India appeals for American arms in border war
New Delhi reports urge U.S. arms for India's battle with Chinese forces. The government lists 2,000 to 2,500 dead or missing in 10 days as Washington offers to supply aid while Nehru, Galbraith, and Kennedy discuss support. Indian troops tighten positions along Ladakh and NEFA fronts amid sustained fighting.
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New Delhi
API
India
U.S
United States
Indian External Affairs Ministry
John Kenneth Galbraith
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kennedy
China
State Department
Washington
Menon
Ladakh
Northeast Frontier Agency
NEFA
Himalaya
Indian Defense Ministry
Damchok
Ladakha
Liang
Defense Ministry
Moonlet Satelite To Be Launched Moonlet Satelite To Be Launched
The United States plans to launch a 350 pound moonlet named Anna from Cape Canaveral to orbit about 700 miles up for geodetic research. The mission follows a partial success with Explorer XV which spun out of control, prompting renewed efforts to understand and correct the craft.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
United States
Earth
Federal Space Agency
Anna
Children Help UNICEF Penny Drive This Halloween
Doorbell rings bring bright eyed children asking for pennies for UNICEF to aid hungry and sick kids worldwide. The United Nations fund started postwar to distribute food and medicine, with local groups like Stewart St James Jr High Y aiding in Washington.
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Unicef
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Stewart, St. James
Jr. High Y
Washington
Kiesey Chosen for Youth Conference on the Atom
Brad Kiesey of Mid- Prairie High School is selected as one of four southern Iowa students to attend the fourth annual Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago November 8 to 10. The Iowa Southern Utilities sponsor covers travel and expenses. a Newton instructor accompanies the group after a November 7 Centerville visit to ISU.
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Brad Kiesey
Mid- Prairie High School
Iowa
Chicago
Brad
Iowa Southern Utilities Territory
Burlington High School
Iowa Southern
Newton
Centerville
ISU
Ted Kiesey
Near West Chester
Community Chest Drive Opens In Business District
The annual Community Chest drive starts in the business district with house to house canvassing in residential areas to begin Monday November 5. Co chairmen Ron Goff and Robert Bates urge cooperation to reach the $27 550 goal by late November with many supporting agencies listed.
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Ron Goff
Robert Bates
Washington
Marion Snodgrass
Jay Vinson
American Home Finding Association
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Lake Darling
National Association For Mental Health
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
Mrs. Anna Thomas of Columbus City Dies at 84
Columbus Junction mourns the death of Anna Thomas 84 born January 18 1878 near Columbus City. She died October 28 at Muscatine General Hospital. Funeral Tuesday at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev James Rila. Burial Cambrian Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Arthur Morrow Burlington and Mrs Otto Lammers Tucson Arizona, one grandson and two brothers Walter Davis Columbus City and Price Davis Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Anna Thomas
Columbus City
Muscatine General Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
James Rila
Cotter United Presbyterian Church
Cambrian Cemetery
Thomas
Columbus’ City
John
Dorothy Evans Davis
John G. Thomas
Arthur Morrow
Burlington
Otto Lammers
Tucson
Ariz
Walter Davis
Price Davis
Chamber Dinner Tickets Available for Washington Chamber
The Washington Chamber of Commerce announces dinner tickets on sale through Wednesday. The event starts at 6 30 p m Thursday in the new junior high building with speaker Frank Miles. Tickets available at the Chamber office or from board members. about 200 guests expected.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Frank Miles
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Rites at Harper For Mrs John Crooks 74
Funeral services for Mrs John Helen Crooks 74 will be held Tuesday at 10 am in St Elizabeths Church Harper. She died Saturday morning at a Sigourney rest home after a stroke in August. She and her husband operated the Harper Mutual Telephone Co from 1915 to 1958. Survivors include her husband John two sons Cloyce and John L both of Harper and several grandchildren.
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John
Cloyce
John L
Harper
Smith Launches TV Campaigning Series
Ames Democratic candidate E. B. Smith has begun an intensive TV program schedule from 30 minutes to ten hours nightly through November 5, the day before the general election.
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Smith
AMES
UPS
E. B. Smith
U. S. Senate
Study committee report urges Iowa county government reforms
A United Press International report details 17 proposals from the Iowa College Community Research Center to reform county administration. It calls for multi county highway districts, centralized welfare control, and revised road programs to curb costs, citing large cost variances in Davis and Linn counties.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Iowa College Community Research Center
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Iowa Bureau of Business and Economic Research
The
Highway Commission
Iowa Highway Study Committee
Davis
Linn
Iowa Toll Rises to 490 After Weekend Fatalities
Ten people died on Iowa roads over the weekend including pedestrians struck in Evansdale and complex crashes near McIntire Center Point and Burlington. Names of victims include Eugene Prashka 21 Everett Wherry 53 Glenn Frazier 35 Mary Schultz 21 Robert Swailes 22 Vernon Johnson 49 Paul Hesser 66 Marlin Holst 21 Connie Perkins 14 and others.
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Iowa
Evansdale
Waterloo
Eugene John Prashka
Everett Wherry
McIntire
Glenn Earl Frazier
Smithland
Mary May Schultz
Center Point
Robert Arthur Swailes
Olds
Vernon Linn Johnson
Burlington
Paul Richard Hesser
Marlin Dean Holst
Rural le Claire
Robert Esechrich
Lake Mills
Connie Perkins
Northwood
Prashka
Sylvia Paine
Juanita Widner
Fairbank
Kennedy names McCloy to head Cuban crisis coordinating group
President Kennedy taps John J. McCloy to lead a three man coordinating committee with George Ball and Roswell Gilpatric to handle Cuban crisis developments. The group will stay in New York during UN discussions as U.S. maintains naval blockade and air surveillance pending verification of Soviet missile removal.
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New York
McCloy
U.N
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
United States
Caribbean
Cuba
Thant
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Moscow
Ball
Gilpatric
National Security Council
White House
Pierre Salinger
NSC
Khrushchev
Florida Keys
Dean Rusk
Washington
Khruschev
Middleburg
Chukotka Peninsula
Alaska
Minor Auto Accident At Site Of New Light
At the intersection of West Madison and South Iowa near Washington’s new traffic signal a minor auto collision occurred Saturday afternoon. Jayanne Coffman of Keota said she failed to see the new light while driving west on West Madison, colliding with Edward Raymond Weeks who had the green light going south on Iowa Avenue. Damages were about $250.
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West Madison
South
Iowa
Washington
Jaynane Coffman
Keota
Edward Raymond Weeks
Iowa Avenue
Local Quartet to Sing In All-State Festival
Washington High School earns a place in the all state chorus in Des Moines with a quartet: Leonard Schantz David Everetts Cheryl Keating and Sharon Lowry. The quartet was among 15 selected from 679 audition entries. Vernon Feuerhelm the vocal music teacher accompanies the group to the festival during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Washington High School
Des Moines
Leonard Schantz
David Everetts
Cheryl Keating
Sharon Lowry
Vernon Feuerhelm
Gevocks Lead Knights of Columbus Pinochle Marathon
Mr and Mrs Alex Gevock take the lead at end of round two in the Knights of Columbus pinochle marathon with 3 440 points. They head a field of 44 couples including Keith Horn and Ed Peiffer in second and third places respectively.
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Alex Gevock
Knights of Columbus
Weather Forecast for Iowa
Fair tonight with warmer temperatures in the northwest and south. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 30 to 35, high Tuesday 60 to 65. Outlook Wednesday partly cloudy. Five day temps near normal through Saturday with cooler weekend. Normal lows 29 northwest to 37 southeast, highs from lower 50s north to upper 50s south. Little or no precipitation.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Linn County
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Holst
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