32 year employee resigns at Washington Evening Journal
Mrs Charles Morris office manager at the Washington Evening Journal resigned on Thursday March 18 after more than 30 years with the local paper. She was nearing completion of her 32nd year and had filled many roles including general office work bookkeeping proofreading society news reporting and occasional hand press operation during World War II.
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Charles Morris
Washington Evening Journal
Morris
Evening Journal
Prize winner noted in coupon promotion at Gibson Shoes
The News in Brief mentions Mrs L H Gilmere as the Gibson Shoes Coupon Days prize winner in the Washington retail promotion. Cedar Rapids reports a 180000 cutback planned by Kirkwood Community College due to state funding shortages, with six positions to be eliminated. Hollywood reports ABC TV canceling Lawrence Welk’s show, prompting fan protests. Welk expresses disappointment. Outpost Marge NUIDAT Vietnam: Maj David Kerr of the Australian army names a base after his mother in law, Marge Bailey, to strike terror in Viet Cong hearts.
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Gibson Shoes
Washington
Cedar Rapids
UPI
Kirkwood Community College
Selby Ballantyne
Kirkwood
Hollywood
UPL
Lawrence Welk
Abc-Tv
Welk
America
Marge
Nuidat
South Vietnam
David Kerr
Marge Bailey
Kerr
Taxpayers plan march on capitol
A Des Moines coalition named the Towa Tax Reform Action Conson plans a Tuesday march to the Statehouse to press lawmakers for tax reform this session. Coordinated by Vern Feldman, the group will urge lowering urban property tax reliance and present pros and cons of alternative revenue measures.
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Des Moines
UPD
Towa Statehouse
Towa
Vern Feldman
Statehouse
Feldman
Viet Nam and Laos fighting shifts amid pullback in Laos
South Vietnamese troops halted at Artillery Base A Laos as operations wind down the six week Laos campaign. U S helicopter crews endured heavy antiaircraft fire returning from Khe Sanh and Combat Base Brown while bases at Khe Sanh and Ham Ngai faced renewed bombardment. Military reports say hundreds of Communists killed and more than a thousand South Vietnamese troops moved out, with Saigon publicizing the withdrawal as a tactical move.
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Uss
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Cambodia
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Dmz
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Winter storm hits eastern U S with heavy snow
A late winter storm swept the eastern United States dumping up to 12 inches of snow in New York and parts of the Midwest reported by United Press International. The system caused power outages, traffic tie ups, and closed schools from Wisconsin to New York with record seasonal totals in Syracuse and Albany.
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New York
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N.Y
Albany
Maine
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Madison
Milwaukee
DeKalb
Ill
Chicago
Igh
Illinois
Indiana
Lafayette
Muncie
Marion
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Lynchburg
Gulf Coast
Florida Panhandle
Texas
Montana
Hughes supporters name chairman for Hughes for President
Des Moines, UPI. Wat son Powell Jr., 53, president of American Republic Insurance Co., named national chairman of Hughes for President to back Town Sen Harold E Hughes for the Democratic nomination. William Wimner named treasurer. Powell opened campaign HQ in Des Moines. Hughes praised as strong leader for crisis. Powell says Hughes would delay final decision on 1972 run.
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UPI
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Harold E. Hughes
Watson Powell Jr
American Republic Insurance Co
William Wimner
Hughes Movement
Powell
Iowa
America
Harold Hughes
United Tes
NCA study hails Wash High, flags space and art room needs
The North Central Association evaluation of Washington Junior High found sweeping improvement needs across facilities and programs while praising staff and processes. Recommendations include more library space and a media center, better ventilation, and greater vertical articulation between grades and departments. The report notes enrollment exceeds capacity by 25 percent and urges shifting toward more individualized instruction and balanced emphasis beyond college prep.
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North Central Association
NCA
Washington Junior High
Washington Community School Board of Education
Richard Gale
Iowa Nca
Chicago
Joint County
T School
Intercepted Memo Hints Education Evaluation Misread
An intercepted memo mentions education as the focus of evaluation, with a fragmentary line reading Yours suggesting a cautionary or dismissive tone about the process and its implications within a junior high setting.
Compromise sought as Mideast crisis remains tense
United Press International reports Al Ahram claimed an Egyptian missile sank an Israeli electronic spy ship off northern Sinai on May 15. Israeli and Egyptian positions call for U.S. plan based peace while Rabin suggests a gradual transition to a generation of peace amid stalled negotiations.
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Israel
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Beirut
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Anwar Sadat
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al Abram
Yitzak Rabin
Ma’Ativ
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Soviet Union
Egypt
Rabin
Gunnar V. Jarring
Wilhem files 5000 damage suit against S R Publishing Co
Grinnell photographer Henry Wilhelm sues S R Publishing Co of Wilton Junction Muscatine County alleging theft of copy and photographs from Grinnell College underground paper the Pterodactyl in March 1969. He claims agent Eugene Saylor delivered materials to Iowa Bureau of Investigation agents for Turner who seized them as obscene. Materials were later sent to Turner and a federal court ordered their return. Turner appealed to the Supreme Court but the court refused to hear.
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Des Moines
Wilhelm
Turner
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Senators urge release of rural sewer and water funds
Washington UPI Senate majority press release notes Sen Harold Hughes and 42 others urge President Nixon to free funds for rural FHA water and sewer grants. They cite a $56 million freeze and estimate 34 000 towns need better water systems and 44 000 need sewer upgrades, asking for $100 million+ in 1972.
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UPI
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D Lown
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Farmers Home Administration
Congress
America
U. S. Agriculture Department
Read-back requested in Calley trial at Fort Benning
The six member jury at Fort Benning asked for a complete read-back of testimony from four key prosecution witnesses in the My Lai case. The jury began deliberations at 8 11 a m and planned to attend church on Sunday if the verdicts go against Lt William L Calley Jr The panel considers charges including the massacre at My Lai on March 16 1968 and possible death or life imprisonment if convicted on all counts.
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UPD
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Paul D. Meadle
Dennis Conti
James Dursi
Charles Sledge
Reid W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Calley
Weather Forecast From United Press Intern Central and South
Mostly clear tonight with lows in the upper 20s. Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with highs in the middle 40s. Chances of precipitation near 16 percent tonight and 5 percent Sunday.
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