Armed Robber Demands Cash At Pratt's APCO station
Ted Pratt, attendant at Pratt's APCO on East Washington Street in Washington, surrendered about $450 in cash when an armed man demanded station receipts. The suspect, about 5 ft 10 in, 155 lbs, with a mustache, wore a brown and gold corduroy jacket and blue jeans. Police and sheriff's officers investigate. first armed robbery in Washington in a long time.
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Ted Pratt
Pratt
APCO
East Washington Street
Washington
Ted
City and Sheriff's
Dunton Named Head of Iowa Appropriations Committee
Dunton L Thornburg appointed chairman of the Iowa House Appropriations Committee overseeing state bills and fiscal policy. He is a veteran representative for the 88th district Washington and Keokuk Counties and aims to keep the state fiscally sound. He also announced Jack Reed of Washington High School will serve as a legislative page January to April.
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Wxep
Ettn Dunton
L-Thornburg
Appropriations
Iowa
House of Representatives
Dunton
Washington
Keokuk
Des Moines
Jack Reed
Robert Reed
Reed
Training planned for 4-H club officers in Washington County
Washington County 4-H Council sets Friday December 27 for officer training with two sessions. The first runs 9 to 11 30 a.m. at the Christian Church in Washington, the second 1 30 to 3 p.m. at the Farmers Savings Bank in Kalona. Special training includes a video on 4-H educational presentations loaned by TV Lab of Washington. Secretaries and treasurers may pick up record books, historians to bring the club book, and each club should send a delegate for recreation training. Council leaders include Beliel, Peiffer, Rae, Shaffer, Knupp, Sojka, Frazer, Barnes, and Guy.
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Washington County
4-1
Julia Gamon
The
Christian Church
Washington
Farmers Savings Bank
Kalona
TV Lab
Richard Fisher
Keota
Stephanie Beliel
Linda Peiffer
Vicki Rae
Paula Shaffer
Carl Knupp
Matt Sojka
Barb Frazer
David Barnes
Phil Guy
Brighton
Six Sugar Firms Indicted in Price Rigging Case
Six sugar refining companies face federal indictments for price rigging across 23 states. The grand jury began 14 months ago and heard testimony from more than 100 witnesses. Antitrust suits target California Arizona markets and the Midwest while naming the National Sugar Beet Growers Federation as a defendant in Colorado.
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San Francisco
UPI
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Justice Department
California & Hawaiian Sugar Co
Holly Sugar Corp
Consolidated Foods Corp
California-Arizona
Las Vegas
Reno
New
C&h and
Holly
Amalgamated Sugar
American Crystal Sugar
Great ‘Western Sugar
Midwest
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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Oklahoma
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Texas
Wisconsin
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National Sugar Beet Growers Federation
Greeley
Colo
Intermountain Northwest
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Fulbright attacks trade bill over Soviet emigration and loans
Senate Foreign Relations Chair J William Fulbright condemned the international trade bill as undermining detente by restricting loans to the Soviet Union and pressuring Moscow to ease emigration. He warned the measure reflects Congress skepticism toward communism and favors a harsher stance than the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
Congress
House
Senate
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Fulbright
D-Ark
Russia
U.S
Nixon
Ford
White House
China
NBC
Moscow
State Department
United States
Indochina
Rockefeller takes oath as vice president in Senate ceremony
Nelson Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president in a Senate ceremony after the House confirmed him 287 to 128. At age 66 he faced a four month political battle, with Ford hoping Rockefeller will lead a fresh push on inflation and recession while possibly heading a new Domestic Policy Board.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A Rockefeller
Senate
Ford
House
Rockefeller
Congress
New York
America
Four-Vehicle Collision on East Washington Street Injures Two
A chain reaction crash near the United Presbyterian Home on East Washington Street injured two people. Margaret R. Willson and Eleanora Ross sustained neck injuries after four cars piled up when the lead vehicles stopped and a fourth car struck from behind. Damage was pegged at $1,175.
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United Presbyterian Home
East Washington Street
Margaret R. Willson
Galesburg
Ill
Eleanora Ross
Route
Columbus Junction
Illinois
Donald ‘Albert Anderson
Brighton
Anderson
Bradley Dwayne Wenghaus
Mt. Union
Marie Delilah Willson
West Burlington
Mrs
Welcome Home Sign Reads In Russian For Airman Greg Gingerich
In Wellman the Gingerich family unveils a front lawn sign welcoming their son Airman Gregory D. Gingerich home from Monterey California. He serves in the Russian language program and will read the message as Welcome Home upon his return.
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Donald Gingerich
Wellman
Gregory D. Gingerich
Gingerich
Monterey
California
Jobless in Iowa Rise to Three Percent in November
Iowa's unemployment rate climbed to 3 percent in November from 2.1 percent in October, placing about 31 000 residents out of work. Officials blame seasonal cutbacks for much of the rise while noting roughly 20 percent of jobless cases are non seasonal. Walt Crede of the Town Employment Security Commission questions the exact causes and says the broader pattern is unclear.
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United Press
Iowa
Crede
Ray
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Department of Public Instruction
DPI
State Board of Regents
Regents
Courthouse to Close Early on Two Tuesdays
Washington County courthouse offices will close at noon on Tuesday December second and Tuesday December thirty first announced by the Board of Supervisors. The courthouse will also be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
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Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Prices rise in November and shrink purchasing power
The CPI rose 0.9 percent in November, lifting the index to 154.3 and reducing the average weekly paycheck to 157.47 dollars. Real terms, that pay fell to 102.05 in 1967 dollars, the lowest since 1967, with annual earnings down 5.6 percent.
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Washington
Art
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather Outlook for Town Zone 13 Snow Tonight and Saturday
Occasional snow ends tonight with 1 to 2 inches possible in the north. Decreasing clouds late tonight with a low near 20. Light north winds. Highs Saturday around 30. Snow chances listed at 30 percent for tonight.
ISU distributes refunds as gas rates rise for 13 communities
Iowa Southern Uunities Co. says 13 communities will get a bill credit this month while retail gas rates increase. Manager Leonard DeHoet notes the refund stems from a Natural Gas Pipeline Co. ruling and FPC actions. The residential rate rise is 1.08 cents per hundred cubic feet, about 2.16 dollars per 200 Cef, with 1 600 Cef yearly usage. Affected towns include Ainsworth Columbus City Columbus Junction Grandview Harper Keota Letts New Virginia Osceola Truro Washington West Chester What Cheer. DeHoet warns further increases may come as inflation and resource pressures push energy prices higher.
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Iowa Southern Uunities Co
Leonard DeHoet
Iowa Southern
Town Southern
Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Federal Power Commission
ISU
Towa Southern
FPC
Ainsworth
Columbus City
Columbus Junction
Grandview
Harper
Keota
Letts
New Virginia
Osceola
Truro
Washington West Chester
What Cheer
DeHoet
Iowa budget hearings flag need for four million for Vietnam bonuses
Iowa Bonus Board executive secretary Ray Kauffman told Governor Ray at budget hearings that at least four million dollars more are needed for 1975 76 to cover the rising Vietnam bonus claims. He cited 100000 claims already filed with 4410 unpaid and daily additions, amid a 325670 dollar balance.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Bonus Board
Iowa
Ray Kauffman
Robert D. Ray
Kauffman
Ray
Keith Dunton
D-Thornburg
House Appropriations Committee
Elmer Vermeer
Dunton
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Tony) Hancock
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