Highland voters consider rebuilding with fire funds
Highland Community School District voters decide on a proposal to rebuild the Ainsworth elementary using fire insurance plus 10 000 from the district building fund. Polls run to 8 pm at Riverside, Ainsworth Legion Hall, and Highland High School as absentee ballots rise.
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Highland
Highland Community School
Ainsworth
Riverside
Legion Hall
Highland High School
Highway 218
Supt
R. D. Gustafson
Cedar Rapids
Bribery Indictment Targets Union Approval of New Meat Shipments
Five individuals and firms in Nebraska and New York face bribery conspiracy charges over an alleged scheme to win labor union and supermarket approval for cheaper boxed beef shipments. The indictments allege nearly 1 million dollars was paid over two years to union officials and meat buyers to push Dakota City Iowa Beef Processors shipments to metropolitan areas.
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New York
UPI
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakota City
Neb
Currier
Weather Update With Showers and Thunderstorms Likely
Showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon with locally heavy rain possible. Highs in the middle 60s, tonight low 45 to 50, Wednesday cooler with partial sun and a chance of showers in the forenoon. Winds southeast 15 to 30 mph this afternoon, south 10 to 20 mph tonight. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent this afternoon, 90 percent tonight, 40 percent Wednesday.
County plans crackdown on nonpaying fathers enforcement
County Attorney Tracy Anderson announced a new assistant county attorney Craig Arbuckle will enforce the Uniform Support Act in Washington County. The move targets fathers with withheld child support, aiming to reduce welfare costs as Arbuckle begins work March 1. The program has the backing of Milan Thompson and the Board of Supervisors, with prior ADC payments cited as $48,000 in state aid and $1,912 monthly on 16 divorce cases last year.
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Tracy Anderson
Anderson
Craig Arbuckle
Washingto
Arbuckle
Washington
Milan Thompson
County Welfare Aid
Thompson
Board of Supervisors
Paula Giardino
Paula
Richar Giardino
Washington School
Aroll
Lincoln
Stewartington Street
Stewart
Brighton
Eryone
John Sproul
Journal
Local YMCA to Host 50 Mile Swim Marathon
Twelve youths qualified for the National Championship in Fort Lauderdale plan a 50 mile swim at the Washington Y starting 1 p.m. Friday March 30. They will seek pledges per mile, with donors invited to watch at any time, as fund raising continues through canvassing local businesses.
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YMCA
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Southland
Washington Y
Zoning changes approved for Hynes Howes Halcyon House
Washington Planning and Zoning Commission endorsed zoning shifts for Hynes and Howes Real Estate Inc. and Halcyon House with unanimous votes. Garrels B-1 request for land near East Polk Street was denied after opposition, while Tindal’s preliminary plat received partial approval. Commission sent actions to City Council with final authority.
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Hynes and Howes Real Estate Inc
South Iowa Methodist Homes
Halcyon House
Washington Planning and Zoning Commission
Dale Garrell
East Polk Street
Leonard Tindal
City Hall
Garrels
Richard Weeks
Kathy Krogmeier Garrels
Washington Care Center
County Hospital
McCoy Birch
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Hynes and Howes
South Avenue B
Hynes and
Howes
Tindal
Commission
Phil Kneen
Don Hanson
Charles Crull
Jeff Olson
Richard Giardino
Crawfordsville Area Plans Public Hearing on Fire District
A public hearing was scheduled for 10 a.m. next Monday by the Crawfordsville area to consider forming the Crawford Township Benefited Fire District. A 68-name petition cites inadequate fire protection and seeks a township wide district with up to 1 mill levy to fund an all volunteer department.
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Crawfordsville
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Crawford Township
Crawford
Leonard Arthur
Jim Young
Doug Steele
Wayne Williams
Herb Rich
Jack Erwin
Nick Aucken Arthur
Arthur
Ainsworth
Washington Lions Club Charter Night Attracts 300
Washington gains its Lions Club with charter presented by Lions International official Donald Hamann to Joe H. Jones as 300 guests attend at K C Hall. Delegations from 25 Lions clubs and two sponsoring clubs West Chester and Fairfield join in the event with gifts including flags road sign and podium.
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Washington
The
Lions
Donald Hamann
Eldrige
Lions International
Joe H. Jones
Washington Club
K.C Hall
West Chester
Fairfield
Leo Stable
Kenneth Jernigan
Des Moines
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Lions of
Iowa
Commission
Dean Moore
Lions Clubs
Lions Club
Ainsworth
Burlington
Crawfordsville
Iowa City
Bell Wellman
Lawrence Green
Charter Mint
Alan Olson
New Washington Lions Club
Joe Jones
Leo Stahle
Gordon Watson
Robert Stevenson
Clinton Hensel
Kenneth Hensel
Lion Tanner
Rex Roth
Glenn Klopfenstein
Ron Anderson
Robert Miksch
Americans to be freed include longest-held Vietnam prisoner
The list of returning Americans includes Maj Floyd James Thompson the longest-held POW, captured March 26 1964, and Pfc Ronald L Ridgeway once listed as KIA in 1968 who turned up alive. Also on the list are Pvt Frederick L Elbert Jr and Maj Floyd H Kushner with his wife Valerie active in the POW movement.
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Weeks
Care Center
Garrels
Board of Adjustment
Washington
UPI
Ronald L. Ridgeway
Houston
Tex
U.S
Maj
Floyd James Thompson
New Milford
N.J
Ridgeway
Khe Sanh
United States
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
St. Louis
Pvt
Frederick
Army
Floyd H. Kushner
Richmond
Danville
Valerie
George S
McGovern
Thompson
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Kent Knutson
American Lutheran Church
Crawfordsville Group
Ask Fire District
Supervi
Fire Department
Tien
Boundar
Paul Boettcher
Pat Burke
Yaro Chmelar
del Dalrymple
Larry Green
Fred Hensel
George Kerr
Ernie Lund
Eugene Martin
Sid Maxwell
Marvin McClure
T. E. Myers
Larry Pitzer
Myron Salladay
Darrell Smith
Don Stevenson
Jim Wells
the Willows
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