Parking lane swap on South Second Avenue
City crews convert east side parking from angle to parallel stalls on one block of South Second Avenue between Washington and Main Streets. Council said the change will ease northbound traffic flow by allowing through traffic to bypass left turning vehicles near the YMCA. Only three east side spaces will be lost. west side already parallels.
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South Second Avenue
Second Avenue
Washington
Main Streets
YMCA
Municipal Band Concert in Central Park Wednesday Evening
The Washington Municipal Band performs July 18 at 8 p m in Central Park. Selections include God Bless America Black Jack March Redwood Overture Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head and Show Boat plus other marches tunes and standards.
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Washington Municipal Band
Central Park
God Bless America
Golden Eagle
Indiana State Band
Patton
United Nations
Man assumes new identity to escape past life
John Calvin Beck alias Tom Anthony in Nashville says he jumped parole after being warned he could not visit his security-police captain brother. He discarded his former self, obtained new IDs, bought a mobile home and a 1973 Thunderbird, and now owes about $50,000 to local creditors while awaiting FBI action at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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Nashville
Tenn
UPI
Tom Anthony
FBI
John Beck
John Calvin Beck
Destiny Records
Atlanta
Beck
Bibb County
Johnny Beck
Teenage arson blamed for Cedar Falls house fire
Fire officials say several 15 year old boys smoking started the blaze that destroyed a vacant southside Cedar Falls house. One boy admitted starting the fire by accident. The home owner lives in California and no charges were filed.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
California
Watergate cash deliveries detailed to Senate panel
Former New York detective Anthony Ulasewicz testified before the Senate Watergate Committee about delivering cash to the seven original Watergate defendants. He said Herbert Kalmbach distributed 220000 dollars through him to fund legal fees and family support, and he nervously carried 75100 dollars in cash across Washington with frequent secret calls for payments. He first described arranging meetings between John Caulfield and James McCord Jr.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
Ulasewicz
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Nixon
John J. Caulfield
White House
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Caulfield
William O. Bittman
E. Howard Hunt
Bit
American Security Council
John W. Dean III
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Iowa Republicans Deny Wrongdoing In Voter List Case
Iowa Governor Robert Ray rejected claims of GOP misuse of a state licensed list of 1.8 million Iowans for a 1972 voter registration drive. Democratic leaders demanded accountability, while Republicans said openness under open records laws allowed the sale for 864 dollars to cover printing and run costs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
Ray
Clif Larson
Marvin Selden
Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Richard Turner
Larson
Democratic State Central Committee
Lee Gaudineer
Senate
Gaudineer
Steve Robinson
GOP Committee
Department of Public Safety
Carroll Bidler
Attorney General's Office
Richard Haesemeyer
Turner
Attorney General
Bidler
Selden
Proper flood law urged as solution in Iowa cases
Iowa Natural Resources Council director Othie McMurry says many flood damages could have been prevented if buildings on flood plains were elevated or flood proofed. He cites personnel shortages and high costs as reasons for weak enforcement, noting West Des Moines damage from Walnut Creek and the Raccoon River this month. He warns similar violations are numerous and costly.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Othie McMurry
McMurry
the Resources Council
West Des Moines
Walnut Creek
Raccoon River
Cedar Falls Hears Doubt on Future Revenue Spending
Cedar Falls City Attorney Judd Truax questions the council authority to earmark unallocated revenue-sharing funds for a Birdsall Park recreation center. The council tabled a nearly 200000 expenditure, with 150000 already approved for 1973, and Truax will issue an official opinion on legality.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
Judd Truax
Birdsall Park
Truax
Saucer expert visits Mason City as UFO talk swirls
Wayne Aho of Eatonville Washington, president of the New Age Foundation and Washington Saucer Intelligence, arrives in Mason City to discuss flying saucers with locals while reports of UFO sightings and a mysterious burn on a Clarion-area farm surface. He investigates the 30 yard diameter burn at Howard Grove farm southwest of Clarion, drawing a diagram after learning of the sighting.
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Mason City
UPI
Washington
Iowa
Wayne Aho
Eatonville. Wash
New Age Foundation
Washington Saucer Intelligence, Inc
Aho
Clarion
Howard Grove
Rehearse Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth in summer arts presentation
The Summer Creative Arts and Drama presents Macbeth a four great tragedy from 1605 06 in a dramatic rendering. The play traces Macbeth's rise and fall driven by ambition witches and Lady Macbeth with Macduff and Malcolm's stand for Scotland. Performances July 26 27 28 at 8:00 p.m. Washington High School Auditorium tickets 1.00 general admission available from cast or McDaniel Drug Store.
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Dick Koehler
Ann Gregory
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Washington
Journal
Weird Sisters
Washington High School
McDaniel Drug Store
Army worms invade southeast Des Moines in mass crawl
In Des Moines Iowa army worms flood a four acre area spreading from a cornfield to lawns and the Walter Tarney home. Residents report difficulty obtaining pesticide Levin and fear the pests will damage crops though lawns show only temporary brown spots. Officials warn of crop risk while residents seek solutions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Walter Tarney
Tarney
Levin
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