Four day Oelwein centennial ends with cleanup and memories
Amid cleanup and removal of centennial displays, Oelwein residents recall the four day celebration. Highlights include a state first tractor pull with an eight ton sled, hot rod classes, cash prizes totaling 250 dollars, and large crowds at both the old and new dances. Photographs and reports note bands Eddy Howard and B B Soul drawing different crowds while demonstrators recall early morning airstrip breakfast. A separate Washington report describes Democratic leaders' optimism on a Cambodia bombing funding vote pending in the House with a Senate ban already approved.
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Rose Kodet
Oelwein
Champ
Jerry Tornish
Robert Chickering
Doug Miehe
Keith Sanker
John Steinbronn
Dennis Tellin
Paul Michu
Lyle Gordon
Charles Shannon
Jim Buss
Bernard Reinking
Daniel Matthias
Adolph Kuennen
Rich Chapman
Mike Wardell
Bill Dudley
Gary Wedimirer
Bill Tellin
Rick Wendling
Larry Platte
Henry Federer
Severn Wenthe
Mark Federer
Milo Matthias
Eddy Howard
Howard
Manhassett
B. B. Soul
Sacred Heart Gymnasium
Jack Flash
Sacred Heart
Manhassett Sound
Washington
Democratic House
U.S
Cambodia
White House
Administration
Carl Albert
House
Laos
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Indochina
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Skylab 1 crew in Houston renew medical checks on long mission
Space Center Houston AP report says Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz continue medical tests and begin 17 days of reporting on their four week stay They flew to Houston after meeting Nixon and Brezhnev in San Clemente California Commander Conrad says the crew left the orbiting lab in good shape for Skylab 2 a 56 day flight slated to start July 27 with Alan Bean commanding.
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Alan L. Bean
Des Moines Governor Praises Iowa Legislature Major Accomplishments
DES MOINES AP Gov Robert Ray complimented the 1973 Iowa Legislature on a solid list of major accomplishments. He warned a veto may be needed on some appropriations to keep the state in the black and noted safeguards in bills to block payout if revenues fall short. He hopes to sign the full appropriations package as the session adjourned.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
Ray
Senate
House
House Appropriations Committee
Charles Grassley
Rnew Hartford
Nixon threat triggers nationwide manhunt for suspect
The Secret Service issued an all points bulletin to U S enforcement agencies to arrest Harold Kenneth Culp who allegedly threatened President Nixon. A warrant was issued by the U S marshal in Miami after a June 6 letter. Officials said they have known of him for some time and offered no further details.
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Washington
Secret Service
U.S
Nixon
Harold Kenneth Culp
Miami
Fla
Hostage standoff ends at Kentucky State Penitentiary
Three young convicts from Carrollton Lexington and Louisville held four hostages for nearly 18 hours at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville. They warned they would kill two guards and two inmates if guards charged the canteen. Two homemade knives and a soldering tool were taken from the trio Jerry Tingle Gerald Fair and Danny Lee Dobson. The four hostages reported no mistreatment.
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Eddyville
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Jerry Tingle
Carrollton
Gerald Fair
Dean testifies Nixon involved but didn’t grasp Watergate implications
Dean III testifies before the Senate Watergate committee that he believes the President was involved but unaware of the implications. He admits aiding the cover up and perfecting obstruction while reporting actions to Haldeman and Ehrlichman, and recalls orders to remove or discard damaging materials after the June 17, 1972 break-in.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
United States
Senate
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Democratic
Haldeman
Gordon Strachan
Hal
Hunt
Potomac River
Charles W. Colson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Fire Claims 29 in New Orleans French Quarter tragedy
A second story Up Stairs Lounge fire in New Orleans killed 29 people and injured 15 as patrons were trapped by burglar bars on three front windows. Some escaped by windows or fire escapes while others remained jammed by the flames. investigators pursued a cause amid reports of an angry patron. Authorities noted swift firefighting response with units on scene in two minutes and the blaze out in 16 minutes.
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New Orleans
William McCrossen
Adolph Medina
San
Antonio
Tex
Linn Quinton
Houston
Quinton
Bill Larsen
Metropolitan Community Church
Des Moines Senate pay raise roll call vote 26 to 23
The Des Moines Senate voted 26 to 23 Saturday night to raise pay from 5500 to 8000 starting 1975. For: Andersen Blouin Doderer Gallagher Giulia Griffin Hansen Hill Kelly Kennedy Kinsey Charles Miller Milligan Murray Nolin Nystrom Orr Palmer Plymar Robinson Rodgers Schwengels Schwieger Shaw Van Gilst Willits. Against: Bergman Briles Coleman Curtis DeXoster Glenn Heying Hultman Junkins Lamborn McCartney Elizabeth Miller Potter Priebe Rabedeaux Ramsey Riley Schaben Scott Shaff Taylor Tieden Winkelman. Absent or not voting: Kght. Dean testified about covering up an affair and may be indicted on other evidence. prosecutors denied immunity. Dean read a 245-page statement amid questions and testimony with his wife nearby.
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Andersen
Blouin
Doderer
Gallagher
Giulia
Griffin
Hansen
Hill
Kelly
Kennedy
Kinsey
Charles Miller
Milligan
Murray
Nolin
Nystrom
Orr
Palmer
Plymar
Robinson
Rodgers
Schwengels
Schwieger
Shaw
van Gilst
Willits
Bergman
Briles
Coleman
Curtis
DeXoster
Glenn
Heying
Hultman
Junkins
Lamborn
McCartney
Elizabeth Miller
Potter
Priebe
Rabedeaux
Ramsey
Riley
Schaben
Scott
Shaff
Taylor
Tieden
Winkelman
Kght
Dean
Senate Committee
Supreme Court strikes down tax deductions for nonpublic school parents
The Supreme Court voided deductions for parents of nonpublic school students as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Rulings from New York and Pennsylvania barred tuition reimbursements and state payments for school tasks, while a Mississippi case rejected textbook aid to racially segregated private schools. Justice Powell led the majority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Summit talks end with pledge of arms curbs and peace promises
After a week of meetings in San Clemente, the United States and the Soviet Union issued a joint communique promising stricter arms limits, peace in Cambodia, expanded trade, and an early European settlement. Brezhnev heads to Moscow via Paris as Nixon pledges renewed dialogue and a possible super-summit.
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San Clemente
Cal
United States
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Paris
Nixon
Washington
Camp David
Europe
Brezhnev
Middle East
Soviet Communist Party
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vienna
City council session set for tonight
The Oelwein city council will meet at 5 p.m. today to discuss a railroad museum committee, zoning ordinance report, Herbert Schneider mobile home park permit change, firemen overtime, Elliott Equipment Co repair bill for a garbage truck, West Side water tower maintenance contract, renewals for beer and tobacco permits, parking permit for the Oelwein Daily Register, and city staff replacement. Also on the agenda is a contract with Bert Hansen for railroad crossing work and a commercial garbage hauler permit for Lyle Buckler.
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Oelwein
Herbert Schneider
Elliott Equipment Co
West Side
Cisco Mart
George’s Tavern
Oelwein Daily Register
Bert 8. Hansen
First Ave
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Mnien
Geneva
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