Three Crosses Rodeo Draws Big Crowd At Strawberry Point
Three Crosses Ranch held its sixth annual rodeo with over 1 200 spectators on weekend days one and two. Crowds were largest Saturday, slightly smaller Sunday due to injuries to two cowboys. Jim Betcher from Dubuque gored in steer wrestling, Rusty Geer from Des Moines suffered a punctured lung after a Brahma bull incident. Royal Queen Julie Deesy named. events included bareback and saddle bronc, calf roping, girls barrel racing, steer wrestling, Brahma bull riding, Pee Wee show, outdoor worship, and a surfboard contest for ranch bays.
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Three Crosses Ranch
Dubuquet
Jim Betcher
Rusty Geer
Betcher
Geer
Julie Deesy
Manchester
Richard Wilkinson
Strawberry Point
Charlie Hunt
Register
Hunt
Des Moines
Ranch Bays
South Moluccan siege update in the Netherlands
In Assen AP reports two pregnant hostages freed from the train and schoolhouse siege as Justice Minister An dreas van Agt notes no near end to the crisis. A six hour mediation Saturday yielded little progress with militants and two South Moluccan community leaders. no second meeting date set.
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Assen
Netherlands
Justice
Andreas van Agt
Holland
van Agt
Ecevit Leads in Turkey Election With Narrow Majority Outlook
Official returns show Bulent Ecevit's Republican People's party ahead by about 500000 votes over Suleyman Demirel's Justice party. Ecevit predicted to win 222 of 450 National Assembly seats, four short of a majority, benefiting from his Cyprus invasion fame in 1974.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulent Ecevit
Republican People’s Party
Suleyman Demirel
Justice Party
Ecevit
Cyprus
National Assembly
Kuwaiti Troops Nab Wheelchair Hijacker on Lebanon Jetliner
Kuwaiti troops disguised as mechanics overpowered a Lebanese man in a wheelchair who hijacked a jetliner with 113 aboard. He demanded 1.5 million dollars and was identified as 28 year old Nasser Mohammed Ali Abu Khaled. All 112 other passengers and crew escaped unharmed.
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Kuwait
Nasser Mohammed Ali Abu Khaled
Young Calls For Clear Position On Soviet Rights Policy
United Nations ambassador Andrew Young told Playboy in July that the United States should set up a firm stance on Soviet human rights. He said he had said little about dissidents before because he did not see how it would help.
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United Nations
N.Y
Andrew Young
U.S
Playboy
Congress revised housing and clean air programs in Senate agenda
Congress plans revisions to housing and community development programs and clean air rules. The Senate, back from Memorial Day recess, will consider a 4.8 billion housing and community development authorization bill.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Annie wins big at 31st Tony Awards on Broadway
In New York the musical Annie dominated the Tony Awards with seven wins across 19 categories at the Shubert Theater. Across Des Moines, United Methodist Church representatives passed resolutions urging unconditional amnesty for conscientious objectors, abortion rights, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment at the 134th Annual Conference.
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New York
Shubert
Des Moines
United Methodist Churches of Town
Court ends mandatory death penalty for cop killers
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states cannot impose mandatory death sentences for those convicted of killing police officers. The decision leaves open whether similar laws for prison guards may be upheld. it spared Harry Roberts, 19, from execution for the 1974 murder of Officer Dennis McInerney in New Orleans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Harry Roberts
New Orleans
Dennis McInerney
Warren F. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
Roberts
Pris
Weekend Iowa crash toll nine killed in state
A Waverly man, Bruce Joel Bockholt, 27, died after a head on motorcycle crash near Highway 3 three miles south of Oran. Larry Bradley, 16, of Oelwein, was hurt but released and charged with operating under the influence. The weekend toll also included several other fatalities across Iowa, with drivers and passengers in multiple counties killed in crashes and a farm tractor accident claiming an 11 year old.
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Oran
Fayette County
Iowa
Bruce Joel Bockholt
Waverly
Waterloo
Oelwein
Highway 3
Larry Bradley
Bradley
Mercy Hospital
Arlington
Corrine Seedorff
Ruth Falck
Aurora
Falck
Seedorff
Robert Radner
Union
Hardin County
Dennis McCarthy
Christine Reese
Lynne Ann Rockwell
Huxley
Michael Brodie
Ames
Brodie
Carl Johnson
Iowa State University
Ida County
Johnson
Ida Grove
Neil Bechtel
West Des Moines
Des Moines
Bechtel
Diane Clay
Riceville
Howard County
Stephen Owen
Cresco
Paul Middleton
Mason City
Sheldon
Brian Oostra
Gerald Oostra
Trenton
Max Garrison
Omaha
Neb
Audubon
Garrison
Fire heavily damages house from clock radio short
Delwein Fire Chief Wally Rundle attributes the Saturday fire at 938 South Frederick Ave to a short in a clock radio wiring in a storage room. Owners Jerry and John Williams were remodeling. Damage estimated at about 6000 dollars with water and smoke damage elsewhere. a cat died in the blaze.
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South
Frederick Ave
Delwein
Wally Rundle
Jerry
John Williams
Rundle
Dave Greco
Jerry Williams
Oelwein
South Frederick Ave
Richard Wilkinson
Haldeman and Mitchell Ordered to Report to Prison
U S District Judge Sirica ordered H R Haldeman and John N Mitchell to report for prison no later than noon June 22 to begin serving their 214 1 2 year sentences for Watergate. They may choose 10 a m or noon to surrender and prison location plans include Lompoc California and Allenwood Pennsylvania.
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Haldeman
Mitchell
Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
America
U.S
John J Sirica
Supreme Court
U.S. Mar
Sirica
Justice Department
John J. Wilson
Lompoc
Cal
Plato Cacheris
Allenwood
Security Boost After Humboldt Park Riots In Chicago
Violence erupted in Humboldt Park after a Puerto Rican Independence Day parade, leaving two men dead and many injured. Rioters looted, threw Molotovs at squad cars, and a discount store burned for hours, with property damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Chicago
Humboldt Park
Julio Osorio
Rafael Cruz
Osorio
Cruz
Michael A. Bilandic
FALN
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Lakey
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Potter Stewart
John Paul Stevens
Rehnquist
Oelwein Daily
Norberly
Sat
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