Washington city progresses on streets sewers and hall plans
City officials outline progress and studies for street slurry seal drainage improvements and new storm and double sewers in the northeast Sunset Park area. A new 500000 gallon water tower will boost pressure with financing from water revenue. City Hall site work proceeds with fire lane lights and traffic controls planned on East Washington Street and S 2nd Avenue.
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Iowa Avenue
Derby
North 2Nd Ave
East 2Nd Street
Sunset Park
North 12Th Avenue
East 7Th Street
Robison
East Tyler
East Palk
South B Avenue
Polk Street
City Hall
East Washington Street
Fourth Avenue
S. 2Nd Ave
Jefferson Street
Ymca
North Irish protest strike disrupts Londonderry services
In Londonderry Catholic workers join a protest against internment without trial closing post offices and delaying port operations while gunfire wounds a British Army patrol member near the border. Three men kidnap and beat a Londonderry police officer, later hospitalized across the border in Letterkenny. IRA factions condemn bombing plan as sectarian tensions rise.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Letterkenny
Irish Republican Army Ira
Dublin
IRA
Provisionals
England
Cullaville
County Armagh
Tapscott Pushes People Movement for Iowa Governorship
Des Moines Democratic state senator Joan Tapscott pitches a People Movement aimed at turning government back to the people. He seeks a broad voting bloc by linking the disadvantaged and disillusioned and proposes a ground floor role for the public with VIPs in the balcony at inauguration.
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Des Moines
UPI
Joan Tapscott
Iowa
Peoples Movement
Tapscott
Weather outlook with minor temperature shifts overnight
Forecaster notes little temperature change tonight with lows from the low 50s to the upper 60s in the southeast. Western areas expect mid to upper 60s, with highs Tuesday ranging from 78 to 84 in the east and about 81 to 84 in the west.
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Vasily
Lowe
Youth council defends student voting rules in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa Youth Opportunity Council rejects Attorney General Turner argument that college students should vote where they grew up. The council notes the legislature did not restrict student voting in college towns and says registration rules are a legislative function.
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DES Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Youth Opportunity Council
Richard Turner
Iowa
Youth Council
Franzenburg accuses Ray of lying over Iowa fund status
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Paul Franzenburg charged Governor Ray with lying to Iowans last fall about the general fund condition. He said liquor store stock liquidations were used to boost this year’s fund. He spoke from Ames and Sioux City television.
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United Press International
Paul Franzenburg
Torday
Robert D. Ray
Corn blight may have passed peak in Iowa
The Iowa State University southern corn leaf blight committee said that unless rain intensifies within a week the heaviest damage has likely passed for most of the state. The report notes little change in damage recently and warns that spread depends on weather. In eastern Iowa some fields have matured enough for silage harvest.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa State University Southern Corn
ISU
Iowa
Nixon unveils wage price freeze and end of dollar gold convertibility
President Nixon announced a 90 day freeze on wages prices and rents and a rollback of the auto tax while launching new tax credits cuts and a payroll reduction. He said the U S would no longer convert foreign held dollars into gold, triggering global shock and prompting emergency meetings from London to Tokyo. reacties were mixed in Washington with support from Republicans and some business leaders while labor leaders urged caution.
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United Press International
Nixon
United States
Europe
Tokyo
London
Georges Pompidou
France
Paris
A. Volcker
U.S. Treasury
America
West Germany
Volcker
Washington
Congress
Afl-Cio
Senate
Mike Mansfield
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Final rehearsals for Hamlet at local high school
Rehearsals for William Shakespeare's Hamlet move into final stages as a group of high school and college students prepare two performances at the local high school auditorium on August 24 and 25. Actor Randy Hillman leads as Hamlet with team driven by collaboration in acting set building and directing with ticket sales at Winga's Cafe Joe Falk Co Logan Jewelry Washington Evening Journal or cast members.
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Randy Hillman
Hamlet
Hillman
Winga’s Cafe
Joe Falk Co
Logan Jewelry
Washington Evening Journal
Washington County Receives Over 12 Million in Federal Aid in 1970
A Des Moines office reports Washington County received 12 130 639 in federal grants during fiscal year 1970 from departments including Agriculture Defense Health Education Welfare and others. The listing details prorated programs such as farm loans food distribution school meals and housing loans totaling the county share of Iowa's 2 258 832 457 national federal aid.
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Washington County
Office of Planning and Programming
Des Moines
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Iowa
Dept. of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Military Reserve and
National Guard
Dept. of Health, Education + Welfare
Selective Service Office Closure Notice
Local Office 1393 will close on Thursday August 19 and Thursday August 26 while Secretary Mrs. Eugene Engel is on leave. Ruth Hammond will staff August 23 to 26 from 8am to 12 and 12 30 to 4 30 pm, with regular hours resuming Monday August 30.
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Eugene Engel
Selective Service System
Washington
Ruth Hammond
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Commodity Credit Corp
FCIC
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
SS Payment Oasi Trust Fund
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