Tremor Felt Across Midwest Jars Several States
An earthquake described as one of the largest on record for the area shook parts of Missouri Kansas Illinois and Iowa Wednesday night. Seismologist opinions varied noting a shallow quake centered in Eastern Kansas with motion lasting about 14 minutes. Residents reported cracked walls dancing furniture and rattled telephones as police stations and TV and radio outlets logged calls from numerous communities.
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Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
James A. Peoples
University of Kansas
Carl Kisslinger
St. Louis University
Kisslinger
St. Louis
United States
Christiana Mercer
Palo Alto
Calif
Carterville
Ill
California
Ilinois
Central
Washington University
Ralph Jacobson
Rolla
Lebanon
Springfield
Kirksville
Lexington
Kansas City
Lawrence
Ottawa
Topeka
Kan
Quincy
Sedalia
Jacksonville
Retiring G A Art Swift Was Grappling with Telegraph Roots
Art Swift of Washington Iowa retires after 31 years with General Telephone Company. His career began in 1919 with the Washington Telephone Company and spanned construction supervision, Navy service, and leadership in Washington Grinnell and Dyersville areas. He and wife Marguerite will remain in Washington. A retirement dinner and pin party are planned.
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G. A
Art” Swift
East van Buren
Washington
General Telephone
Swift
Marion McAvoy
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Midwest General News
Art) Swift
General Telephone Company
Iowa
Art
Old Washington Telephone Company
South America
Telephone Company
Sea Bees
Navy
Grinnell
Dyersville
Washington High School
Westminster College
Fulton
Missouri
Burlington
U.S
Marguerite
Boy Scouts Inaugurate Shelter House at Marr Park
Three Boy Scouts from troop 237 in Washington opened a newly built shelter at Marr Park near Ainsworth. During a thundershower on Saturday Mark Flickinger Craig Stanley and Ken Hammer sought refuge there. The 20 by 32 foot shelter seats about 50 and is now open to the public with John Davis serving as custodian.
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Boy Scouts
Washington
Marr Park
Ainsworth
Mark Flickinger
Craig Stanley
Ken Hammer
John Davis
Youth groups to seek UNICEF drive funds
Crawfordsville Methodist and Presbyterian youth fellowship members will collect for the UNICEF drive Sunday evening October 24. They are to meet at the Presbyterian Church at 6 30 p m. Sunday. UNICEF stands for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
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Crawfordsville
Methodist and Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Unicef
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Presbyterian Church
Comet Ikeya Seki Surges Toward Sun in Spectacular Skyshow
New York United Press International reports Comet Ikeya Seki reached its closest sun approach in a dramatic solar system voyage. The event, hailed as the century’s greatest space spectacle, produced a 10 million mile tail and dazzling skies. Amateurs faced haze while West Coast observers, Alaska and Hawaii enjoyed clearer views as the comet sped about 1,000,000 miles per hour under solar gravity.
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New York
UPI
Alaska
Hawaii
Gemini 6 May Launch Faces Clear Weather Outlook
Weather experts signaled an all clear for the Gemini 6 launch with Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard. Forecasters expected good conditions for the two day flight from Cape Kennedy with ceilings above 5,000 feet and calm seas in the recovery zone.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Cape Kennedy Spaceport
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
U S Viet Nam support grows with public acts
Across the nation campaigns from baking cookies to blood donations bolster support for the U S role in Viet Nam The effort counters weekend antiwar protests In Kalamazoo Michigan student demonstrators faced counter pickets while Marine Corps Commandant Gen Wallace M Greene urged volunteers for humanitarian work in Southeast Asia University groups urged President Johnson to let youths serve in Peace Corps or Job Corps Chicago leaders marked Honor Our Viet Nam Forces Day at the Army Air Force game urging a stadium full of loyal Chicagoans.
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United Press International
U.S
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hanoi
Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Southeast Asia
Greene
Students For A Democratic Society
Johnson
Peace Corps
Mississippi
Alabama
Chicago
Agency For International Development
South Viet Nam
Richard Daley
Windy City
Daley
Morrissey nomination sent back to committee
The Senate returned Francis X. Morrissey’s federal judgeship nomination to the Judiciary Committee at Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s request. Kennedy, Morrissey’s long time ally, urged full airing of questions and defended the Boston City Judge amid criticism.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Francis X. Morrissey
Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Morrissey
Boston
Notice of motor carrier operation Davenport to Washington
Public notice announces an application for operation of a motor carrier service between Davenport and Washington. The filing seeks authority to operate commercial transport on the route and will be reviewed under relevant regulations. Applicants may attach schedules, routes, and safety compliance details for commission consideration.
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Davenport
Washington
House Group Probe Reveals Klan Money Flow
House investigators reported that Ku Klux Klan leader James Robertson Jones urged members to donate while noting a payroll of 600 dollars weekly, as the North Carolina branch held over 5000 dollars in a bank account from May to late June 1965. He invoked the fifth amendment at a hearing.
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Washington
UPI
House
James Robertson Jones
North Carolina
United Klans of America, Inc
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Donald Appell
Jones
Appell
Appel
North Carolina Klan
Country Club Elects New Directors At Annual Meeting
About 80 members attended the Washington Golf and Country Club annual meeting and dinner. Four new men’s board directors were elected Cloyce Hayes Ralph Marshall Jerry Ridley for three years and Merle Turnipseed for two. They replace Bill Steele John Butler John Mattes and Bert Powers. Ladies board added Mrs Jim Lloyd and Mrs Cloyce Hayes for two-year terms. Bill Steele presided as president. Reports were given by Tom Tanner John Mattes Jim Lloyd Eldon Brake and Mrs Milburn McKay. Wayne Marston read last year’s minutes. Claude Powell the pro and his wife Virginia were saluted for the club’s strong year.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Cloyce Hayes
Ralph Marshall
Jerry Ridley
Merle Turnipseed
Bill Steele
John Butler
John Mattes
Bert Powers
Jim Lloyd
Tom Tanner
House Committee
Eldon Brake
Milburn McKay
Wayne Marston
Claude Powell
Virginia
No Bond Posted To Halt Iowa Cattle Sale Lifted
An injunction stopping the sale of 187 dairy cattle at the Iowa State Mental Institute in Independence was lifted at 10 am after state Rep Harrington failed to post a required 5 000 bond. Russell Wilson of the State Board of Control said a rescheduled sale could be Friday or within 10 days. officials debated costs and urgency as arguments advanced in court.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa State Mental Institute of Independence
Iowa Supreme Court
Rk. P. Harrington
D - Independence
Russell Wilson
State Board of Control
Harrington
Atty
Lawrence Scalise
High Court
Tim McCarthy
Independence
Robert J. Pattee
Scalise
Supreme Court
Garfield
McCarthy
Board of Control
Texas
Actress Marie McDonald Found Dead at Home
Actress Marie McDonald aged 42 was found dead by her husband in their Malibu Hills residence. Coroners said the death appeared self-inflicted. Detectives reported a 5 30 a m call from producer Donald Taylor notifying authorities. McDonald had a troubled career with past hospitalizations and a 1963 psychiatric treatment and 1963 forgery conviction for prescriptions.
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Hidden Hills
Calif
UPI
Marie
Sydney
Australia
Iowa frost warning clears with colder tonight
West and north Iowa face frost warnings as clearing skies bring colder air. Tonight will see frost in western and northern counties, with lows in the 20s to upper 30s from northwest to southeast. Friday brings fair skies and warmer temperatures reaching the 50s to 60s, then generally fair and warmer Saturday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Washington County Meets to Organize War on Poverty Group
The Washington County Community Action Committee for the war on poverty met at the court house to elect officers and four negotiators for talks with Johnson County. Officers named include Mrs. Robert Day president, Max Lewis vice president, Mrs. Basil McBee secretary, and Mrs. LaVonne DeFrance treasurer. Negotiators are Mrs. Lloyd Marek chair, Leonard Tindal, Harry Tiller, and Mrs. Ambrose Gilpin, with Ira Morrison and John Baldrige as legal advisors. Johnson County proposes three federal aid projects totaling 210000 but Washington focuses on a county needs survey first. A draft Articles of Incorporation and By-laws are being prepared, with equal representation goals for both counties. A second meeting is set for Monday October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the court house.
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Washington County
Harry Tiller
Ambrose Gilpin
Ira Morrison
John Baldrige
Johnson County
Marek
Tiller
Gilpin
Iowa City
Community Action Committee
Herve
Johnson County Corporation
Washington Committee
Washington County Committee
Washington County Community Action Committee
Court House
Legal Advisory Committee
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Gemini
Viet
House Group
Klan
Robert M. Shelton
United Klan of America
House of UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Ku Klux Klan
Country Club
Johnson Group
Morrison
Baldrige
Dennis Stutrud
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