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19 Apr 1976
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1976
Page
1
India offers to resume relations with Pakistan
New Delhi states India will normalize ties with Pakistan after Indira Gandhi sent a letter to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 11. The offer follows Bhutto’s willingness to withdraw a five year old ICAO complaint over Karachi Dacca overflights and includes talks on air links, overflights, and resuming rail and road communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
UPI
Pakistan
Foreign Office
Indira Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Mrs. Gandhi
Bhutto
International Civil Aviation Organization
Karachi
Dacca
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
GNP posts sharp rise in first quarter 1976
Washington reports the Commerce Department data showing the real GNP rising 7.5 percent annual rate in Q1 1976, led by inventory investment and the lowest inflation in years. The figure exceeds pre-recession levels and marks a strong economic recovery with an inflation rate of about 3.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waprogton
UPI
Commerce Department
Ray awaits ruling on long truck suit in Iowa
Gov. Robert D. Ray said the fate of 65-foot double-bottom trucks in Iowa tests will decide a lawsuit by the Motor Club of Iowa seeking to halt the May 1 start. The lower court heard the case on its merits after denying a dismissal. Ray plans talks with DOT and DPS officials and expects no May 1 injunction. He will abide by the lower court decision and notes no current plan to seek a court injunction. The governor also said state staff study using the item veto on the three year property tax plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Motor Club of
Owa
State Department of Transportation
Attorney General's Office
Ray
Iowa
Department of Public Safety
DOT
Udall Loses Indiana Ballot Bid in Primary Battle
United Press report says Morris Udall failed to gain a May 4 Indiana primary ballot spot due to petition signature mixup. Supreme Court delay over his appeal likely comes too late. Carter leads Maryland poll as voters in Maryland weigh May 18 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Morris Udall
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Supreme Court
High Court
Arizona
Phoenix
New Mexico
Colorado
Jimmy Carter
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Iowa House approves hard drug minimum sentence amendment
The Iowa House adopted an 83 to 0 amendment allowing judges to set a minimum sentence for hard drug dealers up to half the maximum indeterminate term. Debate covered other drug penalties and a rejected crime victims' compensation proposal, as the House presses on with seven weeks of code revision debate and 64 amendments remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
House
Iowa
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Mas Gilloon
D-Epworth
Lipsky
State Appeals Board
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
Vandalism and theft hit Washington area churches and shops
Police report a spate of vandalism and theft over the weekend across churches and nearby businesses in Washington. The Prime Rib Steak building west of Pizza Hut on West Madison Avenue lost $4,000 in equipment including tables chairs and an electronic oven found later by deputies. Church offices at Living Word Prairie Flower Immanuel Lutheran First Assembly of God and First Baptist suffered break ins with cash and items missing and windows broken. In most cases damages exceeded the value of stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pizza Hut
West
Madison Avenue
Washington
Church of the Living Word
Iowa Avenue
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Harold Moore
Prairie Flower School
Immanuel Lutheran
First Assembly of God
First Baptist Church
Heavy Rains in Iowa Warn of Flooding Risk
Crests above flood stage on several Iowa rivers were expected today and later this week after heavy central rains. Iowa River forecast to crest four to five feet above flood stage near Marshalltown and two to three feet over in Marengo. Shell Rock near Marble Rock and Skunk River crests projected in Oskaloosa Sigourney and Brighton areas. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers to stay within banks. statewide warnings noted alongside other regional flooding and weather events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Iowa
Marshalltown
Marengo
Victoria
Tex
Denounce Teng Hsiaoping in China drive gains pace
The New China News Agency reported a vigorous campaign of renunciation against Teng Hsiaoping, former vice chairman of the Communist Party, who also lost posts as vice premier and acting chief of the armed forces chief. Soldiers militiamen and millions of Chinese participate in the drive to advance criticism of Teng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Teng Hsiaoping
China
Communist Party
New China News Agency
Teng
Armed ‘Orces’ General Staff
Three killed in Iowa weekend traffic crashes
Three persons died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Ottumwa man Tony Armstrong, 21, was killed in a one car crash west of Fairfield on US 34 when the car rolled seven times. His Ottumwa companion David Rae Bowen, 25, survived with minor injuries. Two Waterloo children also died after being struck by a car while wandering on a city street seeking night crawlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Nebraska
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Tony Armstrong
US 34
Fairfield
Armstrong
David Rae Bowen
Trash pileups burden rural county collection sites
The Washington County Board of Supervisors appeals for help from rural residents to curb dumping at five trash collection sites. Large items such as furniture and livestock feeders are placed near the boxes, overwhelming two pickups and a third metal bin. Residents are urged to haul bulky waste to the SEMCO landfill near Richland, with gate charges covered by the county, to protect limited disposal funds and follow posted rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
SEMCO
Richland
Journal
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