Clothing drive for Hayes family after fire in Washington
The CAP Center in Washington accepts clothing for the Hayes family displaced by a home fire. Needed items include men's shirts size 15 or 15 1 2, trousers 36 to 38 waist, women's size 14, boys size 5, and twin boys size 2. Items may be left at the CAP Center. The Washington YWCA annual dinner meeting starts at 6 30 this evening in the Community Room with board elections and a special program to follow.
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CAP Center
Washington
William Hayes
Washington Ywca
Washington sports banquet set with NFL guest speaker
Members of the De-Men's Club and sports fans in the Washington Community School District are reminded of the annual Sports Banquet to be held Monday evening at the K.C. Hall. Paul Krause of the NFL and a former Town football player will be the featured speaker. Tickets are on sale today and tomorrow at Paul’s Shoes, Mullikin Fertilizer in Brighton, or Brake’s Fabric Center.
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Washington Community
K.C. Hall
Paul Krause
NFL
Paul's Shoes
Mullikin Fertilizer
Brighton
Brake’s Fabric Center
Iowa Senate dress code upheld coat and tie rule
Assistant Attorney General John Beamer said the Iowa Senate may require any dress code for members and visitors. In an opinion to Rep. Adrian Brinck the rule enforcing coats and ties for men was deemed entirely within Senate discretion after Brinck was ejected for wearing a leather trimmed sweater.
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Des Moines
UPI
John Beamer
Iowa Senate
Seamer
Adrian Brinck
West Point
Senate
Brinck
Beiter to retire as Red Cross executive secretary
Winnie Beiter, executive secretary of the Washington County chapter of the American Red Cross since January 15, 1949, announced plans to retire this year. She may stay through the summer swim program if a successor is not found. Chapter chairman Roger Schloss praised her service and named a committee led by Lester Grim to nominate a replacement.
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Winnie Beiter
Washington County
The
American Red Cross
Renew effort to find new doctors in Washington
Washington doctors search committee renews efforts to recruit physicians for the community. Donations totaling about 3000 have funded transportation food advertising and help for new physicians with two prospects to visit later this month and in early May.
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Doctors Search Committee of
Washington
John Helscher
Richard Horak
Tam
Her
Horak
Helscher
Robert Riley
John Prochaska
Richard Myren
Record number of Americans employed in March
Unemployment slipped to 5.0 percent in March with employment rising by 700,000 to a seasonally adjusted 83.9 million. The BLS data show job gains concentrated among adult men and teens, while teen unemployment fell from 15.8 to 14.2 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Nixon withdraws Gray nomination as FBI director
President Nixon pulled J Patrick Gray III from the FBI director nomination at Gray's request saying confirmation would fail in the Senate. He praised Gray but cited impending opposition and ordered Gray to remain acting director until a new nominee is confirmed.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Gray
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Myles J. Ambrose
District of Columbia
Jerry V. Wilson
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
San Clemente
Calif
White House
John W. Dean III
Bureau
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pat Gray
Hoover
Towa plant ordered to end pollution
In Iowa the Department of Environmental Quality issued an emergency order against Lehigh Portland Cement Co in Mason City to halt operation of a kiln due to severe air pollution. State Lab tests showed 24 hour levels four times EPA safety thresholds for human health.
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U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Weather Outlook Sunny Warm This Afternoon
Sunny and warm this afternoon with highs 70 to 75. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the 40s. Winds shift to west and northwest. Chance of showers turning cooler Saturday highs 50 to 55. Measurable precipitation near zero this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, and 6 percent Saturday.
Sheetz Warns On Meat Boycott Pressure From Congress
National Meat Board director Don Sheetz, a rural Washington pork and beef producer, says the ongoing boycott hurts sales and may cause shortages if prices rise. He toured meat plants and retailers with Swift and Co. and urged better producer consumer communications to explain price changes and supply dynamics.
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National Meat Board
Washington
Meat Board
Don Sheetz
Here
Chicago
Sheet
Swift and Co
Midwest
U.S
Congress
Sheetz
Boston
New York
New Jersey
Wilmington
Georgetown
Del
Washington, D. C
Baxter Freese
Wellman
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Richard Welding
Sioux City
Paul Bernhart
Iowa Pork Producers
Paul Hofer
IPPA
Bert Eason
Iowa Beef Council
Iowa
Mississippi Flood Forcing Coast Guard Relief Efforts
The Coast Guard mobilized reserves for the first peacetime duty to aid Mississippi River flood relief. Evacuations occurred in Illinois and Missouri as 5 000 families lost homes and 19 people died. A crest near 40 5 feet was forecast at St Louis with levee work around New Orleans and erosion concerns acknowledged by Col Richard L Hunt.
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The
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Illinois
Missouri
St Louis
Mississippi
French Quarter
New Orleans
Richard L. Hunt
US. Army Corps of Engineers
Yoder wins county soil speech contest at Mid-Prairie High
Mike Yoder a junior at Mid-Prairie High School took first place in the Washington County Soil Conservation speech contest. His eight minute talk contrasted two future towns based on soil care and called for immediate action and cooperation.
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Mike Yoder
Mid-Prairie High School
Washington County
Yoder
Sam Berg
Mike Schweitzer
Joe Stoddard
Future Farmers of America Mid-Prairie
Paul Swank
FFA
Robert E Yoder
Wellman
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Amanas
Mid-Prairie
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Senate Productivity and Stabilization Subcommittee
Capitol Hill
Towa
Lawrence Miksch
Frank Patterson
Washington Toastmasters
John Eckes
Fairfield
Ind
Schweitzer
Journal
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