Lawmakers Hear Washington Community Update March 10
Senator Forrest Schwen and Representative Keith Dunton meet with the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee in Washington on Saturday March 10 at 10 a.m. to discuss legislative measures. after, they will host a public contact session at the Chamber office. The Iowa Highway Commission approved 23 billboards for a highway beautification project costing 43022 dollars with federal funding covering 45 percent. most billboards are considered illegal under federal standards. In England, Paul McCartney was fined 245 dollars for using a greenhouse to grow marijuana, found guilty on growing charges and acquitted on two marijuana possession counts.
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Keith Dunton
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
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Chamber
Unn
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
Commission
Cambletown
England
Paul McCartney
McCartney
Pork Producers to Meet on Saturday Dance Evening
The annual Pork Producers banquet will be held Saturday March 10 at 6 30 p m at the K C Hall with a dance after. Marian Owens will MC the event and new board members will be introduced. District No 9 Pork Queen Peggy Chabal will speak and an award will go to a county grocery promoting pork in 1972. Carcass results barrows and Yoder Feed tests will be awarded along with a price guessing contest and a door prize. The evening closes with a dance by Lee Morrison and The Brightide. Tickets at the door after 9 p.m.
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K.C. Hall
Marian Owens
Pegey Chabal
Lee Morrison
Weather Outlook Grids to Cloudier Skies and Light Rain
Forecaster predicts mostly cloudy skies this afternoon with a high near 50 to 55 degrees. A 20 percent chance of measurable precipitation is possible this afternoon, rising to 40 percent tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Rain chances ease to 30 percent Friday as clouds thin, with easterly winds at 8 to 18 mph.
St Olaf Symphony to headline Washington concert season
The Washington Concert Association launches membership drive March 12 23 led by Mrs Richard Paul and committee. The 1973 74 lineup includes the St Olaf College Symphony Orchestra an 80 piece ensemble plus groups Weekly Arganbright The Cosmopolitans Pearl Williams Jones Trio and the New York Vocal Arts Ensemble. Membership $8 individuals $4 students $20 full family with reciprocity to Fairfield Mt Pleasant. concerts free to members. outreach across nearby towns.
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Washington
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Kay Stewart
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America
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Carl Roberts
Wayland
Virginia Tschantz
Brighton
Sara Robison
Crawfordsville
Marie Care
Keota-West Chester
Kathy Fisher
Kalona
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Association
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Annapolis Bras
Stanly Plummer
David Rae Smith
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
Paul
Bus Crash Burns on West Texas Bridge Killing Several
A Greyhound bus carrying adults and children collided with a truck on a narrow West Texas bridge, burst into flames, and tumbled into a draw. Initial DPS figures listed 15 dead, later revised to between five and seven. 23 injured, four critically, with many hospitalized in Fort Stockton and Iran. Survivors were treated locally as investigators began identifications. the San Francisco to Miami trip halted in Fort Stockton.
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UPI
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West Texas
Department of Public Safety
Fort Stockton
Iran
Cantu
Ray vows to use item veto on budget fight
Gov. Robert D. Ray threatened to broaden use of his item veto to prevent the 1.58 billion budget from being busted after the House rejected a 30 million general fund boost. He urged lawmakers to propose cuts and warned that failure would jeopardize education, elderly aid, and property tax relief while criticizing opponents for expecting money to appear without trimming programs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
House
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Eagle Grove
Cochran
Iowa Development Commission
House Action
Iowa rock festival plans move to Johnson County
Don Bobo of Sound Storm Productions says a second larger rock festival is planned for Memorial Day weekend in Johnson County Iowa with up to 100000 attendees at five dollars per head. He cites two possible sites offering access roads and 180 acres parking for 15000 cars and notes the May 26 to 28 event was considered for Scott County and Minnesota but shifted to Johnson County amid local opposition.
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UPI
Iowa
Johnson County
Don Bobo
Sound Storm Productions
Moline
Ill
Bobo
Scott County
Minnesota
Soviet Women Crowned Queens for International Day
In Moscow on International Women's Day, men from Brezhnev to workers pamper women, while stores sell perfumes and luxury items as women relax from work. Yet the day ends with women returning to housework and motherhood, lamenting the double burden.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
London Bomb Attacks Hit Key Sites Amid IRA Crisis
A series of powerful car bombs exploded in central London injuring more than 100 and damaging major sites including the Old Bailey the Ministry of Agriculture and Scotland Yard. Hospitals report dozens treated as authorities defused two more devices and evacuated several areas amid a Northern Ireland referendum context.
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UPI
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Ulster
Ireland
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Scotland Yard
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Westminster
Britain
Irish Republic
Nixon pledges $2.3 billion urban aid and planning overhaul
President Nixon called for a $23 billion a year general revenue sharing measure to fund community development with a promise that city funding would not drop below current levels. He urged replacing housing subsidies and funding for planning services with new programs, aiming for broader city autonomy in setting priorities.
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