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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1968
Page
1
The Washington Community School District will dismiss at 2 30 p m Monday Sept 23 with teachers and administrators in Staff Development sessions 2 30 4 00 across buildings to plan curriculum and review future needs. Buses will load shortly after 2 30, so parents should expect children about an hour earlier than usual.
A Brooklyn housewife gave birth to Siamese twin girls Thursday. The babies were joined at the chest and abdomen, weighed six pounds combined, and were born four weeks premature to Mrs. Samuel Reese, 29, whose husband works as an auto mechanic, hospital officials said.
In a Capitol corridor clash, Rep James Scheuer and Rep Robert Mathias argued as the California grape gift spurred a protest by House Democrats and a labor boycott. Mathias, a two time Olympic decathlon gold medalist, sent muscat and white imperial grapes with a sticker urging support for Western grape pickers. Several Democrats including Scheuer and William F Ryan returned or rejected the gifts while others sent them back amid political tensions.
UPI reports a task force of 2000 U S Marines was helicoptered into the DMZ on the western border with North Vietnam near the Ben Hai River. They killed 110 Communist troops, captured nearly 500 rifles, and pressed a drive to cut infiltration routes amid jungled, rugged terrain. Casualties were light, with several Marines felled by extreme heat. The week marks the fifth summer assault into the neutral zone amid ongoing fighting near Loc Ninh and Saigon fringe areas.
Iowa Labor Commissioner Parkins condemns the Burlington Army Ammunition plant safety record calling it terrible and says the state may seek AG authority to inspect. He notes 11 killed in 15 months across three explosions and mentions Army rejections of prior inspection requests. Parkins cites University of Iowa experts as potential inspectors under a state contract.
United Press International reports Iowa will have partly cloudy to cloudy conditions tonight with warmer south. Saturday brings more sun and warmth, lows range from 45 to 50 in the north and 50 to 55 in the south, highs reach the 70s in the north and 80s in the south west. Sunday outlook stays partly cloudy and warmer.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover released a crime report showing a 21 percent national increase in the first half of 1968 from the same period in 1967. Higher growth appeared in large cities and the Northeast with varying regional increases across the country.
Des Moines UP I report says the old Iowa Tax Commission kept very inadequate accounts receivable records. An audit of the last year before dissolution found low taxpayer confirmation rates, high unclaimed and unreturned requests, and travel claim overcharges by one employee.
Intercepted memo from Senator Bob Mathias comments on the phrase forbidden fruit. Recalls that some viewed the expression as sour grapes. Signed by WEJ.
London reports Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky, wartime Warsaw Pact commander, flew to Sofia amid rumors Russia will deploy troops to Bulgaria to bolster control over its East European empire. The move follows talks in Moscow with Todor Zhivkov and suggests Moscow’s desire to reinforce Bulgaria, the last Pact member not yet reinforced.
Czechoslovakia postponed a planned delegation to Moscow citing government opposition to Kremlin purges of leaders. First Secretary Alexander Dubcek faced Kremlin pressure while premier Oldrich Cernik and others joined a Brno trade fair amid an enthusiastic CTK welcome and a regional poll showing broad support for the Dubcek leadership. Border posts into West Germany reopened to Western tourists for the first time since the invasion.
FBI agents on Chicago's West Side rescued 7-year-old Hillard Willis Marks, son of a furniture maker, abducted from Oak Brook and held for 125000. Arrested were Steven Marin, 24, his wife Ethel Marie, 26, and ex gas station dealer Daniel C. Pieter, 30. The boy, found unharmed, reunited with his parents at FBI headquarters after multiple ransom calls.
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