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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1972
Page
1
Washington Community School District will accept bids and hold hearings June 26 on a proposal to install a two inch asphalt surface over specified areas of playgrounds at Lincoln Stewart and Brighton elementary schools.
Washington Iowa earned a safety citation from the Iowa division of the American Automobile Association for a five year record with no pedestrian deaths. Perry led a parade of smaller Iowa cities with 31 years without a pedestrian fatality.
The YMCA sponsors a grade school trip on Tuesday June 20 to Burlington and Keokuk. It includes tours of Northwestern Bell Telephone hydroelectric plant and George M. Verday river boat, with lunch and play at Crapo Park. Cost is 2.25 for members 2.75 for non members. Parents to drive. Contact YMCA 653-2141 for details.
Gordon Gillesby announces the Paramount Shoe Shine Parlor opening in the Krantz Barber Shop. Hours are daily 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3:45 to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays 9 to 11:30 a.m. The shop closes Wednesdays and aims to offer superior service.
Iowa City reports the State Board of Regents discussed linking tuition to higher education costs. No formal vote. The main thrust aimed to differentiate undergrad and grad charges with a proposal for lower rates for freshmen and sophomores and higher rates for juniors and seniors.
CAP in Washington, Henry, Lee and Des Moines Counties will end June 30 after the Department of Agriculture failed to renew a grant. EFMS outreach aide Louise Jarvis notes about 300 people in 50 Washington County families rely on food stamps and transportation to medical services. She will lose her job and seeks volunteers to continue delivering food stamps to elderly residents, though no refunding is anticipated.
Fairfield college student Ted Pillow, 20, plans a political path from Iowa delegate to a possible future as the United States first black president. He met Sen. George McGovern after a jailhouse encounter during a 1970 street fight and now supports McGovern’s nomination while studying pre law and working as a janitor in Chicago.
President Nixon pressed key lawmakers to approve the ABM and five year interim arms accords with the Soviet Union by September 1 to allow a October start for a second round of negotiations. He argued for cooperation rather than rubber stamping and stressed the global security stakes.
Tonight clear and cool with lows upper 40s to lower 50s across the northeast and 50s in the west and south. Friday brings mainly sunny skies with highs from the upper 70s to the low 80s across the state.
The Washington County Republican Party adopted a 1972 platform, embracing 18 planks. Highlights include open courthouse hours, improved law enforcement, consolidation of local agencies, welfare reform, court system improvements, and support for Nixon. Planks also press for citizen control of government and continued study of county offices.
The Washington district school board approved hiring of teachers and staff, accepted resignations, and set upcoming meetings. Appointments include Leonard Kull Jr and Kayla J. Gibson among others, with summer school music and art roles noted. Resignations were accepted for Suzanne Roe and James Carruthers. The board authorized a Red Cross swimming program bus run and approved two student trips to Muncie Indiana and the Chicago area.
Brighton residents face a shortened Whoopee Days as the Chamber drops bingo and ring toss. Port City Rides and Concessions cuts games of chance to comply with Iowa gambling law. Mayor Norbert L. Chuck says four carnival workers were laid off and open alcohol will be banned with marshal enforcement at the ball park and derby. Open beer cans can be carried but open drinking is illegal. The 7:30 p.m. kickoff features a firemen water fight and a street square dance.
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