Washington High Jazz Band Concert Tonight at 8 P.M.
Washington High School Jazz Band directed by Larry Green performs new selections in a public concert at the school building tonight at 8. Tickets at the door. Washington County Red Cross board meets Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at chapter office. Roger Schloss calls for attendance. Bill Wyckoff to meet with the group.
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Washington High School
Larry Green
Washington County American Red Cross
Special Services
Roger Schloss
Schloss
Bill Wyckoff
The
Red Cross
Mount Pleasant Man Sues Railroad in Daughter Death
Henry County District Court hears two suits totaling 750000 filed by Ralph Jennings after his daughter Diana Jennings 18 died in a car train crash last July. He claims negligence by Burlington Northern and Sarah Walker 18 and seeks 350000 from the railroad and the Walker estate.
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Mount Pleasant
UPI
Henry County
Diana Jennings
Sarah Walker
Burlington Northern
Miss Walker
Dorothy Walker
Ralph Jennings
Walker
Jennings
Friends raise fund for robbed carrier John Elliott Jr
Friends of young John Elliott Jr. organize a relief fund after he was robbed at knife point Friday evening. The cash and checks lost on his Des Moines Register carrier route were not insured, and donations are invited at the Evening Journal office or with Clifford Campbell, city supervisor for the carrier boys in Washington. Names donated will be shared with John.
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John Elliott Jr
John
Evening Journal
Clifford Campbell
Des Moines Register
Washington
Young Elliott
Optimists honor crop yield winners in breakfast event
The Washington Optimist Club honored corn and soybean yield contest winners for 1972 at a Captain’s Table breakfast. Ed Augustine led corn with 189.39 bushels per acre and Edwin Hora topped soybeans with 57.11. Bohr Brothers were corn runners-up, Keith Hora placed third. Olen Bishop was second in soybeans and Ed Augustine third. Rex Ray presented plaques. Willia Holden presided. Olive Knott spoke as ISU agronomy official.
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Washington Optimist Club
Ed Augustine
Edwin Hora
Bohr Brothers
Howard and
Harold
Keith Hora
Olen Bishop
Rex Ray
Willia Holden
Optimists
Olive Knott
Sistant
Iowa State University
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Weather outlook Partly cloudy with warmer Wednesday
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight then fair and warmer Wednesday. Highs 25 to 30 this afternoon with lows near 20. Wednesday highs 35 to 40. Winds west to southwest 10 to 20 mph this afternoon and 8 to 15 mph tonight. Measurable precipitation near zero percent through Wednesday.
Johnson dies at Texas ranch in Lyndon B. Johnson era ends
Lyndon B. Johnson 36th U.S. president dies at his Texas ranch after a heart attack at 64. The body lies in state in the LBJ Library Great Hall as Lady Bird Johnson and relatives travel from Austin to attend. State and national mourning follow with plans for a Capitol Rotunda lying in state and a Texas burial.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Ranch
Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas Hill Country
LBJ
U.S
Johnson
White House
Lonely Acres
5Th Army
Hell On Wheels
Lady Bird
Weed-Corley
Tom Johnson
Nixon
Washington
Capitol
National City Christian Church
CST
Secret Service
Lady Bird Johnson
San Antonio
Brooke Army Medical Center
Harry Truman
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Barry M. Goldwater
Luci Nugent
Lynda Robb
Texas
Paris peace talks end on happy note and Nixon to speak tonight
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho parted with smiles after a long session amid speculation of a cease-fire deal. Nixon planned a televised radio address at 10 p.m. EST to report on peace negotiations.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Tho
Henry A Kissinger
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Saigon
Orly
Orlyfield
Lobbyist expense disclosure listed for Iowa Senate
Des Moines UPI report notes the Senate Ethics Committee debated bills forcing lobbyists to disclose monthly expenses and list senators targeted, with a Feb. 6 deadline to submit recommendations. Sen. Roger Shaff proposed detailed monthly reporting including food, travel and contributions. Other lawmakers urged revisions to Shaff’s plan.
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Des Moines
Vario
Shaff
City sets levy on street work
City Council approved the final levy of assessments for street improvements done last summer by Glover Construction Co. of Boone. Interest-free payments are accepted at City Hall until Feb. 22, with full or 10 percent installments allowed. Amounts under 10 percent will not be accepted, and unpaid balances will be certified to the county for collection. Information on individual assessments is available at the clerk’s office.
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Washington City Council
Glover Construction Co
Boone
City Hall
Highland voters weigh options to replace fire‑destroyed Ainsworth school
About 300 residents of the Highland Community School District met to discuss replacing the Ainsworth elementary building lost to fire on Jan 7. Six proposals were reviewed, including rebuilding, a combined elementary center, and new facilities at Ainsworth and Riverside. A straw vote showed no option held clear majority amid debt and enrollment concerns.
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Highland
Highland Community
Ainsworth
R. D. Gustafson
Gustafson
Riverside
Riverside Purchase
Ray outlines Iowa budget plan amid revenue sharing funds
Des Moines Gov. Robert Ray previews a 1973 75 budget totaling about 15 billion with a 292 million increase over the current period. He cites revenue sharing and the state school foundation plan as main drivers while stressing no tax hikes and aid to the elderly and education as top priorities.
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Des Moines
UPL
Robert D Ray
United Pr International
State School Foundation
Ray
Towa
Rehouse
Des Moin
Iowa
Richard Gilbert
Gilbert
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
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Ater
Hotel Majestic
Highland Schools
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Marvin Selden
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