Daring Navy Rescue Dips Into Yosemite Gorge
Navy pilot lowers helicopter 900 feet into a narrow gorge to pluck Tyler Seal from a rock in the Tuolumne River after 36 hours of exposure and fear. Teammate Richard Yoder hiked out after falling in. Seal, 19, treated at Yosemite Valley Hospital for exposure hunger and a sprained ankle.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Cmdr
Jon Morse
Yosemite
Muir Gorge
Morse
Rick Smith
Tyler Seal
Modesto
Tuolumne River
Navy
Yosemite Valley Hospital
Richard Yoder
Seal
Central California Park
Yoder
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Fresno
Interest Hike on Mortgages Seen
Washington AP reported the government raised rate ceilings on savings accounts, signaling higher mortgage rates. Thomas Bomar, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, warned the rise could be significant but noted savings institutions have improved financially and can handle the impact. He said housing loans should remain available nationwide despite higher costs.
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Washington
Savings and Loan Associations
Thomas Bomar
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Bomar
$20,000 Cap on Farm Subsidies Passed in House
The House approved an amendment by Rep. Paul Findley to cap annual subsidy payments at 20,000 per farmer, overturning a prior Bergland proposal. The vote 246 to 163 follows protests by Women United for Action in the gallery over milk prices.
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Washington
House
Women United For Action
Wilmington
Del
Paul Findley
Ill
Findley
U.S. Treasury
Bergland
House Agriculture Committee
Expanding World Food Crisis Seen in Study
A Washington study by the Overseas Development Council warns of a growing world food crisis driven by rising affluence and population. It endorses a global food bank and calls for international cooperation in fishing resources and expanding agricultural output in underdeveloped nations to avert shortages.
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Washington (Ap
Overseas Development Council
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
World Food Bank
Brazilian Jetliner Crashes Near Orly Airport
A Varig Airlines Boeing 707 from Sao Paulo to Paris with a Rio de Janeiro stopover crashed three miles south of Orly as it sought an emergency landing. Officials said 121 of the 134 aboard were killed after engines failed.
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Paris
Orly
Varig Airlines
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Kirkwood’s Iowa Hall bids exceed engineer estimates by forty percent
Bids for the $2 million Iowa Hall at Kirkwood Community College came in at $2,800,336, about 40 percent above the engineer’s estimate. Bids for temporary classrooms and the maintenance central stores building were opened, but no bids were received for the horticulture complex or agriculture sanitation center. Supt Selby Ballantyne said the classrooms and stores building may proceed, but others likely cannot. The board meets at 4 p.m. Thursday to review bids.
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Kirkwood Community College
Lowa Hall
Selby Ballantyne
Kirkwood
Mitchell Defense Highlights Nixon Will Face Charges
John Mitchell told the Watergate committee he believes the President will defend his name with the facts and his own response after hearings. He discussed Watergate, domestic intelligence plans, and the ethics of shielding Nixon from the case, noting differences with the Berrigan kidnapping probes and the ongoing investigation.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Baker
White House
Sen
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Justice Department
Berrigan
Inouye
Stock Rally Continues On Third Day Of Gains
The New York market extended its rally for a third straight session as analysts cite a firmer dollar and anticipation of Phase 4 details. The Dow at 2 p.m. rose 15.20 to 903.52, with advancers outnumbering declines about four to one on the NYSE in moderate trading.
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NEW York
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Conservation Unit Aids School In Iowa Land Case
Des Moines report on the Iowa conservation commission hearing over 5.5 acres of mainland land deeded to the state since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s era. Mar-Mac and McGregor districts seek land for a playground and public park beside the adjacent McGregor school to replace unsafe conditions at the current site.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Mar- Mac
Guy Ghan
McGregor
Lowell Siegele
Commission
Franklin Roosevelt
Ghan
Marquette
Bluffs
Mississippi River
General Services Administration
HEW
John Culver
The
Conservation Commission
McGregor School
Two Cities Sued Over $1 Million in Air Show Incident
Thomas H. Price and his wife Fern of Rowley sue Buchanan county district court for $1 million seeking damages from the cities of Jesup and Independence and four officers over arrests during the July 11 1971 Fly In and Air Show incident. Price alleges violent arrests causing injuries and long term pain while Fern Price seeks damages for injuries and ongoing pain.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Thomas H. Price
Fern
Rowley
Price
Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel Wolcott Dies
Daniel Wolcott age 63 and chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court since 1964 died on Tuesday in Wilmington. The longtime jurist served decades on the bench and shaped state law. He led decisions on key civil and criminal cases and guided the court’s modernization.
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Wilmington
Del
Daniel Wolcott
Delaware Supreme Court
Iowa farmers boost soybean acreage 26 percent in crop report
The government crop report shows Iowa soybeans up 26 percent and corn up 8 percent from last year amid a wet spring and fuel fears. Nationally corn acres rise 22 percent, soybeans 55.7 million acres planted with 1.588 billion bushels expected.
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Agriculture Department
Iowa
Des Moines
the Gazette
Man Nabbed in Securities Plot
New York FBI agents arrested Peter Rain, 44, of North Bergen New Jersey, in a case stemming from an indictment against Rain and 15 co defendants. They allegedly conspired to dispose of more than 18 million dollars in stolen and counterfeit securities across Belgium, California, Italy, Panama, and Switzerland.
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New York
UPI
FBI
Peter Rain
North Bergen
N.J
Manhattan
Raia
Belgium
California
Italy
Panama
Switzerland
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