and recent cancer surgery.

New York UPI Herbert Clark Hoover Hoover Waldorf Towers Hoover Republican Chicago Herbert Hoover West Branch Towa Columbia-Presbyteran Medical Center Rudolph N. Schullinger Mid Manhattan

Weather By United Press Int Iowa

United Press International reports the Iowa weather outlook with regional forecasts and temperature trends. Expect scattered clouds and normal springtime highs as winds shift, with brief chances of light rain across central areas.

United Press Iowa

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