Music pupils earn ratings at contest in Sigourney
The Instrumental Music Departments of Washington Elementary Schools and Washington Junior High held a solo and ensemble contest in Sigourney on February 19 with fifty three entries. Highly superior ratings went to Sherry Eash and Doug Hammer while numerous students earned superior and excellent marks across woodwinds brass and percussion ensembles.
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Washington
Washington Junior High
Sigourney
Sherry Eash
Doug Hammer
Jim Dayton
Kelley Gipple
Larry Gugel
Linda Eash
Carmen Schooley
Marty Schooley
Joe Mineart
Tim Borchardt
Cheri Wheeler
Donna Davisson
Jamie Loder
Jamie Robison
Janie Frieze
Sheryl Miller
Vera Beenblossom
Cindy Hammen
Matt Hotle
Connie Stalder
Larry Kron
Low
Brian Carter
Debbie Vanderlinden
Patty Roth
Debbie Bruegge
Carol Porter
Tammy Garrett
Dan Renoux
Sherry Bash
Gordon Gillesby
Robyn Wheeler
Robert Boyd
Carrie Hotle
Mike Beranek
Jeff Goodell
Kent Keating
Brandon Ray
Janice Loder
Jarrard Marek
Eric Curl
Kevin Eddy
Jay McEldoon
Owen Gamon
Pat Hotle
Jackie Moore
Kris Erickson
Robyn Lovick
Kathy Escher
Linda Bash
Miriam Fetterman
Brenda Friese
Scott Rich
Bennie Goeke
John Elliott
Gerry Roberts
Larry Burkum
Jeff Schoonover
Bob Kron
Cindy Gugel
Sherry Bush
Naomi Fetterman
Dwight Brewer
Marcia Frier
Measles immunization clinic set in Washington County schools
A special red measles immunization clinic will be held in Washington County schools on Friday February 25. The free vaccine targets children ages 1 to 15 and is sponsored by the Washington County Medical Society the county school systems and the State Department of Health. Health officials note a small outbreak mainly in Highland and stress this differs from German measles. Parental consent forms are coming home this week and preschoolers are welcome with their parents.
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Highland
Washington County
Washington County Medical Society
Washington County School Systems
State Department of Health
Lincoln Elementary
Washington
Lincoln
Stewart
St. James
Ainsworth
Brighton
Donna Teets
Mid-Prairie
Marsha Newton
Linda Gonshorowski
Sara Robinson
Dorothy Wosika
Bob Shaffer
Dorothy Cold
Ber Zwicki
Kalona plant of Chef Quik destroyed by fire
A late morning blaze gutted the Chef Quik plant on Kalona's south edge, with roof sections collapsing and fire crews from Wellman and Kalona fighting the flames. No injuries reported as officials noted the firm may relocate offices to Kalona and employes totaled over 100.
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Chef Quik
Kalona
Wellman and
Denver
Colo
Maplecrest Turkey
Roy Blatter
Adams
Quik
Nixon Chou En Lai hold lengthy talks in Beijing visit
President Nixon and Premier Chou En Lai met for about three hours and 50 minutes as China warms to the visit. Madame Mao and Mrs Nixon joined a ballet at the Great Hall of the People and an evening kitchen tour at the Peking Hotel amid rising public interest and celebratory press coverage.
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Peking
UPI
Nixon
Chou En-lai
China
Chou
Mao Tse-tung
Nixons
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Nixon-Chou
Madame Mao
Great Hall of the People
Peoples Daily
Communist Party
Mao
Norman Kempster
Kempster
Red Detachment of
Red Army
Peking Opera
Peking offers two pandas for Nixon musk oxen swap
Premier Chou En-lai proposed swapping two giant pandas to President Nixon for two San Francisco musk oxen at a banquet in Beijing. Pat Nixon said Chou made the offer as UPI notes three U.S. zoos have bid for the pandas Chi-Chi in London and An-An in Moscow.
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Peking
UPI
Chou En-lai
Nixon
San Francisco
Pat Nixon
Chou
Great Hall of the People
U.S
Washington, D.C
Detroit
St. Louis
China
Lockridge and Washington lead area millage in Iowa study
A State Comptroller report places Lockridge in Jefferson County as the second highest total millage rate among Iowa cities, with 46.231 mills for 1972, while Washington sits at 41.021 mills. The study covers functional fund levies and debt service, listing 481 cities under 27 mills for functional funds and detailing totals with 1971 valuations.
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Washington County
Lockridge
Jefferson County
Washington
Iowa
Marvin R. Seldon
Francis Laren
Comptroller's Office
Seldon
Garden Grove
Decatur County
Rossie
Clay County
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Sigourney
Henry — Coppock
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Union
Olds
Wayland
Winfield
Johnson
Iowa City
Jefferson — Fairfield
Pleasant Plain
Louisa —Grandview
Letts
Columbus City
Columbus Junction
Cotter
Comptroller
Riverside
Iowa Weather: Cloudy Skies and Light Snow Likely
United Press International reports cloudy skies with a chance of light snow developing in the north and mixed precipitation in the south. Lows range from the teens in the northeast to the 20s in the southwest, with highs around 30 in the northwest to the lower 40s in the southeast as cold air moves in.
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United Press International
Iowa
Democrats plan conventions in Washington County gathering
Washington County Democrats set a county convention for 8 p.m. Saturday at the courthouse to select delegates for the district and state conventions. The event covers both presidential and statutory conventions with proportional delegate rules guiding the process and a list of delegates and alternates announced.
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Washington County
Court House
John Elliott
Democratic Central Committee
Iowa
Ames
Des Moines
Miami Beach
Janis Mulligan
Larry Robison
Luke Weber
Herb Hammen
Wanda Smith
William McCracken
Lloyd Coon
Lois Coon
Tracy Anderson
Patricia Anderson
James Bross
Christine Bross
Cletus C. Reed
Harry P. Lees Jr
Richard Brinning
Lynn Grulke
Paul Johnson
Janet Johnson
Elmer Schneider
John Walsh
Edward Brophy
Alvin Horak
Martha Horak
Joan Yeggy
Michael Horn
Thomas S. Stockett
Vionne Young
Beulah Brown
James Edward Johnson
Laura Mescher
Albion J. Young
Lisle Hering
Fern Hering
Corbin Crawford
Evelyn Crawford
Don Simmering
Edie Simmering
Ferd Marie
Paul A. Ryan
James Quinn
Duane Redlinger
al Fritz
Leland Grove
Carolyn Levy
Rosemary
Pat Nixon Enjoys Chinese Kitchen Tour in Peking
First Lady Pat Nixon toured the Peking Hotel kitchen with 110 chefs and helpers, praising Chinese cooking and admitting she is a mediocre cook. She noted her husband’s shift from a Spartan diet to Chinese dishes while in China.
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Peking
UPI
Pat Nixon
Peking Hotel
China
Capital
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Tony Amlong
Journal
Richard Adams
Chef-Quik
Maplecrest
Peoples’ Daily
America
People
Summer Palace
Pat
United States
Peking Zoo
Wellman
West Chester
Keokuk — Harper
Keota
Richland
Louisa — Grandview
Leo Mulligan
Don Mulligan
Judy Mulligan
Nadine Hammen
Rich Watson
Margaret Davison
Emerson Witting
Paul McAndrew
Ernestine Grady
J. Claude Miller
Catherine Walker
Joy Quinn
Mary Brinning
Louise M. Wehr
Vernita Schneider
Roger Schloss
Robert Schneider
Leroy O'Conner
Lloyd Marek
Marguerite Marek
Doris Veggy
Mary Lee Ehrenfelt
Nancy Ann
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