Johnson pledges antiwar stance at Seattle dinner
President Johnson outlined anti-war pledges and nuclear arms safeguards at a civic dinner in Seattle sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and local universities. He warned against madman or malfunction triggering nuclear war, stressing presidential control and complex codes. He then highlighted an 11 state intertie of Northwest and Southwest power facilities as key conservation action and described the system as the most exciting transmission project in history.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
British Columbia
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Southwest
SUI telefund drive planned in county
Iowa State University of Iowa alumni in Washington County join a countywide telefund drive next week to raise funds for scholarships, research, and special library acquisitions at the university. Robe rt Bates leads the campaign with OGDF director Jerry Hilgenberg coordinating from Washington. Since 1965 OGDF has drawn over 500000 in contributions, with last year totaling 127000 from 7000 contributors.
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Iowa City — State University of Iowa
Washington County
Telefund
SUI
Robert Bates
Washington
Jerry Hilgenberg
OGDF
Hilgenberg
State University of Iowa
Mrs Steinbeck 66 of Rubio dies at Washington County Hospital
Mrs. Raymond L. Steinbeck, 66, of Rubio died at 1 a.m. today after a yearlong illness. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gould Funeral Home in Richland with Rev. A. R. McMurrin officiating. Burial in Richland Friends Cemetery. Blanche Dagle born June 25, 1898 in Keota to Lewis and Ida Dagle. moved to Rubio as a child and lived there most of life. Married to Raymond L. Steinbeck Sept. 7, 1918. Survived by husband, two sons Keith of San Diego and Kermit of Bellville, one foster son Herschel Ressler of Albuquerque, and five grandchildren.
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Richland
Raymond L. Steinbeck
Rubio
Washington County Hospital
Gould
A. R. McMurrin
Richland Friends Cemetery
Blanche Dagle
Keota
Lewis and
Ida McAvoy Dagle
Keith
San Diego
Calif
Kermit
Bellville
Mich
Herschel Ressler
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Conklin Wins Write-In Victory on School Board
Clifford Conklin was elected to the Keota Community School district school board by a write-in vote. He had not sought the post or been a candidate but will serve humbly and to the best of his ability after a majority of ballots favored him.
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Clifford Conklin
Keota
Conklin
New county jail to be voted on in November
Washington County voters will decide in the general election whether to fund a new jail. The county board of supervisors, citing the current building’s condition and repeated grand jury condemnations, plans a proposal costing about half a mill in annual taxes for five years. Details on scope and costs will follow once estimates are ready.
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Washington County
County Board of Supervisors
Theater owner Clyde Pratt dies in Washington County
Clyde Pratt 76 longtime theater owner died Wednesday night at Washington County Hospital after a Tuesday heart attack. He had managed the Fox Theater, ran the State Theater with his partners and opened the Waco Drive-in in 1953. Survivors include wife Ann, son LeRoy of Des Moines, daughters Anita Herzer and Marjorie Jones, and several grandchildren.
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Clyde Pratt
Washington County Hospital
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vernon Elgin
Elm Grove
Jones
Robert
David Livingston
Mr. Pratt
Winfield
George E
Sarah Shockey Pratt
Louise Bruhl
Ann Reuss
Nashua
Ton
Fox Theater
Graham
State Theater
Fox
Waco
Satellite Comes Back to Life After Early Setbacks
Washington United Press International reports the OGO-1 satellite, crippled at birth, has revived after electronic care from back home. Scientists now expect it to last its one year design life and complete most tasks, including solar radiation studies for Apollo lunar missions in 1969. The 1,073 pound satellite is the United States’ largest and most complex scientific orbiter, launched from Cape Kennedy 13 days ago into an altitude range of 175 to 92,689 miles with 20 experiments aboard.
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Washington
UPI
OGO
Apollo
Geophysical Laboratory
United States
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mrs Weeks to head VFW poppy day drive
Commander Merle Allison of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post announced Mrs Sam Weeks as Chairman of the VFWs annual Buddy Poppy Drive to be held in Washington on September 26. Weeks voiced hope for the biggest year yet in poppy sales and stressed aid for disabled veterans widows and orphans connected to the National Home at Eaton Rapids Michigan.
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Merle Allison
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Today
Sam Weeks
V.F.W
Washington
Eaton Rapids
Michigan
Corn price support set at 1.07 for 1964 corn in county
Howard Lins, chairman of the ASCS County Committee, announced 1964 corn price support loans will be 1.07 per bushel in Washington County. The total with a 15 cent per bushel payment equals 1.22. Loans based on actual production, with 1964 program details, run through May 31, 1965, maturing July 31, 1965.
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Washington County
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Partly cloudy weather across Iowa into Friday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Iowa through Friday with rain or drizzle concentrated in the east and south at night and into Friday. Expect one to two inch rainfall possible in the southeast tonight. Overnight lows range from 50 to 55 in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast. Friday highs reach 60s in the southeast to upper 70s in the northwest.
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Iowa
Notice of probate of will for Eva Strum estate
Public notice announces probate of Eva Strum's will and the appointment of an executor. The filing establishes the estate's legal process and assigns authority to administer the will under court oversight.
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Eva Strum
House Appropriations Vote Nears $1 Billion Supplemental
The House Appropriations Committee approved just under 1 billion dollars for a catchall supplemental bill funding Johnson anti poverty food stamp and mass transit programs. The measure totals about 94 billion for the year and signals possible congressional slowdown. It includes 13 million to implement the civil rights law and 60 million for food stamp expansion reaching 600000 more people by June 30. It funds job corps work programs, 75 million for mass transit grants, and 150000 to tighten securities sale rules.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Agriculture Department
Goldwater in Carolina Attacks farm program
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater, touring the South, criticizes the Johnson administration’s farm policy as bureaucratic and pledges to work with farmers. He endorses gradual reform, emphasizes crop by crop study, and praises Thurmond’s party switch while urging Democratic voters in the South to consider his candidacy.
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UPI
Raleigh
N.C
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Department of Agriculture
South
Goldwater
Sen. J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Congress
Thurmond
Greer
S. C
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Miller urges full debate during Dubuque campaign stop
Rep. William E. Miller urged open partisan discussion as vital to preserving a two party system. speaking in Dubuque he attacked President Johnson for seeking to curb partisanship and warned against one party rule while criticizing Democratic agricultural policy and a campaign TV ad showing an atomic blast as portraying Republicans as a war party.
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Dubuque
Iowa
UPI
William E. Miller
America
Johnson
Miller
New York
Nebraska
Kansas
Beloit
Wis
Columbus
Ohio
Des Moines
South Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
White House
United States of America
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Congress
Harlem flyer bets three tons of gold against Goldwater
Col. Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, famed Harlem aviator, says he will bet Senator Barry Goldwater three tons of gold worth about 3.5 million that Goldwater will finish second to President Johnson in the November election. He asks Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to hold the stakes, saying the gold belongs to Regional Resources Corp of Panama City after borrowing 40 tons from a Swiss lender.
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New York
UPI
Col
Hubert Fauntleroy
Julian
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
S. S. France
Europe
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Regional Resources Corp
Panama City
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Malmstrom Air Force Base
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Democrat
Strom Thurmond
Washington, D. C
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Carolina
TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authorty
Montgomery
Ala
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Macon Ga
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