All Iowa Fair Fourth Festivities Highlight Major Weekend
Attendance surpassed ten thousand as the All Iowa fair entered day seven. The King Family made two final appearances at 2pm and 7:30pm. Friday’s program features the Golden Knights parachute team and a VN drum corps. Stock car races cap the Fourth with a fireworks show. Cedar Rapids officials expect crowds near 200000 if weather holds. The Cedar River crest predicted at 16 feet, with dikes kept secure by local crews.
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USMCR
Marine Drum and Bugle Corps
Memphis
Omar Rapids
King
U.S. Army
Vhatine
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Cowsills
Donald Canney
Mary
Eastern
Iowa
Algo
Lion of
King Family Public Works
Harry
Hilton
Reds Free Three GIs and Allow Gifts From Home
AP reports North Vietnam will release three American POWs from different regiments on Independence Day. The move follows Hanoi’s statements and Tokyo monitoring. Reports indicate some regiments pulled back while replacements may be sent, with other regiments withdrawing from the Central Highlands and near the Cambodian border.
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Tokyo
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
7Th Division
Lo Ninh
7Th
Casualties Down in Vietnam as U S Death Toll Drops
U S headquarters in Saigon reports 241 Americans killed in action in the past week, down from 247. Wounded total 1 674. South Vietnamese losses 446 killed and 1 something wounded, with overall U S casualties rising to 36 066 since Jan 1 1961 and 246 563 wounded. Troop strength increases to 539 500 as authorities call changes administrative.
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Saigon
U.S
Woulden
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cedar Again Tobacco Growers Claim Rising But City Ready
Washington UPI reports tobacco growers told the government that smoking relaxes and lengthens life based on scientific research. Royster defends vendors against required disparagement, while FTC Chairman Dixon overruled and delays action until Congress decides on cigarette legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Royster
FTC
Paul Randy Dixon
Commission
Congress
Susan Vernon Averts Tragedy at West Okoboji
A Cedar Rapids girl, Susan Vernon, 14, saved four youths from electric shocks at West Okoboji when two brothers and two friends were knocked unconscious. She turned off the motor, swam to the dock, and pulled two boys from the water before others helped revive them. The four sustained injuries and were hospitalized. Vernon is a Red Cross instructor and acted with aid from a friend and Byers.
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West Okoboji Lake
Susan Vernon
Robert Vernon
Second Avenue SE
Dixon Beach
West Okoboji
Potter urges Linn officers reject unintended county raises
Senator Ralph Potter says Linn County officials should refuse the unintended pay increases approved by the last General Assembly. The raises boost the treasurer, clerk of court, recorder and auditor salaries to 13 850 and 13 350 respectively, from 9 850 and 9 350, due to an over sight in excluding moneys and credits from valuation. Representative Fritz Sorg agrees the raise was not intended and notes the Legislative Council will consider correcting the mistake next Wednesday in Des Moines.
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Ralph Potter
Kmarion
General Assembly
Linn County
Gard General Assembly
Potter
N. F
Fritz” Sorg
R-Marton
Gazette
Des Moines
Defense Fund Cut by Over Two Billion
The Senate Armed Services Committee cut more than 2 billion from President Nixon's 20 billion defense request. It eliminated all funding for offensive chemical and biological weapons research and development. Key figures, including Senator John Stennis and Senator Thomas McIntyre, warned of further reductions and a possible special session to adjust the agenda.
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UPL
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Nixon
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D-Miss
Research and ‘Legislative Council
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N.t
General Assembly
Defense
Songz
Laird
Potter
U.S
Senate
Thurst
James Briles
R-Corning
Stennis
Finders May Get 72000 Reward For 25 Stolen Paintings
Eddie Mitchell and coworker Aub found 25 paintings in a suitcase in a deserted shop basement. The haul includes Picasso Weeping Woman and works by Chagall Braque Ernst and Miro worth about 720000 total. Scotland Yard identified the works as stolen from Sir Roland Penrose. reward offered is 72000.
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London
Eddie Mitchell
Picasso
Marc Chagall
Georges
Braque
Max Ernst
Miro
Mitchell
Aundrey Worman
Aub
Lodge Hails North Vietnam’s Prisoner Release Hint
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge thanked North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris for Hanoi’s hint at releasing three American prisoners of war. He expressed hope the gesture would spur broader prisoner releases as talks at the Vietnam peace conference produced no progress and featured mutual accusations of escalation.
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UPI
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Rogers
North Vietnam
Lodger
Poermi
Corr
Thunderstorms Forecast for Fourth of July Weekend
AP reports a humid forecast from the Weather Bureau for Iowa with thunderstorms possible Thursday and Sunday. A line of thunderstorms earlier brought heavy rain and high winds to northwest Iowa while scattered thunderstorms developed across the state. Highs were expected in the 80s with Thursday night cooling and Cedar Rapids seeing about a 40 percent precipitation chance.
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Washington
Towa
Weather Bureau
Lnas
APOIO
Giast
Three Dead Five Hurt In Santo Domingo Shooting
In Santo Domingo heavy firing left three dead and five wounded amid tense battles as U S officials and Dominican police reported multiple incidents. Governor Rockefeller traveled unharmed to the presidential palace for talks as gunfire echoed through the city and surrounding areas.
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SPI
Sana Domingo
Nelson Rockefelter
New York
Plaza Independencia
U.S
Port Workers’ Union
Duarte Bridge
Rockefeller
Air Force
Latin America
Nixon
Secret Service
Presidential Palace
Joaquin Balaguer
Vadav’s Chuckle on Parking Meters as Legalized Gambling
The note compares parking meters to gambling and jokes that they only offer a few cents of help before you’re charged again, implying frequent visits or extended stays. Copyright Nore SNH
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