Cedar Rapids tax hike of about 19 mills expected
The Cedar Rapids and county levies face combined tax increases as figures show a roughly four mill rise for county operations plus about five mills for city functions and three for the school board. If school estimates hold, homeowners could see about $46 more on a $5000 assessed residence, with rural residents paying a similar rise for basic services and new voter registration costs.
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Witness describes Calley orders at My Lai trial
Maps testified that Lt. Calley ordered soldiers to shoot unarmed civilians at My Lai in March 1968 and that Paul Meddle fired into a ditch while crying. Maples, a Freehold New Jersey native, said Calley did not directly order him to shoot. Lenny Legunoy also testified during the proceedings.
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Maples
Calley
My Lai
Freehold
N .J
Maple
Highway budget hike sought by Iowa road unit amid deficit
The Iowa highway commission proposed a two year budget of 138 million dollars for administration planning and construction up to fiscal 1973. The plan calls for 26 percent higher operations and 134 million in construction, creating a projected 12 million shortfall in 1972 and 42 million in 1973.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Robert Ray
Rernoon
Joseph Coupal
Coupal
Commission
Wales
Jacobs
Ith
Finaove
Testimony Recounts My Lai Ditch Executions Claim
A machinegunner in Lt. William Calley's platoon testified that Vietnamese people went willingly into a ditch near My Lai on Calley's orders where they were shot. He said there was no forced entry and suggested motives behind the killings in the ongoing court case at Fort Benning.
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Holloway
U.S
ALS
Air Force
Laotian Panhandle
Fort Benning
William Calley
Calley
My Lai
Purchase Upper Iowa Tract: Backbone Lake Called Lost
Des Moines AP The Towa conservation commission votes to buy a 404 acre tract along the Upper Iowa River near Decorah for 67352 dollars 145 dollars per acre. The action ties to a possible Upper Town federal scenic river designation while noting the land was not bought under that program.
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Upper
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa Conservation Commission
Lowa
Decorah
William Brabham
Commission
Boston to Build Cardinal Cushing Memorial Jointly
Mayor Kevin White and the Boston archdiocese announce a cooperative effort to erect a memorial for Cardinal Cushing in the city. The project unites city government and the Catholic leadership to honor the late church leader.
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UPI
Kevin White
Archdiocese of
Cardinal Cushing
Bonn Consul Kidnapped By Basques In San Sebastian
Basque terrorists abducted Eugene Schaefer 69 honorary West German consul in San Sebastian and hold him as 19 Basque nationalists face trial Thursday. A French Basque group claimed contact via EVA saying Schaefer is in their hands. Police note a red French-plate car followed his vehicle.
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Spain
Frrench
Anal-Artea
Brothers Assn
Bayonne
France
EVA
Eugene Schaefer
Schaefer
Madrid
Pope in Sydney Ecumenical Mass Amid Protests by Picketing Protestants
In Sydney Pope Paul VI prayed with Protestant church leaders inside the town hall while about a dozen placard-bearing demonstrators and 20 outside protested. Demonstration leader Rev. Frederick Channing, who runs a Bible Presbyterian church in New Zealand, was ejected after unfurling anti Rome messages. Archibishop Marcus Loane abstained, citing differences with Rome. The Pope then visited a children’s hospital and an old people’s home before celebrating an open-air Mass at Randwick for around 150000 students.
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Sydney
Paull VI
Rome
Frederick Channing
New Zealand
Jesus Christ
Ilem
Channing
Bible Presbyterian Church
Marcus Loane
Australia
Pontiff
Randwick
Happy Hunting Begins at Home in Waynesburg Farmyard
Burdette Clutter hunted for two days without success near Waynesburg Pennsylvania. He returned to his farm and found a seven point buck in the yard. One shot brought it down.
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Waynesburg
Burdette Clutter
Oxford Town Rebounds From Campbell Closure To 140 Jobs
In Oxford Nebraska the Campbell Soup plant closure forced 200 residents to relocate. The town rallied with SBA loans and local investment to attract new firms including an iron forging company Loy manufacturing and a Michigan church furniture outfit. Population rebounded to 1100. 40 vacant homes filled. redevelopment plans target Main Street.
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Oxford
Neb
Nebraska
Campbell Soup Co
Allorney
Ed Sherwood
Campbell
Small Business Administration
Sherwood
Bill
Oxford Industrial Council
Oxford Development Corp
SBA
Sherwoods
Fel
Michigan
Oxford Corp
Results of Legislative Study Told By Harrison Weber
A special select legislative committee on student unrest tentatively agreed to far reaching recommendations after sessions with presidents of Iowa Iowa State and Northern Iowa and regents. The panel favors ROTC or officer training on campuses, arguing it provides a university education benefit while avoiding a pure military school path. The plan also notes a large military force is undesirable but urges some balanced presence given world conditions. Page 3, Col. 2.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State
Norther
Board of Regents
Seg
Arthur Neu
Carcnl
Fo N
ROTC
Nixon Defector Ban Outrage Ignites White House
President Nixon called the Lithuania coast guard asylum case outrageous after studying a preliminary report. Press secretary Ziegler said a new policy for asylum seekers would be framed after a final report due Wednesday, as Congress prepares hearings.
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Nixon
East Guard
Ronald Ziegler
Coast Guard
Massachusetts
Ziegler
State and Transportation Departments
Congress
William Macamber
Administration
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