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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1973
Page
1
MOLINE Illinois United Auto Workers vote to approve a new three year contract with Deere and Co ending a midnight walkout deadline. The pact was presented in hurried meetings and accepted with no vote totals released by the company.
Cloudy conditions with a slight chance of showers or thundershowers this afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. Tonight, cloud cover remains with lows in the low to mid 50s. Slowly clearing by Tuesday afternoon with highs 70 to 75. Winds east to southeast 6 to 12 mph. Rain probability 20 percent this afternoon.
MENA Ark UPI A military spokesman said all 11 bodies were recovered from the Texas International airliner wreck on Rich Mountain. The site remains remote and officials denied sealing it off for a colonel's briefcase rumor.
The Planned Parenthood board discussed a book sale at Wesley House in Washington from October 15 to 20. Co chairwomen Judy Ridley and Mildred Lee will lead the sale of used books records and puzzles with donations accepted at Mangolds or on opening day.
Reporters say Governor Ray is about 99 percent likely to refuse a Senate challenge as Harold Hughes retires. Advisors note Ray may still decide whether to run again for governor or retire, with observers highlighting pressure from GOP leaders and Nixon officials to seek the Senate seat in 1974.
The federal government launched a campaign to immunize millions of preschool children against polio measles and other diseases amid an alarming decline in immunizations. CDC reports higher risk among black children aged 1 through 4 in city slums and warns suburban indifference End of sentence.
Judge John J. Sirica said he would reduce the provisional maximums of up to 40 years given to E. Howard Hunt Bernard L. Barker Frank A. Sturgis Virgilio R Gonzalez and Eugenio R. Martinez for the Watergate burglary. He stressed the final sentences must reflect fairness and cooperation with investigators. The five, from the Miami area, appeared in Washington court in good spirits amid ongoing Watergate hearings as Segretti prepares to enter a guilty plea for dirty tricks against 1972 Democratic candidates.
Gov. Robert D. Ray commissioned the Vietnam Service Compensation Board as Iowa troopers distributed bonus applications across 8 patrol cruisers. About 150,000 forms were issued for up to 500 dollars per veteran, with an estimated 78,000 eligible. Distribution aimed to expedite processing and honor veterans despite earlier legislative debate.
Washington County Pork Producers and wives sold 1200 porkburgers during Kalona Harvest Festival over Friday and Saturday. They plan free pork burgers Thursday evening in Central Park as part of the Pork is Wild sales event hosted by the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Joint efforts with the Chamber also sponsor two dances Saturday night with music by Lee Morrison and the Blue Sides and modern square dancing near Schoonover Drug Store.
The Iowa Women’s Political Caucus adopted an aggressive program to reform rape laws, secure state funded 24 hour child care, and combat sex discrimination. Delegates backed revising the rape statute requiring corroboration and victim past conduct inquiry, and urged laws for equality in employment housing education benefits and credit. They noted women hold 6.7 percent of elected offices despite 53 percent of the population and pledged to place more women in government roles.
United Press International reports a tornado near Poseyville Georgia injuring five in a trailer, 30000 dollars damage at a Winder shopping center, and 1 to 2 inch rains in Montgomery Athens and Greenville. Peoria totals exceed one inch, a Texas ranch records 100 mph gusts with hail up to three inches. Cold fronts bring showers to Idaho and Montana while California fog forms. Temperatures range 31 to 85 across the nation with frost in northern New England and heat in the Southwest.
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