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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1968
Page
1
Washington retail stores will stay open Thursday Friday and Saturday nights this week and every evening next week. Mon December 23 remains. doors close after supper on December 24. Post office plans extra service with all-day hours on December 14 and 21. Mail early for holidays.
About 500 attendees at a Boston fundraiser, including Sens. Fulbright Muskie and astronaut John Glenn, paid 1000 per couple for a dinner and 2000 for a reception to raise roughly 350000 to cover Robert F Kennedy’s 3.5 million campaign debt. Rose Kennedy and Edward Kennedy spoke movingly about Bobby, praising his peace ideals and devotion to family.
A memo notes ongoing monitoring of progress with keen interest. Signed by WEJ.
U S Marines repulsed a two hour North Vietnamese attempt to overrun a Quang Tri base near the DMZ after dark Tuesday. About 40 guerrillas shelled one side of the base as Marines used machine guns and air support to drive them off with no losses. The base houses the Leatherneck camps and an airfield serving the 3rd Marine Division.
President elect Richard M Nixon informs GOP leaders by phone of his cabinet selections including William Rogers as secretary of state Melvin Laird as defense secretary and David Kennedy as treasury chief George Shultz to labor Robert Finch health and welfare George Romney housing head Volpe interior Hickel commerce Maurice Stans agriculture Clifford Hardin and others Nixon to reveal final lineup in Washington at 10 PM EST Rogers seen as a surprise choice for secretary of state
Des Moines Iowa State Fair Board Secretary Kenneth R Falk urged parimutuel betting as a new income source for fairs. He cited needed capital for improvements at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, including water, sewer, wiring, and exhibit space, while detailing past profits, taxes, and attendance figures for 1967 and 1968.
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the northwest and showers southeast. It will turn colder with highs from 35 to 40 in the northwest and low 50s in the southeast. Friday outlook calls for colder overcast conditions with a chance of snow in central and eastern portions.
North Vietnam says it will discuss troop withdrawals from South Vietnam once the Paris conference begins. South Vietnam rejects direct talks with the Viet Cong and North Vietnam snubs French mediation. Talks center on representation, seating and Viet Cong status as Saigon and Hanoi clash over procedural and substantive issues.
Crane Company began production at its Washington facility with a ceremonial first casting. The plant aims to employ 150 to 200 workers at full operation, has hired about 50 already, and uses new technology including an air purification system to keep Washington the cleanest city in Iowa. Several thousand valves were tested here using parts from another plant before full production.
DES MOINES UPI The State Board of Medical Examiners placed 32 year old Winthrop Iowa physician Dr Alfred E Mayner on probation for five years and ordered him to resign as Buchanan County Medical Examiner He faced charges for taking a nurse sample instead of a drunken driving suspect blood sample which could have affected the suspect s license suspension.
Gov elect Robert D. Ray, in Des Moines after 11 days of agency budget hearings, said he opposes tax increases and will hold further sessions to trim requests totaling about 1.56 billion dollars from the state general fund for the next two-year period, a 70 percent rise from the current appropriations.
Probate of wills and appointment of executors for estates of Inez Gingerich Orva Scott and C I Cress. Appointment of administrators for estates of David Graber and Richard Shelangoski. Notice of dissolution Schnoebelen Hatchery Inc.
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