Wisconsin May Stop Mississippi Navigation
Wisconsin seeks a permanent injunction to halt upper Mississippi River dredging and commercial navigation for several months next year. Officials warn silt buildup could stop ship traffic, affecting coal shipments to regional utilities and area commerce. The Army Corps cites environmental and legal concerns and a forthcoming environmental impact study due mid year.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rodney Cox
Corps
Cox Friday
Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission
Northern States Power Co
St. Paul
Mississippi
St. Croix
Minnesota
Cox
Doyle
Opened files on Hiss and Rosenberg cases prompt debate
Allen Weinstein, a Smith College historian, gains permission from FBI Director Kelley to study the 53,000 page Hiss file and 25,000 page Rosenberg file, under a policy allowing access to cases 15 years old. He may seek court relief if information is withheld. The files cover the Cold War landmark cases and potential new insights. New flu outbreak reported in England and Australia, with cases in a south England boarding school and one death. no US cases confirmed.
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Northampton
Mass
FBI
Allen Weinstein
Smith College American Studies
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Weinstein
Hiss
Rosenberg
Bureau
England
Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Australia
South England
United States
18Yearold transient held in 24 deaths blaze
Los Angeles police booked 18 year old Michael Altenburg on murder charges after a Friday apartment fire killed 24 people, with many victims identified slowly. The blaze began in the lobby and spread rapidly through the three story building, sending residents leaping to escape. Nine children were among the dead as authorities pushed for stricter fire codes to address open stairwells in older structures.
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Los Angeles
Michael Altenburg
Altenburg
Tucson
Ariz
Nixon cuts jet speed to save fuel on travels
President Nixon will reduce Boeing 707 speed from 525 to 477 mph to cut fuel use from 2,200 to 2,000 gallons per hour, a nine percent saving per White House estimates. No back-up aircraft will be used. EC keopiere will ferry Nixon between Homestead and his Florida home for weekend appearances in Orlando Macon and Memphis.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Gerald Warren
Ec Keopiere
Homestead Air Force Base
Key Biscayne, Fla
Orlando
Fla
Macon
Memphis, Tenn
Brezhnev Expects Nixon Visit to Moscow 1974
AP reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev hinted Nixon would visit Moscow in 1974 after a talk with Armand Hammer, head of Occidental Petroleum. Hammer noted Brezhnev often mentioned Nixon and cited detente gains such as the Middle East cease fire, stressing talk over shooting.
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Moscow
Armand Hammer
U.S
Communist Party
Leonid
Brezhnev
Nixon
Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Corp
United States
Middle East
PSC Approves Power Plant Near Weston
The Missouri Public Service Commission approved a $210 million 600 megawatt steam turbine plant on the Missouri River in Platte County near Weston. Kansas City Power and Light covers two thirds of costs with St. Joseph Light and Power one third, to meet 1979 peak loads and provide reserve capacity.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri River
Platte County
Kansas City Power and Light Co
St. Joseph
Nashua
Clay County
Missouri Air Conservation Commission
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Missouri Clean Water Commission
Milk Fund Gift Tied to Nixon Campaign Probed
Federal investigators probe whether Associated Milk Producers Inc. used corporate funds to donate 100000 to Herbert Kalmbach in 1969. Kalmbach and a dairy lawyer deny corporate source while a delivery witness states funds were anonymous cash. Semer and Lilly oversaw the transfer aimed at aiding 1970 races and political aims.
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Washington
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Milton P. Semer
Edmund S. Muskie
John N. Mitchell
Semer
Kelmbach
California
Robert Lilly
Newport Beach
Calif
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Lemer
Jake Jacobsen
Austin
Tex
Senate Watergate Committee
Milk Producers
Actor Hurt When Door Didn't Fall in Hec Ramsey
Los Angeles AP Richard Boone, 55, injured when a door in a scene failed to fall and the scenery wall moved 18 inches. He was hospitalized at St Joseph’s with X rays showing no fracture but an aggravated prior right shoulder separation.
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Los Angeles
Richard Boone
NBC
Hec Ramsey
Boone
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Forty-Four Contestants Open Miss Teenage America Pageant
Forty four contestants from across the United States begin the Miss Teenage America pageant week in Fort Worth Texas with registration and a banquet. Competition stages run through Sunday to Tuesday including poise appearance and talent judging. The current Miss Teenage America Melissa Galbraith of Clarion Pennsylvania will crown her successor next Saturday with the final judging broadcast by CBS from the Tarrant County Convention Center at 10 PM EST.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Melissa Galbraith
Clarion
CBS Television
Tarrant County Convention Center
Hello Central Days To Be Recalled On Tv
Audrain County Historical Society presents a Monday program on Channel 12 See-Tv at 8 p m about the Mexico area telephone history. It features the first Mexico telephone directory donated by Ben Johnson. Narration by Frank Kent and Martha Tuepker with Wilma Sutton on slide history. A rerun is set for Tuesday.
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Hello Central
The
Audrain County Historical Society
See-Tv
Mexico
Ted Mayes
City of Mexico
Historical Society Museum
Ben Johnson
Hoxsey Hotel
Central
Frank Kent
Martha Tuepker
Windmills Still Source Of Power
Gainesville Alabama? Ga. AP report notes windmills as power sources for farming and homes. William J. McKennie Jr. uses a 40-foot windmill since 1933 to water cattle, while Allen Whitaker plans to power household devices with wind energy and a battery bank. University of Massachusetts professor William Heronemus envisions 1000-foot windmills to generate large electricity outputs, saying higher altitudes yield stronger winds. The piece cites Braden Industries sales up 30 percent in 1973 and discusses costs, ecological considerations, and growing appeal amid fuel access limits.
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Gainesville
William J. McKennie Jr
Allen Whitaker
William Herenemus
Coleman
McKennie
Clay County
Jim Fetters
Braden Industries Inc
Broken Arrow
Okla
Fetters
Allen E. Whitaker
William E. Heronemus
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Farmer McKennie
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Moel
Bie
Woodstock
Dick Tracy
Jessica
Opert
CIT
Rosenberg, Hiss
Alger Hiss
State Department
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Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
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PSC
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