Deadly bus crash on bridge in New Mexico kills nineteen
A loaded cattle truck jackknifed on a narrow bridge and collided with a chartered bus carrying 35 Texas teenagers and chaperons en route to a Baptist church retreat. Nineteen killed, many injured as the wreck occurred near Fort Sumner.
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Fort Sumner
N.M
UPI
A. C. Jones
New Mexico
Ervy Wilmeth
Wilmeth Cattle Co
Clovis
de Baca
Roland Crane
Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base
John Roberts
National Day of Mourning Closure Across Washington
In observance of former President Harry S Truman, all post offices will close and general mail delivery halt on Thursday. Postmaster General E T Klassen notes limited special delivery and box pickups. President Nixon also orders government offices closed Thursday.
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Washington
UPS
Harry S Truman
E.T. Klassen
Nixon
Why Truman middle initial has no period
Independence Missouri readers learn why Harry S Truman has no period after the S. His parents asked for no punctuation and he later supported that choice. The S honors grandfathers Shipp and Solomon. Margaret Truman Daniel authored a Truman biography titled Harry S Truman with no period.
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Independence, Mo
UPI
Harry S Truman
Truman
Shipp
Solomon
Margaret Truman Daniel
Marshalltown High Band Heads to Orange Bowl Parades
The Marshalltown Senior High School Bobcat band departs today for Miami Florida to perform in the King Orange Parade on Saturday and the Coral Gables Junior Orange Parade in Coral Gables. Three years ago the group played in the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena.
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Marshalltown
UPI
Miami
Fla
Coral Gables
Pasadena
Calif
Ottumwa Mayor Pleads Not Guilty to Drunken Driving
Ottumwa Mayor Ernest Brody 61 pleaded innocent to drunken driving after an arrest for erratic driving on Christmas Day. He was released on 500 dollar bond as a pursuit with three patrol cars ended with his stop. a Feb. 18 hearing in Ottumwa Municipal Court was set.
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Ottumwa
UPI
Ernest Brody
Brody
Corn leaf blight reported in Iowa seed fields
Iowa State University plant pathologists report a corn leaf blight in the corn belt. The CNS says the disease is most severe on certain inbreds in seed production fields in 1972 and its threat to hybrid and commercial corn production remains uncertain. It notes a prior loss from southern leaf blight.
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Chicago
UPI
Corn Belt
Iowa State University
Commodity News Service
CNS
Iowa State
Washington Post Office observes Truman mourning holiday schedule
The Washington Post Office will suspend city and rural mail deliveries on Thursday due to the national day of mourning for Harry S Truman declared by President Nixon. Postmaster Harry Levy says normal holiday collection and dispatch, lock box, and special delivery services will operate with no window service.
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Washington Post Office
Harry S Truman
Nixon
Harry Levy
Iowa Governor Fights REAP Funding Cut by Nixon Admin
Gov. Robert D. Ray denounces USDA cuts to the Rural Environmental Assistance Program, urging President Nixon to restore support. He cites REAP’s $2,500 matching grants aiding soil and water conservation, noting 108,000 Iowa farmers benefited and significant flood damage averted by projects.
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Ray
Iowa
Kay
Extra
Nishnabotna
Truman Remembered as World Honors 33rd President
World leaders and citizens mourn Harry S Truman in Independence Missouri. Nixon, Johnson, and foreign dignitaries recall his Korea decision, NATO creation, and atomic bomb use. Funeral plans set. flags at half staff. national day of mourning declared.
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Independence
UPI
Missouri
White House
Harry S Truman
Bess Truman
Margaret Daniel
Truman
Man of Independence
Truman Library
Nixon
New York
Pat
Nixons
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird
Johnson
U.S
Korea
38Th Parallel
Japan
Berlin
Russia
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Gerald Gilkey
Lamar
Harry Truman
Lbj
Texas
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Managua Tragedy Deepens as Earthquake Shelters Burn
Demolition crews using dynamite and bulldozers leveled a major section of Managua entombing uncounted earthquake victims while Red Cross squads searched and burned bodies. Relief efforts expand with aid stations for 107,000 people and international groups drawing up a plan to relocate the city.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Red Cross
Gren
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Cuba
Chile
Salvation Army
Catholic Relief Service
U.S. Agency For International Development
AID
Public Parks Ministry
Iowa Weather Forecast Fair and Mild Through Thursday
Iowa meteorology reports generally fair skies and mild temperatures through Thursday. Highs reach the lower 50s in western areas and the 40s across central and eastern zones, with overnight lows in the upper 20s in the northeast and the 30s elsewhere.
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Iowa
Lee trial nears verdict as defense rests and rebuttal witnesses testify
The Lee embezzlement case moves toward closure with six witnesses on the stand in the morning and the defense resting. Prosecution calls rebuttal witnesses including Murphy Wright and Smutz while disputing whether the late Bruce Davis owned a Krag rifle.
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Orville Lee
Lee
van Buren
Bruce Davis
Ross Leydens
Keosauqua
Davis
Leydens
Barney Murphy
Leroy Wright
Waldo Smutz
Murphy
Wright
Smutz
Krag
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