Pony Express rides called off by weather in Kalona area
Local saddle club official said horse rides delivering donations for Camp Sunnyside will not occur today due to inclement weather. Donors will instead take cars to the area meeting point in Oskaloosa. Also, a 1973 car stolen from Kalona Motors was found abandoned later Friday on a mud road. joy-riders suspected, sheriff reports.
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Saddle Club
Sunnyside
Oskaloosa
Kalona
Kalona Motors
Sheriff's Office
Washington Municipal Band Announces Spring Rehearsals
Lambert Neill, director, says rehearsals start Monday night for the coming concert season. Peter Bell, band president, asks all members to attend at 8 p.m. in the Washington Junior High School band room.
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Lambert Neill
Washington Municipal Band
Peter Bell
Washington
Fairfield man to be arraigned on double murder charges
Cecil Manley, 58, was held after police found two women dead in his Fairfield home Teresa Marie Skirvin, 39, and Alice Mae Zuehike, 52. Manley faces two open murder counts and awaits arraignment in justice of the peace court as investigators from Fairfield police, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Jefferson County sheriff, and the county attorney proceed with the case.
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Fairfield
UPI
Cecil Manley
Teresa Marie Skirvin
Alice Mae Zuehike
Manley
Jefferson County
Ed Kelley
Justice of the Peace Court
Fairfield Police
State Bureau of Crim Investigation
Jefferson Count
Gas rationing hits Texaco stations in Los Angeles
Distributors will ration Texaco gasoline to about 200 Los Angeles area service stations starting Sunday for the first time since World War II. The cutbacks reach as high as 47 percent at some outlets, marking the first time a major oil company’s retail network has faced the national gas shortage.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Texaco
Los Angeles Times
Times
Two Teens Die in Car Crash Near Sigourney
Two 17 year olds from Keokuk County, Ronald Clarahan of Harper and Lyle Streigle of Delta, died Friday night when their cars collided about one mile east of Sigourney. One car crossed the centerline, authorities said. Ronald Clarahan, a Sigourney High School senior and 1972 Homecoming King, will have funeral services Tuesday at St Elizabeth's Church in Harper with burial in the parish cemetery. His rosary is set for Monday evening at Powell Funeral Home in Keota. Streigle's funeral arrangements, also for a Sigourney High School senior, are handled by Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney.
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Sigourney
UPI
Keokuk County
Iowa
Harper
John Schmitz
Powell Funeral Home
Keota
Young Clarahan
Washington
Donald R
Arlene Sheesley Clarahan
St Elizabeth School
Sigourney High School
Sheryl Jean
Robert Joseph
Raymond Paul
Randy Charles
Rodney Richard
Mary Ann
Richard
Violet) Clarahan
Mamie Snyder
Young Streigle
Holm Funeral Home
Weather Town Zone 9 Rain Forecast and Turning Clearing
Zone 9 weather report shows rain today and tonight with highs in the low 50s. East northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Lows near 40 tonight. Rain ends with partial clearing Sunday, highs mid 50s. Rain chances near 100 today and tonight, 40 Sunday.
Shellfish as Meat Substitution Warned Unsafe by GAO
The GAO warns shellfish sold as cheap meat substitutes may be unsafe due to weak inspections by FDA and states. Reviews of Maryland Massachusetts New York and Washington show inadequate controls and failure to close polluted growing areas. About 136 million pounds harvested locally and 16 million imported in 1971.
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Washington
FDA
Debate on extending Nixon price ceiling to more goods
United Press International reports Congress weighing expansion of the Nixon price ceiling beyond beef pork and lamb to cover rents interest rates and other consumer goods. Nixon sent legislation to empower tariff and import quota cuts to boost supplies and curb inflation. A House Banking Committee majority of 20 Democrats proposes a rollback to March 16 prices for 60 days.
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United Press International
Ashington
Congress
Nixo
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Farm Bureau protests new Feed Grain program change
Washington County Farm Bureau leaders denounce USDA revisions to the 1973 Feed Grain Plan. They condemn the 15 percent land set aside cut for option A signups completed before period end and urge protests to President Nixon, Earl Butz, Senators Hughes and Clark, and Rep Mezvinsky. The board calls for review of contracts or switch to higher option for those under zero set aside.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
County Farm Bureau
USDA
Farm Bureau Board
Nixon
Earl Butz
Harold Hughes
Richard Clark
Edward Mezvinsky
Halcyon House to Add 28 Apartments in Washington Expansion
Halcyon House prepares a $400000 three story addition of 18 full size and 10 efficiency apartments on its grounds in Washington. The project, contracted to Thompson Construction, includes elevator access, full carpeting and individual climate control. The facility, non sectarian and run by South Iowa United Methodist Homes, expects occupancy by year end.
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Halcyon House
Washington
Charles Morris
E.D. Morrison Jr
Halcyon House Board
South Iowa
United Methodist Homes
Des Moines
Atlantic
Morrison
Thompson Construction Company of
Iowa City
Washington Electric
Gray’s Plumbing of
Schuppert and Koudelka Co
Swollen rivers may force mass evacuation across states
Floods driven by the Mississippi and its tributaries threaten hundreds from Illinois to near New Orleans. Red Cross volunteers prepare shelters as Louisiana and Mississippi report most areas under control, with families fleeing in Catahoula Parish and nearby regions.
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Memphis, Tenn
Miss Montz
Mississippi
New Orleans
Louisiana Delta
Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
Catahoula
National Guard
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Red Cross
Pat Guibao
Memphis
Finley
Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
Guibao
Greenwood
Holly Buff
LeFlore County
POWs Return From Vietnam Flight to Home
United Press reports 48 former American POWs released from North Vietnam flew home via Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Officials expect the final POW release from Communist hands to occur soon, while 82 other POWs arrived in the United States. Operation Homecoming aims to bring all remaining exPOWs home with one more freedom flight possible Sunday.
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United Press
North Vietnam
Philippines
Clark Air Base
Clark
United States
Air Force Hospital
Women of Moose campaign to aid Washington Developmental Center
Washington Chapter No. 782 Women of the Moose spearhead a drive to collect articles for the Washington Developmental Center located in the old Pepsi Cola building on East Third. They seek kitchen items, cleaning supplies, chairs, recreation materials, grooming items, tools, and large equipment. Contact coordinators to donate or volunteer transport to weekly bowling outings.
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Judi Curl
Academy of Friendship Committee
Women of the Moose
Walter Farrell Sr
Washington County Developmental Center
Charlotte Ripperger
Women of the Moose of Washington
Washington
Pepsi Cola
East Third
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Farm Bureau
Feed Grain
the Washington Ws .Evening Journal
Women of Moose
Ray Stalder
Howard Curl
William McDole
Columbus Junction
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