Oskaloosa Veto Holds Five Mile Residency Rule In City
Oskaloosa Mayor Karl Heil wins a veto battle as the City Council fails to override the five mile residency limit for police and fire employees. The measure replaces the prior three mile rule and could affect Bruce Anderson who cannot live at Lake Keomah. Anderson and his lawyer plan to seek a legal overturn. The council now faces extending the limit to all city workers.
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Oskaloosa, Iowa
UPI
Oskaloosa
Karl Heil
Bruce Anderson
Lake Keomah
Heil
Anderson
Pennsylvania
Summer Arts Drama tryouts for The Chinese Wall tonight
Summer Creative Arts and Drama personnel remind area youth that tonight at 7 p.m. tryouts for The Chinese Wall will be held in the Washington High School auditorium directed by Allan Lempke. The contemporary farce examines nuclear annihilation through historical figures and is set for July 23 and 24.
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Washington High School
Allan Lempke
Opening arguments loom in AIM murder trial
Cedar Rapids Iowa UPI opening arguments were expected today in the murder trial of two American Indian Movement members accused of killing two FBI agents on a South Dakota Indian Reservation last summer. Jury selection filled Monday with about 100 prospective jurors. eight were excused by evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Hated inheritance spurs murder charges in Iowa case
SIOUX CITY IOWA UPI Alga Forrest testified that Jerry Mark hated his brother because Leslie inherited the Cedar Falls family farm. Mark 33 Berkeley Calif is charged with four counts of murder in the Nov 1 shooting death of his brother and sister in law and their two children. Forrest is the former husband of Mark s bride Merrilyn Sue. The two reportedly lived next door to Mark and his former wife Rebecca in a trailer court in San Luis Obispo Calif during 1974.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Alga Forrest
San Leandro
Calif
Woodbury County
Jerry Mark
Leslie
Cedar Falls
Mark
Berkley
Forrest
Merrilyn Sue
Rebecca
San Luis Obispo
Fugate Granted Parole After 1958 Killing Spree
Caril Ann Fugate, jailed 18 years for her role in the 1958 Starkweather killings, was granted parole by the Nebraska Parole Board. She told the closed session hearing she wants to become an ordinary housewife, marry, have children, and avoid publicity. Fugate was 14 when she accompanied Starkweather on a murder spree that killed 10 people in Nebraska and Wyoming.
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York, Neb
UPI
Caril Ann Fugate
Nebraska Parole Board
Miss Fugate
Caril
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Wyoming
Lincoln
Iowa farmers oppose Locks and Dam 26 expansion in Senate hearing
Iowa farmers would bear higher grain transport costs if Locks and Dam 26 expands, ISPIRG told the Senate Commerce Committee. A study shows 50 car unit trains to the Gulf remain cheapest for central Iowa exports, while impacts could hurt non river communities and curb regional development. Cities including Ames and Iowa City have passed resolutions against the project.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Iowa Student Public Interest Research
Brian Ladd
Ispirg
Ladd
Dam
Iowa State University
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Roger Colton
Colton
Mississippi River
Ames
Iowa City
Grinnell
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Mason City
Boone
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Council hikes water rates in Washington city
The Evening Journal reports Washington council unanimously approved a July 1 rate increase to water charges, with many users facing up to 50 percent higher bills while minimum charges drop to 1.25 dollars for 1,000 gallons. Monthly bills replace quarterly, plus new charges for disconnections and reconnections. Sewer fees rise with water rates, and the city aims to curb deficits with about 95 thousand dollars in new annual revenue.
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Washington
Lloyd Robertson
Robertson
Light turnout in Washington County sheriff primary
Voters in Washington County show nominal interest in the Republican sheriff primary between incumbent Yale Jarvis and challenger Robert Swift. Early noon counts reveal 125 votes in the third ward and 86 in the second ward, signaling a light overall turnout by 9 p.m. polls close.
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Washington County
Yale Jarvis
Robert Swift
Myra Crawford earns state honor in 1976 4-H awards
Mrs Myra Turkington Crawford of Wellman is named one of four Iowa 4-H alumni winners for 1976. She will be honored June 11 at C Y Stephens Auditorium Ames. A longtime 4-H leader, she has 31 years of service since college and 25 years directing the Washington County Cedar Clippers club. She taught tailoring and crafts and serves on county committees and the Washington Community Cultural Center board. Her records go to national awards later this year. Olin Corporation of Stamford Conn is the national donor for 4 H alumni.
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Myra Turkington Crawford
Wellman
Iowa
University of Iowa
Washington County
Cedar Clippers
Iowa Master Farm Homemaker
Washington
Crawford
YWCA
Kirkwood
Washington Community Cultural Center
Olin Corporation
Stamford
Weather forecast with clear night and sunny Wednesday
A clear night gives way to a sunny Wednesday with a low in the mid to upper 60s and a high in the upper 80s to low 90s. Winds from the southwest around 5 to 10 mph tonight.
Barn Fire Injures Volunteer Fireman Near Washington
A barn on John Robert Stevens property near Washington burned completely after noon today. Firemen saved two adjacent buildings. volunteer Bob Long was injured climbing a pole to disconnect power. Cause and damage estimates were not yet known. Two boys biking nearby spotted the flames.
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Washington
John Robert Stevens
Milford Keener
Lew McFadden
Bob Long
Bomb blasts hit four Chicago buildings injuring five
Four downtown Chicago targets including Central Police Headquarters and banks were struck by bombs as crowds left a theater. Five people were injured, two seriously, with a pregnant woman and her husband in critical care. Police indicated a terrorist gang may be involved, while no group claimed responsibility.
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Chicago
UPI
Bank Leumi
Israel
City Hall
John Hancock
First National Bank of Chicago
First National Bank
Fanny Schwarz
Richardo
Westmont
Henrotin Hospital
Pleasant Plain Bicentennial Day plans near final stages
Pleasant Plain prepares for Bicentennial Day on Saturday June 12 with a parade starting 10:30 a.m. line up at 9:30 a.m. Entries include decorated bicycles tricycles nursery rhyme characters and 1776 era costumes with prizes for three parade categories plus antique cars saddle clubs and floats. Grand marshals are Catherine Pacha and Rose Peck. A noon basket picnic lunch a memory lane display and rock dedication at 1 p.m. with bicentennial flag presentation by State Senator Forrest Schwengels follow. Entertainment features Pickering Band Gene Kafka and the senior citizens choir.
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Pleasant Plain
Friends Church
Catherine Pacha
Rose Peck
East Pleasant Plain
Memory Lane
Paul Kurtz
Old Pleasant Plain Academy
Forrest Schwengels
Pickering Band
Gene Kafka
Senior Citizens
Joe Hook
Cynthia Worley
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Bill Bailey
Field of Color
Aura Lee
The
Evening Journal
State Department of Transportation
L. L. Pelling Co
Plan and Zoning Commission
United Presbyterian Home
Ray Moyer
Park Board
Harold Johnson
East Washington
West Madison
Johnson
United Press International
Melvin Synhorst
Highland
Jim Frier
Brian Stout
Ainsworth
Ann Schneider
Riverside
Myra Crawford
Elmhurst
Lee Markovitz
Allen
Markovitz
Schwarz
Pleasant Plain Academy
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