House Votes Big Jump In Conservation Funding
The House advanced a multibillion dollar Agriculture Department spending bill sending it to the Senate. It includes 225.5 million for REAP next year far above the White House request and adds 107 million for rural electrification loans and 42 million for rural water and sewer grants. The total increase over administration proposals on these items reaches 234.5 million as Congress continues its pattern of surpassing White House requests.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
White House
Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon
Congress
Mrs Hayden Davis Hosts Cotter Westminster Guild Meeting
Westminster Guild of Cotter United Presbyterian Church meets at Mrs. Hayden Davis home with 18 members and 2 guests, devotionals led by Mrs. Marvin Carlson, astrology study by Mrs. Burdette Davis, and plans for July 26 officer elections. Also notes trip reports from Mr. and Mrs. Max M. White and social events. various local visits and church notices.
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Blair Duncan
Bill Edwards
Max M. White
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
W.S.C.S
United Methodist Church
Marr Park
Iowa girl Kristi Conner seeks FHA national presidency
Kristi Conner of Glidden Ralston High School is a candidate for national president of the Future Homemakers of America at a July California meeting. She served as Iowa projects chairman and installation service arrangements chairman at the 1471 national convention in Kansas City. Delegates from Iowa include Dianna Heatherlin and others with chaperones and planners for the trip and related leadership sessions.
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Iowa
Kristi Conner
Glidden Ralston High School
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Los Angeles
California
Louie Conner
Glidden
Miss Conner
Iowa Projects
Kansas City
Patricia Khanna
State Department of Public Instruction
Dianna Heatherlin
Knoxville
Debbie Sanborn
Dexfield - Redfield
Deb Thede
Reinbeck
Dee Ann Tegt
Gladbrook
Roxanne Beale
Centerville
Gloria Chesney
Newell - Providence
Paula Kellison
CAL Community
Latimer
Julie Leath
Postville
Sue McComb
New Market
Jennifer Weir
Coon Rapids
Marsheila Blackburn
Malvern
Janet East
Garner - Hayfield
LuAnn Grove
Carson - Macedonia
Connie Heaton
Glidden - Ralston
Pam Jackson
Mount Ayr
Alice Applegate
Mabel Oxenford
Gudden - Ralston
Sharon Walker
White House
The
Division of Vocational and Technical Education
U.S. Office of Education
American Home Economics Association
You Can Can Safely With Pressure Canning Tips
Extension nutritionist Phyllis Olson explains pressure canning to reach 240 degrees to destroy harmful organisms. Start with clean jars and vegetables, preheat, pack loosely, seal, and process while watching the pressure gauge. Request bulletin Pm-510 at the Washington County Extension Office.
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Phyllis Olson
Iowa State University
Washington County Extension Office
Golf clinic for girls at Country Club Wednesday
A golf clinic for junior high and high school girls will be held Wednesday, July 5, at the Country Club for members only starting at 9 a.m. Harold Kerr, manager, will conduct the clinic. Participants may play until noon and may reserve meals by Tuesday evening.
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Harold Kerr
Hopi Indians Enter Denmark With Homemade Passports
Four Hopi men arrived in Copenhagen using self made passports after an embassy letter in Stockholm aided their passage at Kastrup Airport. Banyaca stated the Hopi do not recognize the United States and call themselves an independent nation in Arizona.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Denmark
U.S
Stockholm
U.N. Environment
Thomas Banyaca
Military wedding and honors mark visit to Conklin Michigan
The United Presbyterian Home notes Marysville visitors Robert Brinton and Mabel Rankin attending the June 10 wedding of Carolyn Fordham at Conklin Michigan where Ensign Arthur R. Butler received his Coast Guard Academy diploma June 8 with honors and a $500 award plus life membership from the US Naval Institute. Family and friends gather for meals, services, and community events across the week.
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Robert Brinton
Mabel Rankin
Marysville
Mich
Alice Butler
Carolyn Fordham
US. Naval Institute
U.S. Navy
Eleanor McGovern Seeks Endorsement for Husband
Eleanor McGovern believes Senator Kennedy will endorse George S. McGovern for the Democratic nomination. She criticizes Hubert Humphrey’s California delegation split and says she campaigns to support her husband while handling public scrutiny and aiming to influence policy on Vietnam, Social Security, and children.
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Washington
UPI
Eleanor McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
George S. McGovern
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
California
Vietnam
Middle East
McGovern
Thoreau Quotation Echoes on Simple Riches
A newspaper note presents Henry Thoreau’s line The man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest as a reflective thought for readers. It frames frugal happiness as enduring wisdom from the 19th century writer.
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Henry Thoreau
Horning reunion held Sunday in Mt. Pleasant
Forty three attended the Horning reunion Sunday July 2 with a picnic at Sanders Park Mt. Pleasant. Sam Henry was elected president and Mrs Richard Magdefray secretary treasurer. The next reunion is set for the first Sunday in July 1973 at Sunset Park Washington.
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Horning
Sanders Park
Mt. Pleasant
Sam Henry
Richard Magdefray
Sunset Park
Washington
George Means
Ralph Brinning
Henry Manning
Ada Smithhart
Terry Thornton
Two Local Youths Attend All State Music Festival
Washington youths Dwight Brewer and Jim Dayton returned home from two weeks at the All-State Music Festival at the University of Iowa. Both attended sessions of the chorus with Dwight in the concert band and Jim in the stage band during two concerts of the event.
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Washington
University of Iowa
Dwight Brewer
Robert Brewer
Jim Dayton
Don Dayton
Dwight
Jim
Livestock Judging Workouts Set for County Members
Two judging workouts for 4 H and FF members in Washington County are scheduled for July 1 17. northern session at Elme Schneider farm near Riverside at 7 30 p m Tuesday July 11 southern session at Wayland Sale Barn at 7 30 p m Monday July 17. Bees cattle and hogs will be judged with emphasis on cattle.
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Washington County
Steve Schroeder
Elme Schneider Farm
Riverside
Wayland Sale Barn
Iowa renames patrol units as state posts to match peers
Des Moines reports the Iowa safety department has adopted new terminology calling police officers state troopers and patrol zones posts rather than district headquarters. Colonel James Machholz notes most states use similar naming, effective about 30 days ago without a formal announcement.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Highwa
Stat Safety Department
Iowa
James Machholz
Mo Ayl
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