Iowa Toll Climbs Toward New Record. Nine Die Over Weekend
United Press International reports Iowa traffic safety officials recorded a toll of 704, nine more deaths than the previous year, as the all time high of 700 set in 1956 was surpassed. The deaths occurred in multiple crashes including near Alden on U.S. 20 and a two car wreck in Waukon, with victims ranging in ages from 16 to 66.
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Iowa
Komo
Yakomo
Carlson
Bangui
Central African Republic
United Steelworkers
New York City
Catherine Berdo Null Dies in Michigan
Catherine Berdo Null, former Catherine Berdo, died November 10 1964 in a Wakefield Michigan hospital. A native of Washington she lived here for years and had resided in Bessemer Michigan in recent years. Survived by daughter Louise Null Panich and three grandsons, brother Henry Berdo, sister Hallie Hull, with another brother Boyd Berdo predeceasing her.
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Catherine Berdo Null
Wakefield
Michigan
Wreckage of Bonanza Airliner Found Near Las Vegas
The crashed Bonanza Flight 114 near Henderson Nevada with 28 aboard is confirmed to have no survivors. Flight crew were Capt Hank Fitzpatrick co pilot Reimer Schulze and Mary Travis all from Las Vegas. The craft disappeared during a snow storm after diverting from Prescott and Kingman Arizona and was located on a mesa five miles southwest of McCarran Field. Recovery teams faced zero visibility and heavy snow as they mapped the site between Sloan and Arden near Interstate 15.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Bonanza
McCarran Field
Clark County Sheriff's
Charles Nichols
Alamo Airways
Henderson
Hank Fitzpatrick
Reimer Schulze
Mary Travis
Carole Lombard
Potosi
Clark Gable
Sloan
Arden
Interstate 15
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Las Vegas Strip
Nellis Air Force Base
Air Force
Rites Tuesday for Mrs. Kate Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Miller 81 of Wayland will be held at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Tuesday at 1 30 pm. Officiating will be Rev. Vernon Gerig Rev. Robert Hartzler and Rev. Simon Gingerich. Burial in Sugar Creek Cemetery. Survived by five sons Mahlon Melvin Orie Paul Orville and one daughter six more daughters and many grandchildren.
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Wayland
Kate Miller
Willis Troyer
Sugar Creek
Joseph
Anna Roth Reschly
Amasa Miller
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Peoria
Ill
Henry
Leona) Leichty
Oscar
Lenora) Miller
Raymond
Vera) Slatter
Mt. Pleasant
Willis
Susan) Troyer
Harry Reschly
Crawfordsville
Harris Beese
Emma Roth
Noble
Olds
John
Hesston
Kans
Ervin
Glen
Mrs. Matthews dies at Salem nursing home
Mrs. Bert Matthews of Sal em, mother of Mrs. Gilbert Mills and Mrs. O. E. Nordyke, died early today at the Long Nursing Home near Salem. A Henry County resident most of her life, she would have been 88 in January after a period of illness. Surviving children include three daughters Mrs. Ed Hite, Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Nordyke, a son Wilbur, six grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are not definite.
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Bert Matthews
Salem
Gilbert Mills
O. E. Nordyke
Washington
Long Nursing Home
Matthews
Henry County
Ed Hite
West Des Moines
Mills
Nordyke
Wilbur
Firemen respond to Cochran home basement fire
Firefighters were summoned Sunday morning to the Joe Cochran residence on South Twelfth Avenue where a basement room fire started from an electric heater short incident. Smoke filled the house but damage was minimal.
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Joe Cochran
South Twelfth Avenue
Rites at Keota for F A Klein
Franklin Arthur Klein 84 a Keota farmer died in Washington County Hospital after long illness Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 pm Federated Church Keota with Rev Marvin Miller Burial in Keota Cemetery widow Edna Belle Stewart survives plus daughter Mary Isabelle Montgomery son John Edward Klein eight grandchildren Memorial fund is requested via Federated Church.
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Keota
Franklin Arthur Klein
Washington County Hospital
Federated Church
Marvin Miller
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Klein
John
Mary Anna Horning Klein
Quincy
Edna Belle Stewart
Federated Church At
Masonic and
Knights of Pythias Lodges
Robert
Mary Isabelle) Montgomery
Arnolds Park
Iowa
John Edward Klein
Mrs. Agnes Anderson 92 Dies Here Today
Agnes Anderson 92 of 1409 North Fourth Avenue died here about noon today. Sherman Eden Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Agnes Anderson
North Fourth Avenue
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
Typhoon Kate Threatens Saigon for Third Time in Three Weeks
Typhoon Kate aims for Saigon with 90 mph winds as Vietnam endures its third storm in three weeks. U S Air Force weather men locate the storm east of Saigon, prompting evacuation of aircraft and closer monitoring of flooding risks in the Mekong Delta. Saigon schools close, and unrest on university campuses eases amid the weather threat.
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U.S. Air Force
Saigon
South China Sea
Iris
Joan
Viet Nam
Kate
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Saf
Mekong River
Saigon University
Gia Long Palace
Tran van Huong
China claims U.S. plane shot down
Communist China said it shot down a US high altitude reconnaissance aircraft over south central China on Sunday. Radio Peking broadcast in Japanese reported the plane was unmanned and said the People`s Liberation Army carried out the action with no further details.
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Tokyo
UPS
China
Radio
Peking
Prairie Flower School Hosts 251 At Open House
Prairie Flower School welcomed 251 visitors Sunday afternoon for an open house. Teachers led guided tours of the building and described the curriculum, with a special section on Washington County's Work-Study Program presented.
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Prairie Flower School
Prairie Flower
Washington County
Washington Township Extension Election Meeting Held
The Washington Township Extension election meeting will be held on Tuesday evening November 17 at 7 30 p m at the Washington County fairgrounds. M R Flickinger has served two years on the Extension Council. Nominations must present two nominees for the position. Francis McConnell is chairman with Louis Larsen and John Walker on the nominating committee. All adult residents of Washington Township both rural and urban are urged to attend.
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Washington Township
Washington County Fairgrounds
R. Flickinger
Washington County Extension Council
Francis McConnell
Louis Larsen
John Walker
Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight Through Wednesday
A brief weather notice for Iowa indicates generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Cooler this afternoon and tonight with lows in the 20s and highs in the 40s on Tuesday. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and a little colder.
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United Press International
Iowa
Beating on bus rider spurs arrest of three men
On a rainy Sunday in Chicago a 44 year old bus passenger, Tommy Rembarz, was beaten by three men as passengers watched. Police arrested James Walker Henry Knox and David Hunt, all employees of a car wash. Rembarz, jaw wired from a prior accident, survived the assault and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The incident occurred aboard a CTA bus on the West Side after the assailants taunted him with racial remarks.
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Ida
Michael Dean Walker
Lime Springs
Walker
William McMinn
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Robert F. Summy
Crescent
McMinns
Jackie Ruth Freeman
Glencoe
Ill
Grinnell College
Dennis Joseph Bannon
Belle Plaine
Gerald Sauer
Sheldon
Miss Freeman
Grinnell
Iowa 146
Chicago
UPI
Chicago Transit Authority
Tommy Rembarz
James Walker
Henry Knox
David Hunt
Rembarz
Frank Kisiazek
Public notices list Washington County actions today
Hearing an application for permit to store water in Washington County. Order for removal of boats by State Conservation Commission. Notice of adoption of county jail bond proposition by voters of Washington County.
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Washington County
State Conservation Commission
Crucial week in strike talks grips nation in chaos
A race against time to avert strikes threatens Ford Motor Co railroads and key industries. More than 32,000 workers are involved as Ford and Allis-Chalmers plants face shuttering, Detroit newspapers remain divided, and Corn Products and a West Coast pulp and paper walkout continue. Union negotiators seek wage gains beyond 27 cents an hour while mediators and federal officials rush talks to prevent nationwide disruption.
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United Press International
Ford Motor Co
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Detroit
Corn Products Refining Co
West Coast Pulp and Paper Company
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Cals
Aflcio
Michael Fox
Chicago
J.E. Wolfe
Oregon
Washington
California
United Auto
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
United Auto Workers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
la Crosse
Wis
la Porte
Ind
West Allis
Springfield
Louisville
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Pekin
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Mary Lee Moore
Earl Rae
Sara Lou Morrison
Washington Art Guild
Berdo
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Alden
Waukon
Wayne Brass
Belmond
Larrie James LaMasters
Eldora
Brass
Cecil Audorff
Cadett
Audorff
Austin Leon
Dennis Herbert Witt
Harlan
William Robert Kult
Audubon
Robert William Byers
Charles City
Bannon
Marengo
Sauer
Ashton
Prescott
Kingman
Arizona
Cochran
F. A. Klein
Mrs. Anderson
South Viet Nam
Congo
Leopoldville. the Congo
UPL
Paul Carlson
Stanleyville
Peoples Republic of the
U.S. Army Reserve
U.S. Navy
Wasolo
Yakoma
International Red Cross
Burundi
Bujumbura
Mission Evangelique de l'Ubangi
Covenant World
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Free Press
Lawrence Wallace
Detroit Newspaper Publishers Association
Wallace
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