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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
1
One million workers walked out across Britain protesting the proposed industrial relations bill. Trains, newspapers, elevators, yards and plants halted as the BBC reported the widespread action.
Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa told the Chicago Brotherhood Conference that the time has come for controlled legalization of methadone or a similar synthetic drug to counter growing heroin addiction and related crime. He cited tests showing methadone reduces crime and helps addicts enter treatment and work.
A 2500 strong CIA trained force of hill tribesmen moved into Sepone Laos to block Ho Chi Minh Trail sectors and backstop a renewed South Vietnamese drive into Laos. With over 10,000 Vietnamese troops and hundreds of U.S. helicopters, Premier Souvanna Phouma appealed to U.N. Secretary General Thant for outside intervention as heavy Communist pressure increased. A 900 man South Vietnamese unit abandoned Hotel 2 Hong Ha 1 base six miles south of Route 9, the third base lost in weeks. The main aim remains Muong Phine near Sepone to sever the trail through North South Route 2 and Route 9. The drive began Feb 8 and has stalled inside Laos, while Communist supplies were seen flowing through Muong Phine after attacks on Highway 914. Spokesmen noted a prior operation killed a dozen supply trucks and damaged a bridge. UPS dispatches cite Thant appeal and Souvanna speech to Laotian students.
A anonymous call warned of a bomb that exploded at 1 32 a m in the Capitol’s Senate wing near the Great Rotunda. The blast caused extensive damage to a barber shop washroom and offices with no injuries reported. Bomb squad and FBI examined rubble. the building remained guarded and largely closed.
Three Iowa participants join 170 Americans from 41 states leaving New York for a week long conference with principals in the Paris Peace talks. The group seeks peace in Indochina and is sponsored by AFSC CALC and FOR.
United Press International reports four fatalities from separate weekend crashes in Iowa. A Tama County driver Lester Hala, 23, died when his car spun and overturned. Diane Godwin, 30, of Perry, was killed after being ejected from a car near Bagley, a Perry passenger John Hurst, 22, suffered lacerations. John Ennen, 28, of Wyoming, died in a U S 151 crash near Marion. Leo Porazil, 63, of Cedar Rapids, died in a two car crash at Town 149 and Edgewood Road, with passenger Lillian Porazil, 60, also involved.
Cloudy tonight with a chance of snow mainly south and west central. Lows near 5 to 10 northeast, about 20 southwest and extreme south. Tuesday remains cloudy with a chance of snow in the southeast. Highs reach the upper 20s to low 30s.
Des Moines reports show a 14 percent rise in arrests for operating under the influence and nighttime speeding in 1970. Public Safety Commissioner Jack M Fulton cites 1,910 DUI arrests, a 16.4 percent increase from 1969, plus 22,697 nighttime speed arrests, 78,000 hazardous violations summonses, and 67,000 memorandum tickets. The Highway Patrol operates with 410 officers over more than 15 million miles driven.
Sam the seeing-eye dog aids 20-year-old Central Michigan University junior Larry, a CMU campus disc jockey, as they help power a student radio show. The pair embody a budding broadcast career amid campus life at Mount Pleasant Michigan.
President Nixon, in Des Moines, proposed boosting his 1.0 to 1.1 billion rural development plan under special revenue sharing, aiming to win Midwest support amid protests by hard hats and farmers. He argued for direct rural benefits and broader sharing for manpower and education while defending revenue and reorganizing plans that would impact the Agriculture Department.
An intercepted memo references President Nixon in Des Moines. The document appears to pose a question about allocations or a fair share, signed by someone identifying as wes.
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