Still No Trace of Lost Boy
The search for 11 year old Guy Heckle continued Monday near Toddville Cedar Rapids area. About 500 people including officers and volunteers scoured 20 miles of river and surrounding backwaters from Kiwanis reserve to Toddville. Authorities say foul play isn’t suspected and He offers may have hidden in backwaters or run away.
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Guy Heckle
Howard Heckle
Forty-eighth Street
Toddville
George Griffin
Linn Sheriff's Office
Troop 101
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Griffin
Marion Police Department
Civil Defense
Mayors Plan Fight on Cutbacks
New York AP reports U S mayors unite to challenge President Nixon budget cuts affecting OEO and revenue sharing. Moon Landrieu says cuts hit cities hard. 14 883 municipalities under two national groups push for broad public and congressional strategy with Alioto meeting House leaders to plan further actions after February 19.
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New York City
Nixon
Congress
John Lindsay
New York
Moon Landrieu
New Orleans
Korman Mineta
San Jose
Calif
Kevin White
Boston
Washington
U. S. Conference of Mayors
National League of Cities
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Legislative Action Committee
League of Cities
Roman Gribbs
Detroit
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Carl Albert
Loopholes Still Aid Rich Former Tax Official Says
Washington based Tax expert Stanley Surrey testified at House Ways and Means hearings, saying the rich escape taxes and the public would be outraged if they knew by how much. Surrey, Harvard law professor and former assistant treasury secretary, helped spur the 1969 Tax Reform Act. He warned reforms may be modest, while liberals seek broad changes.
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Washington
UPI
Stanley Surrey
Congress
Surrey
Harvard Law
Treasury
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Battle Lines Drawn In Fight on Spending
Sen. Edmund Muskie warns Congress may use crude measures to check presidential spending power as John Ehrlichman vows to withhold funds for wasteful programs if lawmakers overrule a veto. The two argued Sunday over how Congress can reassert constitutional authority in the escalating budget clash.
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Nixon
Capital Hill
Edmund Muskie
John Ehrlichman
Congress
Muskie
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Reds Seek Withdrawal Schedule Slows POW Releases
Amid pressure from the Viet Cong, the United States refuses to provide a detailed U.S. troop withdrawal timetable. JMC sources say this delays the first American prisoner releases, while Ambassadors and officials indicate some releases may begin within a week, with sites in Saigon region and Mekong delta tentatively chosen.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
JMC
United States
Gilbert Woodward
Mekong
Woodward
Tran van Tra
ICCS
Michel Gauvin
U. S
An Loc
Utility probes other substances in Eagle Grove blast
An Iowa Public Service Co. attorney said the utility is examining whether substances other than natural gas were involved in the Eagle Grove tragedy. He noted substantial evidence from knowledgeable people guiding the investigation.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa Public Service Co
Explosion Friday Night Kills At Least 13 People
An attorney stated scents of substances at the scene were not natural gas. He noted private citizens who reported smelling gas after the blast may have mistaken other substances for gas. The explosion Friday night killed at least 13 people.
Rights at 18 Passed By Senate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate approved 32 to 13 a measure lowering the adult rights age from 19 to 18 after defeating a bid to keep the drinking rights age at 19. The bill, requested by Gov. Robert Ray, moves to the House.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Robert Ray
Iowa House
Plymar
Senate
Iowa
Norman Rodgers
Dadel
Hill
Viet Cong and South Vietnamese begin talks in Paris
Viet Cong and South Vietnamese officials held their first preparatory session in Paris under the Vietnam accords. They discussed procedural points and agreed to meet again Wednesday without North Vietnamese or U.S. allies, signaling momentum in the two sides' ongoing consultations on the war’s political future.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Kleber Avenue
Vietnam
Dinh Ba Thi
Saigon
Nguyen Phuong Thiep
Partisan Firings in Linn Courthouse Charged
The Gazette reports Democratic officials in Linn county deny mass firings of qualified employees for political reasons after Democrats took control January 1. Ruth Lovelace was terminated from a $9,400 yearly post in the county engineer’s office after 25 years, prompting Republican protest and a committee investigation into possible illegal secret meetings. Further details and affected employees are to be released after the committee’s inquiry.
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Linn County
Ruth Lovelace
Gazette
Esther Strother
Republican Central Committee
Board of Supervisors
Americans Visit Viet Cong Village During Tet Cease Fire
UPI photographer Jeff Taylor and Dave Kennerly of Time Magazine photographed Viet Cong villages in the Mekong Delta on Tet, visiting a village held by the Viet Cong. They noted a cease fire observed for the holiday and were escorted by villagers amid children and armed men.
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UPI
Jeff Taylor
Saigon
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Landrieu
League
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International Commission For Control and Supervision
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Frank Nye
Eugene Hill
Newton
William Plymar
Urbandale
V.C
Michigan Statistics
Michigan
Rodgers
John Murray
Rames
Minnette Doderer
Linn
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