Light turnout marks district school board election in Washington area
Voters in the Washington Community School District cast a light ballot in the state school election with Bill McConnell Jr winning the district two board seat 38 to 17 over Truman Tuttle. Districts backed a 2 mill school house levy 186 yes 91 no.
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Washington Community
Bill McConnell Jr
McConnell
Northeast Area
Truman Tuttle
Tuttle
Frank Kos
Harlan Newhart
Kos
Newhart
Kalona
Mid-Prairie
Merle McDowell
West Chester
Roger Lance
John Knote
Orval Meyer
Richmond
Meyer
Stanley Barber
Wellman
Columbus Junction
Charles Buser
Warren May
Forrest C. Edkin
H. W. Pedersen
Robert Samuelson
J. E. Henson
Junction
Rubinoff Concert Moves to High School Gym
A Kiwanis official announced the Rubinoff violin concert tonight will be held in the new high school gymnasium instead of the auditorium. Doors open at 7 and the show starts at 8 15 with tickets available at the door.
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Rubinoff
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Dairy Cattle Congress Announces Marshal J Show
Officials announce a 10 30 a m Saturday October 8 program at the Hip podrome during the 1960 National Dairy Cattle Congress. Jerry Smith Zippy the Chimp and Dewey Jantz trained dogs join J with CBS stars Jimmy Dean and the Fontane sisters headlining October 4 7.
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Marshal “J
WMT
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Jerry Smith
Zippy
the Chimp
Victor Adding Machine Company
Dewey Jantz
Kansas City
Jimmy Dean
Fontane Sisters
CBS Television and Recording Fame
Waterloo
Iowa
Hippodrome
Frank Miller Dies At Home in Olds Today
Wayland Frank Miller 86 retired farmer was found dead this morning September 13 at his Olds residence. Arrangements handled by Zehr Funeral Home of Wayland. Survivors include widow Clara Muser of Olds, sons Orval Arthur of Olds, Harold at home, sister Mrs Wayne Davis Crawfordsville, brother Sam Olds, and sister Mrs Ella Wise Wayland.
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Frank Miller
Olds
Zehr Funeral Home
Miller
Clara Musser
Orval
Arthur
Harold
Wayne Davis
Crawfordsville
Sam
Ella Wise
Former Noble Woman Stacie Boyd Dies Relocated to Muscatine
Mrs. Stacie Boyd about 65 of Muscatine and formerly of Noble died at 8 30 a m today September 13 after a three year illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. born Stacie Jacoby in Noble she was daughter of Charles Martin and Mary Elizabeth Jacob y. She married Forrest Boyd and was active in the Women of the Moose Lodge and worked as a practical nurse for years. She was the last of her immediate family and survived by several nieces and nephews.
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Stacie Boyd
Muscatine
Noble
Jones Funeral Home
Elm Grove
Stacie Jacoby Was
Charles Martin and
Mary Elizabeth Griffith Jacoby
Forrest Boyd
Breakfast Study Launches Nine Week Adult Class
At 7:00 a.m. twenty local men begin a nine week course on Practical Politics offered by the Adult Education Dept of the local school system. Moderator George Chambers explains the focus is on party organization and operation, not issues, with participants co leading segments. The class meets Tuesday mornings at The Captain's Table.
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George Chambers
Robert Nicola
Harold Jarvis
Norman Schoonover
Dave Elder
Bill Day
Charles Hotle
Jack Nelson
Dick Higgins
Ted Johnson
Don Rinner
Bernard Payne
Claude Woods
Keith Vetter
Robert Koehler
J. Curry
John Owen
Ralph Martin
Leonard Tind
Ken Peters
Organizational Meet For Civil War Group
An organizational meeting to form a local county group affiliated with The Iowa Civil War Centennial will be held in the County Superintendent's office at the courthouse Thursday evening Sept 15 at 7 o'clock. Supt Dwight G Bode heads the effort and invites representatives from patriotic service study and community clubs and individuals interested in the plan to attend. A county chairman and officers will be named and Washington County's Civil War role highlighted as a call to grass roots participation.
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Court House
Dwight G. Bode
Bode
State Commission
Washington County
Donna Storm Leaves 144 Dead Across U S and Caribbean
Tropical storm Donna weakened from a hurricane and moved across New England after a 3000 mile rampage. It killed at least 144 people, with 27 fatalities in the United States, mostly from Florida to New England, and caused widespread damage and power outages.
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Boston
UPI
Donna
Atlantic
New England
United States
Boston Weather Bureau
Florida
Fidel Castro On Roster For Red's Rump Summit at UN
Fidel Castro accepted Khrushchev invitation to the United Nations signaling an anti-American rump summit at the General Assembly. Havana announced Castro would lead Cuba’s delegation with Raul Roa as foreign minister. Khrushchev aims to turn the forum into an anti-US platform as Eisenhower and Herter prepare countermeasures in New York.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Khrushchev
United States
New York City
Havana
Castro
General Assembly
Raul Koa
America
North Atlantic
World Forum
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Leopoldville Radio Seized by Congo Troops After UN Withdrawal
Congolese forces occupied Leopoldville radio today after UN troops pulled back. President Kasavubu and Premier Lumumba dispute power as UN lifts censorship and Ghanians threaten to pull forces. Lumumba escapes arrest again as Bolikango signals ongoing crackdown.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UP1
Leopoldville
United Nations
Joseph Kasoubu
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Kasavubu
Jean Balikango
U.N
Lumumba
Bolikango
United Arab Republic
U.S
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Katanga
Ghana
Nkrumah
Kwame
Accra
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Campaign Jets Zip Through West On Campaign Trail
Kennedy in Texas assures Catholics would resist Vatican pressure while Nixon pushes peace without surrender in Pacific Northwest. Jackson urges Nixon to repudiate Peale and Protestant critics as Nixon tours 15 states. Nixon visits Indianapolis Houston San Francisco and aims for Portland Vancouver and Boise. Kennedy heads for Texas with Johnson. Lodge praises Nixon in Columbus.
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Kennedy
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Tex
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Nixon
Norman Vincent Peale
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Peale
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Hope
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Ore
Vancouver
Wash
Boise
Idaho
Austin
Fort Worth
Dallas
Arlington
Grand Prairie
Len Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ohio
Columbus
White House
Preliminary College Class Meeting Planned at Court House
A preliminary meeting for adults interested in enrolling in an accredited college course will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at the court house. County Supt Dwight G Bode says the session will select a course to meet teaching requirements and set meeting hours. Miss Graffam of Iowa Wesleyan College will attend the first meeting.
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Court House
Dwight G. Bode
Funeral services set for Delores Thomas
Funeral services for Delores Arlene Thomas of Washington will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Latta officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. The 17 year old Washington girl who had been living in Rock Island Illinois where she worked died in a car crash southeast of Harper. The accident also fatally injured Charles A Raymond 28 of Crawfordsville and injured four other occupants.
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Delores Arlene Thomas
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Lloyd Latta
Woodlawn
Washington Girl
Rock Island
Harper
Miss Thomas
William Gwent
Alice Augusta Curtis Thomas
Charles A. Raymond
Mid Prairie High selects cheerleaders and substitute
Mid Prairie High School announces the selected cheerleaders by the student council vote Kathy Piper Juneen Goschke Virginia Livezey Lois Slemmons Janet Haberman and Margaret Patterson with Shirley Bush named as substitute for the squad.
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Mid Prairie High School
Kathy Piper
Juneen Goschke
Virginia Livezey
Lois Slemmons
Janet Haberman
Margaret Patterson
Shirley Bush
Eisenhower Signs Medical Care Law for Aged Needy
President Eisenhower signed a new medical care law aimed at aid for the aged over 65. It provides federal grants to states to improve care, costs about 200 million dollars in the first year, and adds roughly 700,000 to Social Security benefit rolls while leaving broader universal coverage unresolved.
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UPI
Eisenhower
Treasury
Congress
John F. Kennedy
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Weather map update Iowa forecast through Wednesday
United Press International reports fair weather in Iowa through Wednesday with warmer conditions on Wednesday. Lows tonight expected 48 to 52 degrees and highs Wednesday in the 70s to 80s, cooler in the northwest. Thursday outlook is fair and mild.
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Iowa
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