Klansmen Charged in Bus Bombing Conspiracy
DETROIT AP six men targeted by an FBI informer within the Ku Klux Klan have been charged with conspiring to thwart court ordered school integration in Pontiac Michigan by bombing school buses. One arrestee on an FBI complaint Thursday was Robert Miles 46 of Howell Michigan who had just announced his resignation as Grand.
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Robert Miles
Howell
U. S
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Ee Guy
Miles
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Raymond Quick
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Wallace Fruit
Dennis Ramsey
Drayton Plains
Alexander Distel
Mackinge Bridge
Michigan
Lower
Neil Welsh
Michigan Klan
Texas and Honduras Hit by Fern and Edith
Hurricane Fern drenched Galveston Texas with heavy rains and flooding while Edith threatened widespread flooding in Honduras. Both storms struck sparsely populated areas and weakened inland as Fern produced tornadoes and fires and Edith pushed toward reduced wind speeds from 160 miles per hour.
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Legislators Probe Missing Rate Order In Iowa Case
Former Iowa commerce commissioner testified that Commissioner Wilt signed a rate increase order for IVa Telephone Co. on Means authority, the document later vanished from files. Means said he was absent but authorized Witt to sign, while subcommittee seeks the missing order and the rationale for a higher rate boost.
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Iowa Commerce
Dick Wilt
Iiva Telephone Co
Knox
Frank Means
John Monty
Marshall
Town
Means
Witt
Harold Fischer
R-Wellsrg
Iowa Telephone Co
Commission
Meany backs any fair wage price plan in talks with Nixon
AFL CIO chief George Meany told President Nixon he would cooperate with any equitable wage price stabilization system. He said labor representatives dominated the White House session and pressed for workers back pay after the freeze and resisted the proposed investment tax credit.
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Organized Labor
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U S Forces Back South Vietnam Drive Near Laos
SAIGON AP The U S command said 1500 to 2000 American troops directly support a South Vietnamese offensive near Laos. Major Richard Gardner said personnel provide air and artillery support as Phase 2 of Vietnamization. No US casualties reported since Monday, one helicopter shot down. B52s conducted additional strikes.
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U.S
Gazette wins in editorial and sports pages in Iowa award
The Cedar Rapids Gazette won first place for sports and editorial pages and second for general excellence in the seventh annual Better Newspaper Contest by the Iowa Daily Press Association. Awards announced at Waterloo during the association’s clinic.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Gazette
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Cedar Falls Record
Newspaper Association
Joseph W. Shoquist
Milwaukee Journal
Ken Berg
Mankato Free Press
Mason City Award Marks Year of Achievement
Mason City this year earned a coveted award for a series of accomplishments highlighted in a continued feature. The report notes community impact and local leadership shaping the recognition, with details continued on page 3.
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Mason City
Sloppy Work Sparks Ire Over Husak in Czechoslovakia
Communist leader Gustáv Husák denounced disorderly work methods blamed for passive protests against Soviet occupation. He linked sloppiness to price and supply shortages while citing gains in industrial productivity and stating reforms will continue despite protests.
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Czechoslovakia
Husak
Communist Party
Jer Gustav Husak
Saigon
Navy
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Badquar Bration
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Czechoslov
Ivakia
Prague
Two Men Die In Near Head-On Crash South Of Mt Vernon
Near Mt Vernon on highway 1 two men died in a late Thursday crash nearly head on about a mile and a half south of the city. Victims were Michael P. Maaske, 24, and Eugene D. Claibterbuck, 47, an Mt Vernon woman was injured and hospitalized in fair condition.
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Mt., iVernon
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Eugene D. Clai Jterbuck
Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids crash victim Velma J. Clark
A Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital record lists Velma J. Clark, 49, as a passenger in a Clatterbuck vehicle involved in a crash Friday. State patrol reported the southbound Clatterbuck car crossed the center line before the incident. Page 4 tolls.
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Cedar Rapids
Velma J. Clark
The
Highway Patrol
Attica Prison Riot Triggers Federal Court Injunction
Inmates seized 31 guards as riot at Attica New York prison escalated torturing and burning facilities. A federal judge ordered state officials to refrain from reprisals while inmates remained out of control. Demands included religious and political freedom, press censorship ends, parole reforms, and $1.85 per hour prison wages.
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Attica
Intates
Russell Oswald
Oswald Newin
Albany
Oswald
Collision Kills Six Vacationers in Georgia Head-On Crash
In Sylvania Georgia six people died in a head on collision involving a van camper three cars and a trailer truck as they returned from a vacation trip to Brooklyn New York. The crash occurred about 530 pm on US 301 bypass and Georgia 21 near Sylvania with the truck jack knifing across the median after a car stopped for a left turn.
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Brooklyn
U.S. 301
Georgia 21
Georgia
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