Fiddler on the Roof musical tickets on sale in local event
Tickets remain available for the Y's Men’s club production of Fiddler on the Roof with opening night set for Monday April 10. Reserved seats are sold at Osincup Drug Store. The organizers request no children under five attend due to sensitive scenes.
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Osincup
Kiwanis Drugmobile
Washington
Washington Kiwanis Club
Tevye
Toof Tevye
Miriam Fetterman
Sprintze
Debby Johnson
Bielke
Osincup Drug
Washington High School
Journal
Powell, long Harlem leader, dies at 63
Adam Clayton Powell former Harlem king and 23 year voice for the ghetto died in Jackson Memorial Hospital after prostate hemorrhaging and cancer recurrence. He had been in a coma since March 17 when flown from the Bahamas by Coast Guard helicopter. He died at 10:45 p.m. EST.
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Miami
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Powell
Congress
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Coast Guard
Bahamas
Iowa Unemployment Benefits Rise in February
Iowa paid nearly 6 million dollars in February in unemployment benefits, up from about 4.18 million in January. Commission Chairman James Klein cited seasonal layoff in the construction trades as the main cause of the increase.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa to get Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis vaccine
Iowa horse owners can obtain VEE serum through veterinarians this year. John Herrick, extension veterinarian at Iowa State University, says vaccines to combat the disease that broke out in Texas last year will be available.
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Ames
VPI
Texas
Iowa
John Herrick
Iowa State University
Communist Troops Attack An Loc North of Saigon
About 5,000 Communist troops assaulted An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon, signaling a possible second phase of a broader South Vietnam offensive. Thieu warned of a possible North Vietnamese air campaign and appealed for U.S. firepower as tensions rise in Quang Tri and the Central Highlands. The government moved the 4th Infantry Division toward An Loc to aid local defenders.
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Saigon
UPS
An Loc
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North Vietnam
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Binh Long
Lai Kheun
Tay Ninh
Bastogne
Anne
Southeast Asia
U.S
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Iowa Republicans hold precinct caucuses amid abortion clash
Republicans at 2,600 precinct caucuses begin delegate selection as abortion and school funding emerge as key issues. IMCA clash with the Catholic Church dominates caucus debate, while the Nixon era political contest in Iowa centers on platform resolutions and the Jepsen Ray gubernatorial race.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowans For Medical Control of Abortion
IMCA
House
Catholic Church
GOP
Roger Jepsen
Robert D. Ray
Two Nominated for State 4 H Office
Washington County nominees Kirk Howsare Crawfordsville and Sandi Schroeder Wellman will join eleven peers in the Cedar Rapids Extension Area for a selection dinner on Thursday April 6 at the Carousel Inn Iowa City. Final selections occur at the 4 H Conference June 12 16 at Iowa State University.
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Kirk Howsare
Crawfordsville
Sandi Schroeder
Wellman
Washington County
Cedar Rapids
Carousel Inn
Iowa City
Ames
Iowa State University
Sandi
Charles Schroeder
Mid-Prairie
Dean Wade
Charles Coleman
Kirk
Raymond Howsare
Crooked Creek
Bruce Davis
George Colthurst
Ainsworth
Julia Gamon
Weather Update Iowa Night and Thursday Outlook
Generally clear and warmer with night lows in the upper 20s to near 40 across Iowa. Thursday brings increasing clouds with highs from the 50s in the northeast to around 70 in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
Telephone changes this month in Washington Keota and West Chester
General Telephone Company officials announced dialing technique changes effective April 16 for residents of Washington Keota and West Chester. Service supervisor M S McAvoy said the changes are needed to permit proper functioning of recently installed central office switching.
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Washington
Keota
West Chester
General Telephone Company
M.S. McAvoy
General Telephone
Wellman
McAvoy
International drug traffickers nabbed. 22 pounds heroin seized
Police arrested two alleged narcotics smugglers Otto Honeisser and Bernard Landau in the United States as part of a major crackdown. They seized 22 pounds of pure heroin valued at about 360000 dollars, with an Moroccan accomplice Osman Tennan detained in Hamburg. A Corsican, Louis Santoni, was later arrested in connection with a 937.1 pound heroin haul on a Marseilles fishing boat.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Canada
Otto Honeisser
Munich
West Germany
Bernard Landau
France
Osman Tennan
Hamburg
Louis Santoni
Marseilles
Slockett Seeks Voter Input In New 88th District Race
1970 Democratic candidate Tom Slockett plans to consult area voters in Wellman and surrounding counties after Iowa Supreme Court reapportionment created the 88th district. He campaigned door to door on issues like property taxes and a three factor corporate tax reform, finishing 7 to 10 points ahead in some counties.
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Wellman
Tom Slockett
Iowa Supreme Court
Slockett
88Th
Legislative
Stockett
Washington County
McGovern wins Wisconsin primary challenges Muskie and Wallace
In Wisconsin George S. McGovern scores his first primary victory and surges as a major contender. Wallace finishes strong while Muskie suffers a serious setback, Humphrey places third, and Lindsay exits the race after a sixth place showing. Nixon wins the Republican sweep.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
George S. McGovern
Wisconsin
Edmund S. Muskie
McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wallace
Muskie
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Nixon
Humphrey
Florida
Jackson
South
South Dakota
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Eugene J. McCarthy
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Dog in Washington Not Rabid After Bite Incident
A dog that bit a five year old boy in Washington was tested in Iowa City and found not rabid. Police later tracked and euthanized the animal after it disappeared while neighbors awaited rabies results.
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Washington
Iowa City
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