Troop Plane Crashes Near Ridgeway Killing Seven
An Army CV2 Caribou crashed during takeoff from a cow pasture near Ridgeway South Carolina in the Hawk Star I exercise. Seven soldiers died and 24 were injured. 20 aboard. An eyewitness cited ground crews rescuing troops as flames engulfed the wreck.
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FT. Jackson
S.C
UPI
Ridgeway
S&.c
10Th Air Transport Brigade
11Th Air Assault Division
Ft. Benning
Upper South Carolina
Army Hospital
Burdette Stover Dies at 68 in Iowa Farm Home
Burdette Stover age 68 died suddenly this morning June 25 1964 at his farm home four miles southeast of Washington Iowa Burial will be in Memory Gardens Iowa City Funeral services to be handled by Jones Funeral Home He was born June 4 1896 in Johnson County and married Edith Maier January 28 1920 Survivors include his wife one brother Ira two sisters Mrs Cyril Katzenmeyer and Mrs Mahlon Amish
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Burdette Stover
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Memory Gardens
Iowa City
Mr. Stover
Johnson County
Joseph
Ingemisca Mc.Laughlin Stover
Edith Maier
Washington County
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ira
Cyril Katzenmeyer
Mahlon Amish
Riverside
Rev Woeste Named Pastor at Washington and Brighton Churches
Rev Stanley F. Woeste is named associate pastor at Washington Methodist Church and pastor at Brighton Methodist Church. The Woeste family will live at 214 East Madison Washington. He previously served as admissions counselor at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant. The family includes daughter Kathy.
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Stanley F. Woeste
Washington Methodist Church
Brighton Methodist Church
Simpson College
Indianola
Drew University
Madison
N. J
Woestes
Kathy
Romania Criticizes Soviet Budget at Geneva Disarmament Talks
Romanian negotiator Vasile Dumitrescu aligned with Western critics of Moscow's worldwide military budget reductions proposal. He urged transparency amid doubts over Russia's true spending, while Zorin urged a 10 to 15 percent cut.
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Geneva
UPI
Romania
Soviet Union
Moscow
Vasile Dumitrescu
Russia
Dumitrescu
Valerian Zorin
United States
Advance Ross to double size of local plant
Advance Ross Electronics Co will double the Washington plant by adding 20 000 square feet of space north of the current building. Bob Riley the local plant manager says construction starts immediately after contractor mobilizes with completion expected by early September and new jobs may follow.
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Washington
Advance Ross Electronics Co
Bob Riley
Chicago
Advance Ross
Riley
County Republicans to Convene Friday in Courthouse Room
Washington County Republicans meet Friday at 10 a.m. in the courthouse courtroom to elect 27 delegates to the state convention and approve resolutions for the state platform. Mrs. Mabel Edwards of Iowa City will deliver the keynote address to Republican women.
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Washington County
Court House
State Resolutions Committee
Mabel Edwards
Iowa City
Marines join search for three missing civil rights workers
President Johnson sent 260 Marines to aid the broadening search for Andrew Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney missing since Sunday night The move followed criticism of federal involvement and added a farm pond drag search as authorities sought any clue amid fears of racial violence
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Reedy
Arthur Winstead
Dmiss
Johnson
Central Intelligence Agency
Allen Dulles
Andrew Goodman
New York
Mickey Schwerner
Brooklyn
James Chaney
Meridian
Rites at Keota for J. Lewis Holmes
Funeral services for J. Lewis Holmes 63 will be held at Powell Funeral Home Keota. He died Wednesday in a Houston Texas hospital after living in Beaumont Texas eight years as night clerk at the Alamo Plaza Court Motel. He was born September 28 1900 near South English and survived by siblings and cousins in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
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J. Lewis Holmes
Powell
Holmes
Houston
Texas
Beaumont
Alamo Plaza Court
Mr. Holmes
South English
Harrison E
Sarah Burkenbine Holmes
Sioux Rapids High School
Charlie Keiser
Harrison E. Holmes
Henry Rusdull
Sigourney
Carl Phipps
Sioux Rapids
Hazel Holmes
Carlisle
James K. Dunn Dies at Wyman
Funeral services for 53 year old James K Dunn will be held at 3 p m Friday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev J O Edgar in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery Dunn died at noon Wednesday June 24 1964 at his farm home one mile south of Wyman He was born March 6 1911 at Wyman son of James Knox and Mary Melissa Dodds Dunn He married Frances Luckey He was an elder and deacon in the Reformed Presbyterian Church Survivors include his wife six children James K Dunn II of Dubuque Mrs Mary Ellen Settle of Cedar Falls Tom G Dunn of Dubuque Barbara Elizabeth and Robert at home one grandson one sister Mrs J W Evans Crawfordsville and one brother William Dunn Columbus Junction
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James K. Dunn
Jones Funeral
J. O. Edgar
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Dunn
Wyman
James Knox
Mary Melissa Dodds Dunn
Iowa State College
Frances Luckey
Dunn
Reformed Presbyterian Church
James K. Dunn II
Dubuque
Mary Ellen Settle
Cedar Falls
Tom G. Dunn
Barbara
Elizabeth
Robert
J. W. Evans
Crawfordsville
William Dunn
Columbus Junction
Kennedy Renamed to Grinnell Mutual Board Term
Grinnell Grinnell County veteran Charles Kennedy longtime secretary of Farmers Mutual of Washington County was re elected to the Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company board for a new three year term at the 56th annual meeting Kennedy has served on the board since 1941 and as vice chairman since 1958 Grinnell Mutual reinsures 220 member farm mutuals across six Midwest states.
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Charles Kennedy
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Washington
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Grinnell College
Kennedy
County Mutual
Farmers Mutual
Washington County
The
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
American Legion
Grinnell Mutual
Farm Mutuals
Mid-West
Log cabin in park opens five summer afternoons
The log cabin in Sunset Park will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. on five days this summer under a D.A.R. spokesman. Dates are July 4, July 16, July 30, August 13 and August 27. No charge for visiting. gifts for upkeep are appreciated. Hostesses for July 4 are Marietta Workman, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark and Miss Carol Forgey.
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Sunset Park
D.A.R
Marietta Workman
Elizabeth Clark
Carol Forgey
Youthful Leader Named Army Chief of Staff
President Johnson selected Lt. Gen. Harold K. Johnson as the Army chief of staff and Creighton Abrams Jr. as deputy. Johnson, 52, will be the youngest Army chief since MacArthur in 1930, with a background including the Bataan death march and years in Japanese prison camps. Abrams, 49, a West Point 1936 graduate, served with Patton in Europe during World War II.
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UPI
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Army
Harold K. Johnson
Gen. Johnson
Creighton Abrams Jr
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Bewesmont
N. D
West Point
Abrams
George S. Patton Jr
4Th Armored Division
Europe
Kennedy visits West Germany on goodwill tour
UPI reports U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrived in Frankfurt en route to Bonn to deliver a personal message from President Johnson to Chancellor Erhard. He greeted crowds, rode an M60 tank near Friedberg with Lt Gen Creighton Abrams aboard, and saluted tank crew members James C. Davis William C. McKenzie Francis E. Halbach and Stanley J. Jacques.
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Germany
UPI
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
West Germany
Presidnt
Kennedy
Frankfurt
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Friedberg
Army
Creighton Abrams
James C. Davis
Waynesboro
William C. McKenzie
Cincinnati
Francis E. Halbach
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Pfe
Stanley J. Jacques
Minneapolis
Child Causes Auto Accident in City
A young child dashing across a Washington street caused $200 damage to the auto of Cloyce Pickering of Pleasant Plain Wednesday at 5 p.m., according to city police. Helen Jean Stout of 214 North Fourth Ave. Washington led her car south on South Second and stopped to avoid the child, after which the Pickering auto rear ended the Stout car. There were no charges filed and no injuries.
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Washington
Cloyce Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Helen Jean Stout
North Fourth Ave
South Second
Pickering
Stout
Iowa Weather Outlook Turns Warm Across State
United Press International reports fair weather tonight and Friday with a warmup. Lows around 60 tonight, highs near 90s southeast to mid 90s northwest on Friday. Saturday should be partly cloudy and still warm.
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Iowa
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