VHS concert brings state contest selections to campus
VHS music department hosts a chamber concert at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium featuring groups and soloists from the State Music Contest. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend this evening. Washington UPI. The Supreme Court denied McCord’s bid to overturn his Watergate conviction and rejected alimony for men in a Georgia case.
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Watergate Complex
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Richard Nixon
Supreme Court
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Gifts to University of Iowa Foundation Hit Record 86 Million
Gifts to the University of Iowa Foundation set a new high at 86 million dollars for 1974, per the foundation’s annual report. More than 2.6 million was donated outright as gifts and bequests, with about 6 million generated in 1974 but receivable in future years.
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Iowa City, Iowa
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University of Iowa Foundation
Fire damages Skinner's supermarket in Fort Madison
Fire of undetermined origin hit Skinner's supermarket in Fort Madison Iowa late Sunday night. The entire south portion burned as firefighters arrived around 1130 PM and brought the blaze under control in about 15 minutes. The southwest section suffered extensive fire damage while the rest endured smoke and water damage. All doors and windows glass were blown out by an explosion.
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Fort Madison, Iowa
UPI
Skinner's
Scholarships available for Washington High seniors
Washington High School guidance office offers scholarship applications for graduating seniors who have applied to college. Funds include Kiwanis, American Legion Auxiliary, Rotary, BPW, Henry E. Shields, and Lewis M. Meek with varying criteria toward further education in Iowa or other colleges and tech programs. Due May 1.
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Iowa
Washington Community School Board sets busy agenda this week
The Washington Community School District board will discuss graduation requirements at Washington High School, sick leave and fringe benefits policy, and a study of next term materials. Expected actions include resignations of Beverly Lamansky and Esther Leichty, hiring Doug Dunlap as high school baseball coach, and a report on sophomore basketball coaching by Gary Collins.
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Beverly Lamansky
Esther Leichty
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Doug Dunlap
Gary Collins
Don Zwicki
Fraudulent pesticide sales warned to Iowa farmers
Des Moines IDPA Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry cautions farmers about out of state tele salesmen pushing low quality weed killers. The calls originate from New York Illinois and Wisconsin with ghost companies selling under various trade names. He urges documentation and use of door to door three day cooling off law, and notes possible nationwide scheme amid a pesticide shortage.
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Iowa Governor questions Democratic backed election law changes
Gov Robert D Ray voiced concerns over a Democratic priority bill to ease registration and voting rules in Iowa. He cited pol invoking registration at polls and longer voting hours as problematic, and questioned a provision delaying school bond referendums after failed votes. He urged a national look at Electoral College reform.
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Washington optometrist Dr. Smith wins state award
Dr. Max L. Smith of Washington receives the Iowa D. of the Year award at a noon luncheon by the Iowa Optometric Association. An optometrist since 1950, he has led in the association and community, chaired fund drives, and served in Kiwanis and Masons while active in church work and child visual therapy. Rev. Marion L. Dodson arrives in Washington to lead the Church of the Nazarene, bringing family from Lacona Iowa and relatives in Illinois and Oklahoma.
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Roseville
Ilinois
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Burlington
Paul
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Towa
Purdue University
Smith
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Y's Men
Air Force Reserve
Washington County
Heart Fund
Chamber of Commerce Board of
United Methodists Church
Help offered on 1974 tax and rent relief
Washington County Community Action Program will assist Iowa residents 65 by end of 1974 or totally disabled with income under 6000 to apply for 1974 property tax and rent relief. Reimbursements depend on income and tax or rent paid. Forms available from city or county assessors offices. Bring 1974 wages social security pensions dividends interest assets over 35000 net worth per household and 1974 property tax receipt plus landlord utility cost estimates.
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Washington County Community Action Program
Thieu resigns amid censure and failed U S aid promises
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced his resignation blaming U S failure to deliver promised aid that would defend South Vietnam. He warned of further losses as North Vietnamese pressure pressed toward Saigon while curfew and full alert were set.
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Huong
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Tran van Lam
Frank Fair Named Executive Director of Hoover Health Council
Frank Fair, longtime director of the Iowa Office of Comprehensive Health Planning, is appointed Executive Director of the Hoover Health Council in Cedar Rapids. He assumed the post April 1 and has served on multiple Iowa health planning committees. Board members from Washington County include Mary Statler Keota Helen Ryner Norman E Jensen and William Day.
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Hoover Health Council
Eighth County
Washington County
Mary Statler
Keota
Helen Ryner
Norman E. Jensen
Washington
William Day
Brighton
Weather outlook with clouds and possible showers this afternoon
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with a chance of occasional showers or thunderstorms. Highs in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon, with lows in the low to mid 40s. Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with highs in the 60s. South to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Rain chances 40 percent this afternoon and 20 percent tonight.
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