Kennedy Discusses U S Wheat Sale to Soviet Union
President Kennedy and Senate Democratic leaders talk of possible sale of American surplus wheat to the Soviet Union. Mansfield says the matter is under serious consideration and Congress is being kept informed. Khrushchev cites poor weather and urges higher grain production and fertilizer use to reach 35 million tons by 1965 and 100 million by 1970 with irrigation in the Kazakh and Uzbek steppes.
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Rev Lotfi Speaks at Rotary Meeting in Iowa City
Rev Lotfi, native of Iran and convert to Christianity, spoke at a Monday Rotary gathering. He described his life from Islam to Presbyterian and then Methodist faiths, his air force service, years in England and Canada, and education in Nebraska. Rotary plans a Oct 31 visit to Iowa City with a dinner and Rashomon at the University Theatre.
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Iran
Persia
Rotary Club
Methodist
Brighton
Washington Methodist Church
Teheran
England
Canada
Presbyterian College
Nebraska
Lotfi
Robert Everetts
William Sitler
Iowa City
University Theater
New York
Floyd Merz Dies Suddenly in Waterloo
Floyd Merz 55 of Harper died suddenly in a Waterloo hotel while attending the Dairy Cattle Congress. Funeral arrangements are pending at Powell Funeral Home in Keota.
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Keota
Harper
Waterloo
Floyd Merz
Dairy Cattle Congress
Powell Funeral Home
Ralph S. Wagner Dies at 71 in Veterans Hospital
Funeral services for Ralph S. Wagner 71 of Fredonia are set for Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with the Rev Robert Parris officiating. Burial will be in Fedonia cemetery. He was born Sept 3 1892 in Concord Township Louisa County. Survivors include four brothers Noah Ben Carl and Bart and two sisters Mahala Smith and Erma Miller.
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Ralph S. Wagner
Fredonia
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Stacy Funeral Home
Robert Parris
Fedonia
Mr. Wagner
Concord Township
Louisa County
Charles and
Lacuna Mickey Wagner
Noah
Ben
Thomson, Ill
Carl
Salem
Bart
Mahala Smith
Muscatine
Erma Miller
Sigourney
Iowa three counties vote on liquor by the drink
Voters in Henry Keokuk and Lyon counties went to the polls from 8 a m to 8 p m deciding whether to ban new liquor by the drink licenses. A yes vote means a dry result with three years to divest, while a no preserves licensing with annual renewals.
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United Press International
Iowa
Henry
Keokuk
Lyon
Washington County
Minnesota
South Dakota
Sioux County
County Boards of Supervisors
Dale Doggett Enters Race for City Council
Dale Doggett files nomination papers with the city clerk for the at large council seat in Washington. Other candidacy papers circulate for the November 5 election as terms of Ray Minick Ralph Marshall and Tom Tanner expire, creating vacancies in the first and third wards and at large.
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Dale Doggett
Washington
Ray Minick
Ralph Marshall
Tom Tanner
British Foreign Secretary backs Russia on peace moves
In a United Nations General Assembly speech Lord Home praised Russia’s renunciation of war as policy and warned Communist China that a nuclear conflict would annihilate it. He urged new Asian and African states to resist neo colonialism and warned capital flows could dry up after Indonesia’s seizure and Malaysia’s federation. He supported an 18 nation disarmament summit and outlined conditions for progress including prohibiting transfers of weapons to non nuclear states and placing observers in NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
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Africa
Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Soviet Union
China
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Warsaw Pact
Hughes urges lieutenant governor as official ribbon cutter
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes proposes making the lieutenant governor a full time official role or paid position to handle ceremonial duties. He argues the duo should run on one ticket and the governor should trim personal appearances to three days weekly to focus on state administration.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Drake
Sigma Delta Chi
County Plans Brucellosis Eradication Drive
Washington County moves to begin cattle brucellosis testing on October 1 under the guidance of Dr. C C Steele. The program aims to achieve a Modified Brucellosis Free status with strict herd testing, vaccination rules, and mandatory calfhood vaccination for females born after July 1, 1963. Indemnities cover reactor cattle upon barn disinfection. local vets will supervise testing and corrals.
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Washington County
C.C. Steele
Fairfield
Jim Frier
Washington
Steele
Keokuk County
Pleasant Hill Church Plans Homecoming Speech
Plans for the Pleasant Hill Christian Church homecoming observance are set for Sunday October 13 near Washington. Attorney General Evan Hultman will deliver the afternoon address as the church marks its 127th anniversary with details to be announced next week. Howard L. Wittig chairs the event.
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Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Washington
Evan Hultman
Pleasant Hill Church
Iowa
Howard L. Wittiig
Valachi Links Genovese to Las Vegas Gambling Network
UPI reports underworld informer Joseph Valachi testified before the Senate subcommittee that jailed Cosa Nostra head Vito Genovese still holds Las Vegas gambling interests tied to Meyer Lansky. He described the five New York crime families and their underbosses and noted ongoing mob killings dating to 1930.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Las Vegas
Nev
Meyer Lansky
New York
Genovese
Carlo Gambino
Guiseppe
Joe) Magliocco
Joseph Bonanno
Gaetano Lucchese
Jacob Javits
Valachi
Leavenworth
Rubio Gabby 82 Rubio resident dies in Washington County Hospital
Gabby Gabby Gabby Rubio native born Ollie March 27 1881 son of Samuel and Sabina Worley Gabby. He married Ida Dagle in 1912 she died 1929 then Ruth Barnes in 1939. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Gould Funeral Home Richland burial Friends Cemetery. Survived by Ruth a brother Frank nieces nephews and step daughter Mrs R L Steinbeck. He lived most of his life in Rubio.
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van Gabby
Washington County
Gould
Richland
Friends Cemetery
Ollie
Samuel
Sabina Worley Gabby
Ida Dagle
Ruth Barnes
Ruth
Frank
Paullina
R.L. Steinbeck
Gabby
Iowa Weather Outlook Fair Tonight Then Warmer
Weather for Iowa shows a fair night with partly cloudy skies on Wednesday. Temperatures rise with lows 45 to 50 in the north and 50 to 55 in the south, and highs reach the 80s on Wednesday. Thursday’s outlook indicates little change in conditions.
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Paris
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