4-H plans winter activities in Washington County Iowa
4 H workers met in Iowa City to map coming activities for Washington County 4 Hers. The January 30 31 Recreational Leadership Camp will be at Camp Wapsie Y near Central City with 7 county 4 H Council members attending. A senior camp at Camp Wapsie Y is set for February 27 28 for Washington and Johnson counties. The emphasis this year is Citizenship with plans for an eastern state exchange and a citizenship training program including a trip to Washington D C, and a Des Moines Legislature trip for junior high 4 H ers on February 24.
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Jwie Gamon
Iowa City
Washington County
Camp Wapsie Y
Central City
Gamon
Jane Lawton
Johnson County
Washington
Johnson Counties
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Weather Brief for Iowa Cloudy Cold With Snow Chance
United Press International reports Iowa to see cloudy skies and colder conditions tonight with a chance of snow. Lows range from 5 to 10 degrees in the northwest and around 20 in the southeast. Saturday remains cloudy and cold with a continued chance of snow and highs in the 20s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Ray warns on tax plan potential overburdening Iowa
Des Moines Gov. Robert D. Ray criticized the Legislative Tax Study Committee plan to cap property taxes at 20 mills for education. He warned it could trigger a higher income tax or a 3 cent increase in sales tax, urging a balance of property income and sales taxes. He favors local option sales taxes but opposes a statewide wheel tax and stressed the need for revenue sharing. He also discussed rail issues and supported using the Rock Island line for a national network.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Legislative Tax Study Committee
Ray
Jay
Sun Valley
Idaho
National Republican Governors Association
John Volpe
Milwaukee Road
Council Bluffs
Perry
Tama
Marion
Iowa
Rock Island
Iowa City scaffold collapse leaves two dead at university site
Oscar Tappan 47 of Riverside and Jack Main 26 of West Branch were killed when a temporary scaffold gave way at a University of Iowa music complex construction site. Frank Miller 29 of Kalona and Glen Heeren 31 of Center Junction remained critically injured at University Hospitals Iowa City. Jerry Stonge, 30s, of Coralville escaped the fall. The workers employed by Arthur H Neumann Brothers Inc. of Des Moines, the general contractor. Services for Oscar Tappan Jr. will be held Saturday in Iowa City.
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Riverside
Kalona
University of Iowa
Oscar Tappan
Jack Main
West Branch
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Frank Miller
Glen Heeren
Rural Center Junction
Jerry Stonge
Coralville
Stonge
Miller
Oscar Tappan Jr
George L. Gay
Nichols Cemetery
Mr. Tappan
Hills
Oscar
Bessie Westfall Tappan
Lone Tree High School
Neumann Brothers
Rosemarie Goldsberry
Kahoka
Zion American Lutheran Church
Eagles Lodge
Joe Rodgers
Orville
Washington
Sheldon
Clifford Idle
Columbus Junction
Hoover shrugs off racial remarks by FBI chief
In Washington, Nixon and FBI director J Edgar Hoover appear to ignore congressional protests over alleged slurs toward Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans. Rep. Edward Roybal said a White House aide gave a noncommittal reply to his request for Hoover's resignation, while Sen. Montoya reported no reply to his appeal for apublic apology.
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Roybal
Montoya
Hoover
Time Magazine
FBI
Nixon
William E.timmons
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Medina blames faulty reports in My Lai case
Defense attorney Lee Bailey said intelligence reports used by Captain Ernest L. Medina to order the wiping out of My Lai were totally incorrect. Medina faces a closed hearing on potential court martial over the deaths linked to Lt. William L. Calley Jr and the March 16 1968 operation.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Lee Bailey
Bailey
Medina
William L. Calley Jr
Charlie Company
St. Benning
Hughes backs aid to farmers at NFO gathering
Sen. Harold Hughes of Iowa told the National Farmers Organization convention in Louisville that the government must step in to prevent economic exploitation of farmers by powerful interests. He urged federal action to balance production with consumption and support for family farmers. He praised farmer unity as central to a new farmer revolution and pledged continued support.
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Louisville
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Lowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Hughes
Washington
Iowa Democrat
Riots Spread Across Baltic Coast as Polish City Unrest Grows
Riots over 20 percent food price hikes and fuel costs flare in Gdansk and nearby cities. Polish troops and armored cars patrol a 200 mile front with orders to shoot on sight. Reports from Szczecin Slupsk and Gdynia describe looting arson and party headquarters burned.
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Warsaw
UPI
Zeran
Baltic Seacoast
Szczecin
Slupsk
Poznan
Poland
Gdansk
Gdynia
Sopot
Slubsk
Communist Party
Wroclaw Breslau
Old City Market
Warsaw Radio
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Baltic
Cyrankiewicz
Gydnia
Copenhagen
Ekstra Bladet
Jacob Andersen
Andersen
Stockholm
Swedish Broadcasting Corp
Mean thief steals gifts from Bakersfield children
In Bakersfield the theft of crafts, two record players, and a television from the Association of Retarded Children Center provoked a huge donor response. Gary Fuller of KAFY organized replacements as Safeway and other donors sent gifts, cash, and support for a big party that night to lift the 26 children aged three to twelve.
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Bakersfield, Calif
UPT
Association of Retarded Children Center
Gary R. Fuller
KAFY
Fuller
Safeway
Oakland
Los Angeles
Intercepted Memo on Poles and Pluralito Rhetoric
An obscure intercepted memo from Warsaw questions cultural and political divides among Poles and others, speculating on identity, allegiance, and social friction. The note hints at personal letters and ambiguous loyalties, with a strangerly inquiry into possible divisions within a community.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
D. L. Rater
Rater
Iowa Department of Social Services
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Davenport
UPS
United Meatcutters and Packinghouse Workers Union
Moline
Ill
Green Bay
Wis
Julie Ann Brandt
Brown County
James Beyers
Crowland
England
Julie Head
Joy Head
Denver
Apex Spa Club
Sed Federal
Spiro T. Agnew
Iowa Commerce Commission
U.S. Department of Transportation
Jean Frazer
Peggy Llewellyn
Washington Junior High
Rosemary Pacha
Journal
Brian Young
Kathi
Lisa
Santa Claus
Rotary Club
YWCA
Santa
Perfex Corporation
T. R. Phillips
Discount House
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