Hutchcroft named Davis County superintendent
Edward L. Hutchcroft, longtime school administrator in West Branch and former Washington Community School District assistant superintendent, is named superintendent of the Davis County Community School District based in Bloomfield. He will lead the district as its new chief from the current year. His prior roles included six years as assistant superintendent and four years as an elementary principal in West Branch. In Central Park tonight a 7:30 p.m. concert by the Washington High School Jazz Band serves as a preview for WMT-TV airings and funds for a Montreux Switzerland trip. The concert lasts under an hour.
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Edward L. Hutchcroft
West Branch
Washington Community
Davis County
Bloomfield
Hutchcroft
Central Park
Wmt-Tv
Montreux
Switzerland
Mezvinsky committee holds Washington County meeting at Elliott home
The Washington County Mezvinsky for Congress committee met at Rosemary Elliott's home to discuss local reaction to Patrick O'Connor guiding support for the First District Democratic nomination and planned county events Mezvinsky will attend. He plans to return to Washington County soon. A separate note from Montgomery reports a group named Save Our State circulating a petition urging Gov. Wallace to return home or resign.
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Washington County
Rosemary Elliott
Patrick O'Connor
Mezvinsky
Elliott
Montgomery, Ala
UPI
Save Our State
George C. Wallace
Suzanne Hinman
Montgomery
Junior High Spring Concert Planned for Monday
The Washington Junior High music department presents its annual spring concert Monday April 24 at 7 30 p m in the junior high gymnasium. Vocalists include seventh eighth and ninth grade choruses and a girls triple trio led by Mrs Dean Stanley. Band A and Band B perform under Gary McCurdy with special pieces Beguine for Flute and the 500 Pound Polka. Stan Close directs the final number as a high school student teacher in the instrumental music department.
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Washington Junior High Music Department
Dean Stanley
Gary McCurdy
Stan Close
F.T.A
Iowa Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Storms Ending
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies with possible rain or thunderstorms southeast tonight. Friday will bring partly sunny conditions with lows from the upper 30s in the north to the mid 40s south and highs in the 50s to 60s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Apollo 16 lands on lunar highlands to begin 73 hour mission
John W. Young and Charles M. Duke touched down on the moon's highland region aboard Orion for a record 73 hour stay to probe the origin of the highlands. Ken Mattingly remains in lunar orbit watching and mapping with cameras and radiation sensors.
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Mattingly
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Duke
Orion
Casper
Moon
Descartes
Meany urges Congress to curb Nixon controls and tax excess profits
AFL-CIO President George Meany cites government statistics to argue wage-price controls harm workers while prices rise. In prepared testimony to the Joint Economic Committee, he calls for congressional reform of controls, a tax on excess profits, and a shift away from Nixon administration policy.
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Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Meany
Nixon
Congress
Fresh assault on An Loc as siege tightens in Vietnam
Communist forces and tanks renewed their assault on An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon, after a day of heavy mortar and rocket fire. Vietnamese troops reported 102 enemy killed and noted continued battles along Highway 1 near Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
UPI
An Loc
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Sterett
North Vietnam
Higbee
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Dau Tieng
Halcyon House approves threefold expansion plan
Halcyon House retirement home in Washington gains authorization from South Iowa Methodist Homes to expand with a larger infirmary remodeling the old infirmary into resident rooms and adding southwest land apartment complexes. The plan targets younger ambulatory residents with resident-built units and eventual transfer to the main complex with care.
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Halcyon House
Washington
South Iowa Methodist Homes
Des Moines
Atlantic
Halcyon
Washington County NFO group holds steady in its views
The Washington County branch of the National Farmers Organization maintains a persistent stance despite small turnout. Officials estimate 70 to 80 members, with April meeting attendance as low as nine plus a couple visitors, while the group supports national policy set from Corning and stresses farm parity and economic concerns facing family farms.
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National Farmers Organization
Washington County
Merlin Glade
NFC
Ottumwa
Daryl Reed
Rural Times
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
Letts
Bill Riggan
Washington Jaycees
Glade
NFO
Gary Letts
Letts. Glade
Iowa
Des Moines
U.S
IRA Gunmen Tar And Feather Catholic Women In Belfast Attack
In Belfast two 18 year old Roman Catholic women, Margaret Herron and Bernadette Scullion, were abducted at gunpoint and tarred and feathered in Coalisland as IRA gunmen carried out a revenge killing. The victims were hospitalized for shock. Police pursued leads.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Margaret Herron
Bernadette Scullion
Coalisland
Washington High School Fine Arts Festival Schedule
Public invited to a two night event at Washington High School featuring Drama Music and Art departments. Saturday includes the International Vocal Concert at 8 15 p m with high school singers joined by Robert Boyd and Mike Beranek singing David in the Chichester Psalms.
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Washington High School
Robert Youngquist
Robert Boyd
Mike Beranek
Stewart School
Mary Morrison
Jeff Boshart
Brad Koehler
Wendy Wilson
Jean Soucek
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