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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1973
Page
1
Washington recorded 1.14 inches of rain over the gloomy weekend as of today. The breakdown shows .59 inches by 7 a.m. Sunday and .55 inches by 7 a.m. Saturday, with another .23 inches by 7 a.m. Friday. conditions remained overcast this morning with potential precipitation for a fourth straight day.
The youngest Conger descendant, six month old Aaron Lytle, joined sixty visitors at Washington's Conger House Sunday afternoon. The open house, featuring period furnishings and museum pieces, set a new Sunday turnout record with visitors from several states. Conger House offers tours Sundays 2 to 5 p.m. through Labor Day.
County 4-H members will present at the Washington YMCA Community Room with junior girls at 9 a.m. senior girls at 2 p.m. and intermediate girls and all age division boys in the evening. Kathy Marek reports the event emphasizes project work and evaluation covers subject matter delivery and audience interest. Public invited.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker aviation pioneer and World War I ace died at Neumünster Hospital Zurich at age 82. A hospital spokesman confirmed death with no official cause yet. hospital sources cited a heart attack as the likely cause.
Mahaska County authorities asked the FBI to assist after a large theft at the Gibson Discount Center on the west edge of town. Deputy Sheriff Mike Mcfadden would not disclose a dollar value or the number of guns and ammunition taken.
Two traffic crashes occur on rural roads near Kalona and Washington. Vernon Kinsinger and John Stumpf avoid injuries in an east of Richmond collision totaling about 1000 dollars. A separate Friday night crash on Highway 92 kills a steer valued at 700 dollars after a Duncan tractor trailer loses a tailgate and two steers.
Mr and Mrs Gary McCurdy of Washington will appear on the television program Tell It to the Judge on WMT TV. The taped segment features the couple suing a drive in theater owner. Telecast is set for September 1 at 6 30 p.m. on channel 2.
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission ordered the Des Moines Police Department to remove its 5 ft 9 in and 149 pound minimums for patrol officers and retest Nancy L. Moore who was denied a patrolman job. The panel urged a new test, back pay if she qualifies, and a targeted recruitment drive for women. The decision noted no evidence the height weight rule relates to patrol duties and suggested women could perform as well as men in many scenarios.
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 79 aboard plummeted into the sea near Papeete after reporting a slammed windshield. Ten bodies recovered, one rescued alive but later died in hospital. a Canadian survivor seriously injured, and a missing American tourist connected to a rescued wife.
Variable cloudiness with periods of showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Occasional heavy rain possible tonight. Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon and tonight.
In Des Moines Republicans abandoned the 1.8 million name drivers license list as unwieldy in 1972 and shifted to a volunteer door to door canvass. They paid about $884 for the list and disputed claims of secrecy while noting parallel voter list purchases. The GOP tied into a National Committee program to recruit 10 000 volunteers who visited 235 000 Iowa homes in metropolitan areas in a $36 000 effort called Target 72.
Strachan testified under immunity that he shredded a memo noting a CRP plan for sophisticated political intelligence gathering against the Democrats. He said Haldeman discussed the plan with Mitchell after meetings at Key Biscayne and in the White House, with Liddy involved.
Randy Paul Dickerson, 19, of Washington, suffered bruises and a foot injury when his motorcycle flipped over in a lawn along South Ninth Avenue Sunday at 4 10 p m. Police report he lost control, the cycle traveled 70 feet and overturned about three times. Vehicle damage was $300 and Dickerson was charged with failure to have control. He was treated at Washington County Hospital.
The Washington Community School District board meets at 7:30 p.m. in the senior high library to open bids for general plumbing heating and electrical work on a new administration storage building and to hear a budget review. The agenda also includes the Richard Roepke case with an ISEA representative and bids for bus drivers plus a proposed activity ticket price increase from 3 to 4 dollars.
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