Sheriff Moves Offices to New Washington County Jail Quarters
Sheriff Don Robertson and staff relocated to new offices in the Washington County jail building over the past weekend with entry from the west side on Avenue B. Vandals damaged cars statewide Saturday night and Sunday, smashing windows in about 1 dozen autos and denting a car near city hall, with no discernible pattern to the vandalism as police investigated.
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Don Robertson
Washington County
Avenue B
Washington
Town
City Hall
Rainfall continues as Washington sees fresh totals
The official observer reports .90 inches of rain in Washington over the weekend with .37 inches by 7 a.m. Saturday and .53 inches in the prior 24 hours. Rain continued this morning and more precipitation is forecast statewide, raising flood fears and slowing already stalled farm work.
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Washington
Rex Ray Elected Lieutenant Governor of Zone 8 Optimists
Rex Ray of Washington was elected lieutenant governor for zone 8 of the Iowa Optimists Club at Saturday district meeting in Newton. Ray, current president of the Washington Optimists, will assume the district post in October. Zone 8 includes Washington Chariton Centerville Mt Pleasant Ottumwa Kalona and Fairfield. Attending were Raphael Gonshorowski president elect and Don Fenno vice president elect.
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Rex Ray
Washington
Iowa Optimists Club
Newton
Ray
The
Washington Optimists
Chariton
Centerville
Mt Pleasant
Ottumwa
Kalona
Fairfield
Raphael Gonshorowski
Don Fenno
Weather outlook with possible heavy afternoon storms
Cloudy conditions with a chance of locally heavy thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs reach 65 to 70, then showers or storms diminish tonight as the sky becomes partly sunny. Tuesday brings highs in the mid 60s and tonight’s lows drop to the lower 50s. Winds from the southeast at 15 to 25 mph this afternoon, shifting to northerly at 8 to 18 mph tonight.
Storage driven school board plan for Washington district center
The Washington Community School District weighs a 90000 dollar proposal to build an 4928 square foot administration center on East Main Street with a central storage area of 1440 square feet and offices for 13 staff. Officials say centralized storage would cut over ordering and pilferage while freeing space in existing buildings.
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Washington Public
Marty Chebuhar
Washington Community
E. K. Schlapkohl
Henry Soucek
East Main Street
North Avenue C
Don Zwicki
Virginia Sehnicker
al Kinzler
Schlapkohl
Joint County School System
Brighton
Soucek
East Jefferson Street
Roland Wehner
Wehner
Kidnapers Hold Leonhardy in Guadalajara Standoff
Guerrilla captors of US Consul General Terrence G. Leonhardy extend the seizure after promising release for 30 political prisoners flown to Cuba. Officials report new ransom demands amid government silence and fear for his safety. Leonhardy reported in good health and treated well, messages describe delays and delicate negotiations.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
UPL
Terrence G. Leonhardy
Cuba
Leonhardy
Jesus Ahumada Mercado
Jalisco
Alberto Orozco Romero
U.S
Offic
Orozco
Ernest Gutierre Collignon de la Pena
Heno
Peru
Gutierre
Collignon
Provider
Richardson names special prosecutor for Watergate probe
Attorney-General designate Elliot Richardson announced a special prosecutor will be named to supervise the Watergate investigation with full independence and staff support. He said the appointee must be highly qualified, independent, and report directly to him while serving the American people. He welcomed Senate hearings and emphasized uncovering the whole truth.
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Washington
UPI
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Nixon
Pentagon
Senate Judiciary Committee
William T. Coleman
Philadelphia
Yale
Felix Frankfurter Richardson
Senate
James Kourzek
D-S.d
Rhardson
Tam
Department of Justice
John J. Williams
R-Del
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Kalona Man Hurt in Highway Crash Near Washington
Montgomery Ives of rural Kalona was taken by ambulance to an Iowa City hospital after a crash two miles north of Washington on highways 92 and 1. The collision involved a truck driven by Elwood Hanna and cars driven by Charles Miller and Roy Duttweiler. Ives sustained injuries not yet known.
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Montgomery Ives
Kalona
Iowa City
Washington
Iowa Highway Patrol
Charles Albert Miller
Elwood William Hanna
Eddyville
Roy A. Duttweiler
Brighton
Ives
Senator warns of coming food crisis in Iowa
Des Moines based Senator Karl Nolin warns a food shortage could follow global energy shortages within three to ten years. He cites rising demand from affluence, reliance on corn for cattle feed, and limits on expanding production without new fertilizer or gas, fearing a period of overproduction before a crisis.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Karl Nolin
D- Ralston
Nolin
United States
County corn yield tops 112 bushels per acre in 1972
Preliminary figures place Washington County corn yield at 112 bushels per acre for 1972, down from 113 in 1971. Iowa statewide average is 116 bushels per acre, with every county over 100. County harvested area is 107000 acres, down 15000 from 1971. counties Henry Story Polk Boone Hamilton Hardin and Greene near 125. County Extension suggests strong statewide performance overall.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Henry Story
Polk
Boone
Hamilton
Hardin
Greene
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Case Field
Washington Public School System
Sen. Nolin
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