Fenton Pleads Guilty. Sentenced In Fort Madison Penitentiary
Mary Dean Fenton pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and was sentenced to a one year term in the Fort Madison penitentiary in district court this morning with Judge Ira Morrison presiding. Washington County farmers are advised the ASCS office will be open on Saturday mornings February 24 March 3 and March 10 from 8 a.m. to noon to process feed grain enrollments.
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Mary Dean Fenton
Fort Madison
Ira Morrison
Washington County
ASCS
Junior Hi’s A Poppin concert at Washington JH
The Washington Junior High Music Department presents The Junior Hi s A Poppin a pops concert featuring the Pop Singers and Jazz Ensemble. The event is Monday February 26 at 7 30 p m in the Washington Junior High gym and admission is free.
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Washington Junior High
Disputed Washington County Supervisor Election Rules Ruling
Judge L R Carson issues three district court rulings in the Washington County Board of Supervisors contest. Plaintiff Elmer Schneider vs defendants John Patterson and Willis Richards. motions to dismiss and strike denied while a motion for a more specific statement is granted. Recount had placed Patterson ahead by a narrow margin.
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L.R. Carson
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Elmer Schneider
John Patterson
Willis Richards
Carson
Washington County
Patterson
Schneider
Keota School Board Accepts Superintendent Resignation
Keota, Iowa. W. H. Barnum resigns after 19 years as superintendent effective June 30. Clara Kent also resigns after 25 years as board secretary. Keith Sasseen named new superintendent, beginning July 1.
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Keota
W.H. Barnum
Clara Kent
Board of Education
Keith Sasseen
Adel man charged with arson in two main street fires
Charles Arthur Love, 31, was charged in Adel municipal court after two fires on Adel’s main street this week. He is held on a $5,000 bond. The Sunday blaze heavily damaged the Village Bootery and nearby apartments, with no injuries reported. A second fire on Wednesday damaged a porch at Love’s adjacent apartment but caused little damage.
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ADEL
API
Dallas
John Wright
Charles Arthur Love
Wright
Love
Palm Springs Loses Winthrop Rockefeller At 60
Winthrop Rockefeller former Arkansas governor and grandson of John D Rockefeller died in Palm Springs California at Desert Hospital He was 60 and had suffered pancreatic and liver cancer since last fall Rockefeller underwent October surgery in New York and came to his winter home here He was hospitalized February 9 and entered critical condition last week.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Desert Hospital
New York
Weather outlook shows mild afternoon and cool evening
Sunny and mild this afternoon with highs in the upper 40s. Partly cloudy tonight with lows 25 to 30. Friday expected partly sunny and cooler with highs in the 30s. Winds Wolf west to northwesterly 15 to 20 mph this afternoon and NW 10 to 15 mph tonight. Measurable precipitation chances are near zero this afternoon and 5 percent tonight and Friday.
Budget debate stalls on whether to keep first grade teacher aides
At a special Board of Education meeting in the senior high library, members weighed maintaining first grade aides and raising teacher salaries. The salary committee urged preserving aides and boosting base pay to 7 050, arguing long term benefits while noting budget limits and enrollment trends.
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Washington
Board of Education
Washington Education Association
Gary Collins
Bob Bonar
Ruralshington
Collins
Norale
Dick Wiley
Nixon Pursues Tax Reform and Parochial School Aid
President Nixon told Congress he will seek broad tax reforms this year including relief from property taxes for the elderly and a proposed tax credit for parents who send children to parochial schools. He outlined a plan for tariff authority and cautioned on social program cuts while predicting bright economic prospects.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Move at Columbus Junction New city offices
Columbus Junction shifts town offices to a remodeled former fire station on Walnut Street. The building, once town hall and jail, now houses bookkeeping water and sewer billing police station and a council meeting room. Remodeling cost about 6500 dollars. Mayor Lyle Weber and council members names listed.
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Mary Meeker
Columbus Junction
Journal
Walnut Street
Lyle Weber
Earl Martin
Richard Fuller
LeRoy Hughes
Russell Newell
Harry Adam
Paul E. Lowe
Ted Garrett
Jim Ray
Keith
Lee Gohn
Thomas Perry
Iowa House backs IPERS pension boost despite governor plan
A House State Government Committee vote approved an interim committee plan to strengthen IPERS benefits at a cost of about 2 million dollars, boosting retirement by roughly 34 percent for public employees. The proposal, opposed by Gov. Ray’s plan, advances to the floor amid disputes over benefits and process.
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Des Moines
UPI
House State Government Committee
Iowa
IPERS
Study Committee
Robert D. Ray
Iowa State Education Association
John Patchett
D-North Liberty
Donald Avenson
D- Oelwein
Airliner crash toll reaches 92 amid blame row
The Libyan civilian Boeing 727 shot down near Sinai has a 92 death toll with Israel accusing the pilot of forcing the air strike. The jet carried 99 aboard from Bahrain to Alexandria and may have veered off course due to a sandstorm. The French co pilot reportedly sought to escape before impact.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Alexandria
Sinai Peninsula
Americans to be freed and liaison offices opened with China
Washington announces a major détente move with China. Two American POWs, pilots Flynn and Smith, will be released within weeks after Nixon era talks. China will open liaison offices in Beijing and Washington and review Downey’s espionage sentence.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
China
United States
China Today
People’s Republic of China
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
Robert J. Flynn
Salt Lake City
Air Force
Philip Smith
Victorville
Calif
Peking
CIA
John Downey
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Vietnam
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