Paris Bid By Lodge Rebuffed In Paris Talks
Amid Hanoi and the NLF rejecting a U S proposal the Paris conference opened amid political standoff and a U S push to demilitarize the DMZ while Lodge urged mutual troop withdrawal and immediate restoration of the buffer zone as a peace step. Mudslides in California kill and injure residents trapping families in homes and sparking rescue efforts.
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Line Hires Boyd After Rail Grant
A $25.2 million transportation department grant was awarded to the Illinois Central Railroad last month as Alan Boyd neared becoming line president. Boyd, vacationing in Mobile, said information on the grant was withheld from him until he left the department. The grant, announced Dec. 30, funds 130 modern commuter cars for lease to Illinois Central by the Chicago South Suburban Mass Transportation District. The White House noted reports Nixon sought a $35 million grant held up due to Boyd’s new rail post.
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Dixie Town Blasts Across Laurel in Tank Car Disaster
In Laurel Mississippi a Southern Railway tank train derailed and exploded injuring 19 and destroying about 30 homes and two warehouses. A 12 year old girl was reported missing as orange flames lit the pre dawn sky. national guard was deployed and fire crews fought fires in freezing weather.
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Nixon Upsets Pacific Air Route Ruling
The Nixon administration scrutinizes late Johnson decisions while denying a broad review of Democratic files. In one move, Nixon halted the award of new airline routes across the Pacific, asserting it was a targeted, not a sweeping, action.
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Theft of $8000 From George Yilek Home Spokane Cedar Rapids
Theft of $8000 in cash reported from the George Yilek residence at 1424 Ninth Street SW. Police say a break in occurred Friday between 9 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., with cash taken from a dresser drawer.
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George Yilek
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Woman charged after Cedar Rapids double shot death
James Doolin was shot dead Friday night in Cedar Rapids. His estranged wife Lia Hortense Doolin, 33, of 1532 Fifth Avenue SE, was charged with murder. Detectives said the shooting happened during a family argument at her apartment. The chilling weather Tuesday morning showed a 28 mph wind and a severe chill factor as details emerged.
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Czechoslovak Chiefs Shun Palach Funeral
In Prague a hearse carried Jan Palach to a hero’s burial as 100000 mourners lined streets. The government warned against provocations and banned planned eulogies while troops were placed on alert. Palach’s funeral at Charles University drew quiet tributes and a one minute radio homage.
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Irene Castle Enzinger Dies Renowned Dancer
Irene Castle Enzinger a famed ballroom dancer before and during World War I has died in Eureka Springs Arkansas She and her first husband Vernon Castle led the couple's funeral cortege from Vernon Castle to Carolinum Hall where the procession paused for a memorial service Her partner died in a 1918 training plane accident.
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Winds Easing After Severe Icy Storms Across Iowa
Frigid conditions lingered across Iowa with lows from 1 above at Burlington to 8 below in Spencer. Winds of 10 to 20 mph gusting to 30 hindered warmth, but the weather bureau expected a gradual slackening by night and easing by Sunday as temperatures rise.
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Paratroopers Moved To Block Viet Cong Infiltration Route
A battalion of 800 paratroopers from the Third Brigade, 2nd airborne division, is deployed along the Song Be corridor 60 miles north of Saigon to choke off Viet Cong infiltration toward Long Binh and Bien Hoa. Analysts warn the move may pressure Paris talks while Viet Cong threaten major bases and border provinces see low activity. The U.S. confirms its 1000th helicopter shot down, with 990 returned to service, and notes high losses overall valued at about 578.5 million dollars.
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Bien Hoa
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Phuoc Long
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Nixon
U.S
North Vietnam
Two Killed in Car Train Crash at Downey Crossing
Two men died when a Rock Island train struck their car at a Downey crossing. James Phillips 55 of West Liberty drove the southbound car and John Bub 39 of Downey rode as a passenger. The crash occurred at 3 17 p.m. as the train, about an hour late, approached the crossing with no warning signals. Phillips was pinned in the wreckage and Bub was thrown 63 feet. Wreckage stretched 400 feet along the track. Authorities noted slick roads and limited crossing view may have led the car onto the tracks. Services for Bub are set for Tuesday in Downey and for Phillips in West Liberty.
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West Liberty
John Bub
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Bub
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Barker Funeral Home
West Branch
Phillips
Snider Funeral Home
Remedial Proposals Imagined If Politicians Tried Them
A humorous musing imagines how things would look if all remedies suggested by politicians were actually implemented. The piece contrasts idealistic fixes with practical realities, offering a wry take on public policy discourse.
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