Corn root failure reported by Washington County farmers
Washington County Extension Director reports widespread corn crop damage from failed nodule root development at the base of plants 8 to 15 inches tall. Aggressive winds and hot dry soil hindered root growth with some plants only anchored by the mesocotyl. Similar issues seen in Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Rain desired to restore root growth. cultivation around bases may hasten recovery though risk of extra stand loss. Less than 20 percent stand loss in most fields. Earliest planted corn less affected.
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Iowa
Vivan Jennings
Garren Benson
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Boy Scouts Plan Paper Drive in Washington
The Boy Scouts will run a paper collection in Washington on Saturday June 18 from 8 a.m. to noon. Newspapers only will be gathered, boxed or tied, and placed on curbsides or porches. Residents may arrange advance pickups by calling 3-5217 or 3-3076.
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Boy Scouts
Washington
Suspect Arrested in Washington Ainsworth Break-ins
Velmar tari Earll, a Washington man, was arrested on a breaking and entering charge tied to recent thefts in Washington and Ainsworth. Held on 1000 dollar bond, Earll was detained after a warrant from the county attorney. Police gave few details on specific burglaries. Over the past three days cash was stolen from Jim's Standard Service Messer Shell Service Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream in Washington and from the Ainsworth Cafe Farmers Co-Op and Shamrock Inn in Ainsworth.
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Washington
Velmar Tari
Ainsworth
Washington County
Earll
Jim
Standard Service
Messer Shell Service
Baskin-Robbins
Ainsworth Cafe
Farmers Co-Op
Shamrock Inn
Break-in Under Investigation at Rubio Motor Co
Washington County Sheriff's Department probes a Rubio Motor Co burglary in Rubio. Entry found around 5:30 am. Thieves wrecked a large safe, opened a smaller safe with papers, then took a small amount of cash from the drawer.
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Washington County Sheriff's Department
Rubio Motor Co
Rubio
Washington man charged after desk damage at center
Kenneth Barnes, 19, rural Washington, was being picked up on parole violation when he kicked a desk at the Washington Public Safety Center. He was charged with malicious injury to a building and its fixtures and jailed on $1000 bond. Leroy Whitley of Harlan, a local businessman, was indicted by a Shelby County grand jury on arson in a restaurant fire he owned.
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Washington
Kenneth Barnes
Washington County
Clayton County
Washington Public Safety Center
Barnes
Harlan, Iowa
UPI
Leroy Whitley
Harlan
Shelby County
Tickets Remaining for South Pacific at Washington Center
There are still 642 tickets available for the production of South Pacific opening Monday at the Washington Community Center. Tickets cost 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for children 12 and under. Showtimes are 8 p.m. nightly through Saturday with remaining seats listed per night.
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Washington Square
The
Evening Journal
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Fire destroys Richland barn and pig nursery
A large barn and an 800 head pig nursery on the Howard Adrian farm near Richland were destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. Loss is estimated around 50000 dollars with 3500 bales of hay burned. A nearby farrowing house, 20 young pigs, and a lean-to shed also burned. Firefighters from Richland and neighboring towns fought the blaze for over six hours amid strong winds. Cause is undetermined, with possible electric malfunction or wind factors. John Adrian discovered the fire while his brother Jerry worked nearby.
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Howard Adrian
Jerry Adrian
Adrian Home Farm
Ollie
Packwood
Brighton
Fairfield
Mike Hadley
John Adrian
Jerry
Sirhan Sirhan opens door to memory of Kennedy slaying
Sirhan Sirhan says he recalls nothing of the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He met with Los Angeles officials at a California prison to discuss hypnosis and revisiting the Ambassador Hotel pantry to visualize the crime.
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Calif
UPI
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
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Sirhan
Los Angeles
California
Godfrey Isaac
Bobby Kennedy
Kennedy
California Department of Corrections
Sacramento
Iowa energy chief criticizes Congress over oil prices
Iowa Commerce Commission Chairman Maurice Van Nostrand told a Des Moines public hearing that Middle East oil ministers control U S gasoline supply more than Congress or U S oil firms. He cited crude costs and pump prices, urging action on energy policy and transparency as Carter administration plans move through Congress. He warned Americans will feel the petroleum pinch only when gasoline becomes unavailable.
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UPI
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Iowa Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
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United States
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U.S
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D Lowa
David Freeman
White House
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Sioux City
Iowa
Saudi Arabia
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with storms tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Lows near 60, highs around the upper 80s. Winds south to southeast about 10 mph. Rain chances 20 percent tonight, 30 percent Saturday.
Gotcha signs target Oklahoma Health Center parking thefts
Campus security at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center posts bold Gotcha notices on unlocked cars amid rising auto burglaries. Officers say summer carelessness with windows down and doors unlocked fuels thefts of CB radios in nine parking lots serving about 21,000 visitors daily and 15,000 cars.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Charles Blendermann
Medical Center
Two Injured In North Brighton Car Collision
A two car crash north of Brighton sent two people to hospital and caused about 1800 in damage. Clarence L Cundiff 56 of Lancaster Missouri and Noah Lacy 53 of Flint Michigan were injured with Cundiff treated at Washington County Hospital and Lacy at University Hospitals Iowa City. The other driver Lee M Farrier 16 from a rural Brighton area was charged with failure to yield.
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Evening Journal
Brighton
Clarence L. Cundiff
Lancaster
Lee M. Farrier
Cundiff
Washington County Hospital
Noah Lacy
Flint
Mich
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Farrier
Probe into dead Nazi linked plot and child slayings in Detroit
Chicago police order a probe to see if Raymond Schultz a Nazi and KKK sympathizer who died from cyanide fumes after poisoning Cohen was part of a Jewish murder conspiracy. Investigators review notes and a hidden basement room found at Schultz’s Calumet City home along with Nazi and KKK literature and a scrapbook on Detroit area child slayings.
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Chicago
UPI
Raymond Leo Schultz
Schultz
Detroit
Calumet City
Cohen
Shhultz
God
A.H
Adolf Hitler
Richard Quagliano
Cook County Sheriff’s Police
Michigan
Flossmoor
Atlantic City Gets Casino Bill Amid Mob Warnings
Gov Brendan Byrne signs New Jersey casino gambling into law promising to keep organized crime out. Law limits hours, allows liquor at tables and Las Vegas style revues as Atlantic City lays groundwork for economic revival despite mob market rumors.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Brendan T. Byrne
Byrne
Las Vegas
London
Nevada
Carlo Gambino
New York
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
Lung cancer epidemic warned by Yale expert
Yale physician Dr J Wister Meigs says lung cancer among US women is in the epidemic phase as the American Cancer Society and state officials address smoking risks. Massachusetts Health Commissioner Jonathan Fielding cites 9000 deaths this year from smoking related causes and pushes for policy changes including tobacco subsidies cutbacks and nonsmoker premium benefits. The Tobacco Institute counters, insisting national figures overstate risk and noting many smokers do not develop lung cancer.
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UPI
United States
Yale University
J. Wister Meigs
American Cancer Society
National Commission On Smoking and Public Policy
Meigs
Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Yale
School of Medicine
Massachusetts
Jonathan Fielding
Cron
Tobacco Institute
The
Cancer Society
Anne Browder
Institute
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