Liberal changes eyed for Iowa high school rules
Iowa High School Athletic Association proposes constitutional changes including summer camps access, junior high eligibility limits, tougher penalties for alcohol or drug use, and new award rules. Total playing limits suggested for junior highs, plus a six week minimum ban for first offense misbehavior, and a year for second offense.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Association
State Board of Public Instruction
YMCA
High School Athletic Association
High School Association
Board of Control
Red Cross Month Aids Troops In Vietnam And At Home
General Westmoreland praises the Red Cross as a hot line to soldiers in Vietnam and a comfort to families at home. U S chapters report 350 workers in Vietnam, 110 clubmobiles, 18 recreation centers, plus aid to disaster victims and blood services. The 1968 69 goal is 121 624 000 with March fund campaigns urged to reach the target.
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Red Cross
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
American Red Cross
Korea
U.S
ARC
Westmoreland
Deadly Australian snakes mailed to Ohio farm
A box from Manly Australia labeled souvenirs contained three live venomous snakes described as Australian tiger snakes. Customs officials cut open the package after a bulge in a cloth bag moved, triggering a call to a herpetologist who warned the snakes are among the deadliest. The incident prompted experts at Steinhart Aquarium to verify the danger.
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San Francisco
UPI
Australia
U.S
Earth
Karl Switak
Steinhart Aquarium
Manly
Ted
Aquarium
Sweden Used as Channel to Hanoi Amid Cold War Strain
Stockholm reports indicate Sweden privately maintained ties with both the Hanoi government and the Viet Cong through envoy Jean Christophe Oeberg in Warsaw and ambassador Lennart Petri in Beijing. These channels, kept for about a year and a half, aimed to preserve potential negotiation lines as U.S.-Swedish relations stayed chilly.
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Stockholm
UPI
United States
Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
Sweden
Ho Chi Minh
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Dagens Nyheter
Washington
Torsten Nilsson
Vietnam
Jean-Christophe Oeberg
Warsaw
Poland
Lennart Petri
China
Nilsson
Highland High to stage Oklahoma musical in March
Highland High School students will perform the musical Oklahoma on March 28 29 and 30 at 8 p m at the high school. Tickets for adults are 1 25 and students 75 cents. The show features music by Richard Rodgers lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lynn Riggs. The piece is set around the turn of the century in Indian Territory now Oklahoma. It premiered in New York on March 31 1943 and later became a film starring Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae. Reserved seats available by exchanging general admission tickets at the school office.
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Riverside
Highland High School
Oklahoma
Lynn Riggs
Oscar Hammerstein II
Richards Rodgers
Indian Territory
St. James Theatre
New York
Curly
Shirley Jones
Laurey
Gordon MacRae
Kathy Rice
Linda Yocum
Patty Yocum
Act
Jerry Anderson
Sara Gerdes
Steve Roberts
Ron Dann
Terry Cellman
Cellman
Janice Johnston
Debbie Gerot
Margaret Gerot
Lois Gilroy
Rose Gilroy
Jim Goodrich
Sharon Goodwin
Karen Grecian
Carol Huffman
Dee Kaufman
Kathy Klein
Patti Kiefer
Gene Koehler
Arlynn Kolosick
Doug Miller
Mike Miller
Linda Orris
Cliff Ort
Barb Pogge
Rick Powell
Mike Roberts
Jime Rotter
Ronna Sexton
Dave Sistrunk
Ron Skubal
Charlotte Sojka
Dave Swailes
Jack Trotter
Donna Waldschmidt
Mary Lee Walsh
Jim Wenger
Bruce White
Kathy
Keokuk Democratic Women Hold Meeting in Sigourney
Keokuk County Democratic Women's Club met Tuesday evening March 19 at the Town House in Sigourney. President Mary Greiner led, with reports on finances and committee appointments. A Washington, D. C. tour was announced for May 19 to 21, with contact details for information. The next meeting was set for Keota April 22 and announcements noted Precinct Caucus March 25 and County Convention April 19. Central Committee to meet March 22.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Keokuk County
Democratic Women’s Club
Sigourney
Mary Greiner
Clarice Colbert
Brooklyn
Jesse Sellers
Cleo Bryant
Opal Rohloff
Greiner
Ways and Means
Washington D. C
Central Committee
Honors Tea Held at Keota High School Ceremony
The annual Honors Tea at Keota High School honored National Honor Society members and semester honor roll students. Pathway to Peace speaker Beatty addressed new NHS members seniors Don Gretter Bob Mattison Dave Streigle Gloria Sheets while juniors and sophomores received recognition. Refreshments followed the ceremony with guests and parents attending.
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Keota
Keota High School
National Honor Society
Rec Beatty
Don Gretter
Bob Mattison
Dave Streigle
Bentonite: a versatile clay fuels a Wyoming boom
In Colony Wyoming a new million dollar plant mines bentonite, a volcanic clay with many uses from oil drilling muds to forest fire slurry and wine purification. Geologists trace its Black Hills origin to ancient volcanic ash and lava, while locals note road damage from its swelling when wet.
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Wyo
UPI
Chisholm
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wyoming
Columbus seniors to be honored at April 9 dinner
Columbus Junction Jaycees will honor Columbus Community High School senior boys at a dinner Tuesday evening April 9 at Harold's Place. Following the dinner the Jaycees will elect officers at a Columbus Junction State Bank meeting. Nominations include president Tom Paulding Frank Jamison first vice Craig Howell Don Clauson second vice Archie Unterseher Don Fairlie secretary Bill Larkin Joe Newell treasurer Larry Prior Charles Plank. directors Bill Tobias Willard Buster Butch Buster Lee Morrison Larry Colton. state director Henry Swailes Joe Howell Lloyd Wiley.
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Columbus Junction
Jaycees
Columbus Community High School
Harold's
Bill Tobias
Willard Buster
Butch Buster
Lee Morrison
Larry Colton
Henry Swailes
Joe Howell
Lloyd Wiley
Revival Begins at Columbus City Free Methodist Church
In Columbus Junction, March 20, the Free Methodist Church at Columbus City is holding revival services March 17 through March 24 with Rev. Thomas Mayse of Shenandoah as guest speaker. The Columbus Junction Junior MYF hosted the Junior Highs of Columbus City and Conesville with 26 attendees.
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Columbus~ Junction
Free Methodist Church
Columbus City
Thomas Mayse
Shenandoah
Columbus Junction
Conesville
John Greene
Lisa Ostrem
Diane Luithly
Jeri Babbitt
Cindy Clark
Ruth Reaney
Marilyn
Garth Murry
Kyla B
McCarthy Support Grows Among Iowa Students
About 2,000 Iowans work for Senator McCarthy including over 300 Iowa State students and 150 from Ames helping canvass Des Moines. Beardsley says college groups and religious leaders rally behind McCarthy, hoping at least one third of delegates back him at the Democratic convention. Students travel from Iowa City and Ames to Iowa campaigns, urging Democrats to elect sympathetic delegates.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Eugene J. McCarthy
Harry W. Beardsley
McCarthy
Beardsley
Polk County
Minnesota
New Hampshire
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa State
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Sen. McCarthy
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