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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1970

Page

34

Dog Is Rescued After Tumbling Down Mineshaft

In Cental City Colorado a German Shepherd named Shelley fell 400 feet into an abandoned mineshaft while with her owner Pat Garvey. Garvey called for help then returned with Norm Blake and a Denver deputy state cot vertical bucket. Shelley was found on a narrow shelf at the 110 foot level and guided to the surface unharmed.

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High Court Rules Against Private Oil Shale Claims

The Supreme Court ruled against private claims for up to one fifth of government oil shares in the West. Six Colorado located claims canceled in the 1930s for insufficient work. Justices Burger and Stewarts dissented, Harlan White and Marshall did not participate. Douglas described actions nullifying proceedings and possible procedural errors by the agency.

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Bankers Son Held in Trunk in Glendale Kidnapping Plot

Two men aged 35 and 20, George Forrens and Thomas LeRoy Cole anan, were jailed on kidnapping charges after binding a bank executive’s wife and son. The pair, armed with sawed off shotguns, demanded more than $100,000 in weekend deposits from the Bank of America Glendale branch and followed a plan involving a bus terminal key exchange in Las Vegas, then Los Angeles. Police tracked and arrested them after the elder Spath complied with the ransom scheme and the men fled in two cars with the son inside one vehicle.

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Reagan Shunning Favorite Son Bid at 1972 GOP Convention

Gov. Ronald Reagan said he plans to attend the 1972 Republican convention in Sacramento as a backer of President Nixon, not as a favorite son candidate. He noted he has not discussed Nixon’s nomination with Nixon and assumes Nixon will be the nominee.

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Soviet Arms Budget and Defense Seen Strong for 1971

The Soviet Union projected a defense budget near 17.9 to 19.8 billion rubles for 1971, with defense absorbing about 11 percent of the total budget and likely masking broader military spending. Officials touted a 8 percent rise in industrial production in 1970 and forecast a consumer goods push, including 513,000 passenger cars next year, amid plans for agricultural modernization and a large grain harvest.

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