Post-kindergarten classes trial in Washington district
A summer school pilot in the Washington Community School District offers post kindergarten classes for students lacking reading readiness and math concepts. With about 23 attendees, the program aims to reduce detentions and align students with first grade peers, using a relaxed, creative approach under teacher Phyllis Eisele and Joyce Horsey with aides.
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Washington Community
al Kinzler
Kinzler
Phyllis Eisele
Joyce Horsey
Paulette Eagle
Eisele
Ann Krogmeier
Horsey
Lincoln School
Little Carpenter
Ricky Vandenburg
Washington School System
Phot
Sellers to resign his safety post
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers says he will resign but has not set a date. At 30, he seeks long term private legal work and denies pressure from Gov. Ray. He cited controversy over helmet rule and privacy debates on TRACIS as factors in public scrutiny.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Robert D. Ray
Sellers
Ray
Public Safety Department
Mahaska County
University of Towa Law School
Drake
Tracis
Public Safety Commissioner
Rapid City
Washington
Imming
Cost of Living Council
Vermont Agriculture
Leo O'Brien
Cubans smuggle infant daughter to the United States
Manuel and Daisy Benitez describe a desperate plan to bring their two week old daughter Desiree from Madrid to the United States in a handbag piloted by Xiomara Aguilera. The infant, tranquilized for the flight, faces a refugee status review as the family seeks visas amid hunger in Spain.
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Miami
UPI
United States
Spain
Manuel
Daisy Benitez
Miami Herald
Transatlantic
Desiree
Mrs. Benitez
Robert Wyotych
Benitez
el Carmen
Madrid
U.S
Miss Aguilera
Food processors in cost price squeeze across markets
United Press International reports a price freeze on foods fueling a meat black market and plant closures. Industry leaders urge exemptions to prevent further shortages. firms like Penn Packing and others have shut operations as wholesale prices rise while ceilings cap consumer prices. Vermont reports $15 million flood damage.
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United Press International
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Bernard Imming
John Craig
Boston
Packinghouse Workers Union
Bertram C. Tackett
Boxed Beef Distributors
Philadelphia
Penn Packing Co
East
Detroit
Mich
Momence Pork Packers Co
Momence
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Cost of Living Council
Three Young Men Die in Bettendorf Car Crash
Three eastern Iowa men were killed in a one car crash in Bettendorf. Michael Essig and Randy Winslow died at the scene while John Mayer died later at a Davenport hospital. Authorities said Essig lost control on a curve, the car hit a bridge and struck a utility pole.
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Bettendorf
UPI
Iowa
Michael Essig
Randy Winslow
LeClaire
John Mayer
Davenport
Scott County
Essig
Money Focused Session For Washington School Board
The Washington Community School District Board meets at 7 30 p m in the senior high library for its regular monthly session. Budget setting dominates the agenda with preliminary 1973 74 figures from Supt E K Schlapkohl and a tentative 8 30 p m Aug 8 public hearing. Also on the agenda are gasoline bid expectations from transportation director Don Zwicki fuel oil bids for Prairie Flower junior high and high schools a report on Title I funds by administrative assistant Al Kinzler and a review of senior high activity tickets plus recommendations for student council representatives and the administration.
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Board of Education
Washington Community
Supt
E. K. Schlapkohl
Don Zwicki
Prairie Flower
al Kinzler
Cox urges business tips on illegal campaign contributions
Special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox asked firms nationwide to report any illegal political contributions. American Airlines disclosed a 75 000 donation to Nixon's reelection, 55 000 from corporate sources and 20 000 from non corporate sources. Cox stressed voluntary early disclosure is a mitigating factor in charging decisions.
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American
Nixon
New York Times
Senate Watergate Committee
Mary Jo Kopechne
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Georgetown
USS. District Court
John J
Sirica
Gordon Strachan
Senate
Watergate Committee
Strachan
White House
H.R. Haldeman
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
American Civil Liberties Union
Cox
Spater
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Weather Town Zones 9 and 13 Forecast Today
Sunny hot and windy conditions in Zones 9 and 13 with highs in the mids. Southerly winds 15 to 30 mph today, then southwest tonight at 12 to 22 mph. Tonight fair warm with lows in the mid 70s. Sunday highs reach the mid 90s.
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Laura Walker
Sharon Merz
Judy Venzke
Donna Davis
Dick Herlein
Gladice Cook
Nancy Gipple
Kortney Steinbeck
Merz
Venzke
Herlin
Gipple
Mary Loveless
Jill Speece
Lillian Tindal
Beverly Young
Mary Morrison
Jane Shearer
Marguerite Pefferman
Judy Marshall
Jane Whitaker
Anita Harris
Micki Harris
Baby
Centennial Mills
Portland
Ore
Western Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Finance Committee
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