Oxford Jet Man Killed in Crash
Special to The Gazette reports William Joseph House age 20 of Oxford Junction died about 7 30 am in a county road head on collision two miles west of Oxford Mills A passenger Larry Hulke 19 of Oxford Junction was hospitalized in Cedar Rapids with undetermined injuries The westbound House car collided head on with a feed laden straight truck driven by Harold Root 18 of Denver Iowa
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Oxford Junction
William Joseph House
Oxford Mills
Larry Hulke
Cedar Rapids
Highway Patrol
House
Harold Root
Denver
Iowa
Coggon Youth Killed In Car Crash
Danny L Williams eighteen of Coggon died Friday night when his car left the Coggon Monticello blacktop six miles east of town and rolled over. He was thrown from the vehicle and died of head injuries after arriving at a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was alone in the car and eastbound at the time of the crash.
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Coggon
Danny L. Williams
Coggon-Monticello
Here
Highway Patrol
Williams
Cedar Rapids
Man in Court Says He Hoped Father-in-Law Repossess Wife
A man arraigned for nonsupport told the judge his plan was to have his wife repossessed by her father. The remark sparked disbelief as court records noted the unusual defense and financial strain surrounding the case.
Typhoon Elsie Strikes Formosa Killing Fifty
Typhoon Elsie swept Formosa with 120 mph winds killing at least 50 and injuring 40. Missing number rose while a power line fire in Taitung destroyed 96 houses killing 33 and wounding 33. Taipei area faced water and power shortages as flooding inundated the western plains and the city.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taitung
Mass General Announces $100 Daily Private Room Rate
Boston AP report Massachusetts General Hospital releases a new rate scale setting private room charges at 100 dollars per day starting October 1. The decision affects patients seeking private accommodations in hospital wards and follows a broader move to standardize room costs across services.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Statue Inspired Marasco To Make Army Career
Army Pvt. Robert Marasco now a captain faces charges of shooting to death an alleged Vietnamese double agent at Fort Dix. The Bloomfield recruit, a high school graduate, earned three Bronze Stars and other honors during service in Vietnam and with Army Intelligence before his arrest, which his parents learned of in a letter the day he was to return home.
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Saigon
Green Beret
Robert Francis Marasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Thai Khac Chuyen
Marasco
New Jersey
Love
Bob
Robert Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Vietnam
Thomas Middleton
Jefferson
S.C
David Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leland Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Budge Williams
Athens
South Vietnam
Thieu
Crew
Brumley
U.S. District Court
San Francisco
Henry Rothblatt
New York
Boyle
Rothblatt
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Edward Bennett Williams
Washington
Bailey
Williams
Rheault
Long Binh
U.S. Army
N. J
Army
Robert Marasco
U.S
Fort Dix
Frank
Udall Admits Goof on Santa Barbara Oil Decision
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall concedes he erred by following scientific advisers to approve oil drilling in the Santa Barbara channel. He says reversing course and declaring an oil reserve would have been wiser to ban drilling indefinitely.
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Udall
San Francisco
Stewart Udall
Santa Barbara Channel
Teen dies in bid to prove drugs cure
Washington report notes 18 year old Michael Strimling died four days after taking three or four methadone tablets with friends. He had begun heroin and marijuana use over a year earlier and had been undergoing treatment when he collapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.
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Michael Strimling
Strimling
Michael
Libya orders nationwide arms surrender by October 2
Damascus AP reports Libya’s new rulers announce a nationwide army search for arms and radios with a deadline of October 2 for surrender. Violators face severe punishment according to the government news agency.
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Damascus
Libya
Laird says U.S. not matching Soviet submarine numbers now
Defense Secretary Laird said the United States will not currently challenge the Soviet Union ship-for-ship in new submarine construction due to lower numbers. He cited Russia's more than 350 submarines and urged maintaining edge in submarine weaponry while a NSC review shapes 1970s force levels.
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Groton
Laird
U.S
National Security Council
Cabinet Resigns as Dubcek Loyalists Ousted in Prague
Prague AP report says Czechoslovakia’s cabinet led by Premier Oldrich Cernik resigned in a purge targeting Dubcek era liberals after a two day party central committee probe. The Communist party ordered personnel changes and expelled several Dubcek figures while planning further state government shifts.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Union
Oldrich Cernik
Cernik
Ludvik
Svoboda
CTK
Dubcek
Communist Party Central Committee
Prague Castle
Plane with 74 Missing in Bolivian Andes
A Bolivian passenger plane with 74 aboard, including international guests Dr. Doug Sherman of Australia and two Canadian missionaries, disappeared on a nonstop 420 mile flight from Santa Cruz to La Paz. The Strongest soccer team from La Paz also on board, with Julio Diaz among the listed players.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Doug Sherman
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
James O’connor
Walter Strub
Santa Cruz
Julio Diaz
Amazon Lowlands
Thieu hints at large 1970 troop withdrawals in Vietnam
President Thieu signaled potential large American troop withdrawals in 1970 beyond 60,000 redeployed this year. He said South Vietnam will boost armed forces by 150,000 to 200,000 next year once U.S. material, funds, and training time are provided. He plans to press Nixon on the numbers.
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Saigon
Thieu
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Two Held Two Sought in Death Of Four Women
Cincinnati AP report: two men held under maximum security Saturday while police hunt two more suspects in the holdup slayings of four women. All four men face four counts of first degree murder. Sought are Watterson Johnson, 22, and John Leigh, 20, near the Kentucky state line. Raymond Kassow, 24, and Carl Ingle, 31, held for grand jury. FBI issued unlawful flight warrants for Johnson and Leigh. Ingle connected to a property owner via maintenance work at Cabinet Supreme Savings & Loan in Delhi Township.
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Cincinnati
Watterson Johnson
John Leigh
FBI
U.S. 27
Strunk
Tennessee
Raymond Kassow
Carl Ingle
Kassow
Ingle
Vernon McDaniel
Cabinet Supreme Savings & Loan Assn
Financial Institution
Delhi Township
Buick Recalls 39 856 Opel Kadetts
Buick Motor division of General Motors recalls 39 856 Opel Kadetts built in November 1968 and April 1969 to fix a seat back adjusting mechanism fault. The seat back could move unexpectedly to a rearward position. Dealers will perform the adjustment at no cost to owners.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
Buick Motor Division
General Motors
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Oxford
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