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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
1
Washington High School will honor its Southeast Six Conference football champions at a 2 p.m. Monday victory assembly in the gym. The program will feature the championship trophy presentation and is open to De-Men parents and fans.
Earth tremors rattled Washington and the St Louis metropolitan region around 11 a.m. with reports of shaking across Illinois and Indiana. No damage confirmed locally though callers described moving pictures and swaying coat hangers while Weather Bureau centers in Chicago and Cairo logged many inquiries.
Hayward California based Daily Review plans a six mile long roll of newsprint packed with greetings for American servicemen in Vietnam. The plan includes air shipment of the card next month and invitations to President Johnson governors and Congress members to contribute messages.
Washington High School’s 1968 football team completed an undefeated season by defeating Pleasant Valley 47 to 13 at Case Field. The victory matched a rare feat achieved only by the 1922 team, followed by a celebratory downtown rally led by coach Roger Harrington and city officials.
Surgeons at the Texas Heart Institute transplanted a heart a left lung and two kidneys from a 27 year old New Jersey woman who died after a brain hemorrhage. The heart went to Andrew S Perhaes 55 of Hempstead New York the lung to Walter Carey 43 of Carmel New York and the kidneys to Edmond Johnson 44 of Crockett Texas and Harry Caserta 40 of Tyler Texas. All four recipients were reported in satisfactory condition early today.
UPI reports NASA will review plans for a Christmas Apollo 8 flight with three astronauts circling the moon ten times using a dummy lander. Final approval is expected Tuesday after a two day top level briefing at NASA centers.
Paris reports Saigon envoy Pham Dang Lam has finished urgent consultations and will fly back to France Sunday. Diplomats see this as a possible softening of Saigon’s stance on expanded talks including the Viet Cong. U.S. and North Vietnam still dispute Viet Cong status and delegation composition as talks stall over table shape and full partner status.
President elect Richard Nixon held high level talks in Key Biscayne with Spiro Agnew and reviewed European affairs with Henry Cabot Lodge. He planned bipartisan Capitol Hill leadership talks for December while arranging meetings with Dirksen and Ford. Humphrey urged unity after meeting Nixon. Agnew arrived in Key Biscayne to join the trip as Nixon prepared to depart for New York.
An intercepted memo warned area residents about dizziness and urged caution. The note, signed WEJ, urged vigilance and advised avoiding certain activities amid unclear local effects. Officials have not confirmed broader implications or origins of the warning.
Gen Creighton W Abrams orders the U S 1st Air Cavalry to move from the northern front to a zone northwest of Saigon to speed the elimination of a substantial Communist threat along the Cambodian border. The unit joins the 1st and 25th divisions plus South Vietnamese forces to guard Saigon’s northern approaches.
Public notice announces the appointment of an administrator for the Kenneth L estate and related probate steps. The filing clarifies estate handling and jurisdiction, with standard notices to interested parties and a formal court process timeline.
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