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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1968
Page
1
The Dickerson family of Clarinda Iowa was informed their son Marine Corporal Bernard Dickerson Jr age 23 was killed in Vietnam near his base at Con Thien in a mine explosion. He had served nearly two years and was a 1964 Clarinda High School graduate.
The symbolic poor people's mule train wheels into Atlanta after a dispute with Gov. Lester Maddox over travel restrictions. Escort by highway patrol followed a 30 mile journey from Douglasville on I-20, with 130 occupants, entering the city around 6:45 a.m. EDT.
The U S Civil Rights Commission released a sharp report on a 16 county study in southern Alabama. It criticizes state and local agencies landowners and big firms with contracts for maintaining economic dependence of Black residents.
Six mile backlog of cars snarled traffic into Berlin amid a holiday crash tied to new Communist East German visa limits for West Berlin. A government spokesman said Chancellor Kiesinger might fly to Washington to discuss the "Communist squeeze" with President Johnson, though no concrete plan exists.
UPI reports a frumpy, well built mystery girl seen with Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel the night RFK was killed. An all points bulletin remained in effect, with three witnesses naming the woman. Sirhan’s Rosicrucian Order membership comes to light as the FBI says no composite portrait exists.
U S B 52s dropped two to eight million pounds of explosives on Communist positions near Saigon, the largest bombardment of the war reported. Near the DMZ U S Marines repelled a North Vietnamese attempt to overrun a hill fortress, with at least 54 enemy bodies found and seven prisoners taken. Casualties were light for the Marines, as the Viet Cong allegedly massed forces around Saigon for a possible new offensive, while Radio Hanoi warned of an all out attack and urged civilian evacuations.
Hardin County attorney Carl Letz said a five member Iowa County Attorneys Association committee will study programs and problems at Eldora State Training School for Boys. Superintendent Travisono cited high weekly admissions averaging one boy daily and proposed local level alternatives to slow influx and extend rehabilitation.
United Press International reports Iowa will see variable cloudiness with possible showers and thunderstorms mainly in the south tonight and Sunday. Cooler southeast tonight with lows ranging from 50 in the north to 55 in the south. Monday outlook shows continued cloudiness with little temperature change and additional showers and thunderstorms likely in the south.
Dr Benjamin Spock and four others were found guilty in U S District Court of conspiring to counsel young men to evade the draft. A fifth defendant was acquitted. Sentencing set for July 10 before Judge Francis J W Ford Jr. Maximum penalties include five years in prison and a 10 000-dollar fine. Spock defended that a citizen must oppose a war he calls contrary to international law.
UPI reports the United States and North Vietnam near a deadlock at the Paris talks as Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks on Saigon escalate. Harriman warned that ongoing terrorism could derail the negotiations, with Hanoi refusing to de escalate propaganda despite calls to do so. The next session is set for Wednesday.
Youngsters in kindergarten through fifth grade attend the Washington Public Library summer reading program daily from 9 to 11 am through July 5, with about 150 in attendance. The first week saw 1,360 books checked out under librarian Mrs. Tom Brown assisted by Janet Rae, with story hour led by Mrs. Billy Bird.
Three state universities in Iowa asked the Board of Regents for 234 million dollars for the 1969 71 biennium, up from 159 million. UI sought 36 million more, ISU 29 million, and UNI 9 million more, with regents to discuss in July. Regents studied UNI expansion but rejected widening the western Iowa university site.
An intercepted memo from the Board of Regents in Iowa City quotes a maxim on learning: The cost of learning is high, but it is cheaper than ignorance. The document hints at ongoing discussions on education and information access within the state’s higher education oversight body.
The IRS says the National Rifle Association is exempt from federal income tax as a nonprofit social welfare organization in good standing. It may lobby, but may not devote a substantial part of its activities to influencing legislation. NRA President Glassen and Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark debated gun control on TV.
Special meetings of the city council and proceedings of the county board of supervisors are listed for June 4. The notices indicate public sessions and access details for interested residents.
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