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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1963
Page
1
Merritt Canady says Iowa 4H clubs will wear the national two piece green and white uniform with a convertible collar and roll up sleeves. Boys wear a white shirt with a removable 4 H insignia, dark green tie, and plain trousers. guidelines allow jackets but do not require purchase.
Lois Putnam and Mrs Alice Ryan lead after nine rounds with 18950 points in the Ys Men's Bridge Marathon. Bert Britain duo sits second with 18170, Loren Robertson third with 17210, Bruce Campbell fourth with 17040, followed by Kneen, Quinn, Young and Snyder, Fenn, Hillman and Allison, and Schell teams.
Mrs. Barbara Barber of Wellman died at her home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Asbury Methodist Church in Wellman. She moved there from Boone in 1951 with her husband Robert H. Barber, who led Boone's Citizens National Bank and later ran Wellman Savings Bank with his son Stanley R. Barber until his death in 1957. Mrs. Barber was a director of the Wellman Bank at the time of her death. Survivors include her son Stanley of Wellman, four grandchildren, one brother Paul H. Kannon of Santa Monica, California, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, brothers, and a sister.
Washington residents were warned to expect snow and colder weather tonight and tomorrow after a soaking rain. Official reports show .65 of an inch fell by seven this morning as rain continued intermittently. Forecasters expect rain to switch to snow later today with cooler conditions arriving by tomorrow.
Gilbert Bates, 66, died at his home in Columbus Junction Saturday. Funeral services were held at 2 PM in Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Bates was born near Mount Pleasant in 1896. Survivors include his widow, a son Gilbert of California, a daughter Rose Brown of Columbus Junction, and three grandchildren.
A bill filed in the Town House by Rep. Paul Knowles would reorganize the Iowa comptroller’s office into five divisions and grant authority to transfer employees and create a statewide purchasing division. Other measures include open meetings requirements for state and local bodies and a consumer council to curb fraud. The same session also seeks to abolish beer and malt liquor sales in certain outlets.
Communist guerrillas halted a two family mission group north of Saigon and shot dead Elwood Jacobsen of Foreston Minnesota and Gaspard Makil of Salvedo The attack wounded Makil's 4 month old daughter and a 3 year old boy, robbed the party and deserted their land rover before fleeing into the jungle The wives and five remaining children survived and were brought to Saigon The group belongs to the Summer Linguistic Institute translating the Bible into Vietnamese
The Supreme Court, in a per curiam unsigned decision, upholds a lower court ruling allowing railroads to end featherbedding by changing work rules and payrolls. About 200,000 conductors and other workers could face job cuts or wage shifts over five years, with possible 60 day delay if a presidential emergency fact finding board is invoked.
Pastor W. J. Stevens of Christian Tabernacle departed for a preaching mission to Hawaiian Islands churches. He will serve Honolulu and Maui congregations, Jill plans to stay about four to six weeks. The Tabernacle has long supported these island churches and praises the pastor’s opportunity to visit.
In Lima the armed forces deposed President Ricardo Perez Godoy and installed Gen Nicolas Lindley Lopez as junta leader promising civilian rule after June elections. Perez Godoy remained under house arrest as troops guarded the palace and Plaza of Arms while provincial commanders reported full conformity with the ouster.
A home nursing instructor course is set to start Wednesday with five students enrolled. Mrs. Chester Eatinger of Washington, chair of the local Red Cross chapter, says the five day program runs through next Tuesday under Miss Beatrice Streit, state Red Cross nursing consultant. Participants include individuals from Clinton County and Louisa County, plus locals, and graduates will be qualified to teach home nursing in their communities.
A moderate to strong earthquake rattled the central U S Sunday with the center 140 miles south south east of St. Louis near New Madrid. Shocks were felt in about twenty communities across Missouri Illinois Kentucky and Arkansas and lasting up to twelve minutes in some areas. No major damage reported though windows cracked and plaster fell as residents described the trembling. Local seismologists including Rev William Stauner of St Louis University and University of Kansas expert Dr James A Peoples noted multiple aftershocks since Feb 2 1962 and a suggested readjustment in the fault line south of Poplar Bluff to Kennett Arkansas.
The Red Cross will hold a water safety instructor course at Iowa Wesleyan College pool in Mt. Pleasant from April 15 to 19, evenings 7 to 9. Open to Washington County chapter members. eligible applicants must be over 18, hold current lifesaving certificates, and have completed part of the instructors course. Part 1 will be given in Washington before the Mt. Pleasant sessions.
Iowa Wesleyan College alumni group in Mt. Pleasant met Saturday and unanimously adopted a resolution urging the board of trustees to reject any plan to discontinue intercollegiate men’s athletics. The alumni acted after a February 16 crisis announcement that a special meeting would be held March W to consider abandonment of all men’s sports.
Sam West of the Washington Future Farmers of America won first in the junior pen at the Spring Market Hog Show in Cedar Rapids with fifth and eighth place individuals also from his entry. A local FFA team including West, David Birney, Dennis Crone, Tom Duening, and Jim Witthoit competed in the swine edging event Saturday.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau will meet Tuesday at 9 30 am in the YMCA. All retail merchant members of the Chamber are urged to attend this session.
New York rescue teams recovered three bodies as a bus carrying hospital workers plunged into the East River near Welfare Island. Two passengers were rescued as divers and Coast Guard units combed the frigid waters while helicopters hovered for survivors. Police said the shuttle from Welfare Island to Queens was typically full during lunch hour.
Light snow in the northwest and extreme west with rain turning to snow east and in the south central early tonight. Colder southwest tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy with lows 15 to 20 northwest and into the 30s southeast. High Tuesday near 30. Wednesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Five day outlook calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal Monday through Saturday, with precipitation mostly tonight and Friday, amounts near an inch.
Two sailors from the USS Renville who fled Japan and landed in Denison were jailed in Dallas after a scheme involving blank U S Treasury checks valued up to 90 million dollars. Authorities say about 2,000 checks were taken and some cashed while money and a bright red sports car were involved in the scheme.
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