Elementary Band Students Earn Six I Ratings At Ottumwa Event
Six Washington elementary band students competed in Ottumwa Invitational Solo Contest with six division I ratings among over a thousand participants from 31 schools. Awardees include Angela Andrew Tracy Beliel Cheryl Ledger Tammy Manning Sara Reed and Debbie Sayre under instructors Fred Stark and Robert Shaw.
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Washington Band
Ottumwa
Angela Andrew
Tracy Beliel
Cheryl Ledger
Tammy Manning
Sara Reed
Debbie Sayre
Fred Stark
Robert Shaw
Cold in Iowa Prompted Road Hazards and Advisories
United Press International reports freezing drizzle and rain left most of Iowa slick with ice on primary highways. Drivers were urged to use extreme caution as precipitation blankets the state, with rain and a few thundershowers noted in the south and expected further spread by afternoon.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
National Weather Service
Four die on Iowa roadways include Knoxville man
Harold D. Wells, 26, of Knoxville, died in a single car crash on Iowa 156 two miles northeast of Bussy after his vehicle left the road and rolled five times. In Hawarden a five year old boy, Douglas Lee Anderson, died from injuries in a Saturday crash on Iowa 12 near Akron while his mother Sharilyn Anderson stayed hospitalized in serious condition in Sioux City.
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United Press International
Iowa
Knoville
Marion County
Harold D. Wells
Knoxville
Iowa 156
Bussy
Iowa Highway Patrol
Douglas Lee Anderson
Sharilyn Anderson
Hawarden
Iowa 12
Akron
Washington High Jazz Band Places Second at Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Festival
The Washington High School Jazz Band finished second in Class AAA at the 8th annual Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Jazz Festival held at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Iowa bands dominated, with Hoover Des Moines first in AAAA and Washington and Keokuk sweeping AAA. A Washington small group placed third in Combo, and Dan Renoux and Kent Keating earned soloist honors.
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Washington High School
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Keokuk
Wentzville
Iowa
Des Moines Hoover
Washington
Fort Madison Aquinas and Harmony
Farmington
Washington Jazz Band
Linda Bush
John Elliott
Jim Dayton
Kent Keating
Jeff Goodell
Dan Renoux
Bob Boyd
Winnetonka High School
Kansas City
Brezhnev Pushes Detente At Soviet Communist Congress
About 5000 delegates endorsed the party program for five years stressing detente abroad and socialist aims at home. Brezhnev praised unity, pledged no deviation from policy, and signaled continued central planning with Kosygin to outline details. A separate resolution condemned repression of communists by fascist and imperialist regimes.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Communist Party Congress
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Party
Kemlin Palace of Congresses
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
Great Plains area farm trouble spot
Washington reports the Great Plains region faces drought threatening wheat production. The Foreign Agricultural Service notes potentially damaging February cold in the Soviet winter wheat belt, with replanting offsetting losses. Sparse winter rains affect Malaysia, India, and Sri Lanka, while South Africa and Lesotho see widespread storms and floods.
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Washington
UPS
Great Plains
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
World Weather Watch
Soviet Union
Malaysia
India
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Lesotho
Kinley plan blends local spending limits with public votes
A joint House Senate conference on property taxes considers Kinley’s proposal to merge strict local spending growth limits with public referendums for increases beyond 9 percent. The plan includes hearings, appeals to a state board for disasters, and potential referendums to let residents decide budget excesses. Officials in Bettendorf and other cities have begun cutting budget increases to meet the proposed 7 percent ceiling.
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House
Kinley
Robert Bina
D-Davenport
Bettendorf
Bina
Food stamp sale dates in Washington County for March
The March food stamp sales in Washington County are scheduled for March 4 5 and 19. March 4 covers city residents of Washington March 5 covers other parts of the county and March 19 covers all county residents. Stamps are sold at the Department of Social Services on North Iowa Avenue from 9 30 to 11 30 a m on those dates.
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Washington County
Washington
Department of Social Services
Iowa Avenue
Weather Outlook with Showers and Warmer Temperatures
Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Steady to rising temperatures tonight. Chance of showers or thundershowers Tuesday with highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph tonight. Precipitation chances 30 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday.
Ford Reagan tied for Iowa GOP delegates in survey
Des Moines leaders report Ford and Reagan each at 1,494 delegates with 507 uncommitted after 99 county conventions. The Des Moines Register says results based on delegate counts and sample estimates, while GOP chairmen dispute the figures as unreliable.
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Iowa
GOP
Des Moines
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Des Moines Register
Register
Reagan
Burlington
United Press International
the Register
Krekel
The
Republican State Committee
Ford proposes $3.3 billion block grant for education
President Ford asks Congress to merge 24 school aid programs into a $3.3 billion block grant to streamline federal support. States would spend 75 percent on aid to deprived or handicapped children, with Title I as the largest program.
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Washington
Upi
Ford
Congress
White House
Washington High earns 16 Division I ratings in district speech
Washington High School earned 16 Division I ratings and Clear Creek tied for most Division I ratings among 20 schools at the district speech contest in West High Iowa City. Winners advance to the state contest in Ottumwa March 20. Carmen Griggs advised the Washington team.
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Washington High School
West High
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Washington and
Clear Creek
Carmen Griggs
Washington
Janis Loder
Lori Roth
Donna Davisson
Mike Malone
Karen Sobaski
Karen Ruppert
Clare Lechner
Brenda McConnell
Mark Heisdorfer
Ann Moss
Patty Jones
Kris Ross
Beth Johns
Jennifer Harris
Barb Frazer
Sharn Williams
Mary Reed
Larry Burkum
Tax refund checks awaiting Iowans
The IRS seeks 1974 and earlier year refunds and last year rebates returned for missing addresses. Des Moines District lists names including Washington Allan E and Edith M Stransky and others. claimants must mail identity and entitlement to Kansas City Service Center with required details.
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Internal Revenue Service
Des Moines
IRS
Kansas City Service Center
Stop
Kansas City
Washington
Allan E
Edith M. Stransky
Walter E
Nellie May Smith
Charles S. Savage
Charles C. Robison
Orrand Alma L. Mapel
Mary Flynn
Roberta Bringer
Riverside
Lawrence Veggy Kalona
Jim A. Vandee
Mary E. Miller
Keota
Gary L. Vogel
Clara M. Rebal
Dora Carlson
Columbus Junction
Elsie Jenkins
Donald C. Diveney
Winfield
Ruth Heitner
Helen Cotter
Wellman
John D
Marjorie R. Miller
Frantic Massachusetts primary campaign gains high profile endorsements
As Massachusetts voters approach the end of the primary campaign eight candidates court support from figures like Daniel Patrick Moynihan Archibald Cox and Thomas ONeill. Moynihan and others back Henry Jackson while Morris Udall leans on Cox ONeill and Kennedy family ties. George Wallace returns for final rallies as Carter winds down.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Henry Jackson
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.S
United Nations
Moynihan
Sargent Shriver
Robert Kennedy Jr
United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
Roberta Flack
District of Columbia
Walter Fauntroy
Morris Udall
Archibald Cox
House
Thomas O'Neill
Jimmy Carter
George Wallace
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Wayland
John Miller
Kenny Meyer
Brighton
National Guard
Journal
Great Plains Area
Harvey Holden
Holden
U.S. Office of Education
O'Neill
Udall
New Bedford
North Andover
Jackson
Shriver
Birch Bayh
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