ABA adopts ethics code limiting criminal case news leaks
Chicago dispatch reports the American Bar Association votes to bar prosecutors judges and defense lawyers from disclosing pretrial case details. The policy urges police and FBI internal rules to curb information, drawing media warnings of an attempted constitutional amendment. J Edward Murray of the Editors group criticizes delays in a publishers survey on media influence.
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Chicago
UPI
American Bar Association
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Freedom of Information Committee
J. Edward Murray
ABA
House of Delegates
Sheriff's Offices
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murray
Soviet polls flag waste of highly trained Soviet workers
Soviet poll findings summarized by Novy Mir criticize planning inefficiencies. Half of university trained specialists work outside their field, only 2 percent of industry related research occurs in factory labs versus 61 percent in the United States. Kontorovich argues sociological polls can improve life and notes over a million more engineers than the U.S. yet lower industrial output and quality.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Novy Mir
New World
United States
Vladimir Kontorovich
Kontorovich
Man Injured as Bridge Collapses Over Iowa River
Hills- Dale Shirkey 37 of Harper is in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a county bridge over the Iowa River collapsed under his tank transport truck Sunday. Officials say Shirkey, traveling west, veered onto the bridge east of Hills. A 100 foot span collapsed when the truck sheared a bridge truss. He was pinned for about 45 minutes. His son Danny 10, who rode with him, was treated and released.
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Hills
Dale Shirkey
Harper
Iowa City
Iowa River
Johnson County
Shirkey
Danny
Golden State Limited Ends After 66 Years
The westbound Golden State Limited ended after the Interstate Commerce Commission approved discontinuance. The Rock Island Line hauled cars to Tucumcari, New Mexico, then to El Paso with Sunset Limited cars. Chicago to Los Angeles service stopped. loss of revenue cited as reason. Local Iowa stops listed.
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Chicago
UPI
Golden State Limited
la Salle Street
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island Lines
Tucumcari
N.M
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Tex
Los Angeles
ICC
Rock Island
Post Office Department
New York Central
Iowa
Golden State
Davenport
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Fairfield
Eldon
Centerville
Allerton
Easter sunrise speaker announced for city service
Dr. Charles Carlston of the University of Iowa School of Religion will speak at the annual Easter sunrise service sponsored by Washington's Men's Club. Ralph Kleese says the event, open to the public, will be at the YMCA on Easter Sunday at 6:45 a.m. He is an ordained United Presbyterian minister and former Dubuque Theological Seminary faculty member.
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Washington's Men's Club
Charles Carlston
School of Religion
Iowa City
Ralph Kleese
Carlston
United Presbyterian
University of Iowa
Dubuque Theological Seminary
YMCA
Severe quake devastates Ayios Efstratios island near Greece
An earthquake described as exceptional violence struck Ayios Efstratios in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey. A rescue ship reported 13 killed and 15 injured as 80 percent of northern island buildings were destroyed. Minor injuries on Lemos and damage there noted. Seismographs listed varied readings around 7.1 to 7.5, with Rome noting exceptional violence. The quake was felt as far as Naples and western Turkey.
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Athens
API
Ayios Efstratios
Aegean Sea
Greece
Turkey
Miaoulis
Aegean
Lemos
Athens Observatory
Rome
Uppsala
Sweden
Rome Observatory
Naples
Italy
Post Office to Close for Washington Birthday
The Washington Iowa Post Office will be closed Thursday February 22 in observance of Washingtons birthday. No city or rural delivery that day. Special delivery letters will be delivered within city limits. Banks and many offices will close. most retail businesses stay open.
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Washington Iowa
Washington
Eastern Iowa Co op Gets Federal Loan for Louisa Switching Station
A 338000 loan to Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative from the Rural Electrification Administration funds construction of the Louisa Switching Station two miles south of Wapello near Highway 61. Construction to begin August 1968 with a February 1969 completion target. The 69 kilovolt station will connect two Eastern Iowa and two Iowa Southern Utilities lines, enabling more power exchange and improved service from Burlington to Muscatine and west to Washington, with future line and facility consolidation to cut power costs. Also includes high school basketball scores: Mid-Prairie 67 Solon 62, Waco 81 Fox Valley 28, New London 41 Columbus Community 46, Mt. Union Winfield 56 Highland 43, Mediapolis 41 Danville 21, Wapello 54 Morning Sun 45.
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Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Louisa
Wapello
Highway 61
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Iowa Southern Utilities
Burlington
Muscatine
Washington
Mid - Prairie
Solon
Waco
Fox Valley
New London
Columbus Community
Mt. Union - Winfield
Highland
Mediapolis
Danville
Morning Sun
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Ing
ED Gray
Evening Journal
Dr. Carlston
Yyaneer
Washingtons
S & A Ed
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