Reinstate Truckers Penalties Reinstated by Iowa Commission
Iowa highway commission votes 4 to 0 to reinstate penalties against four trucking firms for violating special hauling permits. Warren Transport faces 90 to 45 day suspensions and Matson Inc Hove Truck Lines receive 45 day suspensions. new permits denied for 30 days beginning July 1. International Transport barred five days from July 1. Court challenge hinted by Warren Transport VP.
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Kueter Garette Stal Wetter Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Derby ‘Thompson
Burlington
Robert Barry
Danbury
Warren Transport
Waterloo
Jack Warren
Matson, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Hove
Stanhope
Commission
International Transport of
Rochester, Minn
Area Ten board votes 28 percent tuition hike
The Area Ten Community College directors voted a 28 percent tuition increase for the Fall term raising quarterly tuition from 90 to 115 dollars and a nine month year to 245 dollars. Part time adult students will pay 11 dollars per quarter hour, up from 8. Board members noted hardship but supported funding education. some opposed citing the impact on indigent students.
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Area Ten Board
Bill Duffy
Area Ten Community College
Jensen
Ballantyne
Davidson
Area Ten
Yowa
Mason City
Estherville
Dodge
Burlington
Council Blut
Marshalltown
Davenport
Rhine fish kill blamed on Endosulvan insecticide
Dutch authorities allege the Rhine fish die off was caused by Endosylvan an oil based insecticide now cleared by the U S FDA for use on crops West German officials warn the probe is not final while Farbwerke Hoechst notes possible export of Endosylvan and estimates two to ten drums could have caused the poisoning Tests on Rhine water show fish mortality fading as authorities urge further confirmation and monitor water safety for cities downstream Continues on Page 3 Col 3
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Bonn
UPI
Rhine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Holland
Farbwerke Hoechst
Iit
West Germany
Sigbert Richter
Richter
Rhineland-Palatinate
Mainz
Agriculture Ministry
Nixon Proposals for Viet Nam Peace Demand Communist Reply
White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler cited President Nixon's plan to withdraw 25 000 U S troops and major foreign forces over 12 months as fair and urged a substantive response from the communists. Nixon favors elections and Paris talks with the other side blamed as the obstacle to a settlement.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Vietnam
Press
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Paris
Surtax Vote Is Delayed In Congress
Washington report says House leaders postponed for two weeks a vote on Nixon's proposed extension of the income tax surcharge. Dem leaders cite insufficient votes and illness of Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills. If not extended, the 10 percent surtax would lapse June 30 1969, unless action is taken.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
Hig
Congress
Rules Committee
Alenk Aneldomintan Traci
Carl Albert
John McCormack
Albert
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Mills
Hijacker Says Panthers Want to Leave Cuba Isolated
Raymond Johnson 22 of Alexandria Louisiana says Black Panthers in Cuba face isolation imprisonment and aim to leave. He claims leaders including Eldridge Cleaver are discontented and that prisoners are sent to labor camps while Panthers seek contact with African embassies and U S party leaders. Johnson hijacked a National Airlines jet to Havana on Nov 4 1968 and faces past charges in Baton Rouge.
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Havana
Cuba
Eldridge Cleavar
Raymond Johnson
Alexandria
Johnson
Panther
Panthers
Yarnyun Wun
U.S
United Nations
National Airlines
New Orleans
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Black Panthers
Africa
Move To Extend Withholding Rates 31 Day Extension Passed
The Senate approved a 31 day extension of current income tax withholding rates based on the 10 percent surcharge. Administration leaders urged the House to accept the extension and forward it to President Nixon. The move would give Congress until July 31 to act on extending the surtax itself.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Congress
Jersey City Grocer Kills Wife and Seven Children
A 40-year-old grocer, Rafael Torres, was arrested after calling his brother to admit he had killed his wife Maria and six of their seven daughters and one son in a Tenement behind the Torres grocery. The victims include Lillie 3 Annie 10 Victor 11 Fay 12 Carrie 17 Ann 19 Maria 20. Raymond 15 and Rafael 14 were uninjured or elsewhere. Torres, wounded and in critical condition, faces murder charges. police note a baseball bat used in the slayings and cite a prior murder bail.
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Jersey City
N. J
Rafael Torres
Maria
Lillie
Annie
Victor
Fay
Carrie
Ann
Raymond
Walter Drew
Hoboken
Torres
Jose Ortiz
William McCarthy
Casper Carvone
Carvone
Flooding Hits Northwest Iowa as Rain Deluges Cherokee
Torrential rains lash western Iowa causing flash floods across Cherokee and nearby areas. The Little Sioux River rises, Railroad Creek overflows, and homes flood with up to three feet in basements. Tornado watches issued as storms move east with widespread rainfall reports and evacuated families along Railroad Creek.
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Iowa
Little Sioux
Cherokee
Railroad Creek
Weather Bureau
Towa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Raccoon
Des Moines
North Raccoon
West Fork
Ilowa
George Washington as fashion icon in jokey quote
A humorous line attributes to a fashion expert nickname Sali the fashion expert a quip about George Washington being first in war and peace and first to wear a wig with white stretch pants and boots. The closing note hints at copyright status.
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George Washington
Sali
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