Mourer Family Wins Iowa Soil Conservation Farm Family Honor
Ray Mourer family farm near Richland earned Washington County's first entry as the 1971 Farm Family winner in the Iowa Soil Conservation Achievement contest. The banquet at Captain's Table in Des Moines honored Mourer and his conservation work on 500 acres near Lake Darling, including contour farming, terraces, waterways, mulch tillage, tile drainage, and wildlife planting.
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Washington County
Iowa Soil Conservation
Ray Mourer
Richland
Iowa Farm Register
Des Moines Register
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Winnie
Kirk
Bret
Paul Boettcher
District Scs
Jim Frier
Lake Darlin
Lake Darling
FHA
Mourers
Iowa
Atepgory
Maorers
Charles Nettles
Mour
Bill Greiner
State Department of
Students to Dismiss Early for District Curriculum Meetings
Washington Community School District students will be dismissed at 2 p.m. on Monday December 6 to allow teachers to attend building based curriculum study meetings. Classes return to normal on Tuesday December 7. Georgia State Patrol tests 140 mph experimental pursuit car from American Motors for three weeks across six divisions after praise from Alabama officials.
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Washington Community School
Atlanta
UPI
Georgia State Patrol
Bill Wilson
Public Safety Department
American Motors
Wilson
Alabama
Brighton Youth Robert Fox Remains In Serious Condition
Robert Vernon Fox 19 remained in serious condition at University Hospital Iowa City after a Thursday morning crash on the Skunk River Bridge a mile north of Brighton. His car was destroyed in the accident and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs Vernon S. Fox.
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Robert Vernon Fox
University Hospital
Iowa City
Fox
Skunk River
Brighton
Vernon S. Fox
Cambodian Army Abandons Towns as Reds Advance on Highway 6
About 200 wounded Cambodian soldiers and dependents were flown into Phnom Penh after the army abandoned two towns and 25 miles of Highway 6 to Communist forces. Civilians fled south as Lon Nol ordered the retreat with U.S. air support. Vietnamese air support helicopters were sent but their role remained unclear.
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Kompong Thmar
U.S
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Highway 6
Angkor Wat
Saigon
Skoun
Kimpong Thmar
Santuk Hill
Iowa Tonight Light Snow Affects Weather Outlook
Occasional periods of light snow are expected in Iowa tonight with overnight lows from 25 to 30. A chance of snow or rain on Saturday will give way to warmer conditions with highs in the middle to upper 30s.
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Iowa
Iowa Governor Says Commerce Commission Handled Campaign Funds
Gov. Robert D. Ray acknowledged the Iowa Commerce Commission offices were used as a clearinghouse for Democratic campaign contributions during Edgar Storey’s tenure as executive secretary. Storey testified funds came from various state departments and were turned over to others. Ray noted he only learned of this Thursday and stressed such fund raising will not occur under his administration.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Commerce Commission
Edgar Storey
Storey
Commission
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Paul Franzenburg
Ames
Franzenburg
Ray
Commerce
Dick Witt
Witt
ICC
Hughes
Kenneth Benda
Thomas Bolton
George O'Malley
O'Malley
Unemployment Edges Up to 6 Percent in November
The Labor Department reports November jobless rate at 6.0 percent, with the workforce topping 80 million for the first time. White young adults saw most unemployment rise, while overall civilian employment reached a record high despite the count of job seekers increasing by 212000 from October. Average weekly earnings slipped 74 cents to 128.74 dollars, and the work week rose slightly to 37.2 hours. White unemployment rose to 5.7 percent, blacks fell to 9.3 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
BLS
Viet Cong declares multi-day cease fire for holidays
The Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government announces a three day Christmas and New Year truce and a four day Tet cease-fire in South Vietnam. UPI reports the broadcasts were monitored in Saigon as the US and Saigon government did not immediately declare their own truce.
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UPI
Viet Con
Vietnam
Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government
South Vietnam
Liberation
US. Command
U.S
Nixon uses poker play to stall 1972 campaign financing plan
President Nixon outmaneuvered Democrats in a four day conference over a proposed 1972 campaign financing measure. The plan would have redirected tax dollars to parties, but the conference delayed it to beyond 1972, with Nixon signaling veto threats while House votes looked unfavorable. The outcome kept the financing proposal alive only for a later date, while he preserved broader tax relief measures.
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Golda Meir
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Middle East
Meir
U.S
Nixon
UPI
Michael L. Posner
Washington
GOP
House
Senate
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Organized Labor
Mills
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
George Wallace
Byrnes
Burke
James A. Brake
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Riverside
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South Dakota
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Daley
Illinois
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