20 May 1971
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1971
Page
1
City workers start the annual spraying with Malathia this Friday afternoon and will continue weekly through the summer weather permitting. The pesticide is government approved and non harming to vegetation.
UPI reports heavy fighting as South Vietnamese troops clash with dug-in North Vietnamese at both ends of the A Shau Valley aided by U.S. helicopters. B52s bomb Laos and Cambodia as Hanoi’s forces push on the Bolovens Plateau and expand the Ho Chi Minh Trail link to Cambodia and southern Vietnam. Weather outlook calls for fair conditions with mid 70s highs Friday.
In Leningrad a three man collegium found nine Jews guilty of illegal Zionist activities including conspiring to hijack a plane. They received prison terms from one to 10 years with additional sentences for others linked to the same plot.
President Nixon says the United States and the Soviet Union will negotiate offensive and defensive weapons limits simultaneously in SALT. The move aims to break the stalemate and may lead to ABM curb and limits on offensive systems this year. Officials express cautious optimism while noting extensive talks remain.
Public notices list bids for converting school heating plants in Waco along with notices of incorporation for Seifert in Eau Claire and details on a school election and a 6 inch notice in Oshkosh.
The Iowa House approved a bill 57 to 34 to raise hunting and fishing license fees and a combined license to boost wildlife operations. If Senate approval follows, increases take effect in January and are expected to generate about 1 million dollars for the Conservation Commission.
The Chicagua Chapter of the Izaak Walton League held its annual Fish Day on a windy morning at Lake Darling. Over 3,000 fish from Spirit Lake Hatchery and Lake Wapello were stocked for 32 children with chaperones, prizes awarded at noon, and top anglers named including Matt Malek for first fish and Scott Weisner for most fish.
The Washington Evening Journal announces a full shift from letterpress to offset printing in its plant in the coming weeks. Equipment purchases are complete, with a mid summer to early August target for the change over. The Duplex press will be replaced by offset machinery, linotypes by computers, and a darkroom added to support photography for page preparation.
Iowa City district judge William Eads dismissed a suit by about 90 state parents who claimed their constitutional rights were violated by the sex education program taught by Michael Roe. The parents objected to a sex questionnaire in Roe’s classes and potential obscenity allegations were noted as a felony if proven. Roe was reinstated by the school board as social sciences instructor after being fired.
Molten lava from Mount Etna destroys a farmhouse and sweeps a vineyard as black gases rise from a fissure near the crater. Five villages face lava flow risk while residents prepare to evacuate. The eruption has damaged more than 20 cottages and two villas with no deaths reported. Alfie Coro laments losing his orchard home. Etna stands nearly 10 000 feet high, among the most destructive since 1928.
A brief intercepted memo from Wid encourages the recipient to pursue their fish stories becoming true. The note carries a casual, friendly tone.
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