Farmers invited to drainage and water management talk
Extension invites all farmers to a 7 30 p m meeting at the Farm Bureau building Stewart Melvin an Ames Extension ag engineer will present on tile drainage and water management developments amid environmental quality concerns Local contractors join a panel after the talk This is the first in a series planned by the County Extension Service for area farmers
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Farm Bureau
Stewart Melvin
Extension Ag
Ames
Melvin
County Extension Service
Auto License Plates Go On Sale Wednesday
Auto license plates for 1972 will go on sale Wednesday morning at the office of the Washington County Treasurer Wallace Fagen. During the sale the treasurer’s office will close a half hour earlier than usual at 4 p.m. to allow workers to balance their books after busy days ahead.
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Washington County
Wallace Fagen
Harlem Bank Holdup Wounds Six in Gunfire Blaze
Three men robbed Harlem Savings Bank firing indiscriminately with machine guns wounding six people including a police sergeant a bank guard and four civilians two women estimated loot around 16 000 dollars at the scene Sgt Ed Sullivan reported the gunmen fled with the money the wounded sergeant was in critical condition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
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New York
UPI
Harlem Savings Bank
Ed Sullivan
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Mills College student leaps from Golden Gate Bridge in 435th span death
Julie Jin, 21, from San Francisco, jumped Monday from the Golden Gate Bridge. Two notes found in her car addressed to her mother and a teacher. A Coast Guard cutter searched the bay without recovering her body.
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San Francisco
UPI
Mills College
Vosika urges group on call system to attract physicians
Dr Edward J Vosika stresses Washington needs more doctors and supports rotating on call schedules to give physicians regular time off. He notes his own 1957 arrival, family ties, and the current practice of each doctor handling patients anytime as inefficient. He cites Thanksgiving on call issues and a young doctor who chose South Dakota for steadier hours.
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Edward J. Vosika
Washington
Montgomery
Vosika
Nours
Yosika
South Dakota
Meir seeks planes as she flies to Washington
Premier Golda Meir departed Tel Aviv for talks in New York and Washington waving a large pocket book joking it was a big bag to bring home more U. S. F4 Phantom jets. She will meet President Nixon in Washington Thursday where Israel seeks further aircraft while global pressure grows over Middle East arms embargo and Sinai tensions.
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Israel
Golda Meir
Tel Aviv
New York
Washington
U. S
Meir
Nixon
United States
Middle East
United Nations General Assembly
Cairo
Egypt
Security Council
Anwar Sadat
Sinai Peninsula
Arab Union
Scure
Sadat
Arab League Defense Council
Cairo Radio
Sadeddin Shazir
Ist
Gahal
Weather JOWA: Partly cloudy and colder tonight
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows around 10 to 20 degrees, depending on location. Wednesday brings partly sunny skies and a warmer trend, with highs in the 30s across the region.
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Jowa
UprisingFear Hits Fort Madison State Penitentiary
A lockup order placed Monday night at Fort Madison State Penitentiary kept 766 inmates in their cells after tips of a planned disturbance. Officers searched for contraband, found homemade weapons, and planned continued checks. Officials said violence was not reported, while a few ringleaders may have been involved and up to about 100 inmates were interviewed for grievances.
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Fort Madison
UPL
State Penitentiary
Lou Brewer
Brewer
Prison Industries
Monastery Fire Rages at St Catherine’s Mt Sinai Site
Fire swept St Catherine’s Monastery at Mt Sinai near Sharm El Sheikh with armies deploying firefighting teams and helicopters. Initial reports said the monks’ priceless library and mosaics suffered little damage while authorities evacuated and assessed the blaze. The historic 6th century complex houses about a dozen Greek Orthodox monks and a renowned icon and manuscript collection. Firefighters gained control within three hours of ignition.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
St. Catherine's Monastery
Mt. Sinai
Moses
Sharm el Sheikh
Straits of Tiran
Israel
Sinai
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Haim Bar-Ley
St. Catherine's
Alexandria
Egypt
Justinian
Nore
Citizens challenge Northwestern Bell rate hike in Iowa court
Six Iowa residents filed suit in Polk County District Court seeking a temporary injunction to stop Northwestern Bell Telephone Co from implementing a $15 million annual rate increase. They argue ICC authority is unconstitutional without due process and that rates may be collected before hearings, highlighting potential refunds and interstate toll effects. Hearings begin Jan 24 and are expected to last six months.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Iowa
ICC
Northwestern Bell
Ralph R. Brown
Davenport
George Wittgraf
Joseph R. Gaylord
L. Lee Archibald
Virgin
Paul
Iawa
Other
Iowa Commerce Commission
Elumu
Chey
Farm Bureau backs Butz nomination in Iowa
The Iowa Farm Bureau joined the national body in endorsing Earl Butz as Agriculture Secretary making Iowa the only major farm group in the state to back him. President J Merrill Anderson praised Butz as a competent economist and administrator while noting other farm groups have objected or condemned the nomination.
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Wis Muinel
Lea
Lowa Farm Bureau
Earl Butz
American Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau
Butz
National Farmers Organization
National Farmers Union
National Corn Growers Association of
Boone
Farm Bureau
Iown
J. Merrill Anderson
Anderson
Purdy University
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Ft. Madison
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Iowa Highway Commission
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