Iowa Farmers Harvest Fourth Billion Bushel Corn Crop
Agriculture officials estimate Iowa yields 92 bushels per acre, totaling 1.104 billion bushels and 96 percent harvested. National harvests rise to 5.8 billion bushels with Illinois setting a state record. rain and drought shaped gains and prices may edge higher next year depending on demand and outlook.
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Agriculture Department
Iowa
Illinois
Iowa Crop Reporting Service
Ening
Wisner
Lowa
Fromme Repeats Disruptions In Ford Assassination Case
Ly nette Fromme once again blindfolded herself and was carried to the Sacramento courthouse to be ejected from her trial on charges of trying to kill President Ford. Judge MacBride warned her to avoid disruptions and she insisted her defense is the defense of the world.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
U.S
Thomas MacBride
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
Manson
MacBride
John Virgo
Cedar Rapids School District May Charge for Short Bus Routes
A state declaratory ruling upholds charging pro rata transportation costs for busing students living under two miles from Hiawatha elementary. Cedar Rapids board weighs applying a $67.50 per student fee, sparking parent protest and possible appeal to the Grant Wood agency.
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Twin Pines North Addition
State Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry Road
Grant Wood
Benton
Grant Wood Agency
John Arbore
Yellow Pine Drive
The
Gazette
Arbore
Squaw Creek
Hearst Judge Sets Dec 15 Trial On Bank Robbery
Patty Hearst remains silent as Judge Carter orders a December 15 trial date on two federal counts. Attorney Albert Johnson plans psychiatric hearings to challenge her competency and seeks court time extensions amid ongoing appeals and medical evaluations.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
Albert Johnson
Hearst
Johnson
U.S
Oliver Carter
Carter
Hibernia Bank
SLA
High Court Declines Ruling on Omaha School Busing
The Supreme Court refused to review an Omaha desegregation order, letting a St. Louis circuit court ruling stand that the district must provide a desegregation plan implemented by next fall with transportation funded by the district. The case cites busing as a tool to achieve integration.
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Omaha
Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
St. Louis
Pasadena
Calif
Board of Education
Sion
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ford Senate Condemn UN Vote Over Zionism Link
President Ford and the Senate condemned the United Nations General Assembly's resolution equating Zionism with racism. A non binding resolution urged immediate hearings to reassess U S participation in the UN General Assembly. The U N vote was 72 to 35 with 32 abstentions.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
United Nations General Assembly
U.S
Assembly
U.N
Congress
General Assembly
Hugh Scott
Coast Guard finds oil slick and debris after Fitzgerald sinking
A search for the 729 foot freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and its 29 crewmen continued after debris and two empty lifeboats were found on Lake Superior near Batchawana Bay. Coast Guard officials said the ship appears sunk with no survivors found among debris washed ashore and at least 25 crew missing.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Edmund Fitzgerald
Coast Guard
Bryan Norris
Washington
Oglebay-Norton Co
Jere Bennett
Coast Guard Air Rescue
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Roger Blau
Wilfred Sykes
Arthur M. Anderson
Whitefish Point
Here
Cleveland
Dan Shotwell
Ouster of Australian Leader Triggers Nationwide Protests
Governor General Sir John Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and named Conservative Malcolm Fraser as caretaker leader until a December 13 election. Demonstrations erupted with more than 2,000 outside Parliament, waterside workers striking, and larger protests in Sydney and Melbourne as the political crisis deepened.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
Labor Party
Gough Whitlam
John Kerr
Queen Elizabeth
Malcolm Fraser
Kerr
Whitlam
Parliament
Fraser
Sydney
Melbourne
Man With Bifocals Walks High Headed
A witty line plays on pride and blurred vision as a man strides with head up while adjusting to bifocals. The quip notes confidence masking a difficulty in seeing clearly. Copyright note signals a humorous or literary aside.
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By al Swegle
Robert Wisner
Iowa State University Extension
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Rick Humphrey
Robbins Lake
Ellis Park
Humphrey
Elaine Drive
Morgan Creek Park
Fromme
By Judy Daubenmier
Twin Pines
Patty
Marion
State Farm
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