Ray Orders End to Guard Memberships in Iowa
Gov. Robert B. Ray said he will move to end free memberships for top Iowa National Guard officers at Hyperion Field Club near Camp Dodge. He cited possible conflicts of interest though he believes memberships rarely influence guard decisions. Ray plans to have club memberships discontinued and to proceed with a lease proposal for guard land use after required reviews. He also visited Camp Dodge to review 48 ongoing guard projects.
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Cosmonauts Make Safe Soviet Landing
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Soyuz cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov returned to earth in a first international space mission landing televised worldwide. They touched down at 5 51 am CDT in a dusty flat field six minutes after braking rockets fired eight feet from the ground and were helped from the capsule in white spacesuits. Doctors said they were in very good condition as applause and congratulatory radio messages followed from Apollo astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton.
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Cosmonauts and Apollo Docking Incident On Orbit
Photo on the picture page shows cosmonauts who worked in space two days as their ships flew in tandem. The Americans will stay in space three more days for earth observations solar astronomy and experiments before returning to earth Thursday. Houston controllers cautioned glare from the sun may have caused the final hard docking on Saturday between Apollo and Soyuz, with docking nearly misaligned as Slayton nudged the collar and a bursting rocket followed by pressure from three fingers pulled the crafts together.
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Treasure Ship Atocha Found Then Tragedy Strikes Key West
Treasure Salvors Inc announced the Nuestra Senora de Atocha and cargo found in the Gulf of Mexico. A week later a 6 foot tugboat Northwind capsized off Key West killing Dirk Fisher and his wife Angel plus diver Rick Gage as crew of 11 perished.
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Fisher
Key West
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UPI
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Gulf of Mexico
Treasure Salvors, Inc
Rick Gage
Treasure Salvors
Kissinger Trash Story Sparks Privacy Uproar and Secrets
The National Enquirer reports Henry Kissinger trash contained whisky shopping lists, a tranquilizer envelope, and secret service documents. Journalist Jay Gourley collected five bags of items in Florida as the State Department condemned the privacy violation and noted agents, schedules, arms data, and coded signals were exposed.
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Fla
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Secret Service
National Enquirer
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Gourley
State Department
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Grain Company 13 Executives Indicted In Grain Theft Scheme
NEW ORLEANS AP The Bunge Corp a major grain trader and 13 current or former executives were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of 12 years of systematic grain thefts in export shipments from Destrehon Louisiana and Galveston Texas between August 1961 and June 1973. Wilton Mulloy of Kansas City vice president and head of the Kansas City office and Clayton Wilcox Hinsdale Wisconsin assistant vice president and regional manager led the group.
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Bunge Corp
New York
Wilton Mulloy
Kansas City
Clayton Eugene Wilcox
Hinsdale
Destrehon
Galveston
Texas
President Ford vetoes bill to roll back new oil prices
Washington Ford vetoed legislation to roll back the price of new domestic oil by about 2 per barrel, saying it would raise foreign oil dependence. The veto leaves old oil price controls and sets Aug 31 as federal price control end date unless new action is taken. Senate finance committee begins work on its energy tax bill with differences from the house proposal.
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Ron Nessen
White House
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House
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Senate Finance Committee
Suspect Arrested in Riedel Stabbing Death
Victor Allan Postel, 23, of 219 Thirty fourth Street SE, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with the murder of Ronald F. Riedel, 42, of 4200 Avenue NW. Riedel was stabbed more than 20 times at his home Saturday afternoon and later died. Police said Postel and Riedel knew each other. motive not disclosed. Bond set at $20,000. preliminary hearing scheduled Friday. Postel arraigned in Linn district court and held in the Linn County jail. Detectives noted scuba club members would search the Cedar River area for the weapon.
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Ronald F. Riedel
Avenue NW
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Wespon
Hawkeye Scuba Club
Cedar River
Avenue Railroad Bridge
Linn District Court
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Scolaro
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Postal rate rise seen as contract advances
Washington sources report a tentative two year pact between the U S postal service and unions ending a near strike threat. Postmaster General Bailor says higher wages under the agreement will raise mail costs this year, with ratification expected within a month and leaders calling the deal the best possible outcome for workers and the public.
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James Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
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Iran Drops Planned $300 Million Aid to Pan Am
Tehran says it will not fund Pan Am amid its weak finances and Iran’s own economic needs. The talks lasting about a month covered a proposed loan of 246 million dollars and a 55 million dollar stake in InterContinental Hotels, with other possible minority investments discussed.
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Pan Air
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