Sheryl Swenson Crowned Miss Washington County in 1972 Pageant
Ainsworth girl Sheryl Marie Swenson won the 1972 Miss Washington County title at the fairgrounds defeating six rivals. She sang I Don t Know How to Love Him amid audio issues and earned a $600 scholarship plus the chance to compete at Miss Iowa Pageant. runners up included Julie Bakehouse Patsy Mullikin and Julie Nicholls with runner up awards and congeniality honors also noted.
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Ainsworth
Fairgrounds
Iona Renee Stuedemann
Linda Wertz
Sheryl Marie Swenson
Miss Swenson
Evening Journal
Washington
Dean Swenson
Julie Bakehouse
Lisa
Ken Bakehouse
Patsy Mullikin
Glen Mullikin Jr
Brighton
Julie Nicholls
Joe Evanovich
Jaycee
Iowa
Shriver pledges to restore spirit of America
Sargent Shriver accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination and vowed to revive American spirit. He urged youth to enlist in public service, strengthen schools and policing, and expand the Peace Corps while criticizing Nixon era declines in economy and national morale.
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Washington
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
America
Shriver
Nixon
Governor Ray backs TRACIS privacy safeguards in Iowa
Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray defended TRACIS, the new Iowa crime computer, saying safeguards are adequate to protect privacy. Attorney General Richard Turner remains cautious, seeking full disclosure on who will access records and how the data will be used.
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Tracis
Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Richard Turner
Recomputer
Turner
Iowa Crime Commission
Altoona businessman pleads innocent in planned murder case
Harold Vander Linden, 47, appeared in Des Moines Municipal Court after being arrested for allegedly advising or inciting a murder. He allegedly gave an undercover agent a down payment for the planned killing of Robert Oehlert of Indianola.
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Des Moines
UPI
Altoona
Harold Vander Linden
Robert Oehlert
Indianola
Blair
Vander Linden
Iowa Weather Outlook From UPI
Increasing cloudiness and not quite as cool tonight. Showers likely in the west. Lows in the lower 50s to near 60. Thursday turns partly to mostly cloudy and warmer with highs 80 to 85 in the west and 75 to 80 in the east.
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United Press International
Iowa
Altoona Moves to End Rural Type Mailboxes
Altoona city officials push to remove curbside rural mailboxes for esthetic reasons and study switching to door to door service. Postal Service district manager John L. Armstrong visits to report on potential changes, while Chicago declines to confirm a shift against a new curbside policy. The council previously blocked curbside boxes for 72 southeast area residents and denied mailbox placement between curb and sidewalk.
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Altoona
UPI
Chicago
John L. Armstrong
Postal Service
Des Moines
McGovern Shriver Campaign Kickoff Faces Unified Push
George S McGovern and running mate Sargent Shriver began campaign efforts with a series of closed sessions across Capitol Hill and at the Sheraton Park Hotel to unite Democrats. They sought support for a revenue sharing bill and spoke with mayors, senators, women’s groups, Latin American and Spanish American representatives, and governors as part of a party healing effort.
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UPI
George S McGovern
Sargent Shriver
McGovern
Democratic National Committee
Shriver
South Dakota
Capitol Hill
Woman's Group
Sheraton Park Hotel
Women’s Caucus
Lawrence F. O’brien
House
Senate Finance Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Louis Harris
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
Harris
Reinforcements Move To Hue Amid Fighting On Front
South Vietnam began reinforcing Hue as Communist forces increased pressure near Saigon and skirmished near Kompong Trabek on Highway 1. Rockets struck Hue killing three civilians and wounding three, as U.S. advisers warned Hue remains the main objective of the offensive.
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UPI
South Vietnam
Hue
Saigon
Kompong Trabek
Quang Tri
Alan Dawson
U.S
Dawson
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Phom Penh
Iowa anticrime plan delayed by regional office battle
Des Moines Iowa officials debated a proposal to create 16 regional anticrime offices to administer federal funds, with opposition over loss of county control and fairness concerns. The plan initially passed a suspension vote but awaits full commission action as staff notes only 400 000 is available now for seven regions, with expansion to 16 tied to federal funding.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jews Crime Commission
David Nelson
Mason City
Richard Turner
Commission
Th Commission
Iowa
Gary Claxton
George Orr
Nelson
State Office of Planning and Programming
OPP
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Osceola
Forrest Schwengels
Fairfield
Water
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Council Buffs
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