Unity the watchword at GOP convention in Des Moines
Des Moines 2500 Republican delegates chose four new members to the central committee reducing its size from 14 to 12 amid behind the scenes moves to prevent fights. In Second district Violet Nieglaysen and others contested, Char Helgens won on second ballot after withdrawals. Third district Teeny Schuler defeated Sharon Nail 196 to 296 for the post. Firefighting in Idaho swelled with planes from Alaska joining the effort against 280 fires as crews battled for days, with 250 more firefighters arriving from western states to aid efforts.
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Des Moines
Central Committee
Nicolaysen
Palmer
Mather Strother
Mt. Vernon
Teeny Schuler
Clear Lake
Sharon Nail
Webster City
Boise, Idaho
UPI
Georgia
Wisconsin
Judy Fossum
Cedar Falls
Inter-Mountain
Jack Wilson
Bureau of Land Management
Boise Interagency Fire Control Center
Surprise withdrawal reshapes First district race
Willam Smart a Mt. Pleasant businessman withdrew from reelection bid leaving the committeeman post to George Wright of Ft. Madison. Delegates in the First district sought a surprise change.
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Willam Smart
Mt. Pleasant
George Wright
Ft. Madison
16500 Fight Soviet Fires
Moscow reports around 16500 firemen soldiers and citizens battled fires east of the city in peat bogs and forests. Bulldozers pumper trucks and helicopters aided a round the clock effort as temperatures topped the 90s. Rumors of evacuations and casualties circulated though official media highlighted firefighter heroism.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Ba welt in Today's Chuckle
A brief humorous note on the two party system and the Monday morning mood. The piece reflects light satire with a playful tone and a dated newspaper vibe.
Ford Finishes Preliminary Engine Tests for 1973 Models
Detroit Ford Motor Co has completed preliminary retesting of its 1973 model car engines but lags behind GM Chrysler and American Motors in EPA final certification. Ford can ship cars with limited certification once its engines pass the 50,000 mile durability test, while dealers must not sell until full approval is granted.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Environmental Protection Agency
Donald A. Jessen
Automotive Emissions Office
Ford Dealers
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
American
EPA
Chrysler
In a Hurry To Learn
A Cedar Rapids police officer near the Linn county courthouse chased a young man who fled from the county jail and jumped into a waiting car. The pursuit ended at Fifth avenue and First street SE after officers discovered the man had stopped at the jail to pick up a driver's manual to study for the license exam.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Fifth Avenue
First Street
Alleged Plot on Nixon's Life Shocks New York City
A 27 year old Manhattan man, Andrew Topping, was arrested in New York City on charges of plotting to assassinate President Nixon. He paid an undercover agent $1000 to initiate the plot, with meetings in Central Park. Bail was set at 500000, and he faces firearms charges.
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James W. Rayhill
U.S. Attorney's Office
New York
Andrew B. Topping
Secret Service
Rayhill
U.S. Atty
William Gray
UPI
New York City
Nixon
Andrew Topping
Manhattan
Topping
Marin Jacobs
Stewart Henry
Central Park
Gray
Ance
Henry
Central‘ Park
Tired McGovern Takes Time Off in Catskills
Senator George McGovern relaxed at a Catskill retreat with wife Eleanora after wrapping up campaign stops in New Hampshire Connecticut and Rhode Island He stayed with Belmont Tobin a New York stockbroker and planned no contacts but will appear on ABCs Issues and Answers before resuming Midwest campaigning He announced Robert Wagner as New York state campaign manager to unite the party in the state.
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Woodstock
George McGovern
Catskill Mountain
Friends
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Eleanor
Belmont Towbin
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New York City
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Washington
ABC
Issues and Answers
New York State
Robert Wagner
Beaten to Death Crowds Kill Man at Kenyatta Event
A crowd beat to death a man who was mistaken for attempting to assassinate President Jomo Kenyatta at a Nairobi area event. Police said the man sought to explain that his brother, seized by guards, was the actual target, as the incident happened Friday at Njoro during the Egerton Agricultural College extension opening.
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Natrobs
Kenya
UPS
Jomo Kenyatta
Uganda
Kenyatta
Bernard Hings
Njoro
Nairobi
Egerton Agricultural College
Defoliate 1 000 Acres Near Dubuque for Pasture
UPI report cites Senator Gaylord Nelson charging defoliant spraying north of Dubuque Iowa to clear forest land for a feedlot. About 1 000 acres of hardwoods were reportedly treated with 2 4 5 1 defoliant by North Air Helicopter Co. of Rolla Missouri between July 4 and 10. Neighbors note blackened leaves and falling trees as concern grows over runoff and law violations.
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UPI
Wisconsin
Munday
Gaylord Nelson
Puribuque
Iowa
Missouri
Nelson
Vietnam
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Marison
Northair Helicopter Co
Rolla, Mo
A. Sheriff’s
Lancaster
Wis
Girl 3 Dies From Contact With Shorted Pipe
Mashel Noggle, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Noggle of Center Point route one, was electrocuted Friday evening after playing in the yard. Found by her father at 6 30 p m lying across a copper gas line a 10 volt short circuit apparently caused the accident. She died en route to St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids as officials continue the investigation. Services set for 1 p m Monday at Cedar Memorial.
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Mashel Noggle
Raymond Noggle
Center Point
Linn County
Elgin Farmer Dies in Tractor Mishap
Elgin Howard Medbury of rural Elgin was killed Friday afternoon in a tractor accident on his farm four miles south of town. His unbuttoned jacket became caught in a power takeoff on a manure spreader, pulling him backward into the machinery. He was found about an hour later by his son. Survivors include his wife Edith two daughters Mrs Bit Moelering of West Union and Mrs John Grimm of Elgin a son Gene. Funeral arrangements are pending at Muehlethaler Funeral Home in Elgin.
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Elgin
Howard Medbury
Here
Medbury
Edith
Bit. Moelering
West Union J
John Grimm
Gene
Muehlethaler Fural
3000 Tons of Bombs in 150 Strikes
U S bombers conducted 150 raids across both halves of Vietnam in the 24 hours to noon Saturday, dropping over 3000 tons on supply caches staging areas and troop concentrations. Three American aircraft were reported lost, one C 130 transport from Soc Trang crashed. seven Americans and seven South Vietnamese killed with several wounded. An Army helicopter evacuating refugees also crashed during an artillery attack on Ben Het camp, with two refugees killed and ten injured.
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Saigon
U.S
North
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Soc Trang Air Base
USS. Army
Central Highlands
Ben Hetase
G.O.P Bid To Postpone Bugging Suit Squelched
Washington UPS reports the court denied a request to delay the Democratic suit against Nixon campaign committees. The ruling clears the path for further investigation into the break in at Democratic national headquarters with five men arrested June 17 carrying surveillance devices. The judge dismissed the Democratic National Committee and Nixon reelection committee as parties, but allowed individual Democrats including former chair Lawrence F. O'Brien to remain plaintiffs.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Charles R. Richey
Briday
District of Columbia
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Committee
Reelection Committee
Richey
Lawrence F. O'Brien
William Proxmire
Wis
G.O.P
Maurice Stans
White House
Peace negotiators claim Nixon ignored 1969 North Vietnam offer
Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance say North Vietnam offered to withdraw 22 of 25 regiments from the northern provinces in 1969. They claim Nixon dismissed a chance to end the Vietnam War on better terms. Rogers rebutted Sargent Shriver’s charge of “political fantasy.”
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Harriman
Cyrug Vance
U. S
Paris
Nixon
South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Sargent Shriver
Vietnam
Vance
North Vietnam
New York
Moscow
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Cal
Stark Turns Himself in on Robbery Count
Brice Anthony Stark, 21, surrendered to authorities Friday night in Cedar Rapids after warrants were issued for him in a midtown robbery case. Deputy Marshal Dick McKinney was robbed in the 600 block of Twelfth Avenue SE and later died after a drive to Mercy hospital. Stark is the fourth suspect arrested in the case, with three others taken into custody within three days.
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Stdar Rapids
Brice Anthony Stark
U.S
Dick McKinney
Cedar Rapids
East Moline
Ala. McKinney
Twelfth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Stark
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