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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1976
Page
1
The Washington Community Theatre forms a committee to pick three plays for February June and October 1977. It invites local residents to suggest plays or musicals and requests they call or mail a postcard to Cathy Lloyd at 1 Orchard Circle, Washington.
A 1973 Buick stolen from the Wagon Wheel Tap area in Washington was recovered by Washington County Sheriff's deputies from a ditch on a Cedar Township gravel road about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Owner Ray Goodwin, rural Washington, found it missing after leaving the bar. a nearby resident reported the abandoned car to the Public Safety Center. The vehicle had a missing CB radio and minor entry damage.
Washington volunteer firemen were called to the Leonard Horak farm north of Washington around 3 30 p m Tuesday to extinguish a fire engulfing Alvin Horak s combine. Fire Chief Lew McFadden said a short in the wiring likely started the blaze, the machine may be a total loss. No injuries reported and on the return trip they also put out a grass fire north of the city that had escaped from a county watched burn.
Col. Boris Volynov and Lt. Col. Vitaly Zholobov carried out medical experiments on each other on their eighth day in orbit. They tested heart and circulatory function, collected blood samples, and measured breathing as part of weightlessness research aboard the Salyut 5 station.
Boyd Brody 12, son of Duane Brody, was trapped about 30 minutes in a grain bin at the family farm in rural Ames. An emergency team from Mary Greeley Hospital performed limb amputation to free him. He is listed in fair condition.
Des Moines radio station WHO broadcasts The Voice of Southeast Asia Sundays featuring music and news for Vietnamese and Tai Dam refugees resettled in Iowa after Indochina’s fall. The program was developed by WHO, DMACC, and the Governor's Task Force for Indochinese Resettlement, which notes about 2,000 Vietnamese and 800 Tai Dam refugees have resided in Iowa since last year.
Continued warm and humid conditions with a chance of thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Low tonight in the low to mid 70s. Highs Thursday in the upper 80s. Winds southwest 5 to 15 mph tonight. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 40 percent Thursday.
UPI reports the Democratic platform outlining aims to reduce unemployment to under 3 percent and provide jobs to all willing and able Americans. It calls for direct government wage and price controls as needed, stronger anti trust laws, a complete tax overhaul, rights to organize for public and agricultural workers, federal matching funds for campaigns, a national health insurance system, a welfare reform guaranteeing a minimum income, and job training requirements. It also addresses abortion, school aid for non public schools, busing as a last resort, and gun control including banning certain handguns and stricter manufacture and distribution oversight.
Iowa DOT Commission votes to spend 48 million of an 88 million windfall on immediate construction with the rest carried to 1978. One time money and higher revenue projections keep overall program needs ahead of funds. Backlog projects were insufficient to utilize full windfall.
At the 37th Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden, Carter is expected to clinch the nomination on the first ballot around 11:30 p.m. EDT and announce a running mate, with Muskie among top contenders. Humphrey energizes delegates as a contrast to Muskie and other nominees.
A Harvard Law School study on the Bartley-Fox Law shows it cut illegal gun carrying and improved licensing compliance but had little impact on overall violent crime. The one year mandatory sentence for gun carriers did not deter premeditated crimes, with no drop in total assaults and a shift in weapon use. The report notes reduced firearm use in assaults but not in major gun predation like armed robbery.
Wray Finney, president of the American National Cattlemen's Association, warns shoppers to enjoy the present favorable beef costs. A 19-city survey shows the national average for five cuts at 1.44 per pound, down three cents from last month and 34 cents from July 1975, as larger summer supplies push prices down. Finney says inflation may rise later as supplies contract, but for now consumers can still find bargains on steaks and roasts.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa a federal jury enters its second full day of deliberations in the murder trial of Darelle Butler and Robert Robideau two American Indians charged with killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation June 26 1975 The panel requested transcripts of FBI agents Gary Adams and Gerard Waring testimony but those transcripts were unavailable A bomb threat earlier forced a temporary courthouse move while Wilford Draper testified he saw the defendants with guns at the scene and heard a fellow Indian discuss the shootings
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America has won Federal Power Commission approval to expand four underground storage fields including two near Cairo and Columbus City Iowa. The $19 million plan adds wells piping and cushion gas to boost summer storage by 114 million cubic feet for winter use serving Midwest customers.
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