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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
1
In Auburn Iowa four people were injured two seriously when an explosion ripped through a farm home near Auburn. The Linus Pudenz residence southeast of the town was destroyed. Fire officials reported the blast occurred in the basement of the two story frame house.
DES MOINES UPI two leading Iowa Democrats clash over whether the State Democratic Convention should endorse primary election candidates. Gov Harold E Hughes seeks a Senate run and says a compromise includes the endorsement system, while State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg favors allowing voters to choose without prior endorsements, seeking to withdraw endorsement from the party constitution.
Margaret Jean Greve representing Davenport won the preliminary talent with a drum solo. Susan Thompson of Des Moines won the preliminary swimsuit award. Thompson is a blue eyed Drake University student from Grove City Pennsylvania. More judging is set for tonight ahead of Saturday night Miss Iowa final.
Tompson says a computer check showed 1 in 2789 odds to win the service station game and 1 in 998 for illegal numbers. He says he learned last August how to pick winners, Humble officials settled to stop him, and he now reveals the method after testifying to Congress. The card used circles under a metallic cover. rubbing revealed winning marks for cash prizes.
Chief Justice Earl Warren, 77, has submitted his resignation to President Johnson after the 1967-68 term. Abe Fortas is cited as a likely successor, with speculation also tied to Arthur Goldberg and other factors shaping the liberal court’s future.
Dan Bertram, 22, UC graduate and ROTC member, paid 200 to prove he did not have diabetes after an induction center diagnosed him with the illness. He later tested at a local hospital, reversing the finding, and is in a six week ROTC program at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania before commissioning as a second lieutenant and heading to Fort Sill Oklahoma for artillery training.
The Hobart suffered a damaged smoke stack after arriving at the U S Navy base in Subic Bay Philippines. Two Australian crewmen were killed and seven injured in a June 17 strike thought to have come during a clash between American planes and Communist helicopters.
After 18 months of debate Congress agreed with President Johnson on a 10 percent surtax to be paired with deep federal spending cuts. The measure awaits Senate endorsement and Johnson’s signature with payroll changes to take effect about two weeks after signing. Retroactive to April 1, the tax will reduce 1968 after nine months and raise $15.5 billion, with expiration set for July 1, 1969. Corporate rates rise as well. spending cuts total $6 billion. Duncan Phyfe, cabinetmaker, dies in 1854.
Viet Cong guerrilla groups including a 60 woman unit attacked Saigon outlying villas and posts. A volley of 122mm and 107mm rockets killed six people including three refugee children and wounded 20. The assault also struck Tan Son Nhut Airbase while North of Saigon a VC battalion seized Bao Lue briefly.
Intercepted memo from Barry Tompson of Duquesne University discusses a taunting exchange. North Vietnamese forces threaten the capital with a third major attack in five months while big jet bombers strike near the North Vietnam border amid scattered ground fighting. U.S. jets conducted 129 missions over North Vietnam destroying five bridges, five antiaircraft sites, 35 trucks and 12 supply boats to disrupt southern panhandle supply lines.
An initial surge in support stalled as Congress slows gun control push. The House Judiciary Committee approved the measure 29 to 6 and sent it to Rules, but chairman Colmer doubts rushing amid emotion. The Senate Judiciary Committee, hampered by missing backers led by Edward Kennedy, postponed action for at least a week.
Chicago jail Supt Winston Moore told Senate investigators the violence among the South Side gangs rose after the Office of Economic Opportunity funded a $927 300 program to aid youths. He called the grant ridiculous and alleged it served the Black Mafia by placing gang leaders in salaried teaching roles while failing to curb crime. He urged rejection of the renewal, citing indictments of participants for murder rape and robbery and alleging the project enriched gang leaders.
Louis Cassels of UPI warns Congress inaction on nonviolent protests risks paving the way for violent leadership among black and poor Americans. He cites groups like SNCC Black Panther and SDS and urges cool, fair judgment and national unity. Also notes potential urban relief bills and a Panamanian Guardia Nacional force. Southeast forecast: partly cloudy cooler with possible evening storms, lows in the 60s, highs near the mid 80s.
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