Red Cross to meet in Washington County Iowa
The Washington County American Red Cross chapter holds its annual meeting on Wednesday July 31 at 7 30 pm in the basement auditorium of the Iowa Southern Utilities building. Board members will be elected hear annual reports and present awards with officers to be named for the coming year. In Cedar Rapids the Red Cross plans about 200000 to aid northeast Iowa flood recovery across Independence Buchanan Waverly and Waterloo areas with homes destroyed and various damages reported.
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Washington County American Red Cross Chapter
Iowa Southern Utilities
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Law Academy grads first class at CAMP DODGE
The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy will graduate its first class Friday afternoon with 36 men receiving certificates. The group includes two chiefs of police five deputy sheriffs and 29 city police officers. Theodore L Richling U S attorney for the District of Nebraska will deliver the commencement address.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Jack Callaghan
Callaghan
Theodore L. Richling
U.S
District of Nebraska
Wayland Man Dies In Flooded Road Crash
John D. Schadt, 55, of Wayland, was killed when his pickup struck a bridge after driving onto a washed out county road washed by heavy rain. His wife was injured and taken to a Mount Pleasant hospital as authorities investigated the scene discovered by Virgil Lane.
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Trenton
Iowa
van Tuyl
Schadt
Mount Pleasant
Virgil Lane
Weather Scoop for Iowa: Parts Cloudy and Warm
Partly cloudy Thursday with cooler south tonight and lows in the 60s. Thursday will be a bit warmer with highs around 80 in the north and near 90 in the south. Outlook for Friday shows little change in conditions.
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Iowa
Ohio violence under control in Cleveland clash
Snipers with automatic weapons battled police through the night in Cleveland in a claimed black power plot to trigger major disturbances across Chicago Detroit and Pittsburgh. Ten people died and 18 were wounded as looting arson and attacks rocked the East Side. National Guardsmen moved in and by midmorning the area was described as quiet. Authorities alleged a nationwide conspiracy by black militants to spread destruction and demonstrate power.
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Cleveland
UPI
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Carl B. Stokes
FBI
Stokes
Ohio National Guard
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Brinks, Inc
East Side
United States
Adi
S.T. del Corso
Tragic Farm Labor Bus Crash Kills Two Howell Sons
In Buena Vista New Jersey a school bus carrying 36 migrant farm workers collides with a Philadelphia to Atlantic City train. Nine dead including Mrs Mary Howell's two sons Eugene and Andre 15 and 13. The bus driver is among the injured. the bus had recently passed safety checks.
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Buena Vista
N.J
Mary Howell
Wilmington
Del
Howells
Howell
McCarthy Leads Iowa Farmers in Wallaces Farmer Poll
Wallaces Farmer interviewed 597 Iowa residents in June to judge Democratic and Republican preferences. McCarthy led over Humphrey 72 to 28 among all voters with strong showings across Democrats and independents. Rockefeller topped Nixon and Reagan among Republicans, while McCarthy beat Nixon and Rockefeller in head to head. Eighty-one percent of Republican men favored McCarthy, and 76 percent of Republican women did. Independents and Democrats also favored McCarthy, with varying margins. The poll also notes McCarthy’s Indiana independence day trip and cites a broader national context of farmer opinion.
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Des Moses
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Iowa
Wallaces Farmer
McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Humphrey
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
Wallace
Red Cross swim program marks final week in county
Washington area Red Cross Learn to Swim program led by Mrs. Neal Lampkin and Mrs. Har old Moore nears its end. The 1968 session taught 877 county children to swim with 98 from Washington and others from Ainsworth Kalona Brighton Riverside Wellman Crawfordsville West Chester and rural areas. From June 17 to July 26 the pool was donated by the city of Washington five days a week. Volunteers included 13 water safety instructors 19 swimmer aides a recorder and eight basket monitors. no one is paid though volunteers receive pool passes and some travel or babysitting allowances are provided where needed.
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Neal Lampkin
Harold Moore
Red Cross
Washington Municipal
Washington
Ainsworth
Kalona
Brighton
Riverside
Wellman
Crawfordsville
West Chester
City of
Roberta Lamp
Johnny
Neil Lampkin
Washington County
Marian Schiebel
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Intercepted memo from FARMERS in Washington County
An intercepted memo from Washington County farmers mocks a rain dance as apparently effective. The anonymous note ends with a playful signoff, Yours, WEJ, suggesting informal communication among local agrarians.
Heavy Rains Drench Iowa With Wide Damage
Heavy rains hit much of Iowa with 1 to 2 inch totals and isolated downpours up to 8 inches. Brighton logged 3.52 inches while Wayland and Richland saw lightning and fire damage to a farm home and a windstorm toppled a 60,000 bushel corn bin. A dike near Waterloo held, but flood risks persisted as creeks rose and a funnel cloud sighting occurred near Spencer.
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Washington
Brighton
Richland
George Unkrich
Wayland
Lyle Zehr
Parkview
Lightning Causes Heavy Fire Damage at Rural Home
A lightning strike on the summer kitchen during a heavy rainstorm caused extensive damage to a two story frame home seven miles northwest of Richland belonging to Mrs. Charles Williams who lived alone and was shaken but not seriously harmed. Firemen from Richland and Ollie assisted as the upper floor and furnishings burned while smoke and water damaged rooms on the ground floor requiring neighbors to relay calls for help.
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Richland
Charles Williams
Ollie
Washington County GOP seeks voter views on presidential candidates
William Smart of Washington County Iowa plans to attend the Republican National Convention as an alternate delegate. He asks Republicans to share their preferences by personal contact or phone, noting he leans Nixon and may hear strong Rockefeller support or potential Reagan backing before the convention.
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William Smart
Washington
Washington County
Smart
Iowa
Republican Today
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Budget Estimate By County Board Of Education
Probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Homer G. Jarrard and William Roy Davison noted in the probate docket.
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County Board of Education
Homer G. Jarrard
William Roy Davison
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