Washington police move to ground floor HQ in city hall
Moving day for the Washington City Police Department as they relocate from the upstairs rooms to a ground level space in City Hall. Workmen plan to paint curb lines around the square on Monday and Tuesday and motorists are urged to remove cars after midnight Sunday and Monday nights. Rex Clute no hits in regional Little League as Evergreen Park wins 2 0. Taxi driver arrested after refusing to leave his air conditioned cab during speeding arrest in Tokyo. Bees swarm a church in Hope England prompting concern from Rev Elwyn John Batty. A cow loose in a china shop in Burslem causes extensive damage. Waterloo fire officials report an apparent arson attempt at Grant Elementary School with minor smoke damage.
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Washington City
Hyope
England
UPI
Elwyn John Batty
John
Waterloo
Iowa
Grant
North
Intercepted Memo From Iowa Board of Regents
An intercepted memo from the State of Iowa Board of Regents questions whether authorities are “burying your heads” and hints that avoidance might be an easier path. The terse note signals tension within governance circles and suggests a call for frank handling of pending issues.
Camille Aims at Florida as Hurricane Becomes Gulf Threat
Camille churned into the Gulf after crossing western Cuba with 100 mph winds and a northerly path toward the Florida Panhandle. Forecasters warned of possible hurricane watches for northwest Florida and Mobile, with small craft warnings from Southeast Florida to the Gulf Coast. Debbi, the season’s fourth tropical storm, lay about 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles as Camille intensified.
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Miami
UPI
Camille
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Florida
Panhandle
Mobile
Ala
Raymond Kraft
Gulf Coast
Gulf Island
Key West
Fla
Keys
Sunshine State
Florida Panhandle
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Debbie
Lesser Antilles
Hughes attacks plan to move Ames lab
Sen Harold Hughes accuses the USDA of a political move in uprooting the Veterinary Biologic Division from Ames. He warns Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin against using politics to relocate the 100-person facility, urging opposition to the perceived waste of taxpayers money amid budget cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Hughes
Iona
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Veterinary Biologic Division
Ames
Hughes
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
Lincoln
Neb
Robert Ray
Ray
Nixon
the Department
Belfast violence explodes as troops tighten line
Ireland unrest widens with hit and run snipers and firebombs in Belfast after 10 months of strife. Up to 600 more British troops may reinforce as 8 people die and 336 injured, with 1,000s displaced. Ireland mobilizes reserves along frontiers as clashes spread.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Sundow
Armagh
Shankhill
Falls
Schwengel Urges Long Range Farm Policy Plans
U.S. Congressman Fred Schwengel of Iowa urged long term farm programs at the first district NFC convention in Washington. He called for a shift from piecemeal aid to a stable plan including voluntary land retirement and off farm opportunities, plus expanded soil conservation and watershed protection. Officials continued meetings into the afternoon.
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Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
U. S
Iowa
K.C. Hall
Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
NFC
Iowa State students face food stamp eligibility issue
About 150 Iowa State University students who already qualified for federal food stamps may be denied after Story County officials challenged including tuition and books in calculating adjusted income. A state social services rep called the county’s practice not kosher, arguing academic costs should not count as hardship expenses.
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Laughner
Story County
Poison gas cargo moves through Ohio to New York
A 30 car freight train carrying 196 phosgene gas canisters moved at 30 mph through eastern Ohio en route from Denver to Lockport New York. Two firms in Lockport planned to use the gas for dyes and canister storage. A two man safety crew with a neutralizing agent accompanied the shipment, which was purchased from the U S Army.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Lockport
N.Y
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
U.S. Army
U.S. Department of Transportation
Danger: boys and matches in city alley incident
City police and two Washington merchants worked Friday to avert a potentially deadly scene after two ten year old boys were found playing with matches cigarette lighters fluid and hollow point .22 cartridges. The boys sat at a store alley entrance on the square as police chief Glenn Murphy urged parents to limit access to dangerous items. He warned that a fire could have injured or killed the boys or bystanders and caused extensive store damage.
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Washington
Glenn Murphy
Senators blast regents over social adaptability code
Two Iowa senators from the Interim Committee accuse the Board of Regents of burying their heads in the sand by refusing to share how social adaptability for university personnel should be measured. They push for an ethics code for faculty and question teaching qualifications while cautioning against indoctrination and disobedience. The piece notes a counterpoint on academic freedom and outlines the committee’s goal to draft a code amid regents’ resistance. The article ends with a historical note about the first free public library in Dublin, New Hampshire.
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DES Moines
UPI
Board of Regents
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Messerly
Joseph Coleman
D-Clare
Coleman
Iowa
America
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Ottumwa
Rex Clute
Gaylord
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Ill
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Tokyo
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Hasegawa
Burslem
State of Iowa
Gulf
Fort Jefferson
Ireland
Londonerry
N. Ireland
Ian Paisley
St. Gall’s
Carrickfergus
Britain
Londonderry
United Press International
New York
Clinton Northwestern
Chicago
United States
Dublin
N.H
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