Farm pest talk and obituary notes at Washington meeting
Iowa State University entomologist Jerald DeWitt spoke to area dealers on pest thresholds for field crops and corn borer management highlighting weather effects and resistant hybrids. Separate obituary notes Mrs. Donald Norton, 55, died Dec 19, 1973 in Washington, Iowa after a long illness. funeral 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Jerald DeWitt
Iowa State University
Ramada Inn
Iowa City
DeWitt
Towa
Jennings
Donald Norton
North Third Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Sherman-Eden
Frank Dunn Jr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Edna I. Mayo
O. R
Goldie (Mace) Mayo
Chickasha
Okla
Donald B. Norton
Rebekah Lodge
Donald Jr
Ronald
Washington
0. R. Mayo
Maurice
Darien
Bank robber who sought arrest fails to be caught
James Hiawatha McGraw, 28, of LaGrange Georgia, phoned the FBI to confess robbing the First Western Bank for 817 dollars to finance a trip home. He said he would surrender at the La Brea Tar Pits but police could not locate him, and he later went to the FBI office. Estimated Friday receipts include 1,200 cattle and 1,000 hogs.
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Los Angeles
UPI
James Hiawatha McGraw
McGraw
LaGrange
FBI
First Western Bank
la Brea
Richland families plan holiday events
Richland residents map Christmas gatherings from December 23 to 28. Howard and John Adrian host family meals with multiple relatives attending from Keota Ollie Brighton and Woodbridge and guests in Rochester St Paul and Washington. Cletus Yoder hosts Christmas day gathering with extended Yoder and James families.
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Vun Lon Richland
Howard Adrian
John Adrian
Jerry Adrian
Dave Dickey
Adrian
Jeremy Jr
Debbie Wittetoe
Will Adam
Omer Adam
Don ‘Adam
Bob Sobaski
Richard Adam
Paul Hammes
Keota
Keith Leppert
Don Adams
John Pacha
Josephine
Leo Adam
George Sheridan
Ollie
Jim Redlinger
Washington
Paul Pacha
Brighton
Charles Pacha
Woodbridge
Delbert Hesseltine
Oxford
Leo Adams
Tony Casalanovo
Lisa
Rochester
Minn
Keith Jones
St. Paul
Johnny Adam
Joe
Phil Adam
Monna Drish
Coleman Bragg
Cletus Yoder
Larry Yoder
Iowa City
Dean James
Richard James
Kathy Teno
Rex Foreman
Sigourney
Edna Hafferty
Lyle Wolf
Packwood
Fairfield Engineering
Walton Club
Fairfield
Ineligibles on U S welfare rolls hit 40 percent
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger announced in a UPI report that four of every ten AFDC families are ineligible or mispaid, costing taxpayers 1.17 billion annually. The study of 44,000 recipients showed 10.2 percent ineligible, 22.8 percent overpaid, and 8.1 percent underpaid, with state variations and calls to curb fraud.
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Washington
UPI
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar W. Weinberger
HEW
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Weinberger
AFDC
New York State
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Arkansas
Maine
Aspen
Robert B. Carleson
Mennonite Church to stage Crossroad to Bethlehem
Washington Mennonite Church members will appear in Crossroad to Bethlehem, a Christmas production. Performances are Friday and Sunday at 7 30 pm, inviting the public to attend the two shows on December 21 and December 23.
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Washington Mennonite Church
Bethlehem
Reformed Church Hosts Family Night Dinner
Members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church held a cooperative family night at the church on Wednesday. Hostess Mrs. Ray Blair organized the event with seasonal table decorations by Mrs. Don Wilson and Mrs. Ray Wilson. Food committee members included Mrs. Ralph Howell and Mrs. Charles Bartholow. After the meal, Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Gerald Vandenburg entertained the children while parents visited. Special guests included Mrs. George Masson Sr. and family, Mrs. Martha Moore and Jean, Keith and George, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brinning. Birthday honors went to Tim Brinning, Jean Moore, and Charles Bartholow, along with the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Duain Johnson.
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Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ray Blair
Don Wilson
Ray Wilson
Ralph Howell
Charles Bartholow
Blair
Gerald Vandenburg
George Masson Sr
George Masson Jr
Open House Honors Mr and Mrs Rice on 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Rice were honored Saturday with an Open House for their 50th wedding anniversary. Hosts were their children Don De Guerre North Canton Ohio and Dave Lancaster Cedar Rapids along with families. About 100 guests signed the book as Cindy Rice greeted them.
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Don Long Richland
Willard Rice
Don de Guerre
North Canton
Ohio
Dave Lancaster
Cedar Rapids
Cindy Rice
Paul McClintic
Don Bishop
Lloyd Rice
Spencer
Raymond Rice
Elmhurst
Illinois
de Guerre
Methodist Woman's Society Christmas Tea Draws 80 Attendees
Ten years ago in snowy weather eighty people attended the annual WSCS Christmas Tea at Fellowship Hall of the church. Each member received a personal invitation as an original poem written by Mrs. Paul Harvey.
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Methodist Woman's Society
Fellowship Hall
WSCS
Paul Harvey
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Norton
Jerry Gogan
Cedar Rapids Area
Gogan
Ford
Dobrynin
Gerald R. Ford
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Betty
Today Show
Nixon
Clint Eastwood
The
State Theater
Santa Claus
Des Moines
Chicago
Iowa
Joliet
Richland
Heritage Water
Just
Delta Super Sure
Truc
Perdock Inc
Cadillac
U.S
Reformed Church
Mrs. Rice
Cologne
Prince Matchabelli
Drug Store
Washington, Iowa
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