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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1975
Page
1
The local post office will shut each Saturday at 11 a.m. starting January 11 to save costs. Mail in the exterior box will be collected by the Star route at 5 p.m. Petit jurors summoned for January 14 in Washington are postponed. names on file should await further notice.
Five cases proceed to District Court after preliminary hearings in Magistrate Court. Charges include two OMVAI counts against Sheri P. McSwiggan of Kalona and Fred Albers of rural Kinross, two counts of contributing to delinquency of a minor against Michael D. Allen and Rickie R. Allen of rural Wellman, and a false drawing or uttering a check charge against Patrick Curl of Wellman. In Miami, Olive Levin, former Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, died four years ago but her estate distributed 2.3 million dollars to 25 local charities and hospitals including Variety Children’s Hospital.
America's private industries shed 675000 payrolls in December, the largest two month cutback in 29 years, with 465000 jobs lost in November for a total of 1.1 million. Automakers expanded layoffs this week, but many industries pared payrolls too.
Iowa State Board of Public Instruction warned Davenport to produce a desegregation plan by July or risk jeopardizing federal funding. It will inform federal and state civil rights bodies of noncompliance and may request investigations into segregation practices.
Iowa's State Safety Department outlined a broad legislative program. It seeks an open bottle law similar to Minnesota, a 0.10 percent BAC offense, implied consent for drug use, more highway patrol troopers, extending 55 mph to include school buses, and provisions on motorcycle helmets plus a gun depository bill. Other items include stricter OMVAS sentences, limited depositions, driver license photo use, snow tire definitions, no trailers with riders, felons with firearms ban, and marijuana as noxious weed.
A tornado carved a two mile path through McComb and surrounding areas early today killing at least eight and injuring scores. Emergency units treated about 70 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center as National Guard units deployed.
John Wayne Drysdale 22 of Rochester Minnesota was identified by Ottumwa police as the suspect in a First National Bank Market Street robbery around 10 am. He allegedly demanded cash, police recovered a pocket knife, and bystander John Anderson tackled him before officers arrived with FBI help.
Elliot L. Richardson, longtime Nixon administration official, was named by President Ford to be the U.S. ambassador to London. The appointment, awaiting Senate confirmation, would likely end his bid for the 1976 presidency and follow his abrupt Watergate era resignation during the Saturday Night Massacre.
Rain this afternoon with thunderstorms possible and highs in the 40s to near 50. Rain shifts to snow tonight with much colder air, northwest winds 20 to 25 mph, blowing and drifting snow, lows 20 to 25. Saturday remains windy and colder with diminishing snow, highs in the 20s, 100 percent precip today and tonight, 50 percent Saturday, new snow around 2 inches by Saturday evening.
United Press International reports a blizzard warning for northwest Iowa as a winter storm watch covers the rest of the state. The National Weather Service forecasts continued snow tonight with blowing drifting conditions and subzero temperatures by Sunday morning. Eastern Iowa may see rain and thunderstorms with heavy fog delaying Dubuque County schools. travel northward will be hazardous.
Preliminary architectural drawings for a proposed hospital clinic in Washington were reviewed, with costs and funding still undetermined. Trustees heard a 10 to 12 day revision timeline, possible $350 000 to $475 000 budget, and potential new floor layout due to lot restrictions. The board also updated officers and noted mixed financial results for 1974 with rising out patient services.
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