Mezvinsky to hold town meeting in Washington
Congressman Edward Mezvinsky of Iowa's First District will host a metro area town meeting in Washington on Sunday at 2 p.m. The event aims to hear local residents' views on current issues in the Administration Building conference room on West Main Street. Temperatures ranged from 12 below zero at the weather station to 19 below at some homes that morning before warming slightly.
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Washington
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Mezvinsky
Turner seeks revived capital punishment in Iowa criminal code
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner submitted amendments to the proposed criminal code calling for the death penalty for first degree murder as it existed before 1965. He notes 30 states have reinstated capital punishment since the 1972 Supreme Court ruling. James Lynn becomes director of the Office of Management and Budget sworn in by Justice Rehnquist as Ford plans another energy program trip.
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UPI
Iowa
Richard Turner
Turner
Supreme Court
Washington
Ford
James T. Lynn
Lynn
Housing and Urban Development
Office of Management and Budget
William Rehnquist
Russians See Saturn Rocket Ahead of Apollo Soyuz Flight
Cape Canaveral observers report cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and colleagues meeting three American astronauts in orbit this summer. Leonov said the Apollo spacecraft is ready for flight and the Soyuz is ready as well, promising to do their best.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Budget hearing tops school board agenda
The Washington Community School District board meets Wednesday at the administration building with an 8 p.m. budget hearing following a 7:30 p.m. start for routine business. Items include Curriculum Council recommendations for junior high staffing, trips for senior high band and FBLA, and a Title I reading teacher change.
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Board of Education
St. Louis
Don Zwicki
Jan Gallagher
Sue Golden
Deca Club
County seeks funds for Washington County clinic project
Washington County Hospital board asks the Board of Supervisors to allocate 150000 of federal revenue sharing funds to finance a proposed eight doctor public clinic near the hospital. The plan includes a 370874 cost, use of 250000 from reserves, leaving about 120000 plus 30000 for parking to be covered by a one mill levy. Some supervisors favor a tax levy citing tax visibility and potential use of funds elsewhere.
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Washington County
County Board of Supervisors
Washington
Dean Edwards
Ralph Marshall
Board of Supervisors
Edwards
Marshall
Timer Schneider
Riverside
Schneider
Rural home ablaze east of Ainsworth injures occupant
Ralph Young, ill and bedridden, was carried from his burning rural home three miles east of Ainsworth by firefighters. The blaze began near a chimney where a wood stove heated the frame house. Washington firemen also answered an 8:55 a.m. car fire call at 1320 North Fourth Avenue. A false alarm at Perfex factory followed after a water pressure drop set off the automatic alert.
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Ainsworth
Washington
Richard Kroftz
North Fourth Avenue
Perfex
Kissinger Begins Middle East Talks in Israel
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived in Tel Aviv to discuss ideas from Egypt and Israel for a Middle East peace, signaling possible moves beyond his step by step plan. He met with Prime Minister Rabin and others in Jerusalem and noted no formal proposals yet, but readiness to explore rapid progress through multiple forums.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Kissinger
Air Force
Washington
Ford
Nancy
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Yigal Allon
Shimon Peres
Mordechai Gur
Syria
Allen
USS
Kenneth B. Keating
United States
Soviet Union
Weather outlook with light snow and cool temps
Forecast covers today through Tuesday with a chance of light snow or flurries tonight and Tuesday. Highs reach the 20s this afternoon and near 30 on Tuesday. Lows around 2 degrees tonight. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon and east to southeast 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Bipartisan group defends Social Security as sound and durable
A 4500 word white paper signed by five former HEW secretaries and three former Social Security commissioners asserts Social Security remains strong despite funding gaps. It rebukes critics as destructive and notes a 1996 deficit estimate of 6 to 8 billion, warning Congress may tap general revenues to cover shortfalls.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliot Richardson
Robert Finch
Nixon
John Gardner
Common Cause
Wilbur Cohen
Johnson
Arthur Fleming
Eisenhower
Ford
Charles, Schotland
Illiam Mitchell
Robert Ball
Ies
Congress
Social Security Advisory Council
Waco Residents Vote On Schools Survey Findings
A district wide survey of Waco Community School District voters shows strong opposition to a central site for a new middle school and mixed views on removing the east Wayland building. Voters favor a general building program and may prompt future boundary review.
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Waco
Board of Education
Wayland
Olds
Crawfordsville
Wayland Building
Wayland Center
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