Golden Fleecing tryout dates set for Y's Men play
The Y's Men announces tryouts for Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple Jr. March 9 2 to 4 PM and March 10 7 to 9 PM in the YMCA McCleery room. Director Mrs Larry Behan and committee members invite community actors and crew. production runs May 7 to 10 with rehearsals starting March 24.
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Lorenzo Semple Jr
Boyd Watson
Venice
McCleery
YMCA
Watson
State Department
Larry
Robin) Behan
Soya Wation
Leon Hillman
Dave Elder
Weather outlook with snow flurries and cloudy spells
Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a chance of snow flurries north tonight. Friday expect decreasing cloudiness but continue partly cloudy to cloudy with flurries in the northeast. Highs this afternoon range from the upper 20s to around 40. Lows tonight in the 20s to low 30s. Friday highs mostly in the 30s.
Maquoketa Woman, 84, Fatally Stabbed in Home
Authorities cordon off the Maquoketa residence of Hulda Fischer 84 after neighbors found her body Tuesday night with a butcher knife embedded in her chest. BCI agents assist local police as investigators pursue leads with motive undetermined and no local relatives.
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Maquoketa
Iowa
UPI
Hulda Fischer
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hattie Petersen
Ron Keller
Fischer
Will modify junior high curriculum moves board approves plan
Washington Board of Education tentatively approves a framework for broad junior high curriculum changes to improve efficiency. Supt. Schlapkohl and Junior High Principal Gipple push scheduling, course expansions, more math periods, and typing instruction while addressing overcrowding and high enrollment.
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Washington Board of Education
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Richard Gipple
Gipple
Schlapkohl
Curriculum Council
Iowa Senate limits rape case jury instructions
The Iowa Senate approved an amendment to prohibit judges from giving special jury instructions about rape victims testimony in sexual abuse trials. Senate members debated the measure as part of the Criminal Code revisions bill advancing toward final passage. Governor Ray voiced questions about the provisions while noting support for tougher crime penalties.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Sen. Minnette
Doderer
Diown
Sena
Senate
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Brewer arraigned on federal flight charges in Arizona
Ronald Brewer, an Iowa Men's Reformatory escapee and convicted murderer, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on federal interstate flight charges. He waived extradition to Iowa to face two murder counts, with bond set at 50,000 dollars. Brewer disappeared January 29 from Anamosa, and authorities launched a nationwide dragnet for the man linked to the rifle slayings of Mr and Mrs Clarence Edwards.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Iowa
Ronald Brewer
U.S. District Court
Walter Craig
Brewer
Aete Brewer
Council Bluffs
Anamosa
Pottawattamie County
Clarence Edwards
Speaker at beef banquet urges producer consumer ties
George van DeWalle of Chelsea spoke at the Washington County Beef Producers Association 23rd annual banquet stressing consumer producer communication as key to understanding farm problems. He noted the need for city dwellers to view farming more clearly and highlighted ways to improve ties with consumers. Wayne Johnson of Wellman presided, with several directors introduced and beef provided by local banks.
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George van DeWalle
Chelsea
Washington County Beef Producers Association
van DeWalle
Jack Hamilton
Agricultural Council of America
Iowa
Wayne Johnson
Wellman
Peter Graber Jr
Johnson
Washington County
Myron Krotz
Riverside
Carol Loeffler
Jim Waterhouse
Brighton
Jerry Greiner
Washington
Crawfordsville
Max Stransky
Yaro Chmelar
Pat Tobin
Ainsworth
Alcohol talks teach seventh graders dangers of drinking
Dr. Milton Broadfoot from Des Moines spoke to Washington Junior High seventh graders on the risks of alcohol. He warned that one in ten drinkers become alcoholic, stressed beer and whiskey have similar alcohol content, and peer pressure fuels youth drinking.
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Sheilah Klapp
Milton Broadfoot
Des Moines
Washington
Broadfoot
Iowa Council On Alcohol Problems
Iowa
Richard Gipple
FBI kept files on lives of officials
The late FBI Director J Edgar Hoover kept 48 files in his office with derogatory personal details on public figures, including 15 former and two current congressmen. Attorney General Levi disclosed that he found one instance of improper dissemination and noted unclear reasons for the files. Levi also cited cases where former presidents improperly used FBI information against critics and said the FBI maintains numerous investigative files on members of Congress.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Edward H. Levi
Levi
Hoover
House
Senate
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Jim Campbell
Des Mo Des Moines
Dave Booth
Mary Sue Cady
T.J. Berdo
University of Iowa
Community College
Accounting I
Jane Eyeston
Journal
Schlapkoh
Davenport
Ito
The
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Donald Smith
Vivian Griffith
Illinois
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