WWI Pension Plan Faces House Vote Drive
Backers of an $11 billion World War I pension bill push to discharge the measure from the Veterans Affairs Committee and bring it to a House vote. The ex-service group Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. claims 192 signatures with more likely, needing 219 to force a floor vote.
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Washington
UPI
House
Veterans Affairs Committee
U.S.A
Veterans Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Korea
Teague
Veterans Administration
Four More Die On Iowa Roads Weekend Toll Rises
Iowa’s 1962 traffic deaths climbed to 226 after four more deaths Sunday. Victims include 13 month old Gale Annette Fogelman of Evansdale and Rev. Kenneth Fogelman, 42, of Evansdale, both hospitalized after a two car crash on US 63 in Waterloo. Separate wrecks near Davenport Fayette and Monmouth claimed Boege 55 of Davenport Hickman 23 and Jurgens 20.
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Iowa
Gale Annette Fogelman
Kenneth Fogelman
Evansdale
Waterloo
Fogelman
Marelyn Harberts
Hudson
Otto John Boege
Davenport
Larry Hickman
Larry Jurgens
Boege
Iowa 150
Hickman
Fayette
Jurgens
Webster
Keokuk County
Rosalie Ritter
Blakesburg
Karen Phillis
Shenandoah
Monmouth
Henry Milezareka
Maquoketa
Owner Solves Mystery of Ring-Necked Dove
The Evening Journal reports a ring-necked Java dove seen near the west side of the square has reappeared as a pet of Washington High School teacher Don Woodruff. The tame bird escaped days ago and is urged to contact Woodruff above the Ramseyer Hatchery on East Washington Street if seen.
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Evening Journal
Don Woodruff
Washington High School
Mr. Woodruff
Ramseyer
East Washington Street
Mrs. Fred Sipe 82 Dies in Washington Saturday
Mrs. Jennie Davis McCall Sipe, 82, died at 7:35 p.m. Saturday June 23, 1962, at 301 North Third Street Washington after five years of ill health and a stroke. Funeral services: Tuesday 2 p.m. Weston Behner Funeral Home Fairfield. Burial Crawfordsville Cemetery. Survivors: three daughters Lucille Sipe, Mrs Clarence Peters, Mrs Chester Cherryholmes. two grandsons. one great grandchild. She was born January 9, 1880 in Crawfordsville.
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Fred Sipe
North Third Street
Washington
Weston- Behner
Fairfield
Crawfordsville
Jennie Davis McCall
James and
Catherine Jane Maxwell McCall Davidson
Washington County
United Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of
Lucille Sipe
Clarence A. Peters
Chester Cherryholmes
Sipe
Canada introduces austerity plan with tariffs and higher interest
Ottawa unveils a five point program to curb deficits and support the dollar. It raises tariffs and the bank rate, affecting consumer and luxury goods while exempting essentials. Foreign financing totaling 1.05 billion dollars backs the plan as Canada shifts to tight money.
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Ottawa
UPI
Canada
John Diefenbaker
Mrs Bessie Miller Dies At 81 In Washington County
Mrs Bessie E Miller 81 lifelong Washington area resident died early today June 25 1962 at Washington County Hospital after months of declining health Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home Rev Lloyd Latta officiating burial in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born June 5 1881 in Washington to Raymond and Manerva Beenblossom Mumpher married Jan 10 1900 in Washington to Harry Edward Miller who died April 25 1956 She lived over 62 years on the same farm five miles southwest of Washington Survivors include sons Ray of Cotter Ray of Davenport and Harry V Miller Washington plus 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
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Bessie E. Miller
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Bessie Edith Mumpher
Raymond and
Manerva
Angie Beenblossom Mumpher
This County
Harry Edward Miller
Columbus City Rites For Mrs Viola Wilcox
Grave side rites noon Wednesday in Columbus City Cemetery for Viola Wilcox 90 who died Sunday in a Moline rest home. Born Columbus Junction January 1872 she married Wilber Cobb in 1891 and Samuel Wilcox in 1904. Survivors include daughter Mrs Lloyd Carlson of Moline and son Harry Cobb.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Viola Wilcox
Moline
Wilcox
Ainsworth
Esterdahl Chapel
Robert Duncan
Wilber Cobb
Samuel Wilcox
Lloyd Carlson
Harry Cobb
Funeral services held for Richard Meier 42
Keota Powell Funeral Home conducted services for Richard Meier 42 in Keota with Rev. David Van Wagner presiding. Burial followed at Lafayette Cemetery with VFW post rendering military rites. Meier, a former Keota resident, died suddenly at his home in Kenner Louisiana Thursday evening.
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Keota
Richard Meier
Powell
David van Wagner
Erbe Faces Governors With Guard Preserve Fight
Iowa Governor Norman A. Erbe urges maintaining 700000 National Guard and Reserve strength and keeping 27 Army National Guard divisions. He presented three resolutions at a news conference, seeking to block Kennedy administration realignment. Erbe aims to reconcile federal reserve needs with state internal security and disaster use while seeking a White House meeting.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Norman A. Erbe
Hershey
Erbe
Army National Guard
Reserve
National Guard
Kennedy
White House
Defense Department
Iowa - Nebraska
Iowa - Minnesota Wisconsin
Army Reserve
Lawrence Bailey Dies At Iowa City Sunday
Lawrence Elmer Bailey 52 of Wellman died Sunday June 24 at University Hospital Iowa City after a heart attack eight days earlier. He and his wife had lived in Wellman for eight years and funeral services were pending.
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Wellman
Lawrence Elmer Bailey
University Hospital
Iowa City
Edgar McCaulley Dies in Burbank California at 88
Edgar P. McCaulley died suddenly Sunday afternoon in Burbank California at age 88. He formerly lived in Washington and ran East End Grocery before moving to California. He married Mabel Dill of Washington on November 9 1937. Survivors include his wife a sister Mrs Myra Ecerman and a daughter Marie Grissom. An additional sister Mrs Manford Wilcox preceded him in death.
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Edgar P. McCaulley
V. P
Susan (Kracaw) McCaulley
Burbank
Calif
Mr. McCaulley
Washington
East End
California
Mabel Dill
East Olive
Myra Ecerman
Marie Grissom
Manford Wilcox
Casualties Rise As Algerian City Struck By Sudden Accidents
In Algiers a sequence of plastic hazardous devices rocked the city early today near Plus Saint Georges Hotel and at the same time Oran was hit as OAS forces attacked Lamoriciere school. European residents flee amid advancing violence as OAS commanders urge evacuation.
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Algiers
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Oran
Plus Saint Georges
FLN
Lamoriciere
Central Station
Oran Oas
Paul Gardy
Jacques DuFour
Algeria
DuFour
France
Frank Godfrey 64 Dies Here Sunday
Frank Godfrey 64 of 1015 West Madison Street died at 12 45 p m Sunday June 24 1962 at Washington County Hospital after five year illness He was a plasterer in Washington for years Born November 3 1897 son of Thomas and Zettie Godfrey Reared in Washington married November 30 1916 to Cora Fowler Survivors include wife two daughters Cathleen of Washington and Alberta Evans of Washington one son Lyle of Cedar Rapids six grandchildren one sister and a grand nephew with another sister preceded him in death Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Latta officiating Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery
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Frank Godfrey
West
Madison Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Godfrey
Washington
Thomas and
Zettie Strauss Godfrey
Cora Fowler
Cathleen
Paul
Alberta) Evans
Lyle
Cedar Rapids
County Legion Meet Set for Thursday in Kalona
Washington County American Legion and Auxiliary remind members of a county wide joint meeting to be held June 28 in the community room of Farmers Savings Bank. Kalona posts host the gathering with county commander Harold Jarvis urging attendance at 8 p.m.
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American Legion
Washington County
Kalona Legion
Farmers Savings Bank
Harold Jarvis
Washington
Western powers urge halt to Berlin border shootings
The United States Britain and France urged Russia to stop shooting by East Berlin guards at the Berlin border. They proposed a four power Berlin meeting to discuss preventing further incidents and facilitating movement of people and goods.
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London
UPI
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Foreign Office
East Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
United Kingdom
U.S.S.R
Embezzlement Charge Against ISU Employee
Miss Phyllis Armstrong 25 Mystic charged with embezzling just over 11000 from Iowa Southern Utilities of Centerville where she worked in downtown offices for seven years. She was arraigned and released on 5000 bond and to enter a plea next Friday. Washington County Republican Women host coffee June 28 at 9 a.m. with Mrs Sitler.
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Centerville
UPI
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Phyllis Armstrong
Mystic
Armstrong
James G. Milani
Edward L. Simons
Washington County Republican Women's Club
William Sitler
AMA delegates oppose medicare plan at opening session
Fifteen state delegations presented resolutions opposing the administration’s medicare program at the AMA House of Delegates opening. Eleven resolutions urged against Social Security coverage for doctors, while two states supported it. No floor fight over medicare appeared, though debates on fee splitting and internal discipline were noted.
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Chicago
UPI
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
King Anderson
AMA
Louisiana
Florida
Illinois
Michigan
Montana
Kentucky
Idaho
Texas
California
Mississippi
Washington
Minnesota
Oklahoma
New York
Pennsylvania
Historical Tour At Wassonville In June
A crowd of 75 to 85 attended a Washington County Historical Society tour via Coppock Sunday afternoon, tracing Wassonville and Wellman history. Speakers covered Wassonville’s 1840 mill and cemetery, Pilotburg settlement by Mormons, and Wellman and Daytonville lore, with a Tasteful church stop.
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Washington County Historical Society
Coppock
Historical Society
Henry County
William Howell
Washington
Burlington
Galesburg
John Coppock
Washington County
Wassonville
Paul Dietterich
Wellman
Enos Miller
Miller
Daytonville
Pilotburg
Marian Stransky
The
Washington County Fair
Cedar Rapids Girl Crowned Miss Iowa 1963
Regina Prusha of Cedar Rapids won the 1963 Miss Iowa title at Arnold Park earning the right to compete in Miss Universe in Miami on July 6. The 19 year old entered as Miss Cedar Rapids, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Prusha and attends beauty school to become a parlor operator.
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Arnold Park
UPI
Regina Prusha
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Miami
Fla
Miss Prusha
Alan Prusha
Iowa Weather Summary Fair to partly cloudy through Tuesday
Fair to partly cloudy in Iowa through Tuesday with little temperature change. Low tonight 55 to 60. High Tuesday 80 to 85. Wednesday outlook similar. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures with minor daily changes and normal lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Rainfall averaging .20 to .50 inches north and .50 to .80 south with scattered showers and thunderstorms most days.
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United Press International
Iowa
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International Monetary Fund
US Federal Reserve System
British Central Bank
Bank of Canada
Bessie Miller
John Umaya
San Diego
Lawrence Bailey
Edgar McCaulley
Burbank, Calif
County Legion
ISU
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