Flu vaccine clinics set in area towns
Washington County Public Health nurses Mildred Lee and Rita Sojka lead Swine Flu vaccination clinics after the Washington event on November 14. Remaining sessions include Riverside November 18, Kalona November 18, Wellman November 19, Ainsworth November 19, Crawfordsville Legion Hall November 19, Brighton November 20, West Chester November 20, and Washington City Hall November 21 with varied afternoon slots.
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Department of Public Health Nursing
Washington County
Washington
Mildred Lee
Rita Sojka
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville Legion Hall
Brighton
West Chester
Washington City Hall
Open house planned at Trainable South School
The Trainable South School located in the former nurses home at 314 Clara Barton Street Washington will host an open house on Tuesday November 16 from 7 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
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Trainable South School
Nurses Home
Clara Barton Street
Washington
Stewart Open House for National Education Week
Stewart School hosts an open house Monday November 15 from 7 to 9 p m to showcase scholastic and art work and classroom video tapes. Parents grandparents students and friends are invited to attend.
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Stewart School
Fun Day at Y A Funday at Washington YMCA
A Sunday event for high school students, November 14, runs 1 to 6 p.m. at the Washington YMCA. Activities include a volleyball tournament, open gym and swimming, plus Teen Center access. No YMCA membership required.
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Washington Ymca
YMCA
Highland district teachers and board reach tentative contract
Negotiating teams from the Highland Community School District board of education and the Highland Education Association announced a tentative agreement for the 1977 78 school year. The deal awaits ratification by both sides after weeks of bargaining. Details will be released after ratification.
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Highland Community School District Board of Education
Highland Education Association
West Virginia to provide Capitol Christmas tree
A 41 foot native red spruce from Monongahela National Forest near Cranberry Glades will be cut December 2 for the Capitol Christmas tree. Lighting occurs December 15 on the west lawn. Richwood Boy Scouts will plant two replacement seedlings in the Monongahela.
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Richwood
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
Cranberry Glades
Capitol
Richwood Boy Scouts
Monongahela
Oil price protest sparks U.S. warning to oil exporters
Washington says a small rise in oil prices would hurt all nations including producers. State Department spokesman Robert Funseth says the price rise is not justified and not in the best interests of the world economy or the oil producers themselves.
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Washington
UPI
United States
State Department
Robert Funseth
Detroit pupils shock after teacher shot in classroom
Social workers were assigned to Burt Elementary School to counsel second graders ages six and seven who witnessed Bettye McCaster, 45, gunned down in class. Police say estranged husband Al Lewis, 46, was arrested and charged in the slaying.
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Detroit
UPI
Violenc
Edith Kalish
Burt
Bettye McCaster
al Lewis
Jarvis Finds A.Pathy Under Soviet Mask On Tour
Harold Jarvis of Washington recounts a People to People trip to Russia and Europe exposing fear, apathy, and social control beneath the surface. He notes mandatory pair travel, government jobs, and limited initiative, plus long waits at stores and state security. He praises streets cleanliness but questions equality and personal freedom.
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Harold Jarvis
Karkov
Russia
Jarvis
Iowa
Bob Lonsberry
Journal
Soviet Union
Washington
Europe
Herb
Neva Campbell
Communist
Communist Party
Navy Hauls F14 Tomcat From North Atlantic Ocean
After a month of attempts the F14 Tomcat jet from USS John F. Kennedy is aboard the salvage ship Taurus off the Orkney Islands Scotland. It will go to Rossyth then return to the United States. The Phoenix missile was also recovered earlier. three failed rescue attempts followed a September 14 incident. Russian shadowing ships observed the sinking.
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Navy
Snow and Cold Grip Large Portions of Nation
Arctic winds and Lake Ontario snows bring 12 to 18 inches to Upstate New York towns Oswego and Mexico with five inches near Fulton. Harsh cold spreads from the Canadian border to the Gulf states as Mt. Washington reports 6 below zero. weather service could not confirm records due to a broken teleprinter.
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Lake Ontario
New York
Canadian
Gulf States
Oswego
N.Y
Mexico
Fulton
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
National Weather Service
Democrats brace for shifts as Iowa legislature set
Iowa Democrats prepare to start the next session with control of both chambers after Sen. William Gluba resigns to become Scott County supervisor and Gov. Ray schedules a Dec. 28 special election for the 41st District. A second Senate Democrat, Richard Norpel, may resign, risking the margin from 28 to 22. Senate and House leaders to be chosen this weekend amid intra party contests.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
William Gluba
Davenport
Scott County
Robert D. Ray
Gregory Cusack
Thomas Higgins
Gluba
Richard Norpel
Jackson County
Senate Democrats
House
George Kinley
Norpel
Kinley
Joseph Coleman
D-Clare
Minnette Doderer
Iown City
Doderer
Coleman
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Spain sees first nationwide general strike in 40 years
Spanish workers strike nationwide with hundreds of thousands walking off. Police arrested more than 100 pickets amid scattered violence in Madrid and other cities. Unions seek 85 dollar monthly pay hike and oppose austerity measures. Orti reports 200000 strikers in a total force of 8 million. capital life largely normal outside industrial zones.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Getafe
Manuel Orti
Orti
Rescue ships race to find Carnelian-1 survivors
Waves and 40 knot winds hampered efforts as nine men out of 33 crew were rescued from the Carnelian-1, a Panamanian freighter that sank between Honolulu and the Aleutians. Burmese nationals were picked up from the Hunter, while Wisteria rescued seven others. Survivors clung to timber logs and liferafts as search planes located them before nightfall.
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Honolulu
UPI
Aleutian Islands
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Mellon
Kodiak
Alaska
Hunter
Carnelian
Union expels three Boston police officers from union
In Boston three officers tied to a report accusing incompetence and corruption in the Boston Police Department were expelled from the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation. The unanimous vote occurred at a meeting with 70 members present.
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Boston
UPI
Boston Police Department
Boston Police Superior Officers Federation
Paul Conway
James M. Haynes
Robert J. diGrazia
Harry Lagos
Stanley Gawlinski
Conway
Weather outlook with clearing and cool weekend
The forecast shows decreasing cloudiness in the northwest and mostly cloudy conditions in the southeast tonight. Expect a clearing, less cold day Saturday with lows around 5 to 15 and highs in the mid 30s to around 40.
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Clifton Lamborn
R-Maquoketa
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Norman Jesse
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Andrew Varley
Stuart
Millen
State
Democratic Party
The
Evening Journal
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
United Presbyterian Church
Schoonover Drug
Seifert’s
R&s Distributing Co
Mississippi Valley
Canada
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