Tornado Season Opens in February
Kansas City AP reports the National Weather Service marks February 1 as the start of tornado season. Reviewing 1971 activity, 879 tornadoes occurred that year with 157 deaths, including a deadly February 21 outbreak across the Mississippi Delta. Texas led with 189 twisters, while states like Maine and several others had few or no twisters.
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Kansas City
National Weather Service
Allen Pearson
National
Mississippi Delta
Pearson
Joplin
Springfield
Missouri
Lake Charles
Huntington
Tenn
Texas
Florida
Nebraska
South Dakota
Georgia
New England
Maine
Minnesota
Louisiana
Kansas
District of Columbia
Delaware
Idaho
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Weather Service
How Car Options Will Cost Buyer
New car buyers face steep price hikes from optional equipment as prices rise across models. The piece lists base prices and inflated totals for common options on several cars, noting average buyers add 875 in options raising the average price from 3700 to 4575, and highlights the risk of overbuying while offering guidance on choosing value.
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New York
U.S
Ballot Recount Persists Two Months After Uruguay Vote
In Montevideo the recount of Uruguay’s Nov 28 election drags on with Juan Bordaberry leading by about 9 500 votes over Wilson Ferreira Aldunate. Officials expect final results between Feb 5 and 20 amid 180 000 observed ballots. Tupamaros resume attacks as violence flares. industrialist Ricardo Ferres is released after kidnapping last year.
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Pearson
U.S
Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Juan Bordaberry
Wilson Ferreira Aldenate
Electoral College
Aldunate
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Tupamaros
Punta Carretas
Ricardo Ferres
Sharp Cutback Sought on Amphetamine Production
Rep Paul Rogers of Florida urged strong limits on pep pill production during three days of House Commerce hearings on amphetamines. He cited 1971 output enough for 40 pills per person and warned black market flows, advocating a larger cut than the FDA and Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs proposed for 1972.
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Washington
UPI
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Rogers
House Commerce Subcommittee On
Federal Drug Administration
Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs
Demos Top G O P in Calif Registrations
Registered Democrats total 4 448 986 while Republicans reach 3 127 929 in California per the secretary of state. Over the past year Democrats gained 787 432 and Republicans 367 963 as about eight million voters are registered with 360 850 declining party designation.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Secretary of State
Israel to Build $2 Million Computer Center
Israel announces plans to construct a two million dollar computer studies center with financial support from the International Labor Organization.
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Computer Center
Tel Aviv
Israel
The
International Labor Organization
Advertise where people look Use a want ad
Classified notice urges readers to advertise where people search by placing a want ad. Mentions a contact number 369-1234 for taking notices and inquiries. The brief promotes short ad placements to reach a broad audience.
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Dail
House Balks At Changing Cholera Bill
DES MOINES AP The House voted 54 to 37 to insist on two amendments to a hog cholera control bill and sent the measure to a conference committee with the Senate. The bill aims at the final phase of Iowa s eradication program and would qualify farmers for federal aid if a future outbreak requires herd extermination. The Senate had approved ear tagging of all market hogs. the House amendments exempt native Iowa swine sold locally and require 72 hour movement completion for auction hogs unless extended by the secretary of agriculture.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
House
State Secretary of Agriculture
Dacca Moslems Burying Dead In Mirpur Enclave Violence
Non-Bengali Muslims in Mirpur bury 21 men and 1 woman in a mass grave as the Bangladesh army patrols with jeep mounted weapons. In three other Mirpur sectors 23 more Biharis are laid to rest after three days of fighting with Bengali guerrillas and troops. Government officials withhold details of the clashes.
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Dacca
UPI
Mirpur
Bangladesh Army
Mohamedpur
Theft reported after car break-in in Cincinnati
Steven Wolf 21 told police a thief broke into his automobile and stole stereo tape cartridges and a textbook. The book was entitled Criminology in America.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Steven Wolf
America
Flood Insurance Explained in Five Iowa Sessions
A series of 1:30 p.m. meetings in five Iowa cities will explain the federally administered flood insurance program. Employers Mutual Companies will conduct the schools with Robert Ruby as principal speaker, detailing coverage for single to four family dwellings and small businesses, including mudslide risk, with subsidized rates and specified limits.
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Iowa
Employers Mutual Companies
Des Moines
Central Fire
Dubuque
Crossroads National Bank
Waterloo
Nine’s Steak House
Cedar Falls
Independence
Marquette
McGregor
Scott County
Federal Insurance Administration
National Flood Insurance Assn
Employers Mutual
National Association
Iowa highway commission offers 450000 for Savanna Sabula bridge
The Iowa highway commission voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to offer 450000 for the Savanna Sabula bridge on highway 64. Bridge owners sought 575000, with repairs estimated at 15000 immediate and a 75000 to 100000 paint project within five years. The plan uses low interest revenue bonds, with tolls possible again after 15 years.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Savanna-Sabula
Savanna-Sabula Bridge Co
Commission
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
Jules Busker
Sioux City
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