Federal grand jury indicts six Iowa firms on pollution and mislabeling charges
A Des Moines grand jury indicted Economy Products, Triple F Feeds, Clarence Board and Sons, Harper Brush Works, Earl May Garden Center, and Midwest International on 51 counts. Charges include polluting streams mislabeling products and shipping economic poisons without EPA approval. Potential fines range from 1,500 to 15,000 dollars per count.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Economy Products
Shenandoah
Triple F Feeds
Clarence Board and Sons Inc
Leon
Harper Brush Works
Fairfield
Earl May Garden Center
Midwest International, Inc
Kellogg U
North Skunk
Kellogg
Clarence Board and Sons
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Danielson
Midwest International
Board and Sons, Inc
Slayings in Barrington Hills House Shock Chicago Suburb
Four people killed in a Barrington Hills home including Paul M. Corbett 67, a Johnson & Higgins executive, and his wife Marian. The victims, two women and a man, were found in the kitchen with a dachshund slain nearby. Police pursued robbers and a stolen blue panel truck after the Friday night killings.
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Barrington Hills
UPI
Illinois
Cook County
Paul M. Corbett
Johnson & Higgins
Continental Casualty
Continental Insurance Companies
Marian
U.S. Navy
Ralph Bard
Barbara Boand
Corbett
Dorothy Derry
Chicago
the Loop
Hummel
Budget increase to raise county taxes in 1973
Washington County proposes a 1973 budget of 3,268,848 a rise of 898,865 over 1972. About 97,883 of the increase would come from additional property levies with a 1.89 mill hike for incorporated areas and a 2.18 mill rise for townships. A public hearing is set for 10 a.m. Friday Aug 11 at the courthouse.
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Washington
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Crime Commission
Keokuk County
Everett Chrissinger
Washington County
Muskie declines McGovern vice presidential offer
Edmund S. Muskie rejected George S. McGovern s invitation to be his running mate after weighing the offer at his Kennebunkport summer home. A spokesman said Muskie declined to run and would not discuss further details, leaving McGovern to seek a replacement for Eagleton as D N C officials prepare to meet in Washington to confirm a new candidate.
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Washington
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
George S. McGovern
Muskie
Kennebunkport
Maine
McGovern
Richard Dougherty
United Press International
Dougherty
Jane
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Bethesda
Senate
South
Eagleton
Water Pipe Break Triggers Alarm At Chance Home
Washington firemen were called to the Duane G. Chance residence at 507 South Ave. C after a water pipe near a clothes washer ruptured. Steam and alarm prompted the visit, but no fire was found. The incident was reported by local fire crews.
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Washington
Duane G. Chance
South Ave. C
4-H Hayride for Washington County Seniors
Senior 4-H club members are invited to a hayride with Missouri exchangees on Monday from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at Rodney Letts farm in Washington County. A rain date is set for Thursday night.
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Washington County
Missouri Exchangees
Rodney Letts
Iowa Showers and Thunderstorms Forecast Overnight
United Press International reports a chance of showers and thundershowers across Iowa tonight and Sunday. Lows tonight expected in the lower 60s with highs Sunday reaching the upper 70s to lower 80s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Washington Jaycees
Miss Wertz
Dave Hutchcroft
Journal
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Keith Murphy
Steve Libe
Washington County Fairgrounds
Keith
Mount Marilyn
Beverly Hills
Calif
Marilyn Monroe
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