Brighton Open House Highlights Reading Program Demo
Brighton Elementary School hosts an open house at 7 30 p m with parents invited to tour classrooms and watch an 8 p m demonstration of the K 6 reading program in the gym. Iowa commerce chief warns utilities may cap future natural gas customers to protect current commitments.
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Brighton
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Towa Power and Light Co
van Nostrand
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Graever Esaki and Josephson
The Swedish Academy named Ivar Graever and Leo Esaki of IBM and General Electric and Cambridge scientist Brian Josephson as 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics recipients cited for tunneling phenomena in solids. Josephson’s work on supercurrent through a tunnel barrier was also honored. A later report notes Rep. Culver plans a bill to appoint a special prosecutor for Watergate, separate from impeachment.
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Stockholm
UPI
Ivar Graever
General Electric Co
Leo Esaki
IBM
Brian Josephson
Cambridge
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Academy
Esaki
Graever
Josephson
Washington
John Culver
Iowa
Nixon
Executive Branch
Culver
Casals Dies in Puerto Rico at 96
Pablo Casals, famed cellist, lay in state at his hilltop home in San Juan before burial in Puerto Rico. The 96 year old maestro, born in Spain, died after a heart and lung ailment amid nationalist tensions surrounding his homeland.
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San Juan, P.R
UPI
Pablo Casals
Puerto Rico
Spain
Casals
Weather outlook: warm through Wednesday with highs in the 70s to 80s
A weather summary states fair conditions through Wednesday with warm temperatures. Highs reach the upper 70s this afternoon and low 80s on Wednesday, while tonight’s lows stay in the upper 50s. Southerly winds range from 5 to 12 mph this afternoon and tonight.
Washington Community Chest names four business drive cochairmen
The 1973 Washington Community Chest campaign enters its second stage with four business division cochairmen named by General Chairman Ray Carter. Al Swarthout and Marty Chebuhar will contact merchants while Bill Jones and Pete Peterson coordinate volunteers in outlying districts.
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CHEST
Washington
Community Chest
al Swarthout
Marty Chebuhar
Pete Peterson
Bill Jones
Swarthout
Chebuhar
Peterson
Jones Business I
Journal
Jerome Hoxton
Cochairmen
Ray Carter
Rive
Jones
Navy uniform suspect sought in Des Moines kidnaping case
Des Moines police and federal agents continue to search for a man in a Navy uniform linked to the kidnapping of a Liberty Missouri mother, Jacqueline Dougherty, and her two children. Dougherty reported being accosted by the gunman outside a North Kansas City drug store, forced to drive to Des Moines, struck on the head, and relieved of about $50 before the assailant drove away with the family on Interstate 235 near Des Moines.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Liberty
Jacqueline Dougherty
Ken
Ann
FBI
Kansas City
Dougherty
Court yields on Watergate tapes order
President Nixon abandons fight to keep tapes secret and agrees to turn them over for judicial review to Sirica. The judge urges grand juries to press forward as Cox and the Senate committee pursue appeals. Muskie calls impeachment possible but cites lawlessness as worse.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Charles Alan Wright
John J. Sirica
Wright
Sirica
Watergate Grand Jury
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
University of Toledo
Ohio
Muskie
Senate
White House
Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Watergate ‘Committee
Samuel Dash
Senate Watergate Committee
Protest Against Zoning Change Seeks Apartment Plan
In southeast Washington eight residents protested Larry A. Duncan’s bid to reclassify land on East Harrison Street from R-2 to R-4 to allow a 32 unit apartment complex. Critics urged council to reject spot zoning and warned of future rezonings while supporters argued housing need and land value. The council deferred a final decision to study further, with a Nov 12 hearing on a separate R-2 to R-4 request by Wilbert Graber and the Washington Housing Authority.
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Washington
Larry A. Duncan
Harrison Street
Case Field
Duncan
Planning and Zoning Commission
Walter Griffin
S. 12Th Ave
Griffin
P&i
Phil Kneen
Planning Commission
del Dalrymple
Jared Sturdevant
Kenneth Davison
Davison
Ituraevam Auacneu Ule
Wilbert Graber
Washington Housing Authority
Ralph Martin
Martin
Ceasefire collapses as Middle East fighting erupts anew
United Press reports deadline hits as Israel and Egypt renew heavy combat along the Suez Canal and Syrian front. U N Security Council convenes while both sides blame each other. Egypt launches two air strikes, Israel claims shots down 15 Egyptian and 10 Syrian aircraft, with Elazar saying gains in Egypt not yet secure.
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United Press
Israel
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Pentagon
Washington
Suez Canal
Israali Armed Forces
David Elazar
Syria
U.N
Washington City Officials Plan Full Siren Test
City officials announce a full siren test for Saturday October 27 at 11 a.m. The test will cycle three signals for emergency use the alert signal take cover signal and the fire signal. Each signal lasts three minutes and testing will occur on the last Saturday of every month under federal regulations.
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Washington City
Dar
UNICEF drive planned with church groups and youth solicitors
UNICEF officials plan a Sunday drive with the Adult Fellowship Group from First Baptist joining the United Presbyterian Home family for Evensong then canvassing halls and cottages. Students from various grades will be driven by Beta Sigma Phi and Optimists club members, with porch lights guiding the soliciting, and a $1 gift protecting 80 children against tuberculosis.
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United Presbyterian Home Family
First Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Wilma Beenblossom
Dorothy Chance
Harold Cline
Faye Goetz
Don Gorham
Eddie Jones
Donna Kaufman
Gerald Lobig
Linda Lytle
Rita Moore
Don Phillips
Carol Rees
Marion Rotzinger
Phyllis Svatos
Jimmy Swartzendruber
Phyllis ‘Wenger
Wes Werlin
Keiffer Garton
Irene Hotle
Gloria Zuehlke
Eva Brown
Rolland Taylor
Ralph Stout
Ron Allison
Leslie Beenblossom
United Presbyterian Church
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
United Methodist Church
Men of the Optimists Club
Gary Connelly
Jerry Gilmore
Methodist Church
Kathy Tuttle
Bonnie Bannister
Presbyterian Church
Unicef
United Nations Children’s Fund
Council of Religous Affairs
John Walker
Washington On
Washington County and neighbors weigh four county solid waste agency
Washington County Regional Service Agency plans a possible four county solid waste agency with Keokuk Jefferson and Van Buren counties. The group seeks cost efficiency by sharing landfills while noting Henry County may operate its own facilities. Mayor Ralph Martin says the plan hinges on regional scale and proximity considerations.
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Washington County Regional Service Agency
WCRSA
Keokuk
Jefferson
van Buren
Washington County Group
Board of Supervisors
Washington
Ralph Martin
Washington County
Martin
Henry County
Henry
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