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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1963

Page

2

PTA Committees Announced For Stewart School Year

Stewart School PTA held a Thursday meeting with Mrs. Raymond Carter presiding. Committee chairs were introduced including Program Chairman Mrs. Tom Tanner and Hospitality head Mrs. Leon Hillman. Discussions covered railroad crossing at North Fourth, open house plans, and the 1963-64 budget. The first PTA meeting is set for Tuesday September 24 at 8 pm.

Stewart School PTA Raymond Carter Tom Tanner Robert Koehler Keith Hardy Charles Crull Calvin Larsen Leon Hillman Preston Harvey Robert Anderson Earl Rae Stanley Wallace North Fourth

Local News Briefs and Small Town Doings

Mrs. Russell Frink returns from visit with son and family in Omaha. Lee Gray, two time kindergarten age, breaks left leg on a swing. will use crutches and return to Stewart School kindergarten mid next week. Memorial services for Rudie Schmidt attended by relatives from distance including Elmer Barr Madison Wis and many Iowa residents. Henry Lunning home hosts guests. Harold Lunning from Los Angeles visiting. Mrs. Gary Leeper of Waverly vacationing with Holden family. Ingrid Hokansson of Sweden visits via Inter national Farm Youth Exchange program and will speak in communities. Melvin Pronga leaves for Tucson Ariz to take math assistantship at the University of Arizona. George Cordes returns from Lake Okoboji after Iowa Association of College Admissions Councils fall meeting.

Rudie Schmidt Elmer Barr Madison Wis William Maddens Tacy Schappert Cedar Rapids Howard Gill Wilton Junction Lewis Stockman Davenport Aline Smith Columbus Junction Art Barnett Iowa City Maurice Green Olin Walter Clifford Conklin Keota Ingrid Hokansson Sweden International Farm Washington Ingrid Iowa Melvin Pronga Lester Pronga Tucson Ariz University of Arizona Melvin Monmouth College Argonne Laboratories Chicago George Cordes Lake Okoboji Iowa Association of College Admissions Councils

Friendly Circle Club Meets With Mrs Elwood Kleese Hostess

Mrs Elwood Kleese hosted 11 members of the Friendly Circle Club on Thursday. Five children and two guests Mrs Richard Johnson and Mrs Milburn McKay attended. Mrs Johnson joined the club.

Elwood Kleese Friendly Circle Club Richard Johnson Milburn McKay Johnson Merle Sheetz David Kleese Harvey Davis Europe Harold Klopfenstein Clyde Crile Sheetz Crile

Social Calendar Notes Early Notices for Week

Local calendar lists Friday tasks for Past Matrons Club and Rebekah Lodge at Masonic Temple and IOOF Hall. Several gatherings include lectures, bake and potluck meals, card games, and bridge. Activities span Monday through Friday across churches and civic groups with time and venue details.

Masonic Temple Rebekah Lodge Ioof Hall

American Home III Seeks Time Change for Sept Meeting

Mrs. Darrell Ross hosts American Home III of the Fortnightly Club on Tuesday September 10 with a 1 30 p m dessert hour. Members are asked to note the change of time.

Lucile Forgey Lauder Kennedy White Shrine School of Instruction Masonic Temple White Shrine Bridge William Boshart St. James School Warner Williams Sunset Park Ralph Robertson Lester Orr Darrell Ross American Legion Auxiliary First Presbyterian Upw Harry Ramseyer Baptist Rhoda Nielson Warren Anderson American Home III Department of the

Moving pictures at U P Home conclude Pratt series

The U P Home wrapped its monthly film series with a Tuesday night showing two pictures The Land of Lincoln from the Far Lands Brought Near set and The Lady and the Stock Exchange at the Variety. Labor Day brought guests and family visits including Zoe Leacox and relatives from Cedar Rapids and Keota plus Dr W J Stewart and family visiting Iowa City before a Bristol Village move.

Pratt Sound Lady and the Stock Exchange Zoe Leacox Cedar Rapids Keota

Go and Let Go Club Conducts Evening Meeting

Mrs. Lawrence Miksch hosted the Go and Let Go Club with nine members present answering about career choices. Mrs. Illeah Farrier demonstrated smocked terrycloth pillows as three members received secret sister gifts.

Lawrence Miksch Paul Hazelett Illeah Farrier Novella Hess

Castro Accuses U S of Bombing in Santa Clara Attack

Havana accused the United States of orchestrating a Thursday morning bombing in Santa Clara. Two twin-engined planes escorted by two jets dropped explosives on a military home, killing a teacher employed by the Armed Forces Ministry and wounding three of the teacher’s four children Francisco 5 Sofia 3 and Abraham 2.

Havana UPI Santa Clara United States Cuba Central America Fidel Castro Armed Forces Ministry Las Villas Fabric Aguilar Noriega

Livestock Market Report Chicago UPI

Hogs 6 500 head weak to 25 lower with mixed loads at 16 75 for 200-230 lb. Heifers and steers show gains up to 30. Prime slaughter steers 1150-1317 lb 25 50. High choice and prime 1000-1325 lb 24 50-25 25. Sheep at 500 head with spring slaughter lambs 18 50-20 00 for 80-100 lb and some 21 00 for top lots.

Chicago

Hearing Set On Highway 92 Relocation Plan

Iowa State Highway Commission to hold a September 12 1963 public hearing at Memorial Hall Knoxville at 7 50 p m to present plans for 16 7 mile partial relocation and improvement of Iowa 92 in Marion and Mahaska Counties. The project includes a new 24 foot pavement surface and a new Des Moines River bridge with construction to begin in 1965 at an estimated cost of 3 545 700.

Ames Iowa 92 Marion Mahaska Iowa State Highway Commission Memorial Hall Knoxville Raymond Kassel Commission Bureau of Public Roads Iowa 310 Harvey Des Moines River Marion County Knoxville East Mahaska County

Washington County Heart Unit to Meet at Hospital

The Washington County unit of the Cedar Valley Heart Division will gather at Washington County Hospital at 7 30 p m Tuesday September 17 led by county chairman T M Nelson.

Wallace faces multiple fronts in desegregation fight

Gov. George Wallace confronts federal court actions over school desegregation in Alabama. In Birmingham Negroes plan to seek a court order to reopen three desegregated schools after a bloody riot that left one dead and at least 19 injured. Troopers moved into Huntsville and Mobile amid Wallace efforts to block desegregation.

George Wallace Alabama Birmingham Wallace Huntsville Mobile

Close Four More Alabama Schools Close Four More Alabama Schools

Alabama Gov George C Wallace orders halt to desegregation openings in Huntsville delaying four schools. Troopers surrounded three elementary and one junior high, with two Negro students scheduled at Murphy High Mobile not showing up. Local officials resisted further delays citing federal court actions.

Birmingham Ala UPI George C. Wallace Tuskegee Huntsville Murphy High School Mobile Port City R. B. Searcy Wallace Searcy Alabama Hammond City Hall John C. Morrison Chicago Statesville N.C Savannah Hosea Williams Farmville Francis L. Griffin Chester Thaddeus Stevens Englewood N.J Boston School Committee Columbia S.C Clemson College Lucinda Brawley Hopkins New York

Hospital Admissions and Births Reported

On The Record shows Roy Fields of Washington admitted Thursday for medical care. Births listed include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Libe of Washington yesterday and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Gray of Columbus Junction today. Mrs. Raymond Butler of Brighton is dismissed today.

Roy Fields Washington Medical Robert Libe Robert William Gray Columbus Junction Raymond Butler Brighton

Demand for return of three Buddhist priests in Saigon

Saigon officials demanded the United States hand over three Buddhist priests who sought refuge in the U S embassy. Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist protest leader, plus Le Mai Chi and Tran Van Nhem, were named in a formal aide memoire. Washington sent no immediate reply.

Saigon South Viet Nam Upi United States Thich Tri Quang Ngo Dinh Diem U.S William Truehart Foreign Office Quang Mainla Loi Paganda le Mai Chi Tran van Nhem

Workers Flee Towers In North Atlantic

Five Sea King helicopters departed from Quonset Point to evacuate 28 men from two Texas towers battered by 15 foot waves and gale winds in the stormy North Atlantic. Seventeen men on Tower No. 2 and Tower No. 3 face rescue as weather assesses.

Boston UPI Texas North Atlantic Sea King Tower No. 2

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