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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1973
Page
1
Sheriff investigators report a break in at the Chicken House tavern in Kalona. Entry occurred after 3 am through a south side window, with $125 taken from a hidden cash box and $133.33 from the cash register, leaving only tracks outside the window as clues.
A minor earthquake of 4 to 5 magnitude rattled New England and upstate New York for up to 30 seconds just after 9 09 p m. The Weston Observatory said the epicenter lay 200 to 250 miles northwest of Boston likely along the St Lawrence River Valley Fault. In Red Oak Iowa a motor company building burned, one person hospitalized, as volunteers fought the blaze for about 90 minutes.
The Environmental Protection Agency orders air clean up measures in New York City detailing traffic restrictions and proposes transport control plans for 17 other urban areas. Plans include Los Angeles gas rationing and cover Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Springfield Indianapolis Newark Camden Trenton Cincinnati Dayton Toledo El Paso Austin Waco Corpus Christi Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth and Minneapolis St Paul.
Judge L R Carson ruled that last November's general election ballot did not violate Iowa code on multioffice ballots. Elmer Schneider, defeated candidate for the board of supervisors, challenged the ballot as confusing. Schneider is a Democrat. Patterson and Willis Richards are Republicans.
Maureen Carroll of Louisa County was named the 1973 District Pork Queen for district 9 of the Iowa Pork Producers Association during Pork Appreciation Days in Fairfield. The event began with a barbecue school for county representatives and featured talks from IPPA officials and ISU specialists on pork quality and swine stress.
President Nixon, in Pekin at Everett Dirksen Center ceremonies, defends the system amid Watergate criticism. He urges cooperation between White House and Congress and announces a 60 day price freeze as inflation grows.
Davenport reports competition continues after two groups held preliminaries. Group A swimsuit winner is Melody East 18 Miss Urbandale daughter of Don and Mrs East. Group B talent winner is Ann Francis 20 Miss Marshall County daughter of Richard and Mrs Francis of Marshalltown. Francis performed a classical modern piano piece.
Iowa Senate voted 35 12 to raise the State Board of Regents appropriation to 246 million for 1973 75. The move blocks a tuition increase proposed by the House and Ray, while allowing nonresident tuition rises. The measure aims to return to Ray's 235 million request, with 6 percent annual raises for 15 000 university employees. Lt Gov Neu said a conference committee is likely as House opposition looms.
Eight Washington youths and their advisor depart for the national FBLA convention in Washington DC. Delegates travel by chartered bus with Iowa participants. Riders include Melinda Reed Pat Lechner Sally Tanner Joan Vittetoe Penny Harvey Janette Dawson Mike Roe John Marek and advisor T J Berdo. Roe seeks Mr FBLA while Vittetoe serves as Iowa's state secretary and one of two voting delegates. The eight day trip features tours of the capital and New York City with about 6000 high school students attending.
Senate approves a 67 to 15 measure denying funds for US military actions in Southeast Asia. Republican leader Hugh Scott, a key Nixon ally, says he will back bombing Cambodia for only two more weeks if parties honor a cease-fire. The action follows Kissinger briefings and precedes House action with Brezhnev’s upcoming summit as a complicating factor.
The first of five immunization clinics for preschool children starts next Tuesday at Wesley House 206 W Second St. Diphtheria pertussis tetanus protection offered in one shot along with oral polio and Rubella measles. Cost 50 cents per dose, no one denied. Additional clinics set for July 17 August 21 September 18 and October 23. Parents urged to begin immunizations Tuesday as some vaccines require more than one dose.
Weather Zone 13 reports warm humid conditions with decreasing clouds this afternoon and highs in the mid 80s to 80s. Southeast to south winds 12 to 22 mph. Tonight lows around 70 with partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain toward morning. Saturday remains warm with scattered thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 80s. rain chances 20 percent tonight and 50 percent Saturday.
Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa Cattlemen's Association president Baxter Freese attack Nixon price freezes and export limits as harmful to farm prices and production. They warn curbs on retail food prices threaten incentives to boost output while stressing exports support long term U.S. agriculture. The group vows to press for reduced government spending to curb inflation.
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