Jaycee Week kicks off in Washington with events planned
Jaycee Week begins Sunday in Washington with local Jaycee president John J. Prochaska announcing a schedule through Jan. 22. The week includes a wheelchair basketball game for the handicapped on Jan. 17 Bosses Night and Distinguished Service Award Banquet on Jan. 19 and a regional Keokuk meeting on Jan. 22. In Alabama a tornado near Enterprise killed at least four Army dependents and damaged two trailer parks.
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U.S
Enterprise
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Ft. Rucker Army Base
Ft. Rucker
Searcy
Wallace Announces Democratic Candidacy For President In Florida
Gov. George Wallace of Alabama declared his bid for the Democratic nomination in Tallahassee promising a new beginning of hope for Americans. He did not address his 1968 third party run in remarks prepared for his entry into the race starting with the Florida primary on March 14.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Supreme Court Clears Groppi of Contempt Charge
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned a contempt sentence against Father James E. Groppi of Milwaukee. It ruled he was not given charges nor a response opportunity. Chief Justice Burger led the decision with Justices Powell and Rehnquist not participating. The protest involved about 1,000 people on the Wisconsin statehouse floor over welfare costs.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
James E. Groppi
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Nixon to Withdraw 70,000 More U.S. Troops from Vietnam
President Nixon announced plans to pull 70,000 combat troops from South Vietnam, cutting total U.S. forces to 69,900 by May. He indicated another withdrawal before May 1, while Defense Secretary Laird said full withdrawal hinges on the POW situation.
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Vietnam
Mezvinsky Visits Washington as Democratic Candidate
Edward Mezvinsky an announced Democratic candidate for Iowa's first district House seat visited Washington amid claims a new voter bloc will favor independents. He criticized government secrecy, urged medical care reform with a public private health plan, opposed Earl Butz’s Agriculture head role, and stressed the farm bloc's importance to public policy.
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Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
U.S
House of Representatives
Washington
Mezvinsky
Fred Schwengal
Johnson County
Vietnam
Earl Butz
Agriculture Department
Congress
Sen
Harold Hughes
Hughes
New Hampshire
Florida
Iowa lawmakers face school aid shortfall and funding options
Gov. Robert D. Ray warned the 1972 Iowa Legislature must reopen school aid or raise about 11 million dollars to implement the foundation plan. A 21 million dollar shortfall could be reduced by 10 million in property tax revenue. the rest may require an amendment or higher taxes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
Marvin Selden
Ray
Iowa Senate Transportation Committee
Ghana Premier Busia Ousted in London Coup
The Ghana army and police overthrew Premier Kofia Busia as he was in London. An army spokesman announced the coup on Ghana radio accusing Busia of arbitrary arrests malpractices and economic mismanagement.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
UPI
Ghana
Kofia Busia
London
Ghana Radio
Busia
Farm Machinery and Power School Planned in Washington
The Washington County Extension Service schedules a Farm Machinery and Power School on Wednesday January 19 in the YMCA Community Room Washington from 1 30 to 3 p m. ISU extension engineers Hull Ayres and Frier present topics on tractors operation costs and safety.
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Iowa
Jim Frier
Washington County Extension Service
YMCA
Washington
Dale Hull
George Ayres
Iowa State University
Hull
Ayres
County to repay embezzlement losses from bond funds
Robert Tuley clerk of the district court says approved plan uses bond money first to cover embezzlement by former clerk Porter. Board of Supervisors and county attorney plus state auditor bless the move. About 10,000 recovered from bonding company will offset roughly 15,000 county funds and 8,000 costs. General fund will lose about 13,000 but this money has been missing and won’t be deducted again. State auditor official will assist in repayment.
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Iowa
Sen
John Walsh
R-Dubuque
Walsh
Senate
Clifton
Robert Tuley
District Court
Washington County
Robert Porter
Board of Supervisors
Riley
Cosnty
County General Fund
John Baldrige
State Auditor's Office
Former mental patient hijacker captured after seven hour siege
FBI and Dallas police stormed a hijacked jet at Love Field and captured Billy Gene Hurst 22 who had demanded 2 million dollars parachutes and eight boxed lunches for himself and crew He surrendered after seven hours and was charged with air piracy held without bond in Dallas County Jail.
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Dallas
UPI
FBI
Billy Gene Hurst
Hurst
Houston
Love Field
Gordon Shanklin
USS
Republic National Bank
Africa
South America
Tom Hill
Area students state scholars honored by Iowa commission
Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission selects 1,902 high school seniors as state scholars. Scholars receive honorary citations and may compete for about 300 state tuition scholarships. Washington County students listed include Highland and Mid Prairie names. Monetary awards cover tuition and fees up to 610 dollars at Iowa colleges and nursing schools.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission
Iowa
Norman W Kladstrup
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Washington County
Highland
Jan Marie Huffman
Jane Marie Thomann
Mid-Prairie
Mary Louise Bash
Philip Glenn Houseal
Nancy Ann Romine
Sandra Sue Schroeder
Washington
Laura Lee Dickinson
Jon Jay Glover
Colleen Ann Venzke
Timothy Dean Zear
Keota
Judy M. Ruplinger
Cheryl Lea Walter
Guerrillas Attack Near Saigon and Da Nang Airfield
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a South Vietnamese base just outside Saigon and came under US command saying the first Communist assault on Da Nang airfield in nearly two years. Heavy fighting raged along South Vietnam’s Central Coast.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
South Vietnam
Cold Wave Warning Plugs Iowa Tonight
Cold wave warning tonight with very cold northwest and southeast regions. Lows drop 10 to 20 below zero in the north and 0 to 5 below in the south. Friday remains partly cloudy and cold with highs from near zero in the north to around 10 above in the south.
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Sowa
Washington Community Board Meets on Bus Fleet and Calendar
Washington Community School board weighing transportation staffing and calendar actions. Tentative approval of the 1972 73 calendar sets opening August 24 1972 and closing May 25 1973. Buses bids discussed and staff changes approved including a senior high study hall supervisor and new custodian.
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Washington Community School
Board of Education
Glen Williams
Richard Gipple
Ymca City Baseball Committee
Curtis Mineart
Mitchell Roe
Seferino Soto
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Ralph Marshall
Kathy Brown
West Liberty
Debbie Pagemiller
Wapello
Liz Bergstrom
Winfield
Central College
Centralettes
Thelma L. Goodwin
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