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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1968
Page
1
The Washington County treasurer’s office will close at 4 p.m. on weekdays for two weeks to allow staff to complete cashing up after a busy period selling auto license plates. The office will also open Saturdays until noon.
In Rockaway Township New Jersey two seven and six year old girls Julie Rodriguez and Darleen Copensky were found beaten to death in a wooded gully behind their homes. Police and a large search party including volunteers and relatives found the bodies near the Rodriguez residence within sight of the local police station. Edward Copensky Darleen’s uncle located the victims at 6 45 p m after the girls failed to return home on a Friday.
Crews poured concrete steel and lumber over the five portals of Mannington No. 9 coal mine sealing the seven mile long complex. Officials announced no one could be alive in the fire and smoke filled chambers after the November 20 explosion trapped 78 men 700 feet underground.
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with a chance of rain or snow in the northwest tonight. Sunday brings a chance of rain southeast and rain or snow in the west and north. Warmer in the east and south tonight, colder in the west and north Sunday. Lows tonight expected 25 to 30.
The newspaper reports Czech workers refuse to pay full party dues, paying only a symbolic one crown to higher bodies until their views are heard. The Central Committee approved a bureau for the Czech provinces Bohemia and Moravia. Soviets blocked a Czechoslovak Communist party congress. Reporter magazine returns with more cartoons after a suspension.
Western diplomats fear South Vietnam will stall the expanded Vietnam War talks until a new U S delegation chief is installed in Paris. Saigon may refuse ground in procedural talks, awaiting Henry Cabot Lodge as head of the Saigon delegation. Washington awaits Pham Dang Lam’s return before confirming Hanoi talks.
Paul Coleman of West Palm Beach Florida enjoys a Thanksgiving turkey loaf before patrolling north of Hue. Negotiators in Paris move toward a peace table as thousands of GIs hope this will be the last turkey dinner in Vietnam.
The French government increased regular gasoline to 98 cents a gallon from 96, effective at midnight, part of ongoing measures to boost revenue after a prior hike in June following a national strike. Police kept tight control around the troubled Nanterre University campus perimeter.
President elect Richard Nixon concentrates on national security and foreign policy with inner circle aides at the Pierre hotel. Kissinger, Scranton and industry executives join high level discussions as Nixon screens cabinet posts and maps a Middle East tour.
Police and firemen in Newark return to work after a court injunction ended a day long sick strike that prompted a curfew and liquor sales ban. Mayor Addonizio said normal operations would resume as bars reopen once he begins business.
UPI report says U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with Viet Cong along the Cambodian border into a fourth day, tallying 184 more Communist deaths. Prisoners released in Saigon Pleiku and Da Nang total 140 as morale boosts. Seven U S soldiers killed and 16 wounded. Hanoi Radio accuses U S of bombing.
Muscatine Republican leader-elect David Stanley says annual General Assembly meetings will tighten control of state agency spending and allow review of emergency needs. He favors a compromise: keep two year appropriations while in off years audit selected departments for efficiency gains or necessary boosts. He notes many Republicans support this approach but no final decision yet.
Max Meyers of Keokuk Iowa was found dead in a Congo jungle plane wreck along with two nurses who traveled as passengers. Meyers had served as a missionary for the Christian Disciples of Christ Church since May, and was survived by his wife and three children.
An intercepted memo from New Jersey police appears to express sentiment about crime and a casual remark about health. The note is attributed to WEJ and uses terms like sick and sic in a cryptic tone.
The Hong Kong flu strain spreads beyond prior reach to Pennsylvania Arizona North Carolina and Washington with outbreaks in California Colorado New Jersey and Puerto Rico. Five elderly residents died in a Pennsylvania home during Oct 30 to Nov 22.
Amendment to articles of incorporation for West Chester Savings Bank. Appointment of administrator for the estate of Earl M. Linn. Probate of will and appointment of executor for the estate of John C. Little.
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