Iowa Slip-Form Paver Rewrites Highway Work in Decades
Iowa engineers developed the slip-form paver in 1949 a method eliminating preset forms and speeding concrete road building The innovation spread worldwide with 12 000 lane miles paved since the first Iowa mile in 1949 By 1955 28 miles were built in Greene Pocahontas and Polk counties Through the current season over two thirds of Iowa counties have adopted the process on county networks
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Rotary governor to visit Washington on September 7
Rotary district governor Ralph E. Kirk of Boone will speak to the Washington Rotary Club and officers about club plans and administration. Kirk, one of 283 Rotary governors worldwide, oversees more than 12,900 clubs in 134 countries and will serve through June 30, 1968. He plans a district conference in Boone in April and will visit fifty clubs in District 600 during his stay.
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Nice
France
Washington
Stan Kiesey
Rotary Organization
Weller Named Chairman of Washington Community Chest Schools
Peter Weller, teacher at Washington High School, named chairman of the school division for this year’s Washington Community Chest drive. Oxenford, general chairman, notes Weller begins his fourth year at Washington and will guide the schools phase of the campaign, a steady supporter of the Chest.
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Peter Weller
Washington High School
Washington Community Chest Campaign
Don Oxenford
Weller
Washington
Community Chest
Local resident Hospitalized for diabetes at Mercy Iowa City
Earnest Gideon was taken to Mercy Hospital Iowa City Saturday afternoon for treatment of diabetes. He is in room 410. Mrs Helen Underwood of Riverside is spending the week as guest of Mrs Etta Reeves and visiting friends and relatives while here.
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Earnest Gideon
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Helen Underwood
Riverside
Etta Reeves
Senior Citizens Begin Special Interest Groups Craft Session
Senior Citizens are reminded of the start of interest group sessions on Wednesday at 9 30 a m Guidance by Dorothy Hernandez as crafting angels. No pre registration needed. Classes meet in the craft room on the first floor.
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Dorothy Hernandez
Francis Leedom Dies in Keota Saturday at 71
Francis L Leedom 71 died Saturday evening at Veterans Hospital Iowa City after a long illness Funeral set for Tuesday Sept 5 at 2 pm Powell Funeral Home Keota with Rev Orrin T Potter in charge Burial in Keota cemetery Military honors at graveside Born July 31 1896 Glenwood Missouri Married July 30 1918 Lara Swift Sigourney Lived in Keota since 1919 World War I veteran Survived by wife four daughters Glady Kennedy Crawfordsville Ind Mary Lukins Columbus Junction Ruth Porter Ottumwa Betty Wilson Indianapolis Ind Three sons Charles Westminster Calif George Coralville Jack Keota Nineteen grandchildren four great grand children four brothers Lloyd Jewell Curtis Archie Ottumwa Two sisters Viola Jennings Ottumwa Ora McCabe Moulton Ia
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Francis L. Leedom
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Powell Funeral Home
Orrin T. Potter
Mr. Leedom
Glenwood
Robert A
Katherine Whinningham Leedom
Lara Swift
Sigourney
Olan
Gladys) Kennedy
Crawfordsville
Ind
Kenneth
Mary) Lukins
Columbus Junction
Royal
Ruth) Porter
Ottumwa
James
Betty) Wilson
Indianapolis
Charles
Westminster
Calif
George
Coralville
Jack
Lloyd
Jewell
Curtis
Archie
Viola Jennings
Ora McCabe
Moulton, Ja
Keep in touch with the home town every day away
A college student is urged to keep in contact with the hometown newspaper as the most welcome gift while studying away. The notice advises sending a complete and accurate mail address when subscribing or ordering the paper.
Negroes win county posts in Mississippi primaries
Fourteen Negroes win supervisor or other county posts in Mississippi Democratic primaries, a historic gain since Reconstruction. Gaines and Ross win seats, with James Jolis and others pursuing offices as independents. Supervisors control county tax, roads, hiring, and jury lists, signaling shifting power in a traditionally all white system.
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Mississippi
William Ross
Caliborne
Boards of Supervisors
Funeral Tuesday for Mrs. Gidley
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Gidley 69 former Washington resident will be Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev J D Buchanan in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery She died Saturday Sept 2 1967 in Mercy Hospital Davenport Iowa She and husband once ran a Washington restaurant Charlotte Ann Reid born March 13 1898 Creston daughter of John and Fannie Lawson Reid was reared in Creston and married Raymond E Gidley on Nov 24 1920 who died June 3 1966 Surviving are a daughter Mary Reid Davenport four grandchildren and a brother Vince Reid Hammond Ind
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Ray Gidley
Washington
Jones
J. D. Buchanan
Elm Grove
Fannie Lawson Reid
Creston
UAW Ford Talks Drag On As Strike Looms
Auto Conciliation Service joins major automotive negotiations amid six hours of talks on work standards and safety. Reuther urges safety review in foundries while Ford faces impasse risk. A UAW strike could shut Ford’s 101 plants in 27 states, affecting 238,410 U.S. workers, with $8 billion in assets and 1966 sales of $12.24 billion, as GM and Chrysler keep operating to pressure Ford.
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Ford
Denise
UAW
U.S
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
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