30 000 Routed by Derailment in Mississippi
A 157 car Illinois Central freight derailed near Glendora Mississippi causing 30 000 to evacuate as vinyl chloride heated by a spark released phosgene gas. No deaths reported though 74 year old Linwood Pierce was seriously injured after wandering in front of the train. Evacuations covered Glendora Doddsville Minter City Schlater Webb Blaine Drew Ruleville Itta Bena Sunflower and parts of Greenwood. Governor Williams sent 600 National Guardsmen to aid. Senator Eastland called for a congressional railway safety probe.
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Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Ruleville
Schlater
Illinois Central
Leflore County
National Guard
Miller Dent
Mississippi Civil Defense
John Bell Williams
National
Doddsville
James Eastland
McDonald Elected Republican State Central Chairman
John C. McDonald, Dallas Center attorney, was elected chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, succeeding Jack Warren. McDonald emphasized continued organization from precincts upward, fundraising, and local party involvement. The move follows Warren's resignation and McDonald was the sole nominee. The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it has no authority to regulate railroad passenger service quality, urging Congress to grant jurisdiction or have the Transportation Department study needs.
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Des Moines
John C. McDonald
Dallas Center
Republican State Central Committee
Jack Warren
Waterloo
McDonald
Central Committee
Warren
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Congress
Department of Transportation
Spendingest Honeymoon Breaks Spending Records
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Fred Sparks outlines Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy's extravagant marriage spending in a five part series starting in Sunday's Gazette. The package includes the Parade of Homes feature on Brooklyn Iowa by Sid Moody and a Big Ten football season preview by Gus Schrader.
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Aristotle Onassis
Jackie Kennedy
Fred Sparks
Big Gazette
Brooklyn
Iowa
Big City
Sid Moody
Gus Schrader
Big Ten
Williams Nabbed By FBI Agents
Robert Williams, a 44 year old Black militant, returned to the United States from exile and was arrested by FBI agents on a Charlotte North Carolina warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the Monroe North Carolina kidnapping case. He had fled after a racial disturbance in 1961.
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Washington
Robert Williams
U. S
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Williams
Trans World Airlines
Detroit
Charlotte
N.C
Marshville
Monroe
Cuba
China
Hoover
African Republic of Tanzania
Inquest Hearing Set for Oct 8 in Kopechne case
The Massachusetts supreme court will hear constitutional issues delaying the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest on October 8. A spokesman announced after a meeting of attorneys and Justice Paul Reardon. details were not released but procedure for the hearing was discussed.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Paul Reardon
Chuckle: A usurer Is A Man Who Takes Too Much Interest
A short quip notes a usurer as a man who takes too much interest in his business, playing on the word interest with a humorous angle.
G O P Team Attacks Hughes Culver In Iowa Visit
Republican congressmen from Iowa and colleagues from Ohio and California assailed Harold Hughes as a phony and accused Culver of a weak absentee record. They visited Dubuque for a 1970 campaign kickoff, urged opposition to Culver, and were introduced by State Rep. Ted Ellsworth at a county breakfast.
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Dubuque
Iowa
U. S
Harold Hughes
William Scherle
John C. Culver
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Culver
Scherle
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Burt Talcott
California
Dubuque County
Ted Ellsworth
Red China Military Downgrade Highlights Nuclear Pace Gaps
The Institute for Strategic Studies says China lacks modern equipment for war and trails the Soviet Union and the United States in nuclear arms progress. It notes China could field about 100 bombs from fissile material and warns of a slower missile program with political turmoil affecting momentum.
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London
China
Institute For Strategic Studies
Alastair Buchan
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S.S.R
Far Eastern
Fire Destroys Bob Falk Implement Plant in Elgin
A fast moving blaze gutted the 50 by 200 foot cement block building owned by Bob Falk Implement in Elgin. Employee Paul Larson dropped a hot light, a bulb shattered, gasoline spilled and exploded starting the fire. Larson was treated for minor burns. The blaze began about 10 15 a m and was controlled by 11 a m with smoke damage to nearby structures.
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Elgin
Bob Falk
Paul Larson
Larson
Falk
Nixon orders resumption of B52 bombing in Vietnam
President Nixon ended a 36-hour halt in B 52 sorties over South Vietnam and ordered bombings to resume after a cease fire period. Ziegler said enemy activity had returned to pro truce levels, with ongoing Washington Saigon and Paris reviews of the war. The allied command reported over ten actions Thursday with Five Americans and 177 enemy dead and 39 Americans wounded. An American helicopter was shot down near Saigon, killing one and wounding three.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ho Chi Minh
Ziegler
Saigon
Paris
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Kidnapped Envoy Returns to U.S
Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick arrived in New York reporting on his abduction by Brazilian terrorists. He is to begin consultations in Washington and discuss whether the kidnapping affected his effectiveness as ambassador.
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Washington
C. Burke Elbrick
New York
State Department
Elbrick
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