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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
1
Wayland residents are invited to visit Parkview Retirement Home Sunday May 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. The open house will showcase a newly added wing with ten carpeted rooms and a whirlpool among its features.
Reid Busching, 49, of Clarksville died Tuesday after a truck driven by Arlie Paterson, 34, of Fort Dodge backed up and ran over him at a salvage lot where Paterson and crew were crashing cars. Authorities say cars shifted and fell as the truck pulled forward.
The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor Poppy Days in Washington on Thursday night and Friday May 24 25. The headquarters will be at Jarvis Appliance Store southeast corner of the square. The event honors war dead and disabled veterans and supports rehabilitation and child welfare programs.
State Auditor Lloyd R. Smith says counties collected 29 million dollars in interest on idle funds in 1971 and 12.6 million over 1966-71, with cities accounting for about 37 million and Keokuk, Washington and Louisa ranked low while Linn County led with 574,167. Nearly half of the total interest went to cities.
Thomas Lee Keeler, 18, of Columbus Junction was killed early today when struck by a Rock Island Motor Transit Co. truck on highway 92 near its junction with 218. The driver, Charles E. Kreml of New Lenox Illinois, reported seeing a figure on the road that rose as he approached and could not avoid. Keeler had been hitchhiking home after being seen at the junction cafe around 4 am and his car was found in Ainsworth. Funeral services are pending. investigation continues as the truck crew works to unload its load.
Iowa Supreme Court rules that the lowered age of majority allows release of youths held by juvenile court actions when they turn 19 or older. Anthony Flowers, now 20, was freed from the State Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa after the age drop. the ruling applies retroactively to similar cases and sets the stage for further releases as the age lowers to 18.
D Gale Johnson of the University of Chicago outlines a plan to eliminate income subsidies for major crops and replace them with transition payments, standby acreage retirements, and freer trade. The proposal calls for repealing import quotas and export subsidies while empowering the President to negotiate trade reductions, aiming to boost U.S. farm exports by up to six billion dollars.
President Nixon for the first time says he directed H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman to limit the Watergate investigation to protect national security operations. He admits some aides may have exceeded directives and hid illegal acts as part of his campaign, while denying personal wrongdoing.
Former White House staffer John J. Caulfield told the Senate Watergate committee he relayed promises of executive clemency to W. McCord Jr. at three January meetings while McCord faced trial. He said he lacked direct knowledge Nixon approved or knew of the offers but believed they came from the highest White House levels via John W. Dean III.
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high in the lower 70s. Tonight becomes mostly cloudy with a threat of showers late tonight and Thursday. Low tonight in the mid 50s. High Thursday in the mid 70s. Winds northwest 8 to 18 mph this afternoon and southwest 8 to 12 mph tonight. Measurable rain chances 10 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight, and 40 percent Thursday.
Twenty eight seniors receive a total of 7075 dollars in local scholarships at Tuesday night commencement in the school gym. Recipients include Jacque Mings John T Sampson Mike Gallagher Patty Sojka Debra Horn Mary Grove Debra Myers Jim Humston Mike Mitchell Patsy Porter Paulette Eagle Dennis McAllister Gary Met Barbara Siegle Elaine Martin Kevin Crawford and others with awards from Kiwanis Rotary Washington Education Association and various clubs.
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