Iowa court fines Minerz Creamery for contempt
Des Moines reports Attorney General Richard Turner praising a District Court ruling that Minerz Creamery Co. of Fredericksburg must pay a $10,000 contempt fine in a water pollution case. Judge Peter Van Meter imposed the penalty, stating the pollution violation warranted the punishment.
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DES Moines
UPS
Iowa
Richard Turner
Fredericksburg
Turner
Chickasaw
Peter van Meter
Minerz Creamery Co
Iowa reports $2.5 million in child support recovered
Iowa Department of Social Services announces that $2.49 million was recovered in the 1972-73 fiscal year from absent parents for ADC recipients. Director Max Smith notes the recoveries rose by about $1 million from the prior year and could top $4 million annually with statewide staffing, with most workers in metropolitan areas.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Beachside find adds 25th body in Texas spree case
Deputies recovered the 24th and 25th bodies from shallow graves on a Texas beach tied to a three year sex and sadism murder spree by two teens and a male friend. Victims were sealed in black plastic and lime sprinkled. more remains were anticipated at the High Island site.
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Houston
UPI
Sheriff's Deputies
Texas
High Island
Cookie Heist Hits Murray Cookie Warehouse
In Dunn North Carolina authorities report a break in at the Murray Cookie warehouse. Thieves stole a wide assortment of cookies valued by owner Bill Langston at 2229 dollars.
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Dunn
N.C
UPI
Murray
Bill Langston
West Des Moines teen held on DWI charges after high-speed chase
A 15 year old, James Dice, was released on 700 bond after pleading innocent to driving while intoxicated and traffic charges from a chase in the West Des Moines Booneville area. Dice and two other 15 year olds were arrested after a car was stopped by a roadblock west of West Des Moines. Police said speeds reached 120 mph during the pursuit. Dice was identified as the driver and the others were turned to juvenile officers.
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Des Moines
UPI
West Des Moines
Booneville
James Dice
John McNerney
Dice
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers This Afternoon
Variable cloudiness brings scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with a 50 percent chance of measurable rain. Tonight the wind shifts from southeast to northwest at 5 to 10 mph, with lows in the 60s. Tuesday looks generally fair with highs in the mid to upper 80s and a 30 percent chance of rain tonight.
Ray urges cleanup of Sunday liquor bill in Iowa
Gov. Robert D. Ray called for a 1974 Legislature cleanup of the Sunday liquor sales bill amid discovered loopholes and inconsistent provisions. He cited a 50 percent nonalcoholic sales rule allowing bars to open without food and urged tightening next session. He also urged broader hiring standards on drug and alcohol convictions and praised Agnew's handling of Maryland bribery charges. He noted state agency stores for spirits and private wine distribution as alternatives to current state monopoly, while the Iowa Licensed Beverage Association urged reform to aid smaller communities.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Rolland Gallagher
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
IDPA
Robert Ray
State Beer and Liquor Control Department
Iowa Licensed Beverage Association
Charles Klaes
Rolland A. Gallagher
State Beer
Klaes
Clinton
General Assembly
the Beverage Association
Caravelle airliner crashes near La Coruna
A Aviaco Air Company Caravelle exploded in flight during a landing approach to La Coruna mountain top airport and fell in flames onto a village below. The airline reported all 85 people aboard believed dead.
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LA Coruna
Spain
UPI
Aviaco Air Company
Nixon signs highway bill expanding transit funding
President Nixon signed a $23 billion extension of the highway act allowing highway trust funds to be spent on mass transit for the first time. He called the measure a significant extension and reform, noting states and localities will gain flexibility to set transportation priorities. The law authorizes nearly $20 billion over three years with $6–7 billion annual fuel and tax revenues backing the program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Five sentenced in St. Croix slayings
Five Black Muslim defendants were sentenced to eight consecutive life terms plus fifteen year terms for eight counts of first degree murder and related charges in the Fountain Valley Golf Course killings. The sentences run concurrently with other terms. defense plans an appeal.
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Christiansted
St. Croix
UPI
Young
U.S. Mainland
New York
William Kunstler
U.S. Court of Appeal
Philadelphia
Fountain Valley Golf Course
John Meissinger
R.W. Griffin
Miami
Kunstler
Rafael Joseph
Ishmael Labeet
Virgin Islands
Brauhaus
Fountain Valley
Frederiksted
Special grand jury opened on 1972 campaign and ITT case
A special grand jury convened at the request of Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox to probe 1972 campaign activity and an ITT antitrust settlement. Judge Sirica set the panel to examine alleged dirty tricks, ITT negotiations, and possible perjury or obstruction of justice amid Senate Watergate hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
Archibald Cox
ITT
John J. Sirica
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
Cox
Grand Jury
Watergate Grand Jury
Sirica
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Diego
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
The
Canteen Corp
Grinnell Corp
Hartford
John N. Mitchell
Richard G Kleindienst
E. Howard Hunt
Dita Beard
Tornado touches down near Washington D C and storms roam
A tornado dipped down near Washington D C Sunday causing downed trees and damaged vehicles along the Potomac River area with no injuries reported. Winds reached 70 mph in Chesterfield Missouri and Westfield Massachusetts with no damage reported. Thunderstorms were widespread but diminishing early today across multiple regions.
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United Press International
Washington, D.C
Potomac River
Chesterfield
Westfield
Mass
Atlantic Coast
Kansas
Arkansas
Minnesota
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
New Mexico
Florida
Illinois
Effingham County
Ill
Spoon River Anthology Dinner Theatre in Dallas
Alpha Omega players of Dallas present Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology as a dinner theatre at United Presbyterian church next Monday. A light dinner will precede the play with reservations limited to 200. tickets via the church office.
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Alpha-Omega Players
Dallas
Texas
Edgar Lee Masters
Spoon River
United Presbyterian Church
Church Fellowship Hall
Thom Giuntoli
Giuntoli
Time reports two Maryland men accuse Agnew of extortion
Time Magazine names Jerome Wolff and Lester Matz as Maryland construction consultants who profit from contracts and accuse Vice President Spiro Agnew of extorting campaign contributions. Federal prosecutors in Baltimore probe extortion tax evasion bribery conspiracy. Agnew has not been charged. Newsweek ties President Nixon to the investigation.
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New York
UPI
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Time Magazine
Agnew
Baltimore
Time
Newsweek Magazine
Nixon
Newsweek
Richard Kleindienst
Baltimore U.S
George Beall
White House
Jerome Wolff
Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc
Lester Matz
Matz, Childs and Associates
Seven hurt in I 80 crash and marijuana seized
A semi trailer struck an eastbound pickup camper on Interstate 80 near Marengo injuring seven people. Dallas Hughston 19 of McBain Michigan drove the semi. Injured were Mrs Gary Loen 27 and her husband, their three children, Benita Campbell 26, and another passenger. An unidentified hitchhiker escaped en route to the hospital. Several hundred pounds of marijuana were confiscated.
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Marengo
UPI
Interstate 80
Here
Dallas Hughston
McBain
Mich
Gary Loen
Benita Campbell
Spring Valley
Calif
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Beard
Mitchell
Spoon River Anthology
Masters
Marjuana
Washington County Sheriff's
Yale Jarvis
Don Robertson
Jarvis
Glenn Murphy
Warren Schmidt
John Reneger
Crime Commission
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