Baringer attacks highway land purchases in Iowa
Iowa State Treasurer Marine Baringer accuses the Iowa Highway Commission of wasteful land buys for future highways. He cites two cases where land was bought for four laning then routed differently. The Executive Council okayed selling excess Merle Hay Road land for 1500 dollars, despite questions over 25 cents per square foot versus higher market rates. Officials say only usable land sells and that 1,600 excess parcels remain.
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Marine Baringer
Iowa Highway Commission
Baringer
Commission
Iowa Executive Council
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Highway Commission
Mount Pleasant man killed in Oregon crosswalk accident
Fred Iskstrana, 73, of Mount Pleasant, was killed Saturday night in Eugene, Oregon, while crossing a street near tryouts for the U S Olympic track team. Ekstrand, former Mount Pleasant, Wayland, and New London coach, was among those referenced in connection with the incident.
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UPI
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Ore
Fred Iskstrana
Ekstrand
Wayland
New London
West Chester Centennial Celebrations Draw Crowds and Fun
West Chester marked its Centennial with a packed weekend parade and events. Crowds filled nearly every square foot along the parade route Saturday afternoon after various contests, a pie eating showdown, and a style show. The demolition derby Sunday drew a capacity crowd and honored winners included Dean DeWolf and Jim Munn, with prizes such as a color TV set, while local floats and community groups received honors.
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Kenny Stoutner
Dennis Griffith
Jones Funeral Home of
Washington
DeLong Lumber
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Cletus Reed
West Chester Civic Club
Riverside Centennial Committee
Keota Centennial Committee
Harold and
Donna Capper
Donnie Miller
Diane Fisher
Dean DeWolf
West Chester
Gary DeWolf
Jim Munn
Jim Boyd
Wallace Kinzler
Dave Higdon
Riverside Ready
Riverside
Muskie Resists Dropout Amid Democratic Nomination Scramble
Senator Muskie refused to quit the race and urged a preconvention meeting to resolve the credentials dispute. He warned California and Illinois challenges could cause a deadly toll on the party. McGovern supporters weighed Muskie’s plan while Humphrey and other blocs eyed tonight’s pivotal convention votes.
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UPI
Edmund S Muskie
Muskie
California
Illinois
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Ohio
Hubert H. Humphrey
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Ory
Humphrey
Texas
George C. Wallace
Iowa Republicans back Nixon program at convention
Delegates at Des Moines endorsed Nixon generation of peace plans and praised Earl Butz while condemning draft evader amnesty. They backed health insurance, drug abuse research, grain fuel use, and rural farm support, with cautions on labor and transportation mandates and a push for seniority reform and youth involvement in government.
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UPI
Nixon
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Platform Committee
Iowa
United Nation
Republican
U.S
Vietnam
Jon Madsen
Iowa City
Congress
Jerry Parkin
Ames
White House
Second annual Washington Post Office open house scheduled
The Washington Post Office will host its second annual open house on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Local philatelic expert Phil Weldin will attend with part of his stamp collection to answer questions. Some valuable stamps will be shown in the lobby display boards. Tours of the post office will run during open hours and staff will discuss operations. Refreshments will be served as Postmaster Harry Levy invites the public to attend and learn about local postal work.
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Jeltum
Washington Ymca
Buhr
YMCA
Pittsburg
Kansas
Washington
Tne
Washington Post Office
Phil Weldin
Weldin
Harry Levy
Nixon to send commerce chief to Moscow for new trade approach
President Nixon will dispatch Secretary Peter G Peterson to Moscow to pursue a comprehensive new approach to U S Soviet economic relations after the record 750 million grain deal. Kissinger cited aims to settle World War II lend lease debt and expand credit to Russia, with a 500 million line from the commercial credit corporation and at 6 percent interest. The three year agreement calls for Russia to buy at least 200 million in U S crops in year one, boosting farming and shipping jobs at home.
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Soviet Union
Peterson
Russia
Commercial Credit Corporation
U S
Nixon
White House
Oceanside
North Vietnam's Thuy returns to restart peace talks at Paris
North Vietnam negotiator Xuan Thuy arrived at Le Bourget to resume Vietnam peace talks after a two month break. He urged U.S. goodwill and said Hanoi would study any new American proposals while insisting on U.S. troop withdrawal and the seven point Viet Cong plan as a settlement basis.
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UPI
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Vietnam
United States
Thuy
le Bourget
Hanoi
Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thien
Weather: Thunderstorms in east, cooler northwest. Tuesday
Weather by United Press International OWA: Thunderstorms developing tonight diminishing toward morning in the east with lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Tuesday. cooler in the northwest and highs in the low 80s to low 90s in the southeast.
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