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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1968
Page
1
Altoona Fire Chief Gordon Gill said a blaze at Long Branch Tavern caused about 15000 dollars in damage and may have been set to conceal a burglary. The fire started near the rear door around 4 30 a m and the Iowa Fire Marshal's Office will investigate.
Israeli troops exchanged fire with Jordanian and Egyptian forces along U N ceasefire lines at the Jordan River and Suez Canal. Egypt accused Israeli fire on two soldiers near the Suez Canal while Jordan reported Israeli attacks on observation posts south of the Dead Sea and on Arab farmers north of the Damya Bridge.
Iowa State Sen. David Stanley, a Republican hopeful for U.S. Senate, called for reduced federal restrictions on education funding. He told the Iowa Association of Community College and Vocational Technical Institutes that teachers should focus on instruction rather than paperwork, and urged school boards to have more freedom in spending federal aid where it is most needed.
Governor Lord Martonmere declares a state of emergency in Bermuda after executive council meeting. A 300-man militia is mobilized to quell riot and arson on a tourist island with more than a dozen fires and five injuries in tear gas clashes with police.
Technicians planned to drill into a 300 foot wide crater near PaHute Mesa Nevada to collect earth samples from Americas largest underground detonation. The 1.2 million ton TNT device rattled four states and triggered seismographs from New York to Utah.
Thomas Larry Mitchell 21, a Northeast Missouri State College sophomore from Washington, was killed Friday evening when his panel truck collided head on with a car on highway 92 east of Washington. Ronald Gregory of Washington, driver of the truck, is hospitalized with head injuries. Hazen, and two passengers in his car, were treated and released. Funeral services for Mitchell are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Elm Grove Cemetery burial. Charges against Gregory are pending as investigations continue. Mitchell, born October 28, 1946, was a Methodist church member, survived by his mother and sister, and two grandmothers.
In Prague students at the U.S. Embassy protested the Vietnam War and attacked two North Vietnamese youths attempting to burn flags. Police rescued the youths and recovered the flags. The event followed another similar spontaneous demonstration in the capital. Authorities had closed schools to allow a march on the embassy.
U S intelligence says North Vietnam increased war goods flow to South Vietnam reaching 10,000 truck loads in early April. Sightings show all trucks moving via Laos on the Ho Chi Minh trail, a record exceeding prior peaks. Bombing pause and peace talks frame the report with notes on prisoner exchanges and air missions.
In Vientiane North Vietnamese charge d affaires Nguyen Chanh denounced the U S mission for publishing a meeting with U S Ambassador William K Sullivan arguing the talks were private. Officials said no site was agreed though Warsaw was pressed as a possible venue for preliminary talks to end the Vietnam War.
A 20 man North Korean infiltrator group ambushed a 10 man United Nations Command patrol near Panmunjom, killing one South Korean and wounding two Americans. A second UNC patrol and U.S. forces aided the trapped troops as casualties rose to eight UNC deaths and nine wounded over the past two weeks.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is poised to declare his bid for the Democratic nomination in a 1 p.m. EST nationwide radio and television broadcast. The event is part of the Unite for Humphrey Conference led by United Democrats for Humphrey, with Mondale and Harris as cochairmen.
FBI official says a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Martin Luther King Jr.’s killer could be a lever in the investigation. The fund began with $25,000 from the Memphis Commercial Appeal and was matched to reach $100,000, with private donations later added. In Manila, National Railways marked its 75th anniversary, moving 11 million passengers yearly along with sizable freight.
Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday under a Uniform Time Act of 1966, affecting nearly all states. Clocks move forward one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, granting an extra hour of sleep this year. Arizona and Hawaii opt out, while Navajo Nation in Arizona plans to switch, and Indiana remains split by a time zone boundary.
Partly cloudy conditions across Iowa with light variable winds. Lows tonight range mid 30s northeast to lower 40s southwest. Sunday highs expected in the lower 60s with similar light winds.
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