Winter chills grip Washington County as warm spell ends
Colds of sub zero linger as readings reach seven to four below zero in Washington County. Forecast promises warmer days ahead. Community Hunger Appeal reports Iowa donations near 450000 in cash crops and clothing, led by Black Hawk County contributions. Also, a multi-vehicle fog collision on U S 99 near Seannersfield leaves at least four dead and many injured. Former President Truman improves at Research Hospital and may go home soon. Iowa State honors three farmers as 1970 Master Corn and Soybean Growers winners.
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Truman
Kansas City
Harry S. ‘Truman
Research Hospital
Spiro ‘T. Agnew
Sault Ste. Marie
Cheboygan
California
Bakersfield
Witnesses testify in Nixon adviser kidnapping probe
Three more witnesses testified before a federal grand jury probing an alleged plot to kidnap a Nixon adviser after immunity was granted. Joseph M. Joynt Bucknell librarians Mrs Zola Horn and Patricia Rom pleaded the Fifth. Sister Jaques Egan, a conspirator in the case, was remanded for refusing to answer questions and jailed for life by Judge Herman.
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UPI
Nixon
R. Dixon Herman
U.S. District Court
Joseph M. Joynt
General Services Administration
Washington
Bucknell University
Zola Horn
Patricia Rom
Lewisburg
Joynt
Mrs. Horn
Miss Rom
Jaques Egan
New York City
Henry A. Kissinger
York County
Herman
Egan
Blizzard Warning Grips New York as Storm Wreaks Havoc
A winter storm blankets the Northeast with blizzard conditions and heavy winds. New York, New England, and parts of Ohio face travel warnings and icy highways while arctic air expands southward. Across the nation, deadly accidents occur in dense fog near Bakersfield, California, with four feared killed and numerous injuries. Local ski areas anticipate improved conditions after fresh snow and freezing temperatures.
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Indiana
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Governor Ray proposes tax hike mix to fund budget
Des Moines Governor Robert D. Ray unveils a budget plan seeking a freeze on property taxes coupled with increases in personal and corporate income taxes to cover the two year biennium. He pitches a bold reform of school funding and rejects drastic property tax cuts in favor of broader revenue sources.
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UPI
Towa
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
America
General Motors
Southern senators weigh filibuster reform in private talks
In Washington, Southern senators discuss a possible compromise to weaken the filibuster. Ellender confirms Dixie leaders have not ruled out a three-fifths rule for cutting off debate on all appropriations and conference reports, with reformers pushing a broader change. Byrd signals openness to considering changes as Mansfield urges unity. Agnew declines to rule on Senate rule changes.
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UPI
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Ellender
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Byrd
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Frank Church
Idaho
Mike Mansfield
Spiro T. Agnew
Lyndon B. Johnson
Perfex McQuay in Merger Plan
Edwin A lum of Perfex Corporation and Byron E James of McQuay Inc announced merger negotiations on a share for share basis. Perfex and McQuay would exchange one McQuay share for each Perfex share, with details to be set by the two firms. Perfex produces engine cooling radiators heat exchangers and castings across four Wisconsin plants and two more. McQuay makes refrigeration air conditioning and ice machines with plants in Minnesota California Iowa and others.
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Perfex Corporation
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Byron E. James
McQuay, Inc
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Perfex
McQuay
Tow
California
Iowa
Apollo 14 crew drills for possible failure before blastoff
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Roosa and Mitchell rehearse for a potential failure like Apollo 13. The trio, among America’s best trained moon pilots, fly a jet trainer near the moonport area while briefing sessions continue ahead of Sunday’s launch. Probate of wills and appointment of executors, estates of Fred Lintz and Clarence E. Boshart. Notice of sheriff's levy and sale.
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UPI
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
United States
Moonport
Shepard
Mitchell
Fred Lintz
Clarence
Boshart
Laird assures no U.S. ground troops in Cambodia
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told the Senate Armed Services Committee that American ground forces will not be introduced into Cambodia and that Cambodians understand this. He cited ongoing negotiations in Paris and noted a shift with possible dispatch of certain personnel despite a congressional ban on advisers or ground troops.
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UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Cambodia
Laird
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Capitol Hill
John Voght
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Indochina
Paris
U.S
United States
Asia
Nixon
Milwaukee court orders police back to work in blue flu case
Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Ernst J. Watts ordered striking Milwaukee Police Protective Association members to return to work by noon est, ending a blue flu walkout that began last Friday. The permanent injunction directs action to deter continued absence while bargaining stalled, with hearings paused to allow further talks. Jerome Dudzik, PPA president, called on officers to resume duties after the injunction.
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Milwaukee
UPL
Ernst J. Watts
Milwaukee Policemen’s Protective Association
Jerome Dudzik
PPA
Watts
Elkhorn
Cigarette Pack Saving Seen As Unreliable Hoax
Iowa veterans official debunks a widespread appeal to save cigarette packs to fund seeing eye dogs and aid disabled people. Warren Allbaugh of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says the project is a cruel, unreliable hoax with no statewide or local activity. He cites Better Business Bureau and chambers of commerce in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids as sources.
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Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Allbaugh
Evening Journal
Better Business Bureaus
Chambers of Commerce
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Weather Update From United Press International Iowa
Mostly cloudy conditions ease tonight with a chance of light scattered snow. Lows from the low teens in the northeast to the mid teens in the southwest. Thursday expects partly cloudy skies and milder highs in the teens to near 20s across northeast to southwest Iowa.
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United Press International
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