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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1973
Page
1
Michael Bruce Carson Warner of Washington was arrested in Waterloo by Black Hawk County authorities and returned to Washington County. He faces larceny of a motor vehicle from a local farm earlier this summer and is held in the county jail on a $2,500 bond.
LaVon Worley, 23, of Washington, was injured when a detasseling machine flipped on a gravel road about 4 30 p m Thursday a mile west of the 1 92 intersection. He was alone and taken to the county hospital with rib injuries according to the sheriff's office.
Workmen finish a new siren to serve Washington for fires and emergencies and tested the unit this morning. In Iowa, Secretary Robert Lounsberry announced a referendum on Sept. 12 for egg producers to decide an egg check-off program, with voting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in county extension offices for producers owning or contracting 500 or more layer hens.
Red Yawn, a Quitman Georgia city commissioner, fished at a Brooks County pond when a five foot rattlesnake grabbed the lure. He killed the snake with a boat paddle, fracturing the paddle blade and returning to shore by hand.
White House says President Nixon will deliver a national address from the White House on Watergate in the middle of next week. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren indicated the exact day and time were not yet set.
A generally fair pattern continues this afternoon into tonight and Saturday. Expect highs in the mid to upper 80s, with lows around 57 to 63. Westerly winds 6 to 12 mph this afternoon and light and variable tonight.
Bob Witthoft of Route 2 Washington won the 4 H carcass barrow class at the Washington County Fair. His pig weighed 234 pounds with 87 inch backfat 31.5 inches long and a 6.38 square inch loin eye. Eddie Anderson Crawfordsville was runner up with 6.15 square inch loin eye 32 inches long and 0.99 inch back fat. Witthoft previously was reserve champion in feeder pig division. Grand champion pig shown by Linda Barnes will be exhibited at the Iowa State Fair. Jim Barnes Brighton was champion in the Pig Derby with a 206 pound market barrow 1.19 inch back fat and 5.2 square inch loin eye. Open Class Barrow Show champion was Jim Ledger Washington with 5.88 inch loin eye and fifth in live judging. Dallas Davis Crawfordsville won 3rd and 4th in carcass placings with two pigs winning live as well. Other top 4 H placings listed. Ribbon winners in commercial gift show announced with many names.
President Nixon signed a new four year farm bill capping target prices below market to spur production and curb inflation. The measure allows expansion of planted land by 10 to 12 million acres while phasing out idling acreage rules.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner warns a confidence scheme may be operating in the state. The con artist allegedly promises royalties or ownership shares in mailbox holders, claiming a U S patent through his father. Investors in other states have lost tens of thousands. contact consumer protection if approached.
USDA projects Iowa harvest of 1,181,900,000 bushels of corn for 1973 with an average yield of 106 bushels per acre, second highest on record. Nationwide yield 92.1 bushels. national corn crop 5.661 billion bushels, below earlier peak projections. Soybeans rise to a record 1.540 billion bushels, Iowa soybean output seen at 259,050,000 bushels.
Senator Harold Hughes accuses the Nixon administration of deception over secret Cambodia bombings, calling the ongoing raids a bloodbath and urging immediate halt before the midnight deadline. He cites a Pentagon document linking Laird to orders while asserting NSC and White House involvement.
Pvt. Kyle L. Luurtsema of Newaygo Michigan entered Parris Island boot camp weighing 293 pounds. Over eight months he shed 122 pounds to reach 171 pounds and is nearing graduation after a longer than average basic training period.
The Washington County Regional Service Agency chair, Ralph Martin, announced a tentative 160 acre site has been selected for a county wide landfill. The site must pass test borings and state approval before planning proceeds, with plans due by 1974 and operation by November 1975.
A 17 year old chain smoker led police to two new corpses in three foot graves in an East Texas pine forest near Broaddus, raising the tally of murder victims to 21. The victims were young boys allegedly tortured and killed by Elmer Wayne Henley and two accomplices. Police had earlier unearthed 17 bodies under a Houston boat shed. Henley confessed, saying more bodies may remain at forest sites and that about 30 could be buried across three locations.
Wheat futures hit the 20 cent daily limit at Chicago with September at 4.54 a bushel. Corn rose 10 cents to 3.27 for September, other months up, soybeans up 40 cents to 10.25 a bushel for current delivery. Ten straight days of gains fuel traders’ bets of five dollars per bushel for wheat.
Sheriff Don Robertson announces Yale H. Jarvis 29 joins the Washington County sheriff's staff, boosting to five deputies. The Crime Commission grants 75 percent of the 11,901 total cost, with the county covering the rest. Jarvis will patrol nights, drive his own car, and begin law enforcement training later.
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