First Day Rush for License Plates at County Treasurer
Washington County treasurer opens the court house Saturday from 8 to 12 for annual license plate sales. Last year 378 auto plates and 80 truck plates were sold on the first day. The county expects steady growth as auto registrations rise nationwide and locally with autos increasing by 1500 over five years.
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Washington
Fred Downing
Court House
Marvin Ray Miller
Kalona
William Howell
Howell
Washington County
Kennedy Mikoyan talk fails to ease Cuba tensions
President Kennedy and Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan meet in a three hour twenty minute session with no progress on Cuba issues. They plan continued negotiations in New York to resolve the October 28 pact and inspect Cuban bases while Laos and Southeast Asia concerns prompt warning about peace. Mikoyan departs for Moscow after a month away, including talks with Fidel Castro.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Cuba
Southeast Asia
Mikoyan
Dean Rusk
White House
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Laos
Pathet Lao
Fusal
Geneva
Berlin
Russia
Khrushchev
Moscow
Fidel Castro
Mr Quaker Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting in Washington
Mr Quaker known as Valdoon spoke on communism and its threat to the free world at the Kiwanis Club in Washington Wednesday introduced by Bill Holden Quaker Oats local representative. Guests included Chuck Robinson Roy Luce Des Moines and Clinton Rinehart. The Eastern Star postponed its Christmas potluck to Saturday December 15.
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Mr. Valdoon
Mr. Quaker
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Bill Holden
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker
Chuck Robinson
Roy Luce
Muscatine
Clinton Rinehart
Dick Wynn
Des Moines
Mrs Rhodebeck 66 Dies in Washington Hospital
Mrs Claude Rhodebeck 66 of four miles northwest of Washington died Thursday afternoon November 29 1962 at Washington County Hospital. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Saturday Jones Funeral Home with Rev Harold De Vries officiating burial Elm Grove Cemetery. White Shrine members to meet at Masonic Temple 3 p.m. to attend. Survived by husband three daughters and 11 grandchildren.
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Claude Rhodebeck
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Harold de Vries
Elm Grove Cemetery
Masonic Temple
Ora Gertrude Wolf
Crawfordsville
Frank T
Adeline Abbott Wolf
Presbyterian Church
Rural Women’s Club
Eastern Star and White Shrine
Social Order of the Beauceant
Ottumwa
Daughters of the Nile
Davenport
Dale
Helen) Kellogg
Winfield
Leo
Norma Jean) Beauchamp
Richard
Mary Jane) McCall
West Chester
Urge Full Term For U Thant
The Security Council unanimously recommended a five year term for U Thant as United Nations secretary general to start Nov 3 1961 after serving in acting capacity since Dag Hammarskjold’s death. Approval by the General Assembly was expected. A budget advisory panel also proposed pay raises bringing base pay to 27500 with updated allowances and rent.
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United Nations
UPI
Security Council
U Thant
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Russia
Advisory Committee
Assembly
Mrs. Selma Conrad Dies in Wayland
Mrs. Selma Conrad died at 10 pm Thursday in Park View Home Wayland after weeks of illness. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday in Wayland Mennonite Church with Rev. Omer Nisley officiating. Zehr Funeral Home handling arrangements. Born October 10 1880 in Kansas to Jacob and Anna Schowalter, she married Frank J. Conrad who died in 1946. Survived by daughters Florence Fahlbusch Minneapolis Freida Chambers Cedar Rapids Jess Farr Burlington Ill. son Roger Rockford Ill. 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Wayland Mennonite
Omer Nisley
Zehr Funeral Home
Conrad
Kansas
Jacob
Anna Krehbill Schowalter
Frank J. Conrad
A. A
Florence) Fahlbusch
Minneapolis, Minn
Freida Chambers
Second Bomb Hoax Delays Ozark Plane at Burlington Airport
An Ozark Airlines passenger plane was held for nearly an hour at Burlington after an anonymous call warned of a bomb on board. Authorities searched the aircraft for 35 minutes but found no device. It marked the second hoax involving an Ozark plane in about a month, with a prior incident on October 26.
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Burlington
UPI
Ozark Airlines
Ozark
Quincy
Ilil
St. Louis
Pope John XXIII Improves and Rises From Bed
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII, 81, with stomach trouble and anemia, is improving after rising from bed for short periods. Officials note he attended to church governance and consulted the papal physician as hope for recovery continues amid concerns of possible ulcer or prostate issues.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Vatican Press Office
Holy Father
Antonio Gasbarrini
Vatican
Grandview Youth Admits Stealing From Muscatine Store
A 17 year old Grandview youth confessed to taking about 100 dollars from a Muscatine grocery across seven thefts. Police said the teen admitted the repeated larcenies after a customer spotted him behind the counter. The blind shopkeeper Albert J. Flattery noted missing about 170 dollars and two thefts were initially reported.
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Muscatine
UPI
Grandview
Albert J. Flattery
Flattery
Louisa County
Damages Sought in $49,000 Suit Over 1960 Crash
A $49,000 damages suit was filed in the county clerk’s office arising from a December 3, 1960, automobile collision near Washington. Plaintiff Mrs. X. Watson sues Clyde Dawson, claiming injuries after her husband swerved to avoid wandering cattle and crashed into a ditch.
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Washington
Strauss resigns as German defense minister amid coalition crisis
Controversial Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss announces his resignation from Chancellor Adenauer's cabinet in a split with the Free Democratic Party over the Der Spiegel affair. The move threatens Adenauer's majority as FDP quits and government crisis deepens in Bonn.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Franz Josef Strauss
Konrad Adenauer
Strauss
Christian Social Union
CSU
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
CDU
Free Democratic Party
FDP
der Spiegel
India Pakistan seek summit to ease Kashmir dispute
New Delhi and Rawalpindi announced joint talks to prepare a summit between President Ayub Khan and Prime Minister Nehru to resolve Kashmir and related differences. The move aims to reduce tensions amid Chinese aggression and Western arms concerns.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Subcontinent
China
Red China
Rawalpindi
Peking
Ian Sandys
Averell Harriman
Kansas
Britain
North East Frontier Agency
Christmas Concert At Keota High School Dec 16
The Keota high school vocal music department presents a Christmas concert Sunday afternoon December 16 at 3 o clock in the high school auditorium. Selections from the boys and girls glee clubs and the mixed chorus will be performed. The program features sacred Christmas season music.
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Keota
Keota High School
Iowa seeks large budget boost for parks and conservation
Iowa Conservation Commission requests an 85.9 percent operating budget hike to 1.19 million dollars annually and 3.14 million for 1963-65 capital improvements. Gov-elect Harold Hughes discusses funding with Commission Director Glen Powers, touching on wages, hiring authority, and park program expansion.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
Harold Hughes
Commission
Glen Powers
Hughes
Powers
Conservation Department
Marvin Selden Jr
Agriculture Department
Conservation Commission
Waltons Elect Officers At Izaak Walton Wild Game Dinner
Izaak Walton club plans their December 12 wild game dinner at the Washington YMCA. Prof Edwin Oberg of Iowa State University will show wildlife films. Ronnie Greene 12, won the duck calling contest. state contest in March. New officers named with Orville Harmison president and board directors listed.
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Izaak Walton
Washington Ymca
Edwin Oberg
State University of Iowa
Ronnie Greene
John H. Greene
Chicagua
LaVerne Zieglowsky
Eugene Zieglowsky
Ronnie
Orville Harmison
Kalona
Glenn Mathes
Henry Roland
Washington
Norman Schoonover
Robert Boileau
Howard Hazen
Gilbert Mills
Edwin Childs
Alfred Lemke
Curtis Snyder
Herb Stouse
Brighton
Paul Rotenburger
Ainsworth
Harold Brock
William Ott Sims 92 Dies in Riverside
William Ott Sims, a rural mail carrier and Riverside native, died Thursday November 29 1962 after returning to his room at Helena Tener residence. Funeral Saturday 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Methodist Church Riverside with a Masonic service burial in Riverside Cemetery. Born January 2 1870 to Lete and Margaret Sims married Tessie Gringer January 15 1901. survived by one son Paul and several siblings.
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Riverside
William Ott Sims
Sims
Helena Tener
Trinity Methodist Church
E. Edward Philgreen
Riverside Cemetery
Sorden and Adam Funeral Home
Mr. Sims
Lete
Margaret Godlove Sims
Tessie Gringer
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Paul
Schells Lead Narrowly in Y's Men Bridge Marathon
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Schell hold a slim edge with 7 180 points as of the latest period. Lois Putnam and Alice Ryan follow closely with 7 170 plus points, among a top ten list featuring Robert Bates, Robert Gilles, Grover Rosenkild, Bert Brittan, John Myers, Leon Hill man, Merle Allison, Bruce Campbell, Nate Young, and Charles Snyder in varied standings.
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M. M. Schell
Lois Putnam
Alice Ryan
Schells
Robert Bates
Robert Gillesby
Grover Rosenkild
Bert Brittan
John Myers
Leon Hillman
Merle Allison
Bruce Campbell
Nate Young
Charles Snyder
John Walker
Weather Outlook With Mild Trend Through Weekend
United Press International notes variable cloudiness with mild conditions through Saturday. Tonight low around 39, Saturday high 60 to 65, five day forecast shows temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above normal through Wednesday. More mild with small day to day changes then turning cooler around Tuesday or Wednesday. Normal lows 15 to 20 north and in 20s elsewhere, highs in 30s. Precipitation around .20 to .40 inch, showers mainly Monday and Tuesday.
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United Press International
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