Foreign exchange brief shapes Washington community week
Dear Auntie recounts a winter week in Washington with a sizable youth music event and a long feature on ten years of foreign exchange students. Names of host families and students from Germany England Italy Sweden Japan Costa Rica Thailand Brasil Africa Philippines are listed. The writer praises intercultural learning and notes a second project at Ainsworth and Crawfordsville where black students from Iowa Wesleyan College share culture with local youths.
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Io the
Washington
Inge Flaggman
Germany
A. C. Peterson
Anne Courtney
England
Herb Campbells
Pio
Italy
Bill
Lars Solberg
Sweden
Harvey Holdens
Koshi Kanda
Japan
Richard Bordwells
Xinia Solano
Costa Rica
Louis Larsens
Suthep Vacharapongpreecha
Thailand
Leon Hillman
Fai John Mansur
Brasil
Ira Morrisons
Agnes Nakayenga
Africa
Clarence Dehnes
Ric Enerio
Philippines
Art
Jim Harris
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Iowa Wesleyan College
Local Birth Announcements in The Stork Gazette
Matthew Greg Gossen Tammy Lee Chambers Julia Ann Stutzman Susan Ann Coon Teresa Lynn Schiebel Christopher Dale Gerot are listed with parents and addresses as part of a regional birth notice feature in The Stork Gazette. The items highlight newborns and family backgrounds within the community.
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Matthew Greg Gossen
David Lee Gossen
South Avenue
Clington
Tammy Lee Chambers
Stephen Lynn Chambers
North Town
Washington
Julia Ann Stutzman
Walliam
Wilford "Stutzman
Teresa Lynn Schiebel
Charles Joseph Schiebel
North
Iowa
Christopher Dale Gerot
Dale George Gerot
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The Week on the Farm Reflections on Lime and Seed Corn
The piece notes snow melt and dirt on streets affecting farm work and driveways. It discusses lime as a necessary soil element, driven by analysis and government cost sharing. Farmers anticipate a scramble for seed corn varieties, praising seed companies while urging fair distribution and reliability for small buyers.
Mozambique cyclone leaves inland sea over Portu guese East Africa
Survivors cling to palm trees and rooftops as Cyclone Felice turns 2,000 square miles of Mozambican province into an inland ocean. Av作ators report extensive destruction and disrupted communications hindering death and displacement estimates. Quelimane and Mocuba areas face water shortages and rising casualties.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
UPI
Portuguese East Africa
Felice
Indian Ocean
Pinto da Silva
Macuse
Quelimane
Mocuba
Zambesia
Vilar Queiros
David Ferreira
Washington County museum talks spark planning group
Local discussion in Washington County about a modest museum to house regional materials. Mrs. Richard Fisher led a 20-person meeting on funding quarters supervision and potential display plans. Possible use of Dr J M Lloyd rooms discussed.
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Washngton County
Richard M Clory
Colorado
Springs
Colo
McCleerys
California
Sun City
Ariz
Mr.McCleery
McKinnie Phelps
Sub-zero temperatures linger in Washington County
Washington residents endured sub-zero readings overnight with unofficial lows from 7 to 4 degrees below zero. The cold persisted into a morning with little warming expected this week per forecast, and several local sports results and community notes accompany the weather brief.
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Washington County
Towns protest rail abandonment in Iowa route
Kalona and Riverside mobilize in protest of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. petition to abandon the Hills to Montezuma line. ICMRS estimates legal costs between 3500 and 5000 with local pledges totaling 1400, plus ongoing support from other towns. Hearings likely in April or May as funding and voices unite along the route.
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Kalona
Riverside
Iowa City
Ralph Schnoebelen
Town Commerce Commission
Voice
Defense Fund
Gardener killed in Dubuque area worksite accident
Cloyd Gardner fifty of 1020 East Second died January 2 1971 from injuries sustained Monday afternoon near Dubuque when a 22 ton earth moving machine toppled into a six foot ditch pinning him inside the cab. He was trapped ninety minutes and transported to Findley Hospital Dubuque for surgery. Gardner worked for Donovan Construction Co of St Paul Minnesota.
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Cloyd Gardner
Dubuque
Gardner
Donovan Construction Co
St. Paul
Minn
Findley Hospital
Washington visitors tour ASCS office in Iowa
Two Washington D C men, Felix Foss and John Thoetke, toured the Washington Iowa ASCS county office with manager William Day as part of a task force moving the agency toward computer systems. The visit aimed to observe county office operations. Also featured: The Swinging Demons from Washington High School rehearse for a Tuesday concert open to the public. Kiwanis luncheon speaker is a local girl invited by Nixon to the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
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Washington
Little Demons
Doug Farrier
Joe Giardino
Mike McClure
Doug Ruppert
Giardino
Mike van Cleave
McClure
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Agricultural Stabilization and Cen Ire
ASCS
William Day
Felix Foss
John Thoetke
Day
Swinging Demons
Washington” High School
Washington Kiwanis Club
Aad
Nixon
White House
Local Couples Quietly Tie The Knot In Area Churches
Linda Sue Kuhlman and Duane R. Miller wed in a 2:00 PM double ring ceremony Saturday January 23 at First Lutheran Church Maquoketa with Rev Harold Rumph officiating. Also on January 23 Diana Marie Hammen and Ralph Everett Cox renewed vows at 1:30 PM at St James Catholic Church with Rev Edward F Collins officiating. Earlier, Jennifer Jean Hampton of Fullerton Calif formerly of Washington announced her January 15 marriage to an unspecified partner.
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Linda Sue Kuhlman
Duane R. Miller
Maquoketa
Harold Rumph
Clayton Kuhlman
Don Reese
Clinton
Marion Miller
Washington
Diana Marie Hammen
Paul Hammen
Ralph Everett Cox
Everett Cox
Kalona
St James ‘Catholic Church
Edward F. Collins
Jennifer Jean Hampton
Warren Hampton
Fullerton
Calif
Multiple deaths reported in Iowa area on Jan 25 1971
Obituaries list several local figures: Arthur L. Kane 65 of 602 North Iowa died Jan 25 at Washington County Hospital after two weeks illness. Marguerite Robinson formerly of Washington died unexpectedly near Hampton. Rose Ann Sonday 79 of Sigourney died at Keokuk County Hospital after long illness. Elmer Durst died Jan 26 at Washington County Hospital after serious illness. Stella Boller 81 of Phoenix widow of Dr Frank Boller, noted Wayland links. Cloyce Conrad 67 of Wayland died in Peoria Illinois. Mabel Gingerich 71, former Kalona resident now in Clarks Grove Minnesota, died after months illness. Leonard Frisk 5 of Columbus Junction died Jan 21 in Los Angeles General Hospital while visiting California.
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Arthur L. Kane
North
Iowa
Washington County Hospital
Kalona
Clayton
Mabel) Gingerich
Clarks Grove
Minn
Albert Lea Hospital
Columbus Junction
Leonard Frisk
California
Los Angeles General Hospital
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