Free Rock Concert Draws Several Hundred Thousand
An estimated 200000 to 500000 youths gathered at Altamont Speedway near Tracy California for a day long free rock concert featuring the Rolling Stones and West Coast bands. Traffic north and east backed up for miles as attendees camped in the hills and in cars. Two babies were born in a Red Cross van and mothers were flown to hospitals. some revelers reportedly used drugs openly.
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Altamont Speedway
Livermore
California
Rolling Stones
San Francisco
Highway 50
Tracy
Calif
Grateful Dead
Red Cross
Golden Gate Park
West
Melvin Belli
Highway Patrol
Growing Older Brings Shared Front Against Generation Gap
A light quip notes the humor in aging with your children sharing the same stance on the generation gap. Copyright notice appended.
Snow Hits Iowa Roads With Major Blizzards Reported
A winter storm spread across Iowa causing hazardous travel late Saturday into Sunday. Snowfalls varied from light to heavy with Council Bluffs reporting eight inches and other cities recording several inches. Motorists were urged to call 366-1884 for weather and road updates.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Sioux City
Mason City
Sac City
Waterloo
Special
My Lai killings questioned by South Viet lawmakers
A South Vietnamese house fact finding panel concludes American troops killed many in My Lai on March 16, 1968. They cite higher deaths than government figures and favor small arms fire over aerial bombardment. The report, due soon, aims to avoid broad disclosure that could aid the communists and strain U S relations.
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Saigon
House of Representatives
My Lai
House
U. S
South Vietnam
Quangngai
First Crowded Second Silent Contrast in Congressional Districts
Iowa districts show stark contrasts in 1970 race dynamics. In the First, incumbent Rep. Fred Schwengel faces multiple Republican and Democratic contenders amid a May birthday and past defeats. In the Second, Rep. John Culver faces minimal GOP opposition as 1972 Senate plans loom, prompting talk of potential candidates.
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Iowa
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Schwengel
Culver
U. S. Senate
Jack Miller
Roger Halvorson
Monona
G.O.P
John Walsh
Theodore Ellsworth
Dubuque
Tom Riley
Kennedy Tax Plan Fails in Senate Vote on Wealth Tax
The Senate rejected Kennedy proposals to raise taxes on wealthy individuals with tax sheltered income. The 52 to 24 vote supported a 5 percent minimum tax on tax preference items, while Kennedy's 15 percent top rate and charity-use provisions were defeated.
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Washington
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-Fla
Blind Groups Renew School Change Plea
Iowa groups for the blind urge shifting control of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving school from the board of regents to the state commission. They claim legislators back a takeover and say the current philosophy limits blind students. Representatives criticize Regent management while citing past re training issues at Vinton.
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Des Moines
School For the
Vinton
Iowa Association For the Blind
IAB
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Iowa Braille and
Board of Regents
Commission
Shirley Lansing
Mason City
University Association For the Blind
Vinton School
University of Iowa
IBSS
Miss Lansing
Iowa Organizations For the
Red China Frees Two Americans After 92 Months
AP dispatch reports Simeon Baldwin of Los Angeles and Bessie Hope Donald of Bristol Virginia freed by Red China after 92 months of captivity. They sailed to a Hong Kong area island aboard Baldwins Morasuma, saying they were all right. The pair were among 15 yachtsmen seized Feb 16 near Hong Kong en route to Macao. 13 others were released April 2.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Simeon Baldwin
Los Angeles
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Tsing Yi Island
Baldwin
Morasum
Peking
New China
Donald
Macao
Laguna Beach
Calif
Peter Donald
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South Viet
Henry Kamm
New York Times Service
Tran Ngoc Tan
Tran van Don
Defense Committee
Thieu
Don
Frank Nye
Gazette
Halvorson
the Gazette
By Jim Farrell
Organized
Blind of
Frank Rocco
Neil Butler
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