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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1977

Page

3

Open house set at Ainsworth school October 11

Oct 11 open house announced for Ainsworth elementary, delayed from Sept 27 due to Farm Progress Show. Community updates include Campbell Soup labels drive requiring only front label portions, and local social notes from families visiting for or during events and travels related to the show and area schools.

Duane White Ainsworth Ainsworth Elementary Jim Kipping Redfield Elbert Goode Indianola Willard McCracken John P. Jones Glen Lord West Branch Order of Eastern Star Friendship Meeting

Call to Concern Urges Religious Leaders to Back Abortion Rights

About 200 Christian and Jewish ethicists issued Call to Concern urging religious leaders to publicly defend abortion rights and warning that Catholic Church efforts to restrict abortion threaten religious liberty. They supported the 1973 Supreme Court ruling and criticized absolutist antiabortion positions and diocesan mobilization.

Washington UPI Vietnam John C. Bennett Union Theological Seminary Eugene Borowitz Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion Supreme Court National Committee For A Human Life Amendment

Illinois residents guests at Wayland

Orie Miller and Theodore Miller led guests visiting in Leonore Miller's home and attending the Farm Progress Show near Washington. Additional Wayland visitors included Willis Troyer Paul Miller Raymond Schlatter Henry Leichty and many others. A Wayland Sunday School tour via Bentonsport Included stops at Lewelling House Salem Mt. Pleasant and Hotel Manning with guides and hosted coffees followed.

Waunita Wayland United Methodist Church Bentonsport W. E. Fort Eva Umphrey W. E. Schantz Minnie Wyse Barbara Glen R. McCoy Elmer Meyer Alma Michigan Marilyn Linn Gary Gene Meyer Orlin Leichty Phillip Joyce) Buffington Kauffman Ledra Kauffman Buffington Simon Leichty Lorene Walter Rugg Russell Davison Rhua Davison Wm. Edwards Edwin Wittetoe Billie D. Kindred

Milky Way May Be Cosmic River Moving Fast

Berkeley researchers led by Richard Muller George Smoot and Marc Gorenstein publish in Physical Review Letters claiming the Milky Way is part of a cosmic river flowing at about 1.3 million mph. Using NASA Ames data and black body radiation measurements, they find the galaxy moving faster than previously thought and toward Hydra, with implications for nearby galaxies' motions.

Berkeley, Calif Upi Berkeley Milky Way Lawrence Laboratory Richard Muller George Smoot Marc Gorenstein Journal “Physical Review Letters NASA Ames Research Center Mountain View Calif Muller Berkely Vera Rubin Carnegie Institute Washington Hydra

Sasseen reunion and community notes at Rubio

The annual Sasseen reunion met Sunday Sept. 25 at the Rubio Community Building with 49 attendees from Fairfield Keota Mt. Pleasant Richland Montrose Indianola Packwood Brighton Iowa City Richland and Jonesville Wis. Also announced are a wedding dress style show Oct. 17 and Richland Lions Club adds four new members H C Bud Fritchen Darrell Ward Jerry Adrian and Rev Kenneth Kinsey inducted by Deputy District Governor George Hendrickson. The Lions plan pancake and whole hog sausage supper on Nov. 17.

Richland Rubio Fairfield Keota Mt. Pleasant Montrose Indianola Packwood Brighton Iowa City Jonesville Wis Leo V. Foriash Mercy Hospital Harold Greeson Jay Kenneth Kinsey Ted Spray George Hendrickson

WRC Meeting at West Chester Church in September

The Women's Relief Corps met September 22 in the West Chester Methodist Church basement with 11 members and 2 guests, Margaret Smith and Marie Yoder of Keota. Florance Waterhouse presided. Margaret Smith was chaplain and Marie Yoder Jr. Vice President. Planned District Convention for October 14. Various relief expenditures listed. Next meeting October 14 at the church basement. refreshments provided by Mabel Gordon with helpers.

West Chester Women’s Relief Corps Methodist Margaret Smith Marie Yoder Keota Florance Waterhouse Marie Yoder Jr Campus Crusade American Bible Society Methodist Church Mabel Gordon Retha Hough Opal Bowen

Tax break plan would cut or raise homeowner bills

A House committee considers replacing mortgage interest and property tax deductions with a 20 percent tax credit aimed at boosting inner city home ownership. The plan would reduce taxes for some income levels while raising them for others, with estimated shifts of up to 324 dollars for those earning 30k to 40k.

Washington House Henry Reuss D-Wis Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee Treasury Richard Kelly R-Fla GOP

Wapello considers modernizing its ancient charter

In Wapello Iowa voters will decide November 8 whether to amend the 1856 municipal charter that currently requires white male citizens over 21 for city offices and voting. Residents fear the document is archaic but see it as a local artifact worth preserving.

Wapello Iowa UPI Dottie Hicklin 5Th General Assembly Hicklin William Weaver

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