Ford and Reagan vie for GOP delegates in Michigan Maryland fronts
President Ford faces a must win in Michigan as Reagan pursues momentum through early primaries. Carter seeks to extend his front runner lead in Maryland against Udall while Brown targets California-like gains and Brown spends to blunt Carter. Two million voters can decide in two parties with 84 GOP delegates and 133 Democratic delegates at stake.
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Ford
Michigan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Jimmy Carter
Maryland
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Morris Udall
Reagan
Udall
Brown
Carter
New York
Pennsylvania
West Coast
Texas
Indiana
Wallace
Henry Jackson
Community Theatre plans twilight party and meeting
Members and prospective members of the Community Theatre of this area will gather at 5 30 p m Sunday May 23 for a twilight party and meeting. A brief meeting about the fall show Of Thee I Sing is scheduled for 6 30 to 7 p m. The evening features the orchestra This Side Up. Admission is free for members and two dollars for non members. Reservations for lunch and for those not contacted are urged.
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Liz Widmer
Wesley
Liz) Widmer
Cochran Hints Early Adjournment For 1976 Iowa Session
House Speaker Dale Cochran said the legislature could adjourn as early as Friday or Saturday after announcing that House Democrats would caucus today to set a target date for adjourning the 1976 session.
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Des Moines
UPI
Dale Cochran
Cochran
Memorial services at Ainsworth cemetery May 13
Memorial service will be held at the Ainsworth cemetery at 10 a.m. Monday May 13 with Rev. Jack Hooten as speaker and music by the Highland Community Schools band. In Des Moines the Senate approved 15.5 million dollars for public projects under the Conservation and Soil Conservation commissions granting Volga Lake project another reprieve.
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Ainsworth
Jack Hooten
Highland Community Schools Band
Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Conservation and Soil Conservation Commissions
Volga Lake
Missing Washington girls found near Sockum Ridge Park
Washington County Rescue Unit was called to Sockum Ridge Park Monday night to locate two girls who wandered from a picnic area and became separated from their group. They found their way to a nearby farm and were returned to the picnic area before the search ended.
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Washington County
Sockum Ridge Park
Washington
Washington City considers a steep water rate hike
The Washington City Council weighs a proposed average 50 percent increase in municipal water rates to erase a fund deficit and fund upgrades. The plan would raise about 95 000 annually, with a minimum cut for low users and larger increases for high consumption, and would take effect July 1 if approved at the June 7 meeting.
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Evening Journal
Washington City Council
Don Hanson
Sanitation
Hansan
Marvin Glandon
Sanitation Committee
Washington City Council awards street repairs contract
The Washington City Council approved a $22 341 22 bid from L L Pelling Co Iowa City for street blading and oiling covering about 50 blocks this summer. The project came in under the estimated $32 000 and may add more streets. Other actions included selling surplus equipment, leasing a junk car lot, and a weekly insecticide spray program to curb gnats.
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Washington City
L.L. Pelling Co
Iowa City
Pelling Co
Prairie Road Builders
Oelwein
Manatt-Cater
Brooklyn
Smith Construction Co
New Hampton
Pelling
Jefferson-Stone Inc
Juda
Wis
Old City
Jim Hesser
Washington
Bill Reighard
Richland
Ray Miller Sr
Madison
East
Fish Day at Izaak Walton League Helps Disabled Children
The Izaak Walton League hosted Fish Day at Ralph Schoonover farm pond on Monday drawing over 200 attendees. Sixty had from the University of Iowa Hospital School and local kids received 50 cent gifts, with Denise Gresson of Iowa City catching the largest fish, a 4 pound 18 inch largemouth bass. The event honored dozens of volunteers and donors including Sidters Electric Supply Washington Lions Club Kiwanis Brighton Masons Eastern Star and the National Guard for facilities.
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Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton League
Sidters Electric Supply
Washington Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Brighton Masons
Eastern Star
Randolph Kelsey
The
National Guard
Paul Rotenburger
Paul Mayer
Weatherizing funds offered by Southeast Iowa program
Federal funds are available to help low income families weatherize homes. Eligible households use the aid for caulking weatherstripping broken glass storm doors and windows roof and foundation repair and insulation. Apply through Margaret Tuttle at 309 West Second Street Washington.
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Southeast
Iowa
Margaret Tuttle
West Second Street
Washington
Pleasant Forecast With Mild Tonight And Warm Wednesday
Clear and not so cool tonight with a low around 50. Mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday, high near 80. Winds southerly about 10 mph tonight.
Judge calls welfare cut plan capricious and halts its work
UPI reports a federal judge ruled HEW’s three year effort to cut welfare errors arbitrary and an abuse of discretion and ordered it stopped. The decision sides with 14 states and Los Angeles County challenging the authority to withhold funds for high error rates while acknowledging the need to reduce welfare waste, noting the stated targets were not reasonably or factually based. HEW sought to withhold 123 million dollars from 45 states for failing to meet 3 percent ineligibility and 5 percent errors, but the plan produced a 26.7 percent error rate by December and faced legal challenge. The ruling calls for reasonable, fact based tolerances and halting the quality control program pending further action.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Iowa
HEW
U.S. District Court
June L. Green
Los Angeles County
California
Alabama
Connecticut
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Green
Congress
Iowa House approves firing procedures for school administrators
The Iowa House on Monday passed a bill 77 to 13 creating procedures for terminating a school administrator after probation. The measure mirrors teacher termination rules already sent to the governor and requires notice and a hearing before an officer chosen from names supplied by the Professional Teaching Practice Commission.
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Des Moines
API
House
Senate
Professional Teaching Practice Commission
Tornado strikes Summerville South Carolina center
A tornado cut a three block wide path through downtown Summerville causing near one million dollars in damage. Mayor Berlin G Myers reports no serious injuries while four stores suffer major damage. Trees fall and lines go down as winds lash the coast.
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Summerville
S.C
Coastal Plain
Berlin G. Myers
South Carolina
Georgia
Myers
Robert E. Anderson
Anderson
Iowa Corn And Soybean Planting Progress Reported
Des Moines reports show corn planting 89 percent complete as soybean planting advances to 27 percent. Officials contrast with last year and five year averages, noting improved conditions and seasonal effects. Unemployment payments in April totaled 13.2 million, down from March and year to date totals exceed 65 million across six programs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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United Press International
Murray Schooley
Kaye Knight
Washington Junior High
Murray
Lee Schooley
Brighton
Kaye
Dean Knight
Volga
Hanson
Council
Earl Wood
East Fifth Street
Lew McFadden
Terrace Yard
City Hall
McFadden
Harold Johnson
Kevin Burns
Carolina
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