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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1975
Page
1
Gerald L. Smith of Iowa City swerved to avoid a deer on Highway 218 near Crawfordsville. The car rolled into a ditch and came to rest upright. damage estimated at 2000 dollars. Smith was not injured.
Police report a base business band radio missing from the Tindal Farm Supply office in Washington after a night break in. No other items were reported missing.
A Packers and Stockyards Administration report accuses Frank West of supervising 12 certified checks totaling 1.1 million dollars to close associates on January 2 3 and 7 as American Beef Packers ABP and Beefland International face bankruptcy. ABP listed headquarters Omaha Nebraska with subsidiary in Council Bluffs Iowa. ABP was among the 10 largest packers in 1974 with 896 million dollars in sales. The plant’s bankruptcy caused livestock producers losses across 13 states and substantial seller losses.
Damage from a two vehicle crash at East Third Street and North 12th Avenue in Washington totaled 1950 dollars. Neither driver was hurt. Eldin C. Bauer allegedly failed to yield after a stop while George Elliott McKinstry was charged with failure to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
Seminarian Tom Price of Newburgh New York serves as a summer assistant at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Washington. He is a third year student at Reformed Presbyterian Seminary Pittsburgh supervised by Rev. S Ray Blair. Price and his wife Alice will live at 2134 West Main Street and he will preach both morning and evening services.
Iowa Energy Policy Council votes to move branch line upgrading from EPC to the Department of Transportation by Sept 1, with six projects under way and more in consideration. DOT will review legal options and assist EPC in the interim while Rock Island Lines discusses funding and equipment for an 11 mile Indianola to Carlisle line slated for completion by August 6.
Officials confirm a mid morning earthquake tremor centered near South Shore South Dakota touched Sioux City Iowa and reached North Dakota Minnesota and nearby towns. A second minor tremor followed Watertown area reports noting swaying in buildings and minor furniture shift with no injuries reported and only a cracked basement in Wheaton Minnesota.
Groundbreaking Tuesday afternoon signaled start of construction on a Riverside elderly housing complex valued at 240000. Laura Weimer of the Riverside Elderly Development Corp said 239700 in FHA funds were secured with local seed money and 25 memberships. The 15 unit one story brick and wood buildings on Railroad Street will open in about 200 days with Pat Moore Construction as contractor. The complex targets residents 62 and over and aims to be self-supporting with no rent subsidies. Mayor Ralph Schnoebelen noted this as a first milestone from a community needs survey, with more projects planned including downtown restoration.
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Highs near 80 this afternoon with lows in the 50s. Thursday highs in the mid to upper 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon and under 10 mph tonight.
Iowa farmers are asked to help locate outbreaks of oat cyst nematode an eelworm that targets oats wheat barley and rye. Oregon hosts the only known infestation but colonies may exist elsewhere as federal and state quarantines aim to limit spread.
Russia will allow U S ambassador Walter Stoessel to observe the July 15 Apollo launch from Cape Canaveral while the Baikonur Cosmodrome hosts the Soyuz liftoff. Dobrynin monitors Soyuz on TV before flying to the Cape for the Apollo mission.
Iowa Republicans wrestle with selecting a new state chairman as Governor Ray’s influence looms. John C. McDonald will step down September 15, with interviews set for July 21 to pick a successor from a list of applicants.
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