20 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
1
The Washington Community Chest campaign reports $20 124 90 raised, about 55 percent of the yearly goal, with the final residential drive phase underway and a large remaining amount to raise.
Fifteen elderly residents died and two others injured when a fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Geiger Nursing Home in Texas Township near Honesdale. Coroner calls it the worst fire in Wayne County history as crews recovered bodies through the night and searched the gutted converted farmhouse facility.
Former Iowa Insurance Commissioner Lorne Worthington accuses Gov Robert D Ray of inaction on no fault insurance and highway safety. He says Ray prioritizes private interests over public safety and plans to pursue the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
The IBEW strike against Iowa Southern Utilities enters a full committee bargaining session slated for Thursday October 21 in Ottumwa following two preliminary Ottumwa meetings on October 19 and last Thursday. Gordon F. Cooper says minds met enough to give hope a contract package can be submitted to the union for approval after the union rejected an 18.74 percent wage and benefit increase proposal.
The American Bar Association began reviewing six candidates as potential Supreme Court picks amid reports President Nixon favors Mildred L. Lillie and Herschel H. Friday. FBI background checks were rumored, with only a negative ABA finding likely to derail Nixon’s choices.
A legislative hearing in Des Moines explored a no fault auto insurance plan. Iowa Insurance Commissioner William Huff questioned the program's impact while advocates claimed lower premiums and better coverage.
The Nobel Committee awarded West German Chancellor Willy Brandt the 1971 Peace Prize for fostering peaceful development globally. The 58 year old Social Democrat pursued Ostpolitik to ease East West tensions and pursue treaties with Poland and the Soviet bloc.
United Press International reports rain remains across Iowa except the northwest tonight and will end from the west on Thursday. Lows fall from the upper 40s in the northwest to near 60 in the southeast. Thursday highs reach the mid to upper 60s.
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