County Courthouse Closed For Washington Birthday Observance
Washington County courthouse will be closed on Monday February 21 for Washington's birthday. Federal offices banks and some businesses also closed while most retail and other offices remain open. A Riverside California lawsuit accuses Rath Packing Co of shorting customers on one pound bacon packages following 12 inspections that found 390 short weights.
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Washington County Court House
Washington
Riverside, Calif
UPI
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Byron Morton
Riverside
Corona
Hughes in hiding in Managua Intercontinental hotel
Howard Hughes reportedly flew to Managua from the Bahamas and is believed to be concealed on the eighth floor of the Intercontinental hotel. Local reporters failed to locate him despite numerous attempts to confirm his presence.
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Manague
Nicaragua
UPI
United States
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Managua
Bahamas
Coastal Storm Dumps Snow Across Eastern States
An Atlantic coastal storm spreads inland from North Carolina to Vermont with forecasts of over 6 inches of snow. Heavy snow watches cover New Hampshire and Maine while the National Weather Service warns of rough seas beach erosion and likely high tide coastal flooding.
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United Press International
North Carolina
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
National Weather Service
Washington Jazz Festival Saturday at High School Gym
The Washington Jazz Band with Everett's Music Company hosts the Washington Jazz Festival on Saturday February 26. Activities run 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with fourteen area bands competing, a 3:30 p.m. clinic by Mike Vax, and an 8 p.m. concert featuring Wax in concert with the Washington Jazz Band. Admission is 150 for adults and 125 for students at the door, with advance tickets 125 and 100 respectively.
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Butch Zwicki
Washington High
Northeast Missouri State College
Butch
Robert M. Scott
Washington
Everett
Music Company
Mike Vax
Stan Kenton
Mr. Vax
Stockton, California
Sacramento, California
U.S. Navy
Forrest Tucker
Anita Bryant
Mike Douglas
Kaye Stevens
Mike Wax
Washington Jazz Band
Falk's
Everett's
Schoonover Drug
Britain’s miners accept pay raise ending six week strike
Leaders of Britain’s 280000 miners accepted a 20 percent wage hike after 13 hours of talks with Prime Minister Heath and the Coal Board. If approved by the union, power cuts and industrial shutdowns should ease in coming weeks as work resumes. Joe Gormley predicted completion by week’s end and a return to full production soon.
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London
UPI
Britain
Edward Heath
Coal Board
Joe Gormley
National Union of Mineworkers
NUM
Gormley
Derek Ezra
National Coal Board
Bathing and deodorants blamed for skin issues says dermatologist
Houston report cites Dr. John M. Knox of Baylor College of Medicine warning that frequent bathing and heavy deodorant use strip natural oils and raise skin disease risk. He advises sparse bathing, careful handwashing, avoid aggressive manicures, and to protect skin with makeup rather than excessive products.
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Houston
UPI
John M. Knox
Baylor College of Medicine
Knox
Iowa Senator Proposes Audits for Crime Commission Grants
Sen. Francis Messerly outlines a bill to require performance audits of anticrime projects before Iowa Crime Commission funding. The measure accompanies a $495000 state match aimed at leveraging about $7 million in federal anticrime funds. He says audits will curb mismanagement and ensure a statewide, prevention oriented program.
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Des Moines
UPI
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Iowa Crime Commission
Messerly
Senate Appropriations Committee
Crime Commission
Senate
Iowa
George Orr
Orr
Commission
Iowa Weather Clears Upward Tonight Then Warms Sunday
Clear to partly cloudy and warmer tonight through Sunday. Lows dip to around 10 in the northeast and the lower 20s in the southwest. Sunday highs reach about 30 in the northeast and near 50 in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
Nixon heads to Guam on Asia mission before China talks
President Nixon travels from Oahu to Guam for a Pacific stop en route to Peking. He aims to open a new Washington to Beijing dialogue with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, exploring shadow ambassadors while denying immediate diplomatic relations.
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Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Oahu
Hawaii
UPI
Nixon
Guam
Pacific
China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Washington - To - Peking
Washington
U.S
Peking
Victor Armstrong
Wayland Residents Lead Bridge Lessons at Local YMCA
Enrollments show Wayland area dominates a ten week YMCA bridge course with 14 of 20 students from the region. Instructors Dave Elder and Bob Reed, long affiliated with Washington, note the class generates social ties and helps participants gain invitations and new contacts through the game.
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YMCA
Wayland
Washington Area
Wayland Area
Washington
Ron Ornduff
Ainsworth
Y's Men Club
Dave Elder
Bob Reed
Elder
Reed
The
Ymca School of Contract Bridge
Neophyte
Wendell Eden
Concensus
Lori Kauffman
Joe Kauffman
Kauffmans
Journal
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McCleery
Mary Roth
Donna Pflughhaupt
Irwin Leichty
Charlie Wyse
Larry Meyer
Bob Yoder
Duane Peterson
Dick Wiley
Katherine Stucker
Winfield
Maxine Elliot
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