Road Fund Loan Plea By Counal Road Fund Plea By Counal
Iowa highway officials propose a temporary loan to help fund state agencies in need. Director Joseph Coupal of Ames suggests repaying via a future sales tax transfer, potentially creating a two year boost of about 17.5 million dollars annually. The plan stalls as SF 1312 faces House action after a Senate defeat of a similar proposal.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
Joseph Coupal
Ames
Coupal
Robert Ray
Highway Commission
Commission
Iowa Senate
House
88 Killed In Gas Blasts Near Expo Site In Osaka
AP report details a sequence of three gas explosions at a subway construction site in Osaka near Expo 70. 88 people were killed, 207 injured as fires damaged about a square mile. Investigators attribute the disaster to municipal gas leakage underground.
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Expo
Osaka
Japan
30 Children Die in Air Raid Near Suez Canal
Cairo radio claimed Israeli planes bombed an Egyptian school killing 30 children and wounding 36. One adult was also killed and 10 more wounded. The report tied the bombing to attacks on Egyptian military positions near the Suez Canal. The Israeli command said it had raided military targets along the canal inside Egypt.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Suez Canal
Canal
Egypt
Missing U.S. minister in Lebanon raises concern
Beirut reports say Rev. James Kirkendall, 47, an American Baptist minister from Birch Tree Missouri, working in the Middle East for seven years, is missing with no clues found. He is married with four children.
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Beirut
Lebanon
James Kirkendall
Kirkendall
Birch Tree
Middle East
Six Sherpas Die As Ice Block Hits Everest Guide Party
A Nepalese Sherpa guide crew guiding a Japanese expedition on Mount Everest were killed by a large ice block. Two Sherpas were rescued after the disaster at about 18,860 feet, well below the summit. No injuries reported among the Japanese team, and the impact on ski plans remains unclear.
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Mt. Everest
Katmandu
Nepal
Everest
Union Chiefs In Huddle on Truck Troops
Top Teamsters officials plan a Washington meeting Wednesday to discuss expanding truck driver strikes over terms of a tentative national contract. Frank Fitzsimmons called leaders earlier than the planned executive board session as walkouts gain momentum from the Midwest into the East. Affected drivers seek better pay after a $1.10 hourly increase was agreed at national talks.
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Teamsters Union
Washington
Frank Fitzsimmons
Midwest
East
Chicago
Teamsters
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
Ted Anastos
Cartage Exchange of Chicago
Measles Finding Boosts Apollo Delay Likelihood
Doctors report Thomas Mattingly on Apollo 13 not immune to German measles widening chances of postponing the moon mission. James Lovell and Fred Haise are immune. exposure came via Charles Duke. Incubation 14 to 21 days. weather could disrupt launch. next window May 9 if delayed.
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Cape Kennedy
Thomas Mattingly
Space Agency
Mattingly
James Lovell
Fred Haise
Charles Duke
Court seals Kopechne inquest papers in Boston case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered impounding all inquest papers on the Mary Jo Kopechne death, citing no reason. The 763 page transcript and 12 page judge’s report will stay sealed in the Suffolk superior court vault as clerks move to release them by direct order.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Mary Jo Kopechne
Supreme Judicial Court
Suffolk Superior Court
Edward Keating
Wilfred Paquet
James Boyle
Youths Report Found Money in Canal in Paris
Two youths rushed into a Paris police station and said they found 600000 francs in the mud of a canal. Police examined the bills and identified them as counterfeit currency.
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Paris
UPI
Edgartown Chief Seeks New Post
Edgartown Mass AP Police Chief Dominic Arena who led the initial Kopechne death inquiry says he has applied for the Alexandria Virginia police chief job. He cites seeking advancement and notes a police chiefs magazine article praising Alexandria’s department.
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Edgartown, Mass
Dominic Arena
Mary Jo Kopechne
Alexandria
Arena
Police Chiefs’ Magazine
Viets Aid Cambodians in Drive Against Reds
Cambodian and South Vietnamese authorities said they are jointly attacking North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces inside Cambodia. American ground forces seem limited to blocking roles on the South Vietnamese side. South Vietnamese helicopter gunships reportedly crossed five miles into Cambodia, killing an estimated 150 enemy troops near Svay Rieng, north of Highway One, as base camps lie 40 to 50 miles west-northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Svny Rieng
Highway One
Senate Votes 51 to 45 to Reject Carswell Nomination
The Senate rejected Judge G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court by 51 to 45 in a dramatic rebuke of President Nixon. Democrats and dissident Republicans joined to defeat the Florida nominee, following a prior rejection of Haynsworth. Nixon voiced disappointment as Republicans like Prouty and Smith switched to oppose Carswell.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Carswell
Clement Haynsworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
Winston Prouty
Vermont
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Florida
U S Orbits 4 Satellites in 3 Hours Cape Kennedy
The United States launched four satellites in under three hours including Nimbus 4, a weather satellite, and two Vela nuclear detection satellites. Nimbus 4 aims to advance long range weather forecasts while the Vela pair enhances nuclear test ban monitoring from high Earth orbits. Topo-A geodetic satellite accompanied the missions to test precise Earth positioning methods.
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California
Cape Kennedy
Vandenberg
U.S. Army
Defense Department
Air Force
Titans
Nimbus 4
Nimbus
Nixon plans new Supreme Court nominee after Carswell defeat
In Washington President Nixon said he will submit to the Senate a new Supreme Court nominee in due course, not necessarily before the November elections. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler conveyed Nixon's disappointment over the rejection of G Harrold Carswell.
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White House
Nixon
Prouty
Senate G.O.P
Hugh Scott
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Ronald Ziegler
G. Harrold Carswell
Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids Strike Over Two Year Pact
Labor unions at the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids walked out at midnight as 141 members from Machinists Carpenters and Joiners and Sheet Metal Workers rejected a proposed two year wage package of 55 cents per hour plus 16.4 cents in fringe benefits. The Retail, Wholesale and Depart ment Store Workers local 110, the largest shop with 700 members, had already signed a separate two year contract in February. Local 110 president Virgil L. Smith urged members to return to work under a clause banning lockouts strikes or slowdowns durante the contract term. Meetings were announced for Wednesday afternoon and evening at CSPS.
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Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Quaker
Virgil L. Smith
Chuckle About a Psychiatrist With Two Baskets
A joke about a psychiatrist who keeps two baskets on his desk labeled OUTGOING and INHIBITED. The punchline comes from the humorous clash of personality traits and therapy office quirks.
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Frank Nye
Gazette
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William Gannon
Mingo
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Gannon
Dewey Goode
State Board of Regents
Andrew Varley
Rstuart
Junji Matsushita
Misao Shimizu
U.S
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Taft
Illinois
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J. W. Fulbright
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UPS
Cedar Rapids News
Smith
CSPS
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