Nixon shifts cabinet as Butz named new agriculture head
Secretary Earl Butz, longtime Purdue associate, is tapped to replace resigning Secretary Hardin who will join Ralston Purina as vice chairman. Nixon reveals a broader plan to consolidate cabinet duties but abandons a full Department of Agriculture abolition. The change comes amid low corn prices and farmers’ protests as spring crops come in.
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Butz
Purdue University
Nixon
White House
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Congress
Department of Economic Development
Departments of Labor, Transportation and Commerce
Iowa Corn Harvest Estimate Reaches 1.214 Billion Bushels
Des Moines based agricultural reporting service raised Iowa corn harvest projections to 1.214 billion bushels, up about 4 percent from the prior October estimate. The October figure already indicated record yields, reflecting strong yields across the state's fields.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Lerop and Livestock Reporting Service
National corn crop forecast exceeds last year by wide margin
The October forecast predicts 1,167,012,000 bushels of corn nationwide, far above last year's 859,140,000. Roger Sutherland, chief statistician, notes harvest is 7 percent complete and yields per acre are projected at 103 bushels, up four from 99. Last year’s per acre production was 86. The estimate is 41 percent above 1969 and 2 percent above the 1967 record. London reports Britain paid over 4.8 million to violent crime victims in 1970, including a record 100,000 to a man hospitalized for life.
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Roger Sutherland
London
Paint splashes onto passing pickup on 1-380 span
North Liberty residents Gwen Nee and Hubert J. Johnson report green paint splashed onto their pickup while driving under the 1-380 overpass near Cedar Rapids. Duane Davick, construction engineer, says two complaints arose earlier when a span was painted and that the contractor Hanbaker Co. may finish the work soon. No signage warns of painting. motorists are referred to the contractor for complaints.
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Gwen Nee
North Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Hubert Johnson
the Gazette
Leo Ziethamel
Iowa City
Duane Davick
Highway Commission
Hanbaker Co
Redfield
Davick
Air Force C 130 crashes at Little Rock base
A C 30 cargo plane with 40 000 pounds of fuel crashed on takeoff at Little Rock airbase during a training flight. Ten of the 11 crew members and student airmen aboard were killed, with one survivor in critical condition. The four engine Hercules normally carries four, but this flight was for familiarization.
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Little Rock
API
Arkansas
Air Force
Chinese Travel Curbed by U S
The U S extended travel restrictions to members of the Chinese mission comparable to those on the Soviet mission. A diplomatic note delivered to the Chinese U N mission requires 48 hour notice for travel outside a 25 mile NY area and restricts access to several regions, applying to delegates and others entering the United States for U N affairs.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
State Department
People’s Republic of China
U.N
New York City
Soviet Union
Quota Set on Teacher Training at U of Iowa
Cedar Falls The state board of regents Friday approved a quota system for the University of Iowa college of education. The action, requested by the college due to staff and space limits and shifts in teaching jobs, effectively limits admissions and will affect about one in three students seeking entry to elementary teacher training. Continued: Page 3, Col. 7.
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Board of Regents
University of Iowa College of Education
Lowst
Mariner 9 Captures Dust Storm On Mars Close Up
Pasad ena Calif AP Mariner 9 has sent back 31 pictures as Mars nears orbital insertion with a dust storm obscuring the surface yet allowing sighting of features such as Hellas Syrtis Major and Mare Australe. Scientists expect close up photos during orbit and plan to fire Mariner 5 to adjust trajectory for a detailed surface survey.
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Calif
Mars
Mariner 9
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
South Polar
Hellas
Syrtis Major
South Pole
Mare Australe
Brad Smith
Rod Riggs
New Mexico State University
AMES
UPI
Mariner Scientist
Harold Masursky
State Board of Public
Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Robert Ben
15 Years to Sergeant on Spy Counts
Air Force Sgt. Ray mond De Champlain, 40, was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for passing classified military documents to foreign agents. He was found guilty of conspiring to pass secrets and meeting with a country unfriendly power. The case, begun after his Bangkok arrest, moves to higher military review and possible appeals.
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Guam
Raymond de Champlain
State Board
Iowa Senate
Lis
Ben
Walter
Council Bluffs
Benton
Waller
de Champlain
U.S
Air Force
Marvin McNickle
13Th Air Force
Clark Airbase
Philippines
Military Court of Appeals
Bangkok
Seven Americans face UK court over Chicago stock theft
Bleary eyed Americans appeared in Marlborough Street magistrates court on charges of conspiring to dispose of stolen stock and bonds worth millions seized in Chicago. FBI says August heist involved 18,000 blank certificates. total alleged theft up to 78 million. Bail was denied. no lawyers present for defendants. case continued.
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London
Chicago
Los Angeles
Marlborough Street Magistrates' Court
Mayfair
Rudolph Johnson
Cannes
Riviera
Charles Samuel Butalini
Terry Somenzi
Highland Park
Nicholas Avenetti
North Hollywood
Calif
James Walker Petticotti
Marina del Ray
Marion Arthur Denard
Frank Marco Sardo
North Beach
FBI
American Banknote Co
Mark IV Freight Co
Britain
U.S
Hooper
Guily
Father says LSD killed son not police bullets Spokane case
In Spokane authorities describe a fatal rampage at Gonzaga University where Larry Harmon 21 used a 21 caliber rifle and a sledge hammer to damage a church and killed a caretaker before being shot by police He had earlier used LSD which his father E Glenn Harmon says drove him to religious fanaticism and violence The father notes Larry was an outstanding math student and had high national test scores and planned MIT study but deteriorated after LSD and a bad trip ending in his death and the deaths of others
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Spokane
Wash
Larry
LSD
E. Glenn Harmon
Harmon
Christ
St. Aloysius Roman
Hilary Kunz
Michael Clark
Robert Schroeder
Robert Fees
Thomas Brass
Young Harmon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas
Hell
Car Crashes into Crowd in Ohio Killing Three
A car plowed 500 feet through a noon hour crowd at a downtown Youngstown intersection. Police reported at least three killed and at least 12 injured as the vehicle ran up onto the sidewalk and bounced off buildings before coming to a stop. The driver was uninjured and taken into custody.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
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