Washington Iowa Farm Tours invite visitors to see local farms
Washington County launches the Washington Iowa Farm Tours inviting tourists to join free two to three hour farm visits. Local guides will lead groups through grain hog cattle turkey operations, with farms volunteering to show real farm life and meet farm families.
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Iowa
Washington County
Washington
Agricultural Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
County Extension
Jim Frier
Bill Day
Committee
Leonard Tindal
Jim
Mr. Frier
Cooper Near End of Historic Mercury Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL AP S L Gordon Cooper pressed toward splashdown in the Pacific on the 229 orbit Mercury mission. Weather, recovery forces, and all systems were reported go as Cooper neared completion after a 34 hour flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Aps
L. Gordon Cooper
America
Pacific
Air Force
Space Agency
Cooper
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury
D. Brainerd Holmes
NASA
Office of Manned Space Flight
Kyushu
Japan
United States
Australia
Pacific Ocean
YMCA candidate secretary certificates awarded to four youths
Washington YMCA presented certificates to four high school students at its annual meeting with Robert Gillesby, the general secretary, acknowledging their interest in YMCA work as a career. The group includes Steve Soucek Linda Chorpening Eddie Weeks and Ron Marsh among many other active members.
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Washington Ymca
Robert Gillesby
The
YMCA
Steve Soucek
Linda Chorpening
Eddie Weeks
Ron
Cooper enjoys a restful space sleep on 11th orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI Astronaut L Gordon Cooper slept through much of his 11th Earth orbit in Faith 7 waking seven hours later. Officials noted his quiet demeanor and explained the space sleep was intentional to avoid a hoarse voice on return. He briefly woke from heat and a heartbeat rise, then resumed sleep without drugs.
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Midway Island
Kearsarge
John A
Shorty) Powers
U.S
Cape Canaveral
UPI
L Gordon Cooper
Space
Mercury Control Center
Earth
Muchea
Australia
Pacific
United States
Project Mercury
California
Charles Berry
Services Friday For Mrs Booth In Washington
Funeral services for Mrs. W D Booth of Washington will be held Friday at 2 p m in Jones Funeral Home with Rev Charles Hawkins presiding Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery A memorial fund to Prairie Flower Missionary Fund is named Mrs Booth who was 80 and died Tuesday at her home 320 South Iowa Ave Survivors include eight children 23 grandchildren and six great grandchildren with a half sister and one son deceased Denton Ward
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W. D. Booth
Washington
Jones
Charles Hawkins
Elm Grove
Booth
Prairie Flower Missionary Fund
South
Iowa Ave
Nellie Ward
Fairfield
Thomas
Sarah Law Ward
Willis D. Booth
Prairie Flower
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Bible Department
Earl
Harold
Wendell
Newport Beach
Calif
Myral Smith
Crawfordsville
Elwyn
Encinitas
Dale
Merle
Fair Oaks
Willis Booth
San Pablo
Opal Parsons
Marion
Annual Concert For 5th and 6th Graders
The fifth and sixth grade instrumental concert directed by Ron Halverson will be held this evening at 7 30 PM in the junior high school stage. Eighty one students from Lincoln and Stewart schools will perform including a brass sextet and a saxophone quartet featuring named players.
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Ron Halverson
Lincoln
Stewart
Brass
Dave Gregory
Mark Flickinger
Chris Rinner
Mark Shearer
Eric Hammer
Tom Logan
Susan Anderson
Chris Vosika
Laura Holden
Joe Quinn
Governor Hughes demands tax withholdings Iowa stand
Gov. Harold E. Hughes pushes a personal income tax withholding plan and equalization of property tax assessments. He sent a two page letter to the Republican legislature outlining acceptable points in a tax bill while urging a broad view of the overall package. Reaction split among parties with lawmakers cautious and undecided.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
House
Senate
Hughes
Ray Eveland
D-Kelley
David O. Shaff
R-Clinton
Senate Ways
Baccalaureate Service Planned at WACO High School
Olds Community High School hosts a baccalaureate service in the gymnasium on Sunday May 19 at 7 30 p m Reverend George Buchanan will deliver the address Mixed chorus performs Blessing Glory Wisdom and Power Creation Marilyn Graber violin solo Superintendent Carl Luse introduces the speaker Clyde Erwin offers invocation and benediction Kathy Fletcher leads processional and processional
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Waco Community High School
Olds
George Buchanan
Marilyn Graber
Carl Luse
Clyde Erwin Wil
Kathy Fletcher
Desegregation protests surge across the South
Multiple cities report demonstrations over school and public space integration. In Greensboro 1500 students protest dine-and-dine segregation, while Raleigh and Nashville see ongoing marches and arrests. Birmingham officials and Mayor Hanes clash over a desegregation deal. Federal troops remain in Alabama after rioting. CORE faces injunction relief. court actions seek university and public school integration.
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Ala
Art Hanes
Nashville
Tenn
Raleigh
N. C
Greensboro
University of Alabama
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
McComb
Miss
Richmond
Gadsden
Montgomery
Jackson
Fourteen Eighth Graders Graduate in Washington County Rural Schools
Fourteen eighth graders received diplomas today at the Washington County Rural Schools ceremony held at the courthouse. Graduate list includes Mary Bender, Shirley Bontrager, Gordon Brenneman, Eldon Beachy, Sarah Borntreger, Larry Gingerich, Joy Hershberger, Dale Marner, Monroe Miller, James Ropp, Samuel Swantz, James Yoder, Miriam Yoder, Robert Yoder. Teacher Mrs. Eulalia Benson was honored with an orchid for 45 years of teaching in Washington and Henry counties.
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Washington County
Court House
Mary Bender
Maple Grove
Shirley Bontrager
Gordon Brenneman
Middleburg
Eldon Beachy
Pleasant Hill
Sarah Borntreger
Larry Gingerich
Joy Hershberger
Dale Marner
Snake Hollow
Monroe Miller
James Ropp
Samuel Swantz
James Yoder
Miriam
Benson
Old Settlers
Mt. Pleasant
Round Grove
Highland Community School District
Amos J. Yoder
Alfie Guengerich
Ila Wade
Velma Yoder
English River Township
Pari Mutuel Betting Defeated In Senate In Iowa
In Des Moines the senate appropriations committee killed a bill legalizing pari mutuel betting on horse and dog racing. It marks the third defeat in as many days, ending any immediate chance of a floor vote this session. The measure tied to a $10 000 appropriation for 4 H clubs and would have placed the state fair board in charge of racing with licenses for county fairs to run a two week season.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Richard E. Turner
Council Bluffs
State Fair Board
Manussier Funeral Services Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for George William Manussier are set for Friday at 2 30 p.m. at the Sherman Eden Funeral Home with the Rev Lloyd Latta presiding. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Manussier, a retired letter carrier, died suddenly at his home Wednesday.
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George William Manussier
Sherman- Eden Funeral Home
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Senate Debates Kennedy Feed Grain Bill In Fourth Day
Senate Democrats reject GOP amendments to Kennedy feed grain bill and expect final House-approved version this week. Dirksen proposal to end government storage and sell facilities within five years is defeated by voice vote. Educational and environmental remarks follow in adjacent items.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Agriculture Department
Weather Outlook Iown Mostly Cloudy With Showers
Mostly cloudy through tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly south. Friday includes some early showers in the extreme southeast, otherwise partly cloudy with little temperature change. Tonight's low in the upper 40s to low 50s. Friday's high in the 70s.
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Rose Motel
Lloyd Walker
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New Hampton
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Clifford Vance
Mount Pleasant
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Grundy Center
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North Carolina
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Landrum R
Bolling
Earlham College
Ind
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