Bartel Charges Supervisors and Is Charged Himself
Iowa City Tuesday Richard Bartel filed seven charges against Johnson County board of supervisors members. Wednesday one member filed two charges against Bartel. Both sides accuse the other of open meetings law violations. Arraignment for Bartel charges is set for next Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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Bartel
Iowa City
Richard Bartel
Johnson County
Sharon Township
Robert Burns
Burns
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Highway Patrol
Culver Pushes Bills to Aid Indians Across Tribes
Congressman John Culver seeks three measures to boost federal Indian programs. He introduces a package for reservation economic development the Rosebud housing project inquiry and expanded aid for Indians in urban areas.
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Washington
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Culver
Rosebud
South Dakota
Youth Drowns in Muscatine Gravel Pit Outing
Ernest M. Mathis Jr., 19, of Muscatine drowned in a gravel pit south of town during a swimming outing with three companions on Wednesday morning.
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Muscatine
Ernest M. Mathis, Jr
Here
Rocky Mountains not ideal farmland for many flowers
A fragmented report notes that high country soil in the Rocky Mountains supports wild plants but is not suitable as prime farmland. It references soil quality and plant variety without precise figures.
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Rocky Mountains
Widow’s aid plea cited in social security debate
Rep. John Culver highlighted Cedar Rapids widow Mrs. Birdie Oliphant, 76, to argue for amendments to social security legislation. He cited her $11 raise that stopped $60 monthly state old age assistance, producing a $50 loss, and noted similar cases among Iowa seniors. He also urged curing a law quirk denying federal aid to residents in public nursing homes.
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Washington, D.C
Birdie Oliphant
Cedar Rapids
John Culver
Culver
House
Towa
Davenport man killed as three sons hurt in highway crash
A Davenport man Jerome Thorington was killed and his three sons Robert 15 James 16 and John 19 were injured when his car on highway 92 near Columbus Junction went out of control on a curve and struck a truck and a bridge. The truck driver Richard Teahan of Milwaukee was uninjured.
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Columbus Junction
Davenport
Highway 92
Here
Jerome Thorington
Robert
James
John
Thorington
Richard Teahan
Milwaukee
Dennis The Menace Appears Daily In The Gazette Classified Section
Local Gazette runs a daily classifieds feature highlighting recurring comic strip hero Dennis the Menace. Readers encounter brief notices and public interest items surrounding the mischievous character in a vintage newspaper style.
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Gazette
Indians and Pakistanis clash on eastern border amid refugee moves
Medical sources estimate about 50 Pakistani soldiers are wounded or killed daily as fighting continues between East Pakistan's army and Bengali rebels. Explosions shake Dacca after newsmen arrive. border clashes persist near Benapole and Rajshahi with cross border fire and roadblocks in the city center.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
India
Jessore
Bogra
Awami League
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
League
Benapole
Rajshahi
Dinajpur
Salmanhirat
Meherpur
Jaintiapur
Tangail
Madhupur
Iowa City Group Hails Free Press Support of Pentagon Papers
The Iowa City chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom praised the New York Times and Washington Post for publishing the Pentagon papers. Donna Rae McCann argued for a strong free press to counter government secrecy and undue restraint on reporting. The note ends with an appeal to solve local needs through a local want ad.
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Iowa City
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Donna Rae McCann
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Glens Falls
N.Y
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Iowa
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de Roose
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Sbicca
Bandolino
Dickerson
Dickersons
Sipe
Lowan
Dennis the Menace
West Pakistan
Ala
Sit
Sofia Downtown
Lindale Plaza
Decorah
Iowa City Group
Lands Free Press
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