Campaign to register every eligible Negro in LeFlore County
Wiley Branton of the Voter Education Project declares a concentrated nationwide effort by SNCC NAACP SCLC CORE to register all qualified Black voters in LeFlore County Mississippi. He warns of expected violence and seeks federal protection after the shooting of Jimmy Travis a 20 year old registration worker. Bob Moses and Randolph Blackwell were in the car. a 45 caliber bullet was recovered and turns to the FBI. Travis remains in Jackson hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Greenwwood
Miss
UPL
LeFlore
Ross Barnett
Wiley A. Branton
Atlanta
Atty
Robert Kenner
Branton
Kennedy
Jimmy Travis
Travis
Bob Moses
Enville
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Moses
Randolph Blackwell
FBI
Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Theongress of Racial Equality
CORE
Fire kills over sixty baby chicks at Junction farm
A fire at the Rollin Smith farm three miles southeast of Columbus Junction late Friday afternoon damaged a building used as a brooder house. More than 60 baby chicks died from the fire or smoke before firefighters contained the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Rollin Smith
Smith
ONO Line Steel
Bauer Leaves Federal Savings Post in 1963 Change
Ralph V. Bauer resigns as managing officer of the Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association effective April 1 1963. Lloyd Beenblossom to become secretary treasurer, succeeding Bauer. Dunlap named a managing officer as the institution grows assets from 600000 to 3000000 while Bauer remains a director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph V. Bauer
Marager
Thea
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lloyd Beenblossom
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Bauer
State Legislators Start Recess As Assembly Adjourns
The Iowa General Assembly adjourned Thursday afternoon February 28 for a ten day recess. The session faces many issues with 80 bills placed on the calendar this week. SF 70 IPERS retirement legislation passed 103 to 0, adding eight million dollars to improve public employee and teaching retirements. The Ways and Means committee worked long hours on a property tax relief package, but could not finalize it. A group of 27 Representatives will determine which bills advance when sessions resume.
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War General Assembly
House
IPERS
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Herb Campbell
Linda
Wayne Norman
George Horn
Rolland Benson
Phil Weldin
Louis Kehoe
Washington
Harlan Weidereck
Wapello
Bill Mbro
Bryce Lord
Ainsworth
Sam Bowser
Ting
China Says Peace Talks Are Drivel In Blow At Khrushchev
A Peking English broadcast labeled peace discussions by fellow communists as drivel and defended what it calls just wars. It argued real peace will come only with capitalism dead and cited Lenin while criticizing Russia’s Cuba crisis stance and Khrushchev’s leadership.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Kilin
Peking
Cuba
Russia
V. I. Lenin
Peki Id
Josef Stalin
Red China
Criti
Nikita’ Khrushchev
Lenin
Red Planes Sighted From U S Carrier Forrestal
Navy officers aboard the carrier Forrestal spotted Soviet bombers flying low over the ship in the Atlantic. A group of reporters with the U S Sixth Fleet recalls the moment one plane was described as a Russian intruder swept down with U S planes in pursuit. A television room alert had an officer shouting the presence of a Russian plane.
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Washington
UPS
Forrestal
Atlantic
Sixth Fleet
William Peeples
Louisville
Courier-Journal
U.S
William A. Klutts
Memphis, Tenn Commercial Appeal
Milwaukee Police Official Indicted in Fraud Case
Milwaukee police captain Harry Kuszewski head of the vice squad was indicted on 24 counts of misconduct in office tax evasion and false swearing. He was suspended with bail set at 2000 dollars. Also charged are other officers and a Milwaukee gambler as the John Doe probe widens.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Milwaukee County
Harry Kuszewski
Harry Daniels
Kuszewski
Force
William Goldmann
Howard C. Johnson
John Doe
John L. Coffey
Coffey
F. Ryan Duffy
Snow Blankets Northern States Hit by Heavy Snow Events
Snow covered large swaths from Indiana to New England with hazardous driving and up to 10 inches falling in parts of Indiana Ohio and New York. Central Maine reported eight inches while Albany and Rochester saw six and four inches respectively. Shel byville Indiana measured ten inches and Indianapolis and Spencer reported nine. Eastern Pennsylvania imposed a 35 mile per hour limit on the Turnpike as snow and sleet slowed traffic. Temperatures were expected to run below normal but warmer than February across the region.
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Indiana
New England
Maine
Albany
N.Y
Rochester
N Y
Cleveland
Kirkland
Ohio
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Spencer
Weather Bureau
Washington
Legion Post Postpones March Meeting Due to Birthday Party
Legion Post announces the regular meeting will not be held Tuesday in March. The annual birthday party is set for Tuesday March 12, so the first Tuesday meeting is canceled. Details will be announced soon.
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W. At. Tweeten
Leon Beatty Legion Post
Legion
Weather outlook with weekend clouds and mild Monday
United Press International reports considerable cloudiness through the weekend with little temperature change. Low tonight in the 20s and high Sunday generally in the 40s. Outlook for Monday partly cloudy and mild.
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United Press International
Crawfordsville Locker Plant Sold to Coon
Lloyd Coon purchased the Anderson Locker plant in Crawfordsville and will take over operation immediately. The Coon family had been living in Ainsworth after moving from Douglas Arizona and earlier residents of Ainsworth. Glenn Anderson has owned the plant since 1949 and plans to remain in Crawfordsville, though his plans are indefinite.
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Crawfordsville
Lloyd Coon
Anderson
Ainsworth
Douglas
Ariz
Arizona
Glenn Anderson
Prisoner Burned In Des Moines Jail Fire
Des Moines prison inmate Donald Raymond Prine, 34, badly burned in a pad ded cell fire at Polk county jail after being placed in solitary for an escape attempt. He remained in critical condition, suffering extensive burns, as authorities noted the cell was condemned and in need of repairs.
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Des Moines
UPL
Polk County
Donald Raymond Prine
Prine
Wilbur Hildreth
Hildreth
Voters Approve Highland District Formation In Washington County
Voters in eastern Washington County approved creating the Highland Community School District by a 90 percent margin. The new district includes Riverside and Ainsworth areas plus 10 rural districts and will start July 1. Board elections are planned soon. Unofficial tallies show 268 high school students and 380 elementary/junior high students favoring the plan.
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Washington County
Highland Community
Riverside
Ainsworth
Minnesota recount tightens race for governor
Democrat Karl Rolvaag clung to a 43 vote recount lead over incumbent Elmer Ander in a three judge panel recount of 24 ballot categories from the November 6 election. The trial paused for the weekend as judges continue to rule on disputed ballots and issues from the state canvassing board’s initial result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Karl Rolyaag
Minnesota
Elmer L. Ander
State Supreme Court
Andersen
Rolvaag
GOP
J. Neil Morton
Supreme Court
Open House at Extension Office Washington County
Open house at the Extension Office located at 209 S Marion Ave Washington will run Thursday March 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees can tour the new facilities meet Extension staff and council reps and learn about available information. Coffee will be served and officials will answer questions.
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S. Marion Avenue
Washington
Marion Timmins
Washington County
Extension Council
Timmins
Mars telescope balloon flight marks first unrestricted look
PRISTINE Texas reports a giant unmanned tandem balloon landed safely in Tennessee after a historic 100k look at Mars. Princeton scientists call the mission a success as the 8 by 60 foot balloon carried a 36 inch telescope to scan the Martian atmosphere for water vapor. Descent was controlled by helium release then parachute to speed recovery. Radar contact was lost on final approach. no Mars photographs were planned. The NCAR guided the mission from near Alexandria with ground observers sharing the view via closed circuit.
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Palestine, Tex
UPI
Tennessee
Earth
Mars
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Princeton University
Red Planet
Roland Payne
Center
Palaski
Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Palestine
NCAR
Alexandria
Martian
TB Society Grants $600 Nursing Scholarship for County
The Washington County Tuberculosis Society executive committee voted a $600 nursing scholarship for county girls planning to study nursing. The vote occurred Friday at the home of president Mrs. E. D. Morrison Jr., who also oversaw drafting the society’s budget for the coming year.
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Washington County
E.D. Morison Jr
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Wellman
Henry W. DeKock
State University of Iowa
Journal
Bob
Mississippi
Ralph Bauer
Federal Savings Post
U. S
Fed Press International
Legion Post
Castro
Fidel Castro
CIA
John McCone
Uruguay
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Central Intelligence Agency
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
McCone
Rep
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Coon
Approve Highland
Dwight G. Bode
North Ridge
Oak Grove
Greenfield
Yatton
Valley
Crescent Farmers
Highland
Oregon
Jim Frier
Merritt Canady
Frances Miller
TB Society
C. A. Larsen
Jaycee Chapter
Floyd Woods
Larsen
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Jim Richart
Schlapkohl
Richart
Bob Elliott
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