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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
1
Federal agents probed the origin of a homemade mortar found near the White House at 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, exploded harmlessly in a trash can while believed to drop anti Communist leaflets. Washington.
Saigon reports 210 DMZ violations by the Com munists since the North Vietnamese bombing halt began. U.S. officials say 139 incidents occurred on the South Vietnam side along the Ben Hai River, 34 in the northern DMZ. American guns bombarded guerrilla antiaircraft gunners in the North Vietnam half as movements continue despite the pact.
Iowa weather features variable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with cooler air. Today’s highs range from near 50 in the northwest to the mid 60s in the southeast, and tonight’s lows span from the upper 20s northwest to about 40 southeast.
London amid a tax surge as Chancellor Roy Jenkins unveils a 10 percent across the board sales tax on most goods. A 5 cent per pack cigarette tax, 1 cent per pint beer, 48 cent per bottle whiskey, and 5 cent per gallon gasoline hike accompany stricter credit and importer deposits up to 50 percent. Exports of foodstuffs and fuel exempt. Britain aims to raise about 250 million dollars annually.
Le Duc Tho thrust the charge at Le Bourget Airport saying Washington backed away from four party negotiations including the NLF. He warned the United States to join expanded talks to avoid a Viet Cong victory and called Saigon’s boycott a barrier to Paris negotiations. Diplomatic sources expect Saigon to join soon with Ky potentially leading.
The bodies of Des Moines men pilot Joe Romero and passenger Edward Meyers were found on Elk Mountain on the Wyoming South Dakota line after their single engine Cessna 175 disappeared Tuesday en route from O’Neill Nebraska to Newcastle Wyoming. CAP groups from Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming aided the search after Civil Air Patrol sightings led to the wreckage. Romeo was bound to join his son for a hunting trip.
A Japan Air Lines DC8 with 107 aboard belly flopped into San Francisco Bay three miles south of the airport. Captain Kohhei Asah, 46, Yokohama, said the instrument approach began normally in 200-foot fog and 4,000-foot visibility. Passengers recalled screams, then calm as life rafts were deployed to shore.
President Charles de Gaulle summons his cabinet as reports indicate a 13th franc devaluation since 1928. Observers expect a small cut, possibly around 7 to 10 percent, to secure a $2 billion Bonn loan and restore confidence in the faltering franc.
Moscow rejects NATO warning on expansionism and vows to protect the Communist community, asserting its Black Sea and Mediterranean status grants a presence there. Tass distributed statement insists ships are there to promote stabilization and peace amid NATO tensions.
Everett C. Thomas, 47, who received his second transplanted heart Thursday, died today at 5 a.m. EST at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. His condition deteriorated with bleeding and kidney failure leading to irreversible cardiac arrest. Debord, another long-surviving transplant recipient, was also at St. Luke's.
Des Moines detectives launch a public appeal into the death of 17 year old Linda Boothe after a brutal beating at a Des Moines cleaning establishment. A patrol car with a sign asking What did you see November 20 was stationed near Wakonda shopping center to obtain information. Boothe, daughter of Iowa Highway Patrol Lt Arliss Boothe, died at a Des Moines hospital about two hours after the incident. investigators say no new clues have emerged and volunteers from the Iowa Highway Patrol assist the probe.
A concise intercepted memo advises taxpayers that shopping early pays off. The note is signed by WEJ and addresses timely actions for savings.
Public notice announces a tax sale in Washington County with details to be supplied in official publications. Includes notice of amendment to the articles of incorporation for West Chester Savings Bank. Probate proceedings for the will of John C. Little and appointment of the executor are also docketed in the same notices.
New York UPI reports president-elect Richard Nixon will announce the marriage of his daughter Julie to David Eisenhower on December 22 in New York City. A 10:30 a.m. EST briefing by press secretary Gerry Van Der Heuvel is planned.
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