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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1966
Page
6
Ian Stanley, 9, sent a kite aloft near a Maelethorpe trailer camp. The string tangled power lines, causing a city blackout affecting 8,000 campers, an electric organ recital disruption, and a fire at a telephone switchboard. Damages estimate 200 to 500 pounds. Tan family may pay.
On July 28 1366 the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate. All indebted persons are asked to pay immediately and creditors must file claims with the district court clerk duly authenticated for allowance. If not filed by the second publication claims will be forever barred. Dated August 5 1960 Mary T Chapman Administrator Locust Apt 230 Des Moines Iowa 50307
Senate leaders agreed on September 6 as the start date for debate on the 1966 civil rights bill. The plan hinges on Dirksen of Illinois guiding the GOP on open housing provisions, with Mansfield warning a Southern filibuster could not be broken without Dirksen. The House-passed bill would affect deficits and mortgage provisions, while Ful ton proposed ending tipster rewards for IRS tax information.
Stamp corner reports Sioux City students shaped the We Appreciate Our Servicemen theme for the 25th Anniversary of the U.S. Savings Bond Program. The vertical design features the Statue of Liberty and the American Flag with red blue and black on white. First day covers go to Postmaster Sioux City 51101 by the issuing date. A second stamp, Plant for a More Beautiful America, debuts October 5 in Washington DC showing Jefferson Memorial and cherry blossoms with First Day Covers sent to Postmaster Washington DC 2013 by October 5 deadline.
The Treasury Department announced it will cease printing the two dollar note due to lack of public demand. About $139.3 million worth remain outstanding, mostly in bank vaults and drawers, unused, and many call the bill unlucky.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr speaking via telephone from Jackson Mississippi urged nonviolence as the Negroes strongest tool against white domination. He warned that violence or separatism would fail civil rights aims and urged Congress to restore housing provisions and deescalate the Vietnam war while backing a $4000 annual family income.
In Grenada Mississippi state troopers kept a tense peace as 300 Negroes marched with 250 heckling whites nearby. The crowd avoided the courthouse square after a city ordinance barred demonstrations there while a federal court hearing in Oxford loomed over Grenada officials.
Court injunction requires the city to guard demonstrators against disruption. The ruling cites ongoing safety concerns and mandates clear police presence at public gatherings.
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