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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1968
Page
1
A purse found on North Second Avenue was turned in at the city police station. It contained an identification plate for Mrs. H. B. Willard of Davenport and police asked anyone knowing her to contact them.
Ferdinand Stewart told a divorce judge in Poplar England that he did not mind his wife’s twin moving into their small flat but objected when the three began sharing the same bed. The judge granted the divorce.
Surrounded by bodyguards, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay brushed past a crowd of newsmen on his arrival in Saigon and said there would be no news conferences during his four day fact-finding visit to the war zone.
Iowa school districts face financial strain as state equalization aid payments are delayed. Department official Richard Skarda says districts may issue warrants with interest if funds are not received. State comptroller Marvin Selden expects payments to begin soon and be settled by mid November, with about 111 million due for the year.
STOCKHOLM API The Royal Caroline Institute awards the Nobel Prize for medicine to three Americans Robert W. Holley Cornell University H Gobind Khorana University of Wisconsin and Marshall W. Nirenberg NIH for deciphering the genetic code and its role in protein synthesis Their independent work converged on a common problem and used advanced techniques to reveal the code's fine structure and cellular use in biosynthesis.
White residents staged a sit in at Bok Vocational High School after a failed Board of Education attendance. They demanded reduced Negro student ratio, police protection, and bus transport for Black students. Separate clashes and protests occurred at Olney High School and Benjamin Franklin High School during the unrest.
Nixon aides say if voting were today he would win more than 350 electoral votes, well above the 270 needed. The figure came from GOP agents nationwide and private polls after strategy meetings in Key Biscayne Florida. Nixon touted leads in major states while rallying in Miami Greensboro and Knoxville amid strong Republican receptions.
Elphonso the Air Force Academy falcon, 6 months old, wandered from the football game and was found in the Santa Fe freight yard eating a pigeon. Officials cautioned he had not learned to fend for himself but reporters noted he appeared settled on the depot roof and unresponsive to a gauntlet lure.
Cooler air moves into western and northern Iowa tonight with a mix of clouds. Thursday brings mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the east and south, cooler temperatures overall. Lows range 40 to 45 northwest to 65 southeast. highs Thursday 55 to 65. Friday outlook shows partly cloudy and continued cool.
A large YMCA committee and officials met at Lake Darling Youth Center to review the local YMCA status and future role. Harley Van Akkeran presented survey results showing generally favorable views and proposed changes such as adult fitness, teen coffee house, Youth in Government, and expanded summer programs. Discussions covered youth activities, Senior Citizens funding, YMCA YWCA collaboration, Sunday family use, handball court upgrades, and potential hiring of a third staff member.
Don Oxenford leads the school division Red Feather drive with 100 percent past participation hoped again in 1969. Larry Duncan praises educators and captains Russell Bannister Al Fritz Alice Swanson Mary Loveless and John Sproule as pledges begin January 1 1969 with $1 weekly or $50 yearly memberships to the YMCA as incentives.
Public notices announce the probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of Mary Lou Schenk and Fay Pratt, plus the appointment of administrator for Nathalia M. Samuelson. It also announces incorporation of Seifert's Kennedy Mall, Inc. and Seifert's Crossroads Inc. and a proclamation writ of Iowa election matters.
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