Supreme Court bans Bible and Lord's Prayer in public schools
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that reading the Bible and reciting the Lord's Prayer as devotional exercises in public schools violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Justice Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion, affirming state neutrality on religion. Dissent by Justice Potter Stewart warned the decision harms religious freedom and parental rights.
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Baltimore
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William J. Murray
Board of School Commissioners
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Pennsylvania
Edward L. Schempp
Abingston High School
Colon
Stem
Philadelphia
YMCA Plans Chicago Trip For Boys Action Packed Weekend
Registrations are open at the Washington YMCA for a July 13 and 14 boys trip to Chicago. The schedule includes a major league game between the White Sox and Tigers, a tour of the Prudential Building, worship at George Williams College, and visits to the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Science and Industry. Cost is 11 dollars. registration closes July 3.
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Fred Dupuis Rites Scheduled Wednesday
Funeral services for Fred Dupuis aged 56 are set for Wednesday at a.m. in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Columbus Junction with Rev. Clifford A. Egert presiding. A rosary will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Stacy Funeral Home and burial follows at Sigourney. Dupuis died after being electrocuted while working on a transformer at Cotter Friday afternoon.
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Clifford A. Egert
Stacy Funeral Home
Sigourney
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Cotter
Weekend Iowa traffic toll rises with triple fatality
A weekend crash near Eagle Grove killed Edwart Shutt 22, George Snides 30, and James Sinbides 8 of Marshalltown and injured Gary Randall 18 and Sinbides’s daughter. Two other deaths occurred in Norway and Des Moines while a Mississippi incident and an Exeter Nebraska crash raise Iowa’s 1963 highway toll to 237.
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George Snides
James Sinbides
Marshalltown
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Oxford
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Cedar Rapids
Linda Shepard
Des Moines
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Harry Shepard
Thomas Strief
West Union
Trief
Orie McVicker
Clinton
Roush
Grace
Harley Mayhew Dies At Hospital Here
Harley L. Mayhew 81 of 624 North 5th St died at Washington County Hospital Sunday at 3 25 a m Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 p m at Sherman Eden Funeral Home conducted by Rev W J Stevens and Rev William Arnold Burial will be Elm Grove Cemetery Born May 18 1882 near Havre Washington County Son of William and Hattie Blackman Mayhew Married Gladys L Sellers November 13 1920 He lived in the county all his life member of Christian Tabernacle longtime button cutter at American Pearl Button Company Survivors include widow one brother Roy of Baton Rouge La Preceded in death by parents three brothers and two sisters.
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North 5Th St
Washington County Hospital
Sherman Eden
W. J. Stevens
William Arnold
Elm Grove Cemetery
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Havre
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Hattie Blackman Mayhew
Gladys L. Sellers
Washington
Christan Tabernacle
American Pearl Button Company
Roy
Baton Rouge
Accidents Near Kalona Friday Night Reported
Two separate crashes occurred Friday near Kalona. A black Angus steer owned by Henry Fender of Wellman was struck and killed on the road by Urban Nicholas Berg of Wellman, valued at about 75 dollars. An hour later, Edwin Sach and Thomas Howard Hote of Kalona collided on the English River bridge on highway 1 south of Kalona, leaving both cars badly damaged but no serious injuries reported.
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Nicholas Berg
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Thomas Howard Hote
Skin Diving Class At Washington YMCA Opens
Limited spots are available in a YMCA skin diving class that began today. Tom McSpadden, program secretary, says sessions run from 11 am to noon on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays for five weeks. Boys and girls who can swim five pool lengths may join by contacting the YMCA promptly.
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Hearing on Whiting grain license revocation
Iowa Commerce Commission set July 12 for a hearing in Des Moines to decide if Whiting's Inc. Crawfordsville grain warehouse license should be revoked after an alleged shortage of 6,719 bushels was reported. The license has been suspended pending the hearing.
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Gird for Trouble Reds Increase Berlin Guards
On the tenth anniversary of East Germany’s 1953 bread and freedom revolt, Communist border patrols doubled and two escape attempts were blocked. West Berlin and East Berlin security units lined the border with barbed wire and crowd control hoses amid fears of unrest. Bonfires marked the border as wreaths were laid for eight Soviet-crushed victims, and calls for German unity and freedom prompted planned rallies across West Germany.
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First Woman in Space Tereshkova Nears Cosmonaut In Orbit
Soviet space mission reports Valentina Tereshkova completed her first orbit aboard Vostok 6 and passed within about three miles of Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 during shared spaceflight. Both crews rested well and prepared for further operations as expectations rise for a possible rendezvous or future joint space ventures.
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Governor Hughes vetoes sales tax revision on farm gear
Des Moines reports Governor Harold Hughes vetoed a bill altering sales and use tax treatment for farm equipment trade ins and used gear. He cited potential revenue loss and constitutional concerns over the Interim Committee's powers, while signaling possible approval of the $2 million appropriation measure with caveats.
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Atty Fen
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Hultman
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H. Duane Wicker
Wicker
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Memorial services for Keith Norton Sunday at Methodist Church
Memorial services for Keith Norton were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church with Rev. Lloyd Latta presiding. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery, honorary pallbearers listed. Norton Plumbing and Heating to close for the rest of the week, resuming next Monday.
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Methodist
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove
Robert Everetts
J. W. Helscher
William Perdock
Edsall Brown
William Hammer
Edward Vosika
William Smart
Sherman - Eden
Norton Plumbing and Heating
Iowa Weather Outlook From Early Week Forecast
The forecast calls for near normal temperatures Tuesday through Saturday with highs near 80 to mid 80s and lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Expect partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers or thunderstorms in the northwest and northern areas and otherwise low precipitation across the state.
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Racial unrest feared in Southland and cities
United Press International reports widespread tensions as segregationist Southland and several northern cities brace for more demonstrations. weekend violence peaked in Cambridge Maryland with National Guard moves. racial clashes continued from Alabama to New Jersey and Pennsylvania as churches, unions, and civic leaders respond.
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Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
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