Nixon orders federal permits to curb water pollution
President Nixon announced a major pollution crackdown requiring industries to obtain federal permits to discharge wastes into U S waters under a new program to enforce water quality standards. Existing plants must secure permits by July 1, with new plants given immediate consent.
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U.S
Army Corps
Whi
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Linn County to spend 93 Million on roads 1972 76
Linn county will allocate over 93 million dollars for highway construction in the five fiscal years 1972 through 1976, with the bulk on Interstate 380. The plan represents about 14 percent of the state total, and includes significant right of way purchases and long delayed Cedar Rapids improvements, though some warn of optimistic timelines and ongoing funding concerns.
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AMES
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Airport Road
H Avenue
Cedar River Crossing
East Central
District Six
Commission
Lowe
Marion
Central City
Jobagon
Johmson
Linn
Five Year Road Plan Delayed by Funding Shortfalls
The state five year highway program shows heavy funding in district six centered on Cedar Rapids and district two with $117 million earmarked for the latter. Delays stretch across interstates and primary roads due to financial squeezes, pushing several projects into 1972 and beyond while intercity links like 1 280 face revised timetables and location debates.
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Y Dale Rueter
Jamie Stadt Weiter
Iowal
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East Central
District Six
District Two
Interstate
District Siz
Charles Ruggles Dies A Humorous Hollywood Figure
Hollywood a veteran actor Charles Ruggles died Wednesday of cancer at age 74. He lent wheezy Casper Milquetoast humor to scores of films from the 1930s through the 1950s and appeared on stage radio and television. His career began in 1929 and included titles such as Gentlemen of the Press The Lady Ties Charley's Aunt Alien in Wonderland Friends of Mr Sweeney Ruggles of Red Gap Anything Goes Bringing Up Baby and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.
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Hollywood
UPI
Charles Ruggles
Casper Milquetoast
Mr. Sweeney
Ruggles of
Red Gap
Chuckle on the husband who lays down the law
A light joke notes the average husband issues rules to his wife and then accepts all her amendments. The remark plays on marriage banter and humorous give and take.
Six Americans Die in Mekong Delta Helicopter Crash
SAIGON UPI The U S command reports six Americans killed in a helicopter crash in the Mekong delta from unknown causes. The wreckage was difficult to locate buried in the delta soil with no survivors reported.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Mekong Delta
West German Brandt East German Stoph Meet Again
Representatives of West Germany and East Germany held a second meeting in under a month. Talks focused on bilateral relations and tensions between Berlin and the two German states. Both sides emphasized seeking progress amid cooling Cold War dynamics.
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Herlinap
Willy Brandt
Willi Stoph
Legislative Assignments Are Revealed in Gazette Lists
Town Weies Li Gov Roger Jepsen and House Speaker William Harbor announced assignment of legislators to posts opening Jan 11. The Gazette lists area senators including Charles Ballou and Minnette Deferer with committee roles in Appropriations and Ways and Means. Floyd Gilley is noted among the new assignments.
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William Harbor
Henderson
Peromi
Gazette
Charles Ballou
Toledo
Minnette Deferer
Ujowa City
Floyd Gilley
Maynard
Congress Recesses Amid Legislation Tangle
Washington reports a recess as Congress faces a deadlock on subsidies for the supersonic air transport and a triple header social security welfare and trade plan. House GOP staffers predict further stalemate with negotiators unlikely to bridge differences before year-end. Cambodia aid compromise passes both chambers, authorizing $255 million in military and economic aid with a $535 million total foreign aid package.
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Ways and Means Committee
Cambodia
U.S
House
Injured Pilot Crawls 33 Hours Down Peak
James Brown a 42 year old Bank of America courier pilot crawled 33 hours through snow and mountain terrain after a crash near Elm Springs San Diego. He was found on Angel's Cross plateau and later treated in hospital for serious fractures lacerations concussion and frost bite. Brown a Navy veteran holds four Distinguished Flying Crosses and 13 Air Medals.
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Bank of America Courier
Elm Springs
Brown
California 76
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Hima
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Navy
Three Planets May Recur as Star of Bethlehem
Boston scientists note that Venus Jupiter and Mars will align with the crescent moon on early Christmas morning, a rare event in 7 B.C. reported by Walter Webb of the Boston Museum of Science. Webb says ancient observers might have seen such a planetary gathering as a star guiding the Wise Men toward Judea. The trio will not visually merge, remaining distinct points of light for one or two nights.
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Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Walter Webb
Charles Hayden Planetarium
Boston Museum of Science
Webb
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Soma
Mesopotamia
Judea
Johannes Kepler
Rogers Eyes Middle East Peacekeeping
Secretary of State Rogers said the United States is prepared to play a role in Middle East peacemaking and would consider participating in a UN peacekeeping force. He dismissed a joint American Soviet peacekeeping plan as impractical and urged negotiations, noting 1971 could be a year of decision. The interview stressed U.S. willingness to push negotiations while avoiding direct joint force.
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Washington
Rogers
U. S
U.N
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Manol
UW. S
UW. N
Page
PW Isis
North Vietnam
North Vietnam labeled as propaganda maneuver by Rogers
Secretary Rogers condemned North Vietnam for releasing a purported POW as a contemptible propaganda maneuver. He noted Hanoi invited two senators to Paris to gain information, calling the move a strategic ploy while addressing reporters after a Washington briefing.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Rogers
Paris
Informa
Lowden Woman, 70, Dies in Car Crash
VAIDEN Miss. AP Two women died in a two car collision six miles south of here Tuesday night. Lena Fauntain Ibus 70 of Lowden Iowa driver of one car and Ruth F. Schaul of Mobile Alabama passenger. Victor L. Moore 40 Greenwood driver of the other car in serious condition.
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Here
Lena Fauntain Ibus
Lowden
Lons
Fief
Druth F. Schaul
Mobile
Ala
Victor L. Moore
Greenwood
Olfer
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