Johnson asks Congress for 3.4 billion foreign aid plan
President Johnson urged a no waste no retreat foreign aid program totaling 3.4 billion for the next fiscal year. He promised to cut bureaucracy and push recipient nations toward self support while warning Congress against slashing the request.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Otto E. Passman
D-La
House
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Foreign Aid Agency
The
Agency For International Development (Aid
John F .Kennedy
Reunion plans seek two 1959 Washington High graduates
Members of the Washington High School class of 1959 are organizing a reunion this summer. They are trying to locate two classmates, Bob Drobny and Bob Pollock. Anyone with current addresses should contact Janet Black Rees in Crawfordsville.
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Washington High School
Bob Drobny
Bob Pollock
Janet Black Rees
Crawfordsville
Iowa farmers plan record soybean plantings in 1965
Iowa Agriculture Department projections show corn acreage down about 5 percent to 10,597,000 acres while soybean plantings rise to a record 4,202,000 acres. Total Iowa crop plantings near 31.4 million acres, with declines in oats, barley, flaxseed and fallow hay, and a surge in sorghum hopes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Havest
Iowa Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Marion Ave youth to present Easter pageant
The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church youth will stage Before the Cock Crows on Palm Sunday March 22 at 7 30 p m in the church sanctuary. The original Easter pageant by Dr Vernon G Elgin features Simon Peter as he follows Jesus with Nancy Knutson as narrator and Tim Trotman as Peter.
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Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Palm
Simon Peter
Jesus Christ
Nancy Knutson
Tim Trotman
Dave Everetts
Rick Bordwell
Jim Mallory
Carla Hotle
Andrew
Jesus
John Bordwell
Sally Owen
Kathy Berkhoff
Diane Perdock
Linda van Winkle
Steve Whisler
Joe Kerr
Dennis Day
Jim Koehler
Linda Jaspering
Mmes
John Owen
Neil Trotman
Cloyce Stewart
Dell Walker
Milford Knutson
Gifford Morrison
Roger Lance
Vernon Elgin
Richard Wiley
Jim Witthoft
Ron Perdock
Tom Duensing
Don Rinner
Mid-Prairie School District Sets Spring Break Dates
The Mid-Prairie Schools close for Good Friday March 27 through March 31 with classes resuming April 1. Senior high returns March 30 and Wellman elementary March 31. Two days lost earlier are being made up during the break.
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Wellman
Mid - Prairie
GOP Precinct Caucuses Scheduled in Washington Tonight
Republican precinct caucuses set for 7 30 p m in the first ward court house second ward Perdocks garage third ward city hall and 8 p m in the Gebs Chevrolet building for the fourth ward. Joe Jones, county GOP chairman, announces the event.
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City of Washington
Joe Jones
GOP
First Ward
Court House
Second Ward
Perdock
Third Ward
City Hall
Fourth Ward
Geb
Chevrolet
Rural forces clash as area based Senate eyed in remap bid
Iowa lawmakers debate permanent remapping amid rural urban clash over area versus population representation. Sen. Leo Elthon signals possible Supreme Court appeal on area deviation while federal judges review temporary plan raising Senate to 59 and House to 124. Tensions rise as Frommelt and Shaff challenge area based options and a vehicle for debate moves slowly toward a vote.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Leo Elthon
R Fertile
U.S. Supreme Court
Assem Elthon
House
Atty
Evan L. Hultman
General Assembly
Elthan
Andrew Frommelt D
Joseph Flatt
Winterset
David ©. Shaff
Clinton
Senate Committee
Shaff
Hultman
Federal District Court
Harold FE. Hughes
New Look
Democrats to Hold Caucuses Monday Countywide
Democrats will hold caucuses in all precincts Monday evening per Walter Farrell county party chairman. Main business includes electing a chairman and secretary and naming delegates to the county presidential convention. precinct committeemen will be told their precincts' delegate counts.
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Walter Farrell
Farrell
Russell Bales Refuses Vote on Civil Rights Bill
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia refuses to commit to a Monday vote on the civil rights bill and signals a prolonged battle. He warns the Southern bloc will not debate indefinitely and says the main fight will come later. Senate leaders accuse Southern talks of bypassing normal procedures as minority opposition persists. Senator Smathers notes Southern voters seek better homes jobs and schools rather than the civil rights bill.
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Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Russell
Cratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Mansfield
George A. Smathers
Ruby's Sister Reports Belli Fired From Defense
Eva L Grant said Jack Ruby's family fired chief counsel Melvin Belli as the best move for his appeal. Other lawyers Joe Tonnhill and Phil Burleson remain on the case. eight lawyers are being considered for two replacements. The family aims for the best interests of Ruby and plans no publicity.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Melvin Belli
Eva L. Grant
Ruby
Belli
San Francisco
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe H. Tonnhill
Jasper, Tex
Phil Burleson
Mexico
Mexico City
San Franciso
Tonnhill
Tonahil
Burleson
Students to Attend State University of Iowa Science Symposium
Washington and Mid-Prairie high school juniors and seniors join 150 top students to attend the State University of Iowa Science Engineering and Humanities Symposium April 9 to 11. Participants include Donald Boyer James Koehler and James Mallory from Washington and Ronald McClellan Karen Russell and James Groff from Mid-Prairie, plus 50 outstanding teachers. Prof James Van Allen will give the keynote talk.
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Washington and Mid - Prairie High School
State University of
Shirley S. Statler
Mid-Prairie High School
James A. van Allen
SUI
West Burlington officials tour Washington water plant
A group of West Burlington officials led by Mayor Cloid Willits and water department superintendent Glenn Yoder visited Washington to observe local water treatment procedures. The tour included guest Mayor Conrad C. Bjork and council members Lloyd E. Baumgartner, J. Lindsay Ehrhart, Brig Young, and Robert F. Carter.
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West Burlington
Washington
Cloid Willits
Glenn Yoder
Water Department
Conrad C. Bjork
Lloyd E. Baumgartner
J. Lindsay Ehrhart
Brig Young
Robert F. Carter
Weather outlook for Iowa with mixed precipitation
United States weather report for Iowa notes snow in the northwest and rain or snow in the east and south tonight and Friday. Temperatures remain around the freezing mark with lows in the 30s and highs in the 30s to 40s. Saturday expected partly cloudy and continued cold.
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Iowa
Washington Community School District names new Lincoln Elementary principal
Robert Dimit named principal at Lincoln school after serving nine years at Colfax as social studies teacher and high school principal. Paul Miller resigns as Lincoln principal to take a post at Penn College in Oskaloosa. Roger Eichelberger hired as junior high industrial arts instructor, and two grade school teachers given contracts. Obstacle course equipment authorized and district typewriters exchanged. Student teachers from Parsons College to begin April 1 with 15 students including Steve Johnson. Event attended by board members at regular meeting.
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Washington Community School District
Lincoln
Edward Hutchcroft
Robert Dimit
Lincoln School
Parsons College
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Frances Erwin
Roger Eichelberger
Uate
Olds High School
Fairfield
Washington
Steve Johnson
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