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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1970
Page
1
UPI reports an explosion and flash fire gutted the shop area of Mc Carty Implement Co in Donnellson Friday injuring one employee Lewis Smith of Argyle who reportedly had some hair singed. Windows blown out and extensive damage across the building.
Sen. Harold Hughes of Iowa was named one of two Senate representatives on a national Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse created by a new law. Vice President Agnew appointed Hughes and Sen. Jacob Javits of New York to the 13 member panel, which will study usage, laws, effects, crime links, and drug abuse relations with a final report due within two years.
President Nixon called for voluntary wage and price restraint while backing a rollback of a recent oil price increase. He linked pressure on business and labor to inflation goals, ruled out a wage price freeze, and ordered more offshore oil production to lower crude costs. He urged reforms in labor bargaining for construction and signaled further legislation if voluntary steps fail. Unemployment rose to 5.8 percent in November, with cost of living rising at over 6 percent in late 1970.
The Tax Study Committee favors a foundation funding plan costing about 276 million dollars annually in state aid, with a uniform 20 mill property tax in every Iowa district to halve local tax loads. The plan aims for roughly half education costs from state revenue and half from local property taxes, shifting more funds through income and sales taxes.
Public notice announces probate of the will for Chris Hertig and the appointment of an executor. It specifies the court handling the matter, locations, and deadlines for objections or claims. Readers with interests must file timely responses as required by law.
A fragmentary note directed at third graders from Lincoln urges Washington residents to use trash barrels, with a light humorous tone about aesthetics. The message ends with a sign off “Yours, WkJ” and appears as a historical clipping.
Mrs. Zager's class at Lincoln School expands a Earth Patrol campaign into a year round effort. The 23 students paint litter barrels, craft litter bugs, tape a pollution song for Radio KCL, and plan a Dr Max television segment to boost public awareness. They collect roadside trash on the way to school as part of the project. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with much colder temperatures, highs 20 to 40.
OTTAWA UPI says the James Cross kidnappers are free men but now men without a country. They cannot return home or travel to a country that would extradite them to Canada, facing life imprisonment.
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