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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1973
Page
1
Santa Claus will visit the Washington County Home Friday December 21 at 7 p.m. The Women of the Moose organize entertainment and refreshments for residents. Gifts will be distributed, and donations may be left at McDaniel Drug or brought to the county home before December 21.
Residents report early signs of spring with pansies blooming and pussy willows budding in Washington. Despite cloudy skies and falling temperatures, reports say dandelions are flowering and shrubs show buds ready to burst. Grass remains unusually green for mid winter.
The FTC announced PepsiCo must divest the Rheingold Corp concentrate business it acquired in 1972 to protect competition. PepsiCo also will sell its St Louis bottling operations as part of the divestiture.
Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen said despite fuel shortages the vast Christmas mail volume will be delivered on time. He noted some airline flight cancellations may affect service but 45 million gallons of gasoline for December surface vehicles should be available.
Arthur Hilley of Temple Hills Maryland suffered third degree burns over most of his body when a gasoline can exploded in his face in Vienna Fairfax County authorities said. He was lighting a match to view fuel siphoned from a friend's car when fumes ignited witnesses told police.
In Los Angeles four unions rejected the Food Employers Council offer triggering a statewide walkout. Teamsters meat cutters machinists and operating engineers join a statewide stoppage from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. Retail Clerks Union backs picket lines impacting more than 60 chains and nearly 100000 workers.
A gang of armed men overpowered a security guard and stole an irreplaceable collection of 5 600 ancient Greek and Roman coins valued up to 5 million dollars from Harvard University's Fogg Museum in Cambridge. The FBI reports no suspects yet and warns dealers and police nationwide.
Washington reports John A. Love and his deputy resign as presidential energy advisers amid a reshuffle that creates a Federal Energy Administration to run the energy program. William E. Simon to head the new agency. Love to remain as adviser.
Eighty Journal carriers and parents attended the Washington Evening Journal annual Carriers Christmas Party at The Captain's Table. Prizes were awarded for service with a grand tie for the Journal Watch of 1973 between John Cady and John Gugel. Second and third prizes went to Larry Gugel and Billy Baker, with other honors to Norman Hesseltine and three first-year carriers.
Iowa residents largely avoided highway travel despite Nixon’s gas ban as parks and malls filled with cars. Unseasonable warmth spurred a Christmas shopping rush while most stations closed or stayed lightly staffed. officials noted only scattered breakdowns and limited demand for emergency fuel.
Officials fear a flood of lawsuits after a court awarded 638000 dollars to Carl Ehlinger of Cascade for permanent injuries from a 1969 auto crash blamed on poor road conditions. They plan an appeal to challenge the Dubuque County District Court decision.
Cloudy and cold tonight with rain possibly mixing with snow and lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tuesday will be cold with highs 35 to 40 and rain chances around 60 percent tonight and Tuesday.
Pioneer 10 races toward its Jupiter encounter with a potentially deadly radiation belt as it nears closest approach at 81 000 miles and 9 25 p m EST. Scientists monitor radiation spikes and magnetic field theories while the craft heads beyond Mars toward the outer planets.
The Supreme Court refused to hear W. A. Boyle's appeal of his conviction for illegally funneling mine union funds to political candidates. He must serve a five year sentence, pay 130000 dollar fine, plus 49250 dollars in restitution. Boyle, 72, faces indictment on a conspiracy to murder Jock Yablonski and was hospitalized after a barbiturate overdose while undergoing extradition-related proceedings.
Gov. Robert D. Ray proclaimed December 10-15 as Energy Awareness Week in Iowa. He urged all 451 public districts 276 private schools and 15 area colleges to study energy conservation for at least one day during the period. The momentum includes materials from the State Department of Public Instruction and support from the Iowa State Education Association.
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