Peace urged as Methodist conference debates Viet Nam
delegates to the South Iowa Methodist Conference adopted a report condemning Ky for restricting South Vietnamese freedoms and calling for bombing pauses and negotiated peace. The gathering also approved an administrative assistant office budget and noted advance sales of the new Methodist hymnal totaling 2.2 million.
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Indianola
Iowa
UPI
South Iowa
Paul Dietritch
Carroll
Hitler
United States
South
Viet Nam
Dietritch
Adolph Hitler
Peace
World Order
The
Board of Christian Social Concerns
Earl W. Downing
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Services To
Paul Henn
First Methodist
Methodist Publishing House
New Methodist
Good Neighbor Deed For Robert Johnson
Robert C. Johnson of route one Washington had an emergency appendectomy Friday night. A neighborhood group visited Tuesday afternoon to cultivate 80 acres of corn. Helpers included Milton Schnicker Earl Ferrell Herbert Ferrell Lyle Wilson Rodney Letts Maurice Pacha Gerald Bender and Ron Meyer of Crawfordsville. Women who furnished and served lunch were Mrs Pacha Mrs Letts Mrs Wilson Mrs E Ferrell Mrs Ernest Meyer of Crawfordsville and Mrs Lee Morrison of Columbus Junction. Mr and Mrs Johnson expressed appreciation for the neighbors’ help.
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Robert C. Johnson
Route One
Washington
Milton Schnicker
Earl Ferrell
Herbert Ferrell
Lyle Wilson
Rodney Letts
Maurice Pacha
Gerald Bender
Ron Meyer
Crawfordsville
Pacha
Letts
Wilson
E. Ferrel
Ernest
Riverside Parade Set for Saturday
Riverside will hold its annual celebration sponsored by the VFW and Riverside merchants on June 24 and 25. The parade starts at 10 30 a m Saturday with line up for walking participants in front of the Harold Weimer residence. Motorcycle and float lines form along specified routes with parade committee members listed and duties assigned.
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Riverside
VFW
Riverside Merchants
Harold Weimer
Leroy Muller
Robert Kloepfer
Dale Navy
Ed Dann
Kloppfer
Weimer
Muller
Duwa
Injured Teacher Recovering After Kirksville Car Crash
Mrs. Thelma Schupbach, a Mid- Prairie junior high school teacher, is recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident in Kirksville, Missouri, where she was visiting her daughter Mrs. Richard Gingerich.
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Thelma Schupbach
Mid- Prairie Junior High School
Kirksville
Richard Gingerich
Defends deferments of U.S. students at hearing
Draft director Lewis B. Hershey urged continuation of the college deferment system to avoid a shortage of trained professionals such as doctors and teachers. He opposed a lottery method, warning it could curb enlistment and harm both the country and individuals. Rep. Rivers suggested lowering peacetime draft age, possibly to 22 or 23, to reduce uncertainty for eligible youths.
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Washington
UPI
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Congress
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
South Carolina
Jehovah's Witness Assembly Set for Marion Iowa
Local plans finalized for a three day assembly in Marion Iowa June 24 to 26 with over 600 delegates from southeastern Iowa and northeastern Missouri attending. The gathering affirms Jehovah's Witnesses do not endorse the claim that God is dead.
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Marion
Iowa
God
Missouri
Plans for a Washington trailer court announced
Ross plans a 3.2 acre trailer court one mile south of Washington on Wayland Washington highway near his home. It would house about 10 trailers per acre with all weather gravel streets water and street lights. State health and sanitation rules will be followed and local county plans supported.
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Washington City Limits
Robert Ross
Washington
Ross
Washington Country Club
Wayland - Washington Highway
Local guests and travelers visit Olney area notes
Local social notes report Mr. and Mrs. Deward Franklin of Olney staying with relatives including William Berger and Willis Richards family. Donna Van Winkle returns home for therapy after an April her accident at University Hospital. A Boulder Colorado family visits Bruner kin in Traer. Nina Paulsen of Vero Beach visits Mo line relatives. Dave Knecht honored at barn party as family plans move to Toledo. Mabel Thompson and Olive Langford vacation in California. Trudy Ackerland visits from Illinois. Churchill visitors and many locals stop by. Jennings and Ackerland trip to Edwardsville includes Cessna flight and St. Louis trip. Sharon Foster returns from Florida to join Hy-Vee work. Rev. Woeste to Ottumwa post.
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Deward Franklin
Olney
Ill
William Berger
Willis Richards
Donnie Long
Ronnie
Rubio
Mid-Prairie English Teacher Attends Iowa Workshop
Thodes Omar Rhodes, a Mid-Prairie junior high school English teacher, completed the Publications Adviser's Workshop at the University of Iowa. The five day session, held June 13 through June 17, aimed to equip school publication advisers with technical and theoretical tools to improve publication quality.
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Thodes
Omar Rhodes
Mid-Prairie
University of Iowa
Funeral for John W. Ritter 68 Held in Letts Church
John W. Ritter 88 of Eureka Illinois died there Monday former Letts area farmer. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Letts Methodist Church Rev. Richard Eis officiating. Burial in Letts Cemetery. Body at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home Columbus Junction. Born September 11 1877 in Louisa County moved to Eureka in 1960. Married Louise Leibbe in 1907. Surviving wife son Everette Davenport daughter Mrs Jack Lawson Eureka four grandchildren three great grandchildren and brother Walter Muscatine.
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John W. Ritter
Eureka
Ill
Letts
Letts Methodist Church
Richard Eis
Letts Cemetery
Stacy - Lewis
Mr. Ritter
Louisa County
Louise Leibbe
Everette
Davenport
Jack Lawson
Walter
Muscatine
North Viet Nam Calls for Trial of Captured U.S. Pilots
UPI reports Radio Hanoi and North Vietnamese news agency broadcasts claim Catholics and others urge punishment for American pilots held after bombing campaigns. The repeats of appeals suggest possible plans to try and punish airmen blamed for civilian casualties, with reports of pilots seized by mobs yet restrained by officials.
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People’s
Ise
North
Viet Nam
Radio
Hanoi
Democrats study endorsement in Iowa conventions
Democrats will consider endorsing candidates at district conventions Friday evening in Des Moines with 7 p.m. start times. Delegates will decide whether to endorse and which candidates to back, with overlapping House and Senate districts meeting at common sites. Endorsement rules require two-thirds support for preferred status, or one-third for optional party aid if multiple votes occur.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Clark Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Marriage license Issued at Courthouse Washington
A marriage license was issued this week at the Courthouse in Washington for Nicholas Joseph Lane of Riverside and Beth Marie Vance of Iowa City. The remark about Argentina’s climate and wildlife appears unrelated to the license event.
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Washington
Nicholas Joseph Lane
Riverside
Beth Marie Vance
Iowa City
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