Lance defends name at hearing on ethics probes
Budget director Bert Lance faced about three days of questioning before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee amid charges of impropriety in bank loans and overdrafts. He defended his record and urged a fair hearing, insisting his actions aligned with ethical standards while recounting his rise from a rural Georgia boy to a White House aide and noting no depositor losses during his bank leadership.
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Washington
UPI
Bert Lance
Senate
Carter
Lance
LaBelle
Georgia
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
William Roth
R-Del
Roth
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Clark Clifford
Lyndon Johnson
Clifford
Calhoun, Ga
First National Bank
National Bank of Georgia
Calhoun Bank
NBG
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Tangles Habitat Project Aims To Improve Lake Darling Fishing
Iowa Conservation Commission crews on Lake Darling near Brighton created The Tangles a northeast section of the lake for artificial fish habitat. They placed triangular tire reefs maze like stake beds and wooden baskets to attract bass catfish bluegills crappies and bullheads with buoy marks designating the area. The program seeks to concentrate fish and boost catches while offering anglers a choice between The Tangles and open-water areas.
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Lake Darling
Brighton
Iowa Conservation Commission
ICC
Darling
Don Kline
Kline
Joe Golden
Golden
400 Farm Exhibits at 25th Farm Progress Show
The 25th anniversary Farm Progress Show will have over 400 exhibitors displaying in action. Held on Crawford Stewart and Jones farms eight miles north of Washington Iowa, the three day event runs September 27 to 29 with demonstrations of new tractors combines and livestock equipment.
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Wallaces
Crawford, Stewart, and Jones
Washington
Iowa
Highway 1
Weather update says rain ends tonight
Rainy conditions ease this evening with a transition to partly cloudy skies. Tonight's low around 60 degrees followed by a Friday high in the mid to upper 70s. Winds will be south at 10 to 15 mph tonight.
Washington Community Schools board sets term details
The Washington Community Schools board discussed salary adjustments for teachers and aides, enrollment reports, student trips, and a revised high school telephone system. It set the organizational meeting for September 19 at 2 pm with reconvening September 20 at 8 am to finalize election canvass and oath of office for new members Robert Vanderlinden and Lyle Stacy.
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Washington Community Schools Board of Education
Robert Vanderlinden
Lyle Stacy
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Grant Wood
Shedd Planetarium
Iowa Junior Academy of Science
Guthrie Theatre
Milwaukee
Supt
E.K. Schlapkohl
Iowa
J.B. Dill
Peter Bell
Justine Hotle
Iowa Association of School Board
Four flood victims add to Kansas City area toll
Floods in the Kansas City region have raised deaths to 23 with four more bodies found Wednesday night. Victims identified include Harris Yale, 29, Blue Springs. Barbara Wickware, 41, Independence. Brenda Bronson, 31, Edwardsville. and Rev Harold Thomas, 42, Fairway. President Carter declared a disaster area activating federal aid. Red Cross says aid remains, but many homeless seek shelter with friends while others take food and clothing and return to repair homes. About three dozen people stayed at the Salvation Army Mo Kan Camp on U S 40, the area’s last major communal shelter.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Kansas City
Harris A. Yale
Blue Springs
Barbara Wickware
Independence
Brenda Bronson
Edwardsville
Kan
Harold A. Thomas
Fairway
Carter
Red Cross
Salvation Army
U.S. 40
Upgrade status of local medico at Washington County Hospital
Washington County Hospital board approved James Gloor as a surgical assistant after a Dr. David Sidney recommendation citing Iowa rules on physician assistants. Jo Koehler was promoted to chief of laboratory services as Marilyn Hesseltineleft. Two new lab technicians Lola L Fiddelke and Robin K Feesmeier were hired. A new radiologist Dr. Douglas Boatman was added. July and August patient days were 892 and 763 with 144 admissions and an average stay of 4.5 days.
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Washington County Hospital Board
James Gloor
Gloor
Washington Medical Clinic
David Sidney
Sidney
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
Jo Koehler
Ms. Koehler
Marilyn Hesseltine
Ms. Hesseltine
Lola L. Fiddelke
Washington
Robin K. Feesmeier
Ft. Madison
Roy Marr
Douglas Boatman
Iowa City
Boatman
Radiologic Medical Services
Norman Jensen
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Journal
Marty Chebuhar
FAA
Washington Washington, Iowa
Evening Journal
The
Lois Crayne
Ron Hackbarth
Gary Murphy
Iowa State Education Association
Washington High School
Chicago
University of Iowa
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