ABC TV to blanket Summer Olympics coverage from Munich
Hollywood ABC TV will devote two weeks of weekday primetime to satellite coverage of the Munich Summer Games from Aug 25 to Sept 10 plus a two hour preview on the opening day. Plans include 68 percent of total programming devoted to the Games with extensive weekend reports and daily event coverage. Commentators include Erich Segal and Bill Toomey with sports action across basketball boxing gymnastics swimming diving volleyball weightlifting wrestling and more.
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Ship Collision Takes 83 Lives In River Plate
MONTEVIDEO Uruguay AP coast guard says 74 Iowa students and others gathered to mourn or participate as details emerge of the Royston Grange collision with the Tienchee. The disaster, worst this century in the River Plate, left 83 dead including 32 Chinese crewmen. Twenty seven rescued and nine aboard. The Royston Grange had 63 crew, 10 passengers, and a pilot. Passengers included two Germans an Argentine and seven Britons. The ship's crew was British and the pilot Argentine.
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Iowa Demonstrators Outside Capitol in Des Moines
Crowds of antiwar demonstrators gathered outside the Des Moines federal building as highway patrolmen patrolled the Capitol and doors were guarded. The march, led by speakers including Cecil Henshaw, urged peace and urged voters to retire President Nixon in November to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Johnson backs Nixon mining move in Viet Nam
In Des Moines AP report Donald Johnson, Veterans Administration official and West Branch native, endorsed President Nixon's decision to mine North Vietnamese ports calling for broad public support of the war effort. He said peace requires united US actions and warned against divided public mood. Johnson spoke partly as a Nixon appointee and partly as a private citizen.
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Calona Families Win $8,500 in Lagoon Suit
In Washington county district court two rural Kalona families Wayne Dawn and Vernon Harcleur were awarded a total of 8500 after a six day trial in a 200000 lawsuit against the city of Kalona over treatment lagoons near their farms. The jury deliberated for nearly seven hours. The Harcleur family received 2000 and the Dawn family 6500 for alleged property value reductions with no award for other claims.
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City Must Pay Disability Pension, Court Rules
DES MOINES AP The state supreme court ruled that former Red Oak officer Kurt Johnson is entitled to a disability pension, but district judge Cullison exceeded his jurisdiction in setting the amount. The court sent the case back to order the city to compute determine and pay the pension. Washington UPI The House approved an administration backed bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2 over two years for about three million workers. The measure passed 330 to 78, with a farm wage increase phased in to 1.50 and 1.70 over time. Similar Senate action is pending.
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Hong Kong Returns 10000 Refugees to Mainland
Ten years ago the Hong Kong government announced that about 10,000 refugees from Red China had been rounded up and sent back to the mainland, marking a large cross border sweep.
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Drowned Cowboys Est Book Sparks Swift Sourcing
A fragment notes a book about American cowboys and legends. It references river drownings and life stories, with mentions of geographic society selections and home offerings. Details are unclear but imply historical bios and local ads.
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