Massive Rockwell fire destroys market complex and apartments
Fire officials probed the cause after a Thursday night blaze leveled Dugan's supermarket, Bauld Haupt Apartment and motel complex, and Bauld Haupt laundromat in Rockwell. About 65 firefighters from Mason City and surrounding towns fought the flames for nearly three hours, drawing water from a creek in Linn Grove Park. No injuries reported. Harold's service station garage sustained smoke damage. Owner Wilbert Laudner cited an upstairs-origin fire. exact cause undetermined.
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UPI
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Mason City
Sheffield
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Swaledale
Clear Lake
Linn Grove Park
Dugan's
Bauld Haupt
Bauld Haupt Laundromat
Harold
Wilbert Laudner
Bill Ames
Rainy Washington Ends Heat Wave With Strong Winds
Heavy rains and strong winds swept through Washington late Wednesday into Thursday cooling a week of heat. Official observers logged 1.53 inches on Wednesday and 0.14 inches on Thursday for a two day total of 1.67 inches, with 1.05 inches falling during the 4 to 7 p.m. storm. No serious property damage was reported, and once precipitation ended, residents enjoyed fair weather to celebrate the holiday.
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Washington County Red Cross Annual Meeting Set for July 11
The Washington County chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting starting at 8 p.m. Thursday July 11 in the Farm Bureau building west of Washington. Board members special services chairs and all members are urged to attend. Des Moines Iowa UP I Raw farm prices in Iowa fell five percent in the past month due to lower livestock prices per the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The June price index stood at 157 percent of the 1967 base, down five percent from May and 24 percent from June 1973. Hogs cattle calves sheep wool turkeys and milk dropped, while corn and wheat rose from mid May. The overall crop index rose two percent in mid June but was 18 percent below a year earlier. livestock index declined 10 percent from May and 28 percent from a year ago.
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American Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Washington
Special Services
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Weather for Zone 13 Tonight and Saturday
Zone 13 forecast calls for generally fair and warm conditions tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight mid 60s. South winds 8 to 15 mph this evening. Saturday highs in the low 90s.
Armory Robbed in Compton Los Angeles Area
Police report a large theft at a National Guard armory in Compton. Hundreds of rifles machine guns shotguns grenade launchers and ammunition were stolen after intruders smashed a side door and drilled open a weapons vault. No suspects yet.
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Compton
Calif
UPI
National Guards
FBI
Two Iowa children die from car carbon monoxide poisoning
Two Iowa children Patricia May Joslin eleven and Evonne three died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in the back of a Pamper being driven on Interstate 90 in northeast Wyoming. Found dead by their parents Wednesday near Sundance. The Joslins of Anamosa Iowa said they checked on the girls and found no signs, then discovered them 23 miles west of Sundance.
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Sundance
Wyo
Iowa
Wyoming
Highway Patrol
Patricia May Joslin
Evonne
Leonard Joslin
Anamosa
Death and protests mark holiday across the nation
United Press International reports Independence Day observances featured celebrations and protests. A pipe bomb at a Chicago suburb school killed one and seriously injured another while another local display caused minor eye burns. Police arrested six in Humboldt Park. An estimated 10,000 protested in Raleigh near 1960s civil rights demands. National Guardsmen and state troopers were placed on standby in North Carolina. In Washington a peaceful veterans march pushed for better benefits and amnesty. Tornado-like winds hit southern Maine injuring at least 18. President Nixon urged Americans to uphold liberty and human dignity.
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Chicago
The
Vietnam Veterans Against the War-Winter Soldier Organization
Maine
Nixon
Secret evidence opened in Ehrlichman trial
Washington UPI two weeks after Nixon aide resigned Ehrlichman testified he learned of a psychiatric profile of Ellsberg only after a break in at his psychiatrist's office. He faces charges of lying to a grand jury and conspiracy. the trial centers on memos and White House Plumbers meetings about the profile and memories refreshed by appearances before a House committee and the Haig and Kissinger subpoena disputes.
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Ehrlichman
Lewis J. Fielding
Elisberg
U.S
House Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Nixon in good shape after risky Middle East trip
President Nixon, traveling with a permanent leg clot, is in good shape and pain free says White House spokesman Ronald Ziegler. Doctors report the thrombophlebitis is fixed to a vein wall, posing no danger of movement to heart or lungs following his Moscow summit and Salzburg assessment.
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Fla
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Nixon
Middle East
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Walter Tkach
Salzburg
Austria
Tkach
William Lukash
Ray on independence and freedom at new Columbus Junction city hall
Gov Robert D Ray spoke at the dedication of Columbus Junctions new city hall, framing freedom of choice as Americas core liberty. He contrasted U S individual decision making with regimentation abroad and urged optimism in July while noting the system allows broad participation and shared responsibility.
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Columbus Junction
API
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Arabs opt cautious stance on Lebanon reprisal raids
United Press International reports at a Cairo defense conference Arabs chose a cautious policy toward Israeli reprisal raids. Delegates adopted secret resolutions pledging political and financial support to Lebanon, avoiding dispatch of troops or warplanes. Lebanese leaders feared broader conflict.
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Lebanon
Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Algeria
Israel
Maalot
Galilee
Tseament
Shamit
Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee
Kenesset
Jerusalem
Arab League
Mahmoud Riad
Council
Britain Orders Northern Ireland to Draft Its Own Plan
London urges Northern Ireland to create a constitutional convention to end nearly five years of religious strife. The 78 member body would craft a governing formula, with risk of intensified unrest if no consensus is reached following direct rule reimposition after a Protestant strike paralysed the province.
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London
UPL
Britain
Northern Ireland
City faces water shortage after pump failure at well 7
The Washington water system loses half its supply as well 7 fails. Repairs from Cedar Rapids Whitney plant are expected by Tuesday, per Water Superintendent Marvin Glandon. Mayor Harold L Johnson urges conservation and warns of risk during any fire. Full capacity will resume via Evening Journal and KCI radio. Untreated water may be used to fill tanks from unused wells.
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Whitney
Cedar Rapids
Water Department
Marvin Glandon
Harold L. Johnson
The
Evening Journal
KCI Radio
Johnson
Vanguard to resume farm home appraisals in Washington County
Vanguard Appraisals Inc of Cedar Rapids will resume inspections of all farm dwellings in Washington County starting Monday. County Assessor Ernest Lund says the firm will use property record cards, verify identifications, and sign records after inspections. If no one is home, interior values will be estimated and finalized cards delivered in September for 1975 values to apply to 1976 taxes. audit of farm outbuildings is also underway by Dave Siefkas.
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Vanguard Appraisals Inc
Cedar Rapids
Washington County
Ernest Lund
Lund
Dave Siefkas
Washington County Outdoor Cookout King Contest slated Aug 5
Louis Larsen of Rural Washington announces the county fair cookout king contest on August 5 with judging to start at 9 pm. The event welcomes male entrants over 13 who are Iowa residents. Farm Bureau employees are ineligible. Contestants enter in six categories including beef pork lamb poultry turkey and novelty.
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Washington
Louis Larsen
Larsen
Iowa
Farm Bureau
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