Two Washington girls escape injury in bicycle crash
Two Washington girls aged 12 escaped serious injury when a bicycle entered South Avenue B from a driveway and was struck by a car driven by Eva Colleen Young. Joyce Knerr and Brenda Lomen suffered leg bruises, abrasions, and a knee laceration. treated at Washington County Hospital.
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Washington
South Avenue B
Eva Colleen Young
Joyce Knerr
North Fifth
Brenda Lomen
Washington County Hospital
Man stabbed to death at Iowa State Penitentiary
Arch ie Barnes a 45 year old Waterloo man serving a 30 year sentence for assault with intent to commit murder was killed by two stab wounds in the prison. Four inmates were held in administrative segregation as investigators from the Lee County attorney’s office and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation pursued leads.
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Fort Madison
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Weather Town Zone 13 Outlook
Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the mid 40s and winds shifting to the north around 10 mph. Cloudy and cooler conditions persist Wednesday with a chance of showers. highs reach 60 to 65 and rain chances around 20 percent.
Iowa races heat up as six congressional contests loom
WithElection Day close candidates in Iowa's six districts race to solidify support ahead of November 5. Incumbents Mayne Scherle Mezvinsky and Smith seek reelection while four state legislators vie in the remaining districts. Campaigns emphasize independence, inflation and federal policy as key issues.
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Iowa
Wiley Mayne
William Scherle
Edward Mezvinsky
Neal Smith
Mayne
Sioux City
Berkley Bedell
Spirit Lake
Tom Harkin
Ames
Scherle
Henderson
James Leach
Bettendorf
Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Chuck Dick
Des Moines
Smith
Altoona
Michael Blouin
Dubuque
Bedell
Harkin
Rapp-Grassley
Riley-Blouin
White House
Nixon
Miss Stuck
Fort Dodge
Bob Eaton
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
L ~Ne
Stephen Rapp
Cedar Falls
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
Blouit
Riley
H.R Gross
Waterloo
Rapp
Grassley
John Culver
U.S
Culver
Dave Stanley
Muscatine
American Party of
James Whitford
Volga
Donna LePorte
Kassiey
Treasury
Uhlenhopp
Chuck Crews
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Mason City
Levy named to fill Washington City Council vacancy
Harry Levy a 25 year resident and former postmaster was named by the Washington City Council to fill the one year vacancy created by Robert Nicola's resignation. Levy 51, a Kalona native now managing Mose Levy Co. Inc. was chosen unanimously. The meeting also covered budget items, equipment purchases including a Walden 5000 endloader backhoe, water plant improvements, and plans to curb vandalism and rat infestations.
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Harry Levy
Marty Chebuhar
Washington City
First Ward
Robert Nicola
Levy
Nicola
Tern
Kalona
Washington
Mose Levy Co. Inc
Public Works
Jim Reschly
Herman M. Brown Co
Cedar Rapids
Council
Reschly
Leichty and Sons of
Near Wayland
Reschty
Ray Miller
Associated Constructors Inc
Blair House
Dick Anderson
Clarence Brown
Associated
Miller
Walker
B Avenue
Ronald Zipp Hughes
West Eighth Street
Hughes
Eighth
Hotle
Ford Campaign Tour Pushes Oklahoma GOP
President Ford urged a maximum effort to elect Oklahoma Republicans to the Senate and governorship during a campaign swing in Oklahoma City. The event drew 59 donors at 500 dollars each to support Sen Henry Bellman and GOP nominee James Inhofe. Ford then met Mexican President Luis Echeverria near the border before heading to Ohio for a fundraising dinner. Bellman led Ed Edmondson in early polling cited by the Daily News.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Ford
Oklahoma
Luis Echeverria
U.S
Ohio
Bellman
Ed Edmondson
Nan Sdmonason
David Boren
Inhore
Convention
Fora
Cleveland
James Rhodes
Ralph Perk
Senate
Rhodes
John Gilligan
Perk
John Glenn
Mexico
Echeverria
Nogales
September CPI rises 1.2 percent on food and shelter
The Labor Department reports September consumer prices up 1.2 percent, led by food clothing and mortgage costs with a 12.1 percent year over year rise. Auto prices rose, food up 1.4 percent in unadjusted terms, and real earnings declined despite higher hourly wages.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Wellman population rises to 1134 after 1970 Census
U S Bureau of the Census records Wellman Iowa population at 1134 in August, up 157 from 1970, a 16.1 percent gain. Growth credited to annexation, water and sewer upgrades, and Iowa City area industry. Town levy for 1974 stands at 27.8 mills, among the area’s lowest.
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Wellman
U.S
Iowa City
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