03 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1977
Page
1
Officials announce Thursday from noon to 5 p m will be kids day at the fair carnival. Ride tickets are three for 1 dollar with many rides for all ages including kiddie cars Tilt A Whirl and ferris wheel set up on the midway.
DES MOINES UP I report says Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County could stay below full until next March due to drought. Lake level rose briefly in July but then fell. Army Corps of Engineers cites dry weather delaying filling. The dam, built on the Des Moines River, supports flood control and recreation including fishing boating and swimming.
Washington UPI Sen Dick Clark of Iowa says he is greatly disappointed by a Senate vote to end debate on publicly financed Senate campaigns legislation. He blasts the vote as partisan and futile, lamenting the missed chance for major reform and urging public pressure for future enactment.
Bomb blasts hit a Department of Defense office and Mobil Oil in Manhattan. At least one person died and two were injured at Mobil Oil. Police evacuated four more threatened buildings after a caller claimed FALN responsibility. The group has a history of attacks in New York City, including Fraunces Tavern in 1975.
Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus died early Tuesday after suffering a major heart crisis following a Palm Sunday heart attack. He was archbishop and president of Cyprus, and his death leaves the island in mourning.
A note dated 6 17 77 found in a remote cave reads The killer was here Bye bye fools Authorities link the message to the Camp Scott Girl Scout slayings of June 13 in Pryor Oklahoma Gene Leroy Hart a convicted rapist who escaped jail in 1973 is charged with the slayings and is believed to be hiding in the region.
Nine pilots died and Marines report one in five AV8A Harriers lost. Cherry Point officers say the attack plane’s design is sound and plan to keep using it. Capt. Jerry Lawlor backs the aircraft, calling conventional planes a letdown. The Harrier unit commander notes no transfer requests from volunteers.
A weather update shows widely scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight with additional scattered showers and thunderstorms Thursday. Temperatures range from the upper 50s to mid 60s tonight, with Thursday highs in the 80s to lower 90s depending on location, warmer in the south.
CIA Director Stansfield Turner told Senate committees that from 1950 to 1964 the agency conducted drug, electric shock, hypnosis, and other experiments on Americans at colleges prisons and hospitals. He said the programs ended in 1964 and material on 149 MKULTRA studies is being turned over to the Justice Department for investigation.
Denise Bohr 15 won Grand Champion Heifer and Grand Champion Steer in 4-H and FFA market beef judging at Washington County Fair. Sister Deanna 17 earned Reserve Champion Heifer while David Erwin 14 took Reserve Champion Steer. Lamb judging also concluded with Sid Greiner and Lynn Brenneman as top individual and reserve in the pen of three. Mild weather and light rain marked the four day event as finals prep continued.
Iowa DOT officials report plans to upgrade the Spencer to Keokuk rail line likely will be dropped. The proposed route would move grain to Keokuk and then to New Orleans via the Hawkeye state. Cost estimates reached 16 million for upgrade and 2 million annually to operate, but grain volume would be only about one sixth of what’s needed.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FTC order requiring Warner Lambert to run corrective advertising. It said Listerine does not combat colds or sore throats, but there is no need to humiliate the company since it acted in good faith. Future ads need not carry the phrase contrary to prior advertising.
Fort Madison ten year old Jennie Saar won first in the Festival of Talents at the Washington County Fair with an improvised baton routine to Paloma Blanca. She earned $100 and a spot in Bill Riley's Talent Sprouts at the Iowa State Fair. Second place went to Michelle Curley of Washington, with $75, third to Randy Mullikin of Brighton, with $50, and fourth to Marretta Boshart of Washington, with $25. Curley also earned a shot at the adult state fair talent show.
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