17 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1977
Page
1
A special stockholders meeting of the Washington Golf and Country Club tonight will start at 8 p.m. but move from the clubhouse to the Mount Pleasant Junior High School cafeteria due to the Wayland Washington road closure. Women golfers in the invitational faced travel issues from the same road project.
Iowa Association of School Board officials say the average teacher salary for the coming school year will rise by 785 dollars or 6.3 percent. The lowest district averages 8,521 dollars while the highest reaches 15,392 dollars, with the statewide average at 13,194 dollars.
Barbara Fehrman, 25, Des Moines, was found under a car in an apartment house driveway. Dr. R C Wooters awaited autopsy results to determine cause of death, noting the body had been badly scraped. Police were alerted around 2 30 a m by neighbors who reported an altercation and screeching tires.
Presley rose from a $40 a week truck job to multimillionaire stardom under manager Tom Parker. He gave away luxury cars to strangers and funded charity envelopes in Memphis Nashville California and other places. He bought nine luxury cars for police and companions after a ski trip and also gifted a Memphis nurse a Pontiac. His assets included mansions in Memphis and Beverly Hills and a 162 acre Desoto County ranch later sold for about 535000.
Sorrowing fans line Graceland gates in Memphis as Elvis Presley, 42, dies after a heart issue following a racquetball game. Officials report cardiac arrhythmia as the autopsy finding, with hypertension and coronary artery disease noted. Family plans private services and burial at Forest Hills. Priscilla Presley flies in.
News reaches Presley death at Graceland after emergency resuscitation efforts. Details describe Michael Esposito and Dr Nichopoulos confirming he died at Baptist Hospital at 3 30 pm with Vernon Presley informed and Lisa Marie, age 9, told. Ginger Alden present as Presley’s possible fiancée. Radio stations across the country begin playing his records.
Officials from the Iowa Division on Alcoholism question whether the Washington County Outreach Center is operating as a treatment facility or a referral service. The Attorney General will decide if state law requires prior approval for a treatment program, while MECCA remains contracted to provide counseling and funding has shifted to support the Outreach Center run by Bob Gray.
St James School schedules registration Friday August 19 from 9 am to 3 pm to collect book rental fees and finalize details enabling a full day start on August 24. Book rental and fees total 22 dollars per student, with school insurance at 3.50 per student or 15 per year for an alternate policy.
A temporary County Land Preservation Policy Commission is being formed under Iowa law to draft a Washington County policy and to submit recommendations for a state policy. The plan, aided by ISU Extension Service, aims to balance land use with private property rights and agricultural production while guiding development of key areas and facilities. The nine member body will draw from district soil conservation musters, the county board of supervisors, and local mayors. organizational meetings follow a August 25 convention at the Washington County Court House. Public hearings are planned to gather citizen input with final recommendations due by July 1, 1978 and a state commission to deliver to the legislature by March 1, 1979.
President Carter selected U.S. district court judge Frank M Johnson Jr of Alabama to head the FBI. Attorney General Griffin Bell announced the nomination, noting Johnson, 58, must win Senate approval to replace retiring Director Clarence Kelley. Johnson, a Republican longtime desegregation foe, is a Birmingham judge and Bell ally.
Washington Lions Club drives ticket sales for Rex Allen and his Men of the West appearing at the Washington Community Center on September 27 and 28 at 8 pm. Advance tickets are $5, or $5.50 at the door. Allen, a famed western star and singer, has recorded for Decca Mercury and Monument and serves as a Cowboy Hall of Fame trustee. Tickets available at Harrison's Department Store or from Lions Club members Dr. Keith Miller Glenn Williams Frank Edmund or Joe Jones.
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