Kennedy Offers His Farm Plan
Kennedy proposes a six point agricultural program aimed at guaranteeing a parity of income for farmers. The plan relies on federally controlled supply management, expanded school lunch funding, a food stamp program, direct food distribution, soil conservation at the local level, modernization of farm agencies, and support for low production farmers to pursue non farm jobs and rural industry development.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
UPS
John F. Kennedy
Upper
Middle West
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Agriculture Department
Lacour Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting And Picnic Plans
Dr Lawrence Lacour was the Kiwanis speaker and leads a Methodist Church service series this week. Kiwanis picnic is set for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. September 28 in Sunset Park with food provided. A lunch round table at Winga's Cafe hosts out of town guests. Dean Drury of Iowa City attended. Rev John Ward will speak later at the YMCA Senior Citizens meeting.
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Lawrence Lacour
Kiwanis Club
Lacour
Methodist Church
Kiwanis
Sunset Park
Winga’s Cafe
Dean Drury
Iowa City
John Ward
Washington
Lacour Mission
YMCA
Kennedy Tours Sioux City Stock Yards in Mule Ride
Senator John F. Kennedy visited the Sioux City stockyards in Iowa for a farm vote push. He rode a saddled mule before 2% stockyard workers, spoke at a breakfast fundraiser, and urged support for local Democrats, tying farm prosperity to overall economic health. He criticized Eisenhower policy and emphasized independence and a proactive foreign policy stance.
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Sioux City
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Herschel C. Loveless
Edward J. McManus
Don Wilson
Donald E. O'Brien
Congress
Europe
South America
America
Congo
NFO Organizational Meeting Held Here
The Washington County NFO group held a successful meeting Sept. 19 at the 4-H building on the county fairgrounds. Eighty five attended and membership registration closed at a hundred percent. Key speakers were Don Griffith from Lancaster Missouri and W. W. Swain from Unionville Iowa. Also brief remarks from two Davis County delegates. The next regular NFC meeting will be held here Oct. 3.
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Washington County Nfo
Washington County Fairgrounds
NFO
Don Griffith
Lancaster
Washington
W. W
Butch) Swain
Unionville
Iowa
Swain
Davis County
NFC
Washington High Homes Coming Queen Voting Friday
Washington High School students will vote Friday after lunch to select Homecoming Queen candidates. Five seniors Alice Scranton Carole Jungbluth Sharon Kauffman Pam Thomassen and Paula Gregory are the finalists. Crowning occurs Sept 30 at a school assembly and the 1960 queen will be presented at the Fairfield game and during the Homecoming Dance afterward.
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Washington High School
Alice Scranton
Carole Jungbluth
Sharon Kauffman
Pam Thomassen
Paula Gregory
Washington Fairfield
Robert Scranton
Walter H. Jungbluth
Wilmer J. Kauffman
No School In Washington District On Monday October 3
Supt John V Phieger announced no classes in Washington Community District on Monday October 3 as teachers attend a district meeting in Burlington. He also said a hot lunch program will start at Prairie Flower School on Tuesday October 4.
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Washington
John V. Phieger
Burlington
Sypt. Phieger
Prairie Flower School
Tito Urges Small Nations Unity For Third World Force
At the United Nations Tito of Yugoslavia urged smaller and less developed nations to join Yugoslavia in creating a third world force to moderate East West tensions. He criticized Western rearmament of West Germany and colonial policies in Africa as contributing to global danger.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Tito
Yugoslavia
Africa
Europe
Eisenhower
Iron Man
Balkans
West Germany
Algeria
Poppy Sale Saturday Aids Needy Veterans Funds
The VFW Buddy Poppies sale Saturday raises money for veterans welfare and relief programs locally and nationally. Helen Hesseltine, chairwoman, urged residents to buy a poppy to support disabled veterans in government hospitals and aid widows and orphans of veterans.
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VFW
Washington
Veterans’ Welfare
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Helen Hesseltine
Suit seeks 100000 damages from Iowa state
SPRINGFIELD Iowa April 2 UPI A federal court suit asks for 100000 in damages from the state of Iowa over an illness allegedly caused a prisoner at the state penitentiary in Des Moines.
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State of Iowa
Springfield
Flo
UPI
U.S District Court
Iowa
Eisenhower urges UN Africa aid and outer space peace plan
President Eisenhower urged the United Nations to back a five point African program and to halt space weapons. He called for Soviet restraint in Congo and urged disarmament talks and a ban on weapons in space. He proposed universal space rules including no national appropriation and UN verified launches.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Congo
United Nations
U.S
Food For Peace
U.N
United States
Tito
Yugoslavia
New York
Washington
Idlewild International Airport
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Lloyd M. Kelly Dies Here Today
Lloyd Merlin Kelly of route one Wellman died this morning at Washington County Hospital at age 64. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Sherman-Eden Funeral Home here, but details are not yet set.
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Lloyd Merlin Kelly
Route One
Wellman
Washington County Hospital
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Nixon Campaign Tour Stirs Missouri Rally
Vice President Richard M. Nixon toured Missouri and nearby states arguing Kennedy would mislead the nation. He praised Eisenhower while assailing the Democratic nominee, urging leadership to keep peace and spur economic growth and progress for all citizens.
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ST. Joseph
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Civic Center
America
Eisenhow
Elwood
Kan
Lincoln
Decatur
Sullivan, al
Rockford
Russia
Congo Troops Protest Over Pay Target Mobutu Home
About 100 soldiers marched toward Col. Joseph Mobutu's Camp Leopold II to complain of pay. Guards fired over their heads to disperse the crowd with no reported casualties. Mobutu was not confirmed at his house and Ghana’s UN troop withdrawal was not yet decided.
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Lfopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Camp Leopold II
Congo
Ghana
29 Die as Marine DC6 Crashes Near Okinawa
A US Marine Corps DC6 liner bound for Clark Field Philippines crashed 180 miles south of Okinawa killing all 29 aboard. Navy sources said no survivors among 23 passengers and six crew. engine fire preceded a water ditching in the Philippine Sea.
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Subic Base
Philippines
Burckman
U.S. Air Force Base
Clark Field
Here
Air Force
Naha
UPI
Atsugi Naval Air Station
Tokyo
Western Pacific
World Airways
Mt. Barrigada
Guam
Clark Air Base
United States
Mrs. Theresa Bayliss Dies at 79 Near Keota
Theresa Bayliss 79 died at 3 30 a m Wednesday at her home one mile northwest of Keota after two years illness. Funeral 9 30 a m Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church Keota with Rev Kempker in charge. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. Rosary services Friday at 3 p m and parish rosary at 8 30 p m in Powell Funeral Home Keota. She born November 20 1880 Harper daughter of Jacob and Anna Hammen Engeldinger. Married November 4 1912 to Thomas Bayliss. lived near Keota 48 years. Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Marvin Bohr Wellman two sons Leonard Keota Clarence Fremont 13 grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers George Harper Will Des Moines.
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Keota
Theresa Bayliss
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kempker
Buria
St. Mary's Cemetery
Altar and Rosary Society
Powell
Bayliss
Harper
Jacob
Anna Engeldinger Hammen
Thomas Bayliss
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Marvin Bohr
Wellman
Leonard
Clarence
Fremont
George
Will
Des Moines
Khrushchev to Reply After Ike U.N. Speech
Soviet premier Khrushchev prepared to formally respond Friday to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s U.N. General Assembly address while a Kremlin official called the speech moderate in tone. Welcome greeted Eisenhower African aid plan and support for Hammarskjold amid Congo tensions.
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U.N. General Assembly
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Favorable Interest Rate on Local School Bonds
The Washington Community School District sold 950000 in bonds for a new junior high at a very favorable rate of 3.39 percent overall. Bids came from eight groups representing 40 firms with a $1661 premium. Architects will present plans by early October with bids to follow in November for the southeast city site.
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Washington Community School
First National Bank of Chicago
Paine, Weber, Johnson and Curtis
John V. Phieger
Free Transportation To GOP Rally Here
Free transportation will be offered to attend the Republican rally at the Washington County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Call Olympia 3-3834 between 10 a.m. and noon to arrange a ride. Main speakers include Norman Erbe and Jack Miller with Dr. Walter H. Judd delivering the keynote.
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Washington County Fairgrounds
Olympia
Robert Everetts
GOP
Walter H. Judd
Robert Day
Keith Vetter
Iowa
Exposition Building
Fairgrounds
Fair Grounds
Mid-Prairie
Norman Erbe
Iowa Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Cooler Tonight
Partly cloudy weather covers Iowa tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. Lows range from the upper 40s in the north to the lower 50s in the south, while Friday highs reach the mid 60s. Saturday projects scattered showers and warmer conditions.
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Iowa
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