Demons vs Mustangs at Case Field in final home game
Washingtons Demons host the Davis County Mustangs from Bloomfield at Case Field in their final 1965 home game. After this clash they face Centerville Big Reds and Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks to close the season. Coaches Stevens and Rossen hope for full strength and aim to extend their win streak after a homecoming victory over Muscatine.
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Washington
Demons
Davis County Mustangs
Bloomfield
Case Field
Centerville
Big Reds
Mustangs
Jay Nardini
Joe Huggins
Mustang
Jim Miller
Bob Thurness
Tim Trotman
Jim Logan
Larry Green
Jim Peiffer
Denny Black
Tom Romine
George Statler
Tom Lowe
John Kleese
Wayne Schooley
Loel Letts
Breedlove Survives Salt Flats Speed Run Crash
Courageous Craig Breedlove escaped disaster at Utah salt flats after his jet racer veered off course during a land speed record attempt losing braking parachutes. He reported a top air speed of 630 mph though the car did not cross the measured mile. He aims to try again to beat Art Arfons 536.71 mph record.
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Bonnerville
Salt Slats
Utah
UPI
Craig Breedlove
Great White Speedway
Salt
Los Angeles
Breedlove
Art Arfons
Akron
Ohio
Mele Named AL Manager of the Year by Unanimous Vote
Sam Mele, pilot of the pennant winning Minnesota Twins, earns the 1965 American League Manager of the Year honor from 24 UPI sports writers. Mele, 43, guided Minnesota from 1961 to a 1965 pennant, emphasizing late inning comebacks, faster baserunning, and a stronger bullpen as the team built toward a title.
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New York
UPI
Sam Mele
Minnesota Twins
United Press International Board of
Mele
Twins
NYU
Minnesota
Women's bowling Lane Leaders League standings report
Lane Leaders league results list teams Ainsworth Bank Minick Furniture Jack and Jill Washington Livestock and others with points and scores. Wednesday results show high team and individual scores including McCleery Roe Curly Murphy and Maxine Moore, with leaders in averages led by Dorothy Patterson and Lela Hysell.
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Ainsworth Bank
Minick Furniture
Jack and Jil
Roe Heating
Washington Livestock
McCleery - Cumming
Tindal Farm Supply
Tindal
Minick
Dorothy Patterson
Lela Hysell
Dorothy Clarahan
Pansy McGill
Joy Davis
Betty Forinash
Betty Porter
Gertrude Murphy
Ann Curl
Carolyn Levy
Mildred Morgan
Maxine Moore
Marge Sorrell
Helen Moothart
Rosemary Nemmers
Klansmen face questions on funds and robes
During Wednesday hearings, Jones and Robert M. Shelton Jr. disputed charges of unorthodox use of Klan funds for personal expenses. Shelton invoked the Fifth Amendment 156 times. Edwin E. Willis warned possible contempt of Congress citations. The United Klans is among several groups under inquiry by the committee.
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Jones
Robert M. Shelton Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Imperial Wizard
The
United Klans
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Joe R. Pool
DpTex
Shelton
Donald K. Appell
Willis
Iowa U student burns draft card protest in soundoff
Twenty-year-old Steve Smith of Iowa City burned his selective service card during a university open forum to protest US involvement in Vietnam. FBI opened a probe after the incident at the Memorial Union. Smith said he faced arrest and acted from a perceived moral obligation to break the law. His family background and prior antiwar activities are noted, including civil rights work and involvement with Students for a Democratic Society.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
University of Iowa
Steve Smith
United States
Smith
U.S
Memorial
Unnion
Airlift Ends Viet Outpost Siege Near Pleime
Vietnamese Rangers and American advisers were airlifted into the U S Special Forces camp at Pleime in the central highlands, ending a three day siege. The battle left a U S helicopter downed by mechanical failure. Viet Cong raids near Quang Tri were repulsed and one American adviser, Capt. Robert F. Hopper, was listed missing but later escaped back to U S lines. Hopper, 29, wife in Winter Haven Florida, details undisclosed.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
Quang Tri
Plei Me
U.S. Lines
Robert F. Hopper
Winter Haven
Fla
Keota PTA meeting explores workshop and wildlife slides
Keota Community School PTA met with strong turnout at the Elementary School. President Jim Mound led a brief session and announced an OA PTA Workshop in Oskaloosa. Dr Poulter of Iowa Wesleyan College presented Creatures of the Wild with slides and film clips of deer fox ducks robins and nesting events. Bachelor James Buchanan noted as the only lifelong bachelor U.S. president appears in a closing remark.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Keota
P.T.A
Jim Mound
Oskaloosa
Poulter
Iowa Wesleyan College
Beautiful scenery in Noble community pageant fades this year
Noble Oct 18 residents note the annual highway vistas have faded for another year yet praise the lasting beauty. Local events include Janet Coon of Ainsworth and David Gregg of West Liberty marrying at Salem Church of God north of Haskins. Guests include families of Frey and Boshart, with visits to Elkasa Illinois and Mt. Pleasant Hospital. Community reports cover harvesting, WMSA at Bethel, and Parkview meals with local church members, cooks, and guests.
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Otto Frey
Vernon
Janet Coon
Ainsworth
David Gregg
West Liberty
Salem Church of God
Haskins
Miss Coon
Earl
Edna Merchant Frey
Royden Boshart
Lisa
Marretta
Maleta
Lawrence Barquist
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Lelia
Edna Widmer
WMSA
Bethel
Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville Choir to Perform at Mt Pleasant Festival
Crawfordsville Methodist church group joins a 200 voice choir at Mt Pleasant Methodist Church on Oct 24 at 8 p.m. Guest conductor Dr James Houghton founder of the Boston Seminary Singers. Afternoon workshop attendees include Mrs Howard Anderson Vickie Conrad Rev and Mrs John Cornish and Elaine Thomas.
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Crawfordsville
Vickie Conrad
John Cornish
Larry Fletcher
Galen Howsare
Herbert Rich
Elaine Thomas
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
James Houghton
Boston Seminary Singers
Howard Anderson
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