Free rides to polls offered by YWCA in Washington
The YWCA provides free transportation to polling sites in Washington. Call 3-254 to arrange a ride, available all day. Polls run 7 am to 8 pm Tuesday in all wards with designated voting locations: First ward courthouse, Second ward Schulze Garage, Third ward City hall, Fourth ward Perdock garage. The motor vehicle license division of the county treasurer’s office will be closed Wednesday November 7 for staff training in Des Moines. The tax division remains open as usual.
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YWCA
Courthouse
Schulze
City Hall
Perdock
Washington County
Wallace Fagen
Des Moines
State Department of Public Safety
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Estate Planning class to meet at Washington High School
The first of six adult sessions on Estate and Will Planning will be held in the vocational ag room at Washington High on Tuesday November 6 at 7 30 p m. John Baldrige will answer questions as the program is sponsored by the high school department and the county extension service with the county bar association. Husbands and wives are urged to attend and both rural and city dwellers are welcome.
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Vocational Ag
Washington High School
John Baldrige
Washington
Washington High School Vocational Agriculture Department
Washington County Extension Service
Washington County Bar Association
Five Hurt In Davenport Nursing Home Fire
Five people were injured, one seriously, in a $500,000 blaze that destroyed an unoccupied wing of the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Davenport. Fire broke out about 2:20 p.m. Sunday, sending thick smoke through the city’s largest elderly care facility.
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Davenport
UPI
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Stockholders approve country club remodeling and greens project
Stockholders at the Washington Guu and Country Club approved two remodel plans. The clubhouse addition of 1824 square feet and a lounge, pro shop, and dance floor gained 84 percent approval. Greens renovations for the nine hole course were approved by 95 percent with three greens rebuilt yearly over three years starting 1974. Clubhouse work should begin this year with completion tied to the club's 50th anniversary next March. A board meeting tonight will name a building committee and finalize plans.
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Washington Guu and Country Club
Ford says he would have resigned like Richardson in same crisis
Gerald Ford, testifying at the Senate Rules Committee, said he would likely resign if faced with the Nixon era crisis, echoing Elliott Richardson's firing stance. He urged disclosure of private finances by President, Vice President, federal judges, and top executive officials, and discussed Jaworski’s potential firing.
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Washington
U11
Gerald R. Ford
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Rules Committee
Republican House
Richardson
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Ford
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Pell
Leon Jaworski
Suceed Cox
Robert H. Bork
Jaworski
R-Mich
Sunny Afternoon Highs Near 39 Then Warmer Tuesday
Mostly sunny this afternoon with highs in the upper 30s. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows 20 to 25. Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness and warmer to the lower 40s. Light north winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon and light and variable tonight.
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Northery
Middle East tensions rise as Kissinger tours for peace
United Press International reports new war threats in the Middle East as Kissinger flies to promote settlement. Egypt and Arab states push oil embargo actions, Israel and Egypt accuse each other of aggression, while the Soviet Union allegedly resupplies Egypt and Syria. The UN force notes lines remain unmoved and Meir briefs the Knesset on progress.
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Mideast
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al Ahram
Moshe Dayan
London
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Syria
Russia
Risinger
Morocco
China
Japan
Kissinger
Golda Meir
Jordan
Dean says he destroyed Hunt materials from White House safe
John W Dean III told investigators he found and shredded two Hunt notebooks and discarded an address book from Hunt’s White House safe in January. The materials, found after Hunt’s arrest in 1972, included an address book and two notebooks he said related to the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in. Dean testified he turned over most material to the FBI, except for political dynamite documents.
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UPI
John W. Dean III
White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
Richard Ben-Veniste
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
Dean
Nixon
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Ben-Veniste
Daniel Ellsberg
Democratic
Watergate
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
New York City Braces For Possible Fire Department Strike
NYC negotiators and firemen representatives worked past a 9 am strike deadline to avert the first strike in the Fire Department's 108 year history. Mayor Lindsay reported progress but said parties remain apart as union and hospital workers also walk off.
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NEW York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Richard J. Vizzini
Uniformed Firefighters Association
Sity
Lindsay
New York Daily News
News
John E. Degan
Daily News
Guild
New Appliance Store Changes Hands in Washington
New merchants Mr and Mrs Pat Burt have arrived to operate the Jarvis Appliance Store on the south side of the square, purchasing it from Harold Jarvis. The change is effective immediately with future plans to be announced this week. Burt and Anne are parents of Brenda and Barbara, ages 12 and 10, relocating to North Sixth Avenue. Burt brings many years in the business including Thermogas roles in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, plus four years as a marketing consultant serving a 16 state area.
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Pat Burt
Washington
Jarvis
Harold Jarvis
Burt
Anne
Brenda
Barbara
North Sixth Avent
Thermogas
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Our Town rehearsaI for Washington Ign School
Students in rehearsals for Thornton Wilder's Our Town at Washington Ign School rehearse for performances in the High School Auditorium on November 16 and 17. Director Michael Kramme lists the cast including Melinda Pacha as stage manager and Emily Webb portrayed by Sherrie Scott with a large town cast led by Mrs Gibbs Mrs Webb Mr. Gibbs and Townspeople. Tickets available from any vast member or by calling the school admission is 1 for adults and 75 cents for students through 12th grade.
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Washington Ign School
Thorton Wilder
Our Town
Michael Kramme
Melinda Pacha
Sherrie Scott
Emily Webb
Nancy Mineart
Mrs Webb
Brad Koehler
Mr. Webb
Curt Hanson
Wally Webb
Lori Vaughn
Mrs. Gibbs
Pat Hotle
Mr. Gibbs
Mike Schooley
George Gibbs
Debbie Roush
Rebecca Gibbs
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