Iowa Board Eyed Fuel Saving in Schools Amid Cold Winter
State Board of Public Instruction in Des Moines will discuss energy conservation options including shorter activities and 68 degree school temperatures. Officials note local districts keep final say and mass closures unlikely this winter. Suggestions include extended summers, bus riding, and limited after hours use to ease heating fuel shortages.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Public Instruction
Robert Benton
Benton
Iowa
Town Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Robert D. Ray
van Nostrand
Oregon
Tom McCall
Department of Public Instruction
Weekend Forecast: Sunny Then Cloudy with Light Winds
Mostly sunny this afternoon with highs in the mid 60s. Increasing clouds tonight. Friday cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Lows tonight in the upper 40s and highs near 60 on Friday. Winds shift from west-northwest to west-southwest at 5 to 15 mph.
Imperial eagle returns home to Spain from California
An imperial eagle, one of Europe’s most endangered birds, flew back to Spain today after being shipped from California in a cage aboard Vie. It was taken to California as a baby by an American who bought it in Spain and was seized by a game warden before being returned. Spain bans export of imperial eagles, with only about 100 remaining in the region including Morocco and Algeria.
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Madrid
UPI
Europe
California
Spain
California Fish and Wildlife Department
Vie
Moroccy U. Geria
UNICEF drives and school fund efforts in West Chester area
West Chester hosts UNICEF drive Sunday October 27 from 6 to 8 PM with children from kindergarten to junior high making calls in town and rural areas. Washington High School staff will head the 1973 Community Chest school division with Delbert Soper and Alan Olson as co chairs leading solicitations of all district employees. Brighton United Youth Fellowship organizes Trick or Treat for UNICEF on Sunday October 2 with a 4 PM church meet and 6 PM collection for grades 3 to 6, culminating in a church party. Last year’s Brighton collection raised $63.15 with per child impact figures for vaccines and treatments outlined.
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West Chester
Lions Club
Washington High
Ray Carter
Washington Community Chest Fund
Delbert Soper
Alan Olson
Brighton United Youth Fellowship
Unicef
United States Committee For Unicef
UYF
Brighton
UVF
Board debates reading program at Washington district
At a Wednesday board meeting the Washington Community School District discussed reading instruction methods. Teachers outlined goals and multi program approaches while noting no single basal program exists, with effort to tailor methods to individual learners.
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Board of Education
Washington Community
Reading Foundation
Lippencott
al Kinzler
Washington
Iowa
U. S
Kinzler
Mideast tension prompts U S troop alert and diplomacy
U S forces go on precautionary alert at home and abroad amid Middle East crisis as Egypt accuses Israel of breaching the cease fire at Suez City. Moscow hints at possible Russian troop moves while Kissinger meets Dobrynin and U S officials seek deescalation. Israel denies fighting near Suez as the truce holds portion by portion.
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United Press International
United States
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Suez City
Soviet Union
Russia
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
World Congress of Peace
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
White House
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Dobrynin
Kissinger
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Gas shortage eases for Wellman distributor amid harvest
Duane Tadlock of Wellman Oil Co reports Texaco will ship 4,760 gallons of gasoline as part of a state emergency load of 32,000 gallons. He also expects 7,000 gallons diesel from another Iowa distributor and has petitioned the Office of Oil and Gas in Kansas City for relief to stretch supplies to farm customers through the weekend.
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Wellman
Duane Tadlock
Wellman Oil Co
Tadlock
Texaco Inc
Texaco
Iowa
Office of Oil and Gas
Kansas City
Nixon postpones televised address amid Middle East crisis
President Nixon canceled a nationally televised news conference originally set for Tuesday night to focus on the Watergate affair. The move came as U S officials monitor escalating Middle East tensions after a note from the Soviet Union warned of unilateral troop moves unless a cease fire holds.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
White House
Anatoly Dobrynin
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
U S opposes sending troops to Mid East crisis
Secretary Kissinger stated the United States is absolutely opposed to major power troops in the Middle East and would back a UN observer force to report cease fire violations. He favored an international peacekeeping setup without permanent Security Council members and pressed for a fact based Security Council response.
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United States
Soviet Union
Kissinger
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Manchester
J. L. Campell Jr
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Mahaska State Bank
Oskaloosa
Orday
Huge Eagle
E. K. Schlapkohl
Lincoln
Gary Murphy
Schlapkohl
Fred Stark
Doug Dunlap
North Central Association
Chicago
Judy McMannus
The
Washington Evening Journal
Mideast
Suez
Tel Aviv
National Security Council
Archibald Cox
John J. Sirica
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
State Department
Coopera
Anwar Sadat
Security Council
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