Johnson to Undergo Gall Bladder Surgery at Bethesda
President Johnson, planning a 10 to 14 day White House absence, pressed through a busy day with proclamations and signings before disclosing he would enter Bethesda Naval Medical Center for Friday morning surgery to remove a poorly functioning gall bladder with stones.
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Pres. Johnson
White House
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Washington
Wahington
UPI
Johnson
State Department
Naval Medical Center
National Press Club
Press Club
Bill D. Moyers
140000 Americans land troops in Viet Nam
U S military strength in Viet Nam reaches 140000 as the 1st Infantry Division lands at Vung Tau joining the 1st Cavalry and the Marine Third Amphibious Force. The 101st Airborne slain 17 Viet Cong near Qui Nhon while seizing 10 suspects and a five ton rice stockpile. Navy airstrikes hit targets near Hanoi as government troops report 13 Viet Cong killed southwest of Saigon with light casualties.
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Saigon
1St Cavalry Division
Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
U.S. Navy
Oriskany
Hanoi
Farm Institute Planning Underway by Washington Chamber
The Agriculture Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce is launching preliminary planning for its annual Farm Institute set for January next year. Tentative date is January 19, 1966, with Bob Robertson as chairman. Committees include Program, Catering and Hospitality, and Publicity, listing respective chairs and members.
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The
Agriculture Bureau of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Bob Robertson
Bureau
Bill Matson
Marvin Smith
Bob Poorman
Jim Frier
John Hohl
D.W. Gregory
Robert Wead
Don Bealer
Frank Patterson
Harold Mangold
William Day
Clarence Jarrard
Arthur
Anniversary event planned at UP Home Washington observance October 14
An observance marks the 18th anniversary of the United Presbyterian Home in Washington with public invited. Morning and afternoon tours of four new cottages and home improvements are planned. A basket dinner is served at noon and a 1:30 p.m. program in the lounge features Dr. Gaylord Couchman, president of Dubuque University.
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United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Gaylord Couchman
Dubuque University
Mrs Kinsinger dies near Wellman in Iowa
Mrs Simon E. Kinsinger died at her home northwest of Wellman after a year long illness. Born August 11 1889 in Johnson County to Jacob and Mary Swartzendruber she married Simon E. Kinsinger December 5 1912 and they farmed 52 years. Funeral Saturday 10 a.m. at West Union Mennonite Church with Rev Homer Ropp and Rev Emery Hochstetler. Powell Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: husband a daughter Dorothy Maxine and a son Marvin Lyle both at home. two sisters Mrs Joe Schlabaugh and Mrs Ralph Brenneman Kalona. one brother Loyal Swartzendruber Wellman.
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Wellman
Simon E. Kinsinger
Johnson County
Jacob
Mary Miller Swartzendruber
West Union Mennonite Church
Homer Ropp
Emery Hochstetler
Powell Funeral Home
Dorothy Maxine
Marvin Lyle
Joe Schlabaugh
Ralph Brenneman
Kalona
Loyal Swartzendruber
Rights worker struck in bus integration clash in Georgia
In Crawfordville Georgia a small group of white men dragged civil rights worker Bill Trainer from his car and beat him during a bus integration attempt. A 250 pound state trooper carried two Negro youths to safety as tensions rose for the tenth day of unrest. Authorities arrested Willie Bolden and J T Johnson in connection with threats against white residents.
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Crawfordville
UPI
Carl E. Sanders
Ku Klux Klan
Bill Trainer
New York City
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Willie Bolden
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Bolden
J. T. Johnson
Washington County land and franchise notices published
Notices reveal expiration on three land tracts in Washington County and a petition for a franchise to erect an electric transmission line in the same county. Also listed is the quarterly financial report for Washington Community School District.
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Washington County
Quarterly Financial Report
Washington Community School District
Iowa woman escorted from UN session
An Iowa woman interrupted the United Nations Security Council meeting in the visitors balcony shouting I know the answer to your questions. Mary Katherine Krieger of Fort Madison Iowa was escorted from the balcony by U.N. guards and later released. Behar Shtylla the Hungarian foreign minister was questioning Viet Nam at the time.
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United Nations
UPI
Iowa
Behar Shtylla
Viet Nam
U.S. Security Council
Mary Katherine Krieger
Fort Madison
U.N
Security Council
Former Riverside physician Dr James Woodrow Wilson dies
Dr James Woodrow Wilson aged 75 a Riverside alumnus and former Riverside physician died Wednesday in San Antonio Texas He practiced at Riverside in the 1920s leaving about 1930 Survivors include his wife one son James Jr and four grandchildren all in the San Antonio area Funeral services are to be held in San Antonio.
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Riverside
James Woodrow Wilson
San Antonio
Texas
Wilson
James Jr
Britain urges UN to end Viet Nam fighting and seek talks
Britain proposed a halt to hostilities and outside interference in Viet Nam with a plan for a conference under UN auspices. Michael Stewart urged a UN administered rehabilitation program for war ravaged areas and named further steps including a UN peace fund and expanded World Court use. He also offered Commonwealth mission access to North Viet Nam and Communist China.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press International
United Nations
N. Y
UPI
Britain Today
Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
General Assembly
North
Britain
Soviet Union
Stewart
Commonwealth
China
Paul VI
U.N
the Hague
Soviet Luna 7 nears Moon aiming for soft landing
Soviet Luna 7 speeds toward the Moon with 3000 pounds of instruments and Tass reporting it on target to meet the Moon at 1 a.m. Moscow time Friday. Officials hint at a soft landing while noting previous Luna attempts ended in hard landings or misses. Luna 7 follows Luna 5 and Luna 6, which failed or veered off course.
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UPI
Tass
Lunar
Moon
Walton Rifle Club Meeting Notice
Members of the NRA Chicago chapter Rifle Club are asked to meet at the Izaak Walton clubhouse Monday October 11 at 7 30 p m Myron Salladay announced plans and reminded parents they are invited to attend if they wish.
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NRA Chicagua
Soviet plan mimics Great Society with mixed incentives
Russia outlines a sweeping program to boost socialism, speed progress to communism, and restructure planning. Kosygin introduces 28 central planning bodies, ties incentives to efficiency, allows limited profits and long-term credits, while keeping fixed prices and no private investment.
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Kosygin
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Pleasant Hill Christian Church Homecoming October 10 1965
Pleasant Hill Christian Church six miles southeast of Washington hosts a homecoming and fellowship Sunday October 10 1965. Morning service at 11 with Rev Ronald B Flowers of Iowa City. afternoon program at 2 featuring Rev Charles Cowell Jr of Washington. 129th anniversary noted from 1836. Basket dinner at 12:30. Special music and other numbers planned.
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Charles Cowell Jr
Christian Church In
Washington
Pleasant Hill
Ronald B. Flowers
Iowa City
Cowell
White Oak to vote on merger Monday in county
The White Oak independent rural school district in the southeast corner of Washington County will vote Monday October 11 on a merger with the Washington Community school district. Polls will be open from 1 to 6 at the Dean Luers farm residence per County School Superintendent Dwight Bode.
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White Oak
Washington County
Washington Community School District
Dwight Bode
Dean Luers
Tissue dispute over Davenport tissue sales ruled not a lottery
In Davenport Iowa UPI reports that a tissue marketing contest tied to bathroom tissue brands was ruled not a lottery by City Atty Durwood Dirks. County Atty David Miller said the case appears closed for now but might go to county court.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Scott County Atty
David Miller
Miller
Durwood Dirks
Dirks
Ray O’brien
O’brien
Couple killed in crash near Keokuk
A UPI report says a Oshkosh Wisconsin couple, Edward F. Pax, 57, and Lillian Pax, 52, died eight miles west of Keokuk Iowa when their car collided with a truck on rain slick US 218. Pax was personnel manager of Universal Foundry Co. and an Oshkosh Safety Council officer. The two were believed returning from a vacation.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Oshkosh, Wis
Here
Edward F. Pax
U. S. 218
Pax
Universal Foundry Co
Oshkosh
Officials report area break-ins
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigated two school break-ins that occurred Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning at Crawfordsville and Riverside schools. A third break-in affected J and L Mobil Service with entry via a rear window. a 1965 Suzuki motorcycle, license 77 2144, was later found missing. City police continue investigations.
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Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Crawfordsville
Riverside
J and L Mobil
Rain Ends Before Series Game Time
In Minneapolis the second World Series game between the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Dodgers was kept on schedule by the weather. Commissioner Ford Frick announced play would proceed as planned after rain ceased at 9 a.m. Doubling as Dodgers starter was Sandy Koufax facing Jim Kaat of the Twins. The forecast remained for light drizzle but not enough to halt play.
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UPI
Ford Frick
Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Dodgers
Twins
Frick
Metropolitan Stadium
Don Drysdale
Dodgers
Jim Kaat
Sandy Koufax
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