Free man denies bias in wheat poll drive before Senate
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told the Senate Agriculture Committee that he instructed subordinates to present factual information to wheat farmers about the 1964 wheat control program and denied any effort to influence the May 21 referendum. Republican senators pressed for his resignation over a Montana $900 grant to inform voters, while Freeman supported swift action on a related feed grain surplus bill to aid farmers before the vote.
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Ington
UPI
Orville L. Free
GOP
Freeman
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Montana
McCone County
Mont
James Battin
R-Mont
Kennedy
Volun
Senate Agriculture
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Bender
Senate
Farm Bureau Head to Speak Thursday at North English
Cnartes Inuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will speak at the rural urban Friendship Night in the North English Auditorium on Thursday May 9 at 7 p.m. The event, moved from May 16, is sponsored by the Iowa and Keokuk County Farm Bureaus and open to all interested. Tickets are 1.50. Washington County residents should reserve by May 1. Shuman will hold a news conference at the local Farm Bureau office Thursday at 3 p.m. to discuss agriculture issues and the upcoming wheat referendum and farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnartes Inuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
North English Auditorium
Shuman
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Keokuk County
Washington County
Farm Bureau
North English
Remodeling Underway for Spurgeon Store in Washington
Remodeling of the Rukgaber building on the north side of the square began Thursday to house Spurgeon’s Store in Washington. Zelinsky Hardware’s former site will have a rebuilt front, new display windows, basements, and tile floors. Harold Johnson says a late summer opening is planned with air conditioning lighting and fixtures, expanding departments and adding new merchandise lines for about 6,000 square feet of sales space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rukgaber
Zelinsky Hardware
Spurgeon’s
Washington
Con. Smith
Mt. Pleasant
Harold Johnson
Spurgeon
Plan Activities For Music Week Observance
The Fortnightly Music Department plans National Music Week May 5 to 11 with events across the community. Mayor Cloud Willits has signed a proclamation urging Washington citizens to observe the week and celebrate music’s daily life enrichment. Concerts include Junior High and High School performances, a tour by the high school choir, and a 6:30 pm radio program on KCI each afternoon.
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Scott Wilcox
Leo Stone
Edna Smith
Cloud Willits
Washington
Willits
Traer
Nashua
Washington High School
KCI
U P Men Plan Ladies Night With Rev Evans Speaker
The Rev. Philip C. Evans of the Presbyterian Normal School in Ibaque Colombia will speak at a Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church Ladies Night Monday May 6 at 6:30 p.m. Dinner precedes the program with South American service history noted. high school “Top Twenty” selections will be performed. Church men may reserve tickets for themselves and wives Sunday morning. ticket sales are handled by Jay Brewer and Arthur Duens.
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Philip C. Evans
Presbyterian Normal School
Ibaque
Columbia
Men's Brotherhood
Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian Chireh
Evans
Foreign Service
Jay Brewer
Arthur Duens
Ben Ward 74 Dies Here This Morning
Ben Ward of 609 North 7th Avenue dies at Washington County Hospital this morning after long Washington community residence. Funeral date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Ward
Washington County
Mr. Ward
North 7Th Avenue
Washington
Senator Fulton Calls for Nuclear Satellite Deterrent
United States Senator James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania proposes launching a series of nuclear loaded satellites to deter war and counter Soviet activity. He criticizes the Defense Department for space misalignment and urges rapid development of offensive and defensive space weapons including manned orbital inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
United States
Gays Reanmes
Fulton
Defense Department
Pentagon
Historical Society Plans Summer Tour Schedule
The Washington County Historical Society announces its annual summer tour for Sunday afternoon June 25. President Charles Hotle reports Edna Jones as general chairman. The tour will visit Richmond St Vincent Cemetery Riverside and the Jackson Township area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Historical Society
Charles Hotle
Edna Jones
Richmond
St. Vincent Cemetery
Riverside
Jackson Township
Mrs. J. Roy Yoder of Kalona Dies at 76
Bertha Yoder a longtime Kalona resident died Thursday in Mercy Hospital Iowa City at age 76 after a heart ailment. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Sharon F.U. Church with Rev. Samul Habn. burial in Clear Fork Cemetery Garden City Missouri. Memorial fund established. Born July 25 1885 East Lynne Missouri. married July 4 1908 to Mr. Yoder who survives. Surviving siblings Herbert Kalona Joe Windom J E Hartzler Goshen Indiana and sister Fannie Brenneman Colorado Springs Colorado. Preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
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Kalona
J. Roy Yoder
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Sharon F.U
Samul Habn
Clear Fork
Garden City
Petersim
Bertha Yoder
East Lynne
Joseph
Mary Byler Hartzler
Yoder
Sharon
Ther
Herbert
Joe
Windom
J. E. Hartzler
Goshen
Ind
Fannie Brenneman
Colorado
Springs
Colo
Teachers Honored By VFW Auxiliary
Washington teachers were honored by the local VFW Auxiliary in recognition of National Teacher Day on May 4. Carnations were presented at Stewart and Junior High School, the high school, St James, Lincoln, Special Education, and other schools by auxiliary members Mrs. Delbert Earll, Mrs. Truman Hysell, Mrs. Glen Widmer, Mrs. Clifford Tait, Mrs. Francis Reed, Mrs. Lester Worley, Mrs. Harold Haifley, and Mrs. Dwight Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School
VFW
Delbert Earll
Truman Hysell
Stewart and
Glen Widmer
Clifford Tait
Francis Reed
Lester Worley
St James
Harold Haifley
Dwight Hayes
Lincoln
Loyalty Week Display by VFW Observed in Square
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary observe Loyalty Week with a window display at Washington Cleaners featuring books about the Nation its capital and Iowa. The display includes Freedom Train documents as part of a drive against Communist life May Day activities worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Empers
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Washington Cleaners
Nation
Iowa
Iowa’s Alcohol Clash Heads to Final House Vote
Iowa politics swirl as Governor Harold Hughes pushes a drastic liquor reform ending 46 dry years. Senate already passed a liquor-by-the-drink bill replacing 4 percent beer limits and state stores with more liberal sales. House debates tests, local option provisions fail, but drys gain ground amid revenue shifts and regulatory tightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Legislature Debates Liquor Bills Amid Amendments
The Iowa House opened a third round in the liquor by the drink debate as dry and wet factions traded wins. An amendment for reverse local option passed 56 to 50, while rivals attacked a senate bill allowing more licenses. Other changes include no 10 percent discount at state stores and local licensing appeals to courts. The fight pushes the bill back to the senate, with several House amendments disliked by the upper chamber. The day also covered auto dealer protections, court system study, Regents funding, and a rules overhaul plan limiting department power and preserving executive rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Des Moines
UPI
Iown House
Senate
Liquor Commission
Iowa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Americans Reach Summit of Everest
An American mountain expedition claimed the summit of Mount Everest at 29,028 feet after challenging weather and communication delays. Two climbers completed the ascent, with official names undisclosed, as the group plans to press toward nearby peaks Lhotse and Nuptse. President Kennedy praised the achievement and noted the expedition’s placement among the few Everest ascents in history.
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Katmandu
Sealng
Mt. Everest
James Ramsey Ullman
Boston
Everest
Lhotse
Nuptse
Kennedy
Washington
Mt Everest
Edmund Fillary
New Zealand
Tensing Norkay
Weather Outlook: Cloudy Skies and Showers Across State
United Press International reports mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with scattered showers in the northwest and extreme north. Colder air moves in from the northwest, with lows in the 40s to 50s and highs 50s to 70s across the state. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and colder with optional showers. Five day forecast shows temperatures about 10 degrees below normal northwest to near normal southeast, with more warmth by midweek. Precipitation averages around one inch, mainly in the first half.
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United Press International
Armer
Memorial Day Plans To Be Started At Meeting Monday
George W. Rudiger, general chairman of the Washington Memorial Day observance, calls a committee meeting to begin planning. He urges representatives from patriotic groups, the Boy Scouts, Blue Birds, Municipal Band, Steele Sound System, and schools to attend the session at City Hall upstairs room at 7:30 p.m.
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Washington
Ening
George W. Rudiger
Rudiger
Boy Scouts
Blue Birds
Municipal Band
Steele Sound System
City Hall
Caroline Kennedy Disciplined on White House Balcony
Washington United States authorities detail an incident at an armed services reception at the White House where Caroline Kennedy, the President’s daughter, climbed onto a balcony railing. Nurses intervened as she slapped at a nurse, then sat on the balcony floor before being guided back inside the mansion.
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Washington
UFI
Caroline Kennedy
Prescient
Miss Shaw
Caroline
Executive Mansion
Annual Meeting Elects Lake Darling Youth Center Officers
Lake Darling Youth Center completed its annual meeting at the campground on Wednesday evening. A. J. Steinbeck of Rubio was elected president, replacing Dr. A C Peterson of Washington who declined another year. A long slate of directors was named from Washington, Rubio, Fairfield, Richland, Brighton, Crawfordsville, Pleasant Plain, West Chester, Ollie, Keota and other towns as planning continues for the 1963 camping season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Darling
A.C. Peterson
Washington
A. J. Steinbeck
Rubio
Uy of
Brighton
Robert Day
Maryion George
Treasur
Henry McCleery
Packwood
F. B. Schultz
Richland
Robert E. Arthur
Maurice Long
Fairfield
A. Jbeck
A. C. Peterson
John Lemmon
Maurice Gould
Carroll Steinbeck
Bruce Cowden
Lyle Lowe
Crawfordsville
Don Orr
West Chester
Clarence Fulton
Harold Cross
Riverside
Harvey Hoskins
Pleasant Plain
Lyle Mitchell
Daryl Tucker
Glen Reschly
Wayland
Jack Schreiner
Ollie
LeRoy Chalupa
Kenneth Steinbeck
Rex ‘Allensworth
Kalona
Bob Clow
Bill Wyatt
W. R. Kime
Clark Daley
Keota
Frederick Harris
Roy Mitchell
Packewood
Charles Wells
Leonard Pickard
East Pleasant Plain
L. P. Guy
Brighon
W. L. Fry
John Lohner
Raymond Minvart
James Frier
Harry Ward
Marion George
B. J. Byrne
Washington Aims To Clean Up City Premises
Mayor Willits urges a May cleanup to remove winter junk and trash. Residents without city sanitation must haul rubbish to the south landfill. Some bury refuse in gardens. this is prohibited. Junk cars are being removed. new ordinance bars keeping them on property. Dogs should stay on property or on a leash. loose dogs will be taken to the pound. Street repairs and seal coats planned. Twelfth Street to receive new seal coat soon.
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Lion
Washington
Omeris
Collec
Willits
Black Top
Twelfth Street
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George O'Malley
Polk County
Regents
Iowa Board of Regents
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