Scouts sell 199 calendars in brief sale drive
Boy Scouts of Troop 242 sold 199 Washington County Bicentennial calendars in a short campaign leaving 32 still available at the Extension Office City Hall and the Corn Bin. A committee spokesman praised the Scouts noting they sold more calendars in this drive than since they were first offered. Louis Pailliotet is Scoutmaster with leaders Brian Reighard Bill Baker John Pearson Mike Boileau Greg Stark Dion Goodken Mark Walton.
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Boy Scouts of
Washington County
Louis Pailliotet
Brian Reighard
Bill Baker
John Pearson
Mike Boileau
Greg Stark
Dion Goodken
Mark Walton
Ron Armstrong
Larry Stark
Dean Jeffries
Gary Watson
Bob McDowell
Ted Woods
Raymond Garton
Iowa to Expand Radar Units for Troopers
State public safety officials will buy 136 hand held radar units with federal funds, boosting radar coverage for troopers. In Ames, Iowa, Dale Cochran, the Iowa House speaker, was fined 55 dollars plus costs after a jury found him guilty of speeding 83 mph in a 55 mph zone on Interstate 35.
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Des Moines
UPI
Public Safety
Robert Holetz
Ames
Iowa
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Ford to visit China Indonesia and Philippines in December
President Ford will travel to China for December 1 to 5, then to Indonesia December 5 to 6 and the Philippines December 6 to 7, on invitations from Suharto and Marcos. He departs Washington November 29 and returns December 8, with stops in Anchorage Tokyo and Hawaii en route.
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UPI
Ford
China
Indonesia
Philippines
White House
Suharto
Ferdinand Marcos
Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Rains and Snow Sweep Nation Amid Severe Storms
Rains drenched New York City breaking rainfall records as a winter storm spread across the Midwest and Great Lakes. Up to nine inches of snow fell in the region and searchers hunted for mariners from the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster while Lake Michigan divers faced rough seas for two youths believed drowned.
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Great Lakes
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Zielstorf decision upheld by court
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Karl D. Zielstorf of Washington on a larceny in the night time over $20 charge. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa after pleading guilty to stealing two guns from a pickup. Buck, 20, of Washington entered a not guilty plea on a reduced criminal trespass charge for a home break-in. Jarrard’s license issue was resolved by compliance, avoiding further action.
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The
Evening Journal
Iowa Supreme Court
Karl D. Zielstorf
Washington
Zielstorf
Washington County
Ira F. Morrison
Anamosa
Michael E. Buck
Richard S. Bordwell
Buck
Bordwell
Clarence W. Jarrard
Jarrard
Surgeon joins hospital staff at Washington clinic milestone
Dr. David T. Sidney, 33, of Iowa City, will practice at Washington Winter County Hospital through 1978. Trustees approved his staff appointment after a two year Iowa City residency and work at Harvard Peter Bent Brigham. Sidney has 200 operations and 250 assists, with plans to join Dr. Tam’s practice and hospital clinic project by 1976.
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Evening Journal
Winter County Hospital
Washington
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Iowa City
Jayent Belsare
Mt Pleasant
Norman Jensen
Sidney
University of Minnesota Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Mass
University of Iowa Hospitals
S.E. Ziffren
Department of Surgery
University Hospitals
Robert J. Corry
U of Medical School
Jensen
D.G. Sattler
Katona
S. Tam
Physicians Clinic
Winifred Kelly
Miss Kelly
Regents Plea for Higher University Pay Sparks Budget Debate
Regents hear faculty from the University of Iowa Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa urge a 12 percent salary boost to halt brain drain and maintain quality. They note current scales lag peers and threaten funding via weaker federal and foundation support while the board targets a 9.5 percent raise in the 1976-77 budget.
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DES Moines
UPL
Iowa
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Board of Regents
Regents
Mary Louise Peterson
Regent
Sam Becker
U of I
Willard Boyd
Becker
Northern Iowa
UNI
Iowa State
ISU
Longest serving Justice Douglas retires from Supreme Court
William C. Douglas 77 retires from the Supreme Court after 36 years on the bench citing incessant pain from a stroke. Ford may nominate a woman, with HUD Secretary Carla Hills among possible picks. White House vows a nomination within weeks. Douglas, paralyzed by illness, visited the bench to clear his desk and said it would be inadvisable to continue duties.
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Ford
High Court
HUD
Carla Hills
Stanford Univesity
Yale Law School
Douglas
Cathy
Supreme Court of the United States
Rumsfeld warned by Sen Henry Jackson
Sen Henry Jackson warned Donald Rumsfeld that Henry Kissinger might withhold crucial defense information if Rumsfeld is confirmed. Jackson said Kissinger admitted holding back strategic documents from James Schlesinger, fired as defense secretary earlier this month. The Senate Armed Services Committee appeared ready to approve Ford’s choice to replace Schlesinger.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Donald Rumsfeld
Henry Kissinger
Rumsfeld
Jackson
Kissinger
James Schlesinger
Ford
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Schlesinger
GM executive's son freed after ransom paid
Timothy Stempel, 13, son of GM director Robert C. Stempel, was released outside a western Wayne County hospital after his family paid 150000 dollars. Police had no suspects. The abduction occurred Monday in Bloomfield Township, with banks closed for Veterans Day delaying payment.
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UPI
General Motors Corp
Timothy Stempel
Robert C. Stempel
Chevrolet
Stemple
Young Stempel
Bloomfield ‘Township
Stempel
General Motors
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Ohio
Weather outlook clears with chilly night ahead
Weather clearing and cold tonight with a low 20 to 25. Sunny and warmer Friday with a high in the low 40s. Winds westerly 5 to 15 miles per hour tonight.
Curriculum Council recommends science and math credits approval
Washington High School board approved revised graduation requirements. Students must earn two credits in math and science with flexible subject certification, allowing courses like horticulture to count. The district also adopted Title IX non-discrimination policy affecting athletics and co education, while surveys on career education and metric teaching were reviewed for future reports.
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Washington High School
Board of Education
Iowa Association of School Boards
Iowa
Washington School District
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