Red Cross services highlighted by Washington Community Chest
Washington Red Cross programs funded by the Community Chest touched many lives in 1965 and 1966. Volunteers provided water safety instruction, veteran benefits aid, hospital Gray Lady and Gray Man visitation, disaster preparedness, and a First Aid station at the county fair, totaling thousands of hours and benefiting veterans and families.
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Red Cross Service
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Scape
Veteran Administration
Washington
UN recalls Pope's pleas for peace anniversary visit
United Nations marks the first anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s peace appeal with a Thant message praising the pope’s visit Oct 4 last year. The pontiff’s mass before 80,000 at Yankee Stadium spurred hope that his spiritual leadership will bolster UN peace efforts.
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Yankee Stadium
Policy Talks McNamara to Fly to Viet Nam
Secretary McNamara travels to Saigon for a week of military and political talks on Viet Nam war costs and manpower. He will meet Ambassador Lodge and General Westmoreland to discuss combat units and likely prompt another multi billion dollar supplemental request before year end or January.
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Viet Nam
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Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Lodge
Westmoreland
McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Congress
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South
Ring closes on battered North Vietnamese force near Saigon
American, South Korean, and South Vietnamese troops tightened a noose around a North Vietnamese unit backed to the sea. U S ships patrolled offshore and air strikes targeted supply dumps as numbers killed, prisoners taken, and a large encirclement were reported. Helicopter and ground forces repelled two fleeing bands toward islands and jungled valleys.
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1St Air Cavalry Division
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Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
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South Viet Nam
Hughes calls for more school aid in Iowa
Governor Harold E. Hughes urged the legislature to boost state school aid during a 7th District dinner, praising 1965 funding as the largest in Iowa history and pledging support for further increases if re elected. He tied growth revenues to relieving local property tax burdens while maintaining high public school standards.
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Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Iowa
William G. Murray
Seek extension of 218 project in Washington city council action
Washington's city council on Monday night adopted a resolution to urge the State Highway Commission to alter plans for a four lane stretch of Highway 218. Petitions in Riverside and Lone Tree seek extending the paving about 30 miles south to near the 218 and 22 junction by Riverside, citing heavy traffic from the 22 intersection. The council also heard that the street resurfacing project by Osborne Asphalt Paving Co is nearly finished, including repairs to the railroad crossing.
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Hills
Riverside
Lone Tree
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Highway Commission
Osborne Asphalt Paving Co
Frost Warning Then Cooler Nights Forecast
United Press OWA reports a frost warning with fair but colder conditions tonight and lows 25 to 32. Wednesday brings continued cool, with highs in the 50s northeast to lower 60s southwest. Outlook for Thursday calls for cloud cover and warmer temperatures.
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Wage dispute grounds walkout by Washington city workers
About half the city of Washington employees failed to report for work amid a wage dispute. The walkout affected the light sewer street and water departments while police and fire stayed on duty. The council offered a $20 monthly raise. workers demand $43. Talks continued with no concrete move to reunite both sides.
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City Street Department
Orville Long
City Light Department
Marvin Glandon
Raymond
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Storm Inez Reverses Course Hit Florida Keys
Hurricane Inez raked the Florida Keys with 85 mph winds disrupting power and communications. The Verona tanker and the Freight Transporter incident forced rescue efforts as the storm moved toward the Miami area and forced widespread preparations along the southeast coast.
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Grand Bahama
Miami Sea
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City delays Tuesday garbage pickup to Wednesday
City officials announced an adjustment delaying the regular Tuesday morning garbage collection to Wednesday morning this week with Wednesday’s pickup proceeding as usual.
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Unrest at Harlan plant as UPWA local plans charges
Heavy damage at the Western Iowa Park Co. plant in Harlan followed a strike by Local 1225 UPWA members. Authorities charged 65 workers with unlawful assembly and several with malicious injury to property. The plant shut down, and production aimed to resume midweek with non striking staff. Civil authorities increased police presence as tension cooled after migrant workers departed.
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Iowa
Oheld
Jerry Larson
Western Iowa Park Co
Larson
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UPWA
Edward Hannan
California
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Bennett Culliston
Elvin Troll
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