TV Critics Debate Laugh Track On Odd Couple Return
Television columnist reports viewer feedback on ABC IVs The Odd Couple testing without canned laughter. Readers from Baltimore to Vancouver share strong opinions for and against the laugh track. NBC confirms The Bald Ones segments ending next season and other schedule/name changes across its slate.
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Rogers Maps U S Policy In Mid East
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told senators the United States does not demand Israel surrender land before a peace accord. He described a new element requiring consent from Egypt and Israel for a peacekeeping force and said no settlement would be imposed on Israel. The session drew 67 senators and was praised by leaders on both sides.
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Linn Regional Planners Approve Squaw Creek Park Plan
The Linn county Regional Planning commission approved the master plan for a 1000 acre park near Cedar Rapids and Marion with a conservation education center and recreation facilities. The project costs exceed 4 million dollars with a 17500 dollar federal grant request and funding from a one mill property tax levy, USD Opens Spaces program, and park revenue. Projected completion mid 1970s includes damming Squaw Creek for a 127 acre lake.
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Senate Okays Reed Briggs in Iowa appointments
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Senate Friday confirmed two gubernatorial picks. Marty Reed of Winterset was approved for a highway commission post starting July 1, and Donald G Briggs was named Iowa revenue director.
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Linn Park Roads Reopened After Flood Conditions
Linn County conservation board says roads in three parks Pinlean Tudge Buffalo Creek and Morgan Creek are reopened for traffic though some areas remain inaccessible by car due to continuing rain and frost. The note appears in a local column alongside a TV listing for ABCs Wide World of Sports.
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Hardin Reverses Stand and Boosts Milk Price Supports
Washington officials announced a 217 cent per hundredweight increase in government price supports for manufacturing grade milk for the 1971-72 marketing year beginning April 1, raising to $4.99 per hundredweight. The move follows opposition from dairy farmers and lawmakers and comes after earlier plans to hold supports at $4.66. The change impacts bottling milk prices through manufacturing grade pricing.
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Girl Hurt After Dart Into Roadway In Mercy Hospital Update
A girl identified as Fatricia Bowen, 2427 Hever Avenue SE, remained in Mercy Hospital Friday after being struck Thursday afternoon by a car driven by Leigh E. Klinger. She suffered a fracture in her right leg and a fractured collar bone. Authorities said the girl darted into Meadowbrook Drive and Vernoncourt SE intersection. Klinger applied brakes but could not avoid contact. No charges filed. Another incident reported: Lyle L. Svoboda, 1130 Brockman Drive, Marion, charged with disobeying a signal after his car struck a locomotive on Thins Avenue SE near Fourth Street railroad tracks. Svoboda injured and treated, then released. Also Angelina Ferguson, All Ninth Avenue SH, injured riding a bicycle into a moving car driven by Vergie L. Reed, 1504 Twelfth Avenue SE. Ferguson treated and released. no charges filed.
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City Snow Route Bill Passed By Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate approved a city snow route bill by 34 to 1 allowing municipalities to designate snow routes and ban vehicles not equipped with snow tires chains or non slip differentials during winter traffic. The session also advanced four other bills including nuclear compact participation probate code revisions and county deputy salary provisions.
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Bomb blasts Unionist HQ in Belfast after Faulkner speech
In Belfast a bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Northern Ireland's governing Unionist party shortly after Prime Minister Brian Faulkner announced his cabinet. No injuries reported as police investigated the blast at the party building.
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Lansky Indicted in Florida Casino Skimming Probe
Washington AP reports Meyer Lansky, famed underworld financier, charged by a federal grand jury in Miami with skimming profits from a Las Vegas Flamingo casino. The one count indictment also cites conspiracy to conceal and distribute proceeds, spanning 1960 to 1967, with Lansky still in Israel. Separate note mentions Linn County leaders pursuing metropolitan government steps amid mixed views.
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Man Jailed For Sale of Car
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