Car found overturned near Washington after crash
A car owned by Tracy Baumert of 219 West 8th was found on its top in a ditch about four miles north of Washington near the highway 1 and 92 intersection. Baumert, on leave from the USS Mason in California, apparently lost control, crossed the intersection, hit a garden driveway, and overturned. He walked away unhurt. deputies found no passengers.
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Evening Journal
Tracy Baumert
W. 8Th
Washington
Baumert
Uss Mason
California
Northrup King Garden
Sheriff's Deputies
Gas theft at Rarick farm near Haskins reported
Thieves took about 20 gallons of fuel from a farm barrel on Bill Rarick's property southeast of Haskins. Deputies say the padlock was broken in broad daylight while the Raricks were away. Notable footprints and tire tracks were found. investigation remains open.
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Bill Rarick
Haskins
Raricks
Shrine Circus Parade Prompts Citywide Car Removal
City police urge Washington residents to remove vehicles from the square and West Main from North Marion to North Avenue B on Sunday. The square will be roped off at 7 a.m. and the Shrine Circus parade begins at 1 p.m.
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Evening Journal City
Washington
West Main
North Marion
North Avenue
New Iowa United Methodist Bishop Chosen in Iowa Hope
SIOUX FALLS Iowa United Methodist officials named Bishop Lance Webb 66 of Springfield Illinois as the new Iowa bishop replacing James S Thomas Jr whose term expired. Thomas will move to Canton Ohio to lead the Ohio East Area. Webb has led the Illinois Area for 12 years while Thomas served Iowa 12 years. Under church law twelve years in one area is the maximum, and Webb will retire in 1980 after four years in Iowa due to new rules ensuring earlier retirement for bishops.
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S.D
UPI
Lance Webb
Springfield
Ill
United Methodist
Iowa
James S. Thomas Jr
Thomas
Ohio East
Canton
Ohio
Francis E. Kearns
Webb
Illinois
Viking 2 Pictures Mars From Approach Trajectory
Eye Viking 2 nearing Mars and snapping photos as it follows Viking 1 in investigations. Jet Propulsion Laboratory notes Viking 2 will focus its twin cameras on Cydonia, its intended landing site on a northern plain. Saturday's images will target the western Chryse basin slopes between ancient river systems.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 2
Viking 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Cydonia
Great Chryse Basin
Thorndale to Abolish One Man Police Force
Thorndale Texas council voted 3-1 to disband the towns single police officer saying the cost was too high and crime was nearly zero in 22 years Police Chief Taylor Holland was cited for not issuing enough traffic tickets to cover his pay The following day two armed men in ski masks robbed the Thorndale State Bank of an undisclosed amount.
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Thorndale, Tex
UPI
Taylor Holland
Thorndale State Bank
Canadian detained after Entebbe raid panic in Kampala
Patrick S Morris, 38, of Canada, traveling with British refugees to Nairobi, says he was detained and interrogated in Uganda. He reports Kampala streets filled with armed soldiers and civilians living in panic two weeks after the Entebbe Airport rescue of over 100 hostages.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Patrick S. Morris
Uganda
Entebbe
Morris
Kampala
Clear and Cool Weather Tonight and Saturday
The forecast calls for clear and cool conditions tonight with northerly winds. Saturday will be partly sunny with a high near 80 degrees and a low tonight in the mid to upper 50s.
Carter says he can beat Ford and Reagan in their states
Jimmy Carter told a New York breakfast crowd that his national poll lead could shrink after the Republican National Convention in Kansas City and urged Democrats to raise funds. He touted a federally financed campaign and asked each DNC member to contact 100 fellow Democrats for campaign contributions while Mondale and Strauss stood by him at the event.
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UPI
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Robert Strauss
Reagan
Kansas City
California
Michigan
New Hampshire
Mondale
Strauss
Georgia
Hubert Humphrey
White House
George McGovern
George Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Martin Luther King Sr
Fearful mass kidnapping in Chowchilla school bus vanishing
A bus with 26 children and its driver disappeared near Chowchilla California raising fears of a mass kidnapping by radicals. FBI Director Kelley said the agency is actively involved while President Ford expressed concern for the children's safety. Authorities searched for three vans and questioned radical group theories as the case drew high level attention. The abandoned bus was found in Berenda slough with swimsuits inside and dust patterns suggesting it was left empty, with no ransom demands or clues yet.
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Calif
UPI
Washington
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Ford
Fresno
California
Bill Parker
Barbara
Sacramento
Mervyn Dymally
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Highway Patrol
Brown
New York
Berenda Slough
Heat wave drives record power use in Iowa
Prolonged heat pushed Iowa Southern Utilities to a system peak of 345000 kilowatts on Wednesday, surpassing the previous 332000 kilowatts. Managers cited rising demand from air conditioning and industry, with a projected 364000 kilowatts for the summer and a summer rate increase for high usage past 800 kilowatt hours per month.
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Iowa
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Leonard DeHoet
Iowa Southern
ISU
Washington
DeHoet
Massive limestone sculpture rises at Iowa campus site
U of Iowa unveils a 140 ton Indiana limestone sculpture on a Hancher grounds hillside. Sculptor Luther Utterback and Reed Quarries faced color, texture, and transport challenges, with final placement watched by a curious crowd as rain looms and the work returns to nature.
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Joe Campbell
News Service
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Luther Utterback
Midwest
Utterback
Ted Reed
Bloomington
Ind
Reed
Reed Quarries
Hancher
Nature
Danish Woman Grethe Fenger-Moller Visits Washington
Danish woman Grethe Fenger-Moller of Copenhagen arrives in Washington as a guest of the U S State Department to speak to the YWCA and meet U S officials during a weekend visit She is a former president of the Danish Women's Association and has served on the Danish United Nations delegations.
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U.S. State Department
Grethe Fenger-Moller
Copenhagen
Denmark
Washington
Fenger-Moller
Robert Day
Danish Women’s Association
National Organization of Women
NOW
United States
University of Copenhagen
Hamline University
St. Paul
Minn
United Nations General Assembly
Fredericksburg
Two school board seats open in Washington district election
Residents of Washington Community School District districts five and six must file nominating petitions by August 5 with board secretary Henry Soucek to secure a spot on the September 14 ballot. Incumbents Pete Bell and Richard Wiley face term expirations, with Bell planning another run and Wiley undecided. Nomination rules require 10 signatures, eligibility affidavits, and timely submission to the county auditor.
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Board of Education
Henry Soucek
Soucek
Pete Bell
Richard Wiley
Bell
Wiley
Dutch Creek Township
Washington
Brighton
Clay Townships
Clay
Jefferson County
Washington City
Iowa Association of School Boards
England Sees Heavy Rain Disrupt Roads and Fires
England faced its heaviest rainfall in years with London and southeast cities flooded basements and a main Essex highway four feet deep. Auto clubs logged rain related breakdowns roughly every 45 seconds as Britain endures its worst drought since 1727.
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London
UPI
England
Essex
Britain
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