Washington area events and ISU Scheman Hall contracts noted
Demon fans plan a caravan to the Regina-Washington game in Iowa City meeting at Sears Mall parking lot before 6 55 p m. Washington County Farm Bureau schedules its 56th annual meeting at Washington Junior High School with Dean Kleckner as featured speaker and RAVE contest entertainment. Bus service to New Life Crusade offered, call details. Future Farmers to hold a watermelon feed at Marr Park with a seed spitting contest. State Board of Regents awards 4 6 million for Scheman Hall at Iowa State University as part of the ISU Center project. Adolfson and Peterson Inc. secures low bid for general construction.
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Washington
Iowa City
Sears Mall
Regina High School
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington Junior High School
Dean Kleckner
Iowa Farm Bureau
Future Farmers of America
Marr Park
Ainsworth
Adolfson and Peterson, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
New cattle feed promises to triple beef and milk yield
Canton Ohio based research veterinarian J B Davidson unveiled a cattle feed supplement that, when mixed with corn stalks, reportedly creates an optimal environment for cellulose digesting bacteria in cows. He said the product could triple beef or milk output by keeping the rumen microbes alive and active.
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Canton
Ohio
UPI
J.B. Davidson
Iowa Press Association opens emergency newsprint bank
An emergency newsprint bank is created by the Iowa Press Association to aid member newspapers short of paper. A Canadian newsprint shipment marks the first deposit and other manufacturers and papers are invited to contribute. President John Field of Hamburg pledges to prevent any Iowa paper from suspending operations.
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Iowa Press Association
John Field
Hamburg
Iowa Newspaper Group
Canadian Newsprint Strike Settlement Faces US Shortage
Settlement of the Canadian railroad strike and partial progress at Canadian paper mills will not ease the U S newsprint shortage soon. Industry sources say mills cannot meet U S newspapers initial demands even after resuming full output and the price will rise when they do.
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United Press International
United States
U.S
City election in Washington could feature no contest
Nomination papers show only two sets taken. Mayor Ralph Martin will not seek re election, leaving Bill Potter as the sole declared mayoral candidate. Park board hopeful Mabel Hotle listed, three council seats likely to run unopposed with incumbents not seeking another term. deadline is September 27.
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Washington
Lloyd Robertson
William
Bill) Potter
Ralph Martin
Potter
Mabel
Sally) Hotle
Board of Park Commissioners
Marion S
Charlie) McAvoy
Harold Stephens
Walt Messer
Irv Whitham
Iowa Officials Warn of Winter Fuel Shortages Across State
Des Moines reports state leaders warn of propane and natural gas shortfalls that could affect 80 percent of hospital and nursing home beds, grain drying, rural elevators, and rail, with calls for guaranteed supplies and energy allocations. Officials blame federal inaction and cite emergency measures and rising costs for motorists.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert D. Rays
Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Sioux City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
van Nostrand
Sam Tuthill
Tuthill
Ray
White House
John Love
Washington
Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Phillips Oil Co
Rock Island
North American Petroleum Corp
Mobil Oil Co
Lyon Oil Co
Farmland Industries
Magnum Oil and Gas Co
and Oils, Inc
Joseph Coupal
Rasmussen weighs run for Iowa governor in 1970s race
Des Moines UPI Rasmussen aide Clark Rasmussen West Des Moines says he is seriously considering seeking the Democratic nomination for governor next year. He plans to announce by December 1 if he runs and would campaign independently of Sen. Harold Hughes. He began considering the bid after Hughes said he will retire.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Rasmussen
Iowa House
Skylab 2 Astronauts Stretch Health, Study Earth From Orbit
After 48 days in weightlessness the Skylab 2 crew Bean Garriott and Lousma trained cameras on natural resources from Baja California to the north central Atlantic. They gathered data on storms for weather scientists urban growth in Dallas Maine ecology along highways and monitored a quiet sun while recording bodily adaptation to long space flight. Splashdown is planned for 6 20 p m EDT Sept 25 about 290 miles southwest of San Diego.
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Houston
UPI
Baja California
North Central Atlantic Ocean
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Dallas
Geological Survey
Maine
United States
Earth
W. Royce Hawkins
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Pacific
San Diego
Weekend Warmth With Light Winds Preview
Forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with highs in the mid 70s and a low near 50. Saturday brings cooler mid 70s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon and light northerly winds tonight.
Court proposes Nixon Cox tape compromise to avoid ruling
UPI reports the U S Court of Appeals urged Nixon and Special Prosecutor Cox to privately review watergate tapes and seek a voluntary partial disclosure to a grand jury. Cox welcomed the idea. Nixon had not replied. Ervin signaled willingness to a three member private listening by Senate panel. The court warned it could decide constitutional issues if no agreement is reached.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Cox
Charles Alan Wright
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Newark
Del
Court of Appeals
Gerald L. Warren
White House
School staff to observe Omaha Archdiocesan school system
Washington Community High School and Junior High School faculty will visit Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha on Monday to study its innovative individualized study approach. The delegation includes Supt. E K Schlapkohl Principal Burge Hammond Gary Collins Peter Weller Richard Gipple Donna Manfall Cynthia Gronert and Allen Kinzler.
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Washington Community High School
Archbishop Ryan
Omaha
Nebraska
Midwest
E.K Schlapkohl
Burge Hammond
Gary Collins
Peter Weller
Richard Gipple
Donna Manfall
Cynthia Gronert
Allen Kinzler
Chrysler and UAW near wage dispute settlement amid overtime standoff
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers neared a contract settlement as talks continued after a lengthy session. The key issue dividing parties was overtime and how to split a wage and benefits package above Phase IV limits. If no deal by midnight, 127,500 workers face a walkout, with Detroit area workers hardest hit. Separately a Cedar Rapids chiropractor is on trial for counterfeiting, accused of printing bogus $20 bills.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
U.S
Chrysler
Teamsters
Cedar Rapids
Thomas C. Strugeon
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Washington Evangelistic Commission
New Life Crusade
Richard Weeks
First Baptist Church
FFA
Nancy Shaw
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
U of
Overland Park
Kansas
Nancy
Nile Kinnick Stadium
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