Washington council tightens water bill policy over faulty meters
Washington residents faced steep bills after the Monday night council adopted a strict policy to collect full charges when faulty plumbing or meters caused high readings. Two cases saw bills jump from about 6.50 to 55 and 17 to 77, with no forgiveness provision. The city will now require payment in full unless the fault lies with the meter itself, and normal bills must be maintained by the user. The council also approved hiring an operator for the water plant and instituted a $2 read out or after hours service charge, along with planning commission reappointments and tennis court study at Sunset Park. A $150 YWCA girls baseball costs share and backstop cost estimates for Green Field were authorized.
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Washington
Council Auth
Water Department
City Planning Commission
Plan Commission
John Winga, Sr
Bill Perdock
C. P. Weldin
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Hubert Lohr
Weldin
Sunset Park
Gebhardt
YWCA
Green Field
City to install four-way stops after deadly crash
Washington city council moves to add four way stop signs at the W Van Buren and S Avenue B intersection after a fatal April 8 crash. Neighbors urged action citing traffic speed on S Avenue B and truck flow. The truck involved traveled from Kalona to Wayland when the collision occurred, killing 28 year old Larry Richardson. Signs will be installed as soon as available.
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Washington City Council
W. van Buren and
S. Avenue
S. Avenue B
S. Iowa Avenue
S. Iowa
Washington
Kalona
Wayland
Coed Uses Harvard Ad To Seek One Year Marriage
A Radcliffe junior, spurred by off campus housing limits, places a one year marriage ad in the Harvard Crimson stating she will share expenses and cook. The 20-year-old says the stunt is a protest but is serious about finding a suitable partner for a year.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard Crimson
Crimson
University
Radcliffe
Relative calm in troubled Viet
In Hue anti-government student backers pledged support for the United States. Da Nang released 13 or 14 political prisoners amid easing unrest after Ky’s barn-storming tour. Gen Ton That Dinh announced prisoner releases ending five weeks of turmoil, while incidents in Hue and Da Nang raised concerns.
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Saigon
UPI
Hue
United States
Da _ Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Ton That Dinh
1St Military Region
Nationalist Party
da Nang
Dinh
Weather Outlook for Iowa Shifts to Colder Air
United Press International reports Iowa will be mostly cloudy tonight with shifting winds and a turn to colder air. Wednesday will be partly to cloudy and colder with rain or snow in the north, as lows dip into the 30s west to 40s east and highs reach the 30s to 40s north and south.
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United Press International
Iowa
BOAC grounds 707 jets over hairline tail cracks
BOAC found hairline cracks in the tail sections of four of its 19 American built Boeing 707 aircraft. It fears a fifth may have the same trouble and a sixth is under check with special electrical equipment. The airline began inspections on Boeing advised by the manufacturer.
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London
UPI
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Boeing
Fourth Raid Hits North Vietnam Power Plant Near Haiphong
U S Navy jets from the Kitty Hawk struck the Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong, damaging a key facility supplying about 33 percent of Haiphong and 25 percent of Hanoi’s electricity. The raid hit five months after earlier attacks, with light anti aircraft fire and a mid night bombing run. In ground action, U S forces reported 52 Viet Cong killed, including 28 in a sweep by the 25th Division northwest of Saigon in Operation Kahala. Paratroopers and Australian troops killed 15 guerrillas in Operation Denver, and Marines claimed nine more in northern provinces. An A-1 Skyraider was shot down near Tiger Island but the pilot was rescued.
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Saigon
UPS
USS Navy
North Viet Nam
Uong Bi
Hanoi - Haiphong
U.S
U.S. 25Th Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
Denver
Vinh
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Hoi
al Skyraider
Tiger Island
Appointment of administrator for Larry Richardson estate
Public notice reports probate of the will and appointment of an executor for the estate of H Neill Trotman and the appointment of an administrator for the Larry Richardson estate. Names are not fully given in the readable text. Proceedings occur under local probate authority with standard filing and deadline processes.
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Larry Richardson
H. Neill Trotman
Christie and Marvin win top Oscars in 1965 ceremony
Julie Christie wins best actress for Darling and Lee Marvin takes best actor for Cat Ballou. The Sound of Music named best picture, with Doctor Zhivago also winning five awards. Shelley Winters headlines supporting actress, Martin Balsam supporting actor, and Robert Wise wins directing for The Sound of Music.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Julie Christie
England
Motion Picture Academy
Lee Marvin
Doctor Zhivago
Academy
Miss Christie
Martin Balsam
Robert Wise
Iowa pioneer dies in forgotten Revolution clash at St Louis
On April 19 1775 the first shots of the American Revolution rang out from Lexington. A lone fur trader Jean Marie Cardinal lived in Iowa near Dubuque county and died from wounds after being captured at St Louis during a 1780 British attack, becoming the only Iowan to fall in the struggle for independence. The episode ties Iowa to the wider war and ends with Cardinal hailed as a quiet local patriot whose death echoed the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Minutemen
Jean Marie Cardinal
Iowa
Dubuque County
Ican
Prairie du Chien
Cardinal
Catfish Creek
George Rogers Clark
Lowa
Patrick Sinclair
Alexander Kay
St. Louis
Mississippi
Sinclair
Kay
Turkey River
Clark
Iowa Country
de Leyba
Concord
Bunker Hill
Towan
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Vernon Feuerhelm
Richard McCleery
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Paul Gebhardt
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Haiphong
Kitty Hawk
Hanoi
Christie, Marvin Win
Shelley Winters
Anne Frank
Low
By Tom Kuncl
Jean Marie Cardin
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