Rural forces lose bid to shrink Iowa House to 113
The Iowa Senate defeated a plan to cut the House to 113 members by 32 to 18 after a one hour and thirty minute debate. Rural lawmakers argued a 130 member House is unwieldy while the Senate also rejected cutting the Senate to 51, backing 56. The clash highlighted Republican leadership tensions and fears over remapping with Gov Hughes seeking re election and a split in party ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
House
Joe Wilson
Runionville
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Frommelt
Federal Court
Republican Party
Leo Elthon
R Fertile
Evan L. Hultman
Harold E. Hughes
Elthon
Hultman
GOP
Robert Ray
William S. Beardsley
Hotle speaks on Washington County Conservation Board work
Chuck Hotle, chairman of the Washington County Conservation Board, discusses the group's activities since 1962 and plans for expanding conservation and outdoor recreation. He highlights potential sites in the county and notes progress and future hopes for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Hotle
Washington County Conservation Board
Washington Y's Men
Hotle
Y's
Downers Grove
Parsons Program to Feature Mrs. Rhea Speaker
Mrs. Kenneth Rhea, Washington High School teacher, will speak at Parsons College March 18 during the Iowa Student Education Association seminar for student teachers and members. She will discuss What I Expect of Student Teachers with a 7:30 p.m. lecture followed by a Q and A period and will dine in Fairfield with professors and Cedar Rapids student teacher Richard Reese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Rhea
Washington High School
Parsons College
Iowa Student Education Association
Rhea
Fairfield
Richard Reese
Cedar Rapids
White House denies rift between Johnson and Kennedy
The White House rejected claims of a feud with Attorney General Robert Kennedy over Kennedy’s New Hampshire write in campaign. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said Johnson and Kennedy meet often and have never stopped speaking, despite reports of anger and third party communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
New Hampshire
Pierre Salinger
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Community High presents I Hear A Song concert
The 75 voice Washington Community High School choir conducted by Vernon Feuerhelm performed I Hear A Song in the high school auditorium to a capacity crowd. The program featured religious selections, girls and boys glee clubs, barbershop numbers led by the Boys Glee Club, and a new group the Debonairs with Moon Glow receiving strong applause.
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Washington Community High School
Vernon Feuerhelm
Feuerhelm
Girls Glee Club
Amy Blosser
Pam Loeffler
Jim Wilson
Rex Neuhart
Lodge leads New Hampshire GOP primary write-ins
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge wins the New Hampshire Republican primary as a write-in, besting Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller. Nixon also profitable, with Democrat votes largely for Johnson. stormy weather keeps total ballots around 100,000. Lodge’s win reshapes expectations for the 1964 race and his national prospects. Paul’s Shoes marks its second anniversary with modernization and a local ad detailing anniversary events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
GOP
Lodge
Barry Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Massachusetts
Saigon
United States
Nixon
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
George Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
New England
Smith
Stassen
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Waco board considers junior high pupil realignment plan
In a special meeting the Waco school district board discussed moving all junior high pupils to the Wayland center next year. Supt. Myron Thomas was asked to draft a tentative plan while keeping center enrollments about the same and shifting some younger students accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Waco
Ohio River flood crest threatens Louisville as residents flee
Thousands along the Ohio River in Louisville brace for the highest crest this century. The Red Cross estimates 10,000 to 15,000 people will evacuate before the river peaks Friday morning, with a forecast crest near 18 feet above flood stage as waters threaten downstream communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
UPI
National Red Cross
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Flood Threat Forces Kentucky Exodus From Fort Knox Reach
West Point and Shepardsville near Louisville brace for flooding with large-scale evacuations. Fort Knox personnel and over 80 percent of West Point residents expected to move out today as Red Cross mobilizes 50 disaster workers and sets staging areas in Ohio Valley. Robert Edson reports 23 Kentucky counties affected, with Falmouth severely hit near Cincinnati.
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West Point
Shepardsville
Louisville
Ohio
Fort Knox
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Robert C. Edson
National Red Cross
Kentucky
Falmouth
Licking River
Art Guild to establish new headquarters in city
The Washington Art Guild will move its base to offices above J. C. Penney, with space provided by building owners for meetings and studio work. New officers include President Phil Wikoff and Treasurer Sam Weeks. A planned show by members runs March 16 22 from 11 to 9 at 114 East Washington, the former Speed Furniture site. Carol Ray and Vaughn Rinner presented a program on figure treatment by impressionist and post impressionist painters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Art Guild
Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney
Phil Wikoff
Gerald Ridley
Robert Libe
John Swartzendruber
Wayland
Sam Weeks
East Washington
Speed Furniture
Carol Ray
Vaughn Rinner
Final polio clinic planned at armory next Sunday
Washington area residents are reminded that the third and final clinic for oral polio vaccine will be held at the armory building here next Sunday. All persons who have taken the first two doses are urged to receive the third dose to complete immunization from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce with cooperation from the Washington County Medical Association and the Washington County Nurses Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Area
Armory
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Washington County Medical Association
Washington County Nurses Association
Plan Improvements Here Airport Bond Hearing Set
Washington city council in a special meeting moved to issue up to 47000 in general obligation bonds for Washington Municipal Airport improvements including runway resurfacing. A public hearing is set for Monday March 30 at 8 pm in city hall after a Thursday Evening Journal notice. The FAA granted 66000 last August but funds depend on local match to proceed. Local leaders see airport upgrades aiding industrial growth and commuter business travel.
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Washington
Washington Municipal
Evening Journal
Federal Aviation Agency
County coffee day raises 413.25 in Washington County
Washington County reports a total of 413.25 from the “coffee day” fund drive organized by Iowa restaurant operators to aid mentally retarded children. Co chairs John A. Winga Jr. and Charles C. Capper announced the figure as the county’s largest since the project began.
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Iowa
Washington County
John A. Winga Jr
Washington
Charles C. Capper
Wellman
Ainsworth
Midway
Shambrook Inn
Brighton
Lake Darling Inn
Rich and Clara's
Roy
Alice
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Chicken House
Kalonial Town House
Sale Barn
Riverside
Wellman — Boone's
Capper’s
Pearl's Pantry
West Chester
Public meeting set for Washington 125th anniversary plan
Walter Farrell the general chairman calls a public meeting for Friday March 13 at 7 30 p m in the American Legion rooms City Hall to discuss full scale plans for the Washington 125th anniversary celebration to be held June 9 14 next year with representatives of local organizations urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Farrell
American Legion
Clearing and warming Iowa Weather Outlook
United Press International reports clearing skies tonight in Iowa with generally fair conditions on Thursday. Colder tonight with lows in the 20s and warmer Thursday with highs in the 40s to near 50 in the northeast. Friday outlook mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Washington High stages Mrs McThing spring production
Washington High School drama department presents Mrs McThing on April 2 and 3. The two act fantasy comedy features a nineteen member cast including seniors, juniors and Leein with roles such as Mrs H V Laurie III and Mrs Schellenback.
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Mrs. McThing
Drama Department of
Washington High School
Mary Chase
Harvey
Bernardine
Helen Hayes
Broadway
Jan Heaton
Ellsworth
George Johnson
Virgil
Dave McDaniel
Dirty Joe
Mike Worley
Stinker
Death of Paul A. Marsh in Texas prompts sorrow calls
Mrs Marietta Workman travels to Aransas Pass Texas after learning of Paul A Marsh death in Texas He was born in Ainsworth son of J A Marsh He graduated Ainsworth High School 1909 and moved to Texas after marriage His wife died in 1917 in Beaumont He leaves a son and a daughter five grandchildren and four great grandchildren three brothers and a sister Mrs Workman accompanies the Terry Marsh family of Davenport
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Workman
Aransas Pass
Texas
Paul A. Marsh
Marsh
Ainsworth
J. A. Marsh
Ainsworth High School
Beaumont
US jet bomber may have been lured into East Germany
A U S Air Force RB66 reconnaissance bomber reportedly wandered into East German airspace during a training flight and was believed shot down. Col. Mark Gilman said radio jamming and false signals could have misled the aircraft, with three parachutes seen but crew fate not known. Eyewitness BEA officers described a jet-like plane and a fireball, while U.S. officials study the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
UPI
U.S. Air Force
East Germany
U.S
Mark Gilman
U.S. Air Force European Headquarters
Air Force
West Germany
Gilman
Washington
Berlin
Kenneth McQueen
British European Airways
BEA
West Berlin
Hannover
Col. Gilman
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