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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1973
Page
1
The Washington High School Concert Band will stage its annual Christmas concert at 8 p.m. Monday December 17 in the high school auditorium. The 80 piece ensemble will perform Adeste Fideles Fantasy on a Bell Carol The Sound of Christmas A Christmas Festival Sleigh Ride and more. The Jazz Band also performs new and old favorites. Admission is free and the public is urged to attend.
Streets in the business area will be cleared of snow tonight and motorists must move cars by 10 PM. Workmen clear roadways this morning and hope to finish tonight after two to three inches fell last night. Rain earlier with mild temperatures limited icing under the snow.
Kindergarten through third grade students and the sixth grade band will perform a Christmas program at 7 30 p m Monday in the school gym. An open house in the new building follows the program. Teachers will greet guests in their classrooms, and coffee and cookies are served. Fourth through sixth graders will present a spring program.
The 42 foot blue spruce on the Ellipse will be lit by eight spotlights with a single snowflake ornament. Power usage will be reduced by ninety percent from last year as the tree remains mostly unlit due to lack of electricity.
The Outdoor Advertising Association of Iowa asks members to cut energy use by 25 percent by reducing electrical service on signs and conserve fuel in company vehicles offices shops and plants. President Mike Reilly of Dubuque says the group acts to show it will do its part in energy conservation.
Washington city council held a public hearing and opened bids on storm sewer improvements at city hall. No objections were heard though a resident urged changes to avoid sewer lines crossing yards. The council delayed decision on contracts until the Dec. 16 meeting after bids ranged from 414,224.85 to 690,219.05, with three bids under 500,000 and five over.
Washington County Hospital trustees held an executive session over Richard Marshall practicing without an Iowa therapy license. Day said Marshall, a Washington native, applied after learning a license was needed. the issuing board’s approval is pending a complaint. The board also set a new LTC memorial fund and reported budget, fuel, and November finances.
President Nixon announced stricter energy saving actions including reduced lighting in commercial buildings and halting use of limousines by government officials by January 1. He cited a 15 percent drop in gasoline use over three weeks and said further cuts and audits would cut consumption.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this evening as temperatures fall to around 10 degrees. Friday will bring increasing clouds with a chance of light snow, high in the lower 20s, with northerly winds 15 gusting 30 mph and a 40 to 50 percent chance of measurable precipitation.
The Washington School Board accepted bids for two 56 passenger buses, selecting Hennigan Inc. and Moline Body Co. The board declined a student request to extend winter break to January 7 while noting calendar constraints and weather risks.
Iowa Highway Director Joseph Coupal denounces the proposal for a state Department of Transportation as bad legislation and outlines that goals and policies must come before organizational structure. He warns against formalizing a department without clear transportation objectives and cites rail and barge potential as underdeveloped.
A break-in at the Mose Levy Steel and Co offices Tuesday night saw a small fireproof vault stolen. Harry Levy reported only a small cash amount was taken, but many records and papers stored in the vault were removed.
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