MATTER OF HOURS Rayburn Near Death in Texas Hospital
UPI reports Speaker Sam Rayburn is sinking toward death at 79 with cancer centered in the pancreas. His condition worsened since last Saturday, with periods of rally followed by renewed sinking spells at Risser Hospital in Bonham Texas. Rayburn has served 48 years in the House and 16 years as speaker. His family remains at his side as doctors assess the crisis.
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Tex
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Risser Hospital
U.S. House of Repesentatives
Risser
Enrollment Underway In Washington County For Junior Red Cross
Washington County conducts Junior Red Cross enrollment in its schools led by Mrs S Eugene Engel and teacher sponsors including Jesse Linch and Mrs Lawrence Zuehke. Enrollment is by room in elementaries and groups of 30 in high schools with pupils contributing to the chapter fund for enrollment fees and local and national service projects. Local activities include holiday services to shut ins and hospital and home care while the international project sends Gift Boxes to needy children worldwide.
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American Junior Red Cross News
American National Red Cross Journal
Biology Lab Rocket Lost In Pacific Ocean Off California
A NASA Bios I for Biological Investigations of Space nose cone carrying eggs and organisms failed to land near recovery forces after a 1200 mile high flight. The capsule veered off course 57 seconds after launch, landing far from the intended Pacific recovery zone off Baja California, making retrieval unlikely.
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Calif
Bios I
Pacific
Here
Baja California
Ghost Wanted prompts senior class play Friday night
A three act mystery comedy titled Ghost Wanted will be staged in the high school auditorium Friday at 8. The plot centers on a granddaughter seeking voodoo help for her grandmother and features a ghostly arrival, hidden passages, a zombie romance, and laughs under director Daryl Schultz with cast members including Mondia, Neuhart, Kirkpatrick, Schumacher, McClure, Boileau, Trotman, Wilcox, Gilpin, Wilson, Courtney, and Lewin.
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Ramshead Rock
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Lonely Island
Tony Mondia
Lynn Neuhart
Judy Kirkpatrick
Joan Schumacher
Pat McClure
Bill Boileau
Tanya Trotman
Robert Wilcox
Mary Gilpin
Ruth Ann Wilson
Anne Courtney
Gary Lewin
Wayland Juniors Stage Time Out for Ginger
Wayland Junior Class presents Time Out for Ginger a three act comedy by Ronald Alexander in the high school gym Wednesday evening November 22. The Carol family satire features Lynn Roth as Mr Carol and daughters Joan Jeannie and Ginger with Shirley Troyer as Mrs Carol. Cast includes Joyce Roth Rodney Brooks Danny Pfeifer Phil Myers and Charles Roth. Director is Keith Hammel.
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Wayland
Ginger
Ronald Alexander
At & Pm
Carol
Mr. Carol
Lynn Roth
Joan
Carol Wenger
Jeannie
Gwen Widmer
Cheryl Davison
Camp Fire Bluebird Candy Sales Winners Named
Priscilla Hammer of Washington and Cheryl Martin near Wellman led a Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds candy sale contest. Priscilla sold 56 boxes for Camp Fire Girls and Cheryl 58 for Blue Birds, totaling 1235 boxes sold overall.
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Washington
Cheryl Martin
Near Wellman
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Blue Birds
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Cheryl
Ralph Keisener
Vicki Stutsman
Rita Dawson
Roe Tharp
Katie Robertson
Shereen Meyers
Clinton Boshart
Diana Harvey
James Dempsey
Karen Glandon
Ken Bakehouse
Karla Kneen
Cal Wolf
Mary Jo Bode
Cecil Long
Priscila Hammer
Don Jackson
Debbie Jackson
Robert Erlenbush
Patty Dowis
Carroll Reighard
Kary Heisdorffer
Jerry Foriash
Lee Mangold
Congo Unrest Escalates as UN Departs Kindu
Mutinous Congolese troops seize Kindu forcing UN delegation escape and endangering 15 Italian airmen. In Albertville Katanga, troops loot, rob and patrol streets while UN aims to intervene. O'Brien heads to New York as central forces advance toward Tshombe's territory.
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Baluba
George Ivan Smith
Sture Linner
Cyrille Adoula
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Elisabethville
New York
U Thant
Sean McKeown
O'Brien
Moise Tshombe
Godefroid Munongo
Atroci
Shaft Defends Reapportioning Plan in Iowa
UPI Iowa Senator David O Shaft, Republican from Clinton, defended a reapportionment plan passed by the last legislature and awaiting a second approval. He told the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation that urban areas gain voice while minority rights are protected, noting the plan fixes a permanent, enforceable framework responsive to population changes and possibly favorable to passage next session. A clerical error omitted Beverly Henry from Washington High School honor roll listings released Tuesday.
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UPI
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Shaft
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Senate
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Y's Men redecorate YMCA community room
Y's Men held a work session in the YMCA community room and began redecorating the upstairs areas. They plan to paper and paint the community room and hallways as a service project with several sessions and a final meeting next Tuesday.
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Washington Y
YMCA
Washington Ymca
Lightfoot Case Dismissed by Federal Court
Federal District Court dismisses charges against Claude Lightfoot the Illinois Communist party leader as the government cites the Supreme Court ruling in the Junius Seales case and questions proveable knowledge of the party s violent aims Lightfoot who was convicted in 1955 and had his sentence later overturned was present in court for the scheduled new trial but left without comment.
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Upi
Claude Lightfoot
Communist Party
William J Campbell
Lightfoot
Illinois Communist Party Asst. US
Donald Manion
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Junius Seales
Seales
Campbell
Federal District Court
Manion
Sioux City Father Faces Trial for Beating Step-Daughter
Kenneth Elmer Thompson, 44, is charged with assault and battery in the severe beating of his 15 year old step-daughter. He was held on $100 bond after the incident at their home. Police said the girl was struck with a broken board and a belt buckle, with welts and bruises on her legs. Four children allegedly endured prior beatings.
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Sioux City
UPS
Kenneth Elmer Thompson
Woodbury County
New Snow Moves Into Iowa and West Storm Continues
A storm system brings two to five inches of snow to northwest Iowa by Thursday morning as it travels toward the Great Lakes. Forecasters expect light rain and drizzle to shift to snow across the state with stronger winds and possible drifting. The Midwest faces a volatile mix of cold air and precipitation as Santa Barbara…
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U.S. 66
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Deming
Anthony Jerry Chapek Dies at 85 in Kalona
Anthony Jerry Chapek, 85, died Tuesday evening in Kalona. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 AM at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond, with Rosary at 6:15 PM Wednesday at Peterseim Funeral Home. Burial in Richmond Cemetery. Survivors include three nieces Sister Mariya of Odanah Wisconsin Mrs Robert Fraizer of San Diego and Mrs Otto Werner of Mason City and two nephews Robert and Paul Chapek of Richmond. He was born January 19 1876 near Richmond to Joseph and Mary Chapek and farmed in Richmond and Riverside areas. He was predeceased by his parents two brothers and a nephew.
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Anthony Jerry Chapek
Holy Trinity Catholic
Richmond
William Snell
thePeterseim
Mr. Chapek
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Mary Chapek
Riverside
Mariya
Odanah
Wis
Robert Fraizer
San Diego
Calif
Otto Werner
Mason City
Robert
Paul Chapek
Weather town reports heavy snow alerts and mixed precipitation
Heavy snow alert issued for west and north with snow likely in those areas tonight and tomorrow. Southeast sees occasional rain or drizzle changing to snow. colder with strong northerly winds Thursday. Temperatures nine to forty degrees with a colder start and warming end, precipitation averaging 10 to 80 inches regionally.
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