Iowa 63rd legislature ends amid tax clash and school bills
Des Moines reports the 1970 Iowa Legislature wraps up after a session marked by tax controversy and school funding debates. Gov. Ray touts no general tax increase while Democrats call for reform. Final adjournment arrives next week with reapportionment reducing members and a push to overhaul the tax system for 1971.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Robert Ray
G.O.P
U S Envoy Pulled Out Of Jordan
Jordan asks United States to remove Ambassador Harrison Symmes after he advised cancelation of Joseph Sisco visit. Sisco tours Middle East amid Palestinian protests. Israel and Egypt talks loom as Hussein’s stance shifts under guerilla pressure.
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Amman
Jordan
U.S
Joseph Sisco
Abdel Moneim Rifai
State Department
Harrison Symmes
Sisco
Middle East
Israel
Hussein
Symmes
Rifai
Soviet Union
Washington
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Tehran
South Asia
President Nixon proclaims National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Nixon designates Sunday April 19 1970 as National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving after Apollo 13 safe return. He praises astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert and commends NASA ground crews and international offers of help.
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Washington
Dent Nixon
Richard Nixon
United States of America
Rioting in India Takes 14 Lives
New Delhi report says Hindu Muslim clashes left four teenagers dead and 32 wounded 180 miles east of Calcutta amid ongoing sectarian riots.
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India
New Delhi
UPI
Calcutta
Soviet cosmonaut arrives in Havana for Lenin centenary
Soviet cosmonaut Shalatov arrives in Havana with a three man delegation to take part in birthday centenary ceremonies for Lenin.
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Miami
Shalatov
Havana
Lenin
Chuckle Courtship Defined As Period For Self-Discovery
A humorous definition states that the Chuckle Courtship is the period during which a girl tries to find out if she can do any better. Copyright is noted as the source of the remark.
Loop Viaduct Shut Down For Repairs
Cedar Rapids closes the Avenue NE viaduct over Fourth Street railroad tracks for emergency foundation repairs. Engineering consultant Ned L Ashton inspected deterioration and recommended the shut, with public improvements commissioner Richard Phillips estimating a two week repair window and noting no cost estimate. Continuous scrutiny followed a prior ordinance restricting vehicular passage.
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Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Ned L. Ashton
Ashton
Richard Phillips
Bullseye Splashdown Ends Fear Filled Trip
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert returned safely to Earth aboard the USS Iwo Jima after a dramatic Pacific splashdown. They were hoisted to the carrier deck within an hour, cheered by sailors, and began medical checks and a hot meal. The mission, crippled by an oxygen tank explosion, ended with a precise reentry and a relieved nation.
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Vern Haugland
Iwo Jima
Apollo 13
America
James Lovell
Fred Haise
John Swigert
Odyssey
Iowa
Lovell
Haise
Swigert
Donald Davis
Davis
Pacific
Earth
Joe
Kerwin
Samoa
Ellington Airbase
Cambodian Border Buildup Near Route One Crossing
Massive South Vietnamese and American forces mass along the Cambodian border north and south of Route One crossing north of Saigon. A U.S. 25th Infantry battalion relieves Vietnamese units near Blue patrol base, using radar against rockets and mortars inside Cambodia. Over 2,000 South Vietnamese troops with tanks and APCs operate inside Cambodia, supported by air strikes. Civil restrictions and border policing are in place. UN, Malik call for revived Geneva talks to ease Indo Chinese tension.
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U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
Blue
Saigon
Phnom Penh
U.S
U.N
New York
Jacob Malik
Apollo 13 crew finds humor amid ordeal in space
Apollo 13s last day brought patches of humor as Lovell Swigert and Haise shared light moments in cramped quarters. Lovell teased about flowers in Houston while mission control joked about Measles cases and winter. Temperature quips drew laughter as fuel conservation set a lunar flight record.
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Lovell
Haise
American Samoa
Mission Control
James Lovell
John Swigert
Fred Haise
Fred
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