28 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1976
Page
1
Debbie Clark Wellman underwent a rare liver transplant in a high profile medical case. The operation involved top surgeons at a major hospital and followed extensive preoperative testing and donor compatibility steps.
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Washington will host a Laotian refugee family selected by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. The Yang Seng Chiaky family, with a 31 year old radio operator father and a 29 year old non English speaking mother, arrive in Washington within two to three weeks alongside a 19 year old English speaking uncle and five children aged 9,6,1,5, and 3.
Laura Weimer was elected president of the Riverside Senior Village board, with Maurice Sass as vice-president for three-year terms. Ina Gerot becomes secretary and Lester Schnoebelen treasurer for two years, Lucille Sojka to a one-year term. The complex, celebrating its first anniversary, has all 15 apartments filled. construction started July 8, 1975 in southeast Riverside.
New York reporter Daniel Schorr resigned from CBS News after being suspended for leaking a secret House CIA report to the Village Voice. In his letter he expressed regret and said he would work outside broadcasting. The episode followed a seven month suspension and a House committee’s decision not to cite him for contempt.
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph tonight and into Wednesday.
Washington government data show the leading index falling 1.5 percent in August, its largest drop in 19 months, signaling weaker production and employment ahead. The decline, the first since February 1975, comes as the nation faces its harshest recession since World War II, posing concerns for President Ford and his administration amid the election year.
Debbie Allen Clark 27, of Wellman Iowa City wife and mother of Cindy 5 and Sherri 4 lies critically after a liver transplant in Denver. doctors say the first three months are crucial and the family awaits recovery prospects as they plan respite care, fundraising, and a three month hospital stay.
The State Department says the Kissinger Africa accord remains essentially intact despite signs of unraveling parts. Undersecretary Rogers told reporters the presidents have accepted the package and view it as on track while frontline states stress armed struggle against Rhodesia and reject the plan as allowing colonialist structures.
Four bombs possibly dynamite exploded in Quincy Illinois damaging a small bridge and the Quincy Compressor Plant while Republican vice presidential candidate Robert Dole spoke in town. No injuries occurred. officials found no evidence linking the blasts to Dole. Local deputies reported one box appeared empty and the blasts hit the plant’s air conditioning and new machinery.
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