Fire damages semitrailer wheels near Brighton
A semitrailer truck loaded with soda caught fire in the rear dual wheels Wednesday night, causing minor damage before Brighton fire department extinguished the flames. The Pepsi Cola Bottling Co truck was pulled into a farm driveway on highway 78 west of Brighton. Two tires burned away and one trailer compartment, several pop cases, and a pallet were charred. Firemen suspect an overheated wheel bearing as the cause.
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Brighton
Washington
Highway 78
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Retail seminar visit by Bunting to Washington from Kirkwood CC
Kirkwood Community College official announces retail marketing seminar plans. Bunting will meet local retailers in Washington ahead of the five week program starting February 7 with two hour sessions weekly. Registration is January 29 and the cost is six dollars.
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Wave Bunting
Kirkwood Community College
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Massive Mastodon Tooth Found Near Cincinnati Field
Two brothers ages 14 and 12 unearthed a huge mastodon tooth in a Hamilton County field near Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Museum of Natural History identified the fossil as from a mastodon that lived 10 000 to 20 000 years ago and the boys planned to return for further recovery work.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
Hamilton County
Joe Kane
Bill
Heat wave tightens grip as temperatures top 104 in Rio
The weather bureau warned of another heat wave with highs near 104 degrees. On Wednesday the high reached 104.5, a yearly record. Hospitals treated 349 children for dehydration and three fatalities were reported. Radio stations urged light meals and ample fluids to prevent heat prostration.
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Rio DE Janerio
UPI
Weather Bureau
Johnson eulogized in Iowa House memorial service
Gov. Robert D. Ray led a special memorial for former President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Iowa House chamber. An overflow crowd gathered as the governor noted the double loss after the death of Harry S. Truman. Both chambers and many state employees and citizens mourn Johnson's passing.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
U.S
Iowa House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
U.S. posts record trade deficit in 1972
The Commerce Department reports imports at 59.56 billion dollars versus exports of 49.12 billion, totaling a 6.4 billion deficit the largest in U.S. history. The gap widens despite a 13 percent rise in goods and services shipped abroad, with import volume up 22 percent from the prior year.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Commerce Department
Des Moines Junior High Shooting Shocks Students
Des Moines ninth grader Kevin Miller 15 returned to Kurtz Junior High after fetching a shotgun and fired at fellow student Benjamin Beach 15 during an argument. Principal Velma Cross reported several students escaped injury as the assailant fired multiple times before controls stopped him.
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DES Moines
UPI
Kurtz Junior High School
Velma Cross
Kevin Miller
Benjamin Beach
Cross
Johnson eulogized in Washington funeral rites in 1973
Lyndon Baines Johnson was bid farewell in a capitol ceremony led by Richard Nixon. Tens of thousands filed by his flag draped coffin as the national day of mourning closed.
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UPI
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Senate
United States
U.S. Capitol
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National City Christian Church
White House
Texas
Texas Pedernales River
Nixon
Mamie Eisenhower
Lady Bird
Luci
Lynda
Lyn Nugent
Capitol
Andrews Air Force Base
John F. Kennedy
Johnson Ranch
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Circle
Albuquerque
N.M
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Medgar Evers
Billy Graham
Graham
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Austin
Johnson City
Bobby Baker
Abe Fortas
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Edward M. Kennedy
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Allard K. Lowenstein
New York
United States Moves to End Involvement in Indochina
The United States halts troop shipments to Vietnam and orders mine clearing as it implements a cease-fire set to take effect this Saturday. Withdrawals start within 60 days, with nearly 600 prisoners to be released, while an international force and conference oversee the accord.
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United States
Washington
UPI
Indochina
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Navy
North Vietnamese
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
USS Air Force
George S. McGovern
America
McGovern
Kissinger
White House
Chicago Teachers Strike Touches Chicago Accord Tentative
Negotiators announced a tentative Chicago teachers settlement as CTU and the school board resume talks after the strike closed public schools for over 560000 students since January 10. Board approval needed before ratification. classes may resume Friday.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
CTU
Robert Healey
Healey
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Superior
Miller
Tean
United Auto Workers
Weather outlook shows sun then clouds and milder highs
Mostly sunny with southerly winds 8 to 15 mph and warmer this afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Tonight will be cloudier and warmer with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Friday is cloudy with a chance of occasional rain, highs in the mid to upper 40s. Measurable precipitation probability near zero this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, and 50 percent Friday.
County Buys Building for County Offices in Washington
Washington County has purchased the building east of the courthouse formerly owned by Dr. M L McCreedy. Remodeling will start next week to house the county engineer staff upstairs. Dr McCreedy retains a small rear office. The ground floor use is undecided, with possible move of the assessor. The top floor of the courthouse may soon house a broader court system and resident judge office.
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Washington County
M.L McCreedy
Washington
McCreedy
District Court
Iowa Senate backs 18 year olds gaining full rights in 1973 bill
Des Moines UPI report: Senate State Government Committee votes 7 2 to endorse lowering the legal age to 18 and sends the measure to the floor. Senator Elizabeth Shaw adds an amendment allowing 18 19 and 20 year olds to enroll at the Law Enforcement Academy while noting 21 remains the usual minimum for officers. Earlier bids to weaken or delay the bill fail.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate State Government Committee
Elizabeth Shaw
R-Davenport
Shaw
Eugene Hill
William Winkelman
R-Lohrville
Hill
Blackmun urges reading cases amid Cedar Rapids abortion protest
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun spoke before the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce as about 50 antiabortion protesters gathered. He urged opponents to read the opinion, saying the court did not authorize abortion on demand and that the ruling triggered a wave of legal reforms nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
High Court
Blackmun
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Texas
Iowa
Supreme Court
Divorcing wife to qualify for welfare aid shocks family
In St Petersburg Florida Howard Thomas a night plant supervisor says he plans to divorce his gravely ill wife to keep her eligible for state welfare after aid was cut. He notes the nursing home bill nears 500 dollars monthly while his earnings exceed the limit. The wife suffers multiple sclerosis and cannot communicate as two children stay with relatives.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
UPL
Howard Thomas
Tampa
Thomas
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