Six Die in Iowa Weekend Accidents
United Press International reports six deaths in Iowa over the weekend from highway crashes drownings and a farm accident. Victims include Gerald Gene Swanson of Fort Dodge and Arthur Abel of Donnellson, with others in Clinton, Elliott, and Sloan, plus a farmyard tractor incident near Tipton.
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Iowa
Gerald Gene Swanson
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Arthur Abel
Donnellson
U.S. 218
Iowa 103
Abel
Leland Edwin Keller
Ronald D. Dodge
Burlington
Lois A. Botts
Elliott
Iowa 92
Carson
Paul K. Ernst
Glenwood
Clyde Botts
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Clinton
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Richard Shadwick
Larry
Viet Nam High School riots as students clash with police
At Chu Van An Boys High School in Saigon a student mob of 400 to 500 was rounded up by heavily armed police after a brawl that lasted about an hour. Students hurled rocks and furniture while police moved in to seize rioters and take them to detention camps. A banner on a balcony urged help against the Diem government as demonstrations followed calls for U.S. inquiries into American misleadings about conditions in South Viet Nam.
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Saigon
UPI
Chu van’ An
Ngo Dinh Diem
U. S. Congress
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
U. S
Diem
President Diem
Venezuela Quints In Excellent Condition
Venezuela's first quintuplets were reported in excellent condition forty four hours after their birth. The five infants, all boys, were born Saturday to Mrs. Ines Cuervo, 27, wife of an oilfield worker from Ciudad Ojeda in Maracaibo.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
UPI
Ines Cuervo
Ciudad Ojeda
Retarded Children's Association Opens New Year Meeting
The Washington County Retarded Children's Association will hold its first meeting of the year Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the school house at the county fair grounds. Dwight Bode, county superintendent of schools, will report on a new work-study program for slow learners at Washington Community High School. The pioneer program aims to educate and train the county's retarded youth.
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Washington County Retarded Children’s Association
County Fair Grounds
Dwight Bode
Washington Community High School
Albia Couple Charged With Liquor Violation At Club
An Albia investigation into the Albia Country Club led to liquor law charges against Mr and Mrs David Campbell. They were charged with keeping liquor where beer is sold after a routine check found a pint bottle in their possession. The county club itself faced no charges.
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ALBIA
UPI
Albia Country Club
David Campbell
Monroe County
William F. Bagley
Two Break-Ins Reported in Kalona Overnight
Sheriff's deputies investigated two break ins in Kalona last night. Rear doors were accessed after windows were removed at both locations. Cash stolen included forty dollars from the Kalona East End Cafe and five dollars from the Clover Farm Store.
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Kalona
Kalona East End
Clover Farm
Residents urged to reply to survey
Washington area residents are urged to fill out a coupon on page five of the Evening Journal as part of a labor survey connected to a potential new factory. The Washington Industrial Corporation says responses help gauge interest while final site decisions remain pending.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Washington Industrial Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Corporation
Turkeys to be purchased for school lunch program
The Agriculture Department plans to buy excess ready to cook turkeys for the national school lunch program. Purchases target schools serving hot lunches to about 17.5 million children and will be funded by import tariffs on agricultural products from abroad.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Deer Hunters Must Apply Soon for License
Des Moines notices remind deer hunters to submit license applications to the state Conservation Commission by 4:30 p.m. on Friday September 13. Shotgun licenses are filed with Lena Stewart, county recorder, in Des Moines. A drawing will allocate licenses until the limit is reached, with a $10 fee accompanying each application.
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State Conservation Commission
Lena Stewart
Des Moines
Kennedy to send letter backing test ban to Senate
President Kennedy agreed to a White House letter pledging that ratifying the nuclear test ban treaty with Russia will not hinder future U S atomic development. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen urged the move to reassure wary lawmakers and win a two thirds vote. Dirksen endorsed ratification, saying the letter would help allay fears of Russian military advantage and boost bipartisan support for approval.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Russia
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
White House
Dirksen
Mansfield
United States
NFO Calls County Meeting and Urges Grain Storage
Washington County NFO officers voted to hold a county wide meeting at the Court House on Tuesday evening September 10 at 8 p.m. They urged farmers to keep ownership of grain at harvest and to use government loans or local lenders to cover storage costs. They advised storing grain to avoid low harvest prices and to control feedlots.
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Washington County
N.F.O
Court House
Elmer Schneider
NFO
Quads for Harkins as Mississippi mother bears four girls
Thom as P. Harkins, 50, of Jackson, celebrates the birth of quadruplets all girls to his wife at St. Dominic's Hospital. The quads, born Saturday night, were reported in good condition, off oxygen, and the first known quadruplets born in Mississippi.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Thomas P. Harkins
Jackson
St. Dominic's Hospital
State Board of Health
Mississippi
Harkins
Barbara Donahoe
Susan
Cecelia
Péter
Martha
Andrew
Wallace orders troop blocks to desegregate schools standoff
Governor George C. Wallace deployed armed state troopers to white schools in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee to block Negro entrance. In Birmingham Ramsay High and West End High saw refusals as NAACP lawyers prepared injunctions. The action follows federal desegregation orders and risks a new federal confrontation.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Mobile
Murphy High
Wallace
Tuskegee
Murphy
Ramsay
West End
Joe Smelley
Reserved Washington High football tickets on sale
Reserved seat tickets for Washington High School games at Case Field go on sale at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Tickets may be bought at Schoonover Drug Store. Four home games priced at 4 dollars. general admission season tickets cost 3 dollars. Fans may buy season tickets from players to support sales and exchange them for reserved seats at the store for a small extra charge.
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Washington
Case Field
Tom English
Schoonover Drug Store
Eglish
Iowa Weather: Fair to Partly Cloudy Through Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies across Iowa with cooler nights. Lows range from the 50s in the northeast to the 60s in the southwest, highs Tuesday near 85 to 90 degrees. Outlook shows Wednesday mostly fair with little temperature change. Five day trend: temps near normal on the eastern border to 3 to 6 degrees above normal in the west, with scattered thundershowers likely Thursday or Friday bringing less than a tenth inch of rain.
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United Press International
Iowa
Graham and Witnesses draw record crowds in SoCal
In Los Angeles and Pasadena, Billy Graham closed his Southern California crusade with about 134 000 inside the Coliseum and 20 000 outside while 85 000 attended Jehovahs Witnesses eight day assembly at the Rose Bowl. Traffic clogged freeways as crowds filled Memorial Coliseum and nearby venues for the dual events.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Memorial Coliseum
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
Billy Graham
Southern California
Crusade For Christ
International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Graham
United States
Washington
Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly
Gronouski Named Postmaster General
Wisconsin Tax Commissioner John S. Gronouski was named postmaster general in the Kennedy administration. The 43 year old Democrat will succeed J Edward Day whose resignation took effect a month ago. Gronouski is reported as the first Polish ancestry cabinet member. He has served as Wisconsin tax commissioner since January 1990 after roles in the state tax department and a Nelson led tax study.
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Washington
UPI
Wisconsin
John S. Gronouski
Kennedy
Gronouski
J. Edward Day
White House
Gaylord Nelson
State Tax Department
Nelson
Expect Light Vote In School Elections
Voters in Washington will cast ballots this afternoon and evening in regular school elections. Local and county school board members are to be elected in all districts with polls open from noon to 7 p.m. In Washington Community School District voting occurs at the courthouse and is expected to be light due to no special issues drawing turnout.
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Washington
Washington Community
Court House
Fulbright Warns Reservations on Nuclear Test Ban Unwise
UPI reports Senator J William Fulbright chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned that any reservations to the nuclear test ban treaty would be unwise and irresponsible He argued the pact is safe and wise despite some risks and noted strong support for ratification from the administration and many experts.
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Washington
Upi
J. William Fulbright
D. Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Fulbright
United States
John Stennis
D-Miss
Foreign Relations Committee
Stennis
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Edward Teller
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Russia
Cuba
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Viet Nam
Retarded Children’s Association
Barbara O'Neill
Springfield
Lil
Quads
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Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
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