Miss Washington County 1971 Crowned Linda Wertz in Pageant
Linda Wertz won the Miss Washington County 1971 title at the Washington County Fair pageant in a field of ten. She is a University of Iowa student, daughter of Robert Wertz, and a Washington High School and Ellsworth Junior College alumna. The event featured Diane Marie Moore as first runner up and listed finalists Kathryn Engle, Marjorie Wagner, and Jill Morgan, with Cathy Wheeler, Gary Goodell, and the Chevaliers performing.
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Linda Lorraine Wertz
Washington County
Miss Wertz
University of Iowa
Robert Wertz
South
Marion Avenue
Washington
Washington High School
Ellsworth Junior College
Iowa City
Linda
Diane Marie Moore
Robert Moores
Riverside
Mid-Prairie High School
Kathryn Engle
Dale Engle
Marjorie Joan Wagner
Omer Wagner
Jill Marie Morgan
Theodore Morgan
Washington Jaycees
Cathy Wheeler
Gary Goodell
The
Chevaliers
Larry Green
Leon Hillman
Patty Butler
Joette Swartzendruber
France
Weather notice variable clouds and scattered showers tonight
Variable cloudiness with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight. Lows tonight 60s to 90s across the area. Mostly sunny and warmer Thursday with highs in the 80s to near 90.
Crash injures two as car crosses center line on Highway 1
A pickup and station wagon crash near Bush corner on Highway 1 in Washington Tuesday afternoon injuring two men. Chris Coblentz drove north crossing the center line, colliding with a semi trailer and a following pickup driven by Leslie Altenhofen. Hesseltine swerved to avoid the wreckage. none of the other two vehicles suffered heavy damage.
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Bush Corner
Highway One
Washington
Chris Coblentz
Lone Tree
Highway 1
West Liberty
Omnis
Coblentz
Leslie Geni Altenhofen
West Main Street
Altenhofen
Clarence Hesseltine
Fairfield
Hesseltine
Iowa City
Leslie G Altenhofen
Adequate blight resistant corn seed outlook for 1972
Officials from Funk Brothers Seed Co and W R Grace & Co report strong prospects for a sufficient supply of blight resistant corn seed for the 1972 crop. They note efforts to expand resistant seed, manage labor needs, and ensure farmers will have seed to meet demand despite ongoing concerns about the 1971 crop.
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Washington
del Walker
Funk Brothers Seed Co
Bloomington
UPI
Walker
Earl Reeves
PAG
W.R. Grace & Co
Aurora Ill
Reeves
Detas
Funk Co
Hamlet Rehearsals Continue At Washington High
Rehearsals for William Shakespeare's Hamlet are under way and the play will be staged August 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. at Washington High School. A group of high school and college students drive the effort to spark community interest in summer theatre. Ticket proceeds support a summer theatre fund for future years. information will be announced soon.
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William Shakespeare
Washington High School
Schwengel to Visit Washington County in August
Congressman Schwengel plans a First District tour during the summer recess visiting Washington County on Thursday August 12. He will meet the Farm Bureau Women at 9 00 a flag over the Capitol, then with the Washington County Developmental Center Board at 10 00 to discuss programs and tour facilities. He will lunch with the Rotary Club and plans to spend time in each county after mid August with wife Ethel joining after August 15.
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Treasenwengel
Congress
Washington County
Washington County Farm Bureau Women’s Group
U.S. Capitol
Washington County Developmental Center
Schwengel
Washington Rotary Club Congress
Ethel
Washington Evening Journal highlights Aug 4 1971 edition
The Washington Evening Journal from Washington Iowa published August 4 1971 features the local news update for the Wednesday edition. It provides price details and issue information for readers seeking the day's contents.
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The
Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Price
Nixon hints at wage-price board approach to curb inflation
President Nixon suggested he might back a voluntary wage-price control board if effective. He signaled openness to labor contract talks and directed Treasury to push wage and price negotiations, while opposing mandatory criminal penalties and preferring voluntary measures. Republican senators urged stronger action to curb inflation and unemployment amid a heated debate.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Treasury
John B Connally
John B. Connally
Congre
GOP
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Connaily
Connally
Record crowd fills Washington County fairgrounds at fair
A record crowd attended the Washington County 4 H and FFA fair Tuesday night setting a new attendance record for the second straight evening. Winners included Linda Barnes and Peggy Chabal in swine judging with a rich slate of events planned for Thursday Kids Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
FFA
Fairgrounds
Washington
Cho Five
Iowa
Eric Graber
Crooked Creek Cyclones
Linda Barnes
Dutch Creek Flyers
Peggy Chabal
Jackson Boys
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Alfred M. Worden
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Worden
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Crouch
Michael Sellers
Sellers
McCracken
Schneider
Carl Knupp
Hall's Feed Service
Shelly Orris
Nicky Reed
Martin Sojka
Matt Sojka
Joella Barnes
M Jackson
Matt Jackson
Lori Altenhofen
Clippers
Orris
Starliners
Brenda McCreppy
Sojka
Sokate Shaffer
Kalona
Shellywell
Carol Porter
Blue Bob Witthoft
Jeff Boshart
Melinda Reed
Iowa Maidens
Dean Miller
Dairy Ayrshire
Michael Ladehoft
Greg Mangold
Guernsey
Jeff Temple
Pete Temple
Warren Temple
Evelyn
Jersey
Dale Davis
Patrica Sue Jones
Hustle
Patricia Sue Jo Hustl
Patricia Sue Jones
Cycrones
Patty Jones
Blue Boys
Kathy Ker
Jackson
Charles Jomnson
Kathy Escher
Ckson Boys
Roy Wilson
Hustlers
Roger Adam
Red Adam
Larry Escher
Andy Rowe
Livewires
Rita Jones
Purple Clippers
Mark Miksch
Nick Reed Cubs
Jay Flading
Ann Grosscup
Starline
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Jonly
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di Stacy
Kathy Tuttle
Diane Franzen
Lime Creek
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Nancy Stacy
Chery Franzen
Mark Mikseh
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