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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1973
Page
1
Mesquakie Indian settlement near Tama hosts the 58th annual pow wow beginning Thursday. Don Wanatee, secretary of the Pow Wow Association, aims for a record crowd as dancers in full regalia perform on the five acre grounds off old U.S. 30 west of Tama.
Senator Dick Clark of Iowa urged a new drive to revitalize rural America through the Rural Development Act of 1972. He chairs the Senate Rural Development Subcommittee which will monitor progress, push for priority, and seek full funding and implementation of programs to finance growth and improve essential services in distressed rural communities.
District Court Judge irai Morrison Friday revoked Earl Ray Cottrell of Washington’s suspended sentence and five year term for larceny. Cottrell, ordered to begin serving at Anamosa Men s Reformatory, faced probation violations including license suspension, unlawful firecrackers, unemployment, unapproved county travel, and failure to contact a supervising agent.
A three car collision on West Madison Street near South Avenue F injured two women. Amel Iris Day of Kalona and Rhonda Viola Groff of Keota sustained head and back injuries. Albert L. Griffith of Hanover, Illinois, stopped to turn and was not injured. Kalona driver charged with failure to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high near 90. Scattered thunderstorms likely tonight and Tuesday with a low tonight 65 to 70 and a high Tuesday in the mid to upper 80s. Winds southerly 15 to 20 mph this afternoon and 8 to 18 mph tonight. Rain chances 50 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday.
A UPI summary of Iowa's 1972 prosperity notes 63,956 families under poverty, rural hardship, and higher minority poverty. It cites limited rural jobs, low doctor density 103 per 100000, health issues from gonorrhea to alcoholism, and warns transportation and utilities as major long term challenges alongside a slowed highway program and grain logistics strain. Major rail and boxcar shortages threaten farm movement. Government efforts focus on highways and coal opportunities.
L Patrick Gray III testified that he believed John W Dean III and John D Ehrlichman acted for the President when ordering destruction of Watergate related FBI documents. He stated he assumed the aides acted on Nixon's behalf and could not affirm a direct presidential order.
Tass reports Mars 6 launched Sunday as the third Soviet interplanetary probe in 16 days. It will use Mars 4 equipment, aim for Mars vicinity in early March 1974, and conduct planetary and solar plasma studies with French hardware, possibly landing with Mars 6 and using Mars 4 as a link.
McQuay Perfex Inc. reported the highest quarterly sales and earnings in its history for the quarter ending June 29. Sales were 29.36 million and after tax earnings 1.14 million or 72 cents per share, up from last year. Backlog hit 46.87 million, up 63 percent.
The Athens prosecutor's office will press criminal charges against two Arab gunmen who killed three and wounded 55 at a crowded Athens airport lounge. Among the dead were two Americans, Albert Kerson and Jeanie Salantis, and an Austrian, Wolfgang Ullhofen. Ten Americans were among the injured. 23 victims were foreign nationals. The attackers, aided by two women, opened fire after bag checks drew suspicion and took 35 to 40 hostages before releasing them under promises from authorities.
David Montgomery Ives sues Mahaska Transfer Inc driver Elwood Hanna Charles A. Miller seeking 173000 for past injuries and alleged future losses from a May 7 1973 traffic collision near Washington Iowa. Ives hospitalized eight weeks after extensive head and internal injuries.
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