Susan Meeker defies gender norms as youngest female Washington flyer
Susan Meeker, 20, is the sole woman in the Washington Fliers Club, learning to pilot at the local airport with her father and brother both piloting. She soloed on June 23 and earned her license August 22 to attend Cottey College, flying back and forth between Nevada Missouri and Washington. Her story highlights the blending of aviation and everyday life, with a family immersed in flight and a club planning a Fly-in breakfast while expanding its planes and memberships.
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Sheilah Klapp
Susan Meeker
Susan
Washington Fliers Club
Everett Meekers
Tom
Meekers
Ed Hannah
Fliers Club
Darrel Burham
Cottey College
Nevada
Washington
Iowa
Newton
Ottumwa
Ainsworth Elementary Art and Music Bicentennial Program
The Ainsworth Elementary School will host a public Bicentennial program on March 30. The art show opens at 7 p.m. followed by a music portion at 7:30 p.m.
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Ainsworth
Washington area earns welcome rain from thundershowers
Thundershowers delivered .38 of an inch of rainfall Friday night aiding dry soil in Washington. The wetting ends a week of heavy field work but pre-planting tasks stay ahead of normal in the county. Cooler air followed the storms with overcast skies and a chance of more rain before clearing.
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Washington
Washington County
Specs O'Keefe, Brink's informer, dies after six years
Joseph J. O'Keefe known as Specs died in a West Coast hospital under an assumed name from natural causes. He had turned state's evidence six years after the 1950 Brink's robbery in Boston, helping arrest the gang on January 12, 1956, before the armed robbery statute expired.
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Boston
UPI
Joseph J
O'Keefe
Boston Globe
O’keefe
Brink
Rodgers doubts passage of property tax reform
In Des Moines UPI, Sen. Norman Rodgers says he has all but abandoned hope for a comprehensive property tax relief bill this session. He favors a one year partial reimbursement plan as a temporary fix while an interim study group is formed.
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Des Moines
UPI
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Ways and Means
House-Senate
House
Senate
Rodgers
Roger Shaff
R-Camanche
Marvin Selden
Conference Committee
Warren Curtis
Cherokee
Selden
Tornadoes devastate Oklahoma and Missouri with deaths
Tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma Missouri and nearby Midwest Friday night killing at least four people and injuring several more. A tornado leveled homes in Spiro Arkansas border town prompting National Guard and rescue teams to search rubble as residents faced widespread damage and confusion.
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United Press International
Oklahoma
Missouri
Midwest
Arkansas
Spiro
Okla
National Guard
Tulsa
Stillwater
Iowa outlines Herculean task for swine flu vaccination plan
Iowa officials warn the state lacks vaccine and time to roll out Ford's nationwide swine flu program. Health Commissioner Norman Pawlewski cites need for vaccine development, testing, mass production and coordinated distribution starting in September and finishing by November, with federal funding sought.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ford
Congress
Norman Pawlewski
Pawlewski
United States
Washington County gets 10500 grant for radio gear
The Iowa Crime Commission approved a 10500 grant for nine high band radio units to equip sheriff and city police cars under a joint county state plan. County officials noted total funds reach 11112 with 612 county share, and the plan complies with state telecom rules as the two agencies prepare to merge their communications systems next Tuesday at the joint law enforcement center.
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Washington County Public Safety Commission
Iowa Crime Commission
Jack Kellogg
Eastern Iowa Area Crime Commission
Ralph Marshall
Sheriff's Department
Washington City
Iowa Department of General Services
Washington County
Washington
Commission
Marshall
Elmer
Gondola cars plunge at Vail kills three, injures nine
Two Lionhead Gondola cars broke loose from a cable on Vail Mountain plunging 125 feet. Three dead include Janice Paskerkamp 14 Englewood Darlene Reese 42 Custer Karen Toytman 19 Palos Park. Nine hurt taken to St. Anthony's Hospital. Officials cite a cable strand break as likely cause.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Vail Mountain
U.S. Forest Service
Vail Village I
Janice Paskerkamp
Englewood
Darlene Reese
Custer
S.D
Karen Toytman
Palos Park
Ill
St. Anthony's Hospital
Denver
Carol Pasterkamp
Robert W. Parker
Vail Associates
IPERS Soundness Highlighted in Iowa Pension Debate
Edmund Longnecker of IPERS asserts a strong funded position with assets between 620 and 650 million dollars and a portfolio focused on safe bonds. He notes retirement benefits for 24,800 former state workers and 120,000 contributing members, with inflation driving a 10 to 100 percent benefit boost over the past year.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Marvin Selden
Maurice Baringer
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Edmund Longnecker
IPERS
Longnecker
Afl-Cia Executive Council
Weather forecast for the weekend period
Mostly cloudy this morning and sunny this afternoon with highs mid fifties. Tonight clears with mid thirties lows. Sunday mostly cloudy with a 20 percent shower chance by late afternoon. Windy and warmer with near sixty degree highs. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph diminish this afternoon and turn light tonight.
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