Iowa businessmen seek to buy and run Rock Island branch
Iowa commerce officials back a plan by Kalona and Montezuma businessmen to purchase the Hills to Montezuma Rock Island Lines branch for 400000. They aim to operate it as a short line, hoping profitability within three years amid past losses and an ongoing ICC reconsideration of abandonment.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Commerce Commission
ICC
Daniel Fay
Commission
Federal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Hills
Montezuma
Harlan Stubbs
Edward Yoder
Kalona
C.L. John
Maurice van Nostrand
Towa
Washington firemen respond to two calls and cattle tour planned
Firefighters battled a ceiling fire at a county home west of Washington and later addressed a deliberate burn by Dwain Miller in the north part of town. A cattle feeding tour will visit five or six farms in southwest Washington County on September 6 starting at 12 30 p.m. Extension director Jim Frier and Beef Producers Association head plan final details.
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Washington
Dwain Miller
Washington County Extension Service and Beef Producers Association
Washington County
Jim Frier
Washington County Beef Producers Association
Pork Producers buy reserve champion at State Fair sale
The Washington County Pork Producers bought the reserve Chester White barrow at Des Moines State Fair. Clarence Williamson of Eagle Grove owned the pig purchased for $55 per cut. The group aims to secure top production barrows for Kalona testing and promote Pork Month activities at the fair.
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Washington County
Chester White Barrow
Des Moines
Clarence Williamson
Eagle Grove
Kalona
County Park Producers Board
Marian Owens
Washington County Fair
Nixon greets youth voters at Miami convention
President Nixon courted the 25 million young voters with a surprise appearance at a GOP rock concert in Miami's Marine Stadium watched by 5 000 cheering fans. He vowed to win the youth vote and said the other side would not have it in pocket. His family accompanied him in the presidential box as supporters cheered.
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Key Biscay Fla
UPI
Nixon
Miami
Marine Memorial Stadium
Secret Service
Miami Beach
GOP
Bayside Key Biscayne Villa
Henry A Kissinger
Vietnam
Marine Stadium
Sammy Davis Jr
George S. McGovern
Florida
Davis
Biscayne
Convention Hall
Pat
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia Cox
Edward Cox
Nixon to Accept Third GOP Nomination Tonight in Miami
Nixon plans a half hour foreign policy focused acceptance amid 4500 demonstrators ringed by police and National Guard. Kissinger says no major Vietnam breakthrough and no spectaculars while Nixon reviews Southeast Asia and peace efforts with China and Russia.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Convention Hall
National Guard
White House
Henry A Kissinger
Paris
Saigon
Kissinger
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Southeast Asia
China
Russia
Spiro T ‘Agnew
Biscayne Villa
Convention Center
Hotchkiss seeks Washington Community District school board seat
Marion Township farmer Jim Hotchkiss filed nomination papers to run in the September 11 election for the Washington Community District school board now held by Larry Robison of Brighton. He and his family are active in 4 H and county fair activities and he breeds purebred sheep and hogs.
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Jim Hotchkiss
Marion Township
Washington Community District
Larry Robison
Brighton
Hotchkiss
Jim Jr
Mark
Washington High School
Lori
Protesters rally at Nixon convention amid security fears
In Miami Beach demonstrators gathered to confront President Nixon as he delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Police fear disorders could require 3,000 Florida National Guardsmen and 2,500 federal troops, after Tuesday night violence including window smashing and looting.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
Rocky Pomerance
Florida
Pomerance
China denies narcotics smuggling claims to Southeast Asia and U.S.
Peking public health officials Ching Ping and Chang Yin-ting reject charges that China imports narcotics to subvert populations. They blame imperialists for opium harm, cite 1950 decree against opium, and note addicts sought treatment centers with families aiding enforcement.
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Peking
UPI
China
Southeast Asia
United States
Public Health Department
Ching Ping
People’s Republic of China
Ching
Chang Yin-ting
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Public Health
Iowa Zone Weather: Cloudy and cool with light rain risk
United Press International reports Iowa Zone 13 will see considerable cloudiness and cool conditions with a threat of light rain through Thursday. Expect highs around 65 to 70 today, near 60 for tonight, and about 70 Thursday. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Rain chances 40 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight and Thursday.
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United Press International
Iowa
McGovern presses defense cuts campaign message
In Chicago Sen George McGovern argued a 20 billion defense reduction preserves enough power to deter Russia and China and rejects Vietnam War prolongation. He told the American Legion that isolationism comes from flawed policy and pledged broad campaign outreach including a Daley meeting.
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Chicago
UPI
George McGovern
American Legion Today
United States
McGovern
The
Legion
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Richard Daley
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russia
China
Indochina
Dunton Reappointed to Iowa Handicapped Employment Committee
State Representative Keith H. Dunton was notified of his reappointment by Governor Robert D. Ray to a third two year term on the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, where he serves on the executive committee. Two bills introduced by Dunton for the committee have become law, including a distress flag aid measure and an equal employment opportunity statute for handicapped individuals.
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Keith H. Dunton
Robert D. Ray
State of
Iowa
Rep. Dunton
Ray
Fullerton Ineligible for Iowa Senate Candidacy
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner ruled Fairfield Democrat William B. Fullerton III is not eligible to seek a term in the Iowa Senate because he will be 25 after the legislature opens. The decision could lead to a party replacement and possible court action due to reapportionment and vacancy timing.
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Des Moines
UPI
Richard Turner
Fairfield
Iowa Senate
William B. Fullerton III
Turner
Melvin Synhorst
Fullerton
Iowa Supreme Court
Democratic Central Committees
Synhorst
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Iowa 14
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Martin Sharp
Kenneth Russell Adkins
Marshalltown
Julie Conaway
Charles Gagen
East High School
Mark Lucas
Lucas
Irving
Edith Irving
Howard Hughes
New York
Nassau County
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