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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
1
The Washington Community Chest reports 80 percent of the $37,730 goal raised with $30,245 donated or pledged by school, business and residential divisions. Officials urge uncontacted residents and rural families to mail donations to Box 86, Washington, as the campaign winds down in December.
Wallace L. Fagen, Washington County treasurer, says 1974 motor vehicle, mobile home and trailer licenses go on sale next Monday December 3. Buyers should bring their 1973 license number to the courthouse and include the 25 cent per pair plate fee or mail orders must carry the 1973 license number with the payment.
Iowa Southern Utilities Co announces the retirement Friday of Edward W. Garrett and Donald Birlingmair. Garrett began in 1947 as a laborer, later joined a natural gas crew, and most recently served as janitor in Washington. Birlingmair started in 1935 as a meter reader in Humeston, later managed the Humeston office, and since 1957 has been district technician in Washington. Garrett plans indefinite retirement in Washington with his wife Genevieve, a son and daughter and two grandchildren. Birlingmair plans travel and indefinite retirement, lives at 320 West Jefferson, Washington, with his wife.
University of Iowa plans a dormitory rate hike for new year seeking state board approval. The increase ranges from 65 to 185 dollars to cover higher utilities food labor and wages. Iowa dorms average 114 dollars monthly, the highest among state universities, after similar increases at Iowa State and Northern Iowa.
Des Moines elementary teacher with 22 years in the classroom received the Iowa Teacher of the Year award for 1974. Mrs. Genevieve Treichler Wallace, a first grade teacher at Woodlawn Elementary School, was honored.
Des Moines police investigate claims by Rosa W. Hendrickson that his wife Carolyn Ann extorted 13700 in three installments.
A statewide report by the Iowa Natural Resources Council urges immediate development of a comprehensive water plan to ensure future high quality supplies. It calls for assessing shortages, improving policies, funding, flood forecasting, public access, and anti pollution measures to protect water resources and support economic growth.
Arab leaders announced exemptions for Japan and the Philippines from oil cutbacks until 1974 citing support for Arab rights. The exemptions apply for a month. the United States and the Netherlands remain under a total embargo. Other nations adjust fuel use as winter nears amid shortages.
Professor James Van Allen warns that very high energy levels near Jupiter could damage the Pioneer 10 probe. He notes instruments function but damage may occur as the craft nears the planet during its Venus to Jupiter encounter after a 22 month, 620 million mile voyage from Cape Canaveral.
A twin engine Beechcraft cargo plane crashed and exploded near Muscatine killing pilot Allen F. Harmon, 47, of Tulsa. The Des Moines to Chicago flight reported engine trouble and requested an emergency landing before pilots disappeared in rain and fog about 9:30 p.m. The SMB Stage Lines of Des Moines owned the plane in a fatal accident near the local airport.
Mostly fair this afternoon with highs in the low to mid 40s and tonight's lows in the mid to upper 20s. Thursday looks warmer with highs around the low 50s as winds shift from northwest to lighter southwest.
Interior Secretary Morton orders prototype oil shale leasing in Colorado Wyoming Utah with six tracts to begin, aiming at 250000 barrels per day by 1980. full energy impact seen in 1990s or later while heating oil supplies shrink this winter and next.
Severe thunderstorms battered the South early today. At least 22 tornadoes and floodwaters left three dead and 128 injured, centering on Tennessee where flash floods driven by rising waters spread into eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. A tornado hit Chattanooga injuring 15 and damaging seven mobile homes.
Pioneer 10 speeds between Jupiter's inner and outer moon orbits en route to a rendezvous next Monday. Scientists debate whether the outer moons are real moons or captured asteroids as the craft studies Galilean moons Amalthea and others and nears a periapsis about 81 000 miles above cloud tops.
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