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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1968
Page
1
Thieves used a jack handle to pry open a Dublin store door Friday night and stole two antique light fixtures. Deputies are investigating. Bill Robertson said a reward is being offered.
Reuters reports at least six additional Jews were removed from jobs in Warsaw as reprisals intensify. Observers note the purge shows continued pressure for change within the Communist party.
A Beaumonth Texas plane crash killed five Lamar Tech track athletes, their coach, and the pilot. Justice of the Peace Wallace McCasland said the pilot Winston McCall suffered a heart attack and was likely dead or unconscious before impact. The seven aboard perished in a two engine Beechcraft Queen Air during a landing approach near the Beaumont Municipal Airport after competing in Drake Relays.
Paul V. Shearer of Dallas Iowa serves as chair of the South Iowa Methodist Conference delegation at the United Methodist Church Uniting Conference in Dallas. The joining of 10.3 million Methodists with 750,000 EUB members marks a historic national church union as 34 Iowans join 1,300 delegates meeting April 20 to May 4 to finalize new rules and episcopal leadership structures.
Iowa reports fiscal 1967 with withholding tax increasing filings and revenue. Total returns rose to 996,037, with 69,545 more pay returns, and state income tax collections reached 81,549,636 dollars. Laborers, farmers, and public employees show notable gains in pay returns and tax paid, while adjusted gross income climbed to 5.69 billion dollars.
United Press International reports Governor Harold E. Hughes predicts strong backing for Hubert H. Humphrey in Iowa as he enters the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hughes, National Governors Conference chair and senate candidate, says Kennedy and Humphrey would likely split Iowa party support, McCarthy trailing. He notes any Democrat faces a tough battle in the state, and Iowa Republicans and local Democrats gear up with campaign leadership in Des Moines and beyond.
Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington Iowa voted 78 percent in favor of building a new worship education and fellowship facility. The congregation authorized its Board of Trustees to appoint a planning and building committee and a financial planning and campaign committee with Session approval. Rev. C W Dehne moderated the meeting and Harold Johnson served as clerk.
Clovis Roblain, 66, who received Europe’s first heart transplant, remains unconscious with brain injury after a nine hour operation at La Pitie Hospital. Doctors said his heart is beating normally but highlighted cerebral damage and guarded signs in his recovery. The donor’s identity and details remain confidential.
UPI reports U S forces from the 1st Air Cavalry fought north of the A Shau Valley as they press toward Laos border positions. Light resistance met, but heavy losses were reported in earlier operations. Jets conducted 106 bombing missions, two planes lost, total American planes lost at eight hundred thirty.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination at a news conference in Albany. His press secretary said the announcement would occur at 11 a.m. EDT in the Red Room of the capitol, on the eve of a nationwide speaking tour beginning Wednesday in Philadelphia.
In Iowa the forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures. Lows tonight in the 40s, highs Tuesday around the 70s, with Wednesday outlook remaining fair and warmer.
Thom as Charles Fuller II, 18, dated Louise Cox 16, was held on five murder warrants for shooting five Cox children aged 5 to 9 at their farm near Mattoon. He was captured in Charleston with a .22 pistol and knife, after a widespread manhunt. Louise Cox, unharmed, had been dating Fuller.
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