Washington district voters to decide on 90000 administration center
The Washington Community School District will seek voter approval May 21 for using 90000 from existing funds to build a new administration center of about 5000 square feet on East Main Street North Avenue site. Officials stress it is not a bond issue and the project aims to centralize district offices with parking for 12 cars.
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Mas Buhar
Washington Community
East Main Street
North Avenue
E. K. Schlapkohl
Henry Soucek
Case Field
Schlapkohl
Soucek
North Avenue C
East Jefferson Street
Washington Police Welcome New Chief Hendricks
Police Chief Jack Cherry says the Washington force is at full strength with the hiring of 22 year old Iska Hendricks. A Hawkeye Tech graduate and Douds native, Hendricks has worked in Illinois and is married with a 14 month old. Firefighters tackled a car fire on South Iowa Avenue near the Chocolate Shop after it ran out of gas and backfired. Owner Catherine Harris reported only minor damage.
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Jack Cherry
Washington
Iska Hendricks
Hendricks
Hawkeye Tech
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Douds
Washington Fire Department
Iowa Avenue
Catherine Harris
North Third Ave
U S diplomat seized in Mexico amid ransom demands
U S Consul General Terrance G. Leonhardy was abducted by four armed youths after leaving a police exhibition in Guadalajara. A ransom note signed by the People’s Revolutionary Forces demanded the release of 30 unnamed prisoners to Havana and a nationally televised interview with the Cuban ambassador. Police warned of execution if demands are not met and noted the message urged a nationwide broadcast.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
UPL
U.S
Terrance G. Leonhardy
People’s Revolutionary Forces
Havana
Weather forecast promises clearing and increasing warmth
Partly cloudy with southeast winds 12 to 20 mph today and highs in the lower to middle 70s. A chance of rain this afternoon. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and warmer lows in the mid 50s. Sunday brings more showers with highs in the lower 70s. Rain chances 10 today, 20 tonight, 60 Sunday.
Retail sales rise in Washington in 1972 fourth quarter
Washington posted brisk retail sales in the quarter ended December 31 1972 with taxable sales totaling 8 298 918 up 14 percent from the prior year and surpassing Fairfield for the first time in years. statewide 1972 tax receipts reached 27 790 470 up 84 percent, while Mt Pleasant saw 6 905 990 for the quarter and 54 percent annual growth.
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Washington
State Department of Revenue
Fairfield
Iowa
Mt Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Sigourney
Keota
Richland
Wayland
Winfield
New London
Columbus Jct
Wapello Kalona
Brighton
Riverside
Wellman
Kissinger Begins Talks With Brezhnev At Soviet Estate
Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev at a hunting lodge near the Volga for discussions ahead of a planned June summit with Nixon. The visit focused on bilateral ties, European force reductions, nuclear limits, and East West trade, with Kissinger slated to depart for Leningrad afterward.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Volga River
Henry A. Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Washington
Kissinger
Nixon
Vasily Kuznetsov
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Zavidovo
Europe
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Falk denies wrongdoing in State Fair audit findings
Iowa State Board agrees to hire a systems coordinator to tighten fair bookkeeping and operations after a state audit showed irregularities. A five person committee including Kenneth Falk will oversee hiring, study recommendations, and set salary levels while the board receives the audit findings and discusses reforms. Sixteen words omitted for clarity.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Kenneth Falk
Falk
C.J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Thomas Scott
Dallas Center
C. C Wagler
Bloomfield
Wilbur Yount
Altoona
Fair Board
Lloyd Smith
Fulk
Iowa State Fair Board
Flood damage survey eyes federal disaster aid for Iowa counties
Washington and Keokuk county officials joined Army Corps of Engineers and Iowa Natural Resources Council staff in a survey of flood damage in a 32 county southeast Iowa region. The county filed a 150000 claim for roads and bridges. private landowners were largely turned away. Federal help would reach private citizens if disaster status is declared. Gov. Ray named several counties as hardest hit.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Washington
Iowa
Robert Ray
Keokuk
Henry
Louisa
Des Moines man climbs 400-foot TV tower in custody protest
Larry Wiese, 36, of Des Moines, ascended the 365-foot level of the Kant television tower early today seeking custody restoration for his two children taken by Polk County Welfare over a school attendance dispute. He wrapped in a blanket with bread and water. police watch, no rescue plan.
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Des Moines
UPI
KANT
Polk County Welfare Department
Larry Wiese
Franklin Hotel
County Welfare Department
Wiese
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