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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
1
Law officers search for a green Chevelle sport coupe with license 92 7586 stolen from Brighton. A cafe break in at Richland saw a three pound meat loaf taken and items including $20 in change 10 cartons of cigarettes a wristwatch and several cigarette lighters also missing.
DES MOINES UPI A Wallaces Farmer late June poll found Johnson leading for the Republican nomination for governor in Iowa with 38 percent among farm men and women. Ray 34 and Beck 28. 23 percent offered no preference. Vietnam views split, with 20 percent urging war for victory, 13 percent earlier, 19 percent seeking stronger negotiating position, and 22 percent backing maintaining current positions. Younger voters favor force. older prefer potential limits and draft-age family concerns. More schooling correlates with support for stronger negotiating stance.
Pat Kiefer of Riverside Ramblers 4-H earned grand champion with an Angus baby beef at the Washington County Fair. A shorthorn owned by Roger Brinning of Dutch Creek Flyers took reserve. The article reviews judging results across beef, sheep, and showmanship, plus schedules for horse, pony, and rodeo events through Thursday and Friday, with crowds and performances from the Charmonaires and Atwoods.
Delegates inch toward a Nixon first ballot win as Rockefeller and Reagan race to sway key states. Nixon presses strategy talks in Miami Beach while Agnew is named to place his name in nomination. Strong show of support places Nixon near the 667 needed, with Rhodes and other favorite sons crucial in Ohio New Jersey Florida and early ballots.
UPI reports the United States proposed freeing several North Vietnamese seamen in return for Hanoi releasing three U.S. airmen at the 16th Paris Vietnam talks. Harriman declined comment while reiterating Washington's peace conditions and accusing Hanoi of escalating, not restraining, the conflict. A separate item notes U.S. Steel Corp announced steel price increases of 4.50 to 8 per ton, excluding defense materials.
Doctors at Walter Reed said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, had a comfortable night and stable vital signs. The bulletin noted the Tuesday attack was of equal severity to the June 15 episode, described then as major, with a guarded prognosis and no consideration of a heart transplant.
Doctors said President Eisenhower’s condition after the 6 15 a m attack is less severe than his June episode and that oxygen is continued with a low salt liquid diet. They declined to answer questions on a transplant or whether Walter Reed can perform such surgery, calling those points not pertinent. A photo caption shows Robyn Greene of the Highlanders 4 H Club at the Washington County fair with a market pig photo by Helen Gilbert.
Probate proceedings announce the will of Dr John R Kapp and the appointment of a new executor. The filing lists the estate assets, heirs, and pending follow up actions in the county probate court.
Intercepted memo from PAT KIEFER notes 4-H training can yield better meat products at the County Fair. WEJ signs off with a playful promise and a nod to future success in youth programs.
U S special forces rescued 118 starving Montagnard tribesmen from a Viet Cong jungle prison in a bloodless helicopter raid. The captives, emaciated and with sores after two years of forced labor, were ferried to hospitals 200 miles northeast of Saigon. One baby was born just before liberation.
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly Thursday. Lows tonight in the lower 70s and highs Thursday in the lower to middle 90s.
ISU extension agricultural engineer Ted Willrich said city and county zoning can reduce rising man and nature conflicts in Iowa. He cited lawsuits over a Des Moines River fish kill and actions against Spencer city and a packing firm, urging planning, waste reduction, and waste reuse.
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