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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1970
Page
1
Iowa Senate approved a bill cutting school board terms from six to four years and repealing obsolete code sections. The action, 59 to 0, comes with a provision to modernize public school statutes in Iowa.
A Tag Airlines flight from Cleveland to Detroit crashed in Lake Erie about 20 miles northwest of Cleveland. Nine aboard, seven passengers and two crew, with no survivors reported as search and rescue units scoured the lake and recovered wreckage.
A terse intercepted memo from YMCA in Washington notes weekly outreach and motivational phrasing urging readers to make every week their week with a sign off Yours WEJ.
The Iowa House approved a vending machine inspection bill 93 to 24, sending it to the Senate. Mevzinsky urged shifting authority to the Health Department and broadening machine coverage, but amendments were defeated. The measure imposes a $3 annual licensing fee and targets about 10,000 machines with inspections.
The Iowa House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to liberalize and rewrite the 120 year old divorce code. It replaces multiple grounds with a single irretrievable breakdown ground and keeps divorce filings private until final decree to protect privacy and encourage reconciliation. It stresses child protection custody and fair property disposal and faces long debate with amendments.
The YMCA marks YMCA Week with several events led by Don Minick president of the board. Highlight is the induction of three new Indian Guides and Indian Princess tribes on Sunday February 1, with meetings in the Hobby Craft room Monday to Thursday. Visitors may view the Indian Guide display case in the YMCA lounge.
Washington sources report a compromise plan to assure at least 60 percent of federal impact aid reaches school districts after Nixon vetoed a 19.7 billion health and education bill. House votes loomed as lobbyists pressed to preserve funding for districts with federal worker parents and those on untaxed federal installations.
The United States says it will not yield to North Vietnam's threat to have Hanoi chief Xuan Thuy boycott the Paris peace talks. Thuy, absent since December, may return to Hanoi if deadlock continues and rules out private talks with Ambassador Habib. A U S spokesman said Washington will not be pressured into concessions.
The Supreme Court, ruling 8-0, allows students who lose deferments for draft violations to challenge their IA reclassification before induction. Timothy Breen, Berklee School of Music student, had his induction accelerated after handing his draft card to a clergyman during an antiwar protest. A separate 5-2 decision holds the selective service cannot declare delinquent students for such violations and mobilize them.
In a Congressional Record letter Col. John J. Kovaric, a former Vietnam evac hospital commander and Pentagon adviser, estimates 20 to 30 percent of GIs have used marijuana, higher than Pentagon figures. He warns marijuana impairs judgment and cites cases of violence, arguing against legalization.
Southeast UPI notes a cloudy cold night with a chance of rain or rain turning to snow and a low in the mid 20s. Thursday remains cloudy and colder with highs in the lower 30s.
Public notice confirms probate of Nicholas J. Linnenkamp will and appointment of the executor. A separate notice announces appointment of administrator for the Elsie M. Spargo estate under the public notices page.
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