Helicopters Downed as Laos Fighting Escalates
U S military reports two more helicopters shot down in southern Laos with three wounded and three killed aboard a cargo chopper. American gunships retaliated, but totals indicate rising losses in the Laos operation begun a week earlier. Field dispatches recount renewed bombings and harvests of enemy supply caches along the Ho Chi Minh trail amid fresh clashes near Tang Cheng.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
Neal Smith
North Vietnam
CIA
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
Kyl Keeps Future Plans to Himself
Congressman John Kyl declined to reveal his next move after the legislature signaled plans for his district. He will wait for a better time to announce and considers three options including a run against Smith, governor, or moving to a different district.
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Kyl
Frank Nye
Des Moines
John Kyl
Tal Gazelle
Smith
Richmond public safety chief resigns over pay plan
Richmond city manager announces Fulton resigns as public safety commissioner effective March 1 1971 amid controversy over proposed salary and re districting. replacement discussions name John Nielsen as possible successor while Iowa governor and officials debate plans and timelines.
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Richmond
Schwengel
Linnitt
First County
Fulton
Iowa
Ty Cay
Kyl
Alan Kiepper
Iowa Senate
Oelwein
John Nielsen
Clinton County
Public Safety Department
Turkish base kidnapper release of 84 year old American
ANKARA AP A chairman abducted by leftist extremists near an American base in Ankara was released unharmed Monday night after 17 hours in captivity. Jimmy Finley 84 of Fort Worth is being questioned by U S Air Force Office of Special Investigations. The base attack wounded no one as guards hid. Police have no clue to the attackers.
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Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Comemand
Air Force
Thailand
Tang Cheng
Laos
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Vang Pao
Ankara
Turkey
Wmed
Jimmy Finley
Fort Worth
U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Finley
Kidpapers
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Balgat
Gravel seeks halt to nuclear plant construction nationwide
Senator Mike Gravel proposes a moratorium on new nuclear fission plants and the creation of a national energy commission to oversee an orderly shift to alternative sources. He argues current funding favors atomic energy and cites cleaner options and coal plant pollution. Opponents warn such a halt risks future energy needs and jobs.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Mike Gravel
Alaska
National Energy Commission
Gravel
Joseph Swidler
New York Public Service Commission
Swidler
California
Merrit Risenbud
New York University
Commerce Secretary Held Interest In Penn Central Stake
Washington AP report that Secretary of Commerce Stans held more than 300000 dollars in a Penn Central subsidiary through 58 000 Great Southwest Corp shares while the department aided the rail carrier. Records show he owned 38000 shares as of June 12 1970. He says he disqualified himself from related meetings, and a stock split later altered value from 160 to about 2 dollars a share.
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Roger Jepsen
House
William Harbor Washington
Labor’department
University of Iowa
W. J. Usery
Broth Artinod
James Hodgson
Commerce Secretary
Penn Central
Washington
Corhmerte
Mi Stans
Great Southwest Corp
Stans
Congress
Nixon
Stang
Tig
Sepember
House Banking Committee
Penn Central Management
Great Southwest
Glore Forgan-Win
R. Staats & Co
Glore Forgan
Senate Commerce Committee
Pennsy
Bayard Roberts
Kiss Incident Sparks Juvenile Court Complaint
A Cedar Rapids girl babysat at home when an unknown young man entered, kissed her after she asked him to leave. Her mother filed a juvenile court assault complaint against the intruder.
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Cedar Rapids
Penn Central Profits Questioned in Railyard Investment Ties
Washington AP reports a staff inquiry finds Penn Central assets manipulated to aid a private investment firm. Rep Wright Patman cites a 1.8 million favorable Chem Bank loan as key, arguing corporate power subsidized Penphil for personal gain while Penn Central sought bankruptcy protection.
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Washington
House Banking ‘Committee
Penn Central
Wright Patman
Texas
Justice Larson to resign from Iowa Supreme Court seat
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Larson 72 of Iowa City will retire April 1 after 38 years on the bench. Gov. Ray praised his knowledge and service as the court faces a transition to a younger judge.
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Justice Larson
Iowa
JES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Robert L. Larson
Towa City
Towa
Larson
Trobert D. Ray
Ray
Supreme Court
Chuckle Caption On Husband Helping Wife Into Car
A light humor caption suggests a husband aiding his wife into a car may imply they recently acquired one of them. The joke plays on the idea of shared ownership humor.
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Son
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John Murray
Tullon
Jack Fulton
Public Safety Commissioner
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Case
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
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