Brighton teen injured as motorcycle hit near Airport Road
A 17 year old Brighton youth, David L Waterhouse, was hospitalized after his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by 51 year old Richard W Bordwell of rural Washington. Waterhouse's injuries were undisclosed. Bordwell was backing from a pirate drive onto Airport Road and was charged with failure to yield. Property damage was estimated at 350 dollars.
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Washington
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Washington County Hospital
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Parade of Bands concert at Keota High School
The Parade of Bands will be held at 7 30 p m Monday in the Keota High School auditorium. Performing groups include the high school concert band beginning band sixth grade band junior high concert band and high school jazz band. Guest soloist Mike Tschantz, a former Washington High School student and junior at Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville. Public invited with no admission charge.
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Washington High School
Northeast Missouri State University of Kirksville
Elementary Band Concerts Across Washington District
The Washington Sixth Grade Band with 69 members and director Fred Stark will perform at four district schools. Brighton at 12:30 p.m., Lincoln at 10:15 a.m., Stewart at 9:15 a.m., and St James at 11:15 a.m.
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Brighton
Lincoln
Stewart
St. James
Fred Stark
Annual CAP meeting set in Washington County
The Washington County Community Action Committee will hold its annual meeting on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the CAP center in Washington. Officers and Grantee Board representatives will be elected, and community and participant members chosen. Discussion includes sponsoring the Congregate Meal program in Riverside and plans for a summer recreation program and youth employment for 1976-77.
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CAP Center
West Second
Washington
Grantee Board
Community Action Organization
Riverside
Open House at Washington County Public Safety Center
An open house at the new Washington County Public Safety Center is set for Saturday. Visitors can tour the basement displays on police equipment drug abuse literature conservation officers activities and other public safety topics from 9 am to 5 pm. All county law enforcement branches participate and some exhibits are loaned from nearby communities. The event marks the center’s formal opening after several weeks of use.
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Washington County Public Safety
Capitol bound Guardsmen join 34th Army Band in DC
Wayne Brock of Washington and Sam Cox of Kalona will perform with the 34th Army Band from Fairfield at the John F. Kennedy Center on May 31 and on the Capitol steps June 1. The Fairfield Guard Band participates in the Iowa Bicentennial Parade of Music, a National Federation of Music Clubs project featuring all states and DC over 20 months.
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Iowa National
Wayne Brock
Washington
Sam Cox
Kalona
34Th Army Band
Fairfield
John F. Kennedy Center
Washington D.C
Fairfield Guard Band
Iowa
Izaak Walton Fish Day for Handicapped Children
The Izaak Walton League of Washington County holds its annual Fish Day at the Ralph Schoonover farm pond seven miles south of Washington on county road W55. About 80 children from Crippled Children's Hospital in Iowa City and local Trainable Schools will fish from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A picnic lunch at the club house follows, with prizes for angling efforts. Myron Salladay leads the event for the league. donations for the picnic may be left at the Salladay residence or clubhouse.
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Washington County
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Washington
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Iowa City
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Salladay
S. Marion Ave
Quinlans keep silence on respirator plan in Quinlan case
The family of 22 year old Karen Ann Quinlan will not comment on plans to remove the mechanical respirator keeping her alive in a coma for over a year. Their attorney said discussions with doctors remain private. Doctors have begun new tests to provide data to the hospital ethics committee following the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that withdrawal is permissible if recovery is not reasonably possible.
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N.J
UPI
Karen Ann Quinlan
Paul Armstrong
Quinlans
New Jersey Supreme Court
Karen
Iowa Senate approves roads bill with interstate bridge funds
The Iowa Senate approved a transportation appropriation 32 to 12. The bill would bar funds for diagonal highways and provide 34.7 million dollars for interstate bridge construction, surpassing a House plan of 17 million for transportation and 16 million for municipal and county assistance.
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UPI
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Iowa FFA honors 302 with state’s top Iowa Farmer Degree
Kevin Horn and Jerry Roth, both from Washington, are among 302 recipients of the Iowa Farmer Degree announced at the 48th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in Waterloo. The degree, awarded to about 2 percent of the 13,682 state FFA members, recognizes extensive supervised farming programs and leadership roles. Kevin, son of George and [name], manages 16 sows and 34 acres of corn with 254 market hogs, and has served as chapter sentinel, vice-president, and president for 1976 77. Jerry, son of Royce and [name], co manages a swine operation with his father, with 34 sows and 80 market hogs, and has been co-reporter and committee chair, currently presiding over the Washington County Junior Park Producers.
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Jerry Roth
Washington
Future Farmers of American
Iowa Ffa
Conway Civic Center
Waterloo
Iowa Association Ffa
Kevin
George Horn
Jerry
Royce Roth
Washington County Junior Park Producers
Weekend Weather Outlook for Local Area
The forecast calls for clear conditions tonight with lows in the 40s. Saturday should be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the mid 70s.
Demand fresh inquiry into JFK assassination concert plans
Washington High School Concert Band prepares for a bicentennial tribute titled American Music for Winds and Percussion. The May 18 performance at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium features Copland Fanfare, a new Star Spangled Banner arrangement, Schuman’s New England Triptych movements, McBeth To Be Fed By Ravens, plus works by Washburn Hartley and Dello Joio, ending with Sousa Golden Jubilee. A separate Washington report cites Sen. Schweiker pushing a new JFK probe, alleging possible withholding of CIA and FBI information and questioning Oswald's affiliations with pro or anti-C Castro factions.
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Washington High School
Aaron Coplands
New England
William Schuman
Jesus
Chester
William Billings
W. Francis McBeth
Ravens
Robert Washburn
Walter Hartley
Norman Dello-Joio
John Phillip Sousa
Washington
UPI
Richard Schweiker
Senate Intelligence
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Intelligence Committee
Warren Commission
Oswald
Dallas
GOP planning rally in Crawfordsville
Republican State Chairman Tom Stoner and Crawfordsville Steering Committee members plan an old fashioned gathering in Crawfordsville for August 7 to honor the party founders. They will assess venues for booths and activities and aim to recreate 1850s style events.
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Republican State
Tom Stoner
Crawfordsville
Republican Steering Committee
Iowa
Stoner
Robert Fleming
Carlisle
Fleming
National Republican Party
William Bernau
City Council seeks state relief for overlimit budget
Washington Iowa seeks relief from a 9 percent growth cap as the city posts a 1.4 million 1976 77 budget with a 554 958 tax ask and 56 126 over the limit. The council appeals for a hearing before the state appeal board to justify one time funding for a new Public Safety Center township fire protection and other costs.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Council
State Appeal Board
Maurice Baringer
Lloyd Smith
Marvin Selden
Don Hanson
Richland
Dick Anderson
Anderson
Nightmarish vote for Demo faithful
In Dearborn Michigan UPI reports a stunned Democratic base as Carter receives 39 while Ford garners 116998621 votes for Ford Motor Co board of directors. Carter, Jimmy, is a Democratic presidential candidate. Henry Ford II aligned with Carter supporters prompts stockholders to back The Chairman. A dissident stockholder previously nominated Ralph Nader Ralph Houk for board seats.
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Mich
UPI
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Ford
Michigan
Jimmy Carter
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Ralph Nader
Detroit Tigers
Ralph Houk
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