Mayors of Washington County Set Bi Monthly Meeting Schedule
Mayors from West Chester Washington Brighton Wellman and Kalona agree to meet bi monthly on the second Tuesday. The Washington County Conference Board will discuss mutual concerns at the next meeting on February 13 and will stay in close touch with county officials.
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Washington County
West Chester
Washington
Brighton
Wellman
Kalona
Committee of Mayors
Washington firemen serve record pancakes and sausage supper
Washington firemen reported a record 1209 people served at their annual pancake and sausage supper on Wednesday night. The event drew 104 more servings than last year and involved about 30 firefighters and their wives using 650 pounds of sausage 307 pounds of pancake flour 55 gallons of milk 50 pounds of butter 125 dozen eggs and 26 gallons of syrup.
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Washington
Central Park
Fire guts Kelly Cleaners in Iowa City blaze
A blaze gutted Kelly Cleaners on the east edge of downtown Iowa City with flames reaching 100 feet high. Firefighters worked for hours to bring the fire under control. the cause is under investigation and the building is a total loss due to flammable cleaning fluids.
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Iowa City
UPI
Kelly Cleaners
Calamus High School Girl Dies After Classroom Collapse
Anita Reimers 18 a Calamus senior died of natural causes after collapsing in a classroom Wednesday. She was dead on arrival at DeWitt Community Hospital and about 100 students were dismissed. Dr. Wallace H. Ash district medical examiner and family physician provided the cause.
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UPS
Anita Reimers
DeWitt Community Hospital
DeWitt
Clinton County
Wallace H. Ash
Reimers
Miss Reimers
Paul Reimers
Kissinger and Tho Lead Major Vietnam Talks Session
Paris officials said Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho attended the largest session of the current peace talks this week with technical experts joining. The two diplomats led discussions aimed at ending the Vietnam conflict.
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Paris
UPI
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Honor Band Festival Auditions Set at Washington Junior High
The Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association schedules its Honor Band Festival at Washington Junior High for January 13 auditions with 500 plus students from 50 southeastern Iowa schools. Selected members perform January 27 at 7 30 p m in the Washington Junior High Gymnasium under conductors Thomas Slattery and Donald Jackson.
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Washington Junior High
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Southeastern Iowa
Washington
Thomas Slattery
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Donald Jackson
Augustana College
Rock Island
Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association
Perdock Seeks Directorship at Washington S and L
William Perdock of Washington challenges three incumbents for a three year seat on the nine member board of Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association. He argues the board is too conservative and should expand community funding and new savings programs while noting voting rules and annual meeting January 17.
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Washington Financial Institution
William Perdock
Washington
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association
Perdock
Industrial Board
The
Savings and Loan
George L. Breitenbach
Preston L. Etter
Paul V. Shearer
Lloyd Beenblossom
Ws&l
Washington Savings and Loan
Ray Neu Sworn In As Iowa’s Governors In Des Moines
Gov. Robert D. Ray and Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu were sworn in at inaugural ceremonies in Des Moines. Ray outlined a farsighted program for the remainder of the century as he began his third term.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Arthur Neu
Iowa
Nixon cancels wage price boards introduces voluntary guidelines
President Nixon ends the Pay Board and Price Commission and launches Phase III of economic controls with voluntary wage price guidelines. He asserts inflation can be restrained and that 1973 and 1974 could be the best years for the economy.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Pay Board and Price Commission
Congress
Weather and inflation controls mix with local crop day
Forecast calls for fair weather this afternoon tonight and Friday with light northwest winds and mid teens to mid 20s temperatures. Inflation guidelines remain largely voluntary with certain mandatory sectors kept under control while Nixon asks Congress to extend authority for a year. Washington County Extension hosts Crop Day Friday January 12 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m with speakers from Iowa State University and local extension staff.
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Nixon
Congress
Washington County
Washington Ymca
Min Amemiya
Iowa State University
Gerry Gogan
Jim Frier
Iowa cities fear loss of sewer aid funding
Iowa cities fear losing state matching funds for sewage projects after federal 1972 act shifted most costs to the federal government. Robert Hays of the League of Iowa Municipalities cites a $7 million state appropriation in 1971, with $4.5 million spent and $3 million tied to fiscal year ending this June 30 now in question. He urges enabling legislation to free the funds this year and warns revenue sharing rules could cut other local programs if sewer funds are treated as optional.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Congress
Robert Hays
League of Iowa
63Rd
Iowa General Assembly
Hays
League
Washington district expands girls basketball to junior high
The Washington Community School District board approved starting girls basketball in eighth and ninth grades with scheduling coordinated by Doug Dunlap. The same meeting approved a boys holiday tournament at the high school December 28-29, 1973, and other actions including building specifications, playground plans, staff changes, curriculum updates, and program reviews.
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Washington Community School District Board of Education
Tom English
Doug Dunlap
Wehner and Associates
City Park Board
Stewart
Richard Roepke
Kay Buechler
Peter A. Buechler
Charles Rademaker
Ruth Shields
Jeannette Grove
Thelma Wagner
Prairie Flower
Lincoln
Gary Murphy
Joint County Special Education Study Committee
Hunt pleads guilty to all Watergate bugging charges
Former White House consultant E Howard Hunt Jr pleads guilty to six counts in the Watergate case after Judge John J Sirica rejects a partial plea. Hunt is ordered held on 100000 bond pending pre sentence investigation as prosecutors plan a grand jury review of political espionage.
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Washington
UPI
White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Watergate
Hunt
U.S
John J. Sirica
Democratic
Sirica
William O. Bittman
Court of Appeals
Bittman
Schneider pursues seat on Washington County board
Elmer Schneider of near Riverside continues his bid for a Washington County supervisors seat. He appeals to district court after a recount trimmed his lead from five to two votes, alleging the recount board erred and that spoiled ballots were not shown to him and his lawyers. Local Democrats back Schneider amid a contested, shifting vote battle with incumbent John Patterson.
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Elmer Schneider
Near
Riverside
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Schneider
John Patterson
Patterson
The
Journal
Conklin
Patterson-Schneider
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