Stanley Hazleton schools topic of Thursday meeting
About 100 residents from Stanley and Hazleton attended the informal gathering at the Stanley school gym to discuss alternatives for the 1973-74 year. Superintendent Arthur Senior and board members heard support for alternative four, proposing closures and transfers to save about $36,000, with phased gradual closure due to population decline and district moves.
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Rose Kodet
Stanley
Hazleton
Oelwein
Arthur Senior
William Ziegler
Carl Becker
J. G. Johnson
Richard Crump
Wings Park
Wings
Parkside
Hazleton Quonset Building
Sensor
Stanley and Hazleton
Nixon Pompidou end two day Iceland summit
In Reykjavik Nixon and Pompidou closed a two day talk session aimed at reviving a transatlantic alliance for the 1970s. They left with no firm accords but with hope for a 16 nation Atlantic leaders summit later in the year. Kissinger suggested progress at lower levels could lead to an autumn supersummit.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Goodby
Henry A. Kissinger
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Common Market
Kissinger
Watergate testimony clashes with competing versions
Washington AP reports Congressmen hear top government officials offer differing accounts of Watergate and Archibald Cox asks Senate to halt hearings to protect future trials. the request is reportedly declined. Iceland AP notes a government spokesman accusing 10 to 20 British trawlers of ramming an Icelandic tugboat east of Iceland amid fishing rights clashes. Britain counters two trawlers were rammed by an Icelandic gunboat.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Washington Post
Archibald Cox
Post
Cox
Reykjavik
Iceland
London
Atlantic
Skylab crew to enjoy first showers during leisure day
Skylab astronauts at Houston space center plan a leisure day on the 28 day mission featuring their first showers after a week of work. The trio Charles Conrad Jr Dr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz will have three free days during the mission.
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Space Center, Houston
Skylab
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Parsons College to close after graduation weekend
Parsons College will close after Saturday graduation ceremonies as Acting President Everett Hadley announced the institution will shut if a $250,000 bond could not be raised by Friday. The move follows financial trouble acknowledged by the college board of trustees. The second item reports the dollar slumping to new lows in European markets while gold prices surged amid broad selling.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Everett Hadley
London
Mitchell Ignored Congress Order Suppresses Wiretap Evidence
U S District Judge William Mehrtens ruled that former Attorney General John Mitchell’s defiance of a congressional command required suppressing wiretapped evidence in 11 federal gambling narcotics and bribery cases. The judge noted an April Miami hearing where Mitchell testified uncovered crucial details.
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Miami
Atty
John Mitchell
Congress
U.S
William Mehrtens
Mitchell
U.S. Justice Department
Mehrtens
Attorney General of
United States
Iowa Senate advances property tax relief measures
The Iowa Senate approved a bill removing county cost sharing for welfare programs and cutting back the poor fund levy to lower property taxes, sending the measure to the House. It also moved to exempt livestock from personal property tax and debated a road use tax transfer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Robert Ray
Senate
House
Call for death penalty after Holmesburg prison slayings
In Philadelphia AP report two inmates charged with killing warden Patrick Curan and Deputy Warden Robert Fromhold after slayings at Holmesburg Prison. Capt. Leroy Taylor, stabbed saving officials, urged return of the electric chair as Mayor Frank Rizzo echoed the call. Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen faced murder charges as police described weapon use in the office incident.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Leroy Taylor
Frank Rizzo
Patrick Curan
Robert Fromhold
Frederick Burton
Joseph “Jojo” Bowen
Fromhold
Skepticism on Kissinger Vietnam Peace Prospects
Washington AP reports skeptical American diplomats and intelligence experts about Henry Kissinger optimism for a meaningful Indochina cease fire. Critics point to renewed North Vietnamese tank deployments in South Vietnam with at least one regiment infiltrating beyond the DMZ in recent days.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Indochina
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Seek compromise in Senate and WASHINGTON AP news
A conference committee will thrash out a compromise between a Senate bill to cut off all funds for U S military action in Indochina and a milder House version. The Senate voted to cut funding for U S combat activity in Cambodia while the House denied funds in a 3.6 billion appropriation bill. Kissinger will meet Le Duc Tho in Paris for a second cease-fire round and officials caution optimism may fade as intelligence suggests Hanoi may attack if no progress is seen. Partly cloudy with possible thundershowers Friday night and Saturday. highs reach 80 to 85.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
House
Cambodia
United States
Nixon
Hue
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Kissinger
Paris
le Duc Tho
National Security
Tho
OIDC urges best foot forward in industrial visits
Oelwein Industrial Development Corporation officials urge residents to present a positive image to visitors and prospective industry reps sizing up the city. President Robert Link warns that anonymity by prospects and negative word can harm chances. emphasize friendliness, civic pride, neat premises, and courtesy to influence outcomes.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Industrial Development Corporation
OIDC
Robert Link
Observer
Link
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