Gasoline Shortage Worsens Across Nation Amid Rationing
Gas supplies shrink further as dealers from coast to coast ration 10 to 25 gallon limits per customer and per purchase. Independent stations close or cut hours as contracts lag and big firms restrict deliveries. In Chicago area 342 stations shut since March, while California and Utah report tighter turnpike supplies and evacuations of expansion plans.
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United Press International
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Gasoline Retailers Association
Ilinois Tollway
Phillips Petroleum Co
Rocky Mountains
Phillips
Conoco
Los Angeles
Union Oil
Ohio
Certified
Utah
San Diego
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Navy Exchange Service
Exxon
East Texas
Boulder
Colo
Courts set mark in case disposing Iowa 1972
Iowa courts disposed of more criminal and civil cases in 1972 than filed, with disposals of 104.2 per 100 criminal cases and 100.2 per 100 civil cases. The rise followed district consolidations from 18 to eight, giving larger districts and more judges. Civil disposals led filings for the year, and pending caseload declined despite higher filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.hanson Lawton
Iowa
Judicial Department
Lawton
Tuberculosis Contact X-Ray Plan Announced in County
Dr. Jay Miller head of the Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association said a contact X-ray program will begin soon to identify unknown tuberculosis cases. The effort will be directed by public health nurse Lorraine Suter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Jay Miller
Grain and cattle market report from Joliet Chicago and Des Moines
Grain stock ranges and cattle and hog bids shown for Joliet and Des Moines with May and Sep futures quoted. Receipts are listed and hog markets show slow trade with price ranges for various weight classes and soybeans with price spreads. Market activity cited as fairly active in Chicago and slow in Des Moines with daily receipts totals and year comparisons.
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Joliet
UPI
Chicago
UPL
Jly
Des Moines
Iowa
Minne- Mar
Sota
Mid-Prairie Board Reviews Report Card Change Survey
In May the Mid-Prairie Board heard elementary principal Richard Van Hoozer explain curriculum changes driven by teacher committees and reported survey results showing over half of respondents favoring a different pupil progress reporting method. A parent-teacher committee will draft a specific reporting approach.
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Mid - Prairie Board of Education
Richard van Hoozer
van Hoozer
Tom Svoboda
Warren Olson
Jim Truelson
Mabel Natziger
Wellman
Steve Louden
James Bross
Paula Baker
Martha Graber
Kalona
Sam L. Cox
John Wilson
Susan Anderson
Ine Kalona Insurance Agency
Promenaders Square Dance at Olds Legion Hall May 19
The Promenaders Square Dance meets at Olds Legion Hall on Saturday May 19 at 8 p.m. Bud Connors will call. Everyone is welcome. The 4H Dog Pro meeting shifts to Friday May 18 at 7 30 p.m. at the schoolhouse on the Fairgrounds with dogs leashes and grooming gear required. Obedience training starts weekly in June.
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Legion Hall
Olds
Bud Connors
Club activities fill weekly Tops and social clubs
Multiple Washington County clubs meet at the YWCA and Captain's Table for dinners programs and projects. Tops Club names Lori Gifford Queen. Public Affairs hosts a one o'clock luncheon with guest speaker Mrs. T J Berdo discussing Farm Related Industries in Washington County. Just Us Club and Thirty Niners note members, birthdays, and year plans. Chautauqua program announced for June 8 at City Library.
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Tops Club
YWCA
Lori Gifford
J. H. Jones
George Rudiger
T.J. Berdo
Washington County
Land
Cargill
Northrup
Verne Landes
Robert Machael
Everett Meeker
Jones
Machael
Washington Care Center
A.E. Atchison
Harry Drake
VW Room
Edna Smith
Rhea Hoover
Leora Larson
Dunsmore Guthrie
Roy Sowash
Rev Dunn concludes teachers training in Pittsburgh
Pastor Frank Dunn of First Baptist Church travels to Pittsburgh May 17 to 29 to complete his training as a Certified Director of INSTROTEACH a joint program by United Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and Arizona State University Bureau of Educational Research and Services The seminar aims to enable Dunn to schedule INSTROTEACH workshops locally He will join 15 to 30 participants from at least two denominations The church will have Bob Lund preaching during Dunn’s absence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ine Rey
Frank Dunn
First Baptist Church
Pittsburgh
Instroteach
United Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Arizona State University
Bureau of Educational Research and Services
Dunn
Bob Lund
Scouts Collect Bags for Goodwill Across Washington
Local Scout Troop 242 distributed paper donation bags in Washington Tuesday night and will collect items Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The effort is led by 15 year old Eagle hopeful Bill Tisor, son of Mr and Mrs Don Tisor, as part of his advancement project.
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Goodwill Industries
Washington
Bill Tisor
Don Tisor
Bill
Goodwill
Women of Reformed Presbyterian Church Host Mother-Daughter Supper
The Reformed Presbyterian Church women held a Wednesday evening Mother-Daughter salad supper in the church dining room with special guest Mrs. A B Atchison of California and her daughter Dr. Jean Marshall and grand daughter Susan. The program featured devotions scripture reading, welcome by Dorinda Blair, musical numbers, a radio program, two skits and table decorations by parish members.
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Women of Church
Women of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
A.B. Atchison
California
Jean Marshall
Susan
Ralph Howell
Charles Bartholow
Chester Holcomb
Dorinda Blair
Sharee Wilson
Rosemary Hiller
Karen Todd
Orpha Munson
Cindy Hiller
Howell
Ken Stout
Earl Hiller
Charolotte
Cindy
Cathy
Rosemary
Ralph Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Stout
Ray Blair
Funeral services for Thomas Fay Nevenkirk held
Funeral services for Thomas Fay Nevenkirk were held Wednesday morning at the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. S Ray Blair officiating. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briefs Nevenkirk
Thomas Fay Nevenkirk
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
S. Ray Blair
Elm Grove Cemetery
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Consumer's Cooperative Society
Dean Curtis
Middlebury
West Liberty Fairgrounds
Just US Club
Ethel Swift
Pearl Parcel
Walter Edwards
Howard Messer
D.O. Butler
George White
Lewis Goodlander
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