County schools begin term with 1907 pupils enrolled
Washington Community Schools report 1,907 students registered for the first day of the 1964-65 term, about the same as last year. Lincoln Elementary totals 480 students, Stewart 446, junior high 456, and the high school 525. Classes and athletic events start on daylight savings time except some districts. Highland 639 students, Mid-Prairie 1,264, Waco 268, with time adjustments noted.
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Washington
Supt
John V. Phleger
Lincoln Elementary School
Stewart Elementary
Washington County
Mid-Prairie Community
Washington Community
Waco
Highland
Ainsworth
Riverside
Mid - Prairie
Ballot mixup delays Johnson Humphrey listing in Iowa
Iowa Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst delayed printing after Democrats failed to certify the Johnson and Humphrey names. Officials considered inserting the candidates by sticker or reprinting, while Gov. Hughes urged inclusion as a technical oversight.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Johnson
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Synhorst
Humphrey
Secretary of State
Republican Party
Barry Goldwater
William Miller
Harold E. Hughes
Mel
Hughes
Lex Hawkins
Donald Moyer
Ottumwa
Lex
Legion to convene meeting at city hall tonight
Don Rinner new commander of Leon Beatty American Legion post will preside at his first meeting of the year. The 8 p.m. session at Legion rooms will outline plans for the year ahead and conclude with a watermelon feed after the regular session.
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Don Rinner
Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Legion Rooms
Iowa Weather: Showers Tonight and Warmer Wednesday
United Press International reports scattered showers and thunderstorms across Iowa tonight and in the eastern areas through Wednesday. Warmer temperatures expected. lows 60 to 65 tonight and highs in the upper 80s Wednesday.
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United Press International
Iowa
Ernest V. Miller Dies Suddenly at 77 in Washington County
Ernest V. Miller 77 retired farmer of 303 East Washington Street died suddenly today at Washington County Hospital. Funeral Thursday Sept 3 at 2:30 p.m. Sherman-Eden Funeral Home Rev Clarence Dehne. Burial Hillcrest Cemetery Brigh ton. Born Nov 15 1886 in Washington County son of Henry and Henrietta Warren Miller. Married Ella R Rotzinger Nov 18 1908. Survived by wife, one sister Mrs J C Carris and several nieces and nephews. Washingtons Y's Men begin Fall season with first meeting at YMCA community room after summer recess.
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Ernest V. Miller
East Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Sherman - Eden
Clarence Dehne
Hillcrest Cemetery
Brighton
Mr. Miller
Washington County
Henry
Henrietta Warren Miller
Ella R. Rotzinger
Probate and hearings listed for four estates and two franchises
Notices include probate of wills and appointment of executors for Guy Koch and William Floyd Mur dock, hearings on probate for Merle J. Hebner and Eva Strum, and hearings on petitions by Iowa Southern Utilities Co. for franchises to erect electrical transmission lines.
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Guy Koch
William Floyd Murdock
Merle J. Hebner
Eva Strum
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Washington boy 14 confesses murder in father death
A 14 year old Washington boy, just enrolled at Washington Junior High, confessed to shooting his sleeping father, Rolla E. Crawford, with a .22 rifle. He faces open murder charges and a psychiatric examination will be sought. The case recalls the rapid sequence from family dinner to arrest in the garage at 822 South Iowa Avenue.
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Washington
Washington Junior High School
Washington County
Steven Crawford
Rolla E. Crawford
Crawford
South
Iowa Avenue
Ira Morrison
Morrison
Charles Snyder
Steven
Hospitah
Clergymen blast Supreme Court over Tropic of Cancer ruling
Nine Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders in New York denounce the Supreme Court for what they call degeneracy and perversion in overruling state obscenity rulings on Tropic of Cancer and The Lovers. They urge religious unity to defend moral law amid court decisions.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Henry Miller
Hugo L. Black
William O Douglas
William J. Brennan
Arthur J. Goldberg
Potter Stewart
Leo A. Pursley
Fort Wayne
Ind
Aloysius J. Willinger
Monterey- Fresno
Calif
John King Russio
Steubenville
Ohio
Julius G. Neumann
Manhattan
Congregation Zichron Moshe
Operation Yorkville
Jehuda Melcher
Briarwood
Henry I. Lambert
New York Board of Trade
Ilinois
Florida
Viet Nam Premier Khanh pledges two month riot ban
In Dalat Premier Nguyen Khanh, convalescing after recent riots, says he plans to return to Saigon in about two weeks to resume duties. Buddhist and student leaders pledge a two month ban on rioting as peace efforts aim to restore order amid civil war pressures. U S Ambassador Taylor visited Khanh and supported the plan for Saigon to return to normal leadership.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Dalat
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
South
Viet Nam
Harvard
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
U. S
Maxwell D. ‘Taylor
Dala
Taylor
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Mary Finnegan
Chuck Finnegan
Jeffrey
Mary
Stewart School
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Legion
First Presbyterian Church
IOOF
J. C. Carris
Y’s
YMCA
Osceola
James
Elizabeth Crawford
Washington Junior College
Iloan
Ellen Bower
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vernon Elgin
Burid
Ainsworth Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Rita
Karla
Vern Ruttan
Viola Byers
Kansas City
Kansas
Supreme Court
Wilburn C. West
Eastern States
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lloyd C. Wicke
Scott Morton
University Christian Foundation
New York University
Presbyterian Church
Judy
Judy Marshall
Ralph Marshall
Prospect Place
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Washington High School
McDaniels Drug
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