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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1973
Page
1
Washington area residents are reminded to change clocks before bed as Daylight Savings Time ends. Most Americans will gain back the hour lost when summer time began. Clocks should be turned back one hour tonight.
In Winfield three years after Rev. Charles Courtney arrived as pastor he vowed to preach from the roof if Sunday School reached 100. Last Sunday Occupation Sunday brought 107 members in work clothes, and he kept his promise by preaching from the roof top.
In Oakland Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center researchers studied nearly a thousand patients with computer aid and found no association between heavy coffee drinking and heart attacks. The Kaiser team challenged an earlier Boston report and urged against restricting coffee for coronary disease patients.
A cold front caused thundershowers and hail from Texas to Iowa and Missouri. One inch hail fell near Altus Oklahoma while Branson Missouri and Newton Kansas reported three quarter inch hail. Snow flurries appeared in southwest North Dakota and winds reached 30 mph from south central Kansas to northwest Texas. Gilda moved to open seas ending its eastern threat.
President Nixon defended his innocence against impeachment and rejected firing a Watergate prosecutor. He credited his calm under pressure with averting a Middle East crisis, announced a new independent prosecutor would be named, and pledged limited White House cooperation to protect presidential papers. He faced sharp questions about his leadership and the Watergate fallout, while outlining his view of detente and Allied reactions.
The first units of the UN Emergency Force set up positions at the Middle East cease-fire line amid Egyptian charges that Israeli forces blocked access to Suez City and hindered medical aid. Soviet observers reportedly arrived in Egypt while Nixon declared a scaled back alert. Egyptian and Israeli reports described scattered firing and a tense frontier as UN, U.S. and UN observers moved to monitor the truce and prevent further clashes.
United Press Internationals sampling across the nation shows Americans split on President Nixon. Some call him lacking credibility and urge impeachment, while others defend him and deem the reporters probing or opportunistic.
Federal and local officers arrested Edward Valentine Ramsey a 50 year old rural Waverly man Friday night for running a still and manufacturing spirits. Authorities seized over 300 gallons of mash corn whiskey two 30 gallon stills and other equipment. U S Treasury Agent Jack Owens called it the biggest raid on a still in Iowa in 25 years. Ramsey was charged with possession of an unregistered still and manufacture of distilled spirits and released on own recognizance pending U S commissioner in Waterloo.
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