Washington County cleanup nets over $200 for CAP youths
About 50 volunteers cleared 20 miles of county roads raising more than $200 at $10 per mile for the Community Action Program Youth Employment Service. The effort included seven trucks, a wiener roast at noon, and finds from trash pickups such as two dollars and even a car hood.
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Sheryl Bartholomew
Cindy Beemblossom
Journal
Washington County
Washington High Band Taped for WMT Eye on Iowa
Washington High School jazz band traveled to Cedar Rapids to tape a TV program for WMT's Eye on Iowa. The session ran from noon to after nine with lights cameras and microphones adjusted for multiple takes while soloists were filmed. A half hour show airs 10 30 p m Sunday April 23 featuring the band which has earned invitation to the Montreux Switzerland International Jazz Festival this summer. Downbeat notes the Iowa group as the sole high school invited this year among hundreds considered with twelve chosen. The festival stage will include college bands and top U S and European artists.
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Cedar Rapids
WMT
Iowa
Montreux
Switzerland
Downbeat
Washington
United States
Europe
Stormy Saturday Hits Muscatine Power and Mudslide
Officials report high winds up to 530 miles per hour causing multiple power outages lasting about two hours in Muscatine. Heavy rains triggered a mudslide on Mississippi Drive, blocking one lane of traffic and keeping four lanes partially closed as crews spent Sunday clearing debris.
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Washington Junior High students excel at state music contest
Five students from Washington Junior High competed in Ottumwa at the State Music Contest sponsored by the Iowa High School Music Association. Sherry Eash Cheri Wheeler and others earned excellent Division II ratings in flute solos duets and clarinet trio.
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Washington Junior High
Ottumwa
Iowa High School Music Association
Sherry Eash
Cheri Wheeler
Carol Porter
Kim Farrier
Debbie Bruegge
Iowa Weather Forecast Clouds and Warmth Shift East
Cloudy tonight with lows from the upper 30s in the northwest to the low 50s in the southeast. Tuesday cools with a chance of showers or rain and highs from the 50s in the northwest to the upper 60s in the southeast.
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Iowa
Apollo 16 Nears Moon as Paint-Like Coating Prompts Review
Apollo 16 speeds toward the moon with astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly aboard. A shredded paint like coating on the lander’s aluminum panel prompts engineers to run tests while mission control pursues reassurance and a possible delay. The team plans a 73 hour stay on the lunar surface to study Descartes region as Mattingly maps in orbit. If all proceeds, splashdown occurs April 28 in the Pacific.
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Rogers vows continued support for South Vietnam war effort
Secretary of State William P. Rogers says U S bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong shows resolve to act to stop a Communist takeover in the south while denying new ground troops. Nixon would use air and naval power to support South Vietnamese forces. In Paris, Hanoi offers new secret peace talks if bombing ends and air raids stop.
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Washington High FBLA Wins Lloyd V Douglas Plaque
Washington High School FBLA claims the Lloyd V Douglas plaque for the fourth straight year at the 26th state convention in Cedar Falls with over 700 attendees. The group earned three first place wins including most original project and best thrift project, Penny Harvey elected state FBLA secretary, and multiple honors across competitions for Noel Jarvis Chris Mineart Janet Miller Diane Morehead Kathy Foss and others.
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Cedar Falls
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Creed
Washington
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Janet Miller
County Clerk Office Continues Passport Issuance
Bob Riley district court clerk in Washington County confirms his office remains authorized to issue passports after checking with the Chicago Passport Agency. He notes a Friday report that starting today passports will be issued in 12 Iowa post offices as well as federal and county courthouses.
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Washington County
Chicago Passport Agency
Riley
Iowa
Robert Ray
Roger Jepsen
U.S
Fred Schwengel
William Harbor
Neil Stadlman
Secretary of Agriculture
Joe Jones
Harvey Holden
Magnus Ahmling
Bob Swift
Roger Lance
Earl Wright
Walt Schroeder
The
Washington County Federation of Republican Women
County Republican Central Committee
Lawrence Miksch
Miller urges Republicans to woo young voters at rally
U S Sen Jack Miller told about 300 county Republicans at a Knights of Columbus dinner that polls show 25 percent of young voters favor Democrats, 15 percent Republicans, and 60 percent are uncommitted. He argued Republicans must better communicate their record on ecology drugs Vietnam and military spending while noting agricultural committee ties to southern crops and criticizing press coverage of Nixon. Several state officials attended or sent messages, with county candidates listed as contesting various offices.
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Jack Miller
Knights of Columbus
Miller
Senate
Nixon
Turkey
Vietnam
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committees
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Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Herb Campbell
Lloyd Smith
Robert Longsberry
Art Neu
Morris Barringer
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