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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1970
Page
1
Chicago police headquarters faced an antismoke violation as inspector McNulty reported Chief Engineer Haley burning drugs under court order. A $100 fine could follow. In Crump Michigan thieves stole a beer truck, later recovered with 13 cases missing.
Five people were hurt in a head on collision seven miles south of Newton. Bertha Rawson 58 of Swan was charged with failing to keep her car under control after her northbound vehicle struck the bus carrying about 22 passengers to a Chariton church retreat. Hospitalized were Rawson and four youths from Russell and Albia.
President Nixon signed a broad antipollution law requiring the auto industry to produce a nearly emission free car by 1976. The act sets a 1975 engine standard cutting carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons by 90 percent from 1970 levels, with EPA power to extend one year but no sale of noncompliant cars after the deadline unless Congress acts.
State Car Dispatcher Frank Crabb unveiled an economy program to save at least 340,891 annually by switching to medium compact cars from four door sedans. Aiming for 400 small cars in 1971 with an estimated 191,200 saved, the plan includes Ford Maverick and other models, plus a Des Moines service station and centralized fueling at Iowa universities.
Washington (UPI) The House and Senate abandoned efforts to break the impasse on financing the SST. A temporary truce would keep the program alive with a March 39 deadline for a final decision by the new Congress. House and Senate negotiators failed to meet, jeopardizing adjournment. The article details other unresolved issues, including food stamps, foreign aid, Social Security, federal pay, and school aid, with no immediate legislation expected until next year.
Iowa civil rights commission enforces a rule prohibiting sex segregated want ads. Headlines such as male or female help wanted are forbidden. Ads may use only neutral headings unless an affidavit justifies a sex specific requirement. The rule aligns with the state model statute and federal civil rights standards.
Public notices announce minutes of a city council meeting and the appointment of an administrator for the Clara Goety estate. Also listed are probate actions for the estates of Kenneth Carris Mary W. Mottet and Mabel Irene Dickinson with appointments of executors.
An intercepted memorandum suggests lawmakers labeled lame duck members could form a new group dubbed the 91SST Congress. The note hints at a reorganization to influence priorities in the next session. It references unnamed officials and raises questions about timing and legitimacy.
Bernard H. McCarthy 58 died today in University Hospitals Iowa City after two weeks illness. Washington resident for 32 years, he was Moorman Manufacturing district sales manager and active in St. James Church and community groups. Funeral Monday at St. James with military rites at Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials to rare blood disease and cancer research.
A underground explosion at the Finley Coal Co mine near Hyden Kentucky killed 38 men, with 36 bodies recovered by 8 a.m. from two shafts after a lengthy night of rescue. Officials cited possible dynamite or electrical failure and noted the mine had been closed for safety violations. Governor Nunn arrived to comfort families.
UPI reports New Year ceasefires in South Vietnam began with a Viet Cong breach. U.S. sources say 41 Americans died in the past week, 22 South Vietnamese killed and 36 wounded. Cambodian clashes near the border, a major airstrike on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and nine early truce violations accompany briefings on Vietnamization and Tet era fighting.
United Press International reports Iowa will have generally fair conditions tonight and Friday. Lows range from the teens in the north to the lower 20s in the south. Friday will be slightly warmer with highs from the middle 30s in the northeast to the middle 40s in the southwest.
In Cheam England nuns at St Anthony's Hospital provide a 12 dollar daily package covering minor surgery drugs and a bed as a service for patients unable to wait for NHS spaces or afford private care under Britain's socialized system.
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