Y's Men's Play Never Too Late on Sale This Saturday
Reserved seat tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday at Osincup Drug for Y's Men's Play Never Too Late. The Broadway and film comedy is based at Washington High School auditorium on Feb 14 15 16 and 17. Navy Lt Joe Scranton son of Mr and Mrs Robert Scranton of Washington is escort officer for first returning Vietnam POWs. He will report from California to the Philippine Islands for two weeks before joining the POW mission.
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Osincup
Washington High School
Navy
Joe Scranton
Robert Scranton
Washington
Vietnam
Scranton
California
Philippine Islands
McIntyre asserts oil shortages were deliberate to force price hikes
New England Senator Thomas J. McIntyre charges major oil firms allowed home heating oil shortages to compel government price increases. He links lack of true competition and quotas to crippling fuel shortages, and notes the Office of Emergency Preparedness is crafting a national petroleum rationing plan.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Cost of Living Council
Middle West
McIntyre
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Council
Washington County Winter Market Hog Show set for Feb 20
The 16th annual Washington County Winter Market Hog Show will be held Tuesday February 20 at Washington Livestock Auction Market. Entries are due 4 to 6 30 pm with judging at 7 and placings at 730 pm. Three pigs per farm unit weigh 200 to 240 pounds. Truckload class requires six pigs with three barrows. Entry fees 2 per pig and 10 for truckload. Premiums total 100 for live show and 50 for carcass. Pigs will be slaughtered at Bath Packing. Awards presented at County Association Banquet March 10.
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Washington County
Washington
Marian Owens
Washington County Pork Producer's Association
FFA
Bath Packing Company
State Park Producers
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Washington County Association
K.C
Winter Weather Advisory Forecast Narrow Window
Snow will end tonight with 1 to 3 inches more possible. North winds 10 to 20 mph may cause blowing and drifting, making travel hazardous at times. Clearing Thursday, winds diminishing, colder. Highs around 20s today, lows 5 to 10, Thursday upper teens to low 20s. Measurable snow probability 80 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight, near zero percent Thursday.
Fitzgerald ACLU fight tests White House privilege
At a Civil Service Commission hearing Air Force secretary Robert Seamans refused to reveal White House communications about Ernest Fitzgerald whose firing over C5A costs sparked a legal fight. Bodner and ACLU pressed for proof of retaliation. Seamans cited privilege as the transcript dispute escalates. The case centers on whether Fitzgerald’s ouster was punitive or economy driven.
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Washington
UPL
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Civil Service Commission
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans
Ernest Fitzgerald
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
John Bodner
Claude Teagarden
New York
New Yorker
Herman D. Staiman
Bodner
The
ACLU
Fitzgerald
Nixon
Teagarden
White House
Ron Ziegler
Seamans
Starman Seamans
Mans
Stainman
Abortion Law Actions urged by Governor Ray in Iowa
Gov. Robert D. Ray presses for rapid action to align Iowa abortion law with a recent Supreme Court ruling. He urges the Legislature to resolve legal questions surrounding the 115 year old statute, while Senate leaders delay until Feb 22 to discuss possible bills. Ray also notes he is in substantial compliance with the February 1 budget submission deadline.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
U.S Supreme Court
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Richard Turner
Senate
Keota student becomes editor of Kirkwood Communique
Keota native Mike Vincent, 20, editor of Kirkwood Community College weekly Communique, started as a staff helper after dropping out of Keota High in 1970 and finishing his diploma at Kirkwood. He spent 45 to 50 hours weekly editing and reporting, now about 30 hours, planning a journalism career with Iowa State University and Kirkwood expanding journalism offerings.
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Mike Vincent
Keota
Karen Hammes
Marion
Kirkwood Community College
Mike Vincent Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Mike
Robert Vincent
Minneapolis
Department of
Journalism and Mass Communications
Iowa State University
Washington County Pork Producers elect two new directors
At the annual dinner in Washington the Washington County Pork Producers Association named Charles Irwinam of Crawtorasvie and Orlin Reschly of Keota as new board members. The meeting covered expiring terms, remarks by L. M. Hazel of Ames, and reports from officers.
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Charles ‘Rwinam
Crawtorasvie
Orlin Reschly
Keota
Washington County Pork Producers Association
Forest Eubanks
Jim Moeller
L. M. Hazel
Ames
Washington
Dr. Hazel
President Nixon visits Sen Stennis after shooting
President Nixon went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to see Sen. John C. Stennis, hospitalized after a holdup shot him Jan. 30. Nixon said Stennis was in grave but more stable condition and had an excellent spirit with a strong handshake, after a 10 minute visit.
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Washington
U11
Nixon
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Stennis
Mississippi
Democrat
Washington Area Key '73 Names Five Committees
Five standing committees have been appointed by the Washington Area Key '73. A diverse slate of local congregations participates as plans form for a Sunday afternoon religious survey on February 18. Committee members include Rev. Dennis Good and others from Ainsworth Wayland Washington Brighton Wellman for Finance and Publicity plus Survey Mapping Visitation and Training Bible Study committees with pastors and lay members named.
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Washington
Frank Dunn
Joe Engel
Leonard Grieser
James Hanshaw
W. H. Kettlitz
Harold Rixe
Royce B. Roth
Joseph Shimko Jr
Charles Smith
Margaret Work
M. 0. Smith
Lyle Zear
Thom Giuntoli
Deane Clingman
Don Eaton
Robert Freyenberger
Elmer Graber
Phil Kaufman
Dwight Leichty
John M. Owen
Milton Schnicker
Marvin Widmer
Back pay and bonuses await returning POWs
Pentagon officials said hundreds of servicemen held as prisoners in Southeast Asia will receive back pay plus a $5 daily bonus for captivity. Counts include 562 living POWs and 55 reported dead, with eligible claims for substandard food and forced labor. First releases are expected this weekend.
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Washington
UPI
Pfc
Ronald L. Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Houston Leatherneck
Khe Sanh
Missouri
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Mildred Ridgeway
United States
Soviet Union tests hail suppression system with radiograd
Moscow reports a new hail defense using radar to locate storm clouds and chemical rocket bursts to disperse them. A prior method caused harmless clouds to be targeted. The radiograd system has been tested in the Kuba Tabin Highlands of the Caucasus and will roll out nationwide.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Sotsialisticheskaya Industria
Radiograd
Kuba Tabin
Caucasus
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Marlin Owens
Robert Bonar
Robert Carter
Robert Greiner
Don Sheetz
Livestock and Meat Board
Parkettes
Don Fenno
Ralston-Purina Co
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Robert Gatton
Rose Hill
President Nixon
Sen. Stennis
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