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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1973
Page
1
Applications for absentee ballots are available at the School Board Secretary Henry Soucek office. Ballots may be filled out the same visit and can be voted any time before the May 21 election.
The annual YMCA gathering in Washington will be held Tuesday May 15 at 6 30 p m in the Y Community Room Speaker will be Robert Engdale a building consultant with the National YMCA in Chicago Five new board members will be elected and reports on the past year will be presented Dinner reservations at 3 00 each must be made by Tuesday May 15 at 10 a m The event marks the annual business meeting
A predawn tornado ripped through Geraldine in northeast Alabama killing a 7 year-old boy Hoby B. Childress Jr. and his grandfather Gordon Childress. Six others were injured in the storm.
The Washington Iowa Public Library announces its annual Area Art Show for May 21 through 26 in the Helen Wilson Art Gallery. Open to junior high age artists or older from Washington and nearby counties, entries may be up to three works in any medium.
Crawfordsville town council schedules the Spring cleanup for Saturday May 12 starting at noon with a rain date of May 19. Residents should place loadable trash in curbside containers for collection and call Mayor Ray Schultz or councilmen for oversized items. Dogs must be confined to home premises until October 1.
The evacuation of Wounded Knee began peacefully in bright sun as federal officers oversee the scene. AIM leaders Banks Camp and Crow Dog left or surrendered. Camp and Crow Dog faced bond hearings in Rapid City. About 40 people left the encampment, with about 75 remain. a tepee chapel gathering was planned to coordinate the surrender of weapons and roadblock removal.
About 300 Iowa truck drivers and Teamsters officials gathered on the capitol steps vowing to stay until Gov. Robert D. Ray and lawmakers promise a 65-foot double bottom truck bill will be debated this session. Local 147 officials parked 50 semis blocking traffic as they warn fuel shortages will drive major firms to long trucks this year.
Patchy clouds thin this afternoon as the day warms to the lower to middle 60s with night lows around mid 40s. Tuesday brings mostly sunny skies and highs near 70 to 75 with light northwest winds. Rain chances drop to near zero tonight and about 10 percent on Wednesday.
Washington City Council approved the preliminary plat for phase I of the Washingtonia Park subdivision with 45 lots after Planning and Zoning recommended it. A remaining points of difference with Kynes and Howes Real Estate Inc must be settled before final plat approval, urging expedited resolution for early final plat filing. The meeting also authorized $142,000 in street and $87,000 in sewer construction bonds funded by taxes, plus $2,500 for the city baseball program whose reorganized volunteer-coach plan may reduce future annual appropriations. Other actions included bids for a new motor grader, a spring cleanup report, a liquor license for Bill Hodge, a beer permit for Captain’s Table, insecticide spraying concerns, and permits for a storage building near Leo Stone’s popcorn stand.
A subpoena was issued for White House counsel John W Dean to testify under oath before the Senate Watergate committee this week. Immunity from prosecution remains undecided as the panel seeks a U.S. judge to grant immunity in exchange for testimony while hearings plan to begin May 17.
Davenport, Iowa UPI report states Scott County Sheriff William Blackie Strout warned his political future is ruined after two felony counts of possession of stolen property were filed against him and his son Daniel, 19, in Mountain View Arkansas last week.
The Community Chest fund drive in Washington ended five months late and failed to reach its target. At the annual meeting it was reported that 32,723 in cash and pledges was raised, 87.5 percent of the 37,830 goal for 1972. Four new directors, plus one to be named later, were elected for three-year terms. Retiring directors were Lam Messer, Don Hanson, Percy Holder, Mrs. Bill Westphal and Mrs. Earl Rae. Plans began for a 1973 campaign to raise 1974 funds, and the treasurer’s 1972 report was approved. John Scheldrup remains president.
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