Memorial Day Observances Set for May 29
Don Pilcher announces complete plans for this year’s Memorial Day events on May 29. Activities include flag raising at the Post Office, Navy service at Crooked Creek, a parade, and services at Washington’s cemeteries. D.A.R. ladies will decorate Civil War veterans’ graves. Citizens urged to participate. children over kindergarten age urged to join the parade. Municipal band to provide music. Reserve and Guard units to participate. Further details to come.
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Don Pilcher
Navy Service
Crooked Creek
Washington
D.A.R
Measles Immunization Clinics Planned in Fayette County
State health officials announce emergency measles clinics this week across Fayette County to curb an outbreak. Dr. Charles Herron cites 65 cases in early May, mainly from Oelwein and West Union, with about 40 percent of the 5 000 students susceptible. free vaccines offered for children six months to ninth grade lacking immunity.
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Des Moines
UPI
Fayette County
Charles Herron
Iowa Department of Health
Oelwein
West Union
Truck Fire Destroys Van With Mercedes In I-80 Crash
An Allied Van Lines truck heading from New Jersey to Colorado stopped on I-80 near Shelby when its contents burned. Driver Leo Mize, 41, steered the tractor clear as debris was cleared by a snowplow. Fire officials cite spontaneous combustion as the likely cause. the furniture and car were destroyed and their owner is unnamed.
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Shelby
UPS
Mercedes - Benz
New Jersey
Colorado
Here
Leo Mize
Fremont Mills Student Drowns Before Graduation
Teddy Webster 17 of Tabor drowns while wading in a lakeside area along Interstate 29 Mills County near Pacific Junction. The bank gave way and he fell in as two friends attempted a rescue. body recovered by a Flynwood rescue unit.
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Pacific Junction
UPI
Fremont County
Here
Fremont Mills High School
Tabor
Teddy Webster
Interstate 29
Mills County
Flynwood Rescue
Iowa Guard Urged to Vote Absentee Before Summer Camp
Iowa Adj. Gen. Joseph May urged National Guardsmen to secure absentee ballots before summer training at Camp Ripley Minnesota starting Aug 1, the day of the Iowa primary. He noted this is the first time such a conflict occurred after a June 6 primary was postponed by the Iowa Supreme Court ruling on reapportionment.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Adj
Joseph May
Iowa National Guardsmen
May
Guard
Hawkeye Brigade
Camp Ripley
Minn
Iowa Supreme Court
Hoover leaves vast estate to Tolson primary beneficiary
J Edgar Hoover wills nearly his entire 551500 estate to FBI associate director Clyde Tolson. Tolson receives Hoover’s 100000 Northwest Washington home and other assets including leases cash stocks bonds and insurance. Four nieces and two nephews receive nothing.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Clyde A. Tolson
Washington Post
Hoover
Tolson
the Post
McGovern Seeks Double Primary Wins in Rhode Island Oregon
United Press International reports George S. McGovern targets victory in two states Rhode Island and Oregon as Edward M. Kennedy appears on the ballot in the presidential primaries. Kennedy’s cross country presence underscores a high profile contest with McGovern pursuing a decisive win.
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United Press International
George S. McGovern
Rhode Island
Oregon
Edward M. Kennedy
McGovern
Kennedy
Edmund S. Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Washington, D.C
Wallace
Iowa Faces $18 Million Federal Highway Aid Cut
Iowa officials report an $18 million reduction in federal highway aid for fiscal 1973, a 27 percent cutback labeled arbitrary by Transportation Secretary John Volpe. The loss threatens $18 million in road projects in the five year plan and will shift funds away from secondary roads, with overall highway funding dropping from $65.3 million to $49.1 million. Coupal notes the federal highway trust fund is healthy, and protests will continue with letters to officials as the issue is revisited.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
Joseph Coupal
Coupal
Iowa Highway Commission
Transportation
John Volpe
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Commission
Legion selects two for Boys State from local high school
Kim Walker, son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd M Walker, is chosen as the delegate to Boys State with Larry Hysell as alternate. A faculty committee selected juniors for leadership character scholarship service and citizenship. Boys State runs June 3 to 9 at Camp Dodge Des Moines with activities in government and a mock legislature.
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Kim Walker
Lloyd M. Walker
American Legion Post
Larry Hysell
Truman Hysell
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
State House
Six Aquinas players injured in Fort Madison crash
A Fort Madison Aquinas High School baseball team panel truck carrying six players and coach Larry Hagerman crashed on U S 61 one mile west of Fort Madison. All seven occupants were treated and listed in good condition at a Fort Madison hospital after the accident on Monday while en route to a game with Keokuk Cardinal Stritch High School.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Fort Madison Aquinas
Here
Lee County Sheriff's Deputies
Larry Hagerman
Hagerman
U.S. 61
Keokuk Cardinal Stritch High School
Iowa to test $30,000 HELP emergency highway phone system
Gov. Robert D. Ray announced a 30 thousand dollar emergency telephone system named HELP to aid motorists on Iowa highways. The Highway Emergency Long-distance Phone System will operate on a two year trial beginning this summer.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Nixon Brezhnev open Moscow summit with enviro health pacts
Nixon and Brezhnev began formal talks at the Kremlin quickly agreeing on environmental health studies and pollution cooperation. The opening session featured a 40 foot table, ceremonial toasts, and a plan to pursue wider strategic arms limits and economic ties during the nine day visit.
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Stewart Hensley
UPI
Moscow
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Catherine Hall
Helsinki
Russia
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Martin J. Hillenbrad
White House
Ronald Ziegler
U.S
Jacob Beam
Kissinger
Rogers
Retailers urged to boost service to grow in coming decade
Iowa State University extension economist Dr. Richard Maxon told civic leaders at the third business and community development clinic that future retailing will test survival but growth depends on maintaining current business freedom. He urged retailers to keep consumers in focus with friendly service, varied products, and good parking, noting 25 percent of shopping center construction costs go to convenience. He warned extended hours can backfire if payroll costs rise, and automation remains unlikely in retail. The final clinic breakfast concluded with plans for community input at the YMCA on Washington and county futures.
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Richard Maxon
Iowa State University Extension
Maxon
Washington
Weather Outlook for Iowa Tonight and Wednesday
Weather by United Press International notes likely showers and thunderstorms across most of Iowa tonight with lows from the mid 50s to the lower 60s. Partly sunny conditions remain in the west and extreme north with a chance of thundershowers in the southeast on Wednesday as highs reach 77 to 84.
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United Press International
Iowa
Experts Hope To Restore Pieta At Vatican
Vatican experts, led by Prof. Deoclecio de Campos, say Michelangelo's Pieta can be restored to its original likeness. Restoration begins this week in St. Peter's Basilica chapel after the sculpture was damaged by Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian emigrant who claimed to be Jesus Christ. Toth is held in Rome awaiting magistrate and psychiatric assessment.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Commission For Monuments and Arts
St. Peter's Basilica
Deoclecio de Campos
Vatican Museums and Restoration Laboratory
Jesus Christ the Man
Laszlo Toth
Hungary
Sydney
Australia
Rome
Queen of Heaven
Toth
Council sets hearing date and approves mobile home zoning
The City Council in special session discussed an insurance plan for city buildings. The Planning and Zoning Commission urged approval of the Lake Trip housing subdivision southeast of Washington and recommended a mobile home park zoning change in the northern part of the city. A public hearing is set for June 19 at 8 p.m. The council also clarified downtown parking limits and unanimously accepted the Sellers plan from Robert Koehler for 9,000 to 10,000 dollars annual premiums through March 1975, with future bidding.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Lake Trip
Washington
P and Z Commission
Robert Koehler
Sellers Insurance Agency
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