All-Iowa Fair Attendance Tops Eighty Thousand
Thursday at the All Iowa fair featured Eastern Iowa Day and Mayors Day with 33 mayors and families dining at a luncheon. Attendance for the five days reached 82,289, surpassing last year. A permanent Tavern on the Mall opened, costing 20000 dollars, with 350 seats and 19 sun umbrellas.
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Angus
Yorkshire
Chester White
Farm Youth Center
Connie Allis
Fun Time Square
Danny Davis
Nashville Brass
Chieftones
Zacchini Cannon
First Army Division
Fort Riley
Kan
Canney
M. G. Swords
Chuck Johnson
Fischer Apology Looms Over Delayed World Chess Match
In Reykjavik, Bobby Fischer apologized for delaying the world championship with Boris Spassky amid a Soviet led threat to cancel the 24 game series. Max Euwe warned the match could be off if Fischer is ordered to forfeit the first game for a late start. Officials hoped the match would begin Thursday after two postponements and tense talks between Fischer and Spassky representatives.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Soviet Chess Federation
Euwe
Spassky
Fischer
New York
FIDE
Chuckle on Mastery and Tact in Conversation
An apparent humorous remark mocks belief that skill in conversation comes overnight. It emphasizes persistence and practical learning, using a playful image of pressing a foot through a television set as a metaphor for toughening approach.
Iowa records fall as cold air chills state
Temperatures across Iowa dipped into the 40s on Wednesday, setting many local record lows. Des Moines hit 48, Burlington 47, Dubuque 45, Sioux City 47, Waterloo 45, Lamont 49, Ottumwa 48, Spencer 41 and Davenport 47 with Fayette posting a 41. Cedar Rapids failed to break 51, while Waukon reached 52 and other towns logged 44 to 45. The National Weather Service attributed the freezes to cool Canadian air under calm skies. Forecasters expect overnight lows upper 40s northeast to mid 50s southwest, with Thursday warmer and partly cloudy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Burlington
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Lamont
Ottumwa
Spencer
Davenport
Fayette
Waukon
West Union
Elkader
McGregor
Oelwein
National Weather Service
Eye risk seen in newer detergents study finds danger to eyes
An unpublished government study by NIH researchers reports non phosphate detergents can cause irreversible eye damage if rubbed into the eye. Tests on nine synthetic detergents showed irritation and conjunctivitis in rabbits, with carbonate and metasilicate products causing the most severe reactions.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Food and Drug Administration
Institute
David P. Ball
NIH
Donald B. Feldman
John A. Moore
Sears
New Zealand
Pompidou Fires French Premier Chaban-Delmas
President Pompidou dismissed premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas and named Pierre Messmer as his successor. Chaban-Delmas faced criticism over personal tax dealings, while Messmer, a Gaullist veteran and former defense minister, heads to unite the coalition for forthcoming general elections amid the Communist Socialist opposition.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
France
Pierre Messmer
Chaban-Delmas
Messmer
Chaban-Del‘mas
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Pompidou
Popular Front
Alliance
Chaban Delmas
California Delegates Ouster Reversed by Court
The U S circuit court ruled the Democratic credentials action against Senator George McGovern’s 151 California delegates null and void, citing due process concerns. The decision calls for potential Supreme Court action, with Daley forces’ appeal actions blocked in parts. The ruling questions winner take all rules and stresses fair enforcement of delegate allocation.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court
Democratic Credentials Committee
George McGovern
California
Appeals Court
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Burger
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
District Court
United States
Daley
Illinois
Frank Mankiewicz
McGovern
Man with baby hijack attempt ends at Buffalo airport
A 23-year-old man stabbed two people including his estranged wife then boarded an empty American Airlines 707 with his 14 month old daughter at Buffalo Niagara airport. After hours of negotiations he surrendered and handed the child to police. The mother, Ethyl Smith, was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds. the suspect’s mother cried as officers took him away.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
FBI
Buffalo International Airport
Cheektowaga
Ethyl Smith
Dennis Keeys
Byron Rogers
American At Buffalo
Smith
Two Cedar Rapids Men Die in One Car Crash
S A Harvey age 22 and Steven C Raher age 21 died from internal injuries after a one car crash in the 700 block of Thirtieth Street Drive SE at about 1 am Wednesday. The foreign sports car veered, rolled, and caught fire from leaking gasoline. A passenger, Kenneth D Nelson, rescued others and was treated for minor injuries as fire crews contained the blaze. Services for Harvey are pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
William May
Kenneth D. Nelson
Nelson
Mercy Hospital
Linn
Harvey
Turner Chapel
U S Planes Ships Hit North Vietnam in Heavy Raids
American jets wrecked depots on the edges of Hanoi in the heaviest raids in weeks while a Seventh Fleet task force sank or damaged 12 supply barges off the North Vietnamese coast. In South Vietnam, paratroopers and marines entered Quang Tri City amid heavy bombing. North Vietnam claimed civilian casualties and ongoing bombing of Hanoi, while U S officials denied targeting civilians and noted some nonmilitary workers may have been present at depots.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
North Vietnamese
U. S. Command
South Vietnam
Quang Tri City
U. S
North Vietnaa
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