News in Brief from DIVUX CITY and Beyond
A benefit dance for Lt. William Calley in DIVUX CITY flop due to low turnout and price worries. sponsor Joe Hupp Jr. estimates losses while noting mixed public support. In ANGELES a makeshift courtroom in a parking lot handles cases as lights fail. In ALDERSHOT a child sustains a broken leg after dropping a parachute from a balcony. In MONTREAL Sun Life tells policyholders human response. later a computer sends a sympathetic letter to its own punch-card system."
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Divux City
UPI
William Calley
Joe Hupp Jr
Norfolk, Neb
Hupp
Calley
Nebraskan
Montreal
Sun Life Assurance Company
Don Mill
Ont
Pupils Exhibit At Lincoln Elementary School Night
Public invited to Lincoln Elementary School gymnasium Friday April 23 from 4 to 6 p m. Two hundred twenty five students will display work from fourth to sixth grades including sculpture painting drawing weaving ceramics and more. Sixth graders will also show work from the special interest reading program supervised by Mrs Griggs. Mrs Kessell's science students will present space program projects.
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Lincoln Elementary School
Andersen
Southeast Weather Report Partly Cloudy Through Thursday
United Press International reports a partly cloudy Southeast region with a slight chance of a shower or thundershower tonight. Lows tonight in the 40s with a high near 85 and a low 60s forecast for Thursday.
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United Press International
VFW chief plans China trip for POW release
National Commander Herbert Rainwater said he will seek entry into Communist China to press for release of American prisoners in Southeast Asia. He plans a May trip via Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to update on aid and deliver funds while urging improved U.S. policy toward North Vietnam.
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UPI
Veterans of Foreign Wars
China
Southeast Asia
Herbert Rainwater
United States
Red China
U.S
Rainwater
India
Washington
North Vietnam
Iowa
VFW
South Vietnam
San Bernardino
Calif
Nixon
Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Cambo
Army
Vets defy court order over Mall protest in Washington
Leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War press to avert a clash with authorities after Chief Justice Burger bans camping on the Mall. About 1000 veterans weigh nonviolent resistance while Ramsey Clark and Senator Kennedy seek Supreme Court review.
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Washington
UPI
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Ramsey Clark
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
VVAW
Edward M. Kennedy
D. Mass
Kennedy
Vietnam
Pentagon
Veterans Administration
US S. Appeals Court
District Court
Supreme Court upholds draft rules on conscientious objector claims
The Court ruled 6 to 3 that draftees cannot file CO claims after induction notice is mailed but before induction. William Ward Ehlert’s two year jail sentence for failing to submit to induction was upheld. Justices Douglas Brennan and Marshall dissented.
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Washington
UPD
Supreme Court
William Ward Ehlert
San Francisco
Ehlert
Potter Stewart
Army
Justice Department
Stewart
William 0. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Selective Service
Fine Arts Festival at Washington High School
Washington High School hosts a two night fine arts festival directed by Carlton Bump with 65 to 70 students across art drama band and vocal programs. Demonstrations in pottery and printmaking invite spectator participation. A student directed one act play and concerts by mixed chorus concert choir and band follow with free admission.
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Washington High School
Carlton Bump
Bump
Pat Reisener
Robert Young- Quist
Lawrence Green
Local Leader Memo Highlights AL ISA Meeting Discussion
Intercepted memo notes a local leader stating that AL ISA meetings are a key step toward understanding. The document is signed Yours, Wks and reflects ongoing coordination within the group.
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AL Isa
Drive Is Extended for Washington Concert Association
Membership enrollment for the 1971 72 season is extended by a few days. Adults 8, families 20, students 4. Tickets available at Everetts Music Store. Community project funds the annual series with national artists and diverse programs to attract broad interest.
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Washington Concert Association
Richard Paul
Kay Stewart
Washington
Everetts Music Store
Stewart
Mt. Pleasant
Committee Sets Social Security Program Changes
The House Ways and Means Committee approves a 1.5 billion package boosting monthly cash benefits for widows and the seriously disabled under 65. It trims free Medicare hospital days from 59 to 29, raises the premium modestly, and introduces a cost of living escalator for future benefits.
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Washington
Congress
Manpower survey study ends soon in Washington County
Ed Emerson Iowa Employment Security Commission area representative says the Washington County manpower study will conclude April 23. Results will be available through the Chamber of Commerce Washington Development Corporation and sponsoring groups within about ten days and the finished report within 90 days. Emerson hopes the study will be used to aid planned growth of the greater Washington County area.
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Washington County
Ed Emerson
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Washington ‘Area
Ara
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Washington Development Corporation
Emerson
Washington High Choir Announces Midwest Tour
The Washington High School concert choir of 70 members plans a Monday April 2 tour. They perform at the State Soldiers Home in Marshalltown before about 100 in person and 900 via PA system, then proceed to West Marshall High School at State Center, later visiting Ames Y. S. Stephens Auditorium on Iowa State University campus.
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Washington
State Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
West Marshall High School
State Center
Soldiers Home
Robert Youngquist
Ames
Y. Stephens
Iowa State University
Area development meeting identifies fair Crane tax as top issue
About forty Washington men gathered for a four hour Iowa Southern Utilities sponsored session on area development. They ranked equitable Crane Company tax assessment first, with housing, jobs, streets, and water system high on the agenda.
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Washington
Crane Company
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington County
Town Southern Utilities Company
Harold Swesey, Jr
Ted Johnson
Washington Sonable
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American
Aldershot
England
Keith Reynolds
Keith
Lincoln School
Wiliam Calley
Resor
Stanley Resor
Neashington
Evening Journal
Apri
Jeweur
Rocky
Estes Park
Colo
UPI Telephoto
Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Corporaton
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