Keokuk man mourns son killed on Army helicopter mission
Keokuk resident Wilford Concannon mourns as his son Richard Concannon a 24 year old chief warrant officer dies in South Asia during a helicopter operation. Richard had served in Vietnam since last May and was stationed abroad when killed last Monday. The report notes the family awaits official confirmation of details from the Defense Department.
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Keokuk
South Asia
Defense Departments
Richard Concannon
Concannon
Wilford Concannon
Vietnam
NORAD error delivers real alert instead of test
NORAD mistakenly broadcast the real alert instead of the weekly test over stations nationwide. Cheyenne Mountain officials said the wrong teletype tape was sent, prompting an immediate kill and a clarification that the first message was erroneous.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Telephone Company
Denver
Cheyenne Mountain
Yanks fail to relieve Viets in Laos siege
Saigon reports heavy three day North Vietnamese assault on LZ Ranger inside Laos near Lao Bao. South Vietnamese defenders suffered dozens wounded and 26 missing as U S helicopters engaged. US forces suffered casualties including five Americans killed and four wounded.
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Saigon
Vps
Laos
Ranger
Lao Bao
U. S
Khe Sanh
South
Sth Infantry Division
Highway 9
Cloudy Tonight and Sunday With Snow Chance
United Press International notes cloudy weather for tonight and Sunday with a chance of snow. Temperatures expected to drop to teens in the northwest and reach the 20s in the southeast tonight, with Sunday highs ranging from the 20s in the northwest to the 30s in the southeast.
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United Press International
County pushes Civil Defense plan for alert system
County Civil Defense director R B Dela urged Washington to seek federal aid for a warning system as city leaders warned of an eight to ten month setup period. Mayor Ralph Martin described interim measures including police cars with sirens and loudspeakers.
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Washington
County Civil Defense Direcor R. B
Bud) Dela
Ralph Martin
Hotel
Dela
Martin
Washington County
Washington Police Department
Civil Defense Radio Network
Iowa towns brace for serious flooding after heavy rains
Rain totals over two inches in 24 hours trigger thawing snow and rising rivers across Iowa. Eight Des Moines area schoolchildren injured as a bus crosses a weakening bridge over the South Chariton River near Corydon. Bridges washed out near Delot and LeMars areas, with evacuations in Cherokee and threatened routes on U.S. 75 and I-29. Authorities warn of further rises as the Little Sioux and other basins overflow.
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United Press International
Iowa River
Mississippi
Missouri
Hicaruc
Iowa
Chariton River
Corydon
Delot
LeMars
U.S. 75
Little Sioux
Cherokee
Des Moines
Weather Reporting Service
Skunk
Raccoon
Big Sioux
Rock
Servce
Wa 42
Riverton
Iowa 140
Moville
Iowa 31
Correctionville
Iowa 14
U.S. 275
Hamburg
Southwest Town
Towa
Maquoketa
Bear Creek Bridge
U.S
League opposes sales tax hike without city share
The League of Iowa Municipalities urged lawmakers to guarantee substantial portions of any sales tax increase go to cities towns and counties. It warned a rise from 3 to 4 percent could raise $82 million but must fund local financing needs amid a looming state budget deficit and nearly $380 million local deficits.
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Harrison Weber Town Daily Press Association
DES Moines
DPA
League of Iowa
Municipities
League
Des Moin
Iowa
Towa
Fault may move L A to Alaska
A researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography predicts the San Andreas Fault could push the Los Angeles area north toward Alaska, forming a new mountain range along the Alaska border. Los Angeles and San Diego would lie within this range, while Berkeley could become a prime region in the state.
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Capsized Capone imitator admits killing three Dallas deputies
Rene Adolfo Guzman an alleged Capone imitator and ex convict confessed Friday night to shooting to death deputies Samuel Garcia Infante William Don Reese and A J Robertson beside the Trinity River five days earlier. Guzman 33 Lopez 25 were captured in East Dallas after a helicopter guided raid by 60 lawmen. Lopez to be questioned by Sheriff Clarence Jones. Guzman says both men disarmed officers tied them and drove them to the river bottom where they opened fire. The elder Guzman Moises Zuniga Guzman 35 was arrested and charged with murder.
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Dallas
UPI
Rene Adolfo Guzman
al Capone
Guzman
Leonardo Ramos Lopez
Lopez
Clarence Jones
A.D. McCurley
Trinity River
Samuel Garcia Infante
William Don Reese
Ellis County
A. J. Robertson
Moises Zuniga Guzman
McCurley
Waitresses oppose topless trend at Clancys restaurants
In Washington owners defend topless attire as boosting business by 200 percent while Friday pickets decry nudity and object to being grabbed. Pickets include Mrs Pat Shifflete who says mothers fear nudity and unwanted advances. Manager Joe Cannon says the policy follows changing times and allows bra or pasties choices.
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Washington
UPI
Ernie Byrd
Clancy's
Pat Shifflete
Joe Cannon
Cannon
Draft to include doctors and dentists under new call
Washington reports that for the first time in two years the Selective Service System will draft medical doctors and dentists. Defense sources say orders will go out shortly, with exact numbers of doctors and scientists not yet set. Earlier in 1969 the armed services drafted 246 physicians and 10 optometrists as volunteer declines push for a new draft. The Senate Armed Services Committee continued hearings on a bill to extend the draft for two more years beyond June 30, aiming for an all volunteer force by 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Defense Department
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Selective Service Authority
Let My People Go Drives Soviet Jewry Debate in Brussels
Zionist Soviet Jews circulate petitions bearing hundreds of signatures calling for emigration rights as the World Jewish Congress meets in Brussels February 23 25 to discuss Soviet Jewry. Moscow accuses Zionism of slander and vents anger on television and newspapers while Belgian authorities confront pressure to ban the congress.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
World Jewish Congress
Brussels
Congress
Belgium
Izvestia
Israel
Ussr
Man Pleads Innocent in Iowa Hijacking Case
Bound Brook New Jersey man Patrick Miranda 25 faces charges of hijacking a Trans World Air Lines Boeing 707 over Iowa City on a New York to Denver flight January 10. Stewardess Linda Barnard said Miranda drew an unloaded gun and threatened to fly to Las Vegas or Lake Tahoe before being arrested in Denver. U S Attorney Allen Danielson said prosecution would occur in Iowa where the crime was reported.
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Des Moines
UPI
Bound Brook
N.J
Trans World Airlines
Iowa City
Patrick Miranda
Towa
New York
Denver
Linda Barnard
Avanta
Miranda
Las Vegas
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Calif
Miss Barnard
Ray Shriber
U. S
Allen Danielson
Iowa
Intercepted Memo Flooded Towns Urge Rice Planting
A memo suggests flooded towns should begin rice planting if warm weather persists. Officials caution about ongoing weather impacts and recommend delaying heavy field work until conditions stabilize.
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MOON
Apollo 14
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Egar Mitchell
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Lunar Receiving Laboratory
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Capone
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