Chou hints American reporters may stay in China
In a brief, upbeat exchange with Nixon at the Peking White House, Premier Chou En-lai suggested American newsmen could be allowed to remain in China after Nixon’s visit. The remark, unclear in scope, comes amid generous Chinese media coverage of Nixon’s trip and signals of potential Sino American talks.
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Mao Tse-tung
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hong Kong
United States
Soviet Union
India
Indonesia
Mao
Peking Radio
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Washington County Republicans attend Des Moines fund-raiser
Thirty-two members joined more than 2,400 attendees at a Des Moines fund raising dinner headlined by Governor Ronald Reagan. The county delegation was led by Lawrence Miksch with Mrs. Cecil Miller as vice chair, and included State Senator and Mrs. Richard L. Stephens and State Representative and Mrs. Herbert L. Campbell, plus 12 young voters. Several delegates attended Reagan’s reception after the dinner and program.
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California
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Richard L. Stephens
Herbert L. Campbell
Proxmire Reveals Hair Transplant At Public Hearing
Senator William Proxmire disclosed he began a hair transplant, arriving at a joint economic committee hearing with gauze bandages. He joked the result will be “a little more semi and a little less baldy” and said the procedure has no public significance.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D - Wis
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
US CPI shows 0.3 percent January rise in costs
The Labor Department reports Americans paid more in January with meats and new cars higher and some services pricier while fresh vegetables clothing used cars and gasoline fell. The CPI rose 0.3 percent versus 0.4 percent in December the steepest in six months.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Weather outlook for Iowa regions turns colder with light snow
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Thursday with a chance of snow flurries mainly in the northeast. Lows drop to zero to five above in the northwest and teens in the southeast, while highs Thursday reach about 20 to 30 degrees across the state.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa House Debates Parsonage Tax Exemption Stand
In a 48 to 46 vote the Iowa House refused to retreat from plans to tax church parsonages and college faculty homes. The Ellsworth amendment to keep parsonages off the rolls failed after a prior narrow 49 to 48 defeat. The body also kept municipally owned airports exempt and eyed broader tax changes to corporate assessments and exemptions.
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UPI
Iowa
House
Theodore Ellsworth
R-Dubuque
Ellsworth
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Robert Kramer
James Schwartz
D-Ottumwa
Schwartz
GOP
Andrew Varley
Stuart
Varley
Kevin Kelly
Sioux City
Kelly
Caravan To Albia Tour For Washington Property Owners
Washington property owners and renters are invited to join a Tuesday February 29 caravan to Albia to observe its Operation Face-Lift project. The group departs Washington at 10 00 am from Golden Touch Decorators and returns by 2 00 pm after lunch with Albia project leaders.
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Golden Touch Decorators
Jim Bash
New Manager Named for Washington Chamber of Commerce
William C. Whittenberg of St Paul Park Minnesota will become Washington Chamber of Commerce manager arriving March 1 to begin duties. At 35 he comes from the Speech and Hearing Institution in the Twin Cities with a background in promotional work and Jaycees leadership. He has held multiple local posts and was named one of America's outstanding young men in 1963.
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St. Paul Park
Minn
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Whittenberg
Speech and
Twin Cities
South
Reagan urges Iowa Republicans to unite for Nixon reelection
California Governor Ronald Reagan told about 3,000 Iowa Republicans that the fall elections demand unity behind President Nixon's policies. He urged setting aside criticisms of Nixon's China trip and economic plans to block Democratic welfare programs and keep the nation prosperous, stressing a focus on working people and minority opportunity under Nixon.
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Iowa
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Richard Nixon
South
China
Court reform bill limp in House after enacting clause error
Des Moines reports House Speaker William Harbor plans a limited Thursday return to the court reform bill to avoid full debate. The bill, passed Tuesday without an enacting clause due to an error in Senate amendments, risks dying this session. A Grassley amendment shifts focus to upgrading justice courts while keeping lower courts in place.
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UPI
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William Harbor
Senate
Harbor
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
Grassley
County awards road line painting contract to Traffic Marking Service
Traffic Marking Service of Stanhope, Indiana won the county bid for summer road markings at 10 979 30, beating a rival bid of 11 187 70. The contract covers centerlines no passing lines railroad emblems stop bars bridge edges and edgelines with changes to skip line length and color under new rules.
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Stanhope
Eagle Scout Tom Meeker earns rank at Court of Honor
Tom Meeker son of Mr and Mrs Everett Meeker received the Eagle Scout Award at the Court of Honor for Scout Troop 237 held Monday evening at the United Methodist Church. The ceremony opened with a potluck for about 80 attendees and included pin presentations to his mother.
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Everett Meeker
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E.S.P. Patrol
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Mark Shields
Dick Vargason
Paul Shields
Jeff Goodell
Robbie Evans
John Turner
Rusty Knorr
Tony Martin
Doug Martin
Fred Martin
Jack Gilmore
Jerry Gilmore
David Martin
Bill Tucker
Greg Thomas
Marion Martin
Life
Greg Lucas
Glen Martin
Charles Lucas
Alan Schantz
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