Funeral services set for Les Mark family victims
Four members of the Les Mark family slain near Cedar Falls will be buried in Trinity United Methodist Church Cedar Falls Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mrs. Mark former Jorjean Colthurst of Ainsworth reared there. Authorities continue a large investigation with no clear leads.
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Les Mark
Cedar Falls
Trinity United Methodist Church
Mark
Jorjean Colthurst
George Colthurst
Ainsworth
Iowa
UPI
Iowa City
Black Hawk County
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Leslie Mark
Jorjean
Julie
Jeff
BCI
Iowa Highway Patrol
Waterloo
Polls Open 7 to 9 In Washington County Tuesday
Election day details show polls open 7 am to 9 pm in all Washington County towns except Crawfordsville which opens at 12 pm and closes 9 pm. Polling locations listed include the county courthouse Second Ward 618 N 6th Ave city hall and Perdocks Garage. Eight candidates seek three City Council seats and one Park Board vacancy in Washington. A moderate turnout is expected. Washington (UPI) Supreme Court agrees to decide if Nixon and Ford illegally imposed import fees, a political issue used by Ford to push Congress on energy policy.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Crawfordsville
Walter Schroeder
Schroeder
Washington
Highway Commission
N. 6Th Ave
Perdock
Park Board
UPI
Supreme Court
Nixon
Ford
Congress
Record lands fetch Iowa high at auction
Washington County buyers set a new record with 3 010 dollars per acre for 200 acres sold by Mr and Mrs Earl Redlinger. Mike Wheelan bought the land four miles north of Washington on highway 92 at one fourth mile west, a prime level farm. The price surpassed 2 860 dollars per acre paidWeeks earlier and is believed to be Iowa’s new state high.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Earl Redlinger
Mike Wheelan
Redlinger
Washington
Voter interest in county races across Iowa towns
Voters head to polls in multiple Iowa cities to elect municipal officials. Riverside shows an unopposed mayor with a crowded council field and a lone treasurer candidate. Wellman has a clear mayoral winner and four for three council seats. Kalona, West Chester, Brighton, Crawfordsville, Keota, Nayland, Columbus Junction all list mixed contests or write-ins for mayor and council seats, with term lengths mostly two or four years.
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Evening Journal
Iowa
Washington Area
Riverside
Charles H. Weaver
Ralph Schnoebelen
Don Hart
Kevin J. Kiene
Janet M. Mencl
Dale E. Miller
Paul M. Rummelhart
Donald Schmutz
Barbara Simon
Everett L. Slaughter Jr
Harley W. Westfall
Jean Kopf
Wellman
D. Duane Tadlock
Kalona
Richard Adams
Cleo R. Troyer
Elda Way
Malvelin L. Gould
Regina Jones
Tom Russell
Cecil J. Capper
West Chester
L. Dale Miller
Fred Dunbar
Kenneth A. Dusenbery
Dean Hobbs
Eugene Lynn
Shirley Statler
Stanley G. Zehr
Worth
John D. Hazelett
Robert Hackley
Richard Meeks
James D. Thompson
Max White Jr
Norma White
Brighton
Donald D. Dickinson
Robert B. McDonald Jr
Dean Edwards
James M. Emry
Ben H. Faris
James E. Miller
Edward L. Mineart
Ronald R Roth
Lee F. Schafer
Marveline L. Wilson
Crawfordsville
Keota
Nayland
James G. Stoops
Sherman Umphrey
William H. Bean
Laverne Farmer
Kenneth D. Miller
Duane Peterson
Bradley Roth
Ralph Stuart
Columbus Junction
Lyle Weber
Leroy Hughes
Verl Lekwa
Donald F. Orr
Willis E. Wellington
Mary Wheeler
Iowa to Hold Six Hearings on School Finance November 11 Washington
A Washington Iowa hearing as part of six statewide sessions on the school finance law will be held November 11 at Washington High School auditorium. Sessions run 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm with five minute testifier slots. contact the Iowa Legislative Service Bureau in Des Moines at 515-281-3566.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington High School
Iowa Legislative Service Bureau
State House
Des Moines
Ford fires Schlesinger and Colby in major shake-up
Ford told congressional leaders he has dismissed Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and CIA Director William Colby. Donald Rumsfeld will replace Schlesinger at the Pentagon and George Bush will head the CIA. Kissinger gives up NSC chair toLt Gen Brent Scowcroft.
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Ford
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James R. Schlesinger
CIA
William E Colby
Henry A. Kissinger
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House
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Schlesinger
Donald Rumsfeld
White House
Colby
George Bush
U.S
China
Albert
Kissinger
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Moscow
Caue
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Air Force
Brent Scowcroft
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Jackson
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Defense
Kissinger Jackson
Congress
Dr. Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
NSC
Social Services hearing set for November 12 in county
The Iowa Department of Social Services will hold Title XX public hearings statewide to gather input on funding for the state social services program. One session is scheduled in the Washington County courthouse supervisors room on Wednesday November 12 at 1 30 p m. District administrator Roger L Reid will lead and those wishing to present should contact him at Cedar Rapids 383 8511 to be listed.
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Iowa
Washington County Court House
Roger L. Reid
Cedar Rapids
Weather briefing shows showers and thundershowers ending tonight
Occasional showers and thundershowers end tonight with lows in the mid 50s. Partly cloudy and mild Tuesday with highs near 70. Tonight south winds around 10 mph and a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Estate planning meetings begin in Wellman and Washington
County residents attend the first session led by Pete Buffer of Kalona as an estate planning resource. The series covers property forms such as fee simple and life estate and includes joint tenancy and tenancy in common, with further meetings slated in Washington on November 4, 11, 18 and 25 and Wellman on November 6, 20 and December 5.
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Pete Buffer
Kalona
Wellman
Washington
Washington High
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