Tax reminders and weather notes from Washington County
The county treasurer Wallace Fagen reminds residents real estate and personal property tax first half due by May 14 with penalties after. Boat registrations without penalty due by Friday April 30 with penalties starting Monday. Weather observer reports seven tenths inch rainfall this morning with showers overnight and potential more rain. hail fell in Washington around 1 45 p m but caused little damage. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says draft calls cut back for rest of year not exceeding 10 000 a month. May call merged with June making two month total 20 000.
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Washington County
Wallace Fagen
Fagen
Maxine Smith
Washington
UPI
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Snowstorm Affects Western States and Drought Areas
A massive storm system brought snow to western states including six inches in Valentine Nebraska and Cheyenne Wyoming. Thunderstorms and hail lashed Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri while southern Florida faced drought despite cloud seeding efforts. Large hail injured six in Enid Oklahoma and storm damage reached about 250000 dollars.
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United Press International
Valentine
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Florida
Coral Gables
Everglades
Miami
National Weather Service
Iowa
Enid
Okla
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Chanute
Kan
Dakotas
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Michigan
Indiana
Farang Wye
Sue Stout Displays Pottery at Lincoln School Exhibit
Sue Stout shows pottery from an after school display at Lincoln School with parent visitors. The event was part of art class led by Mrs. Charlotte Andersen. Other projects included science work on the space program from Mrs. Vera Grigg and Mrs. Barbara Kessell.
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Sue Stout
Lincoln School
Rose Ann Payne
Sue
Charlotte Andersen
Vera Grigg
Barbara Kessell
Park proposal aims at 160 acre amusement complex north of Altoona
Des Moines group led by John F Krantz of Adventure Lands of America Inc files incorporation papers for a Disneyland and Six Flags style park north of Altoona Iowa. The project costs about 10 million dollars with 30 acres for a 250 room motor hotel and 200 acres for camping. Plans include Main Street year round with shops and art, an adventure land with a coal mine jungle ride and pirate ship, two artificial lakes, and a Tow a development section showing Iowa manufacturing advances from 1900 to present. Altoona to annex the site with water and sewer from the city. Estimated dailyarea traffic around 78 000 people.
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Des Moines
UPI
Altoona
Police County
John F. Krantz
California
Six Flags
Krantz
Kraitz
Det van Horn
Towa Development Commission
Iowa
John D. McRoberts
E. Wayne Cooley
Paul Alvey
Fort Dodge
Ron
Captain Kotouc case continues
The government rests its case in the trial of Captain Eugene M. Kotoue accused of maiming a Viet Cong suspect near My Lai. A defense motion to drop the second charge was denied, while a directed verdict on the maiming count was rejected.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
My Lai
Madison Wright
Eugene M. Kotoue
Kotoue
Humbolt
Kotone
Probate of wills and estates of Drake and Lynn
Public today lists probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Harry Drake and Veda Lynn. Also a notice of application from Iowa Parcel Service Inc for extension of its certificate appears on page six.
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Harry Drake
Veda Lynn
Iowa Parcel Service Inc
Soyuz lands near lake after dark descent
MOSCOW UP I report says Soyuz 10 nearly touched a lake as rescuers donned aqualungs to dive after three cosmonauts. Komsomolskaya Pravda notes Soviet craft usually parachute to ground and science sources doubt float capability. Parachute was sighted by recovery helicopter crew as dawn wind nudged it, landing about 44 yards from shore.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Youth League
Antiwar demonstrators blocked entry to draft office in Washington
A small group of antiwar demonstrators were blocked by police from entering Selective Service headquarters on the second day of two weeks of protest. About a dozen demonstrators gathered outside the northwest Washington building while police, newsmen, and onlookers observed. The PCPJ leaders had planned 1,000 attendees but only a handful appeared.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Draft
Capitol Hill
People’s Coalition For Peace and
Jus
Veaders
PCPJ
Curtis Tarr
May Day Tribe
Carl McIntire
National Guard
District of Columbia
Ft. Meade
Intercepted Memo Weather Man Ends Drought Impasse
An intercepted memo quotes a weather official remarking that a sudden hail event could end a drought. The note, titled Weather Man, references regional forecasts and policy responses as authorities debate forthcoming climate actions.
Government may back Lockheed with $250 million loan guarantee
Treasury Secretary Connally told a Senate panel the government might guarantee $250 million in bank loans to Lockheed to keep the defense contractor afloat. He cited $1.2 billion invested in the TriStar Airbus project and Rolls Royce engine troubles as reasons to act, noting banks and airlines need assurances Lockheed will survive and deliver parts.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress
Lockheed
Senate Appropriations
Connally
Nixon
Rolls Royce
Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
General Electric
Pratt & Whitney
Lockween
Nursing home proposal fuels zoning hearing in town
Plans for a private nursing home on seven acres near Washington County Hospital drew mixed views at a City Plan and Zoning Commission hearing. Twenty two residents spoke, with support from local officials and church groups. The commission will study the proposal and forward a recommendation to the city council.
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East Polk
City Plan and Zoning Commission
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Tom Jucette
Plan Commis
Ion
M. L. Tweeton
Jucette
Kalona and
Wellman
Town
Missouri
Oskaloosa Center
Washington Center
East Polk Street
Harvey Holden
Holden
United Presbyterian Church
Richard Colby
United Presbyterian Home
Milan ‘Thompson
Office of Social Services
Polio epidemic warning amid dropping vaccination rates
Washington data show vaccination among children 1 to 4 fell from 87.6 percent in 1964 to 65.9 last year. In city slums over 250000, only about half were immunized in 1970, raising risk of an epidemic if the virus arrives, CDC official Dr. John J. Witte warned. Continuous vaccination efforts urged to avert crisis.
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Washington
UPI
John J. Witte
Center For Disease Control Cdc
United States
Witte
Weather Central and Southeast Forecast Note
Weather Central and Southeast report mostly cloudy skies with continued cool temperatures tonight with lows in the upper 30s and partly cloudy conditions on Wednesday with highs in the upper 40s to near 50 across the region.
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United Press International
Central and Southeast
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