Washington's Community Chest totals inch toward goal
The Community Chest in Washington rises to 62 percent of its annual goal, worth 22 380.40 dollars today, with business areas nearly complete and residential areas beginning to report progress. Seven Washington High School concert choir members make the All-State Chorus, including Jean Soucek and Mike Quinn. The choir will be televised from Des Moines during Thanksgiving. A Crane Co. driver Alfred Kirkbride escaped severe injury in a crash near Highway 1. charges will be filed. Sheriff officials cite about 1200 dollars damage to the semi. E.K. Schlapkohl of the Washington School District attends a Midwest superintendent meeting in Kansas City November 1-2 with film premiere The Right To Read. Gov. Ray urges Iowa justices of the peace to back a unified trial court plan to abolish their posts.
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Washington
Washington High School
Davenport
Des Moines
Jean Soucek
Cheri Burkum
Cheryl Pfeifer
Butch Zwicki
John Kessell
Mike Quinn
Jeff Zear
Robert Youngquist
Alfred Kirkbride
Fairfield
Crane Co
Highway 1
Kirkbride
Elmer Overgaard
Omaha
Burlington Northern Transport
E.K. Schlapkohl
Washington Community
Midwest
U.S. Office of Education
Kansas City
Office of Education
al Kinzler
Schlapkohl
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Justices of the Peace
Ray
Harvey the Rouen Duck Defies Odds at Wolf Home
Harvey the Rouen duck, born with a deformed beak, thrives at the Calvin Wolf home at 723 South Fourth Ave. A custom deep feeding dish lets him eat moistened bread while he enjoys neighborhood attention and friendly kids. The family jokes about Thanksgiving, as two dogs once attacked him and his future remains uncertain.
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Calvin Wolf
South Fourth Ave
Harvey
Drake
Mrs. Wolf
Lincoln
Snitzel
Wolf Home
Harbor to seek Republican nomination for lieutenant governor
Iowa House speaker William Harbor plans a Republican bid for lieutenant governor in early November. He told about 30 to 35 political friends at a Des Moines restaurant that he would announce within three weeks. Harbor seeks the post amid calls from supporters and the risk of losing his House speaker seat.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
William Harbor
United Press International
Harbor
Close Harbor Associates
Henderson Republican
Rainy Iowa Tonight With Cooler Wednesday
Rain or showers mainly in the east and south tonight with lows from 50 in the north to near 60 in the south. Wednesday brings a chance of showers in the southeast during the forenoon, otherwise partly cloudy and turning cooler in the northwest by afternoon, with highs from around 70 northwest to near 80 southeast.
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Iowa
United States suffers at UN as China seat is awarded
The United Nations voted 76 to 35 to seat Communist China and expel Nationalist China, prompting reactions from Washington and Taipei. U.S. leaders vow to reassess support while Peking celebrates and Europe notes a shift in global power dynamics.
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United Nations
UPI
China
United States
U.N
Peking
Geneva
Washington
Peter Dominick
R - Cole
Janes Buckley
R-C -N.Y
Teipei
Taipei
Chow Shu-kai
Europe
Tass
Italy
Netherlands
Laos
Turkey
Thant
Huang Hua
Ottawa
Canada
General Assembly
U.S
Three Iowa Women Slain. BCI Probes Linked Deaths
United Press International reports that state agents joined local authorities to investigate the brutal deaths of three young Iowa women: Jeanine Christensen Storm Lake Karen Goers Oskaloosa and Karen Streed Cedar Rapids. While officials acknowledge coincidences in age and occupations two bodies show similar wounds, investigators say no link is established yet. Streed was identified by her husband after being found in a stream near the Amana Colonies Iowa County. Her body had been in the water four to five days with head wounds noted. cause of death to be determined by a pathologist.
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United Press International
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Iowa
BCI
Robert Blair
Jeanine Marie Christensen
Storm Lake
Karen Ann Goers
Oskaloosa
Karen Streed
Cedar Rapids
Blair
Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Spurrier
Individualized math program expands at Washington Jr High
Washington Junior High schools adopts an experimental eighth grade math program, sourced from Winnetka NL, letting students progress at individual rates. About 95 percent of eighth graders favor the course, while teachers seek control and experimental groups to gauge effectiveness.
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Jr. High
Washington Junior High School
Winnetka
Max Cousins
Dick Gipple
Cousins
Gerry Schmidt
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