Heavy rains flood parts of Iowa with city, river impacts
Intermittent downpours for nearly three weeks brought minor flooding across Iowa. Quad Cities recorded 2.30 inches in 24 hours, Ottumwa creeks spilled into Des Moines river basins, and Sigourney highways flooded. Marble Rock and Shell Rock may crest above flood stage while Cedar River rises without surpassing it. Davenport Moline East Moline areas reported street flooding, power outages, and emergency communications disruption. several Illinois and Iowa towns evacuated residents and school bus service was cancelled in places. Ottumwa logged 3.36 inches in 24 hours and Cedar Rapids and Dubuque reported 3.50 inches.
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Ill
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Border tensions flare as China extends India ultimatum
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri said Chinese troops fired on Indian posts in Ladakh and Sikkim as Beijing lengthened the deadline for dismantling Indian bases. The UN Security Council urged a cease fire by 3 a.m. Wednesday while Russia invited leaders to Kashmir talks.
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Shastri
United Nations Security Council
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Pakistan
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Ladakh
Diers
Indian Defense Ministry
Alexei N. Kosygin
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Russia
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Kremlin
Ence
U.N
Thant
Security Council
U.S
Auto accidents in county blamed on rain slick roads
Washington County Sheriff's department investigated three accidents Monday morning involving six vehicles, injuring two. At 4:45 a.m. Richard Baumstein's car skidded on a rain slick Highway 1 near Brighton, hitting a parked pickup. Damages totaled $1,400 and $300. At 7:05 a.m. four cars collided near the Highland Palace turn-off on Highway 218 as drivers stopped or were hit from behind. two passengers were treated for injuries at Washington Hospital and damage exceeded $2,000. At 9:15 a.m. John Dance's Parsons College auto slid on a rain slick Highway 1 north of Brighton and was struck by Helen Sellers. damages were $2,000 to the Parsons vehicle and $800 to the Sellers car.
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Richard Baumstein
Westbury
N. Y
Brighton
Highway 1
James Drayfahl
Baumstein
Bradfield
Wilson
Rollie Lee
Parsons College
John F. Dance
Helen M. Sellers
Fairfield
Dance
Grain Marketing Seminar Planned at Y on Sept 30
Washington County Extension Service schedules a Grain Marketing Seminar at the YMCA in Washington on Thursday evening September 30 starting at 8 p.m. A panel including William Uhrig Ames and John McClelland Muscatine will discuss marketing channels and issues affecting cash grain producers with storage and drying concerns.
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Washington County Extension Service
Jim Frier
YMCA
Washington
Wll
Washington County
William Uhrig
Ames
John McClelland
McKee Feed and Grain
Muscatine
Wet September Brings Heavy Rain Across Region
The month of September has been very wet with rainfall well above normal. The official observer reports 2.58 inches this weekend and 8.09 inches since September 1. Columbus Junction logged 2.25 inches Sunday night. Lightning damaged the Paul Lowe residence, with a TV and appliances harmed and smoke filling the home. Streams overflowed, farmers fear crop conditions as harvest nears. Dale Gentzler, 61, Davenport, a former Columbus Junction resident, will have funeral services September 23 at Runze Funeral Home in Davenport.
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Columbus Junction
Paul Lowe
Washington druggist T R Phillips dies after long illness
Tracy R. Phillips aged 75 and a Washington druggist for 52 years died Sunday September 19 1965 at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City after illness since February Funeral at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home Rev M O Smith officiating Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery He was born February 24 1890 in New Sharon son of Charles W and Louella Heinzman Phillips a WWI veteran and charter Rotary member He married Marjorie Hebner November 20 1918 and lived in Washington since 1913 He belonged to many Masonic bodies Iowa Pharmaceutical Association and was a lifelong golfer leading the Iowa Senior Golfers Association and organizing the Washington Bowling Association He survived by his wife and a sister Mrs Madge Garner of New Sharon plus several cousins.
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Tracy R. Phillips
Washington
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Phillips
New Sharon
Charles W. and
Louella Heinzman Phillips
Pharmacy College
Marjorie Hebner
Washington Rotary Club
Washington Lodge
Cyrus Chapter
Zeredatha Council
Bethlehem Commandery
Kaaba Shrine
Zarephath
Davenport
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
Phillips
Iowa Senior Golfers Association
Washington Bowling Association
Madge Garner
VFW appoints Mrs Spivey to lead Buddy Poppy sale
Commander Charles Lucas of VFW Post No. 2808 announced Flora Spivey as Chairwoman of the annual Buddy Poppy sale to be held in Washington on September 25. Spivey urged making this the biggest year yet to aid disabled veterans, widows, and orphans, noting the rising cost of living increases hardship on veterans and their National Home residents at Eaton Rapids Michigan.
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Charles Lucas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Flora Spivey
V.F.W
Washington
Eaton Rapids
Michigan
Governor H Hughes studies on closing Rockwell City reform school
Gov. Harold E. Hughes proposes a study on closing the State Women's Reformatory at Rockwell City and using inmates as ward attendants in state mental institutions. He also questions building a new children's hospital in Independence and favors evaluating existing facilities for utilization before new construction. He suggests inter state prison compacting for long-term female prisoners if closures occur.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Rockwell City
Hughes
Independence
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Iowa toll climbs to 526 in weekend traffic deaths
The 1965 Iowa traffic toll rose to 526 with the death of 74 year old Lewis H. Weis in a two car crash near Van Horne. His relative Lewie W. Weis of Marion was in the other car driven by Ernest Glewwe of Minnesota. Glewwe's wife Dorthea was hospitalized. Earlier in the weekend Beatrice Butcher died in a Hampton area crash and John Marshall Truax, 27, died in Tama County when his car struck a tree on U S 30.
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United Press International
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lewis H. Weis
Iowa 199
U. S. 218
van Horne
Weis
Lewie W. Weis
Marion
Ernest Glewwe
South St. Paul
Minn
Glewwe
Dorthea
Gibraltar Battle Turns Into U S Victory in Vietnam
American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, backed by B57 bombers and artillery, beat a Viet Cong battalion near An Khe after heavy ground fighting. UPI reports 155 Viet Cong dead, 55 more killed as South Vietnamese rangers mop up 100 bodies in a blasted trench. Airstrikes and naval air power continued across South and North Vietnam as B52s hammered Camau and other targets. A4 Skyhawk was downed, pilot rescued, as fighting raged across the Central Highlands and Mekong Delta.
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Nam
Bom
Camau Peninsula
Iowa Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Showers
The Iowa forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Tuesday with occasional showers and thunderstorms over about 60 percent of the state. Lows range from the 40s in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast, highs from the 50s northwest to near 70 southeast, and Wednesday brings partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with showers in the east and little temperature change.
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