Keota Elementary highway teaches traffic safety with walking path
Keota Elementary unveils a 100 foot four lane pedestrian highway inside the school. Superintendent Keith Sasseen and Principal Fred Thomas lead the project praised by state officials. The system uses numbered exits and signs, speed five kilometers per hour, and no stop signs to mimic real driving decisions while reinforcing pedestrian rules.
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Sheilah Klapp
Keota
Keith Sasseen
Fred Thomas
Sasseen
Thomas
Strongpoint
Winter Valley
Moore’s Landing
St. Ives
Kent Korner
Sprague Garden
Kitch Inn
Library Lane
Judy Herr
Area 15
Ottumwa
Kathy Ives
Area 15 Educational Agency
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Martha Mitchell Dies at 57 from Myeloma in New York
Martha Mitchell, estranged wife of former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, died at Memorial Sloan Kettering at 4:30 a.m. after bone marrow cancer treatment. No family was at her bedside. physician Dr. Karl Mayer attended her. The case was myeloma, a rare bone marrow cancer. Eddie Taylor and his companions survived nine hours stranded on Lake Pontchartrain in an ice chest, rescued by Coast Guard after dredge workers spotted them.
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New York
UPI
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital
Mitchell
Walter Anderson
Karl Mayer
New Orleans
Eddie Taylor
Lake
Pontchartrain
Coast Guard
Taylor
Brenda
William Kahrs
Kenner
Hughes estate valued under one billion says Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the Howard Hughes estate may total at most one billion dollars and could be largely consumed by federal taxes legal fees and admin costs. It casts doubt on all purported Hughes wills deeming them forgeries and notes only small distributions of perhaps 100 to 200 million dollars to relatives if no valid will exists.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Howard Hughes
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hughes
Memorial Day Observance Pauses in Washington
Washingtonians paused for Memorial Day with a morning parade and programs at two local cemeteries highlighting the holiday tradition and honoring fallen service members.
Opposition grows to Turkey Greece base deals in Congress
Washington reports that administration and lawmakers fear the 1 billion Turkish base agreement and a 700 million Greek pact face strong opposition. Key issues include constitutional oversight, alleged Cyprus violations, and risk of widening the arms race in the eastern Mediterranean. Rep Steven Solarz plans to vote for the Turkish accord to protect NATO flank.
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Washington
UPI
Turkey
Capitol Hill
Melih Esenbel
United States
John Brademas
D-Ind
Brademas
U.S
State Department
White House
Congress
Cyprus
Greece
Mediterranean
Steven Solarz
D.N.Y
NATO
Soviet Union
City to begin cleanup of junk cars in Washington
Washington officials plan a city wide junk car removal campaign noting about 125 vehicles are parked on streets and in yards. Owners may call Lowell Carroll for voluntary removal before formal action. City code defines junk cars as not drivable or unlicensed and permits billing the owner for removal costs.
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Washington
Lowell Carroll
Primaries Near as Candidates Push for Delegates
United Press International reports Ford and Reagan eye the June 8 finale as Democrats campaign in three small states. Carter hammers South Dakota and Rhode Island to keep his 885 delegate lead over Morris Udall at 301 while Frank Church nears 100 and Jerry Brown stays under. Gallup polls place Carter ahead of Ford 52-40 and Reagan 55-37.
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United Press International
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Plains
South Dakota
Morris Udall
Rhode Island
Frank Church
Montana
Church
Carter
Udall
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
Gallup
Reagan
Rainy weekend brings heavy storms to Washington area
Rain totals over the weekend exceeded an inch in the Washington region with unofficial measurements from 1.10 to 1.25 inches. Severe weather swept parts of the county with thunder hail storms damaging newly planted crops in Rubio Richland near the Washington Keokuk line, hail up to 18 inches, and a brief tornado north of Kalona near the Washington Johnson county line causing no noted damage. The rain threat continued into Memorial Day.
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the Evening Journal
Washington
Washington County
Rubio-Richland
Washington - Keokuk County
Kalona
Washington Johnson County
Vietnamese refugees leave Port Isabel amid tension in Texas
In Port Isabel Texas most of the 198 Vietnamese refugees who resettled a year ago left for other cities this weekend amid claims of racism politics and unfair treatment. A shrimp firm sponsor Ansel Isbell criticizes federal programs while noting wages vary and several families planned to stay.
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Port Isabel
Tex
UPI
South Texas
Trinh Duc Pham
Pham
Isbell Seafood
Lupe Moreno
Latham
Isbell
Ft. Chafee
Ark
Iowans claim ties to Memorial Day origins debated
The piece catalogs multiple claims across states and individuals for the origin of Memorial Day, noting N. P. Chipman of Washington helped spark the decoration concept and General Logan formalized the 30 May 1868 holiday. It also mentions Hopkinton, Bay Cemetery, Lennox College, Arlington, Waterloo, Columbus Mississippi, and Stonewall Jackson as context for these claims. Iowa barred recognition until 1880 after national adoption.
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N. P. Chipman
Washington
Chipman
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
Logan
Hopkinton
Columbus
Miss
Friendship Cemetery
New York
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Iowa
Congress
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Michelle Teel
Lynette Waterhouse
Matthew Baumert
Tom Werremeyer
Journal
Texas
Greta Latham
Iowan
Lucy Hay
Drake
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines — Memorial Day
Bay Cemetery
Lennox College
Sarah Evans
Michigan
Des Moines
Arlington
Ft. Sumter
Waterloo
N.Y
John B. Murray
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