Johnson signs increase approved for poverty war funds
President Johnson’s 1.8 billion anti poverty measure cleared Congress with a 46-22 House vote and awaits his signature. It extends the program for one year and funds Job Corps Community Action Neighborhood Youth Corps and Domestic Peace Corps while requiring an appropriations bill for actual cash. The bill includes limits on governors blocking local Community Action and Youth Corps efforts and faces GOP concerns over Hatch Act coverage for some federal workers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Office of Equal Opportunity
Livestock Tour Planned Across Washington County
County Extension Director Jim Frier invites farmers to a livestock tour starting Tuesday after noon Sept 28 at the Herb Hammen farm eight miles north of Washington on Highway 1. Stops include William Norman Cedar Township cattle feeding Olin Bishop near Wellman auger cattle feeding Jim and Harold Murphy near Wellman hog operation Gary Peiffer near Keota hog operation A K Stoutner and Fred Bower near Keota cattle feeding. Washington County Beef and Swine Producer Association sponsors the event.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
Herb Hammen
Washington
William Norman
Cedar Township
Olin Bishop
Wellman
Gary Peiffer
Keota
A. K. Stoutner
Fred Bower
Washington County Beef and Swine Producer Association
UN agrees to debate Red China at General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly agreed to debate seating Red China and to review a 105 item agenda. The body also considered U S and Soviet nuclear disarmament proposals and discussed peacekeeping financing and Tibet's treatment, amid abstentions and Soviet objections.
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N.Y
UPI
General Assembly
China
United States
Soviet Union
Tibet
Behar Shtylla
U.S
Viet Nam
France
U.N
Nikolai Fedorenko
Security Council
Russia
Livestock Outlook Meeting Set at Washington County Fairgrounds
The annual Feed and Livestock Outlook meeting is scheduled for Monday September 27 at 8 p.m. in the schoolhouse on the Washington County Fairgrounds. County Extension Director Jim Frier invites all farmers. Charles Mogged Extension Economist will discuss outlook information. Frier and Ken Cuhel will share material from Iowa events.
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Washington County Fairgrounds
Jim Frier
Charles Mogged
Frier
Ken Cuhel
Iowa
Death of Jess Edward McGuire of Fre-donia
Jess Edward McGuire died this morning at Washington County Hospital after being brought there Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jones Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ainsworth Cemetery. He was born January 11, 1881 in Ainsworth, son of J E and Elizabeth Richards McGuire, married Frances Jerreat in 1927. she died in 1944. He worked as a carpenter. Survivors include two daughters Clara Lemery of Wheat on Illinois and Alice Kemp of Muscatine, two grandchildren, four brothers Harve Davenport Omer R Delta Hill Tinley Park Ill Glenn Muscatine, and one sister Daisy Helman of Santa Ana, California.
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Jess Edward McGuire
Fredonia
Washington County Hospital
Jones
Ainsworth
Mr. McGuire
J. E
Elizabeth Richards McGuire
Frances Jerreat
Clara Lemery
Wheaton
Alice Kemp
Muscatine
Harve
Davenport
Omer R
Delta
Hill
Tinley Park
Iil
Glenn
Daisy Helman
Santa Ana
Calif
Mystery boy identified as Ricky Thorne in Michigan
UPI reports at Miami Airport a wandering boy found without speech was identified as Ricky Thorne, 14, from Michigan. His parents Victor and Mayne Thorne were reportedly missing, and his sister Donna Ruby and a neighbor confirmed the newspaper photo.
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Detroit
UPI
Miami
Michigan
Troy
Mich
Ricky Thorne
Ricky
Victor
Mayne Thorne
Donna Ruby
Texas
Three nomination papers filed for city offices
City Clerk reports LeNora Taylor has accepted nomination papers for three local men for city offices. Marion S. McAvoy of General Telephone Company of Iowa filed Nomination for Independent ticket. Wally Horn of Washington High School filed for Park Board on the ice ticket, and James Reschly of Independent Builders filed for Independent ticket.
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LeNora Taylor
Marion S. McAvoy
North Eighth
General Telephone Company of
Iowa
Independent
Wally Horn
East van Buren
Washington High School
Park Board
Ice
James Reschly
East Jefferson
Independent Builders
Independent Ticket
Probate of wills and executors named in notices
Public notices list probates of will and appointment of executors for the estates of Tracy R. Phillips and Maud Hamilton, with filings and deadlines noted for probate actions and related court processes.
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Tracy R. Phillips
Maud Hamilton
Truce uneasy as India and Pakistan accuse each other
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri called the Kashmir cease-fire uneasy while both India and Pakistan accused the other of violations. Reports from Pakistan radio and Voice of Kashmir said continued fighting in Kashmir as infiltrators sparked flareups and both sides pressed claims of troop movements and incursions around Fazlika Jhangar and other border areas near Lahore and Sialkot.
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UPI
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Pakistan
Kashmir
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Pakistan Radio
Voice of Kashmir
freedom _ fighters
United Nations
Lahore
Sind
Shastri
Congress Party
U.N
Lipa
Alhar
Sialkot
Srinagar
Officer in Viet Cleared For Tear Gas Use
Westmoreland cleared Lt Col Leon Utter of disciplinary action after he ordered tear gas to flush Viet Cong from a tunnel near Qui Nhon. Marines faced women used as human shields. Air and ground actions continued with B52 raids from Guam and a Big Red One sweep near Sai Gon, overrun a guerrilla bunker after repeated assaults. Propaganda leaflets were dropped on Hai Phong.
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Saigon
UPI
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Westmoreland
Leon Utter
U. S
Qui Nhon
Haiphong
South Viet Nam
U. S. First Infantry Division
Thien Khanh
Rivers rise as Skunk reaches near record crest in Iowa
United Press International reports the Skunk River near the all time crest at 24.89 feet on Friday night, rising toward the 25.00-foot April 1960 record. The Iowa River also climbs in southeastern Iowa while the Mississippi at Keokuk sits at 16.67 feet and is forecast to top 17.3. Levee patrols shield 17,000 acres of farmland north of Quincy as Missouri and Illinois contend with flood levels and continued dry weather may limit further Mississippi floods.
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Augustana
Iowa
Iowa River
Keokuk
Illinois
Mississippi
Quincy
South
US Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Missouri River
Boonville
University bids for federal funds for Iowa City unit
University of Iowa officials seek a share of a 340000 federal appropriation to establish regional research centers for heart, stroke and cancer. Dr. Robert Hardin says Iowa City could host one unit as the state medical center. The three year bill, approved by voice vote, authorizes planning by the surgeon general. AMA opposition noted yet Iowa AMA endorsed.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
Robert Hardin
College of Medicine
House
American Medical Association
AMA
Iowa Medical Association
Hardin
National 4-H Week Highlights Youth Program Values
National 4-H Club Week runs September 25 to October 2 across all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The program includes over two and a quarter million members and focuses on project work in agriculture, home economics, and other areas to teach youth responsible adulthood through democracy in action and leadership development.
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Puerto Rico
Ken Cuhel
4-H
Dorothy Malone Battles For Life After Lung Surgery
Hollywood star Dorothy Malone remains in critical condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a seven hour operation to remove massive clots from her lungs. Doctors reported the 40 year old Academy Award winner and Peyton Place actress was revived from a heart stoppage during surgery and is holding her own in the intensive care unit.
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Hollywood
UPI
Dorothy Malone
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Peyton Place
Raymond Weston
Weston
Miss Malone
Beverly Hills
Cold air grips nation with record low temperatures
A mass of unseasonably cold air stretches across the nation's midsection bringing a new batch of record lows. Readings hit 30s in the deep south and 38 in Springfield Missouri, with 20s and mixed rain and snow expected in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Flooding appears along the Mississippi and in Iowa while Wisconsin officials weigh aid for farmers hit by water damage to crops.
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Ohio River
Springfield
Canada
Great Plains
Minnesota
Dakotas
Seaboard
New York City
Salisbury
Midwest
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ill
Skunk River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Armed man sought after Oakdale escape in Iowa and Illinois
Iowa and Illinois authorities hunted David Halstead 32 who fled Oakdale Sanitarium two weeks earlier. He returned briefly to grab clothing before firing three shots at guard Fred McAllister, then fled in a brown and cream 1959 Pontiac station wagon with Illinois plates. He is believed armed and dangerous and wanted in Peoria for burglary.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Illinois
Oakdale
Here
David Halstead
Peoria
Ill
Fred McAllister
Halstead
McAllister
Iowa Weather Forecast Tonight And Sunday
Generally fair conditions across Iowa with a warming trend tonight. Lows in the 40s and Sunday highs in the upper 50s to mid 50s. Monday looks cloudy and cool with showers in the Central and Southeast. Most areas stay fair and not as cool tonight with mid to upper 40s, Sunday remains cloudy and a bit colder with highs in the 60s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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