Legislators Start Fast in Annual Iowa Session Race
Des Moines dispatch reports Gov. Ray's address spurring a quick start to Iowa's annual legislature. Lt Gov Jepyen and House Speaker Harbor opened sessions with holdover leaders and committees ready. GOP leaders tout a short session while Democrats warn about special interests and long bills to be tackled.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Roger Jepyen
House
William Harbor
Senate
Geldom
Elmer Lange
Bac City
Seeley Lodwick
R-Wever
G.O.P
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Rigler
Viet Exit Units Named and Withdrawals Reported
Saigon AP reports that U.S. forces plan moving out after a 10 percent cut in Vietnam, with divisions and air units pulling back. The article notes body counts used for morale, criticism from officers, and a mountaintop operation near Saigon yielding limited gains.
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Quang
Biafra Surrenders After 30 Months of Secession Struggle
Lagos AP report says Biafra surrendered Monday ending 30 months of secession, as Major Gen. Yakubu Gowon seeks immediate ceasefire. Ojukwu fled to seek peace, with families reportedly aboard. Nigerian forces seized Uli airstrip amid heavy air strikes that damaged the runway.
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Nigeria
Biafra
Philip Fitiong
Oli Odumegwu Ojukiwu
Sam
Yakubu Gewon
SC Grininien Biafra
Uli
Ojukwu
Jeffiong
Copenhagen
Marine Cpl Braynard Loses Stereo Gear During Leave
Cpl Gerald D Braynard 21 son of Nod and Mrs Braynard had saved rent money from Vietnam for a stereo and car tape setup. On Sunday between 3:12 and 7:20 p.m. a thief smashed into his 1960 Impala in the city parkade and took the stereo tapes camera and gear worth 532. His parents offered a 50 reward and urge recovery before he returns to Vietnam on Friday.
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Vietnam
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Wilson Avenue
Turner's Highway Unit Suit Upheld in Des Moines
Des Moines court upheld a move to keep the town’s highway commission offices in place after a suit argued the governor lacked veto power over nonmoney bills. Judge Holliday ruled the attorney general must have authority to sue state agencies to avoid futile action, and left the injunction in effect.
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Commission
Gibson C. Ae
Holliday
I Ray
Richard Turner
Turner
Highway Commission
Robert Ray
Nonanoney
Town Highway Commission
Wns
Nolliday
Decorah Drake Law Review
Mongovernor
Monroes
Eight Ossian Deaths Suit Against Skelly Oil Denied
The Skelly Oil Co denies negligence charges in a million dollar suit over eight Ossian deaths from asphyxiation on January 7, 1968. Edwin Monroe heirs claim faulty LP gas caused the tragedy and seek a jury trial in Iowa courts.
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Dar Rapiee Wews
Skelly Oil Co
Auit
Cighl
Cura
Ossian
Edwin Monroe
Monroe Estates
Roberta M. Rockward
Winneshiek County
Skelly
Decorah Skelgas Service
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Writer Flees Biafra Ash Falls
Iowa City writer Vance Bourjaily, tied to the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, escaped from Biafra amid fighting as Nigerian troops reportedly occupy the rebel enclave. President Nixon announced an additional 1 million dollars in relief funds, part of an 8 million dollar U.S. aid total, directed to food and medical supplies via international agencies and the Red Cross.
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Ford Clark
Red Cross
Bourjaily and Vonnegut Aid Biafran Artists trip
Bourjaily and Kurt Vonnegut Jr joined the Writers Workshop members in Bis ra Jan 5 to support Biafran artists and writers. They left Biafra as Nigerian forces hit Uli airstrip while a link to the aut ide remained unclear. Mrs Bourjaily later learned her husband was in Paris seeking safety for over 160,000 Biafrans in Arochukwu after 17 days without food.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Writers Workshop
Bis ‘Ra
New York City
Biafra
Uli
Tela
Libraville
Gabon
Chuckle on four day week joke hits the crowd
Comedian Cupyeluby riffs on a four day work week, noting many claim to have it already yet still stretch the workload across five or six days. The quip lands as a light jab at modern labor rhythms and workplace expectations.
Perot offers $100 million for U S prisoner release
Texas billionaire Ross Perot proposes a $100 million package to Hanoi to free U S captives in Vietnam. He would fund prisoner camps and supply food medicine and clothing for North Vietnamese civilians, with payment for maintaining the prisoners and a similar aid package for civilians. no response yet.
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Oss Perot
Texas
North Vietnam
Perot
Pham van Dong
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Perat
Part
Hanoi
Pero
Pham
Tie
Thailand
Laos
Copenhagen
Moscow
Vietnam
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