Youth charged in fianc e murder case at Storm Lake
Storm Lake police and state agents arrested 19 year old Dean Peterson of Alta for the murder of his fiancee 18 year old Jean Christensen found Sept teen in her Storm Lake apartment. Autopsy cites strangulation and sexual assault. Peterson arrested at his workplace and held for arraignment.
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Michatl
Dean Peterson
Alta
Jean Marie Christensen
Peterson
Miss Christensen
Buena Vista County
Nodalé
Clifford Christensen
Skinner
Peking envoy attends Soviet reception in Peking
Tokyo AP report says Chiao Kuan hua, China’s chief delegate to the USN, joined a Soviet diplomatic reception in Peking Friday night per New China News Agency.
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Tokyo
Chiao Kuanhua
China
USN
Peking
New China News Agency
Edgewood road funding debated by Linn County Supervisors
Linn County Supervisors wrestled with finishing their share of Edgewood road NE after Cedar Rapids Mayor Canney reminded them of a 1967 contract. Bridge opened December 1969, work halted this year due to season. Plans include a tunnel over Milwaukee tracks costing about 100000, with grading 75000 plus rocks and an estimated 200 extra thousand for a final paying job. Budget for secondary roads next year tallies 1.948 billion.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
Board of Supervisors
Blairs Ferry Road
Janes
Philadelphia
Second Street
Frank Rizzolii
Blairs Ferry
Floyd
Joseph
Emmons
the Gazette
Fire at Toledo nursing home claims one life during evacuation
A Friday fire at a Toledo nursing home caused the death of one patient apparently from heart strain and forced the evacuation of seven residents. Fire officials reported only minor structural damage and no further injuries.
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Toledo, Ohio
Wage Board Stages Near Phase 2 Deal Amid Crossfire
The Wage Board, in a nuts and bolts phase of Phase 2 wage increase talks, faced partisan crossfire between President Nixon and Congress. Meany hopes for Monday settlement as House Banking Committee votes threaten to reshape the plan, endorsing broad pay increases with limited retroactivity and pre freeze gains. Rumsfeld backs progress, warns against undermining tripartite concept while committee votes tilt toward a congressional label on the program.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
George Meany
Afl-Cio
House Banking Committee
Rep
Patman
Texas
Meany
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living
Wage Board
Rumsfeld
Jobless Figure Declines For Second Month in Row
Washington AP report notes unemployment rate at 5.8 percent as October saw a larger drop than seasonal factors alone. The labor force rose to 79.8 million with job seekers falling 270,000 to 4.6 million, while the average work week rose to 47.1 hours for 71.4 million workers.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
BLS
Adj
Iowan Gives Stock Large Gift to University of Iowa
Roy J. Carver of Bandag Inc funds a 2.5 to 3.5 million gift to the University of Iowa Foundation. The donation supports medical model development, health aid for needy students, endowed professorships, museum expansion, Old Capitol restoration, a new performing arts hall, artificial turf for Iowa Stadium, and the President's Academic Development Fund. The gift will be funded by 25,000 Bandag shares sold to the public at 40.50 per share, with 60,000 shares retained by the Foundation.
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Anoth
Bandag, Inc
Carver
Roy J. Carver
Bandag
Willant Boyd
U. of J. College of Medicine
University
Museum of Art
Old Capitol
Iowa Stadium
University of Iowa Foundation
Darrell Wyrick
Senators Urge Nixon To Halt Amchitka Nuclear Test
A telegram signed by 34 senators including 25 Democrats and nine Republicans urged President Nixon to cancel the Amchitka Island five megaton test. They called it a hostile act jeopardizing national security and world peace and said the government should heed court demands to delay pending further environmental review. The Atomic Energy Commission planned the test for 4 p.m Town time Saturday, arguing national defense outweighed environmental risks.
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Washington
Brooke
R-Mass
Nixon
Amshitka Island
Calefius
Boyd
New York Times
Atomic Energy Commission
Alaskan
Hiroshima
White House
Burger
Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
Court of Appeals
National Environmental Policy
Canada
Congress
Ronald L. Gegler
US Feed Grain Sale to Soviets Amounts to 13 Million
Administration sources say a 13 million dollar sale of U S feed grains to the Soviet Union is arranged through Continental Grain Co and Cargill Inc An all cash deal in dollars will move two million tons of corn 600000 tons of barley and 300000 tons of oats to the Soviet bloc The move follows Nixon actions ending export permit requirements for grains to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and lifting the U S vessel quota.
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Washington
Ap) — Administration
Soviet Union
U.S
Midwest
Continental Grain Co
Cargill, Inc
Nixon
Department of Commerce
China
Europe
Researcher Warns Non Phosphate Detergents Could Be Deadly
UPI reports Dr George Block of the University of Chicago warned before a Senate subcommittee that non phosphate detergents are highly caustic and potentially lethal if swallowed, especially by children. He cited cat tests showing severe injuries from non phosphate blends while phosphate detergents caused no harm. He urged bans and stricter scrutiny of substitutes and noted FDA warnings and a Hartford child death from a phosphate free product.
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UPI
George Black
University of Chicago
Block
Senate Environment
Topco
Purex
Mirale
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Hartford
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