Training plan for 109th Medical Battalion to Camp Ripley
The 109th Medical Battalion of the National Guard based in Washington and Iowa City will conduct field training at Camp Ripley Minnesota next summer. The unit will be there from July 25 to August 8 as most Iowa units also train at the Minnesota camp per Adjutant General Joseph G. May.
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National Guard
Washington
Iowa City
Camp Ripley
Minn
Iowa
Joseph G. May
Minnesota Camp
Breadmaker complains gas change spoils loaves in Stratford
Mrs Olive Wyatt of Stratford on Avon says natural gas changed her bread, yielding soggy loaves after 12 years of perfect baking. She has repeatedly complained to the local gas board with no solution.
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Stratford-On-Avon, England
UPI
Olive Wyatt
Kennedy testifies at secret inquest in Kopechne death
In Edgartown Massachusetts a secret inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne's death began with Senator Edward M. Kennedy arriving as a witness. He spoke of hopes for a complete record and returning to Senate duties as about 200 observers and nearly a dozen subpoenaed witnesses entered the guarded courthouse led by District Judge James A. Boyle.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Edmund §. Dinis
Boyle
Kennedy
Yablonski family found dead in Clarksville Pa
Joseph A. Yablonski 59 his wife and daughter were found dead Monday in their Clarksville home. Coroner Farrell Jackson confirmed the deaths but would not immediately disclose the cause. Yablonski had lost the December 9 election for president of the United Mine Workers of America to W A Boyle.
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Clarksville
UPI
Joseph A. Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Farrell Jackson
Ablonskis
Yablonski
United Mine Workers of America
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
States seek new revenue amid rising tax burdens
Washington report notes governors and legislatures frown at ongoing tax hikes as 37 states increased taxes in 1969 across income, sales, motor fuel, tobacco, and alcohol. Vermont and North Carolina added broad levies, while 15 states boosted gas taxes. Federal aid growth and Nixon revenue sharing proposal frame state finances amid a slow Congress response.
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UPI
Congress
Council of State Governments
The
Federation of State Tax Administrators
Illinois
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Federation of Tax Administrators
Wisconsin
Iowa
New Jersey
Nixon
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Agnew visit sparks protests in Katmandu amid Nepal talks
Anti American demonstrations believed led by Chinese Communists erupt near Katmandu during Vice President Agnews Nepal visit. Police report 20 suburban arrests and 10 in the city as protests echo calls to withdraw from Vietnam and anti King Mahendra. A UPI crew is assaulted while moon rock gifts mark the occasion. Agnew meets King Mahendra and Premier Bista amid security clampdown.
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Nepal
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Patan
U.S
Agnew
Kirtinidhi Bista
Vietnam
Mahendra
Bangkok
King Mahendra
Ratna
Col
Thomas Stafford
Cmdr
Eugene Cernan
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
Tribhuvan
Air Force
Arkansas
Welcomers
Mt. Everest
Carol Laise
Kirtindihi Bista
Bista
Soviet Union
China
United States
Philippines
South Vietnam
Taiwan
Kabul
Afghanistan
Fire claim 18 lives in two Quebec houses amid freezing weather
In Quebec Province a string of fires over the weekend killed 18 people, including 11 children. In St. Roch de l A a chigan a two story wooden home burned, killing 12 of a family and friends. Farther north at Lac des Iles a man and his five children perished in another blaze. Dollard Gratton, 42, and his five children aged 5 to 14 died in the Lac des Iles fire. A witness said the St. Roch scene was an inferno and a volunteer fireman lamented the lack of options to save them. Police noted the Gratton children were in foster care prior to the dinner outing.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
St. Roch de l’Achigan
Lac Des Iles
Dollard Gratton
St. Roch
Gratton
Grattan
Herbert to speak at Wild Game Banquet in Chicagua
Robert L. Herbst national executive director of the Izaak Walton League will address the Chicagua chapter after the annual Wild Game Banquet on January 26 at Knights of Columbus hall Washington County. Buffalo will be the main dish. Tickets are $2.50 from chapter directors and listed outlets.
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Robert L. Herbst
Izaak Walton League of America
Chicagua
WLA
Washington County
Knights of Columbus
Mr. Herbst
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Chicagua Chapter
Ken
Gambles
Schoonover
Kneens
Izaak Walton Banquet Draws Many Attendees in Washington
The Washington banquet hosted by Izaak Walton attracted a large crowd with many people described as being the same in attendance. Organizers, including WEJ, noted broad support and expect continued participation at future events.
DMZ fire wounds crew as U.S. helicopter hit inside zone
UPI reports a U.S. helicopter was damaged and a crewman wounded by ground fire from inside the DMZ. It marks the fourth North Vietnamese incident in the zone in four days, part of more than 10,000 such incidents since bombing halted in 1968.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
Retired Washington businessman George Stewart dies at 71
George C. Stewart 71 a retired Washington hardware dealer died January 5 1970 at Washington County Hospital after a period of ill health He was born May 6 1898 in Washington grew up here attended Monmouth College and married Ruby Miller in 1920 A World War I veteran he was a longtime American Legion member and Rotary Club leader He served on the hospital board YMCA active in Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church and was survived by two daughters Roberta Webb and Henrietta McKenzie eight grandchildren and two sisters The funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery The Rotary Club will attend as a group
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Jones Funeral
Vernon G. Elgin
Elm Grove
Rotary Club
YMCA
Mr. Stewart
Fred L
Nellie Faris Stewart
Monmouth College
Ruby Miller
Stewart
American Legion
Washington County Hospital Board
Washington Ymca
Marion Avenue
Twelve die on Iowa roads during holiday weekend
United Press International reports a grim start to the new decade as Iowa records at least 12 traffic fatalities over the holiday weekend. The latest victim was Timothy J. Petersen, 10, of Deloit, killed in a two car crash southeast of Schleswig, with his mother Marcella Petersen and another passenger also injured. Others slain include four in a head on collision east of Clarion and additional deaths in Hawkeye, Storm Lake, and surrounding counties, reflecting a deadly pattern across multiple counties and states.
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Iowa
Timothy J. Petersen
Deloit
Crawford County
Schleswig
Iowa Highway Patrol
Marcella Petersen
Susan Petersen
Petersen
Bradley Herbert Riessen
Clarion
Doris Schroeder
Rowan
Leslie Sturder
Eagle Grove
Donald Ellsworth Williams
Boone
Douglas Schroeder
Waldeman Boettcher
Omaha
Neb
Dexter
Clarence William Woodson
Hawkeye
West Union
Frank Chandler Smith
Clark
S.D
Missouri Valley
Dorothy Lappegard
Rembrandt
Storm Lake
Weather Iowa Partly cloudy and cold through Tuesday
Partly cloudy weather continues tonight and Tuesday in Iowa with very cold temperatures. Lows fall to about 15 below in the north and central regions and 5 to 10 below in the extreme south. Highs Tuesday range from around 10 above in the northwest to 15 to 20 above in the southeast.
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United Press International
Iowa
Farm speakers discuss tillage systems at YMCA Washington
An all day meeting on Tillage Systems will be held Wednesday January 7 at the YMCA in Washington as part of the County Extension Service program. Speakers include Area Extension Specialists Vivian Jennings and Les Kral and local farmer panelists.
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YMCA
Washington
County Extension Service
Vivan Jennings
Les Kral
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