Yucatan youths enjoy Iowa exchange fiesta at Washington home
Four Merida youths from Yucatan visit Washington for two weeks, part of a Central College Pella Alliance for Progress exchange. They stay with area families, tour Columbus Junction, a drive in, a concert, and a derby. The group joins 19 others touring Iowa this summer. four Iowans also travel to Yucatan.
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Bob Swift
Iown
Central College of Pella
Alliance For Progress
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Mexico
Chris Engel
Washington Area
Victor Manuel Pino
Maria Vermont Ricardo
Francisco Santamaria Torres
Caridad Aguilar Rodriguez
Merida
Yucatan
Chichen Itza
Uxmal
Vitor
Richard Gray
Maria
Swift
Francisco
John Baldriges
Caridad
Waddell
Columbus Junction
Keota youth in critical condition after Iowa crash
A Keota youth age 11 in critical condition and a North English youth age 16 in serious condition were hospitalized after a one vehicle crash southeast of Keota at 1 45 a m The stolen pickup truck headed north on a county road near the Washington Keokuk line failed to stop at a T intersection with highway 92 and plunged into the north ditch bank The truck owned by Wayne Lobberecht of Eddyville had been stolen in Mount Pleasant on July 9 The incident prompted sheriff deputies to investigate and determine the vehicle was stolen Briggs resigns as Iowa revenue chief to join private accounting firm Donald Briggs director of state revenue since 1971 will resign August 1 to join Wood and Briggs Ray begins immediate search for successor
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Keota
Iowa City
William Edward Eldridge
Richard Allen Stoner
Washington County
Washington-Keokuk
Wayne Lobberecht
Eddyville
Mount Pleasant
Briggs
Des Moines
UPI
Donald Briggs
Robert D. Ray
Wood and
Ray
Crime Up Across U S In First Quarter Of 1974
FBI statistics show a 15 percent rise in serious U S crime in the first quarter of 1974 with suburban rural and small cities under 25 000 most affected. Violent crime rose 4 percent nationwide while property crime jumped 16 percent. Larceny burglary and auto theft all climbed, with regional increases highest in the South and West.
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Wastumnurus
UPI
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Greek officers lead Cyprus coup to restore union with Greece
Cyprus National Guard led by Greek army officers overthrew President Makarios and installed publisher Nicos Sampson as president. Makarios reported dead by Nicosia Radio amid shelling of the presidential palace. Turkey warned of possible intervention as NATO powers urged restraint. The regime pledged enosis and a plebiscite within a year while restoring law and order.
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Athens
UPI
Cyprus
Greece
Makarios
Nicos Sampson
Nicosia
London
NATO Alliance
Middle East
Turkey
NATO
United Nations
National Guard
Brussels
EOKAB
Andrea Hadjipapas
Union of Cyprus
Campaign aims to raise 200000 for Washington arts center
An ambitious drive seeks 200000 from Washington County residents and companies to back a half million dollar gift for a Washington Community Center for Creative Arts. Verle Gallagher chairs the fund drive with four divisions led by Rex Lee. The plan targets a fall ground breaking at the county fairgrounds, funded by broad community support and large donors with pledges over three years.
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Washington
Washington County
Verle Gallagher
Bob Reed
Leon Hillman
Bob Huber
Rex Lee
Lee
Fair Board
Colson testifies in secret on Watergate cover up
Former presidential counsel Charles Colson testified in a closed House Judiciary session on the Watergate cover up and related matters. He faces questions about the ITT affair the milk producers pledge and the plumbers operation while his CIA plot theory draws little support. Kalmbach and impeachment debate loom as final witnesses in the inquiry.
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Colson
Global inflation rises as shortages, oil soar worldwide
International brief surveys how raw material shortages and surging oil prices push inflation to double digits in many nations. It cites examples from Argentina to Japan, with price jumps in taxis, meals, rice, wine, and utilities, and notes varied government responses and the lingering impact on daily life.
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John Needham
United Press International
World
Europe
South America
United States
Japan
Cambodia
Chile
France
Italy
Brazil
Britain
Salvatore Allende
Thailand
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Weimar Republi
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