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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1973
Page
1
The instrument display scheduled for Tuesday will be shown in the junior high music room. Everetts Music Co will present the display for Washington elementary students who wish to start a band instrument.
Keota Town Council reaffirms loitering law restricting leasing or gathering on public property after 10 30 p m. A $100 fine applies with juveniles under 18 to be turned over to parents and county juvenile officer notified.
Railway workers in Canada’s western provinces largely returned to duties after Parliament ordered a back to work. Trains were operating everywhere except British Columbia where about 8,000 nonoperating staff stayed off. Most union members complied with the emergency order, about 56,000 workers.
UPI reports Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers held a Labor Day bargaining session amid a looming strike threat by 127,500 workers in the U.S. and Canada. UAW President Leonard Woodcock urged flexibility and outlined overtime ideas including a reserve pool of retirees to work one day weekly.
Iowa Southern Utilities Co announces its 1974 college scholarship program led by Ted Johnson manager. Now in its ninth year the program has funded 46 students across Burlington Centerville and Creston districts. Four-year awards up to 2000 total with yearly 500 depending on need for high school seniors. Two-year junior college awards up to 750 per year to sophomores continuing to four-year colleges at Grinnell Grinnell College Grinnell Iowa Iowa Wesleyan Mt Pleasant Iowa State University Ames UIowa Iowa City UNI.
Coast Guard helicopters launched more than 200 bombing raids today on a burning ship grounded in a mud bank 50 miles below New Orleans, dropping five tons of extinguishing powder and dispersing tetraethyl lead and calcium carbide. The forward half of the vessel is under control but the stern section remains dangerous due to acetylene gas release. The river was closed to traffic and about 500 residents evacuated as crews fight the blaze.
Cambodian military reports 80 rebels killed in a Sunday clash about 10 miles south of Phnom Penh near Dei Kraham and Kompong Kantuot on Highway 38. Five government soldiers also died. Another two-hour battle on Highway 4 near Ang Snoul left 13 government troops dead, with rebels having cut the road and APC losses on both sides.
In Michigan City Indiana State Prison inmates took control of three of five blocks and held three guards Donald Schultz Arthur Jacques and Joseph Kajawski in separate cells. They issued 10 to 14 demands including better food and discipline changes while state police vowed not to negotiate until hostages are released.
Cholera deaths rose across Naples Bari and Tivoli with 13 total deaths and nearly 400 cases in Naples and Bari. Italy blamed infected mussels from North Africa while WHO urged controls and several countries require vaccination certificates for travelers from Italy. Naples and Bari intensified vaccination efforts with large volunteer staffing and calls for more doctors.
Giacomo Bonanomi, 63, told police he shot his wife Francesca, 77, during a weekend incident in Bergamo after a ongoing dispute over her taking the blanket during sleep. He cited repeated quarrels and the blanket as the final straw.
Robert C. Kopp age 42 of Washington was killed when the car driven by Franklin Triska crossed highway 92 and overturned at the Rex Smith corner six miles east of Washington. Triska was injured with severe lacerations and faces pending charges. Kopp born March 22 1911 in Waterloo married Rose E Triska in 1965 and had lived in the area since 1973. Survivors include his wife two stepsons and a stepdaughter. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3 15 p.m. with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
A United Press International tally at 7 am EDT reported 351 traffic deaths since Friday as the Labor Day weekend nears its close. Drownings reached 45 and other causes 33, with California leading in fatalities and a surge in drunk driving arrests. urging seatbelt use and caution in the final hours.
Tropical storm Delia intensified toward hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico and is projected to strike the Louisiana coast. The National Weather Service in New Orleans warned watches or gale warnings may be issued for parts of the Northern Gulf coast as winds reach up to 60 mph. The storm was centered at 6 am EDT near 25.0 N, 89.0 W.
In NORTH AMITYVILLE New York a gunman Daniel Walker 33 held his wife hostage and threatened his children as he fired on police surrounding the house. Ten officers were injured eight from debris and fragments and two from more serious wounds. Walker was captured after two hours and the family was rescued. An inspector was knocked unconscious during entry and later treated.
Labor leaders on Labor Day attack Nixon economic policy and pledge to oppose Agnew if he runs in 1976. Meany balks at Nixon invitation to next AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach citing past conduct. Woodcock and Abel criticize cost of living and lack of durable program from Nixon administration as unemployment hits 4.7 percent with 85 million employed.
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