Nixon Campaign Through Iowa Seeks GOP Unity
Richard Nixon toured Davenport Des Moines and Cedar Rapids Iowa delivering farm policy lines and urging party unity. He attacked Johnsons farm policies and Viet Nam policy while praising Goldwaters stance and promising tools to win the war without new troops.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Nixon
Minneapolis
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Cedar Falls
Hawkeye
Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
Asia
North Viet Nam
Evan L. Hultman
Hultman
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Congress
Weather by United Press International Gowa
Fair in the south to partly cloudy in the north today and tonight. Warmer today with strong southerly winds shifting to northwesterly tonight. Highs from 70 to 75 north to 80 south. Lows tonight in the 40s. Continued fair and cool Sunday and Monday.
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Gowa
DAR Members Attend Mrs Hugh Hall Funeral
DAR members meet at the library Monday at 1 15 pm to attend the funeral of Mrs Hugh Hall as a group. The service is set for Monday at 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home.
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DAR
Hugh Hall
Jones Funeral Home
Probate of Will and Executor Appointments Noted
Public notices announce probate of Clyde A Pratt will and the appointment of an executor for his estate and probate of Margaret Beveridge will with appointment of an executor, as listed on page 6.
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Clyde A. Pratt
Margaret Beveridge
Tractor accident kills Ossman boy on farm in Iowa
A 12 year old rural Ossman youth William J. Ossman was killed when a tractor rolled on him on Steve Wolfer farm south of here. Dennis Wolfer was trapped and treated for injuries. The incident occurred as the boys chased cows. Funeral planned at St James Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorial fund set at Washington State Bank.
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Ainsworth
Iowa City
William J. Ossman
Harold Ossman
Steve Wolfer
Here
Wolfer
Ossman
Washington State Bank
Moonlight Madness planned in Washington
Harold Johnson of the Retail Trade Bureau announced a Thursday night October 29 Moonlight Madness promotion. Local stores will close after 5 pm for two hours then reopen at 7 with hourly bargains and special offers. Businesspeople wear pajamas and night shirts. many lady clerks wear curlers to heighten the atmosphere. Coffee and doughnuts will be served in Central Park during the city wide event.
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Washington
Harold Johnson
Retail Trade Bureau
Central Park
Plane crash in Spain with 80 aboard confirmed
Spanish Aviation Ministry announced that a French DC6 airliner carrying 80 people from Paris to Nouakchott crashed in the Sierra Nevada mountains southeast of Cartagena. Initial reports of survivors were corrected as wreckage was sighted with no survivors reported. seven Mauritanian officials among the 73 passengers.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Spanish Aviation Ministry
Sierra Nevada
Mediterranean
Cartagena
Paris
Nouakchott
Mauritania
West Africa
France
UTA
Majorca
Aviation Ministry
Mulhacen Peak
Sierra Nevada Range
Union Des Transports Aeriennes
Granada
Iberian Peninsula
Mulhacen
Veleta
Tornado Strikes Town South of New Orleans During Hurricane Hilda
A tornado spawned by Hurricane Hilda damaged 25 to 30 houses in Larose, 30 miles south of New Orleans, with no immediate casualties. Seven ambulances were sent, more on the way from Houma, as residents fled to shelters. The storm forced mass evacuations, with 125 shelters housing about 25,000 people across Louisiana.
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UPI
Louisiana
Larose
Houma
J. P. Frazier
Galliano
Golden Meadow
Mobile
Ala
Morgan City
Grand Isle
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Mississippi River
Mobile Bay
Beaumont - Port Arthur
Texas
Louisiana State Line
Panama City
Ela
Lake Ponchartrain
Mississippi
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Baton Rouge
Testroet funeral scheduled Monday at St Josephs
Funeral services for Edward H. Testroet are set for 9 a.m. Monday at St Josephs Catholic Church Wellman with a rosary at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Powell. He died at Shenk Nursing Home Wellman born January 21 1893 in Cedar Township Washington County son of Henry J and Dorothy Hebrinck Testroet. He married Carrie M Anderson who died June 8 1958. He was a member of St Josephs KP lodge West Chester and the OOF lodge Wellman. Survivors include one son Wayne of Phoenix Arizona one granddaughter three sisters Tressa Yoder Wellman Jesse Rowe Riverside and C H Yoder Coralville.
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Wellman
Edward H. Testroet
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Powell
Mr. Testroet
Shenk Nursing Home
Cedar Township
Washington County
Henry J
Dorothy Hebrinck Testroet
Carrie M. Anderson
St. Joseph’s Church
KP Lodge
West Chester
Wayne
Phoenix
Ariz
Tressa Yoder
Jesse Rowe
Riverside
C. H. Yoder
Coralville
Highway deaths push Iowa total to 599 in recent Friday toll
A Lake Park woman died today from injuries suffered in a car bus collision Friday. Three other people died in Iowa traffic accidents that same day, and an Iowa truck driver perished on a mountain road near Palm Desert California Friday.
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Lake Park
Iowa
Palm Desert
Calif
Voters primer on residency for November election
A note on eligibility for the November election states you must reside in Washington County for 60 days. If you do not meet that requirement, you may still travel back to your former county to vote there.
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Washington County
Feared revelation of own secrets ends spy trial
The government dropped capital espionage charges against Alexandre Sokolov and Joy Ann Garber, ending their conspiracy case for sending U.S. military secrets to Russia. Federal Judge Frank F. Dooling freed them as national security concerns led Washington to halt the trial, with the defendants to face possible expulsion hearings. The case, once among the era’s most public spy disputes, involved counter spy techniques and a broader network linked to a Soviet operative and a UN employee.
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New York
UPI
Russia
Washington
Alexandre Sokolov
Joy Ann Garber
Robert K. Baltch
Washington, D.C
U.S
United Nations
Rudolf I. Abel
Secret Police
Brooklyn
Francis Gary Powers
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