Largest Cedar Rapids drug arrest tops area history
Cedar Rapids police seized about $25,000 of hashish from Jackie P. Boer 22 of 323 S Dubuque St at Cedar Rapids Municipal airport. Detectives with a search warrant arrested him around 3 30 p m noting it the largest single drug arrest in the area. Boer held on $10 000 bond.
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Iowa City
Jackie P. Boer
S. Dubuque Street
United Airlines
Chicago
Ozark Airlines
Oil Slick Closes Part of Seventh Avenue in New York
An oil slick covered five blocks on Seventh Avenue between 18th and 23rd streets in New York. Discovered at 8:30 a.m. it caused several minor accidents before police could close the route. Rain hindered cleanup as water spread the spill. Police suspect an oil truck with an open valve caused the slick.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
18Th
23Rd Streets
Washington First Lady Letter Fetches 3300 At Auction
An April 13, 1794 letter by Martha Washington lamenting Philadelphia pollution sold for 3300 dollars as part of a 250-letter auction. The sale, totaling about 45000 dollars, also featured John Adams letters to Robert Fulton and other Washington autographs. A collector from Washington state bought the Martha Washington letter and may hand it to the federal government.
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Fort Washington
Philadelphia
Martha Washington
U. S
Bruce Gimelson
State of Washington
Chuckle Things Tense as People Sleep in Church
A lighthearted observation notes the irony of busy times making silence and rest scarce even in places of worship. The quip hints at widespread strain and the search for calm amid social changes.
Boeing SST noise cut to FAA level promises green light
Boeing officials say the supersonic transport now meets the 108 decibel FAA limit around airports after major GE engine changes and added noise suppression. Withington notes two to three months of progress and plans to meet airlines for final approval, despite initial efforts facing strict limits and cost considerations.
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Boeing
Washington
Boeing Co
H. W. Withington
Department of Transportation
Withington
FAA
General Electric
NORAD official cites human error in erroneous nationwide alert
The civilian head of the National Warning Center says the faulty radio and TV alert was due to a simple human error. NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain facility near Colorado Springs identified the teletype operator W. S. Eberhardt as the one who sent the wrong tape during a standard Saturday test at 8:30 a.m.
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National Warning Center
Louis Smoyer
North American Air Defense
Smoyer
Civil Defense Command
NORAD
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Washington official confirms real alert triggered by error test
A spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense said the operator who activated the coded tape for a test also activated a tape for a real alert. The incident occurred in Washington as the test word hateful ness was misread as hatefulness, revealing the alert was genuine.
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Washington
Office of Civil Defense
Everything Hit the Fan at Cheyenne Mountain Warning System
W S Eberhardt, of the National Warning System, described the erroneous emergency alert as he recalled the moment and the later cancellation. Louis Smoyer admitted no clear procedures existed for handling a wrong transmission and promised fixes to prevent repeats. The incident involved a test tape, two never-used warning tapes, and an authentication word mix up that caused confusion and delay.
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Cheyenne Mountain Corp
W. S. Eberhardt
Eberhardt
Louis Smoyer
Smoyer
Republican headaches as Iowa faces red ink and new districts
Gazette analysis notes Iowa could run a deficit of 11 million dollars or more by year end while Republicans clash over how to redraw the state into six new congressional districts. Frank Nye reviews potential consequences and party splits on Page 2B.
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Iowa
Gazette
Frank Nye
Viets Fight Free Of Besieged Post
A unit of South Vietnamese Rangers evacuated with over 100 wounded after breaking through North Vietnamese lines at Landing Zone Ranger in Laos. Allied and Saigon sources reported about 50 killed and 110 wounded initially, with 60 more missing. The Lao-tian task force faced a major Vietnamese assault to surround Saigon forces.
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Saigon
VPI
Laos
U.S
Ranger
U. S
Dennis Fuji
Hawaii
Dole Predicts Inflation and Southeast Asia War Not Major in 1972 Campaign
Republican national chairman Senator Robert Dole told a Des Moines fund dinner that the Southeast Asia war will fade from the 1972 race. He said U S ground troops will drop sharply by May 1 and inflation will not be a major issue. He credited Nixon doctrine for deescalation and noted the Laos invasion as a sign of progress.
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UPI
Republican Party
Southeast Asia
Robert Dole
Kansan
G.O.P
Dole
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Kansas
Laos
Humphrey
Muskie
Kennedy
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