Jurors excused. new list to be drawn by district court
Judge R G Yoder announced the first quarter petit jury report date of March 31 was rescinded and jurorsare excused from further duty. A new jury list will be drawn. Dr Virgil Cruz will speak at the Easter Sunrise Service in Washington at United Methodist Church with music by the Washington High School choir.
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R. G. Yoder
District Court
Virgil Cruz
The
Theological Seminary of the
University of Dubuque
Washington
Washington's Men
United Methodist Church
Washington Hig School
Cruz
South Vietnam backs take over DMZ bases as U S quits
U S troops hand over a string of DMZ combat bases to South Vietnamese forces as withdrawal proceeds. North Vietnamese artillery shelling continues with 15 killed near Gio Linh and a US soldier dead near Khe Sanh. Vietnamese Marines begin relief of troops at Khe Sanh while air strikes claim 14 000 tons of munitions destroyed on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Ups
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Pich
the Sanh
Khe Sanh
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
101St Airborne Division
Alpha I
Gio Linh
South Vietnam
1St Infantry Division
Alpha II
Laos
America
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Fierce fighting in Pakistan reported by Indian press
Indian and Pakistani reports conflict over East Pakistan violence with claims of heavy casualties and martial law. PTI and Radio Pakistan offer opposing views while Indira Gandhi vows support as border fears rise. Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, miners face a blaze as rescue teams drill to reach two trapped workers.
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New Delhi
UPI
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Trust of India
PTI
Radio Pakistan
Jeble Movement For Autonomy For
East
Nemacolin
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson Sr
Charleston
W.va
Midland
Tex
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Defense and Space Center
West Virginia
Joseph Klimek
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Buckeye Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Iowa House fails to pass liability limit for builders
The Iowa House rejected a Senate backed bill to cap liability for architects engineers and builders over defective work by 49 to 40 with no 51 vote threshold. Proponents argued limits protect design and construction while opponents warned of poorer construction and safety risks. Two motions to reconsider kept the measure alive.
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Des Moines
UPI
Clyde Rex
Ellsworth
Lillian McElroy
Percival
Pisa
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
William Gluba
D-Davenport
Insurance
Norman Jesse
D-Des Moine
Jesse
Development clinic planned for three Kalona Riverside Wellman
A Business and Community Development Clinic is planned for Kalona Riverside and Wellman in Washington County. Three meetings begin April 13 to discuss area trends, benefits and limits for local business leaders with speakers from Iowa State University and Cedar Rapids. A $2.50 registration covers the series. brochures and registration options are listed with local organizers.
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Washington County
Kalona
Riverside
Well‘man
Washington County Extension Service
Welkman
Ton County
Jim Frier
Royce Buckwalter
Max Lewis
Duane Tadlock
Bob Godlove
Wellman
Ford Skola
Ray Hendrickson
Dick Beck
Don Miller
Don Kirchner
Ralph Schnoebelen
Intercepted Memo MRS ANNA Mi Washington EEER
Message reads congratulations to Anna from Wes with best wishes for continued happy memories and warm regards from Washington. The note uses abbreviations and a formal closing as if a personal memo. No additional context or dates are provided.
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Anna Mi
Washington
Retired Iowa teacher Mrs Meeker recalls rural schools
Anna Simpson Meeker, a 24 year Wright County and Southeast Iowa educator, longtime librarian and retired life member of the Iowa Education Association, reflects on one room schools, early radio in classrooms, and her varied career across Clarion, Keota, East Union, Sigourney, Hedrick, and Washington while contemplating a permanent home.
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Anna Simpson Meeker
Washington
Keota
East Union
Wiretap admitted in 1969 Chicago riots probe
The government disclosed its first wiretap under new rules, confirming surveillance of Judy Clark, a Chicago Weatherman riot suspect. Clark was among 12 indicted in April 1969 on conspiracy charges tied to October riots, with conversations monitored as part of broader surveillance.
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Washington
UPI
Chicago
Justice Department
Judy Clark
Baritone Goodloe to headline final 1970-71 concert
Robert Goodloe Metropolitan Opera baritone will perform at the Washington Concert Association season finale on Saturday April 3 at 8 00 p m in the high school auditorium He brings selections from classic and musical comedy operatic repertoires and has appeared in recitals nationwide with symphony orchestras He began at Simpson College and Northwestern University and rose through the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions to star in many roles including Puccini La Boheme and Shaunard in recent performances.
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Washington Concert Association
Robert Goodloe
Metropolitan Opera
Goodloe
Simpson College
Indianola
Northwestern University
Simpson
New York
Metropolitan
Shaunard
Calley jury nears verdict at Fort Benning trial
The court martial jury for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. reviewed slide projections of My Lai village as deliberations progressed. They studied views of a dirt trail where Calley faces a murder count tied to villagers screaming in fear, amid ongoing testimony about trail killings and 102 total murders charged.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Village of
My Lai
Calley
Ameri
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