Washington City enters Iowa Community Betterment Program
Washington City Council approved entering the Iowa Community Betterment Program, raised zoning permit fees, and ordered state driving license examiners to move from city hall by June 15. The meeting covered street paving bids, lawn mower purchases for the cemetery, shrub planting funds, street light upgrades, terrace blading, a lease for Boy Scout crop plots, and a court injunction schedule with district court.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington City Council
Iowa
Washington
ICBP
Board of Adjustment
City Plan and Zoning Commission
Raymond Miller Sr
Flynn Co
Dubuque
East 11Th Street
Ames
Hubert Lohrer
Lou Pailliotet
New City
John Owen
Baldrige
Iowa House approves five judge Court of Appeals plan
The Iowa House passed a bill creating a new intermediate Court of Appeals to ease the Supreme Court backlog. The measure, backed 82 to 7, would place five judges on the appeals court with cases transferred from the Supreme Court. The Senate previously approved a three judge version.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Norman Jesse
D-Des Moines
Intermediate Court
Jesse
Supreme Court
Iowa
Washington High Jazz Band Aims for Iowa Championship
The Washington High School Jazz Band travels to Des Moines this Saturday for the first Iowa Jazz Championships at Roosevelt High School. In Class A they face Lewis Central, South Tama, Webster City, Knoxville, Indianola, and Jefferson. The top two bands perform in the evening concert at Valley High School, West Des Moines, taped by IEBN for later broadcast.
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Washington High School
Des Moines
Roosevelt High School
Lewis Central
Council Bluffs
South Tama
Webster City
Knoxville
Indianola
Jefferson
Valley High School
West Des Moines
IEBN
Jurors Drawn In Farm Land Lease Civilian Suit
Washington County District Court chosen jurors for a civil case over about 400 acres near Brighton. Plaintiff Matthias Trabert seeks $10,600 plus 7 percent interest from Nov 1 1973 for unpaid rent. Defendants Jesse and Steve Stout counterclaim $16,114 for alleged breach of contract with Trabert renting to third party Dale Miller. Judge L R Carson presides.
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Evening Journal
Washington County District Court
Brighton
Matthias Trabert
Jesse Stout
Washington
Steve Stout
Crawfordsville
Trabert
Stouts
Dale Miller
Richland
L.R. Carson
Washington Library Art Show Seeks Regional Youth Artists
Washington Public Library invites artists aged junior high or older from Washington and nearby counties to submit up to three works for the May 17 to 22 exhibit in the Helen Wilson Gallery. No judging or awards. Sales possible by tagging prices. library to display artist contact info only. Works due by May 13 and ready to hang. Each piece must include artist name address title and medium.
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Washington
Washington Public Library
Helen Wilson
Leach to visit area May 11 at Shepherd home
Republican Jim Leach of Davenport will meet residents in an informal session at the Bob and Lorna Shepherd home northeast of Washington on Tuesday May 11 from 7 to 9 am. The notice explains two routes to reach the site, including a route via a metal building and a Rex Smith corner. Weather calls for mostly clear tonight with low 40s to 50s and Wednesday’s partly cloudy, with showers possible and highs in the 70s to 80s. Winds south tonight 5 to 15 mph.
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Jim Leach
Davenport
Iowa
Bob and
Lorna Shepherd
Washington
Leach
Shepherd
Shepherd Home
Washington-Riverside
Rex Smith
Carter Sees Large Georgia Victory In Primaries
Jimmy Carter boosted by an expected overwhelming win in Georgia and forecasts strong showings in Alabama and Indiana. Ronald Reagan campaigned in West Virginia and pressed for Indiana while Ford fought to keep momentum. Birch Bayh endorsement aids Carter in a four-primary day as DC delegates loom.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Texas
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Cincinnati
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
District of Columbia
Plains
White House
Reagan
West Virginia
U.S
Parkersburg
California
GOP
George Wallace
Wallace
Birch Bayh
Walter Washington
Walter Fauntroy
Iowa to pay back wages to 3110 state employees
Iowa will pay 290557 dollars in back wages and interest to 3110 state employees after a federal suit led by the U S Department of Labor. The payment covers overtime claims dating from October 4 1969, with 6 percent interest. The appeal board approved the plan. two year claim window begins for locating workers.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
U. S. Department of Labor
William C. Stuart
State Appeal Board
Maurice Baringer
Marvin Selden
Lloyd Smith
Selden
Appeal Board
Foreign trainees join Earl Wrights farm program
Washington County Extension Service reports that Earl Wrights, a Brighton area hog and crop farm, hosts two foreign trainees for a year. Stanislaw Gromysz of Poland, 25, and Koji Kubo of Shikoku Island, Japan, will gain hands on experience in all farm operations.
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Washington
Union of Rural Youth
National 4-H Foundation
Massey Ferguson Inc
Highland Open House and Awards Schedule May 6 and 12
Highland High School hosts an open house May 6 from 7 30 to 9 p m displaying home economics woodworking and art work. The annual awards assembly May 12 at 2 45 p m honors seniors Student Council National Honor Society and several scholarships with gavel presentation to the 1976 77 student body president. A junior high band festival May 21 features bands from Highland Columbus Wapello and Mediapolis with a 7 30 p m public concert.
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Highland High School
National Honor Society
Jorjean Colthurst
Sorosis Club of
Ain
Mark seeks marriage license amid murder case backdrop
Jerry Mark, 33, accused of killing his brother and three relatives last fall and a key witness, applied for a marriage license to wed Merrilyn Callenberg, 26. The Iowa Supreme Court cleared the union despite an injunction, while the trial date in Sioux City remains set for May 10 after a venue change.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jerry Mark
Iowa Supreme Court
Merrilyn Callenberg
Black Hawk County
Miss Callenberg
Merrilyn Sue Forrest
Polk County
Mark
Woodbury
Sioux City
Iowa
High Court
Leslie
Jorjean Mark
Cedar Falls
Carroll E. Engelkes
Arbitrator to rule on Mid-Prairie teacher contract impasse
Monday hearing in Wellman addressed a long running dispute in the Mid-Prairie School District over a 1976 77 master labor contract for teachers. Arbitrator David B Johnson of the University of Wisconsin Madison heard arguments from district management and the Mid-Prairie Education Association on two unresolved issues staff reduction policy and free passes to school events. Agreements already reached cover salaries health insurance sick leave personal leave bereavement leave and pay increments. Johnson will decide on the staff reduction method and on the number of complimentary passes. The ruling will be final and binding under Iowa law.
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The
Evening Journal
Mid-Prairie
David B. Johnson Johnson
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Wellman
Iowa
Johnson
Mid-Prairie Board of Education
Mid-Prairie Education Association
Harry Graham
Madison
Wis
Mid-Prairie Board
MPEA
Dean Curtis
Association
Curtis
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Iowa Development Commission
C.P. Berkhoff
Berkhoff
City Hall
J.B. Dill Trust
Elm Grove Cemetery
National Guard
Iowa Southern Utilites Co. Water & Light
Marvin Glandon
Iowa Avenue
Public Works
Jim Reschly
East
West
Madison Streets
Reschly
Court of Appeals
State of Iowa
Earl Wrights
Highland
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