Farm fuel push urged as farmers brace for heavy demand
William K. Day of ASCS says local fuel dealers can obtain added 1974 supplies to meet rising agricultural needs. Government assures farm fuel, with expected 19 percent overall rise. Day estimates a 30 percent increase for local dealers. Dealers must file ASCS forms to request extra allotments through their parent companies.
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William K. Day
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Day
Federal Energy Office
Extension Service
Notly
Washington School Board Rehires Girls Coach in Tight Vote
Washington Community School Board of Education narrowly approved a one year contract extension for head girls basketball coach Darrell Smith in a 4-3 vote after a split executive session. Smith led the team to 15 wins and eight losses finishing third in the sectional tournament as the board moves to rewrite the district policy code.
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Marty Chebuhar
Washington Community School Board of Education
Darrell Smith
Smith
Richard Wiley
James Gorham
Washington police probe car crash and gun injury
Police investigated a late night crash on East Walton Street when a car left the road and hit a tree in a yard. Two occupants were treated at a local hospital. Chris Beliel, on Marine leave, was admitted for a gunshot wound to his right foot, from an accidental discharge while rabbit hunting.
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Washington City
East Walton ‘Street
Zane Craig
Chris Beliel
Washington
Washington County
Washington Country Club
Beliel
Reliel
Marine Corps
Weather forecast: partly cloudy tonight into Friday
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and Friday with a drop in temperatures. Lows rise from the upper 20s to low 30s tonight, then Friday brings warmer highs in the 50s. Winds will be westerly 10 to 20 mph tonight, easing to light southerly afterward.
Postal rates rise on midnight for all mail types
Washington reports a 2 cent increase in letter postage effective at midnight. First class stamps cost 10 cents, air mail 13, with a new 10 cent Jefferson Memorial stamp featuring the Declaration of Independence quote. Postcards rise to 8 cents and rates for books records newspapers magazines and mail order merchandise also increase.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jefferson Memorial
Washington, D.C
U S Egypt resume full diplomatic relations
Cairo announces that the United States and Egypt have resumed full diplomatic relations. Sadat welcomes Kissinger, notes civilian attire signals a new era, and discusses potential lifting of the Arab oil embargo as talks on Arab‑Israeli disengagement proceed.
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Cairo
UPI
Anwar Sanat
United States
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Syria
Israel
Washington
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Sadat
Kissinger
Pyramids
U.S
Government Rest
The
Two Cents Higher Friday Gas Price Increase
United Press International reports a 2 cent rise in retail gasoline prices starting Friday March 1 with an additional 1 cent wholesale increase possible in March. Odd even rationing limited buyers in 14 states causing shorter lines in some areas while others faced hour long waits. California Gov Ronald Reagan declared voluntary county option rationing.
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United Press International
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge
New York City
Los Angeles County
Ronald Reagan
California
Orris resigns as executive at Ainsworth State Bank
Cleo Orris, executive vice president, resigns after 27 years to become assistant vice president at Columbus Junction State Bank. Effective Monday March 4, he notes bank growth from 500000 to 7.5 million by end of 1973. He and wife Gladys move to Columbus Junction with five children. Ainsworth State Bank was recently sold to new owners.
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Cleo Orris
Ainsworth State Bank
Columbus Junction State Bank
Orris
Ainsworth
Cleo
Gladys
Columbus Junction
Linda
University of Northern Iowa
Craig
Judy) Jones
West Liberty
Ron
Highland
Debbie
Washington
Sherri
Democrats Set 8 P.M. Caucuses March 11 in County
Washington County caucuses will begin at 8 p.m. on March 11. All Democrats are urged to check the list in the Journal Tuesday and attend the caucus in their home precinct.
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Washington County
Journal
Judge overturns REAP impounding in 1970s Iowa notice
U S District Court judge Thomas A Flaning ruled the 1973 impoundment of Rural Environmental Assistance Program funds was unauthorized and illegal. The ruling orders reinstatement of REAP cost sharing for farmers and directs swift administrative action. Iowa officials were briefed on reinstatement and a government appeal is under consideration.
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Iowa
Dale Awtry
U. S
Awtry
Thomas A. Flaning
District of Columbia
REAP
Flaning
U. S. Court of Appeals
Venus Atmosphere Spins Fast With An Unusual Subsolar Barrier
Venus atmosphere shows a rotation about once every four days, far faster than the planet’s surface. The atmosphere exhibits organized movement with bright ultraviolet features and a subsolar region near the equator acting as a barrier to flow. Data from Mariner 10 also indicate temperature layering within the atmospheric depth and a planned rendezvous with Mercury on March 29.
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San Francisco
UPI
Mariner 10
Venus
Earth
Bruce Murray
Space Agency
Mercury
Murray
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Larry Robison
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Stewart
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Roland Wehner
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Lincoln
Gary Murphy
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McCleery-Cumming Co
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OSHA
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Carolyn Bowman
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Schlapkohl
Des Moines
Donald Briggs
Hearst San Francisco
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Evening Journal
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