New Year Reflections and Timeless Quotes for 1973
A year end column gathering wisdom from Confucius Ovid Jefferson Luce Montaigne Longfellow Cicero Dante Aristotle Pope Ruskin Roosevelt Addison Overbury and others. The piece ties quotes on health prosperity patriotism youth education reason and faith to hopeful wishes for home country and peace in the coming year.
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Gay Pauley
UPI
New York
Confucius
B.C
Ovid
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Clare Boothe Luce
Montaigne
Charles Churchill
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cicero
Dante
Joseph Addison
Aristotle
Albert Re elected Speaker in House by Democrats
Oklahoma's Carl Albert won a second term as speaker 202 to 25 in a closed caucus with Michigan’s John Conyers as his only challenger. He warned that end the war legislation could be attached to the first funding bill if Nixon does not halt the Vietnam War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hington
UPI
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Albert
John D. Conyers
Michigan
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Congress
Nixon
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Senate
U.S
Benjamin Rosenthal
D. Y
Rosenthal
Vietnam
Olin Teague
D-Tex
O'Neill
Hale Boggs
Boggs
Alaska
Teir
House
Rep
Gerald Ford
Pentagon cautious on Bach Mai hospital damage in Hanoi
Defense officials said limited accidental damage may have affected Bach Mai hospital and Gia Lam airport in Hanoi. They could not confirm the cause, denying claims of total destruction and noting strikes target military sites only. Ramsey Clark and allies plan a $3 million recovery effort, with $250,000 already raised.
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Washing Sun
U.S
Bach Mai
Hanoi
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
United States
Friedheim
Joan Baez
Rnvers
Gia Lam
North Vietnam
Ormer
Ramsey Clark
Marcos to hold peace talks with Moslem leaders in Mindanao
President Marcos calls a peace conference with about 170 Moslem leaders from the Mindanao region amid ongoing fighting with rebels. Government reports say 38 dissidents killed and 10 troops killed with 15 wounded in the last two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Mindanao
Marcos
Borneo
Belly landing by plane at Miami airport with no injuries
A Chalk's Airlines Grumman Mallard carrying 17 aboard made a belly landing at Miami International Airport after landing gear trouble. None of the 15 passengers and two crew were hurt. The plane skidded about 1000 feet in sparks but stopped safely with emergency services standing by. The incident follows multiple recent airliner troubles in the area.
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Miami
UPI
Miami International
Federal Aviation Administration
Chalk’s Airlines
Bimini Island
Bahamas
Biscayne Bayside
Watson Island
Astern Airlines
Everglades
Eastern
Mezvinsky Announces Staff and Outreach Offices
Congressman elect Edward Mezvinsky said he will sworn in Wednesday and outlined a three office outreach plan with staff for Iowa districts. Davenport's Federal Building hosts the Davenport office, the Dey Building in Iowa City houses the Iowa City office, and the Burlington Federal Building hosts the Burlington office. Local staff include Patrick A. Thompson Janet Schultz Mary Ellen Chamberlin Cindy Thomas Thomas Baldridge Patti Murray Loras Schulte and Washington aides Jonathon Kent Patrick O Connor Constance Merker David Zimansky Kathleen Tucker Kevin McCormally.
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Davenport
UPL
Edward Mezvinsky
Mezvinsky
Federal Building
Iowa City
Dey
Burlington
Towa City Democrat
Iowa
Patrick A. Thompson
Janet Schultz
Mary Ellen Chamberlin
Bettendorf
Cindy Thomas
Keokuk
Thomas Baldridge
Patti Murray
Loras Schulte
Norway
Washington, D.C
Jonathon Kent
Patrick O'Connor
Constance Merker
David Zimansky
Kathleen Tucker
Town City
Kevin McCormally
Weather warms with increasing southwest winds
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with southwest winds 12 to 20 mph. Highs reach the lower to mid 30s and Lows mid 20s. Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a chance of occasional rain and highs in the lower 40s. Measurable precipitation probability near zero this afternoon, 10 percent tonight, and 40 percent Wednesday.
Vietnam peace talks reopen at technical level
The United States and North Vietnam opened a fresh round of technical discussions on a military and political settlement as a precursor to Paris negotiations. Kissinger prepared to meet Le Duc Tho in January while Saigon sources cited behind the scenes concessions during a bombing pause.
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Yaris
Vietnam
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi - Haiphong
Nguyen van Thieu
South
White House
Georges Pompidou
Elysee Palace
U.S
William H. Sullivan
State Department
Indochina
Heyward Isham
George Aldridge
Nguyen Co Thach
Choisy-le-Roi
le Monde
International Control Commission
Youth Sustains Broken Arm In Bridge Collision
Gary William Bayliss 19 of Keota suffered a broken left arm when his 1972 car struck a bridge on county road W55 four miles southwest of Washington. Investigators said Bayliss fell asleep, the crash occurred at 1:45 a.m., the bridge damage was about 50 dollars, and the car was a total loss.
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Gary William Bayliss
Keota
Washington
Bayliss
Truman Will Leaves Papers to the People
Independence Missouri UPI Harry S Truman's will files public record designating most presidential papers to the United States and personal belongings to Bess Truman. The 22 page document signed January 14 1959 directs papers be kept at the Harry S Truman Library in Independence with archivist oversight.
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Independence, Mo
Harry S Truman
Independence
United States
Market pays education costs through stock market success
Nickie Silk, 24, a Creighton University graduate, funded tuition and living costs by investing in stocks since age 18. He keeps 32 industry indexes, plans to expand to 100, talks with top company officers, and aims to master the market though he doubts it is fully possible. He hopes to earn his first million by 35.
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Omaha, Neb
Nickie Silk
Silk
Creighton University
Creighton
Omaha
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Ruskin
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Sir Thomas Overbury
Benhvien Sach Mai
Bach Mai Hospital
Pentagon
Parley
Basilan
Sibalo Hill
Jolo Island
Osman
Philippine
Sulu
Truman Will
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