Community Chest First reports and city notices from Washington
First reports from the 1973 Community Chest drive in Washington show $1,637.45 raised. The business district drive starts now and schools drive will be in full swing by week’s end. North 12th Avenue closes Tuesday for railroad crossing repairs with detours via East Seventh and North Fourth. Police urge caution during Halloween peak hours as pre Halloween vandalism remains average. The city’s emergency siren test was postponed to November 24 after a miss in earlier attempts. a Sunday test summoned firefighters to 432 South Ninth Avenue where two mattresses were damaged in a small house fire.
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Community Chest
Washington
John Scheldrup
Corporation
Washington City
North 12Th Avenue
East Seventh
North Fourth
Jack Cherry
Cherry
South
Ninth Avenue
Fire in New London damages TV shop and Odd Fellows Hall
A Sunday early morning blaze gutted Volner Television Sales on the first floor and caused heavy smoke damage to the basement and Odd Fellows Hall on the second floor in downtown New London. Fire chief Gary Blank attributed the fire to faulty wiring, with about $18,000 in losses to the Volner contents. The adjacent appliance store suffered smoke and water damage. The TV shop is owned by Jim Volner.
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NEW London
UPI
Volner Television Sales Co
Odd Fellows Hall
Prank Triggers Mass Vehicle Roll in Burlington
Police probe a weekend spree where 20 parked cars on hills were released from parking brakes and rolled through downtown Burlington. Vehicles struck buildings, other cars, church foundations and walls with several heavily damaged and at least one totaled, per Police Capt. Patrick Mewes.
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Burlington, Iowa
UPI
Patrick Mewes
Haunted house anchors Washington Halloween festival
A city wide Halloween celebration in Washington features a haunted house sponsored by the YMCA. Open Monday and Tuesday 6 10 p.m. at North Fourth Avenue near the railroad, the event offers free family fun with tours for all ages and a junior senior high night Wednesday. A parade begins Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Y with three divisions and numbers for judging.
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Washington
Washington Ymca
Dave Williams
North Fourth Avenue
Jaycees
YMCA
Rotary
State Theatre
Washington Y's Men
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Optimist Club
Lions Club
Convoy Beams Relief to Egyptian 3rd Army Amid Ceasefire Tensions
A mercy convoy of food water and medical supplies crossed toward the trapped 20,000 man Egyptian 3rd Army on the east bank of the Suez Canal as UN peacekeepers expanded their buffer zone. Israeli air and ground forces shot down three Egyptian helicopters during the night. UN officers met face to face for the first time in 25 years to negotiate convoy details while debates over a broader pullback and peace talks swirl in Cairo and Washington.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
United Nations
Cairo
U.N
Jolda Meir
Tel Aviv
Ma’ariv
United States
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Ismail Fahmi
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Mideast
Beirut
An Nahar
Russia
West Bank
Jordan
Col
Ake Bendrik
U.N. Emergency Force
UNEF
Demand grows for independent Watergate prosecutor
Senate figures pressed for a new independent special prosecutor free from White House control amid Watergate hearings. President Nixon touted independence with cooperation from the White House, while Archibald Cox urged statute guarantees. Cox and senators argued for appointment by court or by president with Senate advice, with possible congressional veto on removal.
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Washington
UPI
Kdwara Gurney
R-Fla
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Gurney
Robert H. Bork
Congress
Treasury
John B. Connally
Austin
Tex
Cox
House
US S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Senate
Bork
Weather outlook with cloudiness and warm Tuesday
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon brings a high in the mid to upper 40s with cooler tonight in the low to mid 40s. Tuesday looks warmer with increasing clouds and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Winds shift from light northerly this afternoon to light southerly tonight.
Washington approves apartment zoning change by 6 0 vote
Washington City Council, in a special session at City Hall, voted 6 0 to rezone Larry A. Duncan land in the 900 block of East Harrison Street from R-2 to R-4 to permit up to 32 apartments in four eight unit buildings. Mayor Karph Martin said the session was scheduled to guarantee all six members could attend. P&Z had recommended the rezoning amid local opposition citing traffic and service concerns. several council members noted planned city improvements. The three readings were waived and the measure passed unanimously.
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Washington
City Hall
Larry A. Duncan
East Harrison Street
Karph Martin
Walt Messer
Messer
Ihc Oter
Planning and Zoning Commission
P&z
Duncan
Robert Nicola Sald
Irv Whitham
Geninery Mnix
Harold Stephens
Washington Incert Association
St. Olaf College Symphony Orchestra
Middle - America
Kay Stewart
Association
Donald Berglund
New York City Symphony
Leonard Bernstein
Berglund
Norway
St. Olaf
Beatrix Lien
St. Olaf College
Collegium String Quartette
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Olaf's
Hotel Washington
Rose Motel
Chautau Motel
Concert Association
Four weekend highway accidents probed by county sheriff
Washington County officers investigated four weekend highway accidents. Lester Stratton of West Liberty and John Orischak of Endicott, N Y, were in a sideswipe one mile south of Katona on highway 1 with $1200 total damage. Stratton treated for a chin cut. Raymond Day of Eldridge rear ended by Glenn Claspie on highways 92 and 1 near Washington, $325 damage. Naomi Gerdes of Washington rolled over on a county road after blacking out, bruises treated. David Taylor of Keptha route 2 lost control on gravel, car overturned, hospital treatment for back and head injuries.
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Washington County
Lester Clark Stratton
West Liberty
John Orischak
Endicott
N. Y
Katona
Stratton
New York
Kalona
Washington
Raymond Lloyd Day
Eldridge
Glenn Louis Claspie
Route One Wellman
Wellman
Naomi Gerdes
David Carl Taylor
Kepta
Taylor
FDA chief opposes vitamin sales controls
Washington. The FDA commissioner testified that proposed bills to overturn tighter vitamin regulation would promote widespread consumer fraud. He warned that all consumers would be hurt while unscrupulous promoters could push unproven substances and irrational supplement combinations with unfounded claims to boost sales.
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Washington
U11
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Alexander Schmidt
Washington to Elect New Mayor and Council Members
Washington voters go to the polls on November 6 to choose a mayor, three council members, and a park commissioner. Nine or more candidates seek four year terms, with Don Hanson unopposed in the second ward. an informational candidate series precedes the election.
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Marty Chebuhar
Washington
Ralph Martin
Walt Messer
Harold Stephens
Irv Whitham
Marion S
Charlie) McAvoy
Park Board
Park Commission
Walt Schroeder
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Schulze
City
Perdock
Don Hanson
Park Post
Evening Journal
Bill Potter
Harold Johnson
David Lowe
Jared Sturdevant
Roger C. Miller
Richard D. Anderson
McAvoy
Maynard L
Bill) Brown
Fourth Ward
Robert
Connie) Day
Raymond J
George) Miller
Hanson
Charles
Sally) Hotle
Ike Maggert
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Washington Evening Journal
Stephens
Clarence Brown
Blair House
Roger Millers
Iowa Wesleyan College
St. Olaf Symphony
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