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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1970
Page
1
In Jefferson County jail Saturday James Franklin Karnes and James D. Williams, both charged with entering Otis Cudworth s home and taking 160 dollars, waived preliminary hearings and are jailed on 5 000 dollar bonds each.
Official 1970 census figures reveal Washington city 6,317 residents up from 6,275 in preliminary counts. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and other urban centers show varied gains and losses. Johnson county leads growth with 72,127, while Marshall County tops 41,076. County population shifts impact state redistricting and tax distributions.
Winnie Belter executive secretary of the Washington County Red Cross notes thanks to donors who provided cookies for the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. A VA Hospital staff letter from E. E. Beaver commends the hospital’s staff and patients, praising the community for welfare and comfort of hospitalized veterans. Donors include Farmerettes and 4-H Headliners clubs and numerous local women.
Iowa weather forecast from United Press International calls for generally fair conditions through tonight with lows near 5 below in the north and up to near 15 in the south. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with highs around 15 in the north and into the 30s in the south.
Three men all cousins died when their car failed to stop during a Cherokee chase, struck a utility pole, and overturned on a county road near the Little Sioux River. Philip Perrin died hours later in hospital. The Christmas fatality count in Iowa rose to seven.
The Finnish tanker Ragny split in heavy seas 600 miles east of Cape May New Jersey. Thirty one crewmen from the stern section were rescued by the Coast Guard cutter Escanaba while six others remained unaccounted for believed to be in the bow. A missing American freighter crewman and two others were reported missing or in unknown condition.
UPI reports Communist troops overran Rokar Kong outpost 19 miles north of Phnom Penh early today, were driven out after five hours of house to house fighting. Government major says four soldiers killed, 11 wounded. villagers claim 10 killed, 15 wounded. Government says air strikes were called in after reinforcements across the Mekong.
The Iowa Executive Council approved adding five trained social workers to review welfare applications across all 99 counties. The aim is to boost eligibility control under new federal standards demanding 4,000 spot checks yearly, with random reviews and no county welfare input to deter fraud or misrepresentation.
A Spanish court martial in Burgos sentenced six of sixteen Basque nationalists to death for murder and terrorism. Three received two death terms for the murder of San Sebastian police chief Meliton Manzanas in 1968 while others got long prison terms. Delays followed the kidnapping of Eugen Reihls honorary West German consul, and widespread Basque disturbances accompanied the trial.
An intercepted memo from the Welfare Department in Iowa appears to express approval with the sentiment that all is well and fair. The note, signed WEJ, conveys a plain, unembellished message about satisfactory conditions.
UPI reports newly released Anglo American chiefs of staff documents show Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower alone made the call that allowed Soviet armies to reach Berlin first in 1945. The cables show Eisenhower and Stalin agreed Berlin had lost strategic importance, with Allied and Soviet timelines tied to Elbe and Prague decisions. Khrushchev memoirs quote Stalin praising Eisenhower as decisive, while observers still debate whether Berlin’s fate was political.
Congressman Mendel Rivers died at 1:40 a.m. CST in Birmingham after heart surgery at the University of Alabama Medical Center. The 65-year-old Democrat faced post operative complications from a leaky mitral valve replaced with a plastic prosthesis on Dec. 11. Rivers, a hawkish defender of Pentagon prerogatives, passed the chair to Edward Hebert as Philip J. Philbin’s re election fate left the position in flux.
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