County Officers Check Thefts In Washington County
Weekend thefts hit Washington County with a stolen 1970 model bus from Waco Community School District in Crawfordsville where keys were left in the unlocked bus. Burglars took liquor cigarettes watches and $15 in half-dollars from Pete and Jane’s Tavern in Brighton by breaking a rear door window. Vandals damaged Cashway Lundher Company in Washington by breaking an office window and opening a door while a delivery-truck windshield was cracked but nothing else taken.
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Washington County
Waco
Crawfordsville
Pete and Jane's
Brighton
Cashway Lundher Company
Washington
Seven Die In Iowa Weekend Traffic Toll
Seven people, including four teenagers, died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Karen Heathman, 15, and John Reed, 16, died after a Des Moines area crash on Iowa 3 near Humboldt.
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Iowa
Iowa Public Safety
Michael Sellers
Karen Heathman
Humboldt
Des Moines
Iowa 3
John Reed
Gilmore City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ronald Blomker
Vicki Silbaugh
Fort Dodge
Reed
Deborah Leigh Adams
Clarinda
College Springs
Leonard William Walker
Woodbine
Dennis John Miniets
Akron
Walker
Miniets
Sioux County
Cloyd V. Wilson
Galva
Darrel Ubben
Aplington
Wilson
Ida Grove
Ubben
Lowa Falls
Weather sheds light on weekend moisture in Washington County
Light weekend showers left the area with 1.27 inches of moisture according to the official weather observer. Skies cleared this morning and temperatures stayed cool across Washington County.
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Washington County
De Men Club Sets Meeting at Case Field on Tuesday
The De Men will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the new building on Case Field grounds. All members are urged to attend and note the change in meeting location.
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Case Field
Washington
Iowa Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast From UPI
Tonight becomes cloudy in most sections with a chance of rain in the northwest. Lows in the 40s. Tuesday brings a chance of rain in the west and north, followed by cooler northwest winds and highs mostly in the 60s.
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Iowa
Richmond Reunion Parade Draws Crowd in Iowa
About 700 people attended the Richmond Reunion Parade in Richmond Iowa on Sunday afternoon. Prizes went to King and Queen Mr and Mrs Joe Te Bockhorst best float a live coon in a tree with hounds and hunters. Other festivities included horseshoe throwing a concert by the Rummelhart German Band free pony cart and merry go round rides a pig barbecue and a lamb barbecue.
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Richmond
Washington
Ida Sakulin
Maud Kaliaus
Leo Greco
Iowa
King
Joe ‘Te Bockhorst
Dale Duwn
Joe Gaeta
Candy Shalla
Francis Longwell
V & M Geerling Feed Store
Richmond Park
$40 Million Worth of Heroin Seized in Jaguar Arrests
Federal agents seized 200 pounds of high grade heroin valued at 40 million dollars hidden inside a Jaguar sedan imported four days earlier. Five people were arrested including two French nationals from Paris after the car stalled during predawn arrests in New York. The heroin came from southern France and the vehicle was unloaded from the Queen Elizabeth 2 on September 15.
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New York
Paris
Manhattan
le Havre
France
Iowa students form ISPIRG to tackle consumer issues
A coalition of Iowa college students plans a state wide operation modeled on Nader's Raiders. The Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group will raise about 3 dollars per student annually, hire professionals to investigate consumer concerns, and coordinate with 20 pledged campuses to address housing discrimination pollution and corporate responsibility.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Nader's Raiders
Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group
Ispirg
Joseph Highland
Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research
Washington
Highland
Jack Hatch
Drake University
Hatch
Culver Deliberates Statewide Bid After Weekend Discussion
Rep. John Culver of Cedar Rapids says decision on seeking statewide office will come next January. He cites pressure from supporters for a Senate or governor run, but also contemplates re election or retirement. Culver appears in southeast Iowa for a county Democratic gathering after a Captain's Table dinner meeting.
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John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Culver
U.S. Senate
Iowa
Sen
Jack Miller
Miller
Argument over radio leads to fatal shooting in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Mrs. Eulaia Fuchs 44 was charged with second degree murder for shooting her husband Robert 44 during a domestic dispute over listening to the Cincinnati Bengals Philadelphia Eagles game on radio. The coroner said she grabbed a .25 pistol from a drawer and fired after he threatened to leave. He died on arrival at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Eulaia Fuchs
Robert
Sai Fuchs
Cincinnati Bengals
Fuchs
General Hospital
Census shows county farming boom with large land values and sales
The 1969 Census of Agriculture reports Washington County farming is big in land value 138,883,606 and machinery investment 17,496,118. The county had 50,905 cattle and calves 267,107 hogs 9,998 sheep 91,559 chickens with average farm size 235.8 acres and average investment 96,380. Total farm product sales reached 40,466,211.
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Washington County
Frank Kleese
County Farm Bureau
Kleese
Refuge Opens for Auto Tours in October at Louisa
The Louisa Division of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge will run self guided auto tours each Sunday in October and November from 1 to 5 pm starting October 3. Tours begin at Port Louisa and are limited to reduce dust. Visitors should bring binoculars and cameras. The refuge will be closed to public use except for tours October 1 through December 31 to protect waterfowl during migration. Port Louisa Road stays open for Mississippi River access and nearby fishing.
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Wapello
Louisa
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge
Gerald Gill
Port Louisa
Lake Odessa
Gill
Mississippi River
Gerald B. Gill
R.R. No. 1
Iowa
Cold air grips nation with early frost warnings
A mid October cold spell spread across the country as temperatures fell to 40s and 50s from the Mississippi Valley to the West plateau. A new polar air mass from western Canada moved southward to reinforce the cold. Warnings for travelers and stockmen covered northwest and central Montana with rain turning to snow east of the Continental Divide. Locally heavy snow was forecast in mountains with four inches or more likely, and Wyoming faced a heavy snow watch tonight into Tuesday in northern and eastern areas.
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Mississippi Valley
Plateau
Rockies
Great Basin
Canada
Northwest
Montana
Continental Divide
Wyoming
Kirkwood disputes Regents tuition report in Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Superintendent Dr Selby Ballantyne challenged a state regents report that labeled Kirkwood with the highest tuition among Iowa area schools. He said Kirkwood charges $375 for a 36 week year, while universities bill $600 to $620 for 32 weeks, and that other area schools rank seventh in tuition. Ballantyne argued the report misleads on lodging costs and compared universities unfavorably to local colleges.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Selby Ballantyne
Kirkwood
Iowa Area
Ballantyne
Regents
Des Moines
County Paving Up 9.25 Miles in 1971 Plans Extend Roadbed Settlement
County engineer Bob Huber reports Washington County added 9.25 miles of paving in 1971 bringing total paved roads to 84.5 miles of a 950 mile system. The project includes an 8.33 mile link between Crawfordsville Route 218 and Route 92 at Richard Smith corner and two small sections near Wellman. Gravel and dirt roads remain 145 and 720 miles respectively. Costs run about 44 251 per mile this year with 22 foot paving versus 20 foot Riverside road from 1962. Road work on West Fifth Street aims to prepare for future paving two years ahead while the final from the city limits to the county farm will stay graveled until pavement.
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Washington County
Bob Huber
Crawfordsville
Richard Smith Corner
Wellman
Huber
Hamilton County
John Patterson
Patterson
West Fifth Street
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