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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1977

Page

10

Property tax bill delays adjournment plans in Iowa

DES MOINES UPI Legislative leaders defer final adjournment as delays on the property tax relief package push adjournment to May 20 then plan to reconvene June 13. Senate backs two key issues for a possible summer special session: state employee bargaining terms and corporate tax revision if unconstitutional.

Des Moines UPI Aders George Kinley House Senate Lower Imber Embry Inley Ate General Assembly Iowa Iowa Supreme Court

Area Lunch Menus Weekday Menu Variety Across Rooms

A long list of school lunch offerings across weekdays includes beef burgers ham and beans orange juice tacos wieners and many sides. Desserts fruit milk and bread or butter appear with frequent salads and vegetables.

WACO

Iowa trainer Hinshaw touts Jodevin as potential $2 million colt

Richland, Iowa, harness racing figure Kermit Hinshaw calls Jodevin the greatest horse to emerge from Iowa and eyes a possible $2 million payoff if the 3-year-old wins the purse. Jodevin, an eighth removed son of Axtell, faces an ankle issue delaying the season to mid June while Hinshaw, veteran trainer and Hawkeye Colt Assn. president, steers a growing stable of 50 horses and several standardbred sales annually. Denny Dayan, Jodevin’s full sister insured for $10,000, prepares for a Lexington debut as Hinshaw balances high hopes with the realities of the sport.

Hinshaw Jodevin Iowa Axtell Independence Hinshaws John Korwin Kermit Midwest Speed Sale Co Altamont Denny Dayan Lexington Richland Man Hawkeye Colt Assn Columbus Junction What Cheer Eldon Wapello West Liberty Keosauqua

Rev John M Hardy to Speak at Pleasant Hill Church

The Pleasant Hill Christian Church will host Rev John M Hardy associate minister of the Christian Church in the Upper Midwest as special speaker on Sunday May 22. His sermon titled Because will precede a 9 45 a m service with Sunday school to follow and a basket lunch at noon. The public is invited. The church sits five miles southeast of Washington. Hardy has served on the regional staff for three years after 11 years as minister at First Christian Church Cedar Rapids.

Pleasant Hill

Carter Criticizes Nixon Stand On War Dissent

President Carter labeled Nixon’s claim that a president may use any means short of murder to crush dissent as tragic and opposed the idea. Nixon argued wartime powers could justify unlawful acts, while Carter and White House aides stressed no president is above the law. The third Frost interview covered war dissent, paranoia, and political use of the IRS.

Washington UPI Richard Nixon Carter Nixon White House Internal Revenue Service Rex Granum Vietnam David Frost Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson Frost Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon IRS Kennedy Nixon-Frost Dean Rusk Walter Rostow Rusk Rostow Johnson

Rites Saturday for Mrs. Leland Sheetz

Funeral services for Mrs. Leland Sheetz will be held Saturday May 21 at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. A memorial has been established in her memory.

Leland Sheetz Jones Elm Grove Cemetery

Hershey Dies in Indiana Motel Death

Gen. Lewis B Hershey former U S Selective Service director died at 83 found dead in bed at a motel in Angola Indiana during a visit from the Washington area for a Tri State University Board of Trustees meeting. Innkeeper Edmund Gurzynski said Hershey checked in Thursday night and his valet discovered him about 7 30 a.m.

Angola Ind UPI Lewis B Hershey U.S. Selective Service Indiana Washington, D.C Tri-State University Board of Trustees Edmund Gurzynski Hershey Gurzynski

Foucault Pendulum Demonstrates Earth's Rotation

19th century physicist Leon Foucault suspended a swinging pendulum from a church dome. The pendulum twisted clockwise, providing evidence that the Earth rotates in the opposite direction.

Leon Foucault

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