Co-Ops Join In IE Atom Plans For Nuclear Plant
Iowa Electric Light and Power with Central Iowa Power Cooperative and Corn Belt Power Cooperative agree to fund about 20 million dollars of a 102 million dollar nuclear project. The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo aims to generate 550 megawatts and operate by late 1973.
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Corn Belt
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REA
Arnold Center
Central Iowa Power
Corn Belt Power
Western reports doubt Soviet move on Czechs
Western quarters discounted reports of heavy Soviet troop concentrations near the Czechoslovak frontier as possible invasion or pressure. Prague remained calm during a three day holiday, while diplomats noted strained Soviet Czechoslovak ties but no sign of a Budapest 1956 style crackdown.
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Prague
Moscow
Nazi Germany
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Leonid Brezhnev
Kosygin
Ussr
Ostrava
Vienna
Prace
Inzer Wyatt
Warren Halts Northern Lines Merger Trial Pending May
Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren issued a temporary order blocking the Northern Lines railroad merger through at least May 20. The action pauses the plans to combine Great Northern Northern Pacific and Chicago Burlington and Quincy into a single system, pending full Supreme Court arguments.
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Northern Lines
Pair Crawl to Others in Mine
Two men trapped four days in a flooded Hominy Falls coal mine crawled a half mile through 10 inches of water to reach 13 other survivors. Ten of 25 trapped are presumed dead with no contact. Frank Davis and Edward Rudd, 1.5 miles from the entrance, reached the other group as rescuers hoped to pull them out later that day.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Pole Is Executed As Spy for U.S.
Warsaw AP reports Jerzy Strawa aged 49 was executed Friday after being convicted last December of spying for U.S. intelligence.
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Pole
U.S
Warsaw
Jerzy Strawa
Pope Paul Prays for Breakthrough in Hanoi Talks
In Vatican City Pope Paul led mass to pray for a successful outcome from preliminary negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam. The service emphasized peace and the hope for active diplomacy to end the war.
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Vatican City
Paul
Washington
Hanoi
Painters End Strikes Resume Work in Cedar Rapids Area
About 160 painters in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City area return to work after signing a new three year contract Thursday night. The deal adds 30 cents immediate and 35 cents each May 1 in 1969 and 1970, lifting wages to 5.30 for brush painters and 5.85 for spray painters. Asbestos workers meet with management next Tuesday as tile setters remain on strike.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Davenport
Five Deaths Linked to Texas Downpour and Flooding
Torrential rains across Texas caused at least five deaths and extensive damage from Midland to Corpus Christi. In Midland two to six feet of water inundated 500 to 700 homes with a tornado touching down, while Dauphin suffered nine inches of rain and a derailed freight train. In Corpus Christi two teenagers drowned in a park drainage flood, and Corsicana faced rapid flooding as Trinity river crested. The storm prompted flood warnings across five counties as emergency crews respond.
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Weather Bureau
Herbert Neighbors
Governor urges nationwide safety drive after highway carnage
Texas Governor urges a broad safety crackdown after ongoing highway deaths. He orders Reverend Life Sunday, stricter speed limits, mandatory seat belts for state workers, heavier patrols on high fatal areas, and possible breath test law review.
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Hughes
Talks Set to Open Formal Vietnam Talks Monday
U S and North Vietnam agreed to start formal preliminary talks Monday after a procedural session on seating translation and other details. Vance and Habib led the U S side with Ha Van Lau and Nguyen Minh By for Hanoi as France mediated the process at the International Conference Center.
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Vance
U.S
Defense
Philip Habib
Col
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Hanoi
International Control Commission For Vietnam
Nguyen Minh By
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Hughes unveils 10 point program to curb Iowa traffic deaths
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes outlines a stiff 10 point plan to cut highway deaths. He doubles license suspensions for violators to 60 days and asks Public Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton to issue more suspensions for speeders. He favors a breath test for drunk driving with no prior arrest. He notes 136 deaths in eight weeks and calls mild weather a black spring urging action.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Public
Jack Fulton
Hughes
Traffic Toll Rises to 257 This Friday
The Associated Press reports the town traffic toll reached 257 on Friday, up from 236 on May 10 last year. The state safety department toll stood at 254, above 229 on the same day a year ago, excluding private road fatalities.
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Associated Press
State Safety Department
House OKs Four Day Weekend Holiday Plan
The House passed a bill to move Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day and Veterans Day to four Monday holidays and add Columbus Day on Monday. The measure would set Washingtons on the third Monday in February Memorial Day on the last Monday in May Columbus Day on the second Monday in October and Veterans Day on the fourth Monday in October starting January 1 1971. Only federal workers and the District of Columbia would be required to follow. states likely to adopt if approved by the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Appendix Nickname Joke Sparks Laughs in Chuckle Topic
A brief joke recalls a young man who nicknamed his girlfriend Appendix for the high cost of taking her out. The line plays on medical chart terms for a light humor moment.
Wilson Faces Ballot Losses and Financial Downturn
British Prime Minister Wilson confronts a Labor rout in municipal elections as Conservatives seize town halls across England and Wales. The pound slid to near $2.39, stock prices fell, and Bank of England director Cecil King resigned after accusing the government of eroding credibility. Labor shed 560 seats. Conservatives gained 570. national majority remains intact but local party infrastructure is weakened.
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Wilson
Labor
Britain
London Stock Exchange
Cecil King
Daily Mirror
Bank of England
King
Roy Jenkins
England
Wales
Labor Party
House of Commons
Closing of Parks Rapped by Hughes
Gov. Harold Hughes criticized the State Conservation Commission for closing 14 state parks due to funds shortages. He said funds could be shifted between divisions to hire summer help and noted the panel should have foreseen budget needs when presenting 1967-69 recommendations to the legislature.
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DES Moines
State Conservation Commission
Harold Hughes
Hughes
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