Johnson urges federal state local attack on crime menace
President Johnson urged a close meshed federal state and local drive against crime in a special message to Congress. He proposed new laws to ban mail order firearms across state lines with exceptions for licensed importers manufacturers and dealers and called for enhanced federal enforcement while preserving state local responsibilities. He cited the need for a presidential commission study on crime origins and emphasized leadership to aid local authorities.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Treasury Department
House
Senate
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Selma Tear Gas Attack Splits Civil Rights March
State troopers and deputies under Gov. Wallace blasted tear gas at 600 demonstrators in Selma as 67 were injured by clubs, ropes, and bull whips. John Lewis suffered a possible skull fracture while FBI agents faced brick attacks. Three men faced federal charges for assaulting an FBI agent. Dr. King announced a renewed march and DOJ sought a full FBI inquiry.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
John Lewis
Good Samaritan
Burwell
FBI
Jimmy
George _Roinson
Noel Cooper
Randall Kendrick
Daniel _D. Doyle
Doyle
U. S
Good Samaritan Hospital
Edward Pettus Bridge
Alabama River
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Washington
Justice Department
Wallace
Montgomery
Andrew Young
Frank M. Johnson
Robertson to serve in Antarctica with VX-6 squadron
Ronald D Robertson A73 son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Robertson has received orders attaching him to Air Development Squadron Six part of Task Force 43 for Operation Deepfreeze support in Antarctica. He will report to Quonset Point Rhode Island for training then spend six months on a US bases and six months on the ice at McMurdo and Byrd Stations performing aerial logistics photomapping and rescue duties.
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Ronald D. Robertson
A73
Lloyd Robertson
Antarctic
South Pole
Navy
Robertson
Quonset Point
Rhode Island
Christchurch
New Zealand
McMurdo Station
Antarctica
VX - 6
National Science Foundation
McMurdo and
Byrd Stations
U.S
Retarded Children Association Plans March Meeting
Wadlington County Association for Retarded Children schedules a Wednesday evening gathering on March 10 at Prairie Flower Schools. The meeting starts 7:30 p.m. with Dwight G. Bode, County Superintendent of Schools, as featured speaker to discuss adult challenges for trainable mentally challenged individuals and community approaches to support.
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Wadnington County Association For
Prairie Flower Schools
Dwight G. Bode
Bode
Societ
Ruby madness trial set for March 29 in Dallas
Judge Joe B Brown ordered a sanity trial for Jack Ruby on March 29 in Dallas. Ruby asked to fire his lawyer and sat impassively as the decision stirred tension with attorney Joe Tonnhill who risked contempt citations defending his reluctant client at the murder trial and conviction.
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Dallas
Uf1
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Joe Tonnhill
Coupon Days Grand Prize Won by Kenneth Peters
Kenneth Peters won the $50 grand prize offered during Coupon Days sponsored by Washington merchants Thursday to Saturday last week. Draw was Saturday night in Central Park by Hubert Lehrer, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Other winners listed with numerous local shop names and winners’ spouses or associates, including Spurgeons Beth Donnelly and many merchants such as Falk Clothing, Western Auto, Farrells Office Supply, Logan Jewelry, Montgomery Ward, McDaniel Drug, J.C. Penney Co., and more.
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Kenneth Peters
Washington Merchants
Central Park
Hubert Lehrer
The
Chamber of Commerce
Evening Journal
Spurgeons
Beth Donnelly
Falk Clothing
Roger ‘McConnell
Western Auto
Walter Carr
Farrells Office Supply
Ron Allison
Tom Duncans
Howell Davis
Crawfordsville
Tom
Lenten Service at St Paul Wednesday Evening
A Lenten service will be held at St Paul United Church of Christ on Wednesday at 8 p m The mid week services began for Ash Wednesday and continue through Lent Meditations on The Lord s Prayer will be given by Rev Emil Burrichter The public is welcome Choir practice at 7 p m prior to services
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St. Paul United Church of Christ
Emil Burrichter
Pior
Corn Management Talk in Riverside 4 Night School
Garren Benson of the Southeast Iowa Extension Area Agronomist will discuss corn fertilization and management at the final Riverside 4 Night School session. County Extension Director Jim Frier reports the meeting at the School Library starts at 7 00 p m on Thursday March 11. Benson covers plant population hybrid selection planting area and narrow rows plus fertilizer rates materials and methods of application. Attendees from the area are invited.
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Garren Benson
Iowa
Burlington man found dead in alley
An autopsy determined Burlington resident Richard Saldeen, 45, was killed by a blunt instrument blow to the head. His body was found in a residential alley Sunday. No suspects named as authorities disclosed results and survival included the widow and several stepchildren and a son.
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Burlington
Iowa
UPI
Richard Saleen
Saldeen
Seasonal liquor licenses bill filed in Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate fil ed a measure to let the Liquor Control Commission issue seasonal six or eight month licenses with halved or one third reduced fees. The bill tightens refunds, bans refunds on seasonal licenses, and requires a two month waiting period before renewal. Legislative debate awaits on reapportionment and other must pass items as session carries on.
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Des Moines
UPI
Liquor Control Commission
Iowa Senate
Capitol
Senate
Andrew Frommell
George O'Malley
Frommell
O'Malley
General Assembly
Harry Lloyd obituary recalls Brighton roots and North Carolina death
Harry Lloyd former Brighton resident died Friday morning March fifth in Greensboro North Carolina after a heart attack Services were held there Saturday Cremation planned with ashes flown to Brighton for private service in Hillcrest Cemetery Friday Memorial services are set for Saturday at 11 a m in the Methodist church at Brighton Lloyd born in Brighton was son of C H and Georgia Lloyd He worked with the Brighton bank years ago In 1907 he married Florence Brinton Survivors include his wife one daughter Georgia Willkin of Northfield Illinois and two grandchildren
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Brighton
Harry Lloyd
Greensboro
North Carolina
Hillcrest Cemetery
C. H
Georgia Lloyd
Brighton Bank
Florence Brinton
Georgia Willkinson
Northfield, Ill
Izaak Walton Pancake Supper Scheduled Tonight
The Chicaqua chapter of the Izaak Walton League will hold a pancake and sausage supper this evening at the clubhouse southwest of Washington on highway 1. It had been postponed last week due to weather. Members are asked to bring prospective league members. supper starts at 6 30 PM.
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Chicaqua
Izaak Walton League
Washington
Highway 1
League
Supreme Court broadens own belief test for objectors
The Supreme Court reversed Daniel Andrew Seeger’s conviction, ruling that a belief in a supreme being is not required to be religious but must be sincere and occupy a place in life parallel to orthodox belief in God. The decision extends to Arno Sascha Jakobson and Forest Britt Peter, overturning their related convictions.
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Washington
Seeger
Supreme Court
Congress
Tom ©. Clark
New York
Arno Sascha Jakobson
Forest Britt Peter
San Francisco
Sth US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fulton infant dies early Sunday morning
The infant son of Raymond and Karen Lee Chamberlin Fulton died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Jefferson County Hospital. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. today in Valley Cemetery with Rev. Stan Woeste in charge. Survivors include the parents, grandparents Mercyn Fulton of Richland and Clifford Chamberlin of Brighton, and great grandparents Harry Chamberlin of Washington and Madge Green of Oklahoma.
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Srighton
Raymond
Karen Lee Chamberlin Fulton
Jefferson County Hospital
Valley Cemetery
Stan Woeste
Gould
Mercym Fulton
Richland
Clifford Chamberlin
Brighton
Weather update from United Press Interns Town
Cloudy tonight turning partly cloudy Tuesday with light snow central and east tonight ending Tuesday. Lows in the teens northeast to the 20s southwest. Tuesday highs mid 30s north to about 40 south. Partly cloudy and slightly warmer Wednesday.
Weirdest accidents of the year spark flood of mishaps
National Safety Council catalogs bizarre incidents including a man escaping unscathed from a washing machine crash in Wyoming, a banana peel slip by Miss Lisson in Tennessee, a wine spill after a truck crash in France, a burned theatre in England, a grain-car train wreck in Argentina, a Warsaw Indiana car mix up, a jet pilot’s double crash escape, a Nebraska dentist collision causing late arrival, and a Kentucky sheriff’s accidental tear gas discharge in an elevator.
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Chicago
UPI
Jerry Bergstrand
Rawlins
Wyo
National Safety Council
Carol Lisson
Martin
Tenn
Jaimes Ronay
Ronay
France
Leamington
England
Christopher Fry
Loft
South America
Souneil
Forrestal
Baucom
Kenneth Erikson
Superior
Neb
Grant County
Williamstown
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Fareway
Walter Fritz
Paynes Ratalan Jennings
Gambles
Don Proudfit
Schoonover Drug
Leslie Waggoner
Kleins Kloko
Dasvid. Meyer
Brakes Davis Paint
D. 0. Butler
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Ethel Weed
Jarvis Appliance
Harry Ramseyer
Lois Koehler
Fuhr - Cochran
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West Chester
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Iowa General Assembly
Izaak Walton
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Ind
Irvin Stone
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Raleigh, N. C
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