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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
7
UPI reports contractors and heating suppliers say electric air cleaners can filter pollen and dust from homes. Installed in ducts for about 300 dollars, they use a 5000 volt field to charge air and pull particles through a filter. Portable units exist for rooms. Substantial South adoption noted.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said the American Communist party uses the black power movement to foment racial unrest. He cited the 1967 peace rallies in Washington and antiwar protests in New York and San Francisco as evidence of Communist influence and noted comments praising violence as a path to Negro freedom.
Robert K. Beck, once a Republican governor candidate in 1966, said he will announce his 1968 plans this month likely on either the 17th or 24th. He planned a Des Moines news conference and noted he has not made a formal declaration yet. Beck was defeated in 1966 by William G. Murray of Ames.
Miss Jean Laing 35, of Altoona Pennsylvania, and her students aged 11, 12, and 14 were found exhausted but safe in a tiger-infested forest near Mt Beremban after four days missing. Doctors said they are all right and need rest and food. the search linked to the Dalat school mission.
In Vining Iowa a babysitter Christina Karosh and two children escaped flames from the Richard Kess home. The infant and a 10-year-old boy were rescued with slightly singed hair as firemen from Vining Chelsea and Tama Toledo battled the blaze, the house declared a total loss.
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt chairing the Social Democratic Executive Committee urged the United States to halt bombing of North Vietnam immediately. The party backed Thant’s peace proposal and called for armistice talks among all participants, inviting Hanoi to join negotiations.
Two fires in Cedar Rapids Thursday left one woman hospitalized with burns and a two family dwelling damaged. Bessie Hansen, 57, of Cedar Rapids, was listed in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital with first and second degree burns from escaping the flames. Investigators noted debris and newspapers inside the home and no definite cause yet.
Kalona residents hosted New Year and Christmas gatherings with numerous relatives and friends. Families named include Swartzendruber Miller Yoder and Schlabaugh, with guests from Kalona Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Michigan. Phone chat linked the Gareth Swartzendruber group and Arthur Roth family in Julesburg Colorado.
Mrs Louise Blum hosted a holiday dinner at Riverside Community Building with family members from Riv erside Wellman Columbus Junction and Lone Tree among others. Newly organized Cub Scouts held their first Pack Meeting at St Marys School with many boys receiving Bobcats pins and several ill students to receive pins later. Bess Prehoda was released from Mercy Hospital after a period as a medical patient. In Bakersfield California excessive heat causes plum pit burn impeding state quality inspections per Kern County Extension Service director John Hoyt.
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