Catfish Release Marks End of Iowa Cage Rearing Experiment
About 400 channel catfish released from a Marr Park cage on Monday end a four and a half month confinement. Raised in cooperation of county and state officials, fish weighed under half an ounce at release averaged 10 ounces and 11 inches, part of a broader program in 26 Iowa counties to stock ponds.
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Washington County
Marr Park
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Don Kline
County Conservation Board
Bob Middendorf
John L. Davis
Foster Woods
Wellman
Iowa Township Park
Riverside
Fern Cliff
Washington
Iowa City
UPI
Johnson County
Larry McBranahan
Christine Sue Berghlof
Daniel Hoffman
McBranahn
Berghlof
Hoffman
Washington City Council Moves Toward New Housing
City council approved a motion signaling a need for apartments and low rent housing after a contractor inquiry. If built, units would follow federal guidelines with set asides for low income families. The council also named Jack Cherry acting police chief, renewed Tony's Place beer permit, and granted a Class B permit to Washington Pizza Hut Inc.
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Washington Ciy Council
Washington
Jack Cherry
Cherry
Tony's Place
Washington Pizza Hut Inc
Iowa Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Showers
United Press International reports Iowa will see mostly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures. A chance of showers affects all areas except the northwest and southeast tonight and Wednesday with lows from the upper 30s to near 50 in the extreme southeast. Wednesday highs reach 50s in the west and north and low 60s in the southeast.
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United Press International
Iowa
Nixon convenes White House economic talks with consumer reps
President Nixon hosts 20 consumer group representatives at the White House to discuss post freeze policy. Ralph Nader is not invited, while he advocates stronger enforcement and an independent consumer agency. Muskie proposes a $7 billion consumer tax credit package to spur the economy. The Ways and Means Committee trims the business investment tax credit to a flat rate for new equipment. Mutual funds show net sales improving after a period of redemptions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Ralph Nader
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Nader
Independent Consumer Agency
The
Consumer Representatives
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Chattanooga
Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Investment Company Institute
Iowa GOP remap advice shaped 1971 plan says witness
Phil Burks of the Legislative Service Bureau testified that major district adjustments in Iowa's 1971 reapportionment were driven by Republican lawmakers. He said he received no written instructions and that incumbents should not be unnecessarily mixed, with one man one vote taking secondary priority in late stages.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Phil Burks
Legislative Service Bureau
Supreme Court
Burks
Sioux City
Harry Smith
Andrew Valrey
Stuart
Varley
Thomas Bown
High Court
Bown
Richard Turner
State Democratic Central Committee
School board canvasses election returns and leadership
James Lloyd was re elected president of the Washington Community District board of education at a special meeting Monday night. Dean Luers was re elected vice president. The board canvassed election returns and named L W Robison as delegate to the Iowa Association of School Boards Delegate Assembly in Des Moines Oct 18 with Richard Wiley as alternate. Philip Rusley reported on adult education offerings and enrollments. A student teaching contract with the University of Iowa was approved.
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James Lloyd
Washington Community District Board of Education
Dean Luers
L.W. Robison
Iowa Association of School Boards
Des Moines
Richard Wiley
Philip Rusley
University of Iowa
South African guests meet local Rotary leaders in Washington
Mr and Mrs Burt Pfuhl of Cape Town arrive in Washington to learn about county government. Clifford Conklin, chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, hosts them. On Thursday September 23 at 3 30 AM to 10 30 AM the Rotary Club will host coffee at Captain's Table. Citizens may attend as guests of Rotary. The Pfuhls are in the U S under Rotary District 600 on the Paul Harris International Couple Exchange. Mr Pfuhl is personnel manager for South African Metal Life Insurance Society with payroll across S W Africa and other nations. Both are active civic workers. she serves on the Bible Society of South Africa council.
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Burt Pfuhl
Cape Town
Republic of South Africa
Washington
Clifford Conklin
County Board of Supervisors
Rotary Club
Pfuhl
Pfuhls
Rotary Burt
Mavis Pfuhl
Rotary District 600
Paul Harris International
South African Metal Life Insurance Society
S. W. Africa
Lesotho
Rhodesia
Zambia
Malawi
Kenya
Council of the Bible Society of South Africa
Crime Commission funds to probe ant crime units in Iowa
Iowa Crime Commission to add 16000 to state auditor Lloyd Smith budget to conduct in-depth audits of 80 local anticrime programs. George Orr said the goal is to meet tighter federal standards, not address recent criticism of local grant controls. Deputy director Charles Larson noted the funds will augment Smith’s audit staff and that Smith’s office will perform the reviews under a formal agreement.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Crime Commi
Lloyd Smith
Crime Commission
George Orr
Smith
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Crime Commission
Orr
Charles Larson
Fme
Larson
Robert D. Ray
Senate Passes Draft Extension With Pay Raise and Vietnam Endorsement
After a seven month struggle the Senate approved a two year draft extension ending deferments for college students and boosting military pay by 24 billion dollars The measure calls for resuming inductions and includes a weakened end the war amendment urging withdrawal from Indochina without a specific deadline Senate leaders say Nixon will sign and inductions will restart soon The Vietnam withdrawal aim remains non binding in timing and the fight over a formal timetable continues
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Indochina
House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate House
Rotary backs kidney foundation drive and candy sale
Theshington Rotary Club will sponsor the local Iowa Kidney Foundation chapter for the year. A house to house trick or treat candy sale, set for Sunday afternoon October 3, aims to raise funds. Richard Colby chairs the Rotary committee, Ivan Maggert is vice chair.
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Theshington Rotary Club
Iowa Kidney Foundation
Rotary
The
Kidney Foundation
Richard Colby
Ivan Maggert
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