Washington council approves street plans and raises water rates
City officials discuss 1963 1964 street improvement outlines for state approval. Sealing cracks and holiday decorations continue. A drive in banking facility zoning change will be heard. Water rates rise Jan 1 1963 with minimum $4 and tiered per thousand charges. sewer rates remain at 60 percent of water charges.
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Washington
Orville Long
Harry Ward
Advance-Ross Electronics
City Hall
County Teachers In Meeting Here
One hundred teachers and 50 Future Teachers Club members attended the fall meeting of the Washington County Teachers Association at the new junior high building. Keith Vetter spoke on education aid while Russell Bannister discussed the ISEA credit union. Bonafide delegates were elected to the ISEA assembly with Bannister as delegate and Brice as alternate.
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Future Teachers Club
Washington County Teachers Association
Keith Vetter
Washington
Vetter
Russell Bannister
ISEA
Iowa State Education Association
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Bill Brice
Washington High School Future Teachers Club
Bannister
Local Students Prepare Lil Abner at Washington High
Washington Community High School vocal students will begin work on the operetta Lil Abner under director Vernon Feuerheim who announced its selection for next spring. Casting will start soon and rehearsals will follow. The Broadway hit features Daisy Mae and Marryin Sam with Dog Patch residents battling to save their town from an atomic bomb site in a humorous musical tale.
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Washington Community High School
Lil Abner
Vernon Feuerheim
Feuerhelm
Edie Adams
Daisy Mae
Stubby Kaye
Marryin' Sam
Lil’ Abner
Dog Patch
U.S.A
Iowa corn harvest at 88 percent state wide
Des Moines reports Iowa corn harvest at 88 percent with soybeans nearly finished after a week of rapid taking. Weather held favorable for 62 days, harvests ahead of last year and the 80 percent average with northeast and south central areas slowest to finish. Livestock forage from pastures matched year ago.
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Des Moines
UPI
Mrs Linch's Father Dies in Washington
Clyde Adams father of Mrs Jesse Linch of Washington died Monday in Richland Washington after six months illness. Funeral plans were undecided but to be held in Richland. Survivors include his daughter, his mother, a brother and a sister in Mt Pleasant and another brother in Burlington. He formerly lived in Mt Pleasant before moving to Washington during World War II.
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Clyde. Adams
Jesse Linch
Washington
Richland
Wash
Jr High Dance Club Planned at YMCA
Washington YMCA announces a six lesson junior high dance program for boys and girls in weekly sessions. First class 4 pm Monday December 3, lasting 6 to 8 pm. Fee 4 dollars for members, 6 dollars for non members. Instructors Mr and Mrs Duane Hagensick. Reservations by telephone, limit 26 applicants.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
Duane Hagensick
Funeral Wednesday For Dr A W Clow
Dr A W Clow age 79 died Monday November 19 1962. Funeral rites 2 30 p m Wednesday at Washington Methodist Church with Rev Lloyd Latta in charge. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife three daughters and seven grandchildren.
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A. W. Clow
Washington Methodist Church
Lloyd Latta
Jones Funeral
Elm Grove Cemetery
Clow
William and
Amy Drake Clow
Allerton
Iowa
Corydon
Grinnell College
University of North Dakota
College of Osteopathy
Des Moines
Boone
Mabel Hogue
Roosevelt High School
Purdue University
Washington
Thanksgiving Service Invites Washington Residents
All residents of the Washington area are invited to the union Thanksgiving Service at the Baptist Church at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Organized by the Washington Ministerial Association, the Rev. Harold DeVries will speak on Living Our Thanksgiving. The Baptist choir, directed by Mrs. F. G. Bagge, will sing Come Ye Thankful People Come, and Judy Crone will perform Thanks Be to God Dickson.
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Washington Area
Baptist Church
Washington Ministerial Association
Harold DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Th Baptist Church
F. G. Bagge
Basley
Judy Crone
Dickson
Waco PTA Hears Talk On Student Exchange
Ralph Taylor of Mt. Pleasant regional coordinator for the American Field Service spoke at the Crawfordsville meeting of the Waco Parent-Teacher Association. He outlined the program and benefits of foreign student exchanges as about 100 attendees listened while the Crawfordsville junior high band performed selections under Herbert P. Jones.
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Crawfordsville
Ralph Taylor
Mt. Pleasant
American Field Service
Waco
Parent-Teacher Association
Herbert P. Jones
Chicaqua Chapter Election and Duck Calling Contest
The Izaak Walton meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. will elect officers and host the annual duck calling contest open to all. Winners represent the county at the state contest in Des Moines. Plans include the Wild Game Dinner on December 12 and color films by Prof. Oldberg of Iowa City after the dinner.
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Izaak Walton
Chicagua
Washington
Des Moines
Oldberg
Iowa City
Unneeded, Unwise and Unfair Tax Withholding Plan Debate
Iowa Tax Commission member Andrew L. George denounces a proposed state income tax withholding plan as unneeded and unfair. He warns it would cost about 350000 annually for administration, strain offices, and burden self employed workers while favoring evaders detection already aided by federal information sharing.
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DES Moines
UPI
Andrew L. George
Iowa Tax Commission
George
Harold Hughes
X.T Prentis
Commission
Tax Commission
The
Tarkio College Students to Lead West Chester Church Service
A Tarkio College student group from Tarkio Missouri will conduct the morning worship at Federated Church in West Chester Sunday. The service begins at 11 o clock followed by a cooperative dinner.
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West Chester
Tarkio College
Tarkio, Mo
Federated Church At
Large Crowd Attends First Travel Program at High School
A near capacity audience at Washington High School heard John Weld speak and view his films of Hong Kong and the Orient in Freightboat to Asia. The downstairs and balcony were well filled and many favorable comments were recorded. The next Travel and Adventure program is set for December 10, sponsored by the Washington Kiwanis Club with season tickets still available.
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Washington High School
John Weld
Hong Kong
Orient
Asia
Washington Kiwanis Club
Indian Forces Halt Chinese Advances in NEFA Front
Reports from New Delhi say Indian troops hold positions in Bomdila and Walong sectors as Chinese pincers advance. Prime Minister Nehru appoints Lt. Gen. J. M. Choudhery as army commander in chief amid rising tensions.
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New Delhi
API
Bombila
Walong
North East Frontier Agency
Defense Ministry
Bomdila
Jawanarlal Nehru
Nehru
J.M. Choudhery
P.N. Thapar
London
Lord Home
Britain
India
U.S
State Department
United States
Chusul
Ladakh
Bhutan
Se la Pass
Nefa
Calcutta
Castro agrees to remove Russian IL-28 bombers from Cuba
Fidel Castro says the IL-28 jet bombers on Cuban soil are the property of the Soviet government and any removal decision rests with Moscow. The move comes after Havana talks with Anastas Mikoyan and amid U.S. Cuban crisis diplomacy, signaling a possible breakthrough in negotiations.
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United Nations
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Thant
U.S
Nikita S Khrushchev
Russia
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Washington
Castro
Havana
Anastas Mikoyan
Nikita Khrushchhe
Bermuda
U.S. Navy
United States
Tiant
County NFC Grain Dairy Boards Named
A National Farmers Organization meeting at the Franklin Center School elected new Grain and Dairy Board members for Washington County. Grain Board members are Jim Patterson John Jeffries Duane Redlinger Jim Redlinger and Leo Marie. Dairy Board members are Russell Yoder Dale Down Alfred TeBockhorst Ernest Lamoe and Wesley Freel. Delegates to the Des Moines December NFC convention include Homer Brinning Grove Letts James Redlinger Leo Marie Alvin Horak Gerald Feltz Wesley Freel Jim Patterson Elmer Schneider Lamont Dunn Merle Brinning John Jefferies Raymond Hammen Paul Beard Wm Chmelar Sr Elliott McKinstry Ralph Kline Paul Ryan and county chairman Duane Redlinger. The Des Moines meeting is expected to be the NFC's largest ever with key farm decisions to be set.
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National Farmers Organization
Franklin Center School
Jim Patterson
John Jeffries
Duane Redlinger
Jim Redlinger
Leo Marie
Russel Yoder
Dale Duwn
Alred TeBockhorst
Ernest Lamoe
Wesley Freel
Washington County
NFC
Des Moines
Homer Brinning
Grove Letts
James Redlinger
Leo Marie Alvin Horak
Gerald Feltz
Elmer Schneider
Lamont Dunn
Merle Brinning
John Jefferies
Raymond Hammen
Paul Beard
Wm. Chmelar
Elliott McKinstry
Ralph Kline
Paul Ryan
4-H Members Attend Fall Camp Near Madrid Iowa
Four-H youth from Washington County plus John son County joined a weekend at the State 4-H campgrounds near Madrid Iowa. The group plus staff toured talks on money management and social activities. Participants included David Birney Alice Lance Connie Lance Vaughn Rinner Carol Wilson Linda Warner Judi Hunter Susan Huber John Huber Dave Walker Dean Henderson Terry Mangold Ellen Knottnerus Pat Gerdes Bill Frame Eddy Great and others. They returned home Sunday evening.
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Washington County
Madrid
Iowa
Jim Frier
Johnson County
David Birney
Alice
Connie Lance
Vaughn Rinner
Carol Wilson
Linda Warner
Washington
Judi Hunter
Brighton
Susan Huber
John Huber
Wellman
Dave Walker
Keota
Dean Henderson
Crawfordsville
Terry Mangold
West Chester
Ellen Knottnerus
Pat Gerdes
Bill Frame
Ainsworth
Eddy Great
Riverside
Merritt Canady
L.E. Hunter
Seba Fleenor Keota Farmer Dies in Mercy Hospital
Seba Fleenor 69 of Keota dies Monday at 4 15 p m in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after being admitted Sunday. Funeral 3 30 p m Wednesday at Keota Methodist Church with Rev Orrin Potter officiating. Burial in Keota Cemetery. Survived by wife Clara M Fleenor sister Mrs Bessie McCroskey Bristol Virginia and several nieces and nephews. Powell Funeral Home, Keota, in charge.
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Keota
Seba Fleenor
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Keota Methodist Church
Orrin Potter
Powell Funeral Home
Fleenor
Benhams
Jerry
Margaret Fleenor
Iowa
Clara M. Funston
American Legion
Bessie McCroskey
Bristol
Weekend Mild and Partly Cloudy Forecast
The report from Limited Press International notes partly cloudy skies and light wind with warmer conditions into the night. For Wednesday expect partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures.
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Japan
Thorald Broving
Keihin Canal
Kawasaki
First Travel
Assam Plains
Choudhery
Burma
Goa
Portugal
Thapar
V.K Krishna Menon
Indian
Assam
William Baxter
Baxter
Brahmaputra
China
Nepal
Pakistan
Bimla Prasad Chaliha
Mikoyan
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4-H
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