FBLA survey shows Washington businesses favor shorthand secretaries
The FBLA survey at Washington High School finds 112 more business machines in use than five years ago with a shift toward electric devices. Most businessmen prefer secretaries who write shorthand, and 78 percent favor shorthand for better phone handling and memos. The census reports rises in electric typewriters, dictation machines, and copiers, with a need for more electric typewriters at the school.
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Washington
Business Leaders of America
Washington High School
T.J. Berdo
FBLA
Berdo
Weather Summary for Northwest and Southeast Regions
Weather by United Press International shows increasing cloudiness in the northwest tonight with lows around 30 and 50 in the southeast. Sunday brings partly sunny skies and cooler conditions with highs from the 40s in the northwest to the 60s in the southeast.
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United Press International
U.S. Jet Fires on North Vietnam Anti Aircraft Site
A U S Air Force jet fired a missile at a Communist anti aircraft site in North Vietnam as protective reaction strikes reached a record 11 days. In ground actions a 15,000 man South Vietnamese task force penetrated Cambodia, awaiting a likely Communist counter attack northwest of Suong on Highway 7.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Suong
Jepsen predicts Iowa legislature adjournment next week
Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen said the Iowa legislature will adjourn next week after a productive session. He named five of Gov. Ray’s 25 priorities likely to remain, including a state transportation department, obscenity law tweaks, and public employee bargaining, with environmental quality agency bills still in conference.
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Jepsen
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Embark of Courage Leads to Hope for Aging Iowan
Curtis Lamb, 87, once living in a rat infested shack with no heat or water, was moved to Embassy Manor Nursing Home after a Polk County action. A Highlands student Robyn Lasek and her classmates sparked a chain of care, letters, and a caring response from local aging advocates, bringing renewed happiness to Lamb who has few relatives or visitors.
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Curtis Lamb
Embassy Manor
Newton
Robyn Lasek
Highland Community
Mr. Lamb
Lamb
Des Moines Register
Polk County Department of Health
Newton Nursing Home
Boone
Raymond Lasek
Ainsworth
Robyn
C.E. Morris
PACE
Des Moines Area
Schoolchildren Send Cheer to Mr Lamb After Readable Letters
Excerpts from letters written by Robyn and classmates in Mrs Maurice Alvines room express sympathy and kindness for Mr Lamb after his house fire. Students share drawings and personal notes praising him and offering support noting pets farms and family details.
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Robyn
Maurice Alvine
McGovern proposes unconditional Vietnam pullout with POW sanctions
UPI reports Senator George S. McGovern unveiled a plan to withdraw all U.S. forces from Indochina within 90 days unless North Vietnam releases prisoners of war and MIAs. He would reserve sanctions including military action if POWs are held.
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Miami
UPI
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
McGovern
Florida
McCoy Air Force Base
Orlando
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Tampa
McCoy Afb
Indochina
Thieu
South
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Wallace
Minnesota
Con man hauled into court by his victims
A group of angry New Yorkers sent two men to San Francisco to fetch Joseph Ferdinando a 62 year old former Consolidated Edison employee accused of swindling friends out thousands. They dragged him to a New York City stationhouse where police faced a visibly upset crowd.
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New York
UPI
San Francisco
Joseph Ferdinando
New York City
California
Ferdinando
Iowa House Approves Vietnam Veterans Bonus Bill Vote
The House Appropriations Committee backed a bill to provide a Vietnam veterans bonus over a 20 to 5 vote despite funding doubts. Lawmakers weigh property tax increases or surtaxes, with AG Turner saying funds must come from property tax. A compromise service program proposal faced opposition as duplicative and potentially diverting funds from veterans.
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Richard Turner
John Camp
R-Bryant
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
Norman Jesse
D-Des
Camp
Bray
Highway crashes cause record 16.8 billion loss in 1971
The Insurance Information Institute reports U.S. highway accidents cost 16.8 billion dollars in 1971, with 55,000 deaths and 22.6 million accidents. Injuries reach 4,933,720, about 10,000 more than 1970.
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New York
VPI
United States
Insurance Information Institute
Widow of Des Moines fireman awarded damages
Mrs Juanita Grace Leto won 187500 in Polk County District Court after suing the city of Des Moines for negligence over the February 9 1970 collision of two fire trucks racing to a blaze. Her husband John Paul Leto 41 was killed when he was thrown through a windshield.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
Juanita Grace Leto
John Paul Leto
Iowa migrant workers at Wadco largely citizens
Rep. Wiley Mayne of Iowa said INS findings show all but one Wadco Inc. worker in Estherville are American citizens or legally present. The sole undocumented migrant is being taken to INS offices for possible deportation or voluntary departure after further review.
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New York
UPI
Wiley Mayne
Iowa
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wadco Inc
Estherville
Mayne
Omana
INS
Slayton Cleared for Return to Flight in Space
After a decade grounded by a heart condition Donald K. Slayton known as Deke may fly again. The Space Agency says Medical Director Charles A. Berry recommends restoring his flight status with possible first mission not before 1975.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Donald K. ‘‘Deke
Slayton
The
Space Agency
Charles A. Berry
Kalona Historical Village fund drive advances toward $100,000 goal
About 70 to 80 solicitors canvass Kalona area for a drive titled Think Big on Kalona aiming to raise around 100000 for two museums and restoration of structures on the Kalona Historical Village site along highway 22. The campaign began March 6 and ends Sunday with donations welcomed via Kalona Historical Village Box 81 Kalona 52247.
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Kalona
H.E
Peterseim
Highway 22
Kalona News
Clarence Bender
Rural Wellman
Pioneer Village
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