Tire Slashing Reported and Bank Collision in Washington
Police investigated tire slashings at Town and Country Plymouth and a separate collision at the National Bank building. Harold Boyd was involved when his car mounted the curb and struck the south side of the bank, minor injury and $50 vehicle damage. Rainfall totaled .99 inches with clearing skies and improved crop prospects thereafter.
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Washington City
Town &Country Plymouth
National Bank
Washington
John Combs
Harold Boyd
Boyd
Oskaloosa Council OKs bonds for K Mart store project
The Oskaloosa Iowa City Council approved by a 4-3 vote Monday night the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for developers of a proposed K Mart store in Oskaloosa. Officials said the investment firm handling the bonds expects construction to begin in about one month.
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Oskaloosa, Iowa
UPI
Oskaloosa
Reach Out Recreation Program by CAP Washington
Washington Community Action Program hosts a Summer Reach Out Recreation Program for children 4 to 13, from June 18 to August, with crafts swimming games relays hikes and field trips. Snacks provided. about 60 low income children from Washington Brighton Wellman and Kalona expected to attend. center seeks craft supplies games and cookies from the community. Contact 309 N Second St or 653-6014 to help.
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Washington
Brighton
Wellman
Kalona
N. Second St
Municipal Band Opens 48th Season With Central Park Concert
The Washington Municipal Band launches its 48th season with a Wednesday evening concert at 8 p.m. in Central Park weather permitting. The program includes God Bless America Bristol March Flambeau Overture Rainy Days and Mondays Rocketeer Concert March Bill Bailey Day By Day The Golden Touch of Gus Kahn King Size March Gypsies Tramps and Thieves Ode To Joy Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Hello My Baby The Avenger March A mighty Fortress Is Our God Star Spangled Banner.
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America
Bristol
Bill Bailey
Gus Kahn
Microfilming of Washington County records for bicentennial
The American Heritage committee leads a county wide microfilming project to preserve pre 1900 records. Inez Loomis and others will handle school, mortuary, cemetery, church, and family Bible records. Copies will be stored in Utah vault, Des Moines society, and the county, with extra copies available for purchase.
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American Heritage Committee
Washington
Washington County
Stephen Wiggers
Bicentennial Heritage
Conger House
Iowa
Helen Virden
Dorothea McMillan
Henry County Bicentennial Committee
Inez Loomis
Winnie Belter
Minnie Witthoft
George Kerr
Wiggers
Virden
Henry County
Granite Mountain
Utah
Mormon Church
State Historical Society
Des Moines
Mason City man charged after tavern shooting death
Mason City man Jack Bendickson 30 faces open murder and four counts of assault with intent to murder after a Monday night shooting at Kory Korner Tavern. His father Maynard Bendickson 56 died, four others were wounded. bond set at 140000 total, with 100000 for murder and 10000 each for four assault counts.
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Mason City
Iowa
UPI
Jack Bendickson
Bendickson
Cerro Gordo County
Kory Korner
Maynard Bendickson
Willard Kaemmerling
Rochester
Kenneth Crotty
Mason
Ronald Beyer
Weather outlook with late thundershowers risk
Cloudy to partly cloudy today with widely scattered thundershowers developing late afternoon. Highs reach the upper 60s to mid 70s. Tonight and Wednesday remain cloudy with periods of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s tonight and highs Wednesday in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
Ford to release Rockefeller CIA report tonight
President Ford announced the Rockefeller Commission will publish a fair balanced report on CIA domestic activities, excluding assassination allegations. He said much material remains classified, to be reviewed by Attorney General Levi and shared with Congress. Senate chair Frank Church pledged continued scrutiny to inform the public.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Edward Levi
Commission
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
Senate
House Select Committees
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Governors clash over energy resolution at 67th conference
EW ORLEANS, La. governors failed to vote on a resolution urging Congress to oppose energy proposals that raise gasoline and oil prices. Republican leaders blocked action while Democrats led calls for a strong conservation program and revenue sharing to aid highway projects.
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Orleans
UPI
Congress
Wedesday
French Quarter
House
Calvin Rampton
Utah
Washington
GOP
Mall
Christopher Bond
Missouri
GOP Governors Association
Capitol Hill
Rampton
James Longley
Maine
Income tax bill heads to conference committee
Iowa Senate votes to insist on its version of tax reform. It doubles the standard deduction to 1000 dollars and taxes those earning over 20000 dollars, while the House favors a flat 20 percent of the federal tax. Senate picks five Democrats and two Republicans for the conference committee membership.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
House
George Kinley
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Louis Culver
Dunlap
Bass van Gilst
Oskaloosa
Forrest Schwengels
Fairfield
William Plymar
Urbandale
Appeals court reviews animal handling conviction
Elmer A. Koch of rural Brighton appeals his Magistrate Court conviction for illegally disposing of a dead animal. The 67 year old farmer was fined 100 dollars after a May 19 trial and waived to the county grand jury on two counts of animal neglect including impounding animals without food and water.
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Elmer A. Koch
Brighton
Koch
Bernard C. Dawson
Clay Township
miet—"Sners
Rain drenches Texas as storms flood streets and cause damage
Foot of rain drenched Texas with thunderstorms and funnel clouds across the state. Sourlake reported 17 inches, Houston and Beaumont saw heavy flooding. J and M Poultry building in Texarkana suffered 10,000 chicken electrocutions. Tornado near Astrodome. Flooded roads delayed Cubs Astros game at the Astrodome. Authorities issued flash flood warnings from the Panhandle to eastern Texas and beyond.
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United Press International
Texas
Lone Star Maze
Sourlake
Tex
Lamberton
Devil’s Lake
Deneville
Wisebluff
Houston
Beaumont
Texarkana
Texarcana
J&M_ Poultry Co
Astrodome
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Astros
Doug Konieczny
Konieczny
Aban
Texas Panhandle
Louisiana
Missouri
Bayou
Wellington
Kan
Brunswick
Lake Charles
Plains
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
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Andy Rowe
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Terry Breckenhof
Appeals Court
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