Multiple United States briefs from Des Moines to Pittsburgh
Des Moines appoints Mount Pleasant attorney Harlan W. Bainter as 1st District judge replacing resigning Huiskamp with a term expiring January 1, 1973. In Beckley snow absence ends Bald Knob Slopes closure, Sanna and Jackson take full-time jobs elsewhere. A Belvedere police station turns up as a Scotland Yard ad for $16,200. West Virginia governor receives a three-television gift from state officials. In Pittsburgh Holly Skodol and Noel Wilson plan to marry after meeting in 1968. bride is a nursing professor.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Mount Pleasant
Harlan W. Bainter
W.L. Huiskamp
Keokuk
Bainter
Henry
Lee
Louisa
Beckley
W. Va
Paul Sanna
Ralph Jackson
Bald Knob
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Holly
Noel
Holly Skodol
Noel Wilson
Murphy to head local campaign for Congress in Washington
Gary Murphy named Washington Community Chairman to head Dave Stanley's campaign for United States Congress in the Washington area. Murphy, Lincoln Elementary School principal, Rotary Interact chair, active in 4-H and farm youth exchanges, and husband to Karen with son Derek, serves in local church leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gary Murphy
Dave Stanley
United States Congress
Murphy
Stanley
Roger Ferris
Lincoln Elementary
Interact
Washington Rotary Club
Iowa
National Education Associations
National Association of
International Farm Youth Exchange
Karen
Derek
Murphy’s
First Presbyterian Church
California hits twenty million population mark
California reached an estimated population of 20 million, the state’s population experts reported in Sacramento. Nels Rasmussen of the Department of Finance said growth over the past two years supports the figure, though the exact 20 millionth Californian remains unidentified.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Nels Rasmussen
State Department of Finance
Iowa could shift marketing of agriculture to other agencies
Gov. Ray’s 60 member economy committee urges moving marketing functions from the Iowa Department of Agriculture to state agencies and strengthening roles for the Iowa Development Commission. The plan could save about 85 000 dollars yearly, with total savings and income increases from the recommendations at about 490 000 annually. The report also calls phasing out state appropriations to several agricultural associations and funding them by member dues.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Iowa State University
Iowa Development Commission
Agriculture Department
Iowa State Dairy Association
Dairy
Iowa Beef Producers
Iowa Swine Producers
Horticultural Society
Iowa Crop Improvement
Sheep Promotion Division
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Congress ends year with a mixed progress assessment
Congress closed its first session of the 91st Congress amid mixed reviews from leaders. GOP chief Gerald Ford labeled it a do nothing session, while Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield praised its productivity and shift toward homefront needs. Tax loopholes narrowed, taxes reduced, and Social Security payments boosted by 15 percent next month. Draft reform awaits a second session starting January 19, and Nixon crime measures saw little action. Liberal Democrats signaled a tougher tack against administration favoritism toward wealthier interests.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Post Office Department
House
Senate
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Poore pleads guilty in largest Iowa embezzlement case
BEDFORD Iowa UPI Former Taylor County Treasurer Ward Poore pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzling public funds in Taylor County District Court. He resigned after State Auditor Lloyd Smith reported a fund shortage of 162000, the largest in Iowa history, spanning 1966 to 1969. Sentencing set for January 23. Poore free on 25000 bond.
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Bedford
Iowa
UPI
Taylor County
Ward Poore
Poore
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Local man hired after council approves his yard work
Second career in Newport Pagnell sees Harry Stephenson, 74, start by cleaning his front walk. Council approves a regulation brush and trash can, then he trims grass and plants flowers. On Tuesday, he is put on the payroll for 30 cents a week.
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Newport Pagnell
England
UPI
Harry Stephenson
Harry
Oil washes ashore along 22 miles of Santa Barbara beaches
Patches of crude on the ocean surface lapped the coast along scattered sections of 22 miles of beaches. An aerial survey showed the oil spreading but no longer threatening beaches. Seabirds were coated by the latest seepage while state officials said harm to marine life appeared negligible. Union Oil said cleanup was held up until seas cleared.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Coast Guard
Santa Barbara Channel
Union Oil Co
Rincon Beach
Walter Putman
State Department of Fish and Game
Union Oil
Seek transfer of James Earl Ray
An attorney for James Earl Ray compared his imprisonment to Nazi practices in a federal brief filed Tuesday seeking transfer from Tennessee State Prison. Ray argued he does not seek release but could work in roles with less exposure, while the state says moving him from maximum security would endanger his life.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Tennessee State Prison
Robert W. Hill Jr
Chattanooga
Public notices today probate of will and executors
Notice of probate of will and appointment of executors for the estates of Charity Mae Sturgeon and Ella Romine. Public legal notices run today as listed on page 4.
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Mae Sturgeon
Ella Romine
Prisoners of War Named by Peace Group Visitors
Three prisoners identified as Mark Gartley Paul Gordon Brown and Bill Mayhew spoke to visitors in Hanoi and sent 138 letters home. Cora Weiss Madeline Duckles and Ethel Taylor released the list of 132 POWs and mailed letters from San Francisco after returning from Vietnam. The women praised antiwar sentiment and reported strong prisoner morale.
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San Francisco
UPI
Hanoi
Cora Weiss
New York City
Madeline Duckles
Berkeley
Calif
Ethel Taylor
Philadelphia
Mark Gartley
Greensville
Maine
Paul Gordon Brown
Newton
Mass
Bill Mayhew
New Manchester
W.va
Women’s Strike For Peace
Iowa Farm Bureau urges school district income tax plan
The Iowa Farm Bureau proposes a local school district income tax to fund schools and ease property taxes. It calls for state aid reform tied to average costs per pupil, stronger eminent domain protections, and elimination of the livestock personal property tax to aid Iowa’s livestock industry.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
The
Farm Bureau
Iown
Still Echoes From Past Scrooges In Dickens London
Still echoes of Dickens London linger amid postwar redevelopment near the Bank of England. The scene recalls Ebenezer Scrooge as the fog, soot and old counting houses fade, while new insurance towers rise, cobbles asphalted, and Christmas dimly endures in a changing city. Travelers in Iowa face overnight snow warnings with 1 to 3 inch accumulations and frigid temperatures.
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London
UPI
Bank of England
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Scrooge
St. Michael’s
Cornhill
George Yard
Insurance Company
Castle Court
Bengal Court
St. Martin's Court
Intercepted Memo Welcomes Washington Residents
A terse intercepted note from WEJ to Washington residents wishes them a merry Christmas. The message emphasizes a white Christmas sentiment and uses formal closing.
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Scotland Yard
Belvedere
Kent
Charleston
Executive Branch
Arch A. Moore Jr
Nge
Santa
Ywca Rotary
YMCA
Washington County
Joette Swartzendruber
Miss Swartzendruber
Journal
United Press International
Strauss Turnbull and Co
Wej
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