Kindergarten roundup set for Lincoln and Stewart Schools
A kindergarten registration roundup will be held Thursday March 4 at Stewart at 1 30 p m and at Lincoln at 9 30 a m Parents of rural or bus students are invited to attend the Stewart session Only parents may attend the registration and information session Birth certificates should be brought for the March 4 session Additional sessions for parents and children will follow In Ottumwa on February 28 seven Washington elementary band students will compete in the Ottumwa Invitational Solo contest Steve Ahart Angela Andrew Tracy Beliel Cheryl Ledger Tammy Manning Sara Reed and Debbie Sayre are the Washington entrants Thirty schools will be represented
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Lincoln
Stewart
Washington
Ottumwa
Steve Ahart
Angela Andrew
Tracy Beliel
Cheryl Ledger
Tammy Manning
Sara Reed
Debbie Sayre
Mid-Prairie Band Heads to New Orleans Mardi Gras Parades
The 80 member Mid-Prairie High School Band leaves Thursday at noon for New Orleans to perform in two Mardi Gras parades the parade of Venus on Sunday February 29 and the parade of Zeus on Monday March 1. Led by drum majorette Cindy Bowser and director Bob Gaston the group will tour the French Quarter harbor area and the Super Dome before returning home Tuesday March 2.
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Mid-Prairie High School
New Orleans
French Quarter
Harbor Area
Super Dome
Cindy Bowser
Bob Gaston
Mount Pleasant residents charged in bombing death case
Doris Wellington widow of Walter Wellington faces two counts of perjury in an Iowa grand jury probe into the Sept. 7 explosion that killed the Mount Pleasant used car operator behind a local bank. Donald Gartin, former Wellington family attorney, is also charged.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Doris Wellington
Walter Wellington
Donald Gartin
Wellington
Gartin
Silas Wellington II
Walter
Senate backs seven month daylight saving bill
The Senate approved a bill 70 to 23 to extend daylight saving time to seven months next year and sent it to the House. Supporters cite energy savings and fewer crashes and crimes while critics warn of darker mornings for children and farm hardship across time zones. The current Uniform Time Act of 1966 would apply until House action.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Mail mistakenly taken to city dump
Postal officials report first class mail and parcels bound for delivery were dumped at the Memphis Bulk Mail Center and later recovered from the city landfill. Postal inspectors sifted through trash behind the sanitation truck and recovered mail including food stamp booklets packages magazines and cancelled checks.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
Memphis
James J. Symbol
John Johnson
Johnson
Board approves three new interscholastic sports
Washington School District Board votes 4 to 3 to add girls varsity fall softball spring eighth grade girls track and boys junior varsity summer baseball. Proponents cite equal opportunity and feeder role for varsity baseball while opponents warn of athletics overrunning core school needs.
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Washington
Board of Education
Richard Wiley
Wiley
Justine Hotle
Lawmakers briefed on Iowa Medicaid program safeguards
In Des Moines Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa officials told lawmakers that the Medicaid system is monitored with multi tier claim screening and a 24 physician surveillance list. They defend the program against fraud while acknowledging not foolproof, and discuss potential GAO investigation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Department of Social Services
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Iowa
Blue Cross
David Neugent
Illinois
William Gluba
D-Davenport
Neugent
A. E. Mayner
Winthrop
Mayner
Social Services Department
Sen
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
Gluba
U.S. General Accounting Office
Court action in fatal accident seeks 475000 damages
A Washington County District Court suit seeks 475000 total damages after an Oct 3 1975 crash near Washington killed two. Plaintiffs are Edith M Pacini Vincent Pacini and William C Mundt. defendants include Donald R Robertson Gary Lee Janecek Michael Patrick and Washington Community School District.
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Washington County
Washington
Edith M
Vincent Pacini
Alhambra
Calif
William C. Mundt
Goddard
Kan
Donald R. Robertson
Gary Lee Janecek
Michael P. Patrick
Washington Community
Janecek
Pansy L. Pierce
Highway
Here
Brighton Recreation Series Ends This Saturday
The last session of the Brighton Saturday afternoon recreation program for youngsters is this Saturday from 1 30 to 4 p m at the Brighton school gym with the theme Hobo Day Dress accordingly. Average attendance has been 45 with Julia Gamon naming volunteers including Mrs Roger Arnold Mrs L W Robison Mrs Ronald Jones Jamie Robison Mrs Kenny Meyer Owen Gamon David Barnes Mary Dunbar Mr and Mrs Daryl Richardson Mrs Jerry Coffin Mrs Ronald Scott Mrs Maurice Pacha Greg Hagensick Barb Frazer Brian Caldwell.
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Brighton
Julia Gamon
Roger Arnold
L. W. Robison
Ronald Jones
Jamie Robison
Kenny Meyer
Owen Gamon
David Barnes
Mary Dunbar
Daryl Richardson
Jerry Coffin
Ronald Scott
Maurice Pacha
Greg Hagensick
Barb Frazer
Brian Caldwell
Lawmakers sue to halt rural post office closings
Forty four members of Congress led by Rep. Thomas Harkin file suit in U S District Court to stop closing thousands of rural post offices. Harkin says the Postal Service pursues a dedicated effort while the GAO long ago recommended closing about 12 000 of 18 000 offices as an economy move.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Thomas Harkin
Iowa
U.S. District Court
Harkin
Postal Service
General Accounting Office
Johnson's Farewell Mixup To 82nd Airborne Troops
Washington report details President Lyndon B. Johnson flying to Fort Bragg to bid farewell to troops he believed were departing for Vietnam. The real troops were elsewhere returning from combat, while the misled unit faced mutiny rumors and confusion. Johnson expressed pride and support as the scene unfolded.
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Washington
UPI
The
Armed Forces Journal
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fort Bragg
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
Vietnam
Johnson
Pentagon
Air Force One
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Mt. Pleasant
Marty Chebuhar
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