WHS Singers Attend SE Seven Choral Festival
On Monday October 7 the WHS Choral Union a 92 member group directed by Robert Youngquist joined ensembles from Mt. Pleasant Ft. Madison Keokuk and Fairfield at Fairfield High School for a day of rehearsals and a 730 p m concert. Guests included Harry Johansen of the University of Iowa and an All-State group of conference students preparing for auditions later this month.
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WHS Choral Union
Fairfield High School
Harry Johansen
University of Iowa
Robert Youngquist
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Ft. Madison
Keokuk
Fairfield
4-H seeks new members countywide during National Week
Washington County 4-H plans awareness teams to recruit fourth graders for the 4-H program. Team members will visit schools in Brighton Crawfordsville Highland Mid-Prairie Kalona Wellman West Chester Washington St James Lincoln Stewart Keota St Marys and more to invite youths ages 9 to 19 to join in 1975. Interested youths should contact Julia Gamon at the Extension office in Washington.
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Washington County
4H Council
Brighton
Cindy Booth
Phil Guy
Crawfordsville
Sanford Rugg
Matt Kiene
Eric Graber
Regina Richardson
Highland
Riverside
Ainsworth
Carol Schneider
Mary Jo Thomann
Darrell Steele
Leon Simon
Mid-Prairie
Kalona
Melanie Miksch
Lynn Hostetler
Wellman
Mindi Mangold
Curt Stutzman
West Chester
Sue Dusenbery
Mark Houseal
Washington
St. James
Lori Hotchkiss
Harry Walker
Lincoln
Diane Jarrard
Carl Knupp
Stewart
Cheri Wheeler
Meleia Sherman
Matt Sojka
Keota
St. Mary's
Pete Temple
Bill Vincent
Jean Wehr
Julia Gamon
Major Caribbean quake rattles Leeward Islands
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck parts of the eastern Caribbean with epicenter near St. Kitts and Guadeloupe. Quakes caused church damage on St. Kitts but no injuries were reported while Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands felt strong shaking.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Caribbean
St. Kitts
Guadeloupe
U.S
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington
Leeward Islands
Uppsala
Sweden
Seismological Institute
Lesser Antilles
West Indian Islands
Markus Baath
Grain export sales to Soviet Union scrapped after White House talks
Edward Cook of Cook Industries testified that President Ford told him the planned 3.4 million tons of corn and wheat exports to Moscow could not go forward due to political pressure. He said Butz advised caution on large exports and that a new prior-approval system was announced for big grain sales.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Russia
China
Edward Cook
Cook Industries
Japan
Cook
Iran
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Ford
Soviet Union
Congress
Moscow
Continental Grain Co
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Administration
Continental
United States
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Sytem
Agriculture Department
Rockefeller gifts may reopen hearings on nomination
Senate leaders clash over disclosed gifts by Vice Presidential nominee Nelson Rockefeller to political associates. Mansfield says publicity could reopen hearings, while Scott defends Rockefeller’s integrity. Gifts include 15000 to Jacob Javits and reports of 500000 to Port Authority chair William Ronan and 100000 to press secretary Hugh Morrow.
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Washington
New York State
Rockefeller
Congress
The
New York Times
William J. Ronan
Port Authority of
New York
New Jersey
Hugh Morrow
Mansfield
Senate Rules Committee
Joint Committee of Internal Revenue Taxation
Internal Revenue Service
Community Chest Targets 39900 Budget for Washington Drive
Al Swarthout announces a 39700 goal for the 1974 Washington Community Chest Campaign with corporate school and business drives starting Thursday and a residential phase set for November 4. Board officers include Walter Griffin and James France. funds benefit 14 local groups including the YMCA YWCA Senior Citizens Council Red Cross and Boy Scouts.
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al Swarthout
Washington Community Chest
Swarthout
Walter Griffin
James France
Ann Brock
Jack Kiesey
Evelyn Bush
James McQuaid
Polly Riley
Larry Wells
Ray Carter
Jack Fall
Ray Hibler
Don Swartzendruber
del Dalrymple
Dick Paul
Marilyn Mangold
Carter
Washington Ymca and
YWCA
Washington Senior Citizens Council
Washington County Association For the Mentally Retarded
Lake Darling Youth Center
Red Cross
Boy Scouts of America
Campfire Girls
Muscatine Migrant Situation Less Severe Than Feared
Iowa officials said preliminary checks show the Muscatine migrant issue is less severe than first reported. While some workers face return costs to Texas, many prefer to stay in Iowa with aid flowing, and a clearer update is expected by Wednesday.
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DES Moines
UPI
Kevin Burns
Muscatine
Burns
Robert D. Ray
Dona
Tex
Texas
Juan Cadena
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Arrest three women for book protests in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia police arrested three women at a school bus yard in the Quincy area for violating a court order against interfering with school operations. The arrests bring the two day total to 21 as protesters vow to fight to keep new textbooks out of classrooms.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Quincy
Here
Stanley laments Congress inaction on Iowa farmers
Williamstown Iowa UPI Dave Stanley Republican Senate candidate decries Congress failure to aid farmers. He cites low livestock prices rising costs corporate pressure and bad weather. He urges a senator to champion agriculture and explain farm life to other lawmakers and urban voters.
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Williamsburg
Iowa
UPI
Dave Stanley
U.S. Senate
Congress
Iowa County Farm Bureau
Stanley
City council rejects skid steer bids and backs cemetery truck
Washington City Council buys a new dump box for cemetery crews at its Monday meeting and rejects all bids on a skid steer machine due to uncertain need. Schulze Ford and Mercury won at 6987.69, while Hennigan IHC’s 6900 bid was bypassed for a price rise clause.
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Washington
Water and Sanitation Department
Jim Schulze
Ford
Mercury
Schulze
Hennigan Ihc
Hennigan
Washington County Farm
Kalona
Fenn Farm Service
Dick Anderson
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WHS
Caribbean Islands
Reds
Jean MacDonald
George
Air Force
Evanston
Iil
Mexico City
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Community Chest
Gene Zeck
Dave Bell
Marty Chebuhar
Jim Logan
Lloyd Beenblossom
Jerri Faulkner
United Fund
United Way
Central Park
YMCA
Harry Levy
Maynard
Bill) Brown
First Ward
Robert Nicola
Nicola
West Washington Street
Ted Calhoun
Stateside Cafe
Calhoun
John Walker
Harold Johnson
Cable Communications of Iowa Inc
Walker
John Sproule
East van Buren
Sproule
Western Insurance
Park Board
Buescher Construction Co
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