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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1977
Page
9
Field demonstrations of new farm machinery form the core of the Farm Progress Show near Washington Tuesday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The schedule is tentative pending field conditions with an information center guiding visitors to current demo locations.
Washington High School marching band is among 14 entries in the third annual Davis County Bloomfield Festival of Bands. A 3:30 p.m. parade on the square and a 7 p.m. field show at Bloomfield High School follow, with Bloomfield Chamber events on the square. Gate tickets cost 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students.
In Ames Iowa city officials report per capita solid waste processing cost dropped from 10.34 to 4.38 dollars in the year's first six months. Officials credit higher processing volume and better maintenance methods. Caution urged until a full year of operation is complete.
William Cowger 58 moved to Ottumwa from Burlington amid marital troubles and called police to a wooded intersection east of Ottumwa asking his wife to come. Deputies and a minster urged surrender as authorities scouted the area by air. Cowger died from a shotgun wound in a case ruled self inflicted.
Israel announced acceptance of a cease-fire effective at 10 a.m. and began pulling back from southern Lebanon. Palestinian officials and PFLP spokesmen warned no reciprocal truce with the Zionist enemy while noting ongoing attacks from rockets into Israeli towns like Kiryat Shmona Safed and Nahariya. The 10 day clash involved Israeli backed Lebanese Christian rightists against Palestinian Lebanese leftists, with casualties reported.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that rejecting the Panama Canal treaties would damage U S prestige in Latin America harm relations with Panama and endanger the canal He argued the pacts serve both nations interests and would keep the canal open indefinitely while denying a costly deficit from taxes and urging thorough congressional review without partisan rancor.
Frankfurt report says women in the U S Army are one step from combat as officials note non combat assignments by law. A 25 member Army team observed women in the 1st Infantry and 3rd Armored Divisions during a two week war game and found women taking rifle duties and guard tasks.
Zone 13 forecast calls for clear skies and cool tonight with a low in the 50s. Sunny Tuesday with a high in the upper 70s and light west winds near 5 mph.
District Court Judge Thomas S. Bown will hold a hearing on charges that suspended Mount Pleasant lawyer Donald E. Gartin practiced law in violation of a Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court set the hearing after Gartin resisted and argued his license should remain suspended while appealing a perjury conviction. Deputy State Bar counsel Lee Gaudineer and Gartin may cross examine deposition witnesses as Bowne prepares a written summary for the Supreme Court.
Pope Paul VI marked his 80th birthday by sending flowers to the tombs of his parents and reflecting on his approaching death and final judgment. Vatican spokesman Rev Romeo Panciroli said the pope spent the morning at work and directed Brescia's bishop to place flowers at his parents' tombs. Earlier Sunday he shared a meal with relatives, including his surviving brother, former Senator Ludovico Montini.
The Commerce Department reports the U S foreign trade deficit for August at 2.67 billion, the second highest on record, with fresh declines in imports and exports. For eight months, the deficit reaches 17.58 billion while imports fall and exports drop to their lowest monthly total this year.
Autopsies planned today on Harold E. Snyder 43, his estranged wife Marlys 40, and Terry Walden 18, killed by shotgun blasts at the Snyder residence in southwest Des Moines. Authorities say Snyder used a 12 gauge shotgun to kill his wife and Walden before taking his own life after being alerted by Snyder’s son returning from a party.
Gatwick and Kennedy see hundreds queuing for inaugural Skytrain flights. Laker Airlines charges 103 dollars one way to New York and 135 dollars to London, amid rival airlines offering standby fares. President Freddie Laker vows to ride first flights. crowds endure long lines in pursuit of low-cost transatlantic travel.
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department officials at a Friday meeting urged closing low profit small-town stores but said Legislature blocks such moves. They noted 212 state stores operate nationwide, with landlords seeking higher rents as volumes stay low. The panel also decided to keep all stores open on three state holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s, under a new collective bargaining system.
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