Cancer Crusade Opens April Campaign in Washington County
The Cancer Crusade in Washington County begins April 1 with about 50 volunteers at kickoff. Chairs Mr. and Mrs. Dale Caldwell lead the effort with Mrs. Caldwell directing the Washington City drive and Frank Kleese rural chairman. The county organization is led by Mrs. Art Witthoft, aided by Mrs. Gene Allen of Iowa City, and talks by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Newport highlighted the meeting along with a film. Donations may be left at Washington State Bank with Juanita Hering. The county is divided into four sections with ward and neighborhood chairpersons coordinating volunteers across town and rural townships for the campaign featuring films and fundraising activities.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Dale Caldwell
Caldwell
Washington City
Frank Kleese
Art Witthoft
Gene Allen
Iowa City
American Cancer Society
Wayne Newport
Davenport
Iowa
Robert Moorman
Dale Venzke
Washington State Bank
Juanita Hering
Shirley Steele
Clifford Thompson
Leo Hoover
South
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Mildred Noonan
City of Washington
Robert Buffington
Carrie Gray
Leland Jeffries
Ed Peiffer
del Dalrymple
Kay Woods
Frank Wenger
Weather update for Zones 9 and 13
Clear tonight with a low in the 30s to 35. Partly cloudy Thursday with a high near 60. Winds light and southwesterly tonight.
Library quilt project for National Library Week at Washington library
The Washington Public Library invites area women to join a Bicentennial quilt project during National Library Week starting April 5 at 1 p.m. in the youth room. Volunteers will sew T-Block quilt blocks, date the quilt, and complete piecing and quilting at the library. The finished quilt will be presented to Conger House later this year.
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Washington Public Library
National Library
National Library Week
Conger House
Washington Fire Extinguishes TV Blaze at Halcyon House
Washington firemen answered a call after 7 PM Tuesday to Halcyon House where a TV overheated in a main building room, filling the area with smoke. Firemen removed the set and extinguished the blaze with minimal damage. The brief item also notes a Mini Bus trip to West Liberty on April 9 for a Turkey Plant tour and a Ford White House reshuffle with Rogers Morton named campaign manager.
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Washington
Halcyon House
West Liberty
Turkey
UPI
Ford
Rogers Morton
Howard Callaway
Callaway
Oval Office
White House
Morton
Army
Railroads Merge into Conrail After Midnight Takeover
Seven bankrupt eastern railroads are merged into Consolidated Rail Corporation ConRail at 12:01 a.m. Thursday under a government planned system. The move ends a long period of political wrangling with few anticipated difficulties as the automatic takeover occurs.
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Washington
UPI
Eastern Roads
Consolidated Rail Corporation
ConRail
City workers strike paralyzes San Francisco facilities
In San Francisco hundreds of city workers walked out in a third municipal walkout in 25 months. Pickets formed at key facilities as a judge granted a temporary restraining order after a midnight strike by 2,500 craft workers who urged all 19,000 city employees to honor the lines.
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San Francisco
UPI
Teamsters in Arlington Heights Eye Last-Minute Pact
Negotiators for the Teamsters and the trucking industry in Arlington Heights Illinois expressed high hopes for a last-minute agreement to avert the union’s first nationwide strike in over ten years. The talks aimed to resolve pay benefits and work rules before a looming deadline.
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Arlington Heights, Ill
UPI
Teamsters Union
Governor to appoint aging and civil rights commission directors
The governor will appoint the directors of the commissions on aging and civil rights under legislation approved by the Senate 29 to 16. The bill had bounced between the House and Senate to remove the aging commission director from the governor’s appointment powers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
House
Lebanon and Syria pressure rise as US seeks cease fire
In Beirut and countryside fighting continues with at least 110 dead and 181 wounded in 24 hours as the United States deploys Ambassador Dean Brown to push for a truce. Premier Karami blocks UN involvement while Syria masss troops on the border and Palestinian leaders push for guarantees and Franjieh resignation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.N
Syria
United States
Dean Brown
Brown
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Amman
U.S
Mediterranean
Security Council
Karami
Edouard Ghorra
Suleiman Franjieh
Pierre Gemayel
London
U.S. Navy
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Plea Not Guilty In District Court Case
Cathy D Manning 22 of Washington pleaded not guilty and waived speedy trial in Washington County District Court on an assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury charge connected to a March 17 shotgun incident outside a tavern. She was released on her recognizance and placed under Court Services supervision. Also Huston Sentenced In OMVUS Case. Harold L Huston 58 of Winfield received 90 days jail and 120 day license suspension after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
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The
Evening Journal
Cathy D. Manning
Washington County
Ms. Manning
Washington
Richard Bordwell
Court Services Department
Harold L. Huston
Winfield
Huston
Bandits seize 1.6 million in Montreal armored robbery
Five bandits used a 50mm antiaircraft gun to force open a Brink's truck door beside the Royal Bank of Canada headquarters in Montreal. They stole at least 1.6 million in cash, with an earlier higher estimate later reduced. Police call it the province’s largest armed robbery. Rewards up to 125,000 are offered for information leading to convictions.
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Montreal
UPI
Financial District
Royal Bank of Canada
Brink’s Canada Ltd
J. T. Walsh
Brink’s
Quebec
Canada
The
Commercial Union Insurance Company
Uncertain outcome in bid to take over National Bank
A Iowa led group offered 1 200 shares at 1850 a share to gain control of National Bank of Washington. Deadline passed with 51 percent required by March 30. Spokesman Taunce Mathiason said full tally possible by Friday and results before April 15. Some local shareholders favor preserving independent local ownership.
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The
Evening Journal
National Bank of Washington
National Bank
National
Ohio
California
Taunce Mathiason
Ainsworth State Bank
Mathiason
Richard Weeks
Weeks
John Goodenow
Wall Lake
Dennis Wood
Eldora
W. A. Krause
Allison
Dentist shoots doctor then kills himself in Evanston
In Evanston Illinois a dentist Dr Frederick M Anliker 54 shot Dr Harold C Lueth 71 after a dispute over medical care for poison oak. Anliker fired a sawed off shotgun from under his coat saying I got you before Lueth was taken into emergency surgery and placed in critical condition.
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Evanston
Ill
UPI
Harold C. Lueth
Evanston Hospital
Frederick M. Anliker
Lueth
David Schram
Anliker
Schram
Officer John Orlando dies after cancer battle in San Francisco
The San Francisco Police Department mourns Officer John Orlando who died of leukemia at 38 after a valiant effort to complete 10 years. He kept patrolling Fisherman’s Wharf hoping to secure his family a one third salary death benefit, but pooling sick days was ruled illegal leaving his widow and four children with only a $1,000 death benefit unless an exception is granted.
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San Francisco
UPI
Mike Hebel
John Orlando
Orlando
Fisherman's Wharf
Central Station
Police Officers Association
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John Gamon
Ainsworth
Harvey Thomas
Crawfordsville
Thelma Wagner
Clifford Shalla
English River Township
Merle Miller
Ernest Krantz
Highland
LeRoy Conner
Francis Waldschmidt
Harold Wylie
Hubert Beranek
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Lee Schafer
Brighton
Lathel Guy
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Louise Wehr
Franklin
Duane Mottet
Jerry
Aging Commission
Ghorra
Asid Ahdab
Henry Kissinger
Jumblatt
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Franjieh
Phalangist
Camille Chamoun
Jounieh
Phalangist Party
Damascus
Gemayel
District Court
Bandits
Washingjton
Jack Pester
J. S. Gentle
Hampton
Kent Dallmeyer
Dallmeyer
FBLA
Cedar Falls
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