Honor Band Members Named for Iowa Band Clinic Concert
Melanie Miksch Regina Patterson Donna Scalf Amy Fellows and Bob Stanger join the Honor Band at the Iowa Band Clinic University of Iowa February 16. The 150 member ensemble performs a Sunday concert at 2 30 p m in Hancher Auditorium conducted by Frederick Fennel. Public invited. Frank Piersol chairs the clinic.
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Melanie Miksch
Washington
Regina Patterson
Donna Scalf
Wellman
Amy Fellows
Bob Stanger
Kalona
Iowa
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Frederick Fennel
University of Miami School of Music
Coral Gables
Fla
Frank Piersol
Ex-mayor Ralph Martin ill with heart attack in Florida
Former Washington mayor Ralph Martin suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Clearwater Florida and was in the coronary unit of a local hospital. Relatives were notified by telephone and no further details were immediately available. The Martins had been in Florida for two weeks planning to return home.
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Ralph Martin
Washington
Florida
Clearwater
Regents approve contract for North Tower addition at UI Hospitals
The State Board of Regents approved a contract with Knutson Construction of Minneapolis for Phase II of the North Tower Addition to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Gimics. The $8.968 million base bid targets completion by mid October 1975, keeping total project costs within the original $13.9 million budget approved in 1972.
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Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Minneapolis
North Tower
University of Iowa
Gimics
Knutson Construction Company
Faw
Minnesota
Iow
Regents
Riceville approves $775,000 school bond for new complex
Voters in the Riceville district approve a $775,000 bond after four prior attempts. Unofficial tally 958 yes 583 no, 62.2 percent in favor, surpassing the required 60 percent. Funds will build a junior-senior high school complex with extra classrooms and an industrial arts facility for 310 high school and 160 junior high students.
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Riceville
UPI
Ials
Mezvinsky proposes full public financing for major party campaigns
Rep. Edward Mezvinsky of Iowa introduced a bill that would provide complete public funding for major party candidates in federal races. The measure would cap campaign costs and restrict campaign funds to public money.
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Washington
UPL
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Mezvinsky
Weekend Light Flurry Chance With Warmer Saturday Outlook
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a chance of light freezing drizzle or light snow flurries this afternoon. Highs will be in the low to mid 30s, with tonight mostly cloudy and lows in the low to mid 20s. Saturday looks clearing and warmer with highs in the mid 40s as winds shift from south to southwest.
Nixon rejects further Watergate tapes evidence
President Nixon will not turn over more Watergate materials to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, including 27 tapes, risking a fresh court clash. Jaworski called the holdup harmful to a thorough probe, though he said indictments in the case are still expected within two weeks.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
White House
Archibald Cox
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
Peter M. Stockett Jr
Warren
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Kennedy
Sen
Strom ‘Thurmond
R-S.c
Cox
Key Biscayne
Gerald L. Warren
James St. Clair
St. Clair
Student Wins Music Campship For Next Summer
Jeff Schoonover son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Schoonover and eighth grade student at Washington Junior High has been awarded the music campship offered by the Fortnightly Club Music Department. He will attend Camp Dorian at Luther College Decorah in June. His goal is a music career through high school and college.
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Jeff Schoonover
Ralph Schoonover
Washington
Music Department
Fortnightly Club
Journal
Washington Junior High School
Jeff
Dorian
Luther College
Decorah
Eignth
Sunrise Singers
Brighton
United Presbyterian Church
Identify of Hearst Kidnap Suspect Emerges in Media Reports
Reports by KQED and the San Francisco Chronicle name Donald D. DeFreeze 29 as the Symbionese Liberation Army figure Field Marshal Cinque linked to Patricia Hearst's abduction. FBI cautions it has not drawn that conclusion while DeFreeze’s mother and ex-wife say agents searched their Ohio homes last Saturday seeking details.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
FBI
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Hearst
KQED
San Francisco Chronicle
Donald D. Def
Iowa Senate approves bill to remove habitual traffic offenders
The Iowa Senate approved a measure by 45 to 4 to revoke driving privileges for up to six years after three or more flagrant violations in six years. Flagran t offenses include manslaughter from vehicle operation, DUI, or driving without a license or while suspended. An amendment would suspend license for one year after six violations in two years.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
George Kinley
D- Des Moines
Amtrak Faces Higher Losses Despite More Passengers
Amtrak's 1973 loss reached 158.6 million dollars, up 11.1 million from 1972, even as revenues rose 39.5 million. The annual report warns losses may continue through fiscal 1975 despite optimistic ridership projections tied to the energy crisis, and notes plans to add new cars and two more trains including Chicago New York and Washington and Chicago Los Angeles routes.
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Amtrak
Chicago
New York
Washington
Los Angeles
January Wholesale Prices Jump Amid Food and Fuel Increases
Wholesale prices rose 3.1 percent after seasonal adjustment in January with a 7.7 percent rise in fuels and a 22 percent surge in crude oil. Food and farm products drove much of the gain while nearly all major categories advanced, signaling renewed inflation pressure.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Four Iowans Die in Two Car Crash Near Chatsworth
Four people die in a two car collision on Iowa 12 one mile south of Chatsworth. The victims include three teens from Akron and Ireton and a Rock Valley man. Authorities say the Akron youths were Frederick Talbott 16 William Stibral 19 and Curtis Cornish 17. Jerald Lee Ryan 22 of Rock Valley died at a Sioux City hospital after arriving there.
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Chatsworth
UPI
Iowa
Rock Valley
Iowa 12
Here
Frederick Talbott
William Stibral
Akron
Curtis Cornish
Ireton
Plymouth County
Jerald Lee Ryan
British miners widen picket lines to rail crossings
Striking miners extend protests to railroad crossings and threaten Thames blockade to stop coal and oil shipments. Government warns of indefinite electricity brownouts and repeated power cuts to conserve dwindling fuel stocks as unions refuse to move fuel to power plants.
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London
UPI
Thames
Britain
National Coal Miners
Isle of Grain
Thames Estuary
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
England
Engine Drivers Union
Arthur Scargill
Yorkshire Mineworkers
Terry Harrison
Kent
Riverside
Barrow Show This Tuesday At Washington Livestock Barn
The annual winter market barrow show will be held Tuesday evening February 19 at the Washington Livestock Auction sale barn. Weigh in is from 5 30 to 6 30 p m with the show starting at 7 30 p m. 4 H and FFA judging will be featured and carcass results announced at the March 9 Washington County Park Producers banquet. Cutout data will be available for herd status. Parkettes will sell ham sandwiches and pie. Producers should prepare for the National Commercial Swine Conference at the Washington County fairgrounds next September.
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Washington
FFA
Washington County Park
Aso
Washington County Fairgrounds
Federal energy official predicts motorists curb panic buying
John C. Sawhill deputy administrator of the Federal Energy Office says Americans will cool off and avoid nationwide rationing. He notes surveys show many in lines already have half a tank and urges equitable gasoline distribution as states and localities weigh rationing as a last resort.
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Washington
UPI
John C. Sawhill
Federal Energy Office
District of Columbia
Sawhill
FEO
Sawnill
Kenneth Cole
Nixon
William B. Simon
Askea
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Mezvinsky Bill
Cleveland Press
Donald
DeFreeze
Mary DeFreeze
Gene Kennedy
D - Dubuque
Iowa Highway Patrol
Karl Nolin
D - Ralston
Nolin
James Briles
R-Corning
C. Joseph Coleman
D-Clare
Ralph Potter
Marion
Immingham
Barrow
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