Steam hobbyist Nelson Smith builds three mile per hour engine
Nelson Smith of Brighton Iowa, an 18 year old sophomore at ISU Ames, restored and operates a 1913 Case steam engine. He learned from older experts at Mt Pleasant, tests are yearly, and he uses wood for fuel to keep smoke down. Visitors ride the engine on weekends, and the project led to Brighton’s Centennial parade and plans for the Old Thresher’s Reunion. He hopes to own a saw mill someday before college resumes.
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Brighton
Iowa
Nelson Smith
Burnett Smith
1.S.A
Ames
Mt. Pleasant
Nelson
Mt. Union
Charles Fricke
Hough
Mt Pleasant
Nixon relaxes on Piney Island retreat in Maine weekend
President Nixon relaxed on a secluded island near Penobscot Bay Maine after a swing through New Hampshire where he defended his China trip amid comments from publisher William Loeb. Nixon, his wife Pat and daughter Julie with son in law David Eisenhower spent the weekend in a pink eight bedroom mansion on Piney Island.
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Minot Island
Maine
Nixon
Newsday
China
William Loeb
New Hampshire
Pat
Julie
David Eisenhower
Piney Island
Penobscot Bay
Mansson
New York
Jack Jonas Dreyfus
Manchester
Nashus
N.H
Loeb
Manchester Union Leader
United States
Peking
Apollo 15 Crew Near Splashdown After Record Moon Mission
Astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin trimmed time and risk on the Pacific reentry heading north of Hawaii for a late day splashdown. They reported the mission worth every cent with 67 hours on the moon and three surface excursions totaling 18 hours.
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Oahu
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Houston
Apollo
JSS
Okinawa
Scott
Worden
Irwin
Hawaii
The
Space Center
Museoh P. Allen
Earth
Trwin
Falcon
Hadley Base
Hadley
Moon
Apollo 15 mission notes and Nixon visit fill news page
Apollo 15 astronauts report one of the most impressive views from Hadley Delta Mountain as they approach Earth rendezvous and leave behind a nuclear powered science station and moon car. A mystery Canadian woman sends roses to mission control over decades, while Nixon defends his China trip amid calls to tighten nursing home standards and increase federal funding with 100 percent Medicaid inspection costs.
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Irwin
Hadley Delta Mountain
Hadley Rille
Earth
Moon
United States
Scott
Sac and Fox to divide millions in land settlement
Representatives of the Sac and Fox Indians of Iowa Oklahoma and Missouri reached a percentage split for more than 10 million in lands bought between 1837 and 1842. Iowa would get 39 percent Oklahoma 45 and Missouri 15 with about 2 600 per person and a Tama settlement plan. Congress must approve measures to free funds and governance authority making the distribution lengthy.
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TAMA
UPI
Iowa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Towa
Tamaha
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Minneapolis
Minn
Kansas City
Congress
U.S Indian Claims Commission
Panthers mistrial? Jurors find Panthers not guilty in police siege
Jurors in New Orleans return a not guilty verdict after 31 minutes against 12 Black Panthers accused of trying to murder five policemen during the Sept 15 1970 raid. The panel questions federal charges and notes a dramatic defense recounting racial violence and police statements. In Dubuque two men arrested after a tavern robbery chased by an owner and a 10 year old boy, with Sawvill released on bond and Kramer on 5 percent of 3000, as the money allegedly stolen remains unrecovered.
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New Orleans
UPI
Panther
Numa Bertel
Martin Luther King
Panthers
Ernest Jones
Jones
Clarence Giarrusso
McKeithen
Giarrusso
Dubuque
Ll Meyers
Meyers
John Kramer
Donald Sawvill
Sawvill
Kramer
Bohr touts TOT terraces cutting soil erosion on farms
Howard Bohr of Wellman reported to Soil Conservation Service staff that newly built TOT terraces capture a large volume of silt after a heavy rain. The system slows runoff by directing surface water into a tile network, with more farms like those of Harold Bohr, Richard Swailes, Sikke Temple, Keith Horn, and Steve Wiggers planning or installing TOT outlets and surveying sites for future terracing efforts in the Washington County Soil Conservation District.
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Howard Bohr
Wellman
Soil Conservation Service
Bohr
Howard
Harold
G. V. Rosenkild
SCS
T's
Richard Swailes
Ainsworth
Sikke Temple
Keota
Keith Horn
Riverside
Steve Wiggers
Washington
Washington County Soil Conservation District
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By Cecil Irene Chuck
London
Franz Burbach
Thames
Burback
Redwood City
Calif
UPL
HCL
Woodside
Ruth Harder
San Mateo County
Bill Bodkins
Patra
Toppy Chuck
Globe
Allen
Weather
United Prowa
Mystery Roses
Nashua
Greenbrier
Sac
Fox
Black Panthers
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