New York Legal Aid Strike Halts Court Delays
New York legal aid lawyers began a strike amid parallel actions by city hospital workers and gravediggers as 60 000 police and other municipal workers’ contracts expired. Courts reported disruptions while the city ordered plastic bags for decedents after more than 5 000 bodies accumulated in cemeteries during a four day strike.
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New York
UPI
Legal Aid
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys
State Mediation Board
Brooklyn
Wyckoff Heights Hospital
Betty Grable, Pinup Queen of WWII, Dies at 56
Betty Grable, famed pinup queen whose leggy posters boosted U S morale during World War II, died Monday in Santa Monica of lung cancer at 56. Hospital records note she had been hospitalized since April. Grable, the era’s highest paid U S actress in the late 1940s, remained a top box office star and a beloved symbol of wartime glamour.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Betty Grable
St. John’s Hospital
Miss Grable
United States
Gil
Weather outlook shows warm humid spell with storms
Continued warmth and humidity linger with a threat of thundershowers through Wednesday. Tonight may bring a few severe storms with a low near 70. Wednesday highs rise to mid to upper 80s, light variable winds near storms. Rain chances are 60 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday.
Mayo elected vice president and comptroller of GE
Maurice H. Mayo, son of Oral and Ruth Mayo of Washington Iowa, was elected vice president and comptroller of General Electric by the board. His appointment is effective July 1 1973. Mayo has held multiple GE posts including staff executive financial resources and resides in Darien Connecticut with his wife and two children Martha and Debbie.
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New York
N.Y
Maurice H. Mayo
Oral R. Mayo
Washington
Iowa
General Electric Company
Mayo
Alva C. Way
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Washington, Iowa
University of Iowa
Schenectady
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Comptroller
Ruth
Martha
Debbie
Mayos
Darien
Connecticut
Massive Iowa Rain Triggers Flood Risk and Wind Damage
United Press International reports rising rivers and localized flooding across central Iowa as two to six inches of rain fall. Raccoon River swelled past flood stage near Des Moines, while winds up to 50 mph damaged homes, sheds, and mobiles. A twister near Red Oak leveled a dairy barn, with damages reaching tens of thousands. fires from lightning affected Storm Lake and Bonaparte barns. Multiple towns faced wind-related property damage. crest on the Raccoon anticipated Tuesday morning.
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United Press International
Iowa
National Weather Service
Raccoon River
Des Moines
van Meter
Towa
Ames
Brayton Seed Co
Albia
Winterset
Perry
Marshalltown
Red Oak
Norman Bierbaum
Ray signs Iowa Vietnam era veterans bonus bill
Gov. Robert D. Ray signed a 17 million dollar bill granting monthly cash bonuses to Iowa veterans who served during the Vietnam era. Veterans receive 17.50 per month up to 500 dollars, and those who served July 1958 to present earn 12.50 per month up to 300 dollars. The measure, approved late in the 1973 session, is funded without a property tax levy.
Cable TV study moved by Washington city council
Washington city council received a Cable Television Ordinance Committee report proposing general guidelines and two sample ordinances to guide a final cable ordinance. The committee asked firms to review and comment while planning a public hearing and eventual referendum. Police issues were also discussed with a drive in incident and juvenile concerns at Sunset Park. The council amended the budget using revenue sharing and back taxes from Crane Co. and approved a preliminary plat for William Perdock's fifth area. A seven member committee to study street name and house number changes was urged by Mayor Ralph Martin.
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Washington
Robert Nicola
Walter Messer
Irv Whitham
Martin
Sunset Park
Evening Journal
Crane Co
William Perdock
City of
Perdock
Ralph Martin
General Fund
Henry Soucek
Lloyd
Robison
Schiapkohl
Nixon to tell Watergate story in suitable forum
President Nixon will present his version of the Watergate saga to an appropriate forum but not before the Ervin committee or the Senate hearings end. Press secretary Ziegler said the president will not testify before the Ervin committee or the grand jury, citing separation of powers. Nixon and aides are reportedly weighing a forum plan as Kissinger and others prepare to meet China’s envoy Chen to seek Beijing’s help on Cambodia.
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Jan Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Ervin Committee
White House
Federal Grand Jury
Senate
Orum
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Herbert G. Klein
Iegler
la Casa Pacifica
Nore
Henry A. Kissinger
Duang Chen
China
Washington
Board approves paying band bills amid apology and confusion
Washington Community School District directors vote 6-1 to cover about 2,500 in unrequisitioned band supplies and 900 in severed requisition items from Everetts Music Co. former director Larry Green offers apologies as others discuss oversight and possible safeguards.
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Larry Green
Board of Education
Washington Community School District
Everetts Music Co
E. K. Schlapkohl
Larry Robison
Green
James Lloyd
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Hahna
John O'Connor
Brookfield Zoo
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Judy
Storm Lake
Bonaparte
Howard Steeples
Ray
New School Group
Schlapkohl
William Berliant
St. James Catholic
State Department of Public Instruction
St. James
John Davis
Lake Darling
Davis
Metropolitan Stage and Equipment Co
Omaha
Neb
Kirkwood Community College
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