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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1976
Page
1
Thieves used a cutting torch on a soda machine at the Jim Schulze Ford-Mercury offices east of Washington after 10 p.m. Thursday. A small amount of money and a calculator were missing, but the money box was not removed. Police and deputies investigated, with preliminary evidence pointing to juvenile suspects.
Highland School officials urge parents of children eligible for kindergarten next fall to call Riverside or Ainsworth attendance centers soon. Children must be five on or before Sept 15 1976. Call the school secretary before March 8 for enrollment information. roundup details to be announced later.
The Washington High School Jazz Band will compete against bands from Iowa Illinois and Missouri at the Kirksville Jazz Festival. The band performs at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Georgian room of the student union at Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville Missouri.
Members of the Washington Noon Kiwanis Club and helpers will canvass the city Sunday to raise funds for the Iowa Heart Association. The Heart Sunday drive is an annual service project, starting at 1 30 p m. Solicitors will wear Heart Fund identifications and donations for heart research are welcome.
Mid-Prairie School officials are compiling a list of five year olds who will start kindergarten next fall. Children who are five on or before Sept. 15, 1976 are eligible. Parents of eligible children should call their attendance center in the district.
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order keeping 24 Iowa small post offices open through next Friday while 44 congressmen led by Rep. Thomas Harkin press a suit against the General Accounting Office plan to close thousands of third and fourth class offices. Judge John L. Smith Jr. scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Joseph May states Army rules permit only mustaches for Iowa Army National Guard members. Beards are not authorized, and guardsmen must comply for annual inspections. Unauthorized facial hair could jeopardize unit status and federal funding after repeated failed checks.
Dr. Martin Orne testified that Patricia Hearst was convinced she had become a common criminal after the holdup and by capture was frozen in the role. Dr. Robert Lifton of Yale began testimony as court recessed for the day.
Jimmy Carter's frontrunner status sparks criticism from Birch Bayh and Henry Jackson as rival candidates press him in Boston and New Hampshire. Reagan campaigns in Florida ahead of Ford showdown, while Wallace and Shriver court Massachusetts crowds. An Askew 76 committee forms in Florida as Carter faces opposition from governors and peers.
The CDC reports 339 deaths from influenza across the United States with activity in nearly all states. New England and the Middle Atlantic regions are hardest hit while Maine Rhode Island and North Carolina report no cases. Predominant A Victoria virus strain drives outbreaks. 15 states show widespread activity, 18 regional, 14 isolated cases.
UPI reports the National Institute on Drug Abuse says the 1970s drug epidemic shows no end, with cocaine use rising among men born 1944 to 1953. Tobacco use declines with education, alcohol remains the leading drug, and younger men show higher usage across drugs. the survey covered 2,510 men from 1974 to 1975.
State Supreme Court Justice Carman F. Ball dismissed assault charges against four former inmates and a reckless endangerment count against trooper Gergory Wildridge in the Attica prison riot case. Only a murder count against fugitive Mariano Gonzalez remains, with 43 inmates dead in 1971.
Increasing cloudiness arrives late tonight with a mostly cloudy and colder Saturday. Lows tonight mid to low 30s. High Saturday around 50. Winds northwest 10 to 15 mph late tonight.
Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization launches a foods program funded by a 15000 grant from the Community Services Administration. Kris Lanning and Margaret Tuttle coordinate with Head Start parents to provide nutrition, economical meals, meat buying, and budgeting education. Gardening initiatives may follow with donated plots tools and seeds.
The Yellow Kid once dubbed king of con men, Joseph Weill, dies at 100 in a Chicago convalescent center. He boasted swindling others for an estimated eight million dollars, survived a six year jail stint, and lingered on a life of schemes. His life inspired talk of a possible Sting lawsuit by William Brannon.
A joint House Senate conference on Iowa property taxes meets for a second day seeking direction. The panel weighs assessment rollbacks school aid changes and tax credits while considering a potential 50 million relief plan to cushion valuation increases. Local spending limits may be sidelined for direct taxpayer relief.
About 200 people attended a Mount Pleasant public hearing on a legislative proposal to convert the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute into a medium security prison by July 1 1977. Community leaders fear service losses and education partnerships would suffer while noting 220 patients currently reside there.
Silas Wellington II, 37, of Lockridge, has a sentencing date of March 15 on a conspiracy to damage a bank charge. He pleaded guilty and was released on his own recognizance after revealing a plan with his brother Walter to use a bomb at the Mount Pleasant Bank and Trust Co. The bomb failed to detonate as arranged and Walter died in the resulting explosion. The state had dropped the death by high explosives charge against Silas. A separate preliminary hearing for Walter’s widow Doris and attorney Donald Gartin was set for March 15 in magistrate’s court.
At the University of Cincinnati students prepare for a Saturday Grand Stackoff to topple the 46-person mattress stack record. Sigma Alpha Epsilon freshmen and the Sigma Sigma honorary team join the university band in stacked on 60 seconds with a new breathing technique while eyeing a potential intercollegiate sport status.
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