County homes seek separate class in new state rules
Washington county home stewards and matrons association push to treat county homes as an eighth class within custodial homes arguing current rules would be impractical. They urge an amendment creating a County Home Liason Board while noting potential financial harm and loss of local control if rules pass without it.
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Marty Chebuhar
Dave Bauer
Washington County Home
The
Stewards and Matrons Association
Bauer
Grace Bauer
Clifford Conklin
Senate
House
Washington County
Conklin
Health Department
Volunteers Grow at County Home Care Team
The county home welcomes more volunteers including Margaret Cavanaugh and Helen Stevens who visit regularly. Mary Marek bakes cake monthly for nearly two years for the residents during birthday day, a gesture not highlighted in the volunteers’ report.
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County Home
Margaret Cavanaugh
Helen Stevens
Mary Marek
Ray plans trip to Japan and politics swirl in Des Moines
Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray reportedly plans an early April trip to Japan. Congressman Schwengel urged him to veto a wide mobile home bill, which Ray vetoed, angering development officials who fear mobile home plants may relocate. The primary date remains under debate depending on the state supreme court reapportionment ruling due by April 13. The state civil rights commission shifts to chairperson. Printing contracts awarded to out-of-state firms draw criticism, including the University of Iowa catalogue bid from a Tennessee firm. The commerce commission seeks details on underground electric facility policies for a May 15 hearing.
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Iowa Daily Press
DES Moines
IDPA
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Japan
Schwengel
Fred Schwengel
Gov
Washington, D.C
Development Commission
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
McCausland
University of Iowa
Kingsport
Tenn
State Commerce Commission
Bicentennial meet set in Des Moines
Ed Augustine and Stephen Wiggers of Washington will travel to Des Moines on Monday March 27 to attend the Iowa Tea Party at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Bob Dillon, chair of the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, says the event aims to inform county coordinators who will alert villages and farms about 1976 Bicentennial opportunities to revitalize U.S. freedom.
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Ed Augustine
Stephen Wiggers
Washington
Des Moines
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Iowa
Bob Dillon
United States
Dillon
U.S
America
March and April Farm and Livestock Auctions in Iowa
A schedule of farm sales and livestock auctions across Iowa towns including Mt Pleasant Wapello Washington Kalona and Columbus Junction. Listings show owners sale types start times and locations from March 24 to April 15 with multiple estate and household goods auctions.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
John J. Frank
Wapello
Washington
Karl Libe
Roger Lance
Pleasant Plain
Leroy Chalupa
Washington County Fairgrounds
Walter Brown
Geneva Skate
Kalona
John H. Wagner
East 11 Street
Francis L. Bush
Orlin Reschly
Ted Hunt
K.C. Hall
West Third Street
Hubert Crail
Robert Reaney
Srey Eee
Smylie-Haupert Livestock Co
Columbus Junction
Kalona Sales
Richland Friends Church hosts Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin meeting
A representative Yearly Meeting of Friends churches from Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin met March 18 at Richland Friends Church drawing about 100 delegates. The report lists attendees and community visits including family gatherings and local events around Richland and nearby towns.
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Don Long
Richland
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Richland Friends Church
Harold Greeson
Mike White
Washington
Jr. Stutz
Kahoka
Clelia Letts
Letts
Henry Swailes
de Roy Coil
Columbus City
Clarence Ferguson
Des Moines
Cecil McBurney
Pearl Erskine
Melvin
Woolson Friends Church
Raymond Zear
Raymond Pickard
W.C.T.U
Frank Lock
Sam Ritchie
Larry Morgan
Eugene Morgan
Dickeys Prairie Home Cafe
Clifton White
Willa Mae Swinney
The
Methodist Church
Willa Mae
Gene Hoy
Charles Blakely
Don
Leo Paxson
Jefferson County Hospital
Clifford McCracken
Stockport
Stanley Johnson
Ricky
Neela Axmear
Rufus McCracken
Cedric Wolcott
Karen
John McClintic
Brighton
Marie Snider
Carroll Morgan
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Washington Evening Journal
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Pearl Messer
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Palm Springs
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Arizona
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Tucson
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Houston
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Arkansas
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Cedar Rapids
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