Regents approve University of Iowa family practice dept
The Iowa board of regents approved a new Department of Family Practice within the University of Iowa College of Medicine to train doctors for comprehensive care. The program aims to strengthen general medicine with a model clinic and will begin immediately, with a search for a department chair underway.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa College of Medicine
State Board of Regents
Cotar Rounds
Michael James Johnson
Ninth Street SH
Gedar Rapids
Thomas John Noethe
Lacey LaVerne Kelley
Fifth Street
William
Rieke
I. College of Medicine
Noethe
Regents
Fleet SE
Dran Ricke
College of Medicine
T O
Cinic
Lebanese hijacker Belon freed on eight dollar bail
Beirут police say 26 year old Frenchman Christian Belon who hijacked a Trans World Airlines jet to Beirut last week was released on eight dollar bail. He is to reside at Interior Minister Kamal Jumblatt’s Beirut apartment pending legal matters. Belon drew mixed reactions from aviation workers and Lebanese officials, who say the act could encourage future hijackings.
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Beirut
UPD
Christian
Belon
U.S
Kamal Jum- Wat
Th Landon
Asst
Stork
Trans World Airlines
Lebanon
Christian Bourget
Belun
Jumblat
Hanoi agrees to accept letters for American POWs
Stockholm AP reports North Vietnam will accept letters and small parcels for American prisoners of war via World Peace Movement branches. The plan, approved in principle during a Hanoi visit, calls for mail under seven pounds to travel through Moscow to Hanoi, with some details still being finalized.
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Stockholm
North Vietnam
U. S
World Peace Movement
Swedish Vietnam Committee
Bertil Svahnstroem
Louis Schneider
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
Jim Forest
San Francisco
World Peace Council
Hanoi
Svahnstroem
Recaptured Seven From Break At Holman Unit
Twenty two inmates escaped the Holman maximum security unit in Atmore Alabama early Thursday. Seven were recaptured within hours while guards pursued the rest. The break occurred at 1 a.m. and involved cutting through a dormitory door and five fences.
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Atmore
Ala
Holman
Almore State Prison
James Hagan
Amore
M. A. Daniels
Hagan
Ban Jetport In Everglades Victory Touted
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration announced an agreement with Florida to ban the planned construction of two major international jetports near Everglades National Park, calling it an outstanding victory for conservation.
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Washington
Florida
Everglades National Park
Lebanese ultimatum to Palestinian guerrillas in south Lebanon
Beir ut government orders Palestinian guerrillas to evacuate their quarters in inhabited south Lebanon within 48 hours or face retaliatory measures. The warning followed a protest by Hasbaya residents against the guerrillas who had set up offices in two towns near schools endangering hundreds of children.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hasbaya
Radio
GI Deaths Hit Six-Week High Amid Vietnam Toll Rise
In Saigon AP report U.S. battlefield deaths rose last week to 98 with 720 Americans wounded, lifting total U.S. deaths since May 1960 to 17,191 and Vietnam casualties to 271,791. The biggest action saw North Vietnamese infantry and sappers attack a base 70 miles northwest of Saigon, with 29 enemy killed and three American helicopters shot down.
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Saigon
Shan Valley
Lnamese
Paris
da Nang
U.S
U.S. Command
Gays
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Grim Contest Over Pill Safety Sparks Senate Testimony
Washington AP reports a birth control expert warned of a grim race among dogs monkeys and women to determine oral contraceptive safety. Dr Roy Hertz chairman of the FDA cancer task force warned observers of the dangers as the Senate subcommittee questioned risks on the second day of hearings.
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Washington
Roy Hertz
Senate
Hertz
Cancer Task Force
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Iowa Senate votes 4 year term measure approved
DES MOINES Republican senators approved a constitutional amendment to extend four year terms to six statewide offices governor lieutenant governor secretary of state judge treasurer and attorney general with agriculture not constitutional and thus not limited. The measure passed 78 to 41 in the House last April and now moves to a second identical vote before voter submission.
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Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Roger Jepsen
Hugh Clarke
Belmont
Charles Mogget
I - Fairfield
Calls for Saving of My People by Ojukwu in Geneva
Biafran leader Odumegwo Ojukwu urged world governments to save his people from extermination after leaving Biafra. He accused the famine of driving defeat while Maj. Gen. Phillip Eyegling signed Lagos’ surrender, pledging unity with Nigeria. Ojukwu’s statement via Markpress fair to Geneva. his location unclear. Nigeria began accepting limited foreign relief for refugees as Gowon’s forces retired from battlefields.
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Geneva
Odumegwo Ojukwe
Biafra
Ojukwu
Phillip Eyling
Lagos
Nigeria
Lifiong
Yakubu Gowon
Markpress
Biatta
Deay Ojukwu
U.S
Ojukwur
J. Henry Lucken
Ilinlo Biafra
France
Portugal
South Africa
Rhodesia
Gowan
Biafran
Vows School Closing If State Doesn't Pay
Jersey City mayor threatens to close 38 public schools this September if the state does not cover full operating costs. He cites current 25 percent state funding and a $25 million budget. A lawsuit may be filed to compel constitutional support for education. He accuses the state of brutalizing the tax base and seeks city council action to adjust the purse strings.
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Jersey City
Twuthy
Thomas Whelan
Sepember
Austen
Algo
Whelan
Jersey
Board of Estimate
MLK Birthday Marked With Atlanta Ceremonies at Ebenezer
Black and white leaders gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church to observe Martin Luther King Jr Day and dedicate a $10 million King Memorial Center. Attendees included Dr. Benjamin Mays Mayor Sam Massell and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. Mrs. King sat with her children, and the crowd applauded when Abernathy mentioned King’s name. The project will span two sites, restoring King’s birthplace and Ebenezer Church, with a memorial park and a Freedom Hall housing civil rights history exhibits.
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Atlanta
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Memorial Center
King
Benjamin Mays
New Atlanta Board of Education
Morehouse College
Sam Massell
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Morehouse Glee Club
Morehouse
Abernathy
Martin Luther King, Sr
Mianta University
Ebenezer
Index Quip Sparks Gripe Over Car Plates
A dated remark from a long suffering motorist jokes that if their car ages further officials will begin issuing upper and lower plates. The line reflects ongoing complaints about vehicle registration policies.
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Kelley
John 8. Reilly
Linn County
Mike Fay
Reilly
Fay
Lacey Kelley
TWA
Marlon
ALPA
Ewe
Willie
The
UPI Proe
John Lindsay
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
New York
City Hall
Lindsay
Mays
New York Giants
Everglades
H. L. Schwartz
Iowa
Hank Nye
Lucken
Howes
Lucket
Europe
Martin Luther King
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