Graber wins grand beef at Washington County fair judging
Eric Graber of the Crooked Creek Cyclones claimed the grand champion beef, with Jim Schneider of the Riverside Ramblers taking the reserve. The beef judging extended into the afternoon as clubs decide beef, heifers, and showmanship champions. A large crowd attended Tuesday's events including a 4500 to 4750 turnout for tractor pull and abundant activities through the evening. Admission was 50 cents, with Kids Day on Thursday and a horse show fee of 1.50 for 12 and older. Tonight features a free beer barbecue, livestock parade, and awards, plus tug of war and other contests.
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Washington County
FFA
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Crooked Creek Cyclones
Jim Schneider
Riverside Ramblers
Fairgrounds
Candle Cause Fires In Garage Near East Third Street
Firefighters extinguished a garage blaze at 1027 East Third Street believed started when a candle tipped into gasoline. Two boys were playing with the candle. no explosion occurred. Alarm sounded 11:25 a.m. Washington residents may see a large round object in the sky 6 to 8 p.m. tonight as Lindon Harding plans a hot air balloon flight if wind allows, following a trial run from the Wehr farm toward Lake Darling Youth Center.
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Anita Farrington
Washington
Lindon Harding
Auburn Heights
Mich
Ray Wehr
Dutch Creek Township
City of
Wehr Farm
Lake Darling
Weather outlook with mild temps and light winds
Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon with northerly winds 8 to 14 mph. Highs around 80. Generally fair tonight and Thursday with warmer highs in the low 80s. Winds become light and variable tonight, lows in the upper 50s.
New Pastor Installed at St. James Catholic Church
The Rev. Edward J. Shepherd took duties as pastor of St. James Catholic Church. He moved here July 12 after six years at Sacred Heart Church in Newton where he supervised the McCann Center project. Ordained May 14, 1939 in Davenport, he has served in Keokuk, Burlington, Davenport, Dodgeville, East Pleasant Plain and Newton.
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St. James Catholic Church
Father Shepherd
Sacred Heart Church
Newton
McCann Center
Davenport
Shepherd
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Burlington
Dodgeville
East Pleasant Plain
Haldeman defends memo on violent protest at Nixon Graham rally
Haldeman testified at the Watergate hearing that he and others anticipated violent and obscene demonstrations at the Charlotte rally. Weicker pressed that the memo suggested the White House welcomed protests to create backlash, a claim Haldeman denied.
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Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
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Graham
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
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Ervin
Ronald Liegler
White House
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Patrick Buchanan
Ronald H. Walker
John W. Dean III
FBI
Watergate
Committee
Dean
Grand Jury
Keota Candidate Files for Washington School Board Seat
Peter Bell filed nominating papers to run against incumbent Mary Chmelar in director district 5 of the Washington Community School District. Chmelar filed papers Tuesday. Bell and Chmelar previously clashed in the May 21 special election. Richard Wiley is unopposed in district 6. Filing ends at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Keota
Washington Community School District Board of Education
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Chmelar
Richard Wiley
Public invited to visit GOP booth at county fair
The public is invited to the Republican booth at the Washington County Fairgrounds to meet Stanley Barber of Wellman newly named to the Board of Regents and State Senator Frosty Schwengels. Barber will attend Wednesday afternoon. Schwengels will be present Wednesday afternoon and evening and for a brief period Thursday afternoon due to obligations.
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Barber
Schwengels
Europe and United States link on Spacelab joint space plan
Eleven European ministries approve funding to join the US Spacelab project with a 370 million Sortie Lab component. Contracts set for Aug. 15, a new ESA agency to form by April, and a potential funding gap if Italy Norway and Sweden fail to guarantee 21 percent by Sept. 18.
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Sweden
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Britain
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France
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