Winter storm outages leave two dead in Iowa area
A severe winter storm brought freezing rain and high winds across central and southern Iowa, causing widespread power and telephone outages. Two deaths were reported when vehicles skidded on ice and after attempts to start stalled cars in freezing conditions. Snow ranged up to a foot in several towns, with many roads slick and schools closed. Power was restored gradually across counties as crews worked through the night.
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HSE AL Leask
Wnen
Tows Southern Aliicles Co
Alley Road
Deluria M. Sell
Highway 70
West Liberty
Willian Ryder
Mascaline
Tanya
Lowa City
Joe Haman
Tawa City
Tawa
Iowa
McGregor
Iowa City
Brateles
Hou Aire
Independence
Buchanan
Seriool
Sigourney Ave
Sigourney
Olmier Collin
Witnes
Pally Teinager
Caulden Park
Five Die in Beechcraft King Air Crash Near Blairstown
Five Cedar Rapids men were killed when a twin engine Beechcraft King Air crashed during severe weather near Blairstown. Officials said the plane hit cottonwood trees, ripping off a wing as it flew low, then continued north before the engines detached.
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Cedar Rapids
Blairstown
Public Peace Talks Resume With Sharp Viet Debate
Paris AP reports the semi public Vietnam peace talks resume with renewed sharp exchanges between North and South Vietnam over the draft agreement. Hanoi urges the United States to sign promptly while Saigon denounces it as a disguised victory for the North. Saigon demands recognition of two sovereign states and rejects Hanoi’s reunification aims, while U.S. envoy Ford calls for reconciliation and rapid completion of the accord. Kissinger and Le Due Tho prepared to return to the talks, with Kissinger’s travel to Paris and Moscow noted.
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Paris
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Due Tho
Hanoi
United States
Saigon
Draf
North Vietnam
Jinh Bu Thi
U.S
Jonth Vinknam
Edainisiea
William Forler
Neuyen Mink Vy
Shan
Citng
Phant Dang Lam
Tondlayr
Henry Kissinger
Wie Tha
Peking
Chon Barlil
Moscow
Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Hopkinton Man Shot to Death
Hopkinton residents faced a fatal shooting as Dale Bools aged 20 died after an early morning incident near Hopkinton city hall. Sheriff Burt Walledge and Delaware County investigators joined the probe with state agents, while two suspects were questioned.
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Hopkinton
Opkistan
Bools
Mes
Dale Bools
Hopktian
Delawine
Shariff Burt
Sherif Wade
Cave of Criminal Investigation
Delaware County Medical Pennie
Willeys
Smith Resigns as U S Arms Talks Lead Amid NASA Shift
Washington AP The White House says top arms talks negotiator Gerard Smith resigns while NASA chief remains in place. Nixon renews Civil Aeronautics Board leadership but chair Browne plans to resign soon. Smith, 58, previously linked to arms control roles from Eisenhower to Nixon era. The article notes ongoing U S Soviet arms treaty discussions and a May Moscow ceremony initiating talks.
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White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hiel Pass
Gerard Smith
Daiies C. Finseher
NASA
Amd
George Low
Gerald Warren
Sated
Warren
Nixon
Smith
CAB
Secor Browne
Whitney Gilliland
Civil Aeronautics Board
Warrett
Browne
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Eisenhower
Share Department
Prameau
U S Losses Grow as B 52 and F 111 Are Lit Up
U S pilots report further B52 and F111 losses amid intensified air war over North Vietnam. Six jet Stratofortresses shot down since December as Nixon shifts more bombers to Hanoi Haiphong area. Two crewmen from the March 22 fighter-bomber crash presumed missing, with some reports they parachuted and survived.
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U. Sijly
North Vietnam
Cnm
U.S
Sorthern Panhandle
North
Weere
Vietnam
Tonkin Gul
Nixon
Manet
Bamber
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cmmmanilé
Five U S Dead And 24 Missing
In Saigon the U S command reported five Americans killed in action in India China theater and 24 missing, raising two week totals of dead and missing. Most casualties were Airmen from air raids over the northern heartland, the heaviest early blitz toll in two years. Separately in New York stocks plunged on hostile causes as the market faced cooling fears after several days of gains.
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Saigon
U. S
India
Armericans
NEW York
Ana Ue
Tolal U.S. Gersnallies
Davy Jones
Five Cedar Rapids residents die in Blairstown plane crash
Federal aviation officials and the National Transportation Safety Board investigated a Wednesday night light plane crash near Blairstown that killed five Cedar Rapids residents en route from Omaha. The victims include Alden Stradling, Ronald Edens, C.D. Hahn, Dewils Oty, and Neldon Wood, with Wood aboard as a pilot from Cummings and Co. Weather was severe with ice covered roads and limited visibility.
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Dennis Offing
Ronald B. Edens
Clarence D. Hahn
Alden R. Stradling
MarAmerica Financial Corp
Neldon Lavell Wood
Cummings and Co
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Dewils Oty
Fliat. Avenue NW
MorAmerica Mortgage Corp
C.D. Hahn
Stanly
Court NE
LeaseAmerieca
MorAmerica
Tadlar Hill Read SE
Wood
Cummings
Twenty One Charged In Major Drug Sweep In Iowa
Cedar Rapids and Marion police swept through the area arresting twenty one people on drug related charges in a weeks long investigation. Narcotics agents seized marijuana heroin hashish and other substances in what officials called one of the state's largest drug related arrests. Non drug charges were filed against others linked to the case as investigators continued into the early morning hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Filaine Risdal
Metro Narcal
Im Ant
Nawly Moenings
Metra
Cedar Rapids and
Cantlinueel
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