Reading Program to Start Here Monday at City Library
The City Library will host a Children's Summer Reading Program from Monday, June 11, for kindergarten to fifth grade. Sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. Monday to Thursday with Millie Bordwell as the Story Lady and several young girls assisting with stories, games, music, and daily book checkout. The theme is Read Pass It On, running through July, with assistants Mary Ellen Taylor Joni Swift Rae Ann Giardino Pam Gorham Jane Friese Lori Vaughn and Tammy Webbey.
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Millie Bordwell
Mary Ellen Taylor
Joni Swift
Rae Ann Giardino
Pam Gorham
Jane Friese
Lori Vaughn
Tammy Webbey
Open house at Conger House continues this weekend
Area residents are reminded that the Conger House on East Washington will host open house today and tomorrow with afternoon tours from 2 to 5 p.m. The series ends Sunday with a lamplight tour from 8 to 10 p.m. All are invited to tour and view items of historical interest placed on display by the Washington County Historical Society.
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Conger House
East Washington
Washington County
Democrats to Meet in Washington County Central Committee
The Washington County Democratic Central Committee will meet Monday June 11 at 8 p.m. at 504 West Washington the home of Mr and Mrs John Elliott. Agenda emphasizes party business and Elmer Schneiders court case in the county supervisor race for November 1972 election. All interested voters are urged to attend.
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Washington County Democratic Central Committee
John Elliott
West
Washington
Elmer Schneider
Three Die In Mason City Traffic Crashes
Three people were killed and three hospitalized in Mason City area crashes. Erwin Hutchin 49 and Donna Hutchin 51 died when their car collided with a car carrying two Mason City teens Bruce Smith 16 and Harley Knapp 16 who were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. A separate one vehicle crash killed Melton Harding 33 of rural Mason City whose wife was a passenger and hospitalized with injuries.
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Mason City
UPI
Erwin Hutchin
Donna
Bruce Smith
Harley Knapp
U.S. 18
Melton Harding
Harding
Evacuation After Derbyderailed Tank Car Spill Near Cuba
About 25 residents of Cuba Alabama were evacuated after 12 cars of an eastbound Southern Railway freight train derailed before dawn. A ruptured tank released mercapton methol an irritant gas causing no injuries and limited to railroad property. Mayor Penny Tate confirmed only nearby residents left their homes.
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Cuba
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Southern Railway
Penny Tate
Tate
Westinghouse moves to avert nationwide strike
Westinghouse Electric Corp sweetened its wage offer to four major unions to prevent a walkout by about 68 000 workers at 167 plants and offices. The new package mirrors a General Electric deal offering 38 cents an hour raise over three years plus improved pension and fringe benefits. Union officials say Westinghouse and GE workers average about $4 an hour. The four unions IUE UE Federation of Independent Westinghouse Unions and IBEW must refer offers to their policy boards.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
General Electric Co
General Electric
Chautauqua Looks at the Family Unit in Modern Society
Dr. Ron Powers of Iowa State University led a New Chautauqua discussion at Washington High School on the family as a core social unit facing modern pressures. He argued roots matter, urged strengthening the traditional family while remaining open to ideas like communal living, and warned that technology challenges family cohesion. The forum highlighted roles, moral teaching, and adapting to change without abandoning core family functions.
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Ron Powers
Iowa State University
Washington High School
Powers
Joseph
Much
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mauck
Ms. Ribble
David Hammond
Arthur Burman
Alic Schiebert
Pat Kelly
Dr. Powers
Iowa
Elmer
Dorothy Schneider
Ken Barringer
Karlene Kerfoot
Skylab crew plans a day of research and photos
Skylab astronauts plan a 6000 mile earth resources sweep from Washington state to Brazil to assess Ohio and Mississippi flooding effects, Kentucky mining, and generate map photos for the Interior. Kerwin tests a blood sample with a space microscope. goals include prolonged spaceflight trials and sun observations.
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Houston
UPI
Skylab
Washington State
Brazil
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Jospeh P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Ohio
Mississippi
Kentucky
Department of Interior
Conrad
Kerwin
Space Lab
Henry Hartsfield
Space Station
Playground activities SCAD program opens
Summer Creative Arts and Drama SCAD opens its Playground program for elementary students in Sunset Park this summer. Sessions run Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1 to 3 p.m. June 12 to July 18 with optional attendance and a first meeting on June 12. Volunteers meet June 11 at 1 p.m at the park pavilion.
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Creative Arts and Drama
SCAD
Sunset Park
Randy Hilfman
Dana McAvoy
End first phase of Strout investigation
A Davenport based UPI report notes the special grand jury probing Scott County Sheriff William Strout concluded the first phase and recessed until June 20. The Skinner team said the preliminary report was not accepted for public release and remains part of ongoing proceedings.
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Davenport
UPI
Scott County
William
Blackie) Strout
Skinner
Iowa
Ceiling walk ends in failure at Zecks new home
Reporter recounts an accidental fall through a ceiling at Gene and Jane Zecks 615 S Fourth Ave home. A one step misstep with a size 13 boot caused sheet rock damage and a minor scrape, while Zecks laughed off the mishap amid moving day chaos. The writer notes ego damage and moral remorse, joking about giving up a pipe.
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Marty Chebuhar
Washington
Gene Zeck
Zecks
S. Fourth Ave
Gene
Zeck
Johnny Carson
Jane
Hugh Hefner
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Chautauqua
Washington County Pork Producers
Kathleen Morgan
E. van Buren St
Morgan
Lincoln
U.S
Jamaica
Josiah Dillon
Lily
Kansas
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