Rain totals shadow Washington weather update
Washington logged .49 inches of rain by 7 a.m. Tuesday, covering Monday’s afternoon and night. The Washington Community School Board of Education will meet Wednesday July 9 at 7 30 p.m. In Cedar Rapids a Milwaukee freight train derailed early today blocking a busy northeast intersection. four cars derailed with officials forecasting clearance by late morning.
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Washington Community School Board of Education
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Apollo 11 crews rehearse launch emergencies before moon trip
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin practiced abort and emergency scenarios eight days before launch. Training in two spacecraft simulators focused on lunar takeoff and orbit operations as technicians ready the Saturn V at Cape Kennedy. President Nixon canceled a preflight dinner amid quarantine and sick-bug precautions to keep the lunar mission germs free.
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API
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
George H. Hage
Armstrong
Collins
Aldrin
Nixon
Charles A. Berry
Senate Opens Long ABM Debate On Safeguard Deployment
In Washington the Senate began a protracted debate on deploying the Safeguard antiballistic missile system. Senator Stennis warned much of the discussion would occur behind closed doors, signaling high national security sensitivity. Senator Gore argued secrecy would fuel opposition as a recent UPI poll showed a tied 48 supports, 48 oppose, four undecided.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
UPI
Nixon urges Congress to extend unemployment insurance
President Nixon asked Congress to expand unemployment insurance coverage by 4.8 million workers and raise benefits. He proposed bringing farm workers, nonprofit staff, state hospital and university employees, sales and delivery workers, and others under the program while allowing states to lower initial payroll tax rates to ease employer impact. He emphasized establishing a higher benefit maximum and warned federal action if states do not act within two years.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Lightning kills two youths near Ainsworth farm
A violent thunder and rain storm Monday afternoon killed two youths near Ainsworth. Boyd Gilliand 13 and Danny Cottrell 15 rode a tractor on the Gilliand farm when struck by lightning at about 3 30 p.m. They died instantly. Harold Gilliand found them beside the stalled tractor and notified authorities. Surviving relatives are listed for both boys with funeral services planned at Jones Funeral Home in Ainsworth on Wednesday July 9.
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Boyd Gilliand
Danny Cottrell
Gilliand
Harold Gilliand
Boyd
Washington County
Danny
Willard Bell
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Nancy
Carl Prybil
Riverside
Alfred Krauel
Moline
Illinois
Willard
Milan Thompson
Ainsworth Cemetery
Harold Verland Gilliand
Florence Lucille (Henderson) Gilliand
Highlanders
Bethel Presbyterian
Danny LaVerne Cottrell
Severe rains flood parts of Iowa with rising rivers
Severe storms drenched north central Iowa with five inches of rain prompting Weather Bureau warnings of flash flooding. The Cedar River rose rapidly around Waterloo Cedar Falls while U.S. 218 areas saw knee deep water. Guardsmen reinforced a levee on the Iowa River at Wapello as towns moved some residents and creeks overflowed in Grundy County.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Cedar River
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cottage Road
U.S. 218
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Skunk
West Fork
Des Moines
Grundy County
Richard Kern
Wapello
Louisa County
Ralph McDowell
McDowell
Oakville
Steamboat Rock
Rock
Little Rock
Estherville
Buckeye
Ocheyedan
Bonny the space monkey dies after nine day orbit
Bonny America's space monkey died early today after return from orbit on the ninth day of a planned month long mission to study long spaceflight effects. NASA cited low metabolism and cold capsule temperatures as factors and halted the Biosatellite III flight after Benny failed to respond to signals. The capsule splashed down near Kauai and Benny was taken to Hickam Air Force Base for care.
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UPI
Bonny
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Benny
Kauai
NASA
Charles Wilson
Ames Research Laboratory
Sunnyvale
Calif
Wilson
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Air Force
David P. Clark
Scotia
N.Y
Hickam Air Force Base
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Weather Iowa: Cloudy with showers and storms through Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday. Locally heavy rains likely tonight. Cooler conditions in extreme west tonight and Wednesday. Lows 65 to 70, highs 75 to 85. Thursday outlook calls for sunshine, less humidity, little temperature change.
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Iowa
Iowa Governor warns against wiretapping bill
Gov Robert D Ray cautioned against any Iowa legislation permitting electronic eavesdropping. He noted wiretapping is dangerous and stressed bills would need severe limits and court oversight to protect society and rights of the people.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Explosion Kills Two Hampton Children in Farmhouse
A rural Hampton family suffered two child fatalities when a farmhouse blast sparked a fire. Sarah Debour, 9, and Lynn Debour, 17, died, while parents Lloyd and Mrs. Debour were hospitalized. Lightning was considered a potential cause amid recent rain and storms. Local fire units battled the blaze with about 7,000 gallons of water, and investigators began examining the scene.
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Hampton, Iowa
Hampton Fire Department
Latimer Department
Debour Farm
Latimer
Roseanne Behn
Debours
Intercepted Memo From Gilliands and Bells Ainsworth
A brief intercepted note expresses shared sorrow in dark times, linking Gilliands and Bells Ainsworth to a collective grieving sentiment.
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Gilliands & Bells
Ainsworth
Homebound 814 GIs Begin Vietnam War Pullout
The first group of 814 U S troops left Vietnam from Tan Son Nhut in nine C141 transports ending their 12-month tours as part of Nixon's phased pullout. South Vietnamese officials lauded the departure while Thieu urged further reductions in allied sacrifices in the struggle for freedom. About 12 000 men from the 9th Division are planned to depart by September, easing combat in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
VPI
America
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Washington
U.S
Nixon
Paris
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Peter Petersen
Arlington
Mekong Delta
South
Notice of Probate and Executor Appointment Koehler Estate
Probate proceedings announce the estate of Geo E Koehler with court appointment of an executor. The filing specifies standard duties, asset inventory, and deadlines for claims and administration under applicable laws.
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Geo. E. Koehler
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