Boxcar Shortage Crisis Aired by C R Shippers
Cedar Rapids shippers told Congressman John Culver that railroad boxcar shortages threaten plant closings. They cited ICC order 1011 as worsening the problem, noted a limited return of 575 cars to the Midwest, and urged more boxcars to avert production cuts amid harvest.
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C.R. Shippers
Cedar Rapids
John Culver
Culver
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Midwest
ICC
H. Neil Garson
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Bureau
Penick
Ford
ICC to increase Midwest boxcars to ease rail shortage
Congressman John Culver said the Interstate Commerce Commission has assured action to boost railroad boxcars for Eastern Iowa shippers. The ICC will add 5755 boxcars weekly into the Midwest until the shortage eases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Culver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Culver
ICC
Midwest
Boxcar Shortage Threatens Major Grains Firms
Steve Timko of Cargill warns shutdown possible within days unless boxcar supply improves. Quaker Oats and National Oats foresee production curtailment next week if conditions do not ease. ICC ruling may force 575 empty boxcars from several railroads to the Midwest weekly, intensifying the supply squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Timko
Cargill
Quaker Oats
National Oats Co
Culver
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Eastern
Southeastern
Northwestern
Burlington
Illinois Central
Midwest
Iowa college enrollments exceed 100000 for first time
Enrollment at Iowa public and private colleges rose to 100187 this fall, up 3.5 percent from 96958. State universities totaled 46665, up 6.7 percent, while private college enrollments fell 1.2 percent to 36124. Msgr. Menke urged state aid to private colleges amid rising tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Association of Iowa College and University Presidents
Iowa State
University of Northern Iowa
Msgr
Sebastian Menke
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Menke
College Presidents Association
Death sentence for fire bomber in Grave Club case
Freddie McKenzie, 27, was sentenced to death by electric chair for the fire bombing that killed eight people at The Grave nightclub in Fort Worth. A jury convicted him after brief deliberation following the May 5 blaze. prosecutors said he threw gasoline through the door and lit a match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Freddie McKenzie
McKenzie
Willie Davis
Culver proposes young farmers investment program
Culver outlines a 4 percent real estate and operating loan plan through the Farmers Home Administration to help young men enter farming. Loans with 40 year terms and a final lump sum refinancing option aim to keep family farming viable amid corporate farming trends. Former State Sen. Tom Riley calls for urgent U.S. aid to Biafra with flights of mercy and UN action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
John Culver
Second District
Culver
Farmers Home Administration
Tom Riley
Congress
Iowa
U.S
Biafra
Africa
Dachau
America
United Nations
Riley
ISU Veterinary Facility Okayed for Ames Campus Site
The state board of regents approved a two phase ISU veterinary medicine facility to be built south of the Ames campus replacing older Central Campus buildings. The project totals 16 million dollars with 3.15 million already appropriated in 1967, plus 850 thousand for equipment and 2.4 million for second phase construction to be sought from the legislature, and eight million in federal matching funds.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State
State Board of Regents
Veterinary Medical Research Institute
Ames
ISU
Farmer Denies Assault Charge
Marengo Iowa Miller Glen 40 pleads innocent in county court to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after an Aug 16 raid on a young party near his farm. He allegedly fired 12 shots. two people were injured. Miller is free on $2000 bond awaiting trial.
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Marengo
Millersburg
Iowa
Glen Miller
Miller
Burglary Strikes Cedar Rapids Home and Laundry
The Walter J. Steggall residence at 1618 East Avenue NW was entered through a window Friday between 6 45 and 10 20 p.m. Coins worth 200 dollars, a 100 dollar watch, a pin and earring set 110 dollars and a PTA pin 25 dollars were stolen. In the Troy Laundry at 214 First Street SW detectives found no forced entry and the burglars pried a pop machine for 20 dollars in dimes and took coins from a candy machine. An attempted safe entry by hammering on the dial and handle occurred before the burglars exited by removing a bar from the rear door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Walter J. Steggall
Avenue NW
Troy
First Street
Victim of Burns Dies and Father Sets Self Afire
Newark AP Bernadino Ortega 67 endured a 17 month bedside vigil for son Armando burned in an industrial blast. After Armando died, Bernadino set himself ablaze outside a supermarket near the hospital, sustaining burns over half his body.
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Newark
Bernadino Ortega
Armando
Bernadino
Pollsters clash over margins in race for White House
Democrats gain slight ground in Harris poll but Gallup shows a 15 point lead for Nixon. Muskie notes closings, while analysts cite timing and methodology. Agnew hints at Vietnam standoff, LeMay finishes Vietnam tour and heads to Alabama.
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Associated Press
White House
Edmund Muskie
Richard Nixon
Muskie
George Gallup
Burns Roper
Harris
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Gallup
Earlville Woman 70 Injured in Rural Car Crash
Amy Powell, 70, of Earlville, was injured when her car left a gravel road south of the Clarence Hunt farm. The vehicle rolled over twice in a ditch. Powell sustained a broken wrist a crushed kneecap and head cuts. She was alone in the car and is reported in fairly good condition at Manchester hospital.
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Earlville
Amy Powell
Manchester
Clarence Hunt Farm
Greek Child Adopted by Arkansas Prison Inmates
Georgia Pavlidaki, nine, adopted by inmates at Tucker prison farm in Arkansas, may receive a $50 Christmas check once cleared. The inmates, who began supporting her about ten months ago, raised around $180 and describe their farm work in letters to the Greek girl on Crete.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Georgia Pavlidaki
Crete
Georgia
Bassett
James Walker
North Little Rock
Tucker
Booms Muskie For President
In Salt Lake City AP reports Jess Kone a failed city commission candidate has opened Muskie for President headquarters in his barber shop. He says Muskie offers strong positions on Vietnam and crime and will be a write in option with guidance on filing. He adds parties and Muskie have not been contacted.
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Humphrey
Nixon
Madison Square Garden
Associated Press
Chicago
Paris
Salt Lake City
Jess Kone
City Commission
Muskie
Kone
Vietnam
Barber
Edmund Muskie
Kane
Regents Back Contractors Bias Probe
Iowa Board of Regents agrees to cooperate with a state NAACP investigation into possible black participation discrimination in regents building contracts. The NAACP will inspect contract files in Des Moines, and contracts with HEW funds may be withheld for 15 days pending findings.
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Cedar Falls
State Board of Regents
Regents
Iowa
NAACP
Des Moines
Robert Wright
Wright
Stanley Redeker
Boone
Melvin Wolfe
Waterloo
Regents shelve Reagan bid to bar Cleaver talks on Berkeley
Protests flare at UC Berkeley as regents vote 15 to 7 to pursue more talks on Cleaver lectures after Reagan’s demand for a campus ban. Reagan pushes for university overnment while students jeer and block buses.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
University of California Regents
Ronald Reagan
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Berkeley
Reagan
Regents
University
Charles Hitch
Cleaver
Max Rafferty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
U.S. Senate
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Transportation Bureau
ICC Assurance
Joe Fischer
Farmer
Roper
Louis Bean
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Detroit
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South
Curtis LeMay
George Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Arkansas
Don Bassett
Booms Muskie
Phyllis Fleming
Joan
Blondell
Channel 9
Hassle
Helmstedt
Germany
West Germany
Mene
Baltimore, MD
Jimmy Hatle
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