Multiple Updates from Washington County Red Cross and Global Time Signal
Washington County Red Cross officials renewed a relief appeal for the Rapid City flood area with a new 275 dollar shortfall in the special drive. Funds may be dropped at the Red Cross office on the square’s east side or mailed there. Iowa will delay its plastic drivers license program by one year due to the state court reform law. The change shifts the licensing start to July 1, 1973. London reports a one second pause at midnight on June 30 to align clocks with Greenwich Mean Time, with six beeps then a pause before the final signal.
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Washington County
Red Cross
Rapid City
South Dakota
Washington
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Carroll Bidler
Iowa
Bidler
London
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich Observatory
Howard Johnson dies at 85 founder of famous restaurant chain
Howard Dearing Johnson founder of the nationwide orange white and blue ice cream restaurant chain died Tuesday at his Manhattan home. He was 85.
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New York
UPI
Howard Dearing Johnson
Manhattan
Boettcher retires after four decades in conservation work
Paul Boettcher, district conservationist for the Washington County Soil Conservation District, retires effective June 30 after forty years with the U S Department of Agriculture. His career spanned the Forest Service in Minnesota and Soil Conservation Service postings across eastern Iowa before settling in Washington Iowa.
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Paul Boettcher
Washington County
Soil Conservation District
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Boettcher
North Dakota
Minnesota
Forest Service
Superior National Forest
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Washington
SCS
Grover W. Rosenkild
Grace McKune
Lester Luckenbill
Boettchers
Iowa Governor Opens Door to Select Gambling
Gov. Robert D. Ray voiced conditional support for legalized gambling if it avoids bringing undesirable elements. He distinguishes bingo for charity from parimutuel betting and suggests friendly poker could be allowed after constitutional bans are lifted, while urging limits on legislative action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Richard Turner
New peace efforts possible after Podgorny Hanoi visit
Soviet sources say Podgorny’s Hanoi trip yielded a general agreement for a political settlement in Indochina. Paris talks to be resumed with new proposals, stressing a political rather than military outcome and broader detente with the United States.
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Moscow
UPI
Indochina
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Podgorny
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
Washington
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
United States
Soviet Union
McGovern Aims for Nomination After New York Victory
McGovern warned after a big New York primary tally that the nomination remains uncertain with about 250 delegates likely for him, short of 1,509 needed. He stated first ballot odds at 60-40 while Humphrey and Chisholm also pursued delegates amid Democratic infighting in Congress. Nixon’s path to renomination appeared secure as he gained more NY delegates and predicted a first ballot win.
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New York
UPI
George McGovern
New York State
McGovern
Biltmore
South
Atlanta
Shirley Chisholm
Bella Abzug
William F. Ryan
Manhattan
Jonathan Bingham
Nixon
New Orleans
Weather Outlook Shows Increasing Clouds and Rain Chances
United Press International reports tonight will be increasingly cloudy with a chance of rain in the southwest and lows from the 40s to the 50s in the northeast and southwest. Thursday brings mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain mainly in the west and south, highs in the 70s.
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United Press International
Ridiculous Day Crowns Youths Amid Wild Parade Fun
A large crowd greeted Ridiculous Day in Washington as shoppers packed stores and a downtown parade opened at 3 30 pm. Richard Choate and Miriam Jones were crowned king and queen in a pickup procession during the festivities with city police managing the crowd. Parade winners will be announced Thursday.
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Washington
Richard Choate
Miriam Jones
South Marion Avenue
West Washington Street
Choate
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Whittenberg
Cargill Plant in Washington Closes Indefinitely
Cargill Inc. shuts its soybean processing plant in Washington for an indeterminate period due to unfavorable economics. Seventeen of 21 employees are laid off as bean supply must be sold at river markets or in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Plant manager Newell Bendickson notes the closure is the first in several years and may be temporary.
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Cargill Inc
Washington
Newell Bendickson
Bendickson
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Coolness marks summer arrival across Iowa records
Summer began with record low temperatures in Iowa. Spencer hit 40, Mason City 43, Waterloo 43, Ottumwa 48, Lamont tied at 50, while other towns stayed in the 40s as a Canadian high pressure system pushed frigid air into the state.
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Iowa
Spencer
Mercury
Mason City
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Lamont
Hawkeye
Rotary to host foreign youths in Washington visit
Four busloads of Rotary sponsored exchange students totaling 180 people arrive in Washington on Friday June 23. Local chairman Tom Essex coordinates 85 host homes while callers include Carol Myren Ursula Scheldrup Karen Murphy Kay Moredock and Nancy Gipple. Hosts provide meals and bus and student numbers for overnight stays as the group tours the country before returning home. The Rotary event emphasizes goodwill referenced by president’s theme Good Will Begins With You.
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Washington
Rotary Clubs of
United States
Tom Essex
Rotary Project
Carol Myren
Ursula Scheldrup
Karen Murphy
Kay Moredock
Nancy Gipple
Rotary Exchange
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington Municipal
State Theater
Richard Gipple
Washington Rotary Club
Essex
Rotary
Food price drop does not curb rise in cost of living
May's consumer price index rose 0.3 percent as higher costs for clothing used cars gasoline and services offset a 0.2 percent drop in food prices. Meat poultry and fish led food declines while fruits and vegetables rose. Purchasing power for the average worker with three dependents fell 0.6 percent from April.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Herbert Stein
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Stein
Price Commission
Des Moines law officer accuses bias in county cases
Des Moines Sgt. Ralph McKinney resigns from Pollt County Sheriff’s Dept claiming orders to ignore or falsify charges against well connected individuals. Sheriff Wilbur Hildreth cites absence from work as grounds for termination amid dispute over retaliation and harassment claims.
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Des Moines
UPI
Pollt County
Hildreth
Helen Nahas
McKinney
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Lawrence O’brien
Richard Daley
O'Brien
United States Conference of Mayors
O’brien
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UPL
Cargill
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