Washington County offers fall adult classes in district
Ten adult high school courses will run September through November in the Washington High School building. Fees are $15 per course with evening sessions 6 30 to 9 30 p m. Open to all adults including non residents of the district. The program helps adults earn a diploma or high school credits via GED and prior learning. Contact Lynne Rusley at 653 5364 for details.
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Washington
Lynne Rusley
Washington Adult Education
Washington Community School District
Area Ten Community College
Washington High School
U. S
Area Ten
Service men honored with training, duty assignments
Sergeant Guy R. Danielson of Riverside Iowa graduates with honors at Sheppard AFB Texas from U S Air Force computer operators course and will serve with Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB Hawaii. Leonard S Laffoon of Washington Iowa serves aboard USS Leonard F Mason off Vietnam coast performing radioman duties and aiding gunfire support. ship uses air spotters for target location.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Guy R. Danielson
Ann Danielson
Riverside
Iowa
Sheppard Afb
U. S. Air Force
Danielson
Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Pacific Air Forces
Clarion
University of Iowa
University of Maine
Leonard F. Mason
Leonard S. Laffoon
USN
Paul W. Laffoon
Washington
Vietnam
Mason
Former preacher won't be teaching in Massena Iowa
MASSENA Iowa United Press International reports a 39 year old Methodist minister Stephen Cree who had signed a contract to teach science at the Cumberland Massena Community School District will not teach this fall Superintendent Collins Bower said. Bower rejected claims Cree will be paid from the contract anyway noting reports are incomplete and inaccurate. Cree drew controversy after writing The New Act of Sex while pastor at Montrose Melrose and New Boston churches. Residents pressed the district to block Cree from teaching and offered to pay him not to start next week.
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Massena
Iowa
UPI
Cumberland - Massena
Collins Bower
Bower
Stephen Cree
United Methodist
Cree
Inflation Trends and Price Shifts Across Sectors
The report highlights ongoing inflation pressures from a federal pay rise with shifts in industrial, lumber, and steel prices. It notes lumber price leveling due to housing slump, steel prices up 4.5 percent with steel mill outputs forming 44 percent, and farm prices easing while wholesale food prices held steady. Retail trade runs 3 percent above last year, 5 percent higher year to date, signaling broader price transmission.
September 1 Last Day Busy Season at City Pool
The Washington Municipal swimming pool closes Labor Day September 1 after a late start due to maintenance and weather. Attendance neared 30 000 this season with 800 plus on several days. Family season tickets doubled to 21 and more than 450 children’s tickets sold. Total receipts near 8 000, compared with 8 515 last year. Red Cross program had 800 children this year with 160 daily attendees and six weeks of classes including Life Saving and instructor courses.
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Washington Municipal Swimming Pool
Greg Goodell
Red Cross
Webb speaks on youth at Rotary on The New Generation
R. H. Webb director of public relations Iowa Southern Utilities Co. Centerville presented The New Generation at the Rotary Club meeting. He noted one million Iowa youths under 25 and an expected 100 million in that age group nationally by 1971. He said today’s youth seek meaningful lives, believe in basic goodness, and want practical guidance. Al Chebuhar chaired the program.
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Rotary Club
R. H. Webb
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Centerville
Webb
Iowa
Mr. Webb
al Chebuhar
Rotary Program
Me lissa Zager visits Iowa kin and anniversary plans
Three year old Me lissa Zager, daughter of the Mike Zagers, has returned from a visit with Aunt and Uncle Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burns and cousin Diane in Iowa City. Visiting over the weekend are Wayne Wolverton of Forsyth Missouri and Rev Kenneth McGehee of Atchison Kansas, sisters Mrs. Wolverton, Mrs. McGehee and Mrs. Carris. They plan to attend the fiftieth anniversary for cousins Mr. and Mrs. D A McConnell in Waterloo Sunday.
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Melissa Zager
Mike Zagers
Frank Burns
Diane
Iowa City
Leland Carris
Tom Berdo
Wayne Wolverton
Forsyth
Kenneth McGehee
Atchison, Kan
Wolverton
McGehee
Carris
Wolvertons
McGehees
D. A. McConnell
Waterloo
Czechs warned by Reds over anti-Soviet protests
Prague reports an intensified crackdown after three days of anti-Soviet demonstrations across major cities. The Communist party said counter revolutionaries caused the unrest, placing official deaths at five but noting unofficial counts up to 12. Police said about 920 protesters were arrested, with hundreds detained in Prague and Brno.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Prague Radio
Presidium
Central Committee
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Native of Ainsworth Floyd Edmondson Dies at 80
Floyd Edmondson 80 of 308 East Harrison Washington died August 22 1969 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after two weeks of illness. Funeral services pending at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Born October 30 1888 in Ainsworth he married Blanche Willey January 17 1912. He belonged to Ainsworth Methodist Church and was a retired farmer. Surviving: three sons Clair Ames Preston Columbus Junction Richard Casper WV. two daughters Myra Piotrowskie Muscatine Correne Hendrickson Kalona. 17 grandchildren. one brother Earl Loveland Cole. Wife and a son preceded him.
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Floyd Edmondson
East
Harrison Street
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Ainsworth Cemetery
Mr. Edmondson
Ainsworth
John C
Rebecca Dyche Edmondson
Ains
Reservists taken off Belfast streets
In Belfast Northern Ireland Lt Gen Sir Ian Freeland said Protestant dominated B Special reservists will be relieved from riot duty and weapons moved to central armories. The 8000 member force faced criticism after nine deaths in sectarian rioting as Catholics pressed the move to central control.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Bspecial
Ian Freeland
Freeland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Ulster Special Constabulary
Londonderry
Regular Army
T.A.V.R
Territorial and Volunteer Reserve
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republic
Reward upped in Burlington murder case
In Burlington Iowa the Burlington Hawk-Eye raises the reward to 1000 dollars for convicting the killer of Dorothy Miller a 48 year old real estate saleswoman found slain in a closet after showing a house Monday night The Iowa Association of Realtors and the Burlington Association of Realtors added 500 dollars to the pool and police pursued few leads amid reports of suspicious men and a dark haired suspect who drove her car to a nearby drugstore after the murder
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Burlington, Iowa
UPI
Burlington
Gulfport Chapel Scrubbed After Camille Destruction
In Gulfport Mississippi churchwomen scrub mud from First Baptist Church pews as National Guardsmen search surrounding marshes for hurricane victims. A 30 foot sailboat lies in the churchyard and officials report bodies found in inaccessible swampy areas. Death toll figures vary with estimates over 200 but funeral directors report about 110 recovered in local homes. Camille’s remnants stretch north to Virginia bringing heavy rains and flash floods killing dozens.
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Gulfport, Miss
UPI
National
John H. Traylor Jr
Gulfport
First Baptist
Gulf of Mexico
Seabees
A. W. Lang
Williams
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Camille
Virginia
Pass Christian
Fined in multiple court cases across jurisdictions
James W. Herdlicka was fined five dollars in a breach of peace case in Justice of the Peace Court. In District Court on August 21 two truck drivers were fined for overloaded rigs. John K. Dayton paid one hundred nineteen dollars and forty cents while Donald W. Bramblett paid one hundred forty seven dollars and forty cents.
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James W. Herdlicka
Justice of the Peace Court
John K. Dayton
Donald W. Bramblett
Asian leaders call for coordinated US effort in Asia
Park warned that aggressive North Korean Communists remain a problem despite Seoul's support for Nixon's Vietnam policy. He stopped short of asking for more US aid, urging Asians and Americans to coordinate initiatives to ensure effective regional stability and progress.
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Park
Seoul
Nixon
U.S
United States
Asia
Gift Pack drive aids servicemen in Vietnam
Spicesmen for the VFW and Auxiliary units in Washington today appealed to area residents to support the current Gift Pack drive to provide gifts for American fighting men in Viet Nam. Packs contain 28 items and sell for 6 dollars each or 5 dollars if five or more are bought. Dispatched to men in the field by chaplains in Vietnam. A Mutual Broadcasting System program will air Sunday afternoon. Leaflets with details available from VFW and Auxiliary officials here.
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VFW
Washington
Vietnam
Mutual Broadcasting System
Yoders Attend Regional Family Reunion in Illinois
Kalona August 19 Lee Schwimley plans a move to an apartment in Kalona Golden Palace. Several families traveled from Sharon and Des Moines areas to attend Hoch stetler reunion in Arthur Illinois. Visits span West Bend Minnesota Des Moines Evanston Wisconsin and Iowa City with multiple relatives listed.
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Kalona
Lee Schwimley
Sharon
Golden Palace
Delmar Glen Yoder
Frank Yoder
Mary
Arthur
Illinois
Hochstetler
Roy Pewitt
Sheila
West Bend
Iowa
Minnesota
L. J. Keifer
James Keifer
al Iverson
Des Moines
Ellis Swartzendruber
Darwin
Larry
Wiscasin
Marilyn
Susan Grimes
Evanston
Dale K. Gingerich
Mrs. Gingerich
Birthday greeting from Nixon reaches North English boy
Kim Morse, a 14 year old with muscular dystrophy, received a birthday card from President Nixon after his aunt asked Congress man Fred Schwengel to arrange a greeting. Schwengel requested the president send a salute, praising Kim’s courage and cheerful spirit. The note encourages Kim to have a happy birthday.
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North English
Iowa
UPI
Nixon
Kim Morse
Kim
Dean Morse
Harriet Ball
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Schwengel
Eyespot disease found in Iowa corn fields
Eyespot disease, a fungal infection in corn, has been detected in parts of Iowa. Brown ring spots on leaves with yellow halos appear early, progressing to leaf browning. Iowa State University plant pathologists seek reports to gauge impact on yields. Farmers should contact County Extension Director Jim Frier or write James Reynolds at 101 Bessey Hall, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50010.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
James E. Reynolds
Iowa State
Reynolds
Jim Frier
Bessey Hall
Ames
Scouts Go Skating and Plan Annual Picnic
Pack 243 held a skating party Monday night for 49 attendees including boys and families. The annual picnic is set for Sunday, August 24 at 6 p.m. in Sunset Park, with each family supplying enough food and cold watermelon provided.
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Cut Scout Pack
Sunset Park
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