Pleads Guilty in Yablonski Slayings
Claude Vealey, co-defendant in the 1969 slayings of United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter, pled guilty to murder and named a man called Tony as the payer. Vealey described a night of stalking, a break in, and a fatal shooting carried out with two accomplices from the Cleveland area.
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Washington, Pa
Claude Vealey
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Tony
Vealey
Yablonski
Yablonskis
Union
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
FBI
Joseph Masterson
Cleveland
Aubran
Buddy’’ Martin
Paul Gilly
Gilly
Jman
Martin
Clarksville
City trims riot gear budget in Iowa City police plan
City Manager Frank Smiley cut back most of Police Chief Patrick McCarney 1972 budget requests for riot equipment and a special police auxiliary. The package total was 125 603 dollars including crowd control gear training the auxiliary force and seven additional officers. The memo notes the current 15 unpaid volunteers guard the Civic Center and have limited training while some carried shotguns during campus disturbances.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Frank Smiley
Patrick McCarney
McCarney
Civic Center
Marion Man Killed in Cedar Rapids Crossing Crash
LeRoy McKiernan, 31, of Marion, died when the car he rode in hit a southbound train at Twelfth avenue and Fourth street railroad tracks at 6 19 a m. Driver David Hartgrave was charged with disobeying a crossing signal. Passenger John Ferenick survived with no injuries. The train halted after about 300 feet, blocking crossings for half an hour.
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LeRoy McKiernan
Ninth Street
Marion
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
David D. Hartgrave
Thirty-first Street
McKiernan
John Ferenick
Hertz Drive
Ferenick
Hartgrave
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Snow piles linger in Ironwood after record winter
In Ironwood Michigan a 60 by 6 foot by 2 foot dirt covered snow pile remains near the town center in late June. The city logged a record 274.7 inches of snowfall this winter and city crews have dumped removed snow into the same pile.
Britain Reaches Agreement On Entry To European Market
Britain and six Common Market nations settled terms for British entry to the European Economic Community after an all night bargaining session. Heath must persuade parliament amid public opposition and party splits before aiming for a 1973 membership. The deal also clears talks with Norway Denmark and Ireland on joiners while preserving coastal fishing and farming terms. Opposition fears sovereignty loss and higher living costs. Pro market supporters argue a stronger global voice and access to a market five times Britain’s size.
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Luxembourg
Britain
European Economic Community
Edward Heath
Europe
Geoffrey Rippon
Norway
Denmark
Ireland
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
New Zealand
Heath
Sun-Times Publish Pentagon Papers Excerpt On Diem Ouster
The Sun-Times becomes the fourth paper to print part of a Pentagon study on Diem. Courts restrain The Times The Post and The Globe from further publication as appeals loom.
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Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
Sun-Times
State Department
Ngo Dinh Diem
North Vietnam
Roger Hilsman
Dean Rusk
Pentagon
Diem
U.S
The
New York City
Washington
Times
the Post
Record $142 Million in Road Jobs Sets Iowa Pace
Iowa highway commission approved 20 million in road contracts lifting fiscal 1971 spending to a record 142 million, a 14 percent rise from last year. Director Joseph Coupal cited a 10 percent actual increase, with 4 percent from inflation, and predicted 1972 would top this year as Iowa shifts from interstate to primary road work.
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Ames
Iowa Highways Commission
Joseph Coupal
Coupal
Iowa
Keith Davis
Fred Carlson
Decorah
Cascade
Nixon Keeps Vietnam Study Sealed While Offering Top Secret Access
President Nixon announced Congress will get access to the full 47 volume Pentagon study on U.S. involvement in Vietnam on a top secret basis. White House said publication of parts prompted this move to avoid distorted judgments from incomplete data. Secrecy will remain pending Pentagon declassification review.
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Paul
Yablonski
Buddy Martin
Vealey
North Vietnam
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Nixon
Ziegler
Congress
Washington
Pentagon
U. S
Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
U.s.-North Vietnam
U.S
Justice Department
House Passes Welfare Reform Bill in landmark vote
The House approved a sweeping welfare reform package with a 2400 dollar family income floor and expanded Social Security benefits. It sets federal standards, funds, and supplements for the working poor, aiming to extend aid to about 10 million more people. The measure now moves to the Senate as debate looms into 1971.
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Washington
House
Nixon
U. S. Treasury
Senate
Senate backs nine month Indo China withdrawal plan
The Senate, 57-42, adopted an amendment to a military draft bill urging President Nixon to withdraw from Indo China within nine months after enactment. Sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, the measure calls for a negotiated withdrawal in exchange for a corresponding action.
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Mansfield
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
U. S
Indo-China
North Vietnam
House
Senate
U.S
Indo- China
Washington
Hughes Votes For Mansfield Amendment. Miller Opposes
Iowa figures Harold Hughes a Democrat voted yes on the Mansfield amendment while Republican Jack Miller voted no. The brief party contrasted positions reflect legislative testing of the measure.
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Hughes
Miller
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Jack Miller
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