Speaking. Broadcast to troops from Hanoi prompts doubt
AP dispatch reports two self styled pilots from a Hanoi propaganda broadcast to U S troops in South Vietnam claim the era of an honorable exit from Vietnam is over Marine Lt Col Edison W Miller of Clinton Iowa and Navy Cmdr Walter E Wilbur of Troy Pa identified themselves in the message while in captivity Also notes Sirhan Bishara Sirhan gains new counsel in Kennedy assassination case and other brief items including a Hollywood project about Murf the Surf and various domestic updates
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Hong Kong
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Edison W. Miller
Clinton
Iowa
Navy
Walter Eugene Wilbur
Troy
Sirhan
Los Angeles
Sirham Bishara
Godfrey Isaac
Sirham
Robert F. Kennedy
Isaac
Kennedy
Murf
Hollywood
Robert Conrad
Jack “Murf
Murphy
Miami Beach
Conrad
Florida
New York
Air Guard
Mauston
Wis
Air National Guard
Volk Field
Juneau County
John McClellan
Omaha Neb
Welk Field
McClellan
185Th
Towa Air National Guard
Kansas
Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Ida Grove
Marion Morton
Marshall County
Draft bill may be delayed in House stalemate
Washington AP report says a bill to extend the military draft faces likely delay until after September due to a House-Senate dispute over opening the compromise language and a pending Rules Committee challenge. With Congress on recess until Sept. 8, antiwar senators plan to filibuster once the measure reaches the floor. If enacted later, the draft may rely on existing authority to call up some deferments. a draft lottery set for Thursday aims to assign 19 year olds, while officials prep numbered capsules.
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Washington
Congress
Astronauts get extra sleep after delay at moon
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott Jamies Irwin and Alfred Worden slept six hours past 5 16 am wakeup after a late night of stowing lunar samples and a scare from a suspected pressure leak delaying the lunar module jettison They faced cramped quarters and much equipment to move during moon surface work while Worden operated a remote instrument array and the crew prepared to depart lunar orbit for home.
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David K. Slayton
Scott
Irwin
Worden
Endeavour
Lunar
Former resident pleads guilty to murder charge
A former Muscatine resident, 20 year old Hepker, pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to second degree murder for beating his month old daughter, Thomas Hopker. Sentencing set for September 9 by District Judge Leonard Gang.
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Las Vegas, Nev
Thomas Hopker
Leonard Gang
Hepker
Muscatine
Iowa
River Levels and Shifts Across Iowa Stations
River stages and changes at multiple Iowa locations show minor fluctuations. LaCrosse 4.3 unchanged, Lansing 7.7 unchanged, Dam No 9 12.7 unchanged, McGregor 6.7 unchanged, Guttenberg 41.3 unchanged, Dubuque 7.4 up 0.1, Davenport 4.8 down 0.1, Muscatine 5.23 up 0.08, Keokuk 2.3 up 0.1.
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LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Rise
Davenport
Fall
Muscatine
Keokuk
Navajo Nora Begay Crowned Miss Indian America XVIIIII
Nora Begay a 22 year old Navajo from Kaibero Utah was chosen Miss Indian America XVIIIII at the end of All American Indian Days in Sheridan Wyoming. A sophomore at Brigham Young University Provo she won from a field of 30 candidates representing 27 tribes.
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Nora Begay
Kaibero
Utah
Sheridan
Wyo
Brigham Young University
Provo
Railroads Reach Settlement to End Strike and Roll Trains
Rail officials move to restart service after the United Transportation Union settles on a $1.50 hourly raise over 42 months for about 190,000 trainmen. Docks and ports face pressure as the strike ends and changes in work rules are outlined for efficiency. Rail lines plan loading perishables first while refrigerators are spotted to restore movement across the West and Northwest.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
West
Northwest
California
Oregon
United Grain Growers
United Transportation Union
Secretary of
J.D. Hodgson
Narrow Senate vote approves Lockheed loan bailout
Washington AP report says Congress approved 250 million in private backed loan guarantees for Lockheed Aircraft Corp by 49 to 48 in the Senate and 192 to 189 in the House. President Nixon hailed the move saying it will save tens of thousands of jobs and aid the economy, while critics urged vigilance against sweetheart contracts and industry pressure. Senator Marlow Cook provided the decisive 49th vote amid dramatic floor moments.
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Washington
Iowa
U.S. Senate
White House
Jack Miller
A-Iowa
Harold Hughes
Congress
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
House
Nated
Lockheed
Marlow Cook
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
NATO Skepticism Greet US China Policy Move
NATO diplomats in Brussels questioned Washington’s plan to seek a UN seat for Communist China while opposing the Nationalist government’s ouster. A second envoy called the policy logical, but stressed outcomes hinge on Beijing and Taipei. Syria halts Lebanese airliner with 105 aboard, later releases it. flight resumes to Amman before returning to Beirut amid Jordanian-Palestinian tensions.
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North Atlantic
China
United Nations
U.S
NATO
Brussels
Peking
William P
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Amman
Middle East
Jordan
Hussein
Weather outlook for Iowa turns cooler tonight
Fair and cooler conditions expected in Iowa with overnight low near 48 to 56 degrees. Wednesday skies mostly sunny and pleasant with a high around 75 to 80 and a small chance of rain about 10 percent tonight and five percent Wednesday. Monday’s high near 83 with a low around 59 and a trace of precipitation.
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Iowa Livestock and Crop Reporting Service
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Adowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Colmer
Conference Committee
Tom Kirkpatrick
Timmie
Kirkpatrick
Aurora
Denver
Wick
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J. I. Case Farm Implement Company
Racine
Terre Haute
Ind
Burlington
Bettendorf
Rock Island
Sam Dobbins
Lockheed Loan
John Tower
R-Tex
Cook
G. Harrold Carswell
Jobs
Lockhed
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West Liberty Fair Board
United Methodist Church
Walter Lehman
Ed Eichelberger
Harold Brooks
Robert Heick
S Journal Prola
Jin Luetient
Jay Steen
Lowa
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