Jails Bill Not Dead Yet Solon Describes Regional Jails Effort
State Senate deadlocked 23 23 delaying the regional jails bill as Senator James Griffin voices a motion to reconsider after two senators were absent. Supporters describe the plan as modernization while opponents warn of cost and bureaucracy.
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Solon
Richard Buck
Associated Press
DES Moines
James Griffin
A-Council Bluffs
Iowa
Griffin
Senate
J. Brownlee
Remmelsburg
City to Acquire Cedar Rapids Alarm System Soon
Cedar Rapids will assume control of the city alarm system now run under a federal grant. US Senator Miller announced he secured LEAA assistance and pressed the issue after Cedar Rapids Police Chief Matias raised the matter in March.
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Cedar Rapids
Jack Miller
T'r Fay
Miller
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
George J. Matias
Matias
Felday
Sen. Miller
Friday
Sen.Miller
Johan Culver
LAA
TAA
National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Captive Turns Tables On Hostage Taker In Bank Siege
A burly unemployed worker wrestled control from a bank robber who held a family hostage in Grand Rapids Michigan. The man pushed the gun aside and the suspect fled as police closed in. The incident followed earlier regional jail bill debates in Iowa and questions about rehabilitation versus punishment.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Charles Andrakowicz
Andrako Wiea
Andrakowvie
eNgley
Palice
Senate
Clifton Lamborn
R-Maquoketa
Lambor
Andrakiswicz
PBI
Sian
Clare Harvey
Sparte
Andrakowicz
Podgorny Moves Up in Soviet Power Shakeup
In Moscow Podgorny rises to No 2 behind Brezhnev in a party reshuffle announced at the congress. The move appears to curb Brezhnev's bid for more power while Podgorny, longtime advocate of consumer goods, shifts closer to senior leadership. Lt Brian Thacker, a Honolulu native, reported safe return to Firebase after the base was overrun by Vietnamese forces.
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Phete
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Nikolai Podgornyi
Alexei Kosygin
Plusku
Vietnam
UPI
Leonid
Brezhtev
Soviet Union
Tom Alsist
No! 2
Brezhnev
Alexei Kosy
Podgorny
Thare
Brian Thacker
Honolulu
Thacker
U.S
Craig Ger
Brezhnev Adds Veterans to Politburo in Stability Move
Brezhnev announced four veteran party workers join the Politburo, bringing members to 15, with Grishin Kunayev Shcherbitsky and Kulakov elevated. He also reported unanimous re election as general secretary while reviewing party ranks after the 1966 congress, signaling continuity.
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Prdgorny
Nikita Khenshehov
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Nelian
Viktor Grishin
Moscow Party
Min
Mekhamed Kunayev
Kazashstan
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Ukraine
Fyodor Kulakov
Grishin
Kunayer
Shehersbilsky
Jambillus
Ihig
Podgorny
Mikhail Suslov
Andrei’ Kvnilenko
Arvidelshe
Kirill Mazurov
Dmitry
Polyarisky
Pyotr Shelest
Gennady Voronov
Shelepin
Kunayev
Shcherbitsky
Kulakov
Secretarat
Breximer
Allim Congress
U.S. Deaths in Viet War Now Top Korea
Pentagon figures show Vietnam War American deaths reaching 54,284 through the week ending last Saturday, surpassing Korea, with a total of 35,629 battlefield deaths and additional noncombat or later deaths. Discrepancies arise from different counting methods, including wounded who died later and noncombat fatalities.
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Korea
Washington
UPJ
Pentagon
Vietnam
Af Watinde
Amerizatt Hives Bettween
Jaye
Rally Breaks Up as 5 Arrested Outside Hotel
San Francisco police used riot sticks to disperse a noisy antiwar rally outside a hotel where Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard spoke. About 150 demonstrators, mostly youths, were present before officers declared the assembly illegal and arrested five men.
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San Francisco
Soviet Sub Tender Leaves Cuban Waters
The Pentagon said a Soviet submarine tender that had been in Cuban waters since mid February departed on Friday.
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Washington
Pentagon
Cuban
Turner Is Rapped for Filing Suit By Cheryl Arvidson
Cedar Rapids report describes a Iowa Supreme Court ruling on Gov Ray's item veto as constitutional and notes Gen Turner was criticized for suing the state. The piece mentions a Cedar Rapids couple receiving word their 23 year old son, John G Lockwood, was killed in Vietnam while serving with the 1st Airborne Division after enlisting in 1969.
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Cedar Raviche
Wes
John G. Lockwood
Memorial Drive
Ray
Son Story
Richard J
Turner Tockwood
Tide Bay
University of Iowa
Tockwood
Iowa City
Vietnam
Cedar Rapids
Young Lockwood
Aegis High School
Creighton University
University of Town
Army
1St Airborne
Khe Sanh Viciulty
Regis
High Court Rules on Item Veto Power and Attorney General Suit
The court upheld the governor's item veto authority as constitutional and stated the attorney general may sue the state. In January 1970 Park County ruled Turner acted properly in suing the state but the decision noted limits to veto scope. The judges said the enabling amendment allows disapproval of any item in an appropriations bill while other provisions become law.
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Des Moines
UPI
Tie Town Supreme Court
Richard Turner
High Cout
Robert Ray
Iowa Highway Commission
Ray
The
Highway Commission
Turner
High Court
Jttorney General
Park County
Towa
Gilson Halliday
Povertor
Polk County
Supreme Court
Men rescue boy from wolves at San Diego zoo
Two men, Jim Voorhis and William Graham, leaped into a zoo wolf enclosure wielding tree limbs to save 15 year old David Williams of Palos Verdes Estates. Williams survived surgery and was listed in satisfactory condition, with witnesses describing the wolves attacking as he crossed a fence amid a movable walkway.
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San Diego Zoo
David Williams
Palos Verdes Estates
Los Angeles
Young Williams
Charles Sedwick
Jim Voorhis
Fallbrook
William Graham
San Disgo
Voorhis
Mary Ann Williams
Graham
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