24 Feb 1975
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1975
Page
1
The annual Beef Banquet sponsored by the Washington County Cattlemens Association is canceled tonight due to a snow storm and will be held at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday at Jack Hamiltons Club House.
Washington firemen responded to two calls this morning. At 4 45 a.m. a blaze at 310 North Third Avenue likely renders the home uninhabitable after a prior similar fire. At 9 45 a.m. crews checked the Wagon Wheel after a heat tape odor triggered the alarm.
The Washington Community Chest held its first meeting of the year at the YMCA on February 19 with President Delbert Dalrymple presiding. The board of fifteen directors will rotate five new members yearly for three year terms.
Jean Willis of Perry, age 51, was selected as Iowa Mother of 1975 by the Iowa Mother's Association, chosen from 17 candidates. Nominated by the Dallas County Women's Political Caucus, she balances motherhood with an AEA speech and hearing clinician career and Republican activism, while her four children pursue college degrees.
Illinois officials launch search for No. 685448 last seen leaving Schmid Drugs on the West Side. They offer a $100,000 prize, with $10,000 paid on reveal, and the rest in $10,000 installments each Feb. 23 for nine years. Schmid Drugs earns 1 percent of the winnings from selling the ticket.
Kirkwood Community College offers a spring criminal justice class in Washington meeting Tuesdays from March 4 to May 27. Instructor John McSweeny of the Iowa Bureau of Adult Corrections Services leads the four credit course with a $13 per credit tuition and a $15 admissions fee for credit seekers. registration is March 4.
Des Moines Gov. Robert D. Ray argues higher oil tariffs would hit the Midwest hard, hurting farmers and low income people. He backs a voluntary conservation program and prefers mandatory allocation to Ford's tariff plan, warning mass transit gaps would worsen if prices rise. Ray notes a possible $700,000 Aid to Dependent Children cutback and steps to prevent it.
Iowa Democrats scrutinize Gerald Bair for revenue director post to replace Donald Briggs amid debate over tax plans. A party caucus will decide if Bair, acting head, secures a two thirds Senate vote before mid March recess.
Snow begins this evening with 1 to 2 inches more. Winds die down tonight with minimal additional accumulation and lows around 20. Tue expect mixed clouds and light snow with a high near 30. Snow chances 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Tuesday.
Four victims die in a Norwoodville Iowa fire including three children Jody Lynn age 7 Carrisa Jean age 4 and Jeri Daren age 3 and babysitter Linda Lee Wood age 11. Fire started in the kitchen possibly from a skillet left on the stove. Delaware Township and Saylor Township volunteers fought the blaze for about three hours.
A winter storm battered eastern Iowa with heavy snow and winds up to 35 mph. The Quad Cities area reported up to 18 inches total, with widespread road closures, school cancellations, and limited bus service.
Fern Ida Hay 65 of Iowa City died when the car she rode in with her grandson Robert Hay 19 veered onto a soft shoulder and crossed into the northbound lane on U S 218 south of Riverside. Grimmer of Winfield avoided injury in the collision.
The Washington area digs out after five inches of heavy snow with 1 to 4 more inches forecast. A head on crash on county road 638 left four people injured, none seriously. Schools closed and road travel hazardous as crews work through the night to clear drifted streets.
Dora Wright, 87, of Washington Iowa, donated a 400 acre Wellman area farm to the University of Iowa Foundation. The gift, valued at about a half million dollars, will fund a charitable remainder annuity trust providing Wright an income for life with remainder to the university for medical research.
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