Margin for error in army recruiting sparks lawsuits
Des Moines reports that Richard Roussell and 16 others sue the Army claiming broken job promises amid recruitment safeguards. Lt. Col. Mel R. Jones defends procedures as recruits sign documents and undergo tests. Air Force recruiters cite initials and followups to ensure program accuracy.
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Des Moines
UPI
Army
Air Force
Marines
Richard Roussell
Dubuque
Mel R. Jones
Chicago
Jones
Des Moines Army
Don Minkley
Minkley
United Methodist Women hold multiple group meetings
Several UMW groups met this week with unit gatherings in church lounge and private homes. Group I chaired by Mrs. Walter Duvall opened with Greetings in 1977 and included devotions and a pledge. Group II led by Mrs. Florance Waterhouse discussed Ramblings and Remnants as the program. Group III at Halcyon House had 13 members and four residents, with a pledge and closing poem Fulfillment. A later coffee gathering hosted about 60 UMW members and Dr. J. Roland Crandall, with New Year Poem opening remarks and a program on Are We Listening to Each Other, followed by a pledge, music, and An Irish Blessing.
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United Methodist Women
UMW
W.F. Henry
Richard Brinning
Walter Duvall
Ray Enfield
Roland Crandall
Charles Crull
Clifford Bates
Paul Ryner
Florance Waterhouse
Harold Stephens
Don Boyer
Halcyon House
Scott Wilcox
DeWayne Adams
Milo Steele Jr
Halcyon
Wilcox
Group III
J. Roland Crandall
Max Lee
John Hiatt
Dwain Tschantz
Richard Paul
Local Club Activities Highlight Quilting and Gatherings
The H J Club met at Mrs Bob Marek's home for an all day quilting plus a 6 30 p m potluck supper attended by ten couples. Zimri Rebekah Lodge held a business meeting at the OOF Hall with 16 members and reports on visits to shut ins and non members. Y Women met in the YW room with 32 members and two guests. crafts, volleyball and a nutrition talk by Marjorie Dyall were featured. next week they plan volleyball and valentines activities.
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H.J. Club
Bob Marek
Marek
Dwaine Shalla
Martha Kirfman
Noble Grand
Zimri Rebekah Lodge
OOF
Albert Wehr
Susan Loving
Susan English
Karen Arbuckle
Peggy Patrick
Marjorie Dyall
CAP
Iowa
Ostomates to Meet at University Hospital
The Iowa City Area Ostomates meet Thursday January 27 in the Staff Dining Room at University Hospital Iowa City. The session starts at 7 30 p m with Dr Lawrence Den Besten as guest speaker. A business meeting and refreshments follow all ostimates their families and friends welcome
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Ostomates
Iowa City
University Hospital
Lawrence den Besten
Social Calendar Highlights Meant for Saturday and Week
Community events fill the week from eight o clock p m to evening gatherings at Masonic Temple YW rooms and high school venues. Open installation of officers at CES draws friends and relatives while clubs meet for music homed at Mrs Herb Osincup and YW room activities including Tops Club IOOF Mothers Club and Senior Citizens exercise.
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CES
Masonic Temple
Herb Osincup
Ioof Lodge
IOOF
Family Living
Milo Steele, Jr
Applied Arts I
Lloyd Turnipseed Jr
Y Building
Planned Parenthood
Old Hospital
DeMolay
DeMolay Advisory Board
Bethel Missionary
Norma Sandberg
Kleopfers to observe 60th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ralph Kleopfer of Riverside will mark their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner in Washington on Sunday January 23. They wed January 24 1917 at St Marys Church Riverside by the late Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmier. He is a retired farmer and they raised five children and have twenty grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Ralph Kleopfer
Riverside
Washington
Kleopfer
Rose Muller
St. Mary’s Church
Msgr
Bernard Jacobsmier
Earl Phyllis Griffin
Iowa City
Robert Kleopfer
Dale
Darlene) Sojka
Alberta) Kos
Alphons Kloopfer
Richmond
Hospital Admits and Discharges Listed
Names with cities and care types show admissions yesterday and today. Mrs. Rose Thrasher and Rex Widmer admitted in Columbus Junction and West Chester, with medical and surgical care. Kenneth Chance and Mrs. Lorena Crain admitted in Washington for medical treatment. Mrs. Alan Olson discharged in Washington.
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Rose Thrasher
Columbus Junction
Russell Speth
Rex Widmer
West Chester
Kenneth Chance
Washington
Lorena Crain
U P Home News Council approves Shamrock Foods trial services
The U P Home board in special session approved a trial with Shamrock Foods of Atlanta to provide food services beginning February 1. A new manager will interview staff January 25 with interim food manager Mrs. Pearl Casson remaining until smooth operation. The Home’s annual audit was completed January 13 by Dee Gosling and Company, with state auditors reviewing three years of books this week. The article also notes a film on Living History Farms, local visits, birthdays, and apartment brochures from Wehner Nowysz Pattischull.
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The
U.P. Home Board
Shamrock Foods
Atlanta
Georgia
Food Services
Colby
Mike Moore
Pearl Casson
Shamrock
Dee Gosling and Company of
Washington
State Department
Cedar Clippers 4-H Club Holds January Meeting
The Cedar Clippers 4-H Club met at Angela and Vicki Redlinger home with fifteen girls present. They voted to donate 15 to IFYE and heard talks on Proportion Color and Line and Home Improvement slides. Next meeting will be with Kristine Norman. two guests attended.
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Cedar Clippers 4-H Club
Angela
Vicki Redlinger
IFYE
Charlene Gent
Marsha Jones
Italian Chamber votes abortion bill
Rome reports the Chamber of Deputies approved an abortion bill allowing women over 16 to obtain abortion at public expense in the first 90 days if childbirth could threaten health. The measure, backed by the Communists and left parties, passes to the Senate and draws Vatican opposition as the ruling Christian Democrats abstained on a potential filibuster.
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Rome
UPI
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
Senate
Christian Democrats
L’osservatore Romano
Giulio Andreotti
Stewart visitors from Huntington Beach then obituaries and births
Local news notes visiting family from Huntington BeachCalifornia as well as relatives in Washington Riverside and Keokuk. John Cheyney 84 of Milan Missouri dies January 22 1977 at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital with Riggens Funeral Home to handle services. Timothy Allan Flory born January 20 1977 weighing 9 pounds 3 ounces with siblings and grandparents listed. John Russell Macdonald born January 20 1977 with relatives Wagner and family connection noted.
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John Cheyney
Milan
Bob Cheyney
Washington
Sullivan County Memorial Hospital
Riggens Funeral Home
Edward
Pam) Hartsock
Haskins
Gary
Beth) Hixson
Riverside
Robert Cheyney
Coralville
Russell Flory
Springdale
Ark
Timothy Allan
Randall Dean
Orville Flory
Robert Morgan
Keokuk
Jim Macdonald
Everly
John Russell
Macdonald
Karen Wagner
John Wagner
Howard Wagner
Engagement News for Lord and Fox Couple
Mary Lord of Ainsworth engaged to Robert Fox of Hamburg New York in a formal announcement. A street collision at West Seventh and North Avenue C blamed on ice and snow left two drivers Clifford Leeper and Debra Tisor with no injuries and about $1700 in damage.
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Mary Lord
Bryce Lord
Ainsworth
Robert Fox
Wallace Fox
Hamburg, N.Y
Clifford Francis Leeper
Brighton
Debra Lynn Tisor
Washington
West Seventh
North Avenue C
Newspaper Subscription Rates In Commerce District
Rates announced for subscriptions by carrier in Washington area at 2.00 per month and by mail in Washington and adjoining counties at 18.00 per year. Iowa mail subscriptions are 20.00 yearly and 24.00 yearly for mail elsewhere in the United States.
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Washington
Iowa
United States
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Fred Stark
Stewart School
Joanie Linge
Susie Zwicki
Russell Crone
Christy Wiley
Russell Zieglowsky
Journal
ST. James School
Paul Horak
Sandra Reed
Scott Mellinger
Theresa Ahart
Jim Kurtz
Kirk Dunbar
Bob Emry
Anthony McCracken
Wayland
Delmar Beckler
Beverly
Dan Elmore
Clifford Elmore
Kleopfers
Alan Olson
U.P. Home News
Glen Holden
Living History Farms
Bessie Holmes
Leland Kracaw
Keota
Charles Willming
Florence Hale
Anna Widmer
Alda Warnock
Europe
Dr. Bauman
America
Mrs. Warnock
Cora Hopping
Frank Baird
Wapello
Bruce Gillis
Paul Lobb
Minnie Knapp
Jessie Douglas
Knoxville
Tennessee
Gordon Douglas
Douglas
Lulu Draper
Miss Douglas
Georgia Martin
Wehner, Nowysz and
Pattischull
Richard A. Stewart
Judson (Lynda) Grove
Sheri
Laurie
Gayle
Huntington Beach
Calif
Groves
Grove
Roger Stouts
Glen Duncan
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co. Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
Leonard Llewellyn
Bank
Americaid Welfare
Jared B. Sturdevant, R. Ph
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