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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1972

Page

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Iowa City Police Chief Indicted For Assault

Johnson County grand jury indicts Iowa City Police Chief Patrick McCarney for assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm in a 1969 incident involving Roger L. Ryan a former University of Iowa student. McCarney released on recognizance as arraignment is postponed. The case follows multiple investigations into police brutality and urges reforms including an ad hoc citizens committee and stronger abuse reporting.

Iowa City UPI Patrick McCarney Johnson County McCarney Roger L. Ryan University of Iowa Carl Goetz Goetz Frank Smiley Federal Bureau of Investigation Justice Department Iowa City Police Department Grand Jury Iowa City Council

Nixon heads to China to mark end of cold war

President Nixon departs White House for a historic journey to China aiming to improve Sino American relations after decades of conflict. He vows a journey for peace while meeting Premier Chou En Lai and Chairman Mao Tse-tung in Peking with stops in Hangchow and Shanghai before Feb 28 return.

Washington UPI Nixon China White House Congress Spiro T. Agnew Tricia Cox Julie Eisenhower Andrews Air Force Base Maryland Nixons Hawaii Guam U.S Congressional Mao Tse-tung Chou En-lai Kaneohe Marine Air Station Oahu Russia Peking Imperial City America Philospher Marxist Movement In Asia Communist Party Chou Hangchow Shanghai

Iowa AG blocks using road funds to remove billboards and junkyards

Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner ruled that the primary road fund cannot finance removing billboards and junkyards along highways. The decision puts the $17 million to $20 million state share at risk, likely requiring funds from the General Fund as Iowa faces tight finances. The ruling jeopardizes legislation approved by the Senate and now in the House, with a March 31 deadline looming to avoid losing $7.4 million in federal highway money.

Des Moines UPI Iowa Richard Turner Turner Iowa General Fund Senate Edgar Holden Davenport Iowa Highway Commission North Dakota Iowa Supreme Court Richard G. Kleindienst Nixon John N. Mitchell Mitchell Louis Patrick Gray III Kleindienst

Iowa Southern Utilities Plans 553 900 in Northeast District

Iowa Southern Utilities Co. disclosed a 553 900 construction program for the Northeast district in 1972. Ted Johnson, ISU manager, outlined plans including 13.2 KV rebuilds in Washington and Keota areas, a 3750 KVA transformer at Pleasant Plain, miles of 7.6 and 13.2 KV lines, reconductoring, gas mains upgrades, and environmental and pre construction work. The company notes 2.96 million spent in five years in this district and an 8.23 million system wide budget for 1972.

Iowa Southern Utilities Co Ted Johnson ISU Washington Pleasant Plain Ainsworth Brighton-Pleasant Plain Keota South English Wayland-Olds Gulf Central Johnson Iowa Southern

Weather Iowa High Wind Warning Clears With Frigid Lows

A high wind warning affects the northwest half of Iowa with tonight clearing and diminishing winds. Lows fall to the 5 to 10 degree range in the northwest and teens in the south. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures with highs from 15 to 20 in the northeast to the upper 20s in the southwest.

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Fiddler on the Roof chorus named for Y's Men spring show

Calvin Wolf, musical director, announces the chorus for the Y's Men spring presentation of Fiddler on the Roof. The Fathers and Sons include Charles Goodell Boyd Watson Lee Bucholz Jerry King Cal Wolf Fred Meinel Mike Woods Mike Quinn Mathers. The Daughters include Phyllis Carter Sue Getz DeLores Fetterman Donna Wiley Lavera Westphal Kathy Schmidt Barbara Chebuhar Lee Ann Hillman Bridgette Pruess Chris Mineart Julia Bakehouse. Rehearsals begin soon with a first read through set for Saturday and stage sketches by Mike Kramme feature a house and fiddler on the roof.

Charles Goodell Boyd Watson Lee Bucholz Jerry King Cal Wolf Fred Meinel Mike Woods Mike Quinn Mathers Phyllis Carter Sue Getz DeLores Fetterman Donna Wiley Lavera Westphal Kathy Schmidt Barbara Chebuhar Lee Ann Hillman Bridgette Pruess Chris Mineart Julia Bakehouse Mike Kramme

Iowa woman safe after kidnapping suspect arrested

FBI agents arrested Leonard Stakenburg 25 in Junction City Kansas after his sister alerted authorities. Stakenburg, a Storm Lake native serving 10 years for robbery in Iowa, was charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen auto. He fled a weightlifting meet at Loras College Dubuque and allegedly abducted Mrs May Kay Noonan 20 in a Dubuque mall.

Junction City Kan UPI FBI Iowa Leonard Stakenburg Storm Lake Iowa State Reformatory Anamosa Loras College Dubuque Stakenburg May Kay Noonan

States seek two year delay on clean air standards

Washington reports 18 states ask EPA for a partial postponement of the 1975 clean air deadline, arguing downtown traffic limits are needed but would be unpopular. EPA officials suggest delaying enforcement may occur while urging mass transit to replace car use, with several cities like New York Chicago and Los Angeles cited as areas unlikely to meet standards without controls.

Washington UPI Environmental Protection Agency EPA William D. Ruckelshaus B.J. Steigerwald Steigerwald Richard E. Ayres Natural Resources Defense Council Ayres New York Chicago Los Angeles

Iowa Senate OKs universal hot lunches for all schools

Iowa lawmakers move to require every school district to start hot lunch programs in 1973. The amendment would serve about 15,000 additional children across 45 schools, with a $575,000 appropriation. LaVerne Carpenter notes 98 percent of Iowa schools currently offer hot lunches to 671,061 students.

Des Moines UPI Iowa Senate Charles Balloun Toledo Senate Balloun John Mowry Marshalltown LaVerne Carpenter Iowa

Soviet official posts $100,000 bond in spy case

Valery I. Markelov, a 33 year old translator at the United Nations, was freed on bail after paying 700 new hundred dollar bills and 600 fifty dollar bills. The bail was reduced from $500,000 to $100,000 following assurances from the Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin about Markelov's movements while he faces charges of soliciting and obtaining secret plans of a new Navy jet fighter from a Grumman Aerospace engineer.

New York UPI Soviet Union Valery I. Markelov Max Schiffman Markelov Washington Anatoly Dobrynin United Nations Grumman Aerospace Corp

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