Washington High Jazz Band earns two top honors at Montreux festival
The Washington High School Jazz Band won outstanding trumpet and outstanding trombone section honors at the International Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. In Washington County, First District Rep Fred Schwengel will attend two July events, July 7 breakfast and July 8 West Chester centennial activities. The 1972 feed grain set aside certification deadline shifts to Monday due to July 1 falling on a Saturday. ASCS will be closed July 4 and offices reopen Monday for crop certification filings.
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Montreux
Switzerland
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Fred Schwengel
Washington County
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West Chester
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Day
Iowa Weather Update Mostly Cloudy With Warm Friday
Mostly cloudy tonight in eastern Iowa with lows 53 to 58 and western areas near 60. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a chance of scattered showers mainly in the north, highs 83 to 88.
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Bannister On Life Magazine Cover In Dallas event
Russ Bannister of Washington appears on the cover of Life magazine this week. He posed at the Spiritual Explosion 1972 in Dallas where the Godrock festival drew about 80 000 attendees. The cover shows Bannister on shoulders of another evangelist with arms raised and a single guiding gesture.
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Russ Bannister
Russell G. Bannister
Washington
Bannister
Life Magazine
Dallas
Tex
Godrock
Nixon expands price controls to farm products and seafood
President Nixon extends executive price controls to vegetables fruits eggs fish and other raw farm products sold by processors wholesalers and grocers aiming to curb markups across the marketing chain. Meat import quotas were suspended separately to boost supply and lower prices.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Rumsfeld
Agriculture Department
Bettendorf Girl, 3, Killed in Frontyard Car Accident
A 3-year-old Bettendorf girl died from injuries after being struck by a car while playing near her home in Davenport. Jeanette Endrecak had been hospitalized since the crash, and her stepsister Michelle Cima also died in the same accident. No charges were filed.
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UPI
Bettendorf
Jeanette Endrecak
Frank Endrecak
Michelle Cima
Supreme Court abolishes the death penalty in landmark ruling
The Supreme Court declares capital punishment unconstitutional as cruel and unusual, sparing about 600 inmates on condemned rows. In a 5 to 4 decision, Justices Douglas Brennan Stewart White Marshall support the judgment while Burger Blackmun Powell Rehnquist dissent. The ruling comes on three test cases addressing eighth amendment limits.
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UPI
Supreme Court
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William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H Rehnquist
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Centennial plans in West Chester kick off July 7 to 9
West Chester Civic Club outlines centennial events The Carnival and Games arrive July 5 and run Friday. Crafts, antiques, sale, and flea market open July 7. Fashion show rehearsal June 29. Dances, tug of war, and Lions Ice Cream Social fill the schedule. Centennial king and belles contest with multiple categories. Alumni barbecue Saturday night and centennial history books available. Local volunteers urged to participate and supply items, tables, and manpower.
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West Chester
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Doak
Nhl St
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Chester
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Vic
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Sharon Hahn
Hwy. 92
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Windsor
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Brothers of the Brush
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Don Orr
M.C
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Karen Hobbs
Alta
John Hough
Ce Statler
Keith Statler
Keith
Leland Griggs
Sylvia Young Miller
Wellman
Mary Statler
Moore
Eo Och
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Paceanee
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