Three Held in Pot Harvest Near Iowa City
Three Iowa City area youths Roger Bryant Pat Murphy and Ken Lewis were jailed in Johnson County on marijuana for sale charges after a Monday incident on land southeast of Iowa City. Deputies found about 40 pounds of suspected marijuana drying and the trio were arraigned at Coralville with bonds set at 2500 each.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Roger Bryant
Pat Murphy
Ken Lewis
Route 4
Coralville
Bond
Informal Commencements At Iowa U Colleges
Informal commencement events mark August graduates at the University of Iowa with a nursing tea and diploma ceremony in the Westlawn lounge and an engineering faculty reception at 2 p.m. in the Engineering Library. Other colleges will distribute diplomas Friday in Old Capitol, with mailed copies for those not picked up. May 1972 will host spring ceremonies for August and January grads.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Nursing
College of Engineering
Laura C. Dustan
Westlawn
Engineering
Hunter Rouse
James Jakobsen
U. of I
College of Education, Liberal Arts, Business Administration
Pharmacy
Graduate College
House Chamber of Old Capitol
William Buckley Column Dropped By New Jersey Paper
The Bergen Record drops William F Buckley syndicated column after Buckley published phony secret documents in National Review. The paper says the stunt destroyed credibility and invites a conservative voices spokesperson to fill the vacant slot. Buckley’s column appears in over 300 newspapers.
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Buckley
the Record
Towan Killed in Fremont Car Truck Collision
Fremont Nebraska motorists report Orren Trossen aged 75 from Gaza Iowa died Monday in a crash when his car collided with a semi trailer truck north of Fremont. The incident was reported by UPI with no further details provided.
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Fremont, Neb
UPI
Orren Trossen
Gaza
Iowa
Here
Des Moines Woman Killed by Delivery Van
Mary Louise Morris age 57 of Des Moines died at a local hospital after being run over by a delivery van on a downtown street Monday. Police investigated the incident and the case was being reviewed.
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Des Moines
Mary Louise Morris
Hunwardsen Resigns. Oxford Junction Names New Mayor
Mayor Tom Hunwardsen resigns after 40 years on the council and two as mayor. Herbert Carter elected new mayor and will serve until January. Council opens oil bid forms and sets two week timeline for street oiling as crime commission report is presented.
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Oxford Junction
Tom Hunwardsen
Hunwardsen
Herbert Carter
Ray Benischek
Crime Commission
Board Decides on Resurface Financing
Winneshiek county supervisors met to approve paying for the old highway 52 resurfacing with farm to market funds pending Iowa highway commission approval. They replaced walk in freezing unit compressors at the county home, reappointed compensation commission members for one year from July 1, and approved bond for Edna Krall, Jackson township clerk.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Iowa to create child support recovery unit in Linn County
Iowa plans a state level child support recovery unit to aid local efforts in collecting ADC payments. Officials say coordination among judges county attorneys and social workers will target delinquent fathers. Funding of 150000 dollars was authorized by the 1971 assembly.
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Linn County
William Faches
Iowa Department of Social Services
Iowa
Department of Social Services
James Gillman
Faches
Gillman
James Nisley
Nisley
ADC
Social Services
Iowa General Assembly
U.S. Reconnaissance Plane Downed Over North Vietnam
North Vietnam's news agency reported that a U.S. unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Quang Binh province last Saturday. The broadcast noted it was the 3,396th American aircraft lost over North Vietnam.
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Tokyo
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Quang Binh
Hanoi
North Vietnam
New Park Use Law Is Studied in Iowa City
Iowa City council and staff begin drafting a new park use ordinance citing past difficulties with a rock festival. Mayor Loren Hickerson and City Atty. Jay Honohan advocate clear guidelines and staff-led decisions with council as arbiter, plus a sign ordinance restricting political signage in residential areas.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Loren Hickerson
Jay Honohan
Honohan
William Eads
Frank Smiley
W and W
Chubb
Noel’s Tree Service
Filipinos Break Fence To Return To Clark Air Base
At Clark air base fifty miles north of Manila, Filipino workers cut holes in the fence at 26 points and returned to their jobs after a strike over pay and the firing of American dependents. The Philippine News Service said base management may have encouraged the action, as those who try to breach the base are normally fired.
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Manila
UPI
Clark Air Base
Philippine News Service
PNS
Four Nuns Injured in North Winneshiek Crash
Four Catholic nuns from St. Rose convent LaCrosse were injured in a two car collision on the North Winneshiek road one mile south of the North Winneshiek school. Sister Rosemary Elsbernd and four companions were treated for lacerations and reported in satisfactory condition. Clarence Knoke 77 faced a stop sign violation charge.
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Decorah
St. Rose
LaCrosse
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
North Winneshiek School
North Winneshiek
Clarence Knoke
Winneshiek
Rosemary Elsbernd
Rosemary
Verna Schmitt
Consuela Barnes
Edith M. Yoder
Joan Hageman
St. Lucas
Knoke
Japanese air force chief resigns after passenger jet collision
Tokyo reports Gen. Yasuhiro Ueda resigns amid crisis over Japan's worst aviation disaster. The F-86 led by Sgt. Yoshimi Ichikawa collided with an All Nippon Airways 727 near Morioka, killing all 162 aboard. Police allege navigational error by Kuma placed military jet on civilian route.
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Tokyo
API
Japan
Yasuhiro Ueda
Japanese Self-Defense Agency
Naomi Nishimura
Ueda
Keikichi Mashuhara
Yoshimi Ichikawa
All Nippon Airways
Morioka
Ichikawa
Tamotsu Kuma
Kuma
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Iowa U
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Second Street
Carpetland
U.S.A
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Phillip Reynolds
Curtis Reynolds
Harold Reynolds
Kinross
Larry
Phillip
Curtis
Topeka
Kan
United Methodist
Ollie
Gould Funeral Home
Richland
Smiley
City
Lou Negus
Gene Chubb
Parks and Recreation
Tom Nugent
Tom
Auto Loan Committee-Of-One
Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
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