News in Brief and Odds and Ends Items
Rural residents urged to return March of Dimes envelopes with contributions. Bob Ross reports 89 sent, only 14 returned, appealing for early response. Envelopes show the proper return address. San Francisco State College English 177 meets for a likely last time as strike halts class. professor says passing grades only. Odaaf Jensen loses wallet then gets it returned after 8,000 miles. Cleveland Public Library grants one day amnesty, a man returns long-overdue book The Great Galeoto and avoids $280 in fines. Innsworth RAF notes minor glitches in a personnel pay computer. one discharge record reads Discharged-pregnant.
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Bob Ross
Ross
San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
Eric Solomon
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Public Library
Galeoto
Buck drops police brutality complaint in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A police brutality complaint filed with the Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission was dropped. Larry Buck, 20, received a suspended 90 day jail sentence after a Feb. 9 incident at a local supermarket. He had accused officers of wrongful arrest following a shoplifting claim.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
Larry Buck
Cedar Rapids
Buck
Lawrence Kelchen
Nyle Pratt
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Hullinger
Fluoridation Bill Introduced in Iowa Senate
In Des Moines UPI three Iowa state senators introduced a bill to require fluoridation of all city and town water supplies by July 1, 1972. Sponsors Kenneth Benda Seeley Lodwick and Donald McGill say fluoride levels in 460 of 736 communities are insufficient to protect dental health. They cite broad scientific endorsement for fluoride as a safe public health measure.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Kenneth Benda
Hartwick
Seeley Lodwick
Wever
Donald McGill
Messrose
Pueblo crew sent on spy mission without behavior guidance
Navy court testimony from USS Pueblo officers details lack of post OC S instructions for captives. Lt Harris and Lt Schumacher say they followed only prewar Code of Conduct and were coerced into signing false confessions after beatings. Prison conditions included poor meals, dysentery, and selective medical care by Koreans.
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Coronado
Calif
Harris
U.S
OCS
Pueblo
J.g
Frederick C. Schumacher
Sions
Murphy
Schumacher
Des Moines News Highlights: The Appropriations Gap
Des Moines reports on the state of funding gaps affecting budgets. Officials discuss impacts on programs and services, with lawmakers debating possible remedies and timelines for resolution. Local readers seek clarity as fiscal pressures spread across departments.
Students lobby to influence state university funding
Delegations from the University of Northern Iowa and University of Iowa met Iowa lawmakers in Des Moines to push for lower voting age higher university budgets and defeat a bill on campus dismissals. Northern Iowa petition leader Fred Meeker cited 3,500 signatures and vowed to pursue action through democratic means.
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DES Moines
UPI
University of Northern Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa
Fred Meeker
Northern Iowa Student Senate
Senate
House
Meeker
Northern Iowa
J.W. Maucker
Student Legislative Action Committee
Iowa State University
Four Terrorists Open Fire On El Al Flight In Zurich
El Al Flight 432 bound for Tel Aviv was struck by bullets and smoke bombs on takeoff at Zurich. Four attackers, three men and a woman, emerged from a snowbank. one was killed, an Israeli security agent wounded but firing back. Passengers evacuated via chutes as police captured attackers. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. Swiss officials noted prior security policies and ongoing guard details on El Al planes.
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Zurich
Switzerland
UPI
el al
Tel Aviv
Itzhak Barzilai
Palestine
Athens
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Jordan
Dist. Atty
Joerg Rehberg
Heaviest B52 Bomb Drop of Year in Vietnam War
UPI reports a 24 hour cease-fire in observance of Tet allowed a large allied air assault. More than 900 tons of explosives were dropped by 30 B52s on the Ho Chi Minh supply trail through Laos, with 300 to 400 USS fighter bombers also attacking Laos targets during the truce.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
U.S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
United States
North Vietnam
da Nang
Nat Gibson
Gambling flight DC3 vanishes over Nevada mountains
Ground teams in Hawthorne Nevada search in rain and heavy snow for a missing DC3 airliner with 35 on board. The aircraft operated by Mineral County Airlines vanished after departing Hawthorne Airport at 4 05 am, with a route over stormy 13 000 foot Sierra peaks. Crew included pilot Fred Hall copilot Ray Hamer and stewardess Fat Nannes.
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Hawthorne
Nev
UPI
Nevada
High Sierra
Mineral County Airlines
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines
California
Fred Hall
San Fernando Valley
Calif
Ray Hamer
Long Beach
Fat Nannes
Hall
Tonopah
Silent protest at Dubuque college over department shutoff
About 75 students and faculty staged a silent march at the University of Dubuque to protest a possible closing of the speech and drama department. President William Chalmers warned a decision would wait until the executive board meets Thursday.
Weather forecast for Iowa by UPI
Partly cloudy tonight with light variable winds and warmer conditions in the far west. Lows range from 10 to 15 general, with 20s in the extreme southwest. Thursday brings cloudy skies and a chance of occasional snow, mainly in west and central areas, with highs in the 20s.
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Iowa
White-collar unions rise as target of organizers
University of Iowa graduate student Calvin J. Krebs argues white-collar workers are increasingly targeted by unions. He sees salaried employees remaining the main focus in coming years and predicts unions will need to recruit non-production staff as blue-collar workers dwindle.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
Calvin J. Krebs
Minneapolis
Minn
Krebs
Lawmakers seek economical path to tax refunds
DES MOINES UP I The House Ways and Means Committee explored an orderly method to refund improperly collected taxes. Rep Edgar Koch said most refunds are small while processing costs are high, with one case costing 200000 for a 75000 refund. A Humboldt County hospital tax case spurred the bill. Some members favored capping refunds, possibly at one dollar, to simplify reimbursements.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Edgar Koch
Sioux City
Koch
Humboldt County
J. Wesley Graham
Ida Grove
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March of Dimes
Flint, Mich
Odaaf Jensen
Jensen
General Motors Corp
Antwerp
Belgium
Buick
Clark Transport Co
Innsworth
England
Royal Air Force
Britain
Empress Market Place
Karachi
Pakistan
Mohammad Ayub Khan
UPI Cablephoto
Timothy Harris
Jacksonville
Fla
CWO
Gene H. Lacy
Seattle
Wash
Wej
Fl al Airlines
Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
A Shau
Mountains
Dubuque School
Art Barlow
Hamilton Air Force Base
United Press International
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
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