Mid-East Truce To Continue Amid Negotiation Impasse
The Suez Canal cease-fire will extend beyond its expiration with no resumption of peace talks likely. Egypt’s Al Ahram cites Sadat ordering a short extension and full alert on the canal front, while Israel insists on talks only after Egyptian missiles are withdrawn. Jordan expected to extend the cease-fire but no formal announcement yet.
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Suez Canal
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
al Ahram
Anwar Sadat
U.N
Sadat
Canal Front
Egypt
Gunnar Jarring
Suez
Amman
Hussein
House Looted of Stamps Valued at $5,000 to $10,000
Stamp collections valued between $5,000 and $10,000 were stolen in a break in at the Joseph Sinaiko residence on 3322 Terry Drive SE Cedar Rapids between Oct 21 and Wednesday. Six stamp albums four worldwide and two United States containing about 20,000 stamps were taken from a den shelf while the Sinaikos were away on vacation. Nothing else was taken.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Sinaiko
Terry Drive
United States
Sinaikos
Cedar Rapids Plans 1971 Budget Cut Across Departments
Cedar Rapids faces a cut of 72631.20 in its 1971 operational budget as mill yield falls short of the 260000 estimate. Linn county figures show 257578.96 per mill, 2421.04 below target, reducing total operational funds to 7727368.80 from 7800000. Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank says budgets will be trimmed proportionally, hitting police fire and street departments hardest.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Stewart Shank
Turbulence Injures 20 Aboard Pan Am Jumbo Flight
A Pan American 747 bound for Paris returned to New York after severe clear air turbulence over Nantucket injured 14 passengers and six stewardesses. One man suffered a heart attack. Javits was uninjured but shaken. Lt Cmdr Meiling and other passengers aided a baby caught from a falling bassinet.
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Javits
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Kennedy Airport
New York
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
John F. Kennedy Airport
Nantucket
Mass
Rail Freight Rates Boost Approved by ICC
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission paved the way for freight rate increases of eight percent in the East and West and six percent in the South. An additional one percent hike, withheld earlier, was approved for potential later use, with refunds possible if investigations deem the increases unnecessary. Chairman George Stafford warned railroads face financial peril amid the Penn Central collapse and broader industry strain.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
George Stafford
Penn Central
Short of Goal UCS Campaign Is Extended
The United Community Services campaign is extended to November 25 as of Thursday. Chairman Tom Redford announced the goal of 1.08 million remains, with 842,400 pledged to date, 78 percent complete. He cited economic concerns but expects an 8.3 percent pledge rise from last year and potential 240,000 more from uninitiated accounts.
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United Community Services
Tom Redford
Redford
UCS
Hartke Wins Indiana Senate Seat After Tight Race
Democratic Sen Vance Hartke declared victory in Indiana over Republican Richard Roudebush by 3698 votes as tabulation neared completion with 3,? precincts unreported. Gov Whitcomb ordered police to seal voting instruments amid a potential recount and clerks prepare final returns under state law.
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Indianapolis
Vance Hartke
Richard Roudebush
Indiana
U.S. Senate
Roudebush
Hartke
Edgar Whitcomb
L. Keith Bulen
William Milliken
Michigan
Detroit
Milliken
Sander Levin
Levin
Post-Election Verdict: Agnew's Future Open
Washington reports after a GOP victory in Senate and House races the political future of Vice President Spiro Agnew remains unsettled. Nixon aides show division on whether Agnew should be Nixon's running mate in 1972. Analysts note talk of replacement persists despite Nixon's post election claims.
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Washington
Agnew
Nixon
Senate
House
George Bush
Texas
Bush
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
California
White House
Herbert Klein
Klein
G.O.P
Ronald Ziegler
Senate For National Defense
Congress
Corporation contest promises 25 words or less for ten thousand
A company unveils a marketing stunt asking customers to contribute ten thousand dollars in exchange for a chance to craft a concise message under twenty five words. The promotion frames humor as a product, raising questions about value and originality.
Mystery Sawmill Peril From Electrical Forces Near Copenhagen
Hans Nielsen, 63, closes his Noebbet sawmill after 18 months of mysterious electrical disturbances. Fuses, bulbs, and motors fried by bursts of high voltage, four fires in his home, and 13,000 dollars in red. Experts from two power companies and a university professor failed to stop the problem. Nielsen plans to quit as installations run ruinously and unfathomable forces continue to strike.
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Copenhagen
Hans Nielsen
Noebbet
Here
Rill
Nielsen
Des Moines Eyes Tax Study After Election Victory
Gov. Robert Ray, after winning re election, backs a legislative tax study committee to draft alternatives rather than a single proposal. The Des Moines meeting will begin work on a program for the 1971 legislature with aims to avoid repeat tax problems and focus on adjusting the tax structure while living within means.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative
Robert Ray
Ray
Victory party canceled after clean sweep in Bexar county
SAN ANTONIO AP reports Democrats won all major contests in Bexar county but scrapped Thursday night’s victory celebration. Democratic Chairman Leonard Davis said crowds were tired of politics and had other plans.
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Senate
Lawrence O’brien
O’brien
Nixon
San Antonio
Bexar
Leonard Davis
Experts propose antenna theory for mill bursts
The chief engineer Lars Harsting and colleagues, unpaid, theorize that charged air and ground cause bursts even with power cut. They plant metal poles and log electrical activity minute by minute, proposing the installations form an antenna for high frequency radio, television, and radar waves.
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One Power Company
Lars Harsting
Harsting
Nixon Insulted by Red Envoy in Paris Talks
Paris talks featured North Vietnamese Ambassador Xuan Thuy accusing President Nixon of lying to the American people. U S and Hanoi spokesmen clashed over insults while Bruce delivered a sharp rebuke. Thuy linked Nixon to a pro war stance during election season, claiming electoral aims shaped policy.
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Paris
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
U. S
David Bruce
Nguyen Thanh le
Hanoi
Thuy
Bruce
Vietnam
Indo-China
Stephen Ledegar
United States
Ledegar
America
American Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
North Vietnam
Ferry capsizes on Korean river. 29 dead
On a Korea river near Chunchon 58 aboard a ferry were frightened by three cows causing a panic that tipped the 10 ton boat. 29 bodies were recovered and 29 survivors saved with aid from a U S military helicopter and Korean police.
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Seoul
U. S
Chunchon
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Sheila
Neal
Cedar Rapids News
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Collins Radio Co
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Iowa Daily Press Assn
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