Toth faces more questions in Moscow probe
American journalist Robert C. Toth exited Lefortovo prison after another KGB session focused on his links to jailed dissident Anatoly Shcharansky. He described lengthy questioning about contacts with Shcharansky and noted officials urged him not to leave the Soviet Union while the inquiry continues.
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Moscow
UPI
Robert C. Toth
KGB
Toth
Los Angeles Times
Lefortovo
Anatoly Shcharansky Toth
Soviet Union
Carter
Otis Chandler
Shcharansky
Helsinki
Paula
U.S
Malcolm Toon
Carter pleased as energy plan advances in Congress
Washington officials hailed key votes in the Ways and Means Committee rejecting new oil exploration rewards and embracing Carter's phased oil tax to spur conservation. The panel also kept the Clinch River breeder reactor alive by defeating a cut. The plan would raise domestically produced oil toward world prices by 1981 with rebates funded by the tax.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Carter
al Ullman
D-Ore
Capitol Hill
Ullman
Ways and Means
House Science and Technology Committee
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Joe Waggonner
D-La
Carlton White dies Tuesday in Crawfordsville at 60
Carlton A. White 60 of Crawfordsville died June 14 1977 at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness He was a World War II veteran and a member of the American Legion Funeral services will be at 10 30 a m Friday at Jones Funeral Home burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery Visitation 7 to 9 p m Thursday He is survived by his wife Helen two sons Ronald and Dennis a daughter Rebecca Davis seven grandchildren a brother and a sister The family includes parents and several siblings preceded him in death
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Carlton A. White
Crawfordsville
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Harlan Winter
White
Mr. White
Harry
Sarah Ritchey White
Helen Stoner
Washington
U.S. Army
American Legion
Helen
Ronald White
Fairfield
Dennis White
Grimes
Randy
Rebecca) Davis
Denver
Colo
Kenneth H. White
Freda Closson
Burbank
Calif
Merle
Vernon
Raymond Duncan
Rites Friday for Jerome G Kurtz in Pleasant Plain
Jerome G. Kurtz of Pleasant Plain died Tuesday June 14 1977 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City Funeral services are set for Friday June 17 at 10 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church East Pleasant Plain with Fathers Louis Leonhardt and Eugene Benda officiating Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery East Pleasant Plain A Christian wake prayer service is scheduled for 7:30 pm Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home Fairfield
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Jerome G. Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
St. Joseph Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Louis Leonhardt
Eugene Benda
St. Joseph Cemetery
Raymond Funeral Home
Fairfield
Vernon Weeks Dies at 51 in DeWitt
Vernon Weeks 51 former Washington resident died Tuesday June 14 1977 at his DeWitt home from a coronary attack Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hanrahan Funeral Home with American Legion military rites Survivors include two sons Danny and Bobby one daughter Mrs Tom Vanderbilt four grandchildren his father Dewey Weeks of Washington two brothers Richard Weeks and Sam Weeks five sisters and several nieces and nephews He was born June 21 1925 in Washington to Dewey and the late Mrs Weeks
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Vernon Larson Weeks
Washington
DeWitt
Hanrahan
American Legion
Mr. Weeks
Dewey Weeks
Annabelle Jackson
Danny
Bobby
Tom Vanderbilt
Richard Weeks
Sam Weeks
Mary Lee Moore
Ed Nardy
Reed Orris
Gordon Jones
Des Moines
Conrad Eckroth
Los Angeles
Calif
Mrs Mae Janecek and companions tour Branson and Eureka Springs
Mrs Mae Janecek and Mrs Beth Janecek of Washington and Mrs Agnes Kepler of Kalona returned from a trip visiting Mr and Mrs Merritt Morlan in Branson Missouri. They saw the Shepard of the Hills play spent a day at Silver Dollar City and attended the Passion Play at Eureka Springs Arkansas.
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Mae Janecek
Beth Janecek
Washington
Agnes Kepler
Kalona
Merritt Morlan
Branson, Mo
Silver Dollar City
Eureka Springs
Ark
Burkum and Rossiter named to Drake president's list
Terry Dean Burkum of Washington and Vicki Lynn Rossiter of Winfield have earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages for at least 12 hours of coursework and are named to Drake University's spring president's list in Des Moines.
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Burkum
Terry Dean Burkum
Washington
Vicki Lynn Rossiter
Winfield
Drake University
Des Moines
Ray appeals for water conservation in Iowa drought
Des Moines reports Gov. Robert D. Ray urges statewide conservation amid drought as Corning begins first water rationing and Des Moines area seeks alternatives. A task force inventories pumps and needs, with potential surcharges and possible river diversions pending approvals from state agencies and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Iowa
King Dawson
Des Moines Livestock Market Slow Trade Up to 50 Cents
Trade slow to moderate with demand moderate as butchers steady to 50 higher. Des Moines up cattle and hog prices listed by weight and grade. Joliet stock shows cattle steady to lower, hogs up 25-75, with specific No 1-3 and No 2-3 ranges for 200 to 290 pounds. Estimated receipts and prior figures noted.
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Des Moines
UPI
Joliet, Ill
Miners vote for union head in bitter three way race
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller appears headed to victory in a split contest against Harry Patrick and Lee Roy Patterson. With 60 percent of returns in, Miller leads 34,877 to 29,959 for Patterson and 21,576 for Patrick, signaling unrest within the union despite his likely re election and potential talks with the coal industry.
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United Press International
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
W.A
Tony’’ Boyle
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Patterson
Boyle
UPI
Patrick
Carter
Sacred Heart Feast at St James on Friday
St James Catholic Church Washington will hold the Special Feast of the Sacred Heart with a 7:30 p.m. outdoor Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart east of the church. A procession will return to the church for Adoration until 9:30 p.m. with special lectors and altar staff and Father Shepherd delivering the homily. If bad weather, the service moves inside the church at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Father Shepherd
St. James Church
Dracula brings chilling stage fright to Kalona
Local theater group Town Players stage the mystery vampire drama Dracula at the Kalona Recreation Center July 1 and 2. Elizabeth Reha plays Lucy Seward, Fred Scott portrays Van Helsing, and Mike Beck stars as Count Dracula with a supporting cast including Annette Reha, Tom Hall, Darrel Hershberger, and Rick Enfield under director Jerry Huffman. Season tickets remain available through cast members.
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Kalona
Lucy Seward
Elizabeth Reha
London
van Helsing
Fred Scott
Count Dracula
Mike Beck
Annette Reha
Tom Hall
Darrel Hershberger
Rick Enfield
Jerry Huffman
Dracula
Carter meets with senators on progress of his program
A group of Democratic senators met with President Carter in the White House to discuss the administration agenda. Sen Edmund Muskie said both he and Carter were gratified with progress in Congress and noted differences with Congress have been exaggerated by the press. Muskie praised Carter for openness and cited progress on issues including clean air legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Capitol Hill
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Congress
Muskie
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
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Chicago
St. James
Soen
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