Children donate to Kennedy Library memorial
Washington schoolchildren contribute 69.14 to a memorial library planned for Boston on the Charles River. Superintendent John Phleger notes the Kennedy Library, chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy and family, aims to record the president’s life and times and inspire youth with public service ideals. The project cost is set at 10 million dollars.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Charles River
Boston
Mass
John Phleger
Kennedy
United States
Pratt Speaks At Bridge Class Commencement
Richard K. Pratt of Washington delivered the commencement address to fifty graduates of the 1964 YMCA Beginners Bridge Class. Valedictorian Carlton Mangold spoke, Beverly Lenz was salutatorian, and diplomas were presented by Dean Robert Reed. A baby marathon fundraising event was announced by Bob Gillesby to run through the summer.
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Robert Reed
YMCA
Gwyneth Jones
Richard Pratt
Goren
Dallas Kinney
Richard K. Pratt
Washington
Pratt
Carlton Mangold
Mangold
Beverly Lenz
Daryl Schultz
Mercy
Dean Stanley
Dean Anderson
Dean Elder
Bob Nicola
Don Minick
Mr Reschly
Warren Anderson
Ray Carter
Glen Mace
Noonan and Hayes
Bob Gillesby
Edens Win YMCA Bridge Marathon with 21440 Points
Mr and Mrs Wendell Eden finish first in the Y s Men s annual bridge marathon with a net 21440 points. Joe Falk ad Leon Hillman place second with 21140 points and Mr and Mrs Herb Campbell third with 20610 as silver bowls are awarded at the year end party. Additional top ten finishers include Bruce Campbell Gibe Mills Roland Taylor Lois Putman Alice Ryan Chic Robison Dean Anderson and Charles Berdo with scores from 14590 to 45290.
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Wendell Eden
Joe Falk
Leon Hillman
Herb Campbell
YMCA
Bruce Campbell
Gibe Mills
Rolland Taylor
Lois Putman
Alice Ryan
Chic Robison
Dean Anderson
Charles Berdo
Brothers of Brush to appear on Davenport TV program
Washington's Brothers of the Brush will appear on Davenport TV program Wednesday morning through a Davenport invitation. The men will join the show Especially of You on WOO TV channel 6 at 9 30 a m. Harold Jarvis, general chairman, arranged arrangements for the event.
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Brothers of the Brush
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You
WOO
Channel 6
Harold Jarvis
Cub Scout Picnic Thursday at County Fair Grounds
Cub Scouts and parents are invited to a pack picnic hosted by the Washington group Thursday at 6 30 p m at the county fair grounds. Rodney Davison urges attendance as the final meeting before Fall. Families should bring meat for their table two dishes to pass and own table service. Pop and ice cream cones provided. Dress as Indians for an Indian dance around the campfire.
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Washington
Rodney Davison
Post Office Announces Normal Holiday Hours Saturday
Postmaster Harry Levy states Washington office will observe normal holiday hours on Saturday with no window service and no general delivery. Only special deliveries will be handled. collection and dispatch operate as usual.
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Harry Levy
Washington Post Office
Stolen plane crash injures escapee near Grinnell Iowa
Steven Roe Barner, 23, escaped from a Fort Madison prison farm, stole a Cessna 180 from Grinnell regional airport, and crashed during a two and a half hour flight in rainy thunderstorm weather. He survived with a broken leg and arm and head wound, after the plane demolished in a field northeast of Grinnell. Barner admitted the theft and said he was flying northwest when he crashed. He was treated at Grinnell Community Hospital and to be moved to the prison hospital.
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John Bennett
Bennett
Grinnell Community Hospital
Tuberculosis screening to begin in Washington Co
A contact X ray program starts soon in Washington County to identify TB cases. Mrs. John Owen leads the effort with Mrs. Lorraine Suter directing public health screening and coordinating tuberculin tests and chest X rays for those in contact with active TB. The program is approved by local and state health bodies and funded by Christmas Seals.
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Washington County
John Owen
Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lorraine Suter
Suter
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
County Fair Board Meets on June 8 at 7 30 PM
The Washington County Fair Board will hold its annual meeting at the fair grounds on the evening of June 8. The session starts at 7:30 p.m. at the fair grounds.
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County Fair Board
Washington
Death of Harry Enslin in Peoria Ill Death of Harry Enslin noted in Peoria
Harry Enslin 55 former Washington resident died Saturday May 16 in Peoria Illinois Burial held at La Plata Missouri He is survived by his wife several stepchildren and a brother Berne of Peoria The Enslin family lived here many years and his father Julius Enslin operated a dry goods store on the West side of the square.
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Peoria
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Missouri
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Julius Enslin
Emmys Shine Amid Boycott Jabs for 1963 Honors
The Making of a President won four Emmys including best show and outstanding documentary while Dick Van Dyke Show took five awards. Jack Klugman and Winters led acting wins. Ruth White and Albert Paulsen earned supporting honors. CBS dominated with 13 Emmys, NBC nine, ABC five.
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Kaye
Hallmark - Nbc
Albert Paulsen
N Denisovitch
Bob
GOP confirms Morton as permanent chairman for 1964 convention
The Republican National Committee ratified Sen Thruston Morton of Kentucky as permanent chairman and Gov Mark Hatfield of Oregon as temporary chairman at a pre convention meeting in Washington. The session also reviewed 1964 campaign prospects with comments on Goldwater Rockefeller and Scranton. Morton, Senate GOP campaign chairman, previously held the 1960 chair.
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UPS
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Thruston B. Morton
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Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Voice
Eisenhower
Melvin Laird
Wis
Barry Goldwater
Morton Rockefeller
Hatfield
Rockefeller
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Gov
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Goldwater
Morton
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Senate
Iowan Kester Gardner Dies in Bridge Abutment Crash
Kester B. Gardner aged 39 from Waterloo was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment on a county road three miles west of Edar Falls Iowa late Monday night.
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Iowa
UPI
Kester B. Gardner
Waterloo
Here
Weather Outlook From Unite Aress Mt National OWA
Cloudy cooler today with scattered showers and frail highs in the 70s to 80s. Clearing tonight with lows from the lower 50s in the northwest to upper 50s in the southeast. Wednesday will be clear to partly cloudy with highs in the 70s.
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China urges June conference on Laos crisis in Phnom Penh
Beijing proposes a 1¢ nation foreign ministers' session in Phnom Penh to address the Laos situation described as increasingly grave. Chen Yi notes the Pathet Lao uprising follows the Vientiane coup and U S policy, and urges Geneva conference participants to meet in June.
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Vientiane
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