Boost U S Support in Cambodia Report
Saigon dispatches say Cambodia faced deteriorating military conditions as U S air support rose significantly over the past two weeks. Cobra helicopter gunships and tactical fighter bomber strikes from bases in South Vietnam and Thailand were used to bolster Cambodian forces near Phnom Penh, with requests for reinforcements reported.
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Cambodia
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Phnom Fenh
Frond Phnom Pooh
South Vietnam
Thailand
Nixon to Address AFL CIO Convention in Miami Beach
Labor leader George Meany assailed Nixon's wage controls and accused the administration of pressuring Pay Board members. He announced Nixon will speak to about 1,000 union delegates at the AFL CIO convention Friday to push his program. Meany criticized Hodgson and Baldt and warned labor members against quitting the board.
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APL
CIO
George Meany
Nixon
Labor Federation
Tucker
Meany
Isber
Dustry
Labor
Hodgson
George Baldt
Baldt
Federal
Johnson County audit delayed release finds no criticisms
Iowa City state auditor Aloys Smith said the Johnson county audit released after a delay by Atty Gen Richard Turner contains no criticisms or recommendations. He noted little exciting news and cited a history of grand jury activity while stressing the audit focuses on county offices including treasurer and assessor plus sheriff matters in a three year comparison.
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Iowa City
Aloyd Smith
Johnson County
Atty
Richard Turner
Smith
Robert Burns
Attorney General
Grand Jury
Attorney General's
Criti
Sheriff's Office
Woman 62 Dies In Highway 20 Crash Near Blairstown
Esther Leone Sick of Blairstown died when her car crossed the center line on Highway 20 east of Blairstown colliding with a semi driven by Wayne L. Drumbarger of Tipton. The crash occurred as the truck veered to avoid the car. the truck carried pre-stressed concrete beams. Miss Sick, born Sept 9 1909, was a Blairstown High School graduate and former chief operator of Coon Creek Telephone Co until 1960.
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Blairstown
Ina
Esther Leone
Wayne L. Drumbarger
Tip ‘Ton
Iowa County Fiscal Health Faces Deficit Warning
Iowa county officials, led by two new supervisors and State Auditor Lloyd Smith, discuss balancing the 1971 secondary road fund. They estimate remaining revenue at 366000 against about 280000 in bills, urging immediate negotiations to avert a larger deficit by year end.
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Mike O'Donnell
Nareng
Iowa
Lloyd ‘Smith
County Atty
Lewis McMeen
Smith
Now
Dee
Auditor halts payments for conservation board funds
Linn county auditor stops payrolls for the conservation board due to missing funds. Havana reports a staff death and wariness over federal aid delays. Officials aim to use anticipated federal and local savings to balance the budget amid tax delinquency and cutbacks.
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Conservation Board
Five GI Combat Deaths Listed In Vietnam Last Week
AP reported five American combat deaths in Vietnam last week, the sixth straight week with eight or fewer total deaths. The tally this week included 22 Americans wounded in action, and 22 non hostiles, raising total American casualties to 45 599 killed in action 302 201 wounded and 9 934 dead from non hostile causes. A helicopter crash due to mechanical failure killed five. overall air crashes are the main killer as ground fighting wanes. In Hiroshima Japanese- Norwegian freighter Brytje fire killed three seamen and injured three others.
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Vietnam
Totel
U.S
Hiroshima
Japan
UPI
Freeway Slayings Linked by Name Similarities
Police probe a chain of six DC area killings labeled by a note as The Freeway Phantom. Victims aged 10 to 18 were mostly black, with four molested, and all remain unsolved. Investigators warn of possible multiple killers as clues hinge on Denise echoes and the name D.
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Denise
Pinnis
Tyno
Brenda
Spinks
District of Columbia
Maryland
Washington
Federal court orders closing 23 Birmingham polluters
A federal judge ordered 23 industries in Birmingham shut down to curb an air pollution crisis. The action, affecting about 25 000 workers and led by U S Steel, remains in force until conditions improve or a hearing Friday. EPA officials caution start up later will be quick.
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Yea
Claudine Hixwon
Birmingham
Ala
National Weather Service
U. S. Steel
Environmental Protection Agency
Asst
U. 5
Bill Mallard
Enual
Hachiv
U. S. District Court
Sam Pointer
Pointer
U. S. Justice Department
Wiliam Ruckelhaus
EPA
George Hardy
Jefferson County Health Department
Iowa Tot Drowns In Kitchen Water Gan
A 13 month old girl Mary Kay, daughter of Mrs Opal Martin of rural Dysart, drowned Wednesday in a kitchen water can. Sheriff Milo Quigley said the child fell into a two gallon lard can half full of water while trying to drink. Family had been boiling water and stored it in the lard can. The baby was pronounced dead on arrival at a Dysart doctor's office. Funeral services planned at Overton's in Dysart. Father William lives in Waterloo.
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Mary Kay
Opal Martin
Tama County
Milo Quigley
William
Waterloo
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