Johnson Goldwater Vote Drive Ahead On Election Eve
Heavy voting expected as Johnson leads in polls while Goldwater disputes margins. Johnson heads to Texas for rallies and a NBC TV appearance, while Goldwater plans events in San Francisco and Arizona with CBS TV slot. Nixon links Viet Cong attack to fear of a Johnson win. A nationwide outcome hinges on 70 million ballots and a 270 electoral vote threshold. Meanwhile in Keota Jimmy Conrad and his father suffered severe burns from a Halloween fire, receiving emergency care before hospital transfer.
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GOP picks Cecil Wiele for Louisa board seat
In Louisa County a new Republican candidate Cecil Wiele was chosen to run for the board of supervisors starting January 1966. He will face incumbent Democrat Guy Jameison who had been unopposed on the ballot. Leroy Pierce, Louisa GOP chair, announced the selection. Pierce runs a gas station and restaurant at the Hwy 61 92 junction near Grandview.
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Washington County Voting To Cast Ballots In Local and State Races
Washington County residents will vote Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for national state and local offices. Key contests include state representative Keith L. Vetter vs James Quinn and first district congressman Fred Schwengel vs John R. Schmidhauser. Voters will also decide three special bonds and constitutional questions, including a $110,000 jail bond and a proposed constitutional convention every ten years. Precincts in Washington city and other townships list exact polling sites, with emphasis on the hospital trustee race and the judicial ballot.
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Halloween program draws 650 in Washington activities
About 650 children and teens joined Halloween events sponsored by Washington groups. Teen dances at the Washington Youth Center and YMCA, a 275 strong Halloween parade led by the Washington Junior High band, and post parade entertainment at the YMCA with Roy Hodges. Prizes went to multiple children for best costumes. Police Chief Clarence Lee thanked participants and helpers for a trouble free night.
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Mrs. Mary Popham 86 dies after fall in Wellman
Mary Jane Hall born July 29, 1878, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a fall that broke a hip and an arm. Funeral Tuesday at Champion Hill church with Rev. Lloyd Bauer leading. Burial in Wellman Cemetery. Survived by Bert Popham husband, Ruth Wade daughter, sons Lynn Wayne Ward. Powell Funeral Home North English in charge.
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Methodist Scouts Court of Honor planned tonight
The Methodist Boy Scout Troop will hold a Court of Honor in Fellowship Hall of the church tonight at 7:30. All Scouts should report in uniform. Families are urged to attend and stay for the pie social after the meeting. Pies will be furnished, so families are not asked to bring them.
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Five killed as Viet Cong wreck U.S. bomber fleet
UPI report says Communist guerrillas used six mortars within a mile of Bien Hoa airbase near Saigon, destroying or damaging 21 American B57 bombers. Four Americans and two Vietnamese died. 31 Americans and five Vietnamese were wounded.補
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Weather outlook Iowa five day by UPI
The five day forecast calls for temperatures averaging eight to 12 degrees above normal from Tuesday through Saturday with mild readings across most of the state. Normal highs in the first week of November range from the upper 40s northwest to the upper 50s southeast, with normals for lows from the middle 20s south to the upper 20s north.
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Johnson leads in Harris final survey across nation
President Lyndon Johnson holds a landslide lead over Barry Goldwater in a nationwide Harris survey completed the Saturday before the voting. Johnson leads 62 to 33 percent on secret ballot with five percent undecided, rising to 64 to 36 after allocating the undecided. The final results show a 74 percent lead in the East, 62 percent in the Midwest, 61 percent in the West, and a six point gain in the South. The survey notes shifts among suburbs, the South, and minority groups, with Johnson benefiting from confidence in foreign policy and a broader Democratic appeal across labor professionals and executives. The piece highlights the election could mark a major shift in American political patterns centered on foreign policy and defense.
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