Negro protest in Chicago marks freedom day boycott
Chicago's Loop hosts a mass protest as about 10 000 people plan to demonstrate against de facto segregation in public schools. Pickets at the Board of Education denounce Superintendent Benjamin C Willis while police guard South Side areas after recent clashes. Officials report mixed attendance with reports of up to 30 000 children absent, some attending "freedom schools" teaching Black history.
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Chicago
UPI
Loop
Benjamin C. Willis
Board of Education
Willis
South Side
Irene Turner
Freedom
Crispus Attucks
George Washington Carver
Harriet Tubman
Spara of Education
Willis Wallace
Hurricane Ginny Drifts Off Carolina Coast
Hurricane Ginny, with 80 mph winds, battering a decommissioned Navy ship off Cape Hatteras, causes beach erosion north to New Jersey. A Coast Guard plane aided efforts to tow the Fogg as rescue vessels battled 40-foot swells. The Weather Bureau forecast slow drift southwest then a turn northward with no major change in intensity.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
UPS
North Carolina
Navy
New Jersey
Washington Weather Bureau
United States
Weather Bureau
Navy de
Coast Guard
Adult farmer class to discuss soybeans
Farmers attending the adult farmer class at Washington High School Thursday evening will discuss getting top yield of soybeans. The 8 p.m. session in the vocational agriculture room will cover varieties cultural practices harvesting and marketing. Farmers urged to take soil samples now and bring them for later discussion. sample kits and info sheets available from Verne Knecht or the county extension office.
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Washington High School
Verne Knecht
Drought forces school closings across eastern states
A widespread drought crippled crops and strained water supplies from Pennsylvania to West Virginia forcing schools to shorten or cancel sessions. Saxton and Bakerton implemented half days and boil water orders while Harpers Ferry warned residents of unsafe wells. Fires spread across the Midwest and East as authorities logged new blazes and arrests for obstructing fire-fighting efforts.
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Unitedress
Ginny
Carolina
Pacific
Minnesota
Midwest
Tussey Mountain
Saxton
Cascuttas
Tauaroat
Bakerton
West Virginia
Harper's Ferry
Uinos
Macomb
Beech City
Albion
Joplin
Big Lift marks largest transatlantic troop airlift to Germany
At Bergstrom Air Force Base Texas and four Texas airfields 16 000 troops including the 2nd Armored Division began a 73 hour airlift to Frankfurt as part of Exercise Big Lift. Six C135 jets four C130s and 18 C124s led the fleet with about 220 planes in total costing around 20 million dollars.
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FT. Hood, Tex
UPI
Atlantic
Texas
West Germany
Armored
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Army
Air Force and
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
2Nd Armored
Frankfurt
Ation
Ft. Hood
Hell On Wheels
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ft. Benning
Ft. Campbell
Destina Ton
Germany
Air Force
Bergstrom Afb
Edwin H. Burba
Paul
D. Adams
MacDill Afb
Fla
Connally Afb
Waco
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Gray Army Airfield
America
United States
Roswell Gilpatric
United Press International
Chicago
Gilpatric
U.S
Adams
Dr John Cochran dies in Dallas Texas rites Thursday
Dr John Larry Cochran 25 died Monday Oct 21 1963 at Baylor University Hospital Dallas Texas He was a Washington High School graduate and earned a medicine degree from State University of Iowa June 7 1963 He began internship at Baylor in July fell ill in August Funeral Thursday 130 pm at Washington Baptist Church burial Elm Grove Cemetery He survived by wife Carolyn Joyce Peterson parents Mr and Mrs J A Cochran two sisters Gloria Angela and brother Jerry Cochran.
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John Larry Cochran
Baylor University Hospital
Dallas
Texas
Richard Peterson
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones
Prnel
Cochran
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Joseph A
Garnet Marie Sharpe Cochran
Carolyn Joyce Peterson
The
Baptist Church
Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity
J. A. Cochran
Washington
Jerry Cochran
Rapid City
South Dakota
Gloria
Angela
Penalty on Overdue Water Bills Approved by Council
City council members voted Monday night to attach a 10 percent penalty on all delinquent water bills or a minimum of 1 dollar starting November 11, 1968, to encourage on time payments. Most of the meeting covered routine matters.
Brighton Choir to Sing at Methodist Service Tonight
Brighton Methodist Church pingers will form a choir for tonight's service as evangelistic meetings continue at Washington Methodist Church starting at 7 30 p m Dr Neville W Wright from England speaks each evening through Thursday Local Methodist choir performs Wednesday night and the Crawfordsville Methodist choir provides music Thursday Open to the general public.
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Pingers
Brighton Methodist Church
Washington Methodist Church
Neville W. Wright
England
Crawfordsville
Iowa to Track Tax Delinquents with Electronic System
Des Moines reports that Iowa will deploy an electronic detective to identify delinquent state income tax filers. 30,000 names were flagged from 1961 records, but 6,000 may prove to owe taxes. The system speeds audits, with average potential collections around 40 dollars per delinquent.
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Des Moines
UPI
Tax Commission
Commission
A. L. George
Cedar Falls
George
Andrew George
Lynn Potter
D-Cresco
Tn State
IRS
Iowa
Ainsworth mayor and council slate announced
For the November 4 town election at Ainsworth two candidates seek the mayoralty Harold Hazelett and Jim Wood. Ten council nominees include Richard K. Bean George Colthurst Duane Hazen Walter E Rhodes Richard Allen Stephens Robert Bowman Charles Croll Kermit Jenkins William Laird Simpson Roy E Wood. Treasurer Cleo Orris seeks re election with no opposition. Incumbent mayor William A McGinnis is not running.
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Ainsworth
Harold Hazelett
Jim Wood
Richard K. Bean
George Colthurst
Duane Hazen
Walter E. Rhodes
Richard Allen Stephens
Robert Bowman
Charles Croll
Kermit C. Jenkins
William Laird Simpson
Roy E. Wood
Cleo Orris
William A. McGinnis
Hugh Hazelett
Charles ‘Thompson
D. M. Arthur
Roy Wood
Hazen
Mr. Wood
Thompson
Mr. Arthur
Ends 42 years at post office
Standall Sam Neill will retire from the Washington post office October 25 after 42 years of service. He began Sept 3 1921 and worked under four postmasters Harry McCall M C DeLong Jay Brown and Harry Levy.
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Standall
Sam) Neill
Washington Post Office
Postal Service
Dr. Neill
Harry McCall
M. C. DeLong
Jay Brown
Harry Levy
Funeral Thursday for Max J. Dawson 62
Funeral services for Max J. Dawson aged 62 will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Dr. Vernon Elgin. Burial is in Elm Grove Cemetery. Mr Dawson died Monday in St Joseph Missouri.
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Max J. Dawson
Jones Funeral Home
Vernon Elgin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Dawson
St. Joseph
Salt air as a nutrient for life mentioned in fish
A brief note states that salt air is an essential nutrient for all living creatures including freshwater fish, highlighting its perceived importance in aquatic life and general biology.
Iowa Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
United Press Intern reports generally fair weather for Iowa through Wednesday. Cooler conditions in the northeast and northcentral tonight with lows in the 50s, highs Wednesday in the 70s to lower 80s. Thursday looks partly cloudy and mild with a chance of showers and cooler air in the extreme northwest.
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Iowa
County keeps corn support at 1.04 in 1963
Howard Lins, chairman of the Washington County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, announces that the 1963 crop corn price support remains 1.04 per bushel. The rate meets the legal minimum and aligns with national parity, while cooperators may receive 1.04 per bushel loans plus an 18 cent per bushel payment on normal production. The corn carryover in October is estimated at 13 billion bushels, down from the prior year and far below the 1961 peak of 2 billion.
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Washington County
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Reenairman
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Vernon Feuerhlein
J. W. Helscher
Brief Journal
Dallas Kinney
DuSable High School
Brighton
Potter
Towa
Federal Internal Revenue Service
United Press
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