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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1977
Page
1
Washington County plans changes omit Des Moines on May 13 while keeping Cedar Rapids trip for May 6 to attend the Sweet Adelines competition. The bus remains available for a May 13 ride to Pella.
The Washington walk-a-thon titled Walk for the kids who can't will be held May 28. A street dance is planned at Sunset Park tennis courts. Sponsor sheets are available at Coast-to-Coast, Game Room, Joe Falk Co, Sport Shop, Hy-Vee, Hardee's, and the Evening Journal. Participants should solicit pledges from neighbors and friends for the walk.
Elementary bands from Washington will perform a spring concert at 7 30 p m on Tuesday May 10 in the Washington junior high gymnasium. Performances include fifth and sixth grade bands the elementary jazz band and a tuba solo by Joel Shields. The Lions Club will award the most improved band student from each elementary center. Public invited admission free.
Voters in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, approved a $2.5 million courthouse remodeling bonds at 58.9 percent while defeating an $880,000 jail bond with 51 percent in favor. A revenue sharing fund repair measure for the Lee County Care Facility passed 3,310 to 1,021.
A 3-year-old New Providence boy Chad Hamilton died Tuesday after slipping through a crack in the side of a hog shed and falling into an open manure pit on his grandfather Merlyn Brun farm near Latimer Franklin County. Sheriff's officers said the pit had a grate removed for cleaning. The child was son of Mr and Mrs Steve Hamilton.
Iowa Transportation Commission approved a 10.9 million contract for an interstate bridge in Cedar Rapids amid steel source uncertainty. Lunda Construction Co. of Wisconsin submitted the low bid among five bids. project cost estimated at 12.5 million with bids ranging to 11.3 million. The plan originally used bid letting to test foreign and North American steel costs. foreign steel disclosure was not required in this Cedar Rapids bid.
Weather outlook calls for showers and thunderstorms with possible severe storms tonight and again Thursday. Partly cloudy, high mid to upper 70s Thursday. Lows near 60 tonight, south winds 15 to 25 mph. Rain chances 60 percent tonight, 40 percent Thursday.
Washington Jaycees held a banquet at the County Farm Bureau building and installed new officers led by Russ Williams as president with Charlie Rockford, Dennis Day as vice presidents. Special awards were given to Jaycee of the Year Phil Dusek and other members for outstanding service.
In Paris talks United States lifts opposition to Vietnam UN membership and agrees to normalize ties soon. Washington will not pay reparations while Hanoi pledges to speed missing Americans’ search and seeks postwar aid. both sides anticipate another meeting in Paris in about two weeks.
Susan Swift of Crawfordsville is named one of eighteen Iowa Farm Bureau Women two year scholarship recipients. She plans pre med at the University of Iowa, ranks first in her 62 member class, and holds multiple leadership roles including NHS president and AFS co president. Susan is active in church, nursing home work, and sports.
The Iowa Senate voted 27 to 23 to send a $2.3 million pay raise bill to the House after reviving it following two defeats. The measure would raise top salaries including the governor from 40,000 to 55,000 and lawmakers from 8,000 to 12,000 a year in 1979, with higher per diem limits and a 120 day first half 100 day second half cap. The move followed tactics to bypass extensive debate and parallel the compensation commission recommendations, drawing sharp remarks from Sen. Gene Glenn and Sen. Warren Curtis about the value of legislative pay.
Washington Post allegedly used an uncorrected transcript to claim Nixon discussed hush money for Watergate burglars during a Jan 8 1973 meeting with Charles Colson. Colson denies hush money was discussed. the official transcript omits the term and centers on Birch Bayh with portions unintelligible.
President Carter said his energy proposal has near unanimous support in European countries in a White House meeting with a congressional committee. He declined to testify on Capitol Hill, inviting the panel to the White House and offering to share responsibility for the political backlash expected in the United States. He urged the committee to join him in changing American energy consumption patterns.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted to commit 557 541 in farm to market funds for resurfacing county highway W55 from Washington to Wayland using concrete instead of asphalt. The nine mile project awaits bids after Iowa DOT approval. Also raised county business license fees from 5 to 10 dollars effective July 1 for unincorporated areas.
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