Stolen car traced to Owensboro and gas leak prompts safety rush
A 1965 Mustang stolen February 19 from a Mobil Station in Washington was found in Owensboro Kentucky. Gasoline fumes rose into basements forcing sewer venting and warnings to residents to ventilate homes. Separate briefs report a 102 year old in Kalamado relying on raw onions and other foods for fitness, dogs birth control pills in Britain, British teens setting a badminton world record, and a gasman’s truck igniting near a fractured 15 inch main but leaving him uninjured.
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Washington
Owensboro
Mobil
Jim Maxwell
East Adams
London
API
Britain
British Pharmaceutical Company
Sunderland
England
UPI
Tom Etherington
Etherington
Intercepted Memo on Heart Transplant in New York City
A cryptic intercepted note references a heart transplant in New York City. The message reads like a sharp, coded communication, suggesting clandestine motives and personal stakes behind a high stakes medical procedure.
Iowa Senate Rejects Liberalized Abortion Bill
Des Moines UPI reports the Iowa Senate rejected a bill to liberalize abortion law on a 24 to 36 vote after hours of debate. The bill, drafted by the Iowa Medical Society, would permit abortions for mental or physical health risk, certain fetal conditions, or rape and incest, beyond the current life-of-mother standard. Key opponents included Sen. C Joseph Coleman and Sen. Minnette Doderer, while supporters argued the law should reflect moral and ethical considerations. amendments requiring residency and mental health carve outs were defeated.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Medical Society
Sen
C. Joseph Coleman
Coleman
William Reichardt
Reichardt
Pakistani students celebrate end of Ayub Khan rule
Thousands of students in West Pakistan danced in streets after Ayub Khan announced he would end his ten year regime. In East Pakistan rioting killed five and raised deaths to at least 62. Bhutto hailed the decision to not seek reelection in 1970 and pledged to restore order.
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Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Kahn
East Pakistan
India
Ayub
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
Dacca Radio
Kashmhia
Kharchi
Rawalpindi
First Free Food Stamp Experiment Starts in South Carolina
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin announced free food stamps will be distributed on an experimental basis in two South Carolina counties. The program covers families living on less than $30 a month who can redeem stamps at nearby groceries for food they cannot otherwise afford. Previously, impoverished families paid 50 cents per person per month, not exceeding $3 for a family of four to redeem up to $58 worth of food.
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Washington
UPI
Clifford M. Hardin
South Carolina
Tet truce broken as Communists attack U S outpost
UPI reports renewed Communist attacks as the Tet holiday truce ends. Communist forces hit a U S air base and an infantry outpost with mortars and charges near Phan Rang and Phan Thiet, killing 18 government soldiers and eight civilians per Saigon statements. U S B52 strikes followed, bombing targets 29 to 48 miles north of Saigon. Hanoi vowed new offensives in spring and claimed the U S was fragile. Marines in the A Shau Valley seized heavy equipment amid slow progress due to bad weather.
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UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Phan Rang
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Phan Thiet
Binh Duong
Phuoc Long
Communist Party
A Shau
Laos
Apollo 9 Countdown Begins at Cape Kennedy
The countdown for Apollo 9 began at Cape Kennedy with astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart set for a 10 day earth orbital test to check the moon lander rendezvous with the command ship. Preparations included system checks water loading and training in two simulators as Mission Control in Houston tracked rehearsals. The splashdown is planned off the Atlantic March 10 and USS Guadalcanal moves to Norfolk to recover the capsule.
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UPI
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
Apollo
Moonport
McDivitt
Scott
Schweichart
Mission Control Center
Houston
Church
Norfolk
Longshoremen End Dock Strike in Five Ports
The Atlantic and Gulf Coast strike, spanning 64 days, loosens as International Longshoremen's Association members in New Orleans, Miami, Port Everglades, Hamp ton Roads, and Baltimore vote to accept contracts and return to work. Boston Galveston Philadelphia and New York face ongoing tensions as mechanics push back on pay and terms.
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Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
New Orleans
Miami
Port Everglades
Fla
Hampton Roads
Baltimore
Boston
Galveston
Tex
Philadelphia
New York
John Bowers
Newark
Elizabeth
N.J
New York Shipping Association
Past Commanders present new flag to Washington County Hospital
PAST COMMANDERS of Leon Beatty American Legion Post presented a new American flag to Washington County Hospital on Friday. Marty Whittaker served as chairman as the group agreed to keep hospital supplies of flags as needs arise.
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Washington County Hospital
Marty Whittaker
Truman Recuperating From Flu In Kansas City Hospital
Former President Harry S. Truman, age 84, shows gradual improvement after intestinal flu. He was moved to a soft bed at Research Hospital and Medical Center, with Mrs. Bess Truman staying nearby as officials anticipate a release in a few days.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Allen and
Hudspeth
City Hospital
Weather Brief for Iowa By United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a slight wrap in temperatures. Lows range from the upper teens in the northwest to the 20s in the southeast. Monday looks partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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United Press International
Iowa
Two firebombs hit St. Louis police station injuring clerk
Two firebombs were thrown through a Lucas Avenue police station window injuring clerk Lavita Pearson who dived for cover. A small fire was quickly extinguished. Earlier, Edward Allen was shot in a street confrontation with Detective Barry Hudspeth. Allen fled and gunfire occurred.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Lucas Avenue
Lavita Pearson
Edward L. Allen
Barry Hudspeth
Allen
Hudspeth
Probate of will and executor appointed in Stephens estate
Probate of will and appointment of executor announced for the estate of Mary Masson Stephens. Minutes of Washington City Council referenced in today's public notices.
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Mary Masson Stephens
Minutes of
Washington City Council
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