Congo Missionaries Visit Washington Clergy Couple Heads Home
The Reverend and Mrs. George Thomas and family, Methodist missionaries to the Congo, toured Washington during a furlough after four years in Mulungwishi. They described Congo civil wars, hardships, and their work at the Springer Institute boarding school with students in math, ethics, Bible, and theology.
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Eric
Roseanna
George Jr
Gi-Gi
George Thomas
The
Con
Washington
Congo
Africa
United States
Methodist Church
Boston University
Methodist Board of Missions
Brussels
Belgium
Thomases
Springer Institute
Mulungwishi
Rev. Thomas
Mission
Germany
Norway
Switzerland
U.N
Rhodesia
Washington Methodist Church
Town Residents Recover From Thanksgiving Auto Crash
Local residents Mr. and Mrs. R J Dawson and Mr. and Mrs Vernon Wittrig and their daughter Mary Jo Wittrig were in an automobile collision north of Sigourney about 7 p m Thursday while returning from Marshalltown. Mr Dawson suffered a fractured wrist and ribs. Mr Wittrig had chest injuries and facial lacerations. Mrs Wittrig has a fractured wrist. Mary Jo suffered minor bruises and was not hospitalized. Mrs Dawson was taken to Mercy Hospital Iowa City for a fractured leg and wrist and is in satisfactory condition.
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Dawsons
Wittrigs
Mary Jo
Marshalltown
Sigourney
Dawson
Mr. Wittrig
Johnson begins busy White House week with budget focus
President Johnson spends a full day of meetings at the White House and seeks budget direction for the 1965 fiscal year. He forms a blue ribbon commission to probe Kennedy assassination and Oswald murder, and meets civil rights leader Roy Wilkins amid promises of progress for civil rights and fiscal value in spending.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Congress
Jane
Earl Warren
John F. Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
Spring Valley
Roy Wilkins
Kennedy
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
118 Die As Canadian Jetliner Crashes in Rain
An American-built Canadian DC8 crashed near Montreal five minutes after takeoff from Montreal International in a rainstorm, killing 118 aboard. Wreckage spread over a hundred yards. investigators from Ottawa joined U S agencies in the fatal disaster, which involved 111 passengers and seven crew members.
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Ste. Therese
UPI
U. S
Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Paul Lanctot
Ottawa
Department of Transport
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
Toronto
Vancouver
Kiwanis Farm City Luncheon Held at YMCA
Kiwanis members and guests attended the Farm City luncheon at the YMCA at noon on Wednesday. Verne Knecht, chair of Agriculture and Conservation, welcomed attendees and introduced a program by Jim Frier, county extension director, on current and future rural urban issues in Washington County.
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Kiwanis
YMCA
Verne Knecht
Kiwanis Agriculture and Conservation Committee
Jim Frier
Washington County
Kennedy Slaying Probe Commission Formed by Johnson
President Johnson orders a seven member commission headed by the chief justice to investigate Kennedy's assassination and Oswald's death. The panel can subpoena, has no time limit, will review FBI data and federal records, and report to the president and public.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Johhnson
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
John Sherman Cooper
R-ey
Hale Boggs
Dla
Gerald R. Ford
Rmich
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
John J. McCloy
Boggs
House
Senate
Oswald
Special Commission
Commission
FBI
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Venezuelan election campaign ends with no violence
Venezuelans wrapped up the campaign for Sunday's presidential vote amid no sign of Castro Communist violence. Police and troops patrolled Caracas streets as bombings and transformer blasts in Maracaibo and the capital caused limited damage with no injuries. U.S. Col. James Chenault remained kidnapped as leftist terrorists demanded the release of 70 jailed women for his freedom.
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Caracas
UPI
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Domingo A. Rangel
U.S. Army
James K. Chenault
Chenault
Reds
U.S
Polio Vaccine Day Sponsored by Jaycees in Washington IA
The Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Washington County Medical Association sponsor an oral polio vaccine distribution on January 19, 1964. They ask families planning to take the vaccine to mail the completed coupon with name address and number in family to Vaccine Box 308 Washington Iowa to estimate turnout.
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Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Washington County Medical Association
Jaycees
Washington
Iowa
Police widow thanks nation for support after JFK suspect shooting
Mrs. J. D. Tippit, widow of the Dallas policeman killed while pursuing Kennedy’s alleged assassin, thanked the nation for comfort and generosity. She said she plans a quiet life and expressed gratitude for letters, calls, and the memorial fund, which grew past $50,000 as nine sacks of mail arrived at the Dallas police station.
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Dallas
UPI
J. D. Tippit
Kennedy
Tippit
One quint goes home to parents today
Aberdeen South Dakota reports baby James Andrew Fischer the weakest quint of the Fischer litter leaves the hospital after 11 weeks. He weighs 10 pounds and tops his siblings Mary Magdalene 7 15, Mary Margaret 7 12, Mary Ann 7 6, and Mary Catherine 7 3. James Andrew led in milestones and will join his parents Mary Ann and part time farmer Andrew at home, with five older siblings eager for a first look.
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Aberdeen, S. D
UPI
James Andrew Fischer
Andrew Fischer
Mary Ann
Aberdeen
James Andrew
Mary Magdalene
Mary Margaret
Mary Catherine
Churchill observes 89th birthday with cake and tributes
London reports Sir Winston Churchill marking his 89th birthday with a brandy laced pound cake and a day at home with Lady Clementine. He received congratulatory messages from around the world as Britons honored his World War II leadership and seven decade career.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Lady Clementine
Ruby lawyer seeks change of venue for Oswald case
Dallas attorney Tom Howard representing Jack Ruby said he will ask for moving Ruby's trial to another city due to inflammatory remarks by District Attorney Henry Wade. Howard claims Wade has created an unfair atmosphere and may request a venue change about 200 to 300 miles from Dallas, with trial possible in late January or early February.
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Dallas
UPI
Tom Howard
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Dist
Atty
Henry Wade
Lee Harvey Oswald
Howard
Wade
Oswald
Weather Outlook Iowa Partly Cloudy Cold Tonight
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies and a colder night with lows from 10 to 15 degrees in the northeast and near 30 in the southwest. Sunday should be generally fair with highs from 20 in the northeast to near 50 in the southwest. Monday turns partly cloudy and a bit warmer.
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United Press Internationa
Iowa
Holiday traffic toll climbs in final Thanksgiving hours
The holiday weekend ends with at least 251 traffic deaths nationwide as snow and rain threaten to raise toll. California leads with 21 fatalities. Texas reports 11, Pennsylvania and Ohio 16, Illinois and North Carolina 13 each. Two Thanksgiving plane crashes killed nine. A Mass fire claimed a father and three children. The Marble Falls Tex crash is cited as the worst single incident.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
North Carolina
Byfield
Mass
Marble Falls
Tex
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State Court of Inquiry
Rangel
Movement of the Revolutionary Left
MIR
A. Betancourt
United Press International
National Safety Council
California
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