Washington County Legion outing set for Lake Darling
American Legion Auxiliary members from posts across Washington County plan the annual outing at Lake Darling on Sunday September 14. Representatives from Wellman Kalona Riverside Ainsworth Brighton Washington and Crawfordsville will attend. A 1 30 p.m. covered dish meal is planned. The Washington Chamber of Commerce Sports Outing follows on Tuesday September 23 with golfers starting at 1 30 p.m. a buffet at 6 30 p.m. and the event at Washington Country Club.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Washington County
Lake Darling
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Ainsworth
Brighton
Washington
Crawfordsville
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington Country Club
Nixon orders resumption of B52 raids in South Vietnam
President Nixon ordered a restart of B52 bombing over South Vietnam after a 36 hour pause while he met with top military and diplomatic advisers. The halt followed a three day ceasefire linked to Ho Chi Minh's death and was lifted as enemy attacks returned to pre ceasefire levels.
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UPI
Nixon
South Vietnam
Ronald Ziegler
Ho Chi Minh
Ziegler
White House
Camp David
Mountain Retreat
Ted
Creighton W. Abrams
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John S. McCain Jr
U.S
Pacific
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
John N. Mitchell
Spiro T. Agnew
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Philip Habib
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
Richard Helms
Vietnam
Mississippi Delta gas derailment drives mass evacuations
Thousands fled their homes as phosgene gas from vinyl chloride in derailed Illinois Central tank cars saturated the air. About 30,000 evacuated at peak. 5,000 remained away by morning. National Guardsmen aided in the northwestern Mississippi counties of Sunflower Leflore and Talahatchie as crews battled fire and repair work followed a 3:30 p.m. derailment near Glendora.
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Miss
Ruleville
Schiater
Leflore County
Department of Defense
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Sunflower
Leflore
Talahatchie
Doddsville
James O
Eastland
Borden Chemical Co
Geismer
Uniroyal
Painesville
Ohio
Black Bayou
Iowa Weather Summary From United Press International
Weather forecast notes clear to partly cloudy conditions through tonight with Saturday bringing partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms in the northwest. Lows tonight range 55 to 60 and Saturday highs 75 to 85 with Sunday seeing a chance of showers and little temperature change.
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United Press International
Iowa
Soviet Premier Kosygin Reports Surprise Chou En Lai Meeting
In Moscow Premier Kosygin met with fellow Communist leaders at his suburb villa to recount a surprise talks with Chinese Premier Chou En Lai. The meeting ended without public outcomes amid cautious wording and tension over border incidents and Sino Soviet rift. Romanian Premier Maurer reportedly arranged the face to face encounter.
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UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Peking
Politburo
Chou
Mo Tse-tung
Kremlin
Mao Tse-tung
Tass
Kosygin
China
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Ion G. G. Maurer
Romania
Knudsen Fired as Ford President After Switch From GM
Detroit report says Henry Ford II fired Knudsen, former GM executive brought to Ford 19 months earlier amid surprise at his departure. Knudsen now unemployed with $900,000 in unemployment compensation due over about three and a half years. Ford cited that things did not work out as hoped.
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UPI
Lemon FE
Knudsen
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Automotive
Ford
Henry Ford II
Intercepted Memo From President Nixon At White House
Intercepted memo from an unnamed White House correspondent signals a tense political moment. The note remarks patience wearing thin and hope not yet lost, ending with a cordial sign off.
Universities face nearly 19 million shortfall in Iowa funding
Cedar Falls Iowa three state universities told the Regents they were short nearly 19 million dollars in operating funds for the current year Iowa State claimed a 9 million shortfall University of Iowa 8 1 million and UNI 1 7 million The reports also show capital needs gaps The budgets would curb programs raise class sizes and delay equipment and facilities upgrades Officials hope the legislature next year will bolster funding including for extension services and hospital programs
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
UPI
Board of Regents
Iowa State
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Donald Shaw
Davenport
Shaw
Iowa State University
W. Robert Parks
Parks
Wayne Moore
McDonald elected Iowa GOP chairman in surprise move
John C. McDonald a Dallas Center lawyer was elected State Republican Chairman to keep the party in Iowa on the upswing. He succeeds Jack Warren whose resignation was accepted with regrets after Warren faced criticism over oversize permit violations. McDonald will serve as part time chair with expenses only and praised Warren while noting the party’s ongoing organizational effort.
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Des Moines
UPI
John C. McDonald
Dallas Center
Lowa
McDonald
GOP
Waterloo
Jack Warren
State Central Committee
Richard Drake
Muscatine
Drake
Warren
Iowa Highway Commissission
Republican Party
Iowa
Demos
Elouise Sorden Former TTT leader dies at 66 in Webster IA
Elouise Rice Sorden wife of Milo T Sorden died at home in Webster City after a long career in music and leadership with TTT and PEO. Born October 2 1902 in Sigourney she led local and national TTT chapters and served as PEO officer. Funeral Sunday 2 30 p m at United Methodist Church with burial in Lorden Cemetery Webster.
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Milo Sorden
Washington
TIT
South
Iowa Avenue
United Methodist Church
M.O. Smith
Lorden
Webster
Iowa
Sherman - Eden
Elouise Rice Sorden
Sigourney
Clarence
Regetta Bales Rice
Mt. Pleasant
Milo T. Sorden
Iowa State
National Society of Ttt
PEO
Order of Eastern Star
Sorden Music Co
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Robert Rice
Woodburn
Ore
TTT
Probate notices and road plans in county public notices
Probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Ed Horak and Ada Pratt. Notice to bidders on sandblasting of the courthouse in Washington. County board of supervisors proceedings. Notice of plans to vacate roads in the county.
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Ed Horak
Ada Pratt
Court House
Washington
County Board of Supervisors
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