Cattle Hay Drops Aimed at Flooded Iowa Herds
Davenport aviation unit of the Iowa National Guard flew a CH 31 helicopter to deliver 170 bales of hay to cattle stranded by the Missouri River floods near Mondamin in western Iowa. Ottumwa crews reported cabins and mobile homes swept away by ice jam floods on the Des Moines River with nine of 17 mobile homes recovered. Des Moines House considers ambulance tax powers for large counties, proposing a one mill levy upon petition from two percent of electors and required public hearings.
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Davenport
UPI
Iowa National Guard
Missouri River
1105Th Aviation Co
Jim Peterson
Mondamin
Towa
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Chillicothe
Wapello County
Keokuk
API
Iowa
Charles Strothman
New London
Strothman
Weather Report For Towa Tonight And Friday Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight with temperatures in the teens across the north and south regions. Friday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 30s.
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United Press International
Nixon to Meet Four Midwestern Governors in Des Moines
President Nixon will meet with Iowa Governor Robert Ray and three other midwestern leaders in Des Moines on Monday to press rural development and revenue sharing. He will be joined by six cabinet members and top aides, with no public appearances planned, and may hold additional talks with farm editors.
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Wasmington
UPL
Nixon
Des Moines
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Warren Hearnes
Misouri
Richard Ogilvie
Mi Os
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Iegler
Domestic Council of Rural Development
Springfield
Ziegler
Labor
James Hodgson
Treasury
John Connally
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Interior Sec
Retary
Rogers C. B. Morton
George Romney
A. m
Ray
Senators Propose Easing Voting Requirements Nationwide
Washington reports two Democratic hopefuls Harold Hughes and Edmund Muskie with six Senate colleagues introduced legislation to virtually end residency requirements for congressional elections and to simplify absentee voting across all federal elections. The measure aims to expand voter access and reduce barriers to participation.
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Washington
UPI
Harold EB. Hughes
Iowa
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
West Chester and Brighton Teens Plan U N Trip Fundraiser
Fourteen days in June will take 35 youths and 10 adults from West Chester and Brighton United Methodist and Presbyterian churches to New York for UN seminars and sightseeing. The trip funds, seen as Washington DC and New York experiences, were largely raised by the Brighton group after a year of effort.
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West Chester
Brighton
United Nations
New York
U. Washington, D.C
United Methodist Church of
Mid-Prairie
Brighton United
Washington County
Rockefeller Center
Greenwich Village
Staten Island
U.N
New York City
Washington, D.C
Fred Schwengel
Harold Hughes
Jack Miller
Arlington Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Marine Corps
John Duvall
Lee Mangold
Robert Stout
Lee Schaffer
Lyle Stacy
Steve Johnson
Chester
Jim Whitacre
Mid-Prairie school vote notice and estate proceedings
Notice announces a school district election for Mid-Prairie within the context of local governance. It also records probate actions for Lulu B. Gallagher and Ronald G. Hawkins, appointing executors, plus minutes from the Washington City Council meeting and the city’s financial report for review.
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Mid-Prairie School
Lulu B. Gallagher
Ronald G. Hawkins
Washington City
Financial Report of City of Washington
Homemaker Health Aide Seminar Aids State Agencies
Health aides from Southeast Iowa Homemaker-Health Aide Service attended an In-service Educational Seminar sponsored by the Iowa State Council for Homemaker Services and the Iowa Mental Health Institutes. The program, designed for staff and board members, showcases statewide training needs and regional in-home support services with contact for further information.
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Louise Anderson
Southeast Iowa
Southeast Iowa Homemaker - Health Aide Service, Inc
Iowa State Council For Homemaker Services
Iowa Mental Health Institutes
Iowa
Health Institute
The
Council
Washington County
Nellie Miller
Visit Legislature 4-H members tour Des Moines trip
Fourteen 4-H members from Washington County plus ten adults traveled to Des Moines on three buses for a Capitol and Governor's office tour. They met Senator Richard Stephens and Representative Herb Campbell, toured the Capitol, watched sessions, visited the Museum of Science and Industry, and saw the lunar rock and Foucault pendulum.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Julia Gamon
Richard Stephens
Richard Stephens Jr
Herb Campbell
Stephens
Representative Campbell
Capitol
House
Senate
Wington
Campbell
Grimes
Museum of Science and Industry
Gam‘on
Art Witthoft
Washington
Guy Stacy
Leroy Mineart
Brighton
Leland Jeffries
Eugene Reed
Bill Schneider
Riverside
Gail Trier
Keota
Bob Carter
Kalona
Wayne Mangold
West Chester
Plan to Expand Columbus City Gas Storage in Iowa
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America announced plans to test and develop an underground Mt. Simon storage reservoir at its Columbus City field in Louisa County Iowa. The project could store over 50 billion cubic feet of gas and be in operation by the 1972 73 winter. Initial cost around 2.5 million dollars involves 11 miles of lines eight injection withdrawal wells and deepening three existing wells. The Mt Simon sandstone lies about 2200 feet below the surface and is the deepest formation under Columbus City.
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Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Today
Mt. Simon
Columbus City
Louisa County
Iowa
D.C
Davis
Natural
Chicago
Midwest
Towa
Federal Power Commission
Cairo
Loudon
Herschel
Cooks Mills
Illinois
Sayre, Okla
200 Defenders Overwhelmed as Reds Overrun Laos Base
UPI reports tank-led Communist forces overran Hill 31 in Laos, killing and wounding hundreds of defenders. The clash comes amid intensified Laos incursions and rising U.S. casualties, with Thieu predicting further push into North Vietnam. Nine defenders died and 31 were wounded in the hill action plus additional losses elsewhere in the region.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Hill 31
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Official Vietnam Press Agency Today
North Vietnam
Thieu
Pleiku
Hill
U.S
Ranger
North Vetnam
Cambodia
Joseph Galloway
Delta
Lao Bao
Nixon pushes sweeping welfare reform with 200000 public jobs
The Nixon administration proposed an $800 million plan to place about 200000 welfare adults into public service jobs in city parks hospitals and other services. The plan aims to reduce welfare rolls with federal funding in its first year while shifting adults into payroll roles.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
John G. Veneman
Jewish talks end with denunciations at World Conference
In Brussels the World Conference on Soviet Jewry ended in a half hour shouting match as Menahem Begin accused organizers of denouncing Rabbi Meir Kahane to police. Kahane had been refused entrance. Wexler fired back, Begin appealed for unity as clashes continued among delegates.
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Brussels
UPI
Menahem Begin
Israel
Meir Kahane
Kahane
American Jewish Defense League
JDL
New York
William A. Wexler
United State
Presidium
Belgium
London
Begin
Gahal
Zalman Abramov
Israel Knesset
Philip G. Giveens
Intercepted Memo From President Thieu
Intercepted note from President Thieu of South Vietnam appears to warn that someone plans to exploit a military incursion. The memo hints at external interest in the operation and urges caution in how the excursion is pursued.
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Thieu
South Vietnam
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