Three candidates vie for at large Washington City Council seat
Three hopefuls Clarence P. Berkhoff Frank Pierce and William J. Potter seek one of two at large posts on the Washington City Council as Clarence Brown steps down after four years. Voters in Washington will cast ballots November 4.
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Clarence Brown
Clarence P. Berkhoff
Frank Pierce
William J. Potter
Brown
Washington
Berkhoff
Pierce
Potter
Harold Johnson
Ave. B
Dorothy
Halloween Pedestrian Safety Urged by Washington Police
Washington Police Department reminds parents to teach children pedestrian safety for Halloween and to wear light colored clothing for visibility. Drivers are urged to exercise caution at night to keep everyone safe. Friday night is Parents Night at Case Field with Washington High School players introduced before the Washington Grinnell game. Parents should gather by the concession stand at Case Field by 7 p.m. Final arrangements for the ceremony will be made. A Retail Merchants meeting is set for Tuesday Nov 4 at 9 a.m. in Wingas Cafe to discuss Christmas and Sunday openings and other items.
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Frank Pierce
Washington Sound
Pierce
S. Marion Ave
Washington
Council
Washington Police Department
Kenneth Bauer
Case Field
Washington-Grinnell
Winga
Pete Petersen
Community Chest progress report in Washington drive
The Evening Journal reports the Washington Community Chest is about 35 percent toward its 1976 goal of 42 500 with about 15 000 pledged or contributed. The industrial drive is complete. business and special sections are active. residential drives start Monday. Bonnie Henry is praised for hours of cleanup work in several sections.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Jim Kauffman
Kauffman
Bonnie Henry
Alcohol tied to Iowa traffic deaths rise in 1975
Iowa reports 40 percent of traffic fatalities linked to alcohol through September with 203 such deaths and a projected 271 for the year. State Safety Commissioner Charles Larson cites better reporting and tougher OMVA arrests as factors while promising a tougher crackdown on drinking drivers. Nationally about half of fatal crashes involve alcohol.
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Iowa Daily Press
Ass'n
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Larson
OMVAS
Larson
Camp Dodge
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Webster
Woodbury
Dubuque
Linn and
Polk
Weather Update: Windy Warm Night Then Mild Friday
Fair skies with windy and warmer conditions tonight as lows reach the low to mid 40s. Friday turns partly cloudy and breezy with mild temperatures and highs in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 30 mph Friday and 15 to 20 mph tonight.
Iowa lawmakers reject $300 million highway bond plans
An interim Iowa committee rejected two bond financing proposals for the highway system totaling up to 300 million dollars over 20 years at 5 percent. The panel weighed a 1976 voter referendum plan and a tax-raise option, with the DOT warning current funding lacks for road construction and maintenance.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Legislative Committee
Transportation Finance Study Committee
Iowa Department of Transportation
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
R-Muscatine
Iowa
London Bombings Target Italian Restaurant in Mayfair
London police raid homes around the capital seeking IRA bombers after a blast at the Trattoria Fiori restaurant wounded 18 people, including four Americans. One man arrested as nine suspects are held under emergency antiterrorism powers. five killed in the waves of attacks.
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UPI
Mayfair
London Evening Standard
Caroline Kennedy
U.S
Grosvenor Square
Alan
Ruth Ward
Riverside
Conn
Edwin Daly
Philadelphia
Ruth
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Trattoria Fiori
Senate backs 4 billion NYC loan guarantee despite veto threat
The Senate Banking Committee voted 8 to 5 to send a 4 billion dollar federal loan guarantee for New York City to avert default. President Ford threatened a veto and proposed a federal court take over after insolvency if needed. Supporters expect a filibuster on the Senate floor.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Senate Banking Committee
New York City
Senate
Treasury
William E Simon
New York State
Federal Court
New York
John G. Tower
Texas
Tower
Suit would block postage increases
Eleven states led by Maine filed suit in federal court to block the Postal Service from raising first class stamp costs to 13 cents and postcards from seven to ten cents. The action argues the Dec. 28 rate hike is inflationary unwarranted discriminatory and unlawful under the Postal Reorganization Act.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
Ex-convict holds six bank hostages in Cleveland with dynamite
Edward Owen Watkins a 56 year old former bank robber armed with a shoe box dynamite bomb and pistol seized six bank employees in Cleveland after a failed robbery. He demanded $50 000 a van and an airplane for escape while police and FBI officials negotiated and monitored the situation.
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UPI
Edward Owen Watkins
FBI
Watkins
Allan Schlesinger
Lloyd Garey
Society National Bank
William S. Hann
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