Coupon Days Prize Winners Highlight Local Merchants
A three day Coupon Days promotion sponsored by area merchants through the Chamber of Commerce concluded Saturday with a prize ceremony in Central Park. Hazel Weston of 1012 West Washington Street won the grand prize of 50 dollars from the Evening Journal as crowds cheered. Multiple merchants awarded smaller prizes including Mrs. David Miksch, Mrs. Merl Nelson, W. Schroeder, Beulah Hesselgesser, Juanita Hering, Edith Hughes, and many others across Washington, Keota, and nearby towns, with gifts ranging from furniture, groceries, and clothing to tools and housewares.
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Chamber of Commerce
Central Park
The
Evening Journal
Hazel Weston
West Washington Street
Farrell
Smith-Corona
David Miksch
Route One
Washington Thomassen Variety
Merl Nelson
Richland Fuhr
Cochran
W. Schroeder
East Washington
Myrtle Schwab
Brighton
Freda Myer
North Avenue B
Davisson’s
R. J. Dawson
East
van Buren
Indsay
John Durst
Wellman, Lemmon Jewelry
James
Floor Institute Draws Interest in Washington County
Considerable interest surrounds the Washington County Floor Institute to be held Tuesday March 26 in the basement of the Methodist Church. Factory representatives and local merchants plan exhibits and demonstrations on wood floors, hard and soft coverings, cleaning and care. June Brown Ames Home Furnishing Specialist will speak in the afternoon and evening on floors and care. The institute begins at noon with a 1 45 p.m. and 7 45 p.m. speaking schedule and ongoing exhibits through the day.
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Washington County
Methodist Church
Brown
Firemen Extinguish Three Grass Fires in Washington
Grass fires broke out three times in as many days around Washington. The rear of the Carlton Bump home near the junior high school burned about 4 50 Friday evening. A blaze south of the municipal swimming pool was fought Saturday at 5 50 p m and a third fire behind the Smart Distributing Company occurred Sunday afternoon. Winds whipped the trash fires into flames. No serious damage reported.
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Washington
Carlton Bump
Municipal Swimming Pool
Smart Distributing Company
Bump
New
Science Fair Tuesday At Jr. High School
Eighth grade science students at the junior high under Donald Spain direct a science fair Tuesday evening starting at 7 30. Judges Loyd Woods and Clarence McConkey, local high school instructors, will judge the exhibits. The public is invited with free admission. Demonstrations include regenerative power of planaria molecular models chemical gardens and an electroscope.
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Donald Spain
Loyd Woods
Clarence McConkey
Cooler Air Moving Across Iowa Today
United Press reports a cooler NW to N airflow pushing into Iowa, bringing pleasant daytime temperatures but a sharp drop overnight. Monday low temperatures are expected in the middle 20s to upper 30s across the state, with Mason City around 21 and Lamon near 57.
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Iowa
Py United Press
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Mason City
Lamon
Mrs Eben Davis 82 Dies. Crawfordsville Resident
Laura Jane Owens born Sept 3 1880 in Van Wert County Ohio died March 24 1963 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after six weeks illness. Funeral March 27 at 2 p.m. United Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville with Rev Robert Rushing officiating burial in Cambrian Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joe H Johnston and Mrs Clair Holmes of Crawfordsville five grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home.
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Crawfordsville
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
United Presbyterian Church
Robert Rushing
Cambrian Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Laura Jane Owens
van Wert
Ohio
Evan J
Elizabeth Jones Owens
Louisa County
Iowa
Eben G Davis
Davis
Joe H. Johnston
Clair Holmes
Three Vehicles Damaged In Saturday Night Crash
A Washington man, Zane Whitzel Craig, 27, is jailed on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a Saturday night collision on West Madison Street. His eastbound car struck Bennie Lee Scott’s parked car, pushing it into Scott’s pickup. no injuries were reported. Craig’s 1954 auto and Scott’s 1952 car were demolished, with the pickup heavily damaged.
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Washington
West Madison Street
Zane Whitzel Craig
Craig
Bennie Lee Scott
West Madison
Scott
Trapped in Wreckage Seven Hours After Bridge Crash
Miss Patricia McMullen a 30 year old Mount Pleasant teacher was rescued after seven hours trapped in her wrecked car following a crash into a bridge over Devils Run Creek eleven miles west of the Amana colonies. She suffered facial knee and chest injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment after the long ordeal. She said she prayed while pinned in the car which occurred about 10 p.m. Saturday night and she was released about 5 a.m. Sunday. There were no reports of fatalities.
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Upl
Patricia McMullen
Mount Pleasant
Miss McMullen
West Burlington
Devil's Run Creek
Amana
Eisenhower resigns from Army after 19 years service
Lt Col John S D Eisenhower son of former president submits his resignation from the U S Army after 19 years of service. He has been on extended leave since April 1961 to assist his father with official papers and will not receive separation pay or pension rights. He was slated to study at the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania next August.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Military Academy
Iowa launches nationwide first with UPDATE school computer program
Iowa City officials announce the nation’s first statewide program of computer services for K-12 and higher education. The University of Iowa and the State Department of Public Instruction sponsor UPDATE to ease clerical work, standardize data, and speed class scheduling across Cedar Rapids, Keokuk, Pleasant Valley and other districts. The pilot year will test uniform coding, training, and services from scheduling to payroll and enrollment projections.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPS
University of Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa Center For Research In
Volun
Tary
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Bettendorf
Eldridge
Pleasant Valley Ih
Robert Marker
Update
Haveeen
Marker
Ouher
Marine Corps League Detachment to Meet at City Hall
Members of the Harry 8 Barker detachment of the Marine Corps League will gather at city hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. A chili supper will precede a business meeting and a social evening. All ex-marines are welcome.
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Harry
Marine Corps League
U S Convoys Roll Along German Roads
U S Army convoys moved both directions along the Helmstedt Berlin Autobahn with no Soviet interference. About 3 000 soldiers in 600 vehicles were cleared through Babelsberg in 50 minutes eastbound and 37 minutes westbound, marking the start of a week long exchange of battle groups between West Germany and West Berlin under Army supervision. Col Joffre H Boston, commanding officer of the 1300 man incomm bate group, described the trip as very normal and without delays.
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West Berlin
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West Germany
Lawmaker calls for probe over alleged $4000 land profit
Washington lawmakers react after Parade Magazine claims a congressman earned a $4000 profit from land sales for the new House office building. Rep. Porter Hardy urges identifying the anonymous author and pursuing criminal-intent questions as subcommittee officials review the report.
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UPI
Porter Hardy
D-Va
Parade Magazine
Hardy
Special House
John Moss
Dcalif
Subcommittee
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Two Escapees Recaptured Near Kahoka Missouri
UPI reports two of three Iowa State Penitentiary Farm escapees, Larry Hanson and Lonnie Murray, were recaptured about midday in Missouri. They offered no resistance, were in blue uniforms, and Earl Bonjour remains at large. Bonjour is described as 5 feet 9 inches, 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Murray is serving a breaking and entering sentence. Hanson and Murray had forgery terms.
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UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Here
Missouri
Clark County
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Larry Lee Hanson
Lonnie D. Murray
Kahoka
Milligan
Earl Lee Bonjour
Tio
Bonjour
Paul Roe
Hanson
Murray
Maurice Putman Sets Europe Departure for Dow Plant
Maurice W Putman left Sunday by plane from Keota for Midland Michigan after visiting his mother Mrs Ralph Hesseltine and relatives He will return to Europe first of April for a Dow Chemical inspection tour as chief chemical engineer of a new Amsterdam plant His family will move to Europe in June Mrs Putman formerly Vi Flynn daughter of the Flywns of Keota
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Midland
Michigan
Ralph Hesseltine
Hesseltine
Mr. Putman
Dow Chemical Co
California
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British Columbia
Leavng
Europe
Dow Chemical
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Putman
Vi Flynn
MM. Flynns
Keota
Consultant to Visit Prairie Flower School
A special consultant will visit Prairie Flower School northwest of Washington on Wednesday to study the physical education program. Dr William Happ of the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls will evaluate playground facilities and the overall program, including YMCA facilities used by students for pool and gym on certain days.
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Prairie Flower School
Washington
William Happ
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
YMCA
Model Christine Keeler Found After Madrid Police Stop
Christine Keeler, the British model whose disappearance stirred a political storm, spent Sunday night in a Madrid police station to escape reporters and later appeared in a downtown apartment with British newsmen. She was traced to a British correspondent’s flat, where a crowd of reporters blocked access. A friend said she hoped to sell her story to a London paper.
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UPL
London
Britain
Christine Keeler
Miss Keller
John Profumo
House of Commons
Miss Keeler
Realion
Dick Zeidman
England
Retiro
Zeidman
Weather Summary From Uniteaness International Iowa
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions east. Lows near 30 northwest to 40 southeast, highs in the 50s Tuesday. Wednesday outlook mostly fair and mild. Five day forecast shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal with normal highs upper 40s to lower 50s and lows upper 20s to lower 30s. Slow cooling early, warming Thursday and Friday, then cooler Saturday. Little or no precipitation expected.
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Uniteaness International
Iowa
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