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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1970

Page

6

Davis finally wins election dispute in Iowa Senate

The Iowa Senate contest committee in Des Moines ruled Republican Wilson Davis of Keokuk the winner of the Lee County September election by a three vote margin. The panel rejected disputed ballots as illegally marked and kept the existing result, with chair Arthur Neu criticizing state payment of fees and proposing the contestant pay expenses.

Des Moines UPI Senate Lee County Wilson Davis Keokuk Davis Gilbert McCarty George Phelan Fort Madison McCarty Sen Arthur Neu R-Carroll Neu

Closing Out Sale Ends 48 Year Wayland Garage

A 48 year old Wayland business closed when Jess Roth held a closing out sale at his garage on Jan 13. Opened in 1922 by Jess and Seth Roth, the shop later housed Standard and then Skelly gas. Miller Plumbing & Heating bought the building. Community events and notices follow, including local club meetings, visitors, and a death in Visalia, Calif.

Wayland Jess Roth Jess Seth J. G. Widmer Roth Brothers Joe Koebel Standard Gas Skelly Miller Plumbing & Heating Sugar Creek Omer Roth Freida Reininger Helen Graber Mabel Roth Ralph Stuart

Slowdown pleas flood Supreme Court on desegregation deadline

Washington based report notes thousands of petitions resolutions telegrams and letters urging a delay of total school desegregation in the South until next September. The court set February 1 as the desegregation deadline in cases from Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Florida. Florida figures including Gov Claude R Kirk Jr and state lawmakers request reconsideration and delay while Bay and Alachua counties join in. Justice Brennan reportedly returned his correspondence.

Washington UPI Supreme Court South Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida Claude R. Kirk Jr Bay Alachua

Schnoebelens Host Dinner Guests In Crawfordsville

Saturday events at the Harold Schnoebelen home included Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johnson, son Wayne, and grandson Jeff from Grinnell. Memorial Hospital in Mt. Pleasant treated Mrs. Eva Bower and Lloyd de Haper. The Sohigro Service Company hosted about forty farmers at the Unit ed Methodist Church with Nick Achen as host and Larry Reed as guest speaker. Past Presidents Parley of the Legion Auxiliary held a 6:30 p.m. luncheon at the home of Mrs. Everette Sommer with co hostesses and get well wishes sent to Mrs. Richard Kaufman. A March 23 meeting date was set with Mrs. Harry Suter as hostess.

Crawfordsville Harold Schnoebelen Leslie Johnson Wayne Jeff Grinnell Eva Bower Donald Lee Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant Friends Lloyd de Haper Beauchamp Nursing Home Sam Canott Martha Fredrick Hult Becky Sohigro Service Company Nick Achen United Methodist Church WSCS Larry Reed West Liberty Gregg Chemical Co Parley The Legion Auxiliary Everette Sommer Vernon Fletcher Richard Kaufman Washington County Hospital Harry Suter Alvin Jones

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