News in Brief: Local items from Washington to England
Eight hospital dietary staff in Washington County complete a 15 lesson general nutrition course from the Iowa State Health Department. County residents face January 31 license plate deadline with February 1 penalties. University of Iowa Young Democrats seek to curb Iowa City grape sales in solidarity with California pickers. Penn Central’s Metroliner shatters speed records and breaks windows on a slower train near Chester. Memphis mayor receives $1 with a note about air pollution. An 88 year old driver is ticketed for 78 mph in a 40 zone. A English woman pleads guilty after home brewed beer incident ends with a police station window damage and a $12.48 fine.
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Washington County Hospital
Mary Baker
Beulah Brock
Carla Nelson
Mildred Nelson
Martha Nicholoson
Rosalie Nicholson
Darlene Sojka
Irene West
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
The
Young Democrats
Iowa City
California
Peacehaven
England
Joyce Hall
Hall
Croydon
Jaycees Honor Annual Award Winners at Banquet
The Washington Jaycees held their Annual Awards Banquet at the K of C Hall on Tuesday night. Peter Weller received the Outstanding Young Educator in a first time award, while Herb Osincup was named Outstanding Boss. Larry Duncan won the Distinguished Service Award, and Yaro Chmelar earned Outstanding Young Farmer for managing 740 acres with his father. Larry Griggs received the Key Man Award.
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K. of C. Hall
Jaycee
Peter Weller
Weller
Washington
Herb Osincup
Herb
Osincup Drug
Larry Duncan
Larry
Kiwanis Club
Yaro Chmelar
Larry Griggs
Griggs
Washington Evening Journal
KCI
Richard Weeks
National Bank of Washington
Don Warren
Pat Butler
Washington County
Leon Hillman
Jaycees
Gary Wilson
Washington Jaycees
Ed Bean
Miles Kreiger
Joe Evanovich
Dan Allen
John Prohaska
Richard Horak
Duncan
Des Moines
Journal
Yard Chmelar
Washington Area
Chmelar
Weather and awards mark Washington Jaycees banquet
United Press International reports a weather outlook for Iowa with freezing drizzle and snow in the extreme northwest and north central regions tonight and Thursday. The 16th annual Washington Jaycees Awards Banquet honored Richard Weeks Don Warren Pat Butler Leon Hillman and others with flags of recognition and honorary memberships.
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United Press International
Iowa
Nixon cabinet oath marks start of working group
President Nixon presided at an 8 am White House oath ceremony for 11 cabinet heads as Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath individually. Walter J. Hickel, interior nominees unable to take the oath due to lack of Senate confirmation, attended. Nixon called the lineup a working cabinet and noted past cabinet nicknames in a brief ceremony continued on Page 6.
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UPI
Nixon
Earl Warren
White House
Walter J. Hickel
Senate
Andrew Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
United States
Lodge Holds Talks With Allies Ahead Of Paris Vietnam Talks
President Nixon's Vietnam talks chief Lodge met with South Korea and Australia representatives in Paris after meeting South Vietnam leader Pham Dang Lam. Huong in Saigon warned success depends on Vietnam's own military progress, expressing pessimism over quick agreement with the United States and North Vietnam. Lodge planned talks with Thailand and the Philippines as diplomats noted the allies briefed on U.S. aims. Huong said the Communists may drag out negotiations, making early success unlikely.
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API
Nixon
Vietnam
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South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
South Korea
Australia
Saigon
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Huong
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North Vietnam
Lodge
Soo Young Lee
France
David Anderson
U.S
Thailand
Philippines
Nists
UPI
Daniel Southerland
Korea
Washington Thanks Gentlemen For Making City A Great
Intercepted memo praises helpers in Washington for contributing to the city’s improvement and safe, pleasant living conditions. It credits unnamed officials and citizens for progress and stability in the capital.
Reagen declares emergency as California floods hit state
California Governor Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency after winter storms unleashed heavy rain and flooding across rivers and streams. Ten people were swept from an amphibious tractor near Santa Paula and were presumed lost amid the Sespe Creek torrent.
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United Press International
California
Ronald Reagan
Golden State
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Santa Paula
Calif
Los Padres National Forest
Sespe
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
Iowa ethics plan inching toward disclosure debate
In Des Moines the joint Ethics Committee trimmed the draft ethics code and halted decisions on financial disclosure for legislators and lobbyists. A proposed rule would require listing holdings over 5000, but the panel split on a figure, preferring a general holdings category. Debate over lobbyist disclosure remained unresolved.
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Des Moines
Senate Ethics Committee
Arthur A. Neu
Carroll
Richard L. Stephens
Crawfordsville
Edward M. Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Joint Committees
Thomas A. Renda
Mezvinsky
Renda
County Meeting Here Warns SDS Aims to Overthrow U S Government
Washington County American Legion and Auxiliary heard CVA officials from the University of Iowa warn that SDS seeks to overthrow the U S government by 1984. They urged counteracting leftist groups on campuses and in churches to safeguard local youth with patriotic education. The gathering featured Legion and Auxiliary leaders, CVA members, and guests from Davenport and Crawfordsville. The next county meeting will be held in Crawfordsville in spring.
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Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
United States
Washington County American Legion
Association of Collegiate Veterans of America
CVA
University of Iowa
Iowa Sds
Legion
Robert White
Davenport
Iown
Kenneth Rhea
Crawfordsville
Kenneth Roberts
Keosauqua
Iowa Department
Ronald Gutshall
Howard Knupp
Ed Hawkins
Mars Pertl
S. W. Kaster
Washington
Richard Lease
Washington Leon Beatty Post
Washington County
Stanley Chabal
Riverside
Washington Auxiliary
Three jets downed in Viet fighting
Communist ground fire shot down three US Air Force F100 Supersabre jets in South Vietnam. One pilot was killed, another two parachuted to safety. The first jet went down near Quang Ngai City, the others about 92 miles east of Saigon and 14 miles northeast of Katum in Tay Ninh. An American Navy patrol boat sank 45 sampans off the northern coast.
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Saigon
VPS
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai City
Capital
Katum
Tay Ninh Province
Probate of wills and executors named
Public notice announces probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Emma E. Swartzendruber and Bernardine Brenneman. The proceedings apply to the respective estates and seek court endorsement of the executors and related duties.
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Emma E. Swartzendruber
Bernardine Brenneman
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