Area school voting yields mixed results in multiple districts
In Washington Community School District of election Larry Robison won his race with 178 votes to 32 for James Hotchkiss. Area 2 Richard Wiley had 10 votes. Area X saw Max Lewis win 259. Highland bond for a new track failed 214 to 174. Incumbents re elected in Highland, Waco and Mid Prairie races while other districts recorded varied outcomes.
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Larry Robison
Brighton
Washington Community School District Board of Education
James Hotchkiss
Robison
Richard Wiley
Max Lewis
Area X Director
Keota
Eugene Hammen
Robert Flynn
LeRoy Huber
Robert McDowell
William Gretter
Anna Mae Peiffer
Highland District
Highland School Board
Robert Duncan
Lyle Fox
Duncan
Fox
Area X
Donald Roth
William Brooks
Waco
Roth
Marion
Marlene) Leichty
Mel Clark
Mid-Prairie
Tom Bailey
Keith Fisher
Dale Logan
Wellman
Kirkwood Area
Selective Service Office to Close Local Washington County Site
The Washington County Selective Service office will close Oct 12 and transfer records to a regional Iowa City office as part of a regional hookup with Cedar and Johnson Counties. Local duties will shift but the local board and registrars will remain. Three men were ordered for induction in October. no orders in August or September. Number 95 is the highest lottery number this year, possibly the last for the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Selective Service
Iowa City
Eugene Engel
Iowa
Cedar
Johnson
Break-in at East Brighton Tavern Reported
Washington County sheriff officers investigated a break-in at the east tavern in Brighton. Sometime between 2 and 5 a.m. entry was gained by breaking a window and removing door knobs. Stolen items included whiskey vodka cigarettes and cash.
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Washington County Sheriff's
East Tavern
Brighton
Weather showers and thundershowers likely today and tonight
Showers and thundershowers likely today and tonight with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s and a low in the mid 60s. A shower threat ends later Wednesday with partial clearing and a high in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 18 mph today and southerly 8 to 12 mph tonight. Measurable rain chances are 80 percent today, 50 percent tonight, and 30 percent Wednesday.
Severe flooding hits southwestern Iowa as rains persist
Heavy rainfall swells Bull and Troublesome Creeks in Atlantic and Harlan areas. U S 6 closed east of Wiota to Anita. Red Cross evacuates 42 from Harlan and six from Atlantic, with 150 Harlan residents evacuated Monday. Rescue efforts search for missing Evelyn Johnson as crashes flood sewers and cripple utilities. Deadly flood claims two year old Rex Thompson in Fontanelle after bridge washout.
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Atlantic
U.S. 6
Wiota
Anita
Red Cross
Harlan
Eveleyn Johnson
Brayton
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Rex Thompson
Gary Thompson
Fontanelle
Thompson
Audubon County
Merchants Push Tough Line on Local Shoplifting Crackdown
Washington business leaders met to back stricter action against shoplifting. The Retail Merchants Bureau urged increased apprehensions and prosecutions, citing a staged display showing how easily stores can be looted and outlining legal rights for staff handling suspects.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Whittenberg
Retail Merchants Bureau
Whittenberg
John Baldrige
Rick Bordwell
Iowa Southern Utilities Office
Anderson
Bordwell
Five-year-old Rhonda Seering in serious condition after car crash
Rhonda Seering lies in serious condition in Mercy Hospital Iowa City ICU after being struck by a car last Thursday. She suffered multiple cuts and bruises, several broken ribs, a fractured leg and underwent spleen removal surgery on Sunday. She has since developed pneumonia. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James R Green of Washington.
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Rhonda Seering
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Rhonda
James R. Green
Washington
Panama resolution prompts protests over Canal Zone sovereignty
The Panamanian People's Assembly demanded rejection of the $1.9 million annual U S payment for using the Canal Zone citing that sovereignty over the zone has not been ceded and urging the executive branch to refuse the next annuity as negotiations for a new treaty continue. The session saw chants of Down with Yankee Imperialism and elected Elias Ariel Castillo as assembly president with Brig Gen Omar Torrijos named maximum leader. In Keota Iowa a four car crash injured four young people including Mary Ann Ross and Joe Williams with two hospitalized and one airlifted to Iowa City.
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Panama City
UPI
Panamanian People’s Assembly
United States
Canal Zone
Panama
Republic of Panama
United States of America
Hermelinda Fuentes
Nuevo Panama Gymnasium
Elias Ariel Castillo
Castillo
Omar Torrijos
National Guard
Washington
Keota
Washington County Hospital
Iowa City
Mary Ann Ross
Joe Williams
Cathy Engle
Steve Green
Keokuk County
Marines storm Citadel at Quang Tri City in stalemate break
UPI reports South Vietnamese marines breached the Citadel walls at Quang Tri City linking inside the 19th century fortress ending a days-long stalemate. US B52s and smart bombs targeted bunkers as combat raged nearby with renewed air raids over North Vietnam and persistent heavy fighting south of Da Nang.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri City
U.S
North Vietnam
China
da Nang
Tien Phuoc
Quang Tri
Ted Kurrus
Nguyen van Thieu
Kurrus
Citadel
Plan and zone group weighs southwest Washington development
The Washington Plan & Zoning Commission, with Hynes & Howe, discussed a southwest Washington area project. They asked for a preliminary plat before any official action and reserved judgment on a proposed high school cemetery and park board facilities, noting those decisions lie with the proper public bodies.
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Washington Plan & Zoning Commission
Hynes & Howe
Washington
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Selective Service Office
Atlantic Police
al Markle
Crawford
Adair
Dubuque and
Clayton
Markle
Marian Singer
Stanley
Singer
Milwaukee Road
Kirkwood Community College
Community Action Agency
Livingston, Day, Meeker and Bates
South Avenue B
Betsy Kutter
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Rutter
Ron Wilson
CAP Center
Baldrige
Leon Hillman
Bud Lechner
Bob Elder
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