Temporary Accord on SST Eyed
Washington leaders sought a three month funding truce on the SST to allow adjournment by New Year’s day. Senate support varied with Proxmire opposing any deal, while Boland signaled possible acceptance. broader impasses risk extending 91st Congress work beyond Sunday.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
92Nd
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Edward Boland
Dmass
House Appropriations
House Rules Committee
Proxmire
Transportation Department
Chuckle on Prices Keeps Valuables in Refrigerator
A humorous note suggests modern valuables are stored not in a safe but in the refrigerator citing cheap prices.
Mine Disaster Highlights Federal Safety Lapses in Kentucky
In Hyden Kentucky a Finley Coal Co mine explosion killed 38 miners instantly deep underground. Inspectors had ordered the mine closed last June for dangerous coal dust and gas test omissions. Only one survivor was hospitalized. the mine will stay closed while inspectors reassess safety breaches and rescue teams prepare to return.
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Kentucky
Hyden
UPI
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Finley Coal Co
H. N. Kirkpatrick
State Commissioner of Mines
Finley
State to Buy 400 Compact Cars Next Year
Des Moines AP State Car Dispatcher Frank Crabb proposes the state buy 400 American made compact cars next year to save about 223 568 dollars. He estimates 478 dollars per car in purchase savings and 32 368 dollars more in fuel oil and tires, plus 11 500 dollars to set up a service station. He projects 275 50 dollars per car savings for 41 323 dollars total at the site and up to 100 000 possible. Crabb urges servicing visiting Des Moines cars at the new station before returning home.
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Des Moines
Frank Crabb
Crabb
Hunter Nominated by GOP for 22nd District Senate Seat
Jesse G. Hunter, Cedar Rapids fire chief, was unanimously chosen Wednesday night as the Republican candidate for state senator from Iowa’s 22nd district. The seat opened after J Donald Weimer, a Democrat, vacated the post for business reasons. Hunter pledged to serve district and state with dedication and cooperate across parties once elected.
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Jesse G. Hunter
Cedar Rapids
J. Donald Weimer
D-C.r
Iowa Senate
Weimer
Iowa
Slow death for one jail term in Leningrad hijack case
Soviet Union spared the lives of two Jews in the Leningrad hijack case. Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits received labor camp sentences with extreme conditions described as a slow death by friends. Other defendants had varied reduced terms, while six sentences were upheld. The case drew international protests and highlighted emigration refusals to Israel.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Supreme Court
Edward Kuznetsov
Mark Dymshits
Kuznetsov
Europe
Israel
U. S
Spain
Francisco Franco
Finland
Tass
Dymshits
Iosif Mendelyevich
Ari Khnokh
Anatoly Altman
Cashen couple seek return of city parking lot property
Cedar Rapids couple Clifford and Mary Cashen sue Linn County for ownership of a 60 by 120 foot parcel in the Third avenue SE city parking lot where a railroad depot once stood. They argue condemnation in 1898 and non-use since 1961 means reversion to original owner, claiming ownership since February 1969 and asking for compensation and formal title. The petition notes city improvements by surfaceing and occupancy.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Clifford J
Mary J. Cashen
Third Avenue SE
Cashens
Iowa toll ties 1966 record with 904 traffic deaths
On the final day of 1970 the Iowa traffic death toll reached at least 904, equaling the worst annual total on record. A Franklin County crash near Hampton killed two, boosting statewide deaths and reinforcing concerns from officials that 900 road deaths in one year is excessive.
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Hampton
UPI
Iowa
Franklin County
Highway 65
Sheriff's Office
Fulton
Combat Toll Rises Despite Christmas Truce in Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese forces observed a New Year truce as fighting spiked last week. American deaths rose to 41, while South Vietnamese casualties climbed to 301. enemy fatalities fell to 1,250. U S wounded totaled 141. The tally brings U S combat deaths to 44,208 and wounded to 293,224. A Viet Cong 72 hour cease-fire began before allied action but Laos air raids targeted a Ho Chi Minh trail supply complex.
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Saigon
U. S
Iowa
Suoi Cat
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Air Force
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