Washington High Jazz Festival Climax With Concert Tonight
The 1974 Washington High School Jazz Festival ends with a concert featuring top performances, VHS band, and guest artist Don Rader at 8 p.m. Admission costs $2 for adults and $1.50 for students. Public activities are open with the evening ticket. The district board meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the senior high library to hear salary and benefits requests and to review policy changes, teacher contracts, and bids for new administration building furniture.
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Washington High School
VHS
Don Rader
Washington Education Association
Washington Community School District Board
Iowa
AT&T fires worker after distressed astronaut prank
AT and T announces a long lines employee was dismissed for interrupting long distance calls and feigning a distressed astronaut aboard Skylab. E H Crabb notes the act violated privacy rules despite the joke aim. NASA had received cross talk reports during Skylab III in January and February.
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New York
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
E.H. Crabb
ATT
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Four firms indicted in seed scheme across ten states
Cedar Rapids and Sioux City grand juries charged Interstate Seed Brokers Inc, Northern Seed Brokers, American Seed Brokers, and Krop King Seed Co with mail fraud and conspiracy. Twelve individuals, including three from Waterloo, were indicted in a scheme from 1971 to 1973 that caused about $832,000 in losses across Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Colorado. Three Waterloo residents and one Grand Forks, North Dakota, man face initial arrests. more arrests anticipated.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Midwest
Sioux City
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Colorado
Interstate Seed Brokers, Inc
Waterloo
Northern Seed Brokers
American Seed Brokers
Raymond
Krop King Seed Co
Grand Forks
N.C
Krop King
Elmer Taintor
N. D
Duane L. Larby
Meritt Leroy Wolf
Dennis White
Weather Town Zone 13 Forecast Tonight Through Sunday
Showers or thunderstorms tonight then cooler with lows in the mid 30s. North winds 12 to 18 mph tonight. Partly cloudy and cooler Sunday with highs near 50. Rain chances about 20 percent tonight.
New SEATS Reservation System Expands Washington County Rides
More than 50 people used the Washington County SEATS bus in the first two weeks. George Carey, SEATS chair, says demand is growing as riders learn the service. A new local trip option for Washington seniors runs on four weekday routes with a CAP Center number 653-2853 for requests between 8 and 9 am. Reservations via toll free 1-800-332-5996 are required the day before.
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Washington County Seats
George Carey
Washington
Dave
Dare
Washington Community Action
CAP
Brighton
Rubio
Coppock
Wayland
Wellman
West Chester
Keota
Out of County
Kalona
Riverside
Richmond
Ainsworth
Haskins
Crawfordsville
Johnson County
Washington County
Iowa City
Nixon aides plead innocent in Watergate conspiracies
Seven former Nixon associates pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Watergate cover up. Ehrlichman Colson Mitchell Haldeman Marcian Strachan Parkinson all denied charges as Sirica released them on personal bond with passport surrender orders.
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U. S. District Court
John J. Sirica
John N. Mitchell
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Robert C. Marcian
Gordon C. Strachan
Kenneth W. Parkinson
U. S
Democratic National
Watergate Complex
Sirica
Gerhard A. Gesell
Colson and
Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Parkinson
Leon Jaworski
Mitchell
John
Jaworski
New York
Richard Ben-Veniste
Martha
Colson
Haldeman
Strachan
Embargo on Arab Oil to US May End Sunday
Al Ahram reports Arab oil ministers likely to lift the October embargo at a Cairo meeting. The decision follows a Algiers summit statement and secret resolution by Sadat, Faisal, Assad, and Boumedienne. Some Arab states oppose lifting the embargo.
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Cairo
API
al Ahram
United States
Algiers
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Tripoli
Libya
Egypt
Algeria
Syria
Iraq
al Moudjahid
Anwar Sadat
Faisal
Hafez Assad
Houari Boumedienne
Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
America
Streaking spreads worldwide as students reveal with flair
A global streaking wave swept landmarks and locations from the Eiffel Tower area to the Kansas State House. Reports describe dozens to hundreds of nude or partially clothed students, many with university signs, streaking through streets, campuses, and public venues amid varied reactions.
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United Press International
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Kansas State House
Bournemouth
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Rathskeller
US S. Army
University of Illinois
Sydney
Australia
United States
Gerald F. Ford
Tampa
Fla
Tampa U
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Stanford University
Topeka
Capitol
Princeton University
Kennedy scion seeks cancer cure after leg loss
Edward M. Kennedy Jr., 17, son of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, returned to Boston Children’s Hospital for intensive cancer treatment after losing his right leg. Doctors estimated an 80 percent chance of complete cure with high dose methotrexate given at each visit, followed by protective injections.
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Budimn
UFI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Boston Children’s Hospital
Washington
Edward Kennedy Jr
Press immunity debate: Dixon warns against absolute source shield
Assistant Attorney General Robert G. Dixon Jr. argued that granting reporters absolute immunity from revealing confidential sources would enable the press to destroy public careers and impede law enforcement. He urged case by case balancing rather than a universal shield, warning it undermines public rights and accountability.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
Robert G. Dixon Jr
Dixon
Supreme Court
Young Lawyers Convention
Congress
Nixon proposes campaign limits and repeal of equal time rule
President Nixon urged Congress to cap campaign contributions and oppose funding campaigns from the Treasury. He called for repealing the equal time rule, while NBC and CBS presidents praised broader coverage. a libel damages proposal drew mixed reaction. Nixon argued public financing amounts to taxation without representation and pressed his stance against it.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
U.S. Treasury
Federal Communications Act
CBS
Arthur Taylor
NBC
Julian Goodman
Goodman
Supreme Court
ABC
Bryce Harlow
Seek return of death penalty for kidnappers
President Nixon ordered Attorney General Saxbe to draft legislation restoring capital punishment for kidnapers who kill. Haig noted the President’s concern after increased kidnappings. Supreme Court had ruled in 1972 that death penalty as practiced was cruel and unusual.
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Washington
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
White House
Alexander M. Haig
Saxbe
Supreme Court
United States
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Shell
San Jose
San Francisco Chronicle
Americans For Justice
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