Washington County Democratic Central Committee to meet Thursday
Washington County Democratic Central Committee will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the courthouse court room with precinct caucuses planned for January The first district fundraiser on December 5 will be discussed Attendees include all committee persons and the public is invited. Birch Bayh outlines juvenile justice concerns at a Des Moines symposium sponsored by the Iowa Civil Liberties Union Calvin Hultman withdraws from consideration for Iowa 5th District race citing family reasons.
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Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Des Moines
Bayh
The
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
UPI
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Iowa
Hultman
John Murray
Ames
Murray
District Democrats to hear candidates at meeting here
The First District Democrats will host a gathering at K. C. Hall in Washington on Friday December 5 at 7 p.m. Jimmy Carter and Senator Fred Harris have accepted invitations, with other candidates likely to attend through indications or standing. Tickets are on sale via county officers, committee persons, Don Pilcher, or Carolyn Levy, with doors open to the public.
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K. C. Hall
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Don Pilcher
Carolyn Levy
Chest passes halfway mark in Washington Community Chest drive
The 1976 Washington Community Chest campaign reached 55 percent of its 42500 goal, with 23375 contributed or pledged. Residential division canvassing continues under leaders Carolyn Levy, Maggie Bennett, Peg Redlinger and Julia Gamon. Donations may be mailed to box 86. Funds support 14 programs including YMCA YWCA Red Cross Senior Citizens Council Boy Scouts and more.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington Community Chest
Jim Kauffman
Kauffman
Carolyn Levy
Maggie Bennett
Peg Redlinger
Julia Gamon
Washington
YMCA
YWCA
Red Cross
Senior Citizens Council
Boy Scouts
Campfire Girls
Association For Retarded Citizens
County Developmental Center
Salvation Army
Arthritis Foundation
Lake Darling
USC
Iowa Children and Family Service
Iowa Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Weather outlook with rain likely midweek
Partly cloudy tonight with low around 50. Rain likely Wednesday with cooler high in the upper 50s. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph through tonight. Precipitation chances 60 percent Wednesday.
Study cemetery fee changes by Washington council
A new audit for the City of Washington criticizes lax collection of cemetery fees from local funeral directors Jones Funeral Home and Sherman Eden. The council pledged changes in collection methods and a possible cemetery commission shakeup, with a meeting planned to tighten procedures.
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Marty Chebuhar
Evening Journal
City of
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Lloyd Robertson
Robertson
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
Don Hanson
Hanson
Cemetery Commission
Clarence Brown
Raymond Miller
Willis Jones
Wendell Eden
Hubert Lehrer
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Jackson
Marion
Franklin
Cedar Townships
Lew McFadden
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Brown
Public Safety Committee
FBI letter threatened MLK with death and discredit claim
The Senate intelligence committee released part of an anonymous FBI letter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr just before he won the 1964 Nobel Prize. It warned he had 34 days to "do it" and hinted at public discredit. The letter’s authorship remains disputed and tied to FBI internal struggles.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
King
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI Amestic
Fred Sewartz
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Sewartz
William Sullivan
Hoover
Committee
Helen W. Gandy
House Committee
Wright County sick leave audit targets five employees
Iowa Auditor Lloyd Smith released a special Wright County payroll audit covering 1974 through September 1975. It found five employees drew 50 to 100 percent of salaries while on sick leave, totaling about 20 500 dollars over 21 months, with overtime paid and unused sick leave compensation noted. Names include Alfred Stadtlander Earl Ver Helst Robert Bloxham Lester Lyons and Arnold Williamson.
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Des Moines
UPI
Wright County
Iowa
Lloyd Smith
Wright County Board of Supervisors
Smith
Alfred Stadtlander
Earl Ver Helst
Robert Bloxham
Lester Lyons
Arnold Williamson
Stadtlander
Ver Helst
Bloxham
Lyons
Williamson
Blue ribbon Culver Commission to probe Senate operations
Des Moines based report on a nine member bipartisan panel known as the Culver Commission tasked with a comprehensive, independent review of Senate workings. The body aims to examine pay, lobbying, schedules, staff, information facilities and workload with interim findings due by March 31 and final results by September 30, 1976.
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Harrison Weber Town Daily Press
Assoc
Des Moines
Congress
U. S. Senate
Senate
House of Congress
John Culver
House
University of Iowa
Willard L. Boyd Jr
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Harold Hughes
Commission On the Operation of the
Juanita Kreps
Duke University
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Robert P. Huefner
Institute of Government
University of Utah
Archie Dykes
University of Kansas
J. Mark Trice
William H. Scott
Alaska
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
National Housing Agency
Culver Commission
Commission
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Sanford Rugg
Wayland
Mary Beth Vittetoe
Journal
Democrats
Joe Mineart
Washington High School
Robert Youngquist
Choral Union
Hi-Fi
Larry Burkum
Iowa City
CPA
McGladrey, Hansen
Dunn & Co
Fritz Sanitation
Miller
Fritz
Dick Anderson
F Avenue
Monroe
Adams Street
Adams
E Avenue
Public Works
Jim Reschly
Monroe Street
Reschly
First Ward
Jerry King
Ray Moyer
Clarence Berkhoff
Mike Rich
Barb Frazer
Cherrie Wheeler
Blue Ribbon Commission
U.S. Senate
Francis R. Valeo
Gerald W. Frank
Mark Hatfield
Stevenson-Brock
Select
Committee On Committees
Mike Mansfield
Hughes
Culver
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