Mid-Prairie Wins State Grants for Education Projects
Mid-Prairie Schools received West Des Moines state grants funding Teacher Incentive Awards total 4 210 dollars. Jeanette Miksch Patricia Arnold of Wellman Elementary and Ann Boultinghouse Sharon Carney of the junior high win 1500 dollar awards for expanding library and reading programs. Don Randol at Mid-Prairie High School got 1210 dollars for Home Visitations mini grant to inform and engage families for incoming 10th graders.
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Wellman
Mid-Prairie
Ann Boultinghouse
Sharon Carney
Department of Public Instruction
Mid-Prairie High School
Don Randol
Riverside man survives after department crash injury
Stanley Carmichael of Riverside was treated at an Iowa City hospital after a single vehicle crash on highway 22 west of Riverside at 3 15 p m. He underwent surgery and was moved from the critical list and remains in serious condition today.
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Riverside
Stanley Carmichael
Iowa City
Highway 22
Carmichael
Haley brothers face assault charges in Washington area
Two Washington brothers Robert J. and John Haley were charged in Magistrate Court for disturbances at Fritz Tap and Sportsman's Lounge and the Chicken House in Kalona last Saturday. Steven D. Thompson, operator of Sportsman's Lounge, alleges the brothers assaulted a customer named Ray powermaster with intent to inflict great bodily harm. Xerox settles FTC case. will license patents and share know how to rivals to end monopolization charges.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington Brothers
Robert J
John Haley
Washington
Kalona
Steven D. Thompson
Thompson
Haley Brothers
Ray Powermaster
Weather update with storms possible this afternoon
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms developing later this afternoon, possibly becoming severe. Highs mid to upper 70s, tonight mid 50s, then mostly cloudy and cooler Friday with highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds shift to southerly then northwest. 15 to 25 mph this afternoon, 10 to 20 mph tonight. Rain chances 30 percent this afternoon, 40 percent tonight.
Mid-Prairie presents Camelot at High School shows
Mid-Prairie High School will stage Camelot on April 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. Co directors Tom LaVille and Brian Wenhardt lead the production with Vicki Peiffer as student director. Tom Hall stars as King Arthur with Melanie Miksch as Guenevere, Dave Gascho as Sir Lancelot, and Greg Gaston as Mordred. Tickets are $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for students, with a 25 cent at-the-door surcharge.
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Lerner and Loewe
Mid-Prairie High School
Tom LaVille
Brian Wenhardt
Knights of the Round Table
Vicki Peiffer
Tom Hall
King Arthur
Guenevere
Melanie Miksch
Dave
Connally bribery trial enters deliberation by jury today
A UPI report states federal jurors began deliberations in the bribery case of former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally after Judge George L. Hart Jr. warned jurors to weigh key witness Jake Jacobsen carefully, noting Jacobsen’s $10,000 payoff claim and his grand jury‑lie admission in exchange for a lighter sentence.
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Jacobsen
Hart
Connally
McCarthy backs South Vietnam aid despite evacuation
A Washington native and former Bien Hoa computer advisor, A Joseph McCarthy says he supports President Ford’s large military aid proposal for South Vietnam. He fears a North Vietnamese victory would trigger a bloodbath and regrets leaving friends and co workers behind as Saigon falls toward communism.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
Ford
A. Joseph McCarthy
Vietnam
South
Federal Electric Corp
International Telephone & Telegraph Art
U.S
Bien Hoa Air Base
McCarthy
USS. Dept. of Defense
Joe
Dorothy McCarthy
S. Ave. F
Air Force
Justin
Phnom Penh Surrenders To Khmer Rouge In Civil War Endgame
United Press International reports Phnom Penh fell to Khmer Rouge forces, ending five years of war and a brutal siege. Rebels entered the city amid triumph, while many residents waved flags. International Red Cross declared the hotel a neutral zone housing foreigners and wounded. Global reaction varied with Australia recognizing the new regime, Japan and Britain cautious, and Vietnam alarmed as Saigon faced a similar crisis.
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Phom Penh
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
Royal Phnom
United Nations
Red Cross
Tanjug
Peking
Norodom Sihanouk
Khieu Samphan
Khmer Rouge
Sihanouk
Bloc of Nations
China
Australia
Japan
Britain
Soviet Union
Thailand
Republicans plan for town meeting in Washington County
County Republican chairman Harvey Holden announced a Town Meeting for Monday April 28 at Washington High School library to discuss federal, state, and local issues. Residents will debate energy, economy, social security, land use, taxation, pari mutuel betting, corporate farming, school financing and other topics. a summary will be sent to officials and leaders.
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Republican
Harvey Holden
Holden
Washington County
Washington High School
Recipe shower helps Hwangs learn American cooking
Fourteen friends hosted a surprise recipe shower for Mrs. Jean Hwang at Mrs. Lloyd Miller's home to teach simple American dishes. Guests shared gifts of recipes and ingredients with instructions, aiding language and measuring differences as the Hwang family adapts to Washington.
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Sheilah Klapp
Jean Hwang
Lloyd
Dorothy) Miller
Millers
Hwangs
Hwang
Washington
Malasia
Tang
Taiwan
Malaysia
Jean
Theresa Tam
Hau-Hau
Cal
Margaret) Wolf
Mrs. Hwang
Mars
Betty
Beenblossom
Jean) Hwang
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Big) Minh
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