Chocolate Shop Beer Permit Reissued By Hearing Board
The Departmental Hearing Board of the Town Beer and Liquor Control overturned the Washington City Council and director decisions removing the Chocolate Shop’s Class B beer permit. The board voted 2 to 1 to re‑issue to Mrs. Delores Craig, citing enforcement of local ordinances over punishing the business for outside disturbances.
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Town Beer and Liquor Control Department
Washington
Chocolate Shop
Des Moines
Delores Craig
Rolland A. Gallagher
Beer and Liquor Control Department
Craigs
Craig
Wellman Planning Zoning Committee Meets in Special Session
Wellman town council and Planning and Zoning Committee met in a special session with Mayor D Duane Tadlock presiding. They discussed duties and how to carry them out, and the council submitted projects for review including sanitation service, baseball field lighting at Municipal Park, sidewalk surveys, townwide issues, and off street parking facilities.
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Wellman
Hall
D. Duane Tadlock
Break-in at Washington VFW Building Reported
City police say a break-in at the VFW hall in Washington was found Friday when thieves entered from a fire escape during the night. About $7 in change was stolen from coin operated devices in the hall.
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VFW
Washington
Bangkok drinking contest ends in death in Chiang Mai market
Two Thai youths, Nakorn Kaepetch and Mr. Kha, staged a $1 drinking bout at a Chiang Mai market. Nakorn drank two and a half bottles of whisky and died, while Kha, who managed one and a half bottles, was in intensive care with serious injuries.
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Bangkok
UPI
Nakorn Kaepetch
Kha
Chiang Mai
Nakorn
School Board to Meet in Washington Community
The Washington Community District board of education will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the senior high school library. Agenda includes the 1974 75 calendar plans to update board policies and discussion of closing Prairie Flower School. Open to the public.
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Washington Community District Board of Education
Prairie Flower School
Weather Town Zone 13 Forecast Shifts to Snow Flurries
Becoming partly cloudy tonight with a chance of snow flurries and lows in the mid teens to upper teens. Winds shift to west at 10 to 15 mph. Sunday turns partly cloudy with snow flurries and colder conditions. Highs are expected to be in the lower range with a 20 percent snow chance tonight and on Sunday.
New Jersey imposes mandatory gasoline rationing
New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne announced a mandatory gas rationing plan starting Monday, citing long lines and station shutdowns. The move marks the third U.S. state to require rationing, with Maryland also set to begin. The system includes staggered sales by license plate and prohibits dealers from selling to motorists with a half tank or more. Vermont official notes regional differences while New England seeks an equitable supply share. Virginia adopts voluntary staggered sales based on an odd even system.
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New Jersey
New England
Virginia
Brendan T. Byrne
Byrne
United States
Hawaii
Maryland
Vermont
Thomas P. Salmon
Massachusetts
Maine
Wayne Whitman
Nixon Owes Taxes Despite Doubt Over Fraud Intent
Senator Russell Long says President Nixon likely owes back taxes for 1969 to 1972, while doubting fraud. Long notes Nixon followed advice from his lawyer and accountant who claimed deductions they believed he could take. The House Senate committee on Internal Revenue Taxation probes backdated gift deeds to the National Archives affecting deductibility.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Sen
Russell
Long
D-La
House
Louisiana
Joint Committee
National Archives
Schroeder attacks home rule measure in Iowa
DES MOINES UPI reports Rep. Laverne Schroeder challenges the 1971 home rule law claiming it would expand state health department power to enforce stringent housing codes on rural residents. He proposed delaying or exempting rural areas, arguing inspectors could evict farmers, while urban lawmakers warned against altering the housing section without review.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
State Health Department
Laverne Schroeder
McClelland
Schroeder
Polk County
Health Department
John Clark
R - Keokuk
House
Edgar Bittle
West Des Moines
Seeks protection for family farms in Iowa
Rep. Harold Fischer led 19 rural lawmakers in proposing a bill to shield Iowa farms from foreign and large corporate takeovers. The measure requires all land buying corporations and livestock facility operators to file annual reports with the secretary of state and mandates crop growing firms to disclose holdings, aiming to preserve private enterprise and ensure opportunities for individuals.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold Fischer
R-Wellsburg
Secretary of State
Fischer
Wellsburg Republican
Trucker Strike Settlement Backed by Key Organizer
A major boost to the nationwide truckers strike came as a main organizer voted unanimously to recommend ratification. FASH officers in Pittsburgh backed the agreement while many other groups rejected it, with some factions urging members to arm. FBI probes into civil rights violations and potential antitrust issues were noted as convoys began moving.
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National Guard
Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers
FASH
Pittsburgh
James Nudi
Ountry
St. Louis
William B. Saxbe
FBI
Saxbe
Justice Department
California
Skylab 3 astronauts return after 12 weeks in space
Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue arrived aboard USS New Orleans in good shape after a record 12 weeks in orbit. They were slightly shorter due to fluid shifts and regained up to 1.5 inches after splashdown. Doctors reported dizziness but rapid recovery and planned extensive medical testing and debriefings in Houston.
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New Orleans
UPI
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Pogue
Carr
Royce Hawkins
Houston
Mrs Twinam named SEATS sales rep in Crawfordsville
Mrs. Merle Twinam of Crawfordsville is the new area membership sales representative for the SEATS mini-bus system for the elderly, answering questions and selling $5 memberships to residents over 60 for countywide rides at 25 cents per one way.
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Merle Twinam
Crawfordsville
Washington County Seats Committee
Twinam
Harvey Thomas
Wayne Williams
Central Seats
George W. Dare
Ainsworth - Washington
Dave
Area Ten
Area Agency On Aging
Kirkwood Community College
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