Lightning kills Des Moines youth during practice
A Des Moines youth, James Phillips, 12, died in a hospital after a lightning strike hit a little league football practice in the southeast city area. Two others, Patrick Marquis, 12, and Mark Murphy, 13, were treated in fair condition. Phillips’ father is a Des Moines fire captain. the strike also affected about 50 others at the field as storm clouds gathered.
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Des Moines
James Phillips
Evans FE. Phillips
Patrick J. Marquis
Mark Murphy
Hos
Pital
Phillips
Iowa
Proxmire presses to reject steel price hikes
Sen. William Proxmire urged the Cost of Living Council to deny steel manufacturers price increases on autos and home appliances steel. He argued millions of workers have borne real wage declines this year while inflation persists, as hearings continued on proposed increases averaging about 4.8 percent.
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Washington (Ap
William Proxmire
Cost of Living Council
Wisconsin Democrat
Canadian Parliament Approves Rail Strike Ending Bill
The House of Commons approved the legislation to end the 10 day national railroad strike and the Senate gave unanimous final approval at 6 08 am EDT. Royal assent followed moments later but the Associated Non-Operating Railway Unions vowed to continue the strike if the final form is unsatisfactory. Unions have been in talks with 141 railroads.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Death Toll Rises In Copenhagen Hotel Fire
A Copenhagen hotel blaze killed at least 26 people and left 20 missing as flames swept through the Hafna hotel in the city center near City Hall square. Survivors used fire escapes, bedsheets, or ladders to escape while firefighters searched for victims amid collapsed sections seven hours after the fire began. Americans aboard a Scandinavian cruise were among the guests, with several rescued from the roof or windows as others clung to escape routes.
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Mark
Copenhagen
City Hall
Denmark
Hafna
Rescue of trapped Britons ends in surface ascent
Two British men Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman, trapped for three days in a midget submarine 1,275 feet below the Atlantic, were hauled to the surface and transferred to the mother ship. They departed by helicopter for Cork then No. paper Monday Labor Day reunion with families.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Vickers Voyager
Vickers
Barrow
England
Roger Mallinson
Roger Chapman
Vancouver
Canada
U.S. Navy
Abies
Mallinson
Chapman
Goldwater says America is in a lot of trouble
Senator Barry Goldwater told the Enlisted Association of the National Guard convention in Des Moines that the dollar is weak, the economy falters, inflation rises, and U.S. military standing lags behind the Soviet Union. He emphasized the remarks were not for presidential ambitions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
America
Goldwater
Violin loving craftsman keeps music alive at 90
Lee Roy Perdue of Avon I joined the family in 1882 and, despite missing first grade to work, fostered a lifelong love of music. He began violin at 15, earning a dollar per day digging coal, and later built instruments from maple and spruce. Now 90, he still plays at Oakwood Nursing Home and family gatherings, cherishing each violin as a lasting treasure.
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Helen Weiershauser
Lee Roy Perdue
Avon I
Burlington
Iowa
Nebraska
Til
Young Lee Roy
Lee Roy
Toney
Iinois
Muscatine
Kansas
Arkansas
Perdue
Oakwood Nursing Home
Clinton St
Mr. Perdue
United Way appoints George A. Shepley 1974 campaign chairman
George A. Shepley, president of First National Bank of Muscatine, is named 1974 campaign chairman for the United Way of Muscatine. The drive targets $226,000 to support 16 agencies, starting in September with the Pacemaker division kickoff breakfast on the 26th.
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George A. Shepley
United Way of Muscatine Fund
Shepley
First National Bank of
United Way
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