Ainsworth truck train crash injures farmer
Ainsworth sheriff deputies answered a 2:45 p.m. crash at a railroad crossing. Dale Eugene Roberts was struck in the right rear of his pickup by a diesel locomotive from Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Roberts was hospitalized with bruises and lacerations and ticketed for disregarding signals. The locomotive sustained only a front step damage. Gerald B. Clark of Eldon, Iowa, was the engineer.
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Ainsworth
Dale Eugene Roberts
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Gerald B. Clark
Eldon
Iowa
Roberts
Dale Roberts
Washington County Hospital
Governor urges cool heads over Iowa campus radicals
Des Moines UPI reports Gov. Robert D. Ray urged lawmakers to trust university officials and keep cool heads amid student radicalism at the University of Iowa symposium. Legislators called for reviews of radical influences as they criticized profane language and urged Regent probes. lawmakers noted Willard Boyd on the panel and Tom Hayden as a featured speaker.
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DES Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
State Board of Regents
Iowa City
Trave O’hearn
Davenport
O‘hearn
Univer
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Messerly
Willard Boyd
James Klein
Lake Mills
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Tom Hayden
Students For Democratic Society
Hayden
Iowa
GOP Senators complain over late briefings to Nixon team
Republican senators meeting privately with Nixon aides voiced frustration at being last to learn policy decisions and appointments. They pressed for advance notice and involvement, citing transition challenges and holdover Democrats as loyalties wavered. Senator Hruska and others urged closer White House Senate consultation and warned against surprise actions.
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Washington
Sen
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Nixon
Hruska
Winter Storm Crosses Rockies Snow Hits Regions
A new winter storm crosses the Rocky Mountains bringing up to eight inches of snow and prompting heavy travel warnings from Salt Lake City to Flagstaff. Another disturbance heads for the East Coast with mixed snow rain and fog from Minnesota to West Virginia. California faces more rain raising flood fears as tornadoes touch Santa Rosa and Redwood City with no major damage. The storm shifts toward the Plains while a split weather pattern forms from rain in the south Rockies to snow north.
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Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City
Utah
Flagstaff
Ariz
Blanding
East Coast
Minnesota
Ohio
West Virginia
California
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Redwood City
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Rockies
Virginia
Millinocket
Maine
Probate of Will and Executor Appointment Suit
Public notice announces probate of the will of Tina Bain and the appointment of an executor. The estate settlement proceeds under applicable laws with the court overseeing the process and deadlines for filings. Interested parties may review the case and respond within the statutory period.
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Tina Bain
Weather Outlook For Iowa This Weekend
Clouds linger tonight and Saturday with a chance of snow. It turns a bit colder Saturday with overnight lows from 10 to 15 degrees in the northwest to the 20s in the southeast. Saturday highs mainly in the 20s. Sunday outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies and little change in cold temperatures.
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United Press International
Iowa
City Eyes Bequest For Capital Improvements In Washington
The late J. B. Dill left more than 75000 to Washington after the Public Library declined the funds over stipulations. City officials study using the bequest for capital improvements, possibly combining city and county offices, with an architect assessing feasibility. No final plan yet. funds not expected before summer due to legal issues.
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Washington
J. B. Dill
City of
Willits
Washington Public Library
City of Washington
Iowan Heroism on Pueblo Deed At Sea
Testimony at the Pueblo court of inquiry named Riverside Iowan radar man Clifford C Nolte among crew members who braved enemy fire to burn secret documents during the North Korean capture last January His parents Mr and Mrs Gerald Nolte of Washington said their son may be away from home for a long time as he recovered from the ordeal Witnesses described how Law Law exposed himself on deck to incinerate papers under heavy shelling and machine gun fire as Nolte aided him in the dangerous task
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Clifford C. Nolte
U.S.S. Pueblo
Gerald Nolte
Washington
Nolte
Washington County
Coronado
California
Pueblo
West Coast
United States
Calif
UPI
Pueblo Court of Inquiry
Charles Law
Chehalis
Wash
Law
Iowa
Duane Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Tear gas disrupts Iowa Memorial Union symposium
A tear gas like container exploded near a fireplace in the Iowa Memorial Union forcing about 1,200 people to evacuate during a student power symposium. Firefighters and police investigated the gas, no injuries reported, speaker Tom Hayden interrupted by the incident.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Mothers propose block system to raise school safety
Mothers in Washington plan a block system along school routes with designated safe homes where children can seek help. The plan, discussed with junior high, St James, Lincoln and Stewart schools, will be detailed at a February joint PTA meeting. Emblems will mark cooperative homes, and BPW members join in support.
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Washington
Parent - Teacher Associations
Washington Library
St. James
Lincoln
Stewart
PTA
Mud attempt to halt offshore oil gusher near Santa Barbara
Four barges carrying thousands of barrels of mud sail to an offshore drilling platform to stop a gusher that has fouled nearly 30 miles of beaches. Winds up to 20 knots push the slick toward Los Angeles County as the disaster widens along an 800 square mile area.
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Washington
UPI
Walter J. Hickel
California
Santa Barbara
Interior Department
Calif
Los Angeles County
Intercepted Memo From Governor Ray in Des Moines
A memo labeled intercepted and attributed to Governor Ray in Des Moines calls the phrase cool talk unfitting for cool heads, signing off with Yours, WEJ. The note hints at political tensions and careful rhetoric in state affairs.
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National Inter-Society Commission For Heart Disease Resources
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Hawaii
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James Earl Ray
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