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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1971
Page
1
Officials of the Washington County Association for the Retarded Children urge residents to mail contributions promptly for the county program. Envelopes were mailed days ago and gifts support local services. Send donations to Mrs. Robert Lytle in Washington.
William Powell, 17, of Battle Creek died Thursday after his motorcycle was struck from behind by a car driven by Janice Dirksen, 22, of Danbury. Dirksen incurred only minor injuries and no charges were filed. Powell is Iowa's seventh traffic fatality during the Thanksgiving weekend beginning Wednesday at 6 p.m.
A masked gunman entered the Stop-N-Go in Des Moines Friday night, brandishing a sawed off .22 rifle loaded with blanks and taking about $350. Clerk Carl Winterhalter, 21, reports a facial blast but no bullet holes found. he feared he had been shot. Police note the weapon produced a blank discharge.
Chicago report: A 16 year old from Newton Iowa claimed the reserve champion angus award at the International Livestock Exposition. Gene Wasson won with a 1055 pound senior calf. Debbie Haws, 16, of Chrisman Illinois showed a 1200 pound Charolais Angus crossbred steer among 310 entrants. The steer advances to the open class grand champion next Monday.
FBI said the hijacker who parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 with $200,000 in ransom was likely an experienced skydiver or dangerously unstable. Agent Tom Manning noted all skydivers in southwest Washington were being checked to locate D. B. Cooper, who fled after demanding cash and a bomb, then vanished.
Centerville based Iowa Southern Utilities Co says a wholesale gas price rise requires an about eight percent rate hike across 17 southeastern Iowa towns starting December 3. Affected communities include Albia Burlington Centerville Cincinnati Corydon Danville Leon Mediapolis Middletown Moravia Mount Ayr Mount Pleasant New London Oakville Seymour Wapello and West Burlington.
West Berlin mayor Klaus Schuetz said he is confident West Berliners will be allowed to pass the border through the wall to East Berlin for Christmas family reunions. He told Hamburg Morgenpost that agreement is in sight as talks between West Berlin and East German officials aim to open the barrier.
Efforts to attract physicians fail as Washington County faces a looming rural medical crisis. From seven doctors in 1969 to five, and with three expected next year, the community struggles to retain and recruit general practitioners. Drs Vosika Montgomery McCreedy Ahart and Nemmers face growing patient load while outreach through the Iowa Medical Society and alma maters yields few takers. The piece notes reliance on specialists and rural exodus, urging policy changes and highlighting the town's hospital, finances, and proximity to Iowa City as potential aids in attracting new doctors.
In a second clash this week, Chiao Kuan-hua challenged Soviet Ambassador Malik to pledge not to be first to use nuclear weapons. Malik retorted that China seeks to cast doubt on the Soviet peace loving policy while denouncing Peking’s leadership aims.
In Lancaster California an 18 year old, Gary L. Logan, killed his former girlfriend Laurie 15 and four others including her parents Jack Welch 42 and Doris Welch 37, her sister Susan 14 and her boyfriend Rocco K Nolfo 15 before killing himself. A third sister Janet 15 escaped.
In Woodland Washington a 200000 dollar ransom from a Thanksgiving Eve hijacking drew a spontaneous hunt through Cascade foothills. Autos, pickups and motorcycles caravanned in hopes of finding the loot, with truckers and locals joining the chase amid speculation and admires of the hijacker’s nerve.
Three armed men suspected in the killing of a state trooper forced a Trans World Airliner at Albuquerque Sunport to fly toward Cuba. After takeoff the hijackers directed the pilot to Cuba, later changing plans to Tampa Florida. The suspects were identified as Ralph L. Goodwin 24 Berkeley California Michael Robert Finney 2 Oakland California and Charles Hill 21 Albuquerque.
Washington reports rising federal decisions are pushing near record increases in natural gas prices used to heat about half the nation. Paul Rodgers of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners says price hikes already granted or in the pipeline average 5 to 10 percent, far above Nixon era guidelines.
An inter storm watch spans the southwest tonight and a heavy snow watch covers the northwest and extreme southeast Sunday. Snow moves across the state tonight into Sunday morning with lows in the 20s and highs Sunday in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Heavy snow possible in the southwest late tonight with snow chances expanding from the southwest to the northeast Sunday.
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