Black activist occupies Interchurch Center demanding reparations
James Forman and followers seize three floors of the Interchurch Center in New York, occupying 8th 11th and 18th floor offices of church groups and vowing a black and Puerto Rican worker strike unless white churches pay 500 million dollars in reparations. The protest follows earlier actions at United Presbyterian and related agencies.
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New York
UPI
James Forman
Interchurch
Forman
National Black Economic Development Council
The
Reformed Church of America
Board of National Missions
United Presbyterian Church
National Council of Churches
United Press International
Riverside Drive
Riverside Church
Cherokee bonds defeated again in district vote
In Cherokee Iowa the school district defeated a 1.8 million bond issue for a new high school and remodels, 55.5 percent in favor, 1,323 to 1,056, short of the 60 percent needed. In Massena two women died in a farm home flash fire, Cass County Sheriff reported.
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Cherokee, Iowa
UPI
Cherokee Community School District
Massena
Iowa
Intercepted Memo From George Orr in Des Moines
A brief intercepted memo from GEORGE ORR in Des Moines expresses a wish that storm sirens rust from lack of use. The note, signed Yours, WEJ, hints at a cautious stance toward alert systems.
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George Orr
Des Moines
Iowa Gov Ray signs two agriculture bills into law
Gov Robert D Ray signed two agriculture bills in Des Moines. One strengthens Iowa meat inspection to meet federal rules, funded by a license fee and a $361,000 appropriation for the first year toward a $400,000 inspection budget. The other, opposed by Ray, provides about $96,500 annually for seven farm promotion groups for the biennium, with plans to move these groups toward self-sufficiency after the period.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Tuition hike sparks light student protests in Iowa
In Iowa three state universities faced their largest tuition increase yet with minimal student response. UNI ISU and Iowa U report few letters or calls, despite a $620 at Iowa and $600 at ISU and UNI. Officials plan letters to explain boosts and available aid while extending enrollment decision deadlines.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Jack Wielenga
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
UNI
Robert Ray
Marshal Beard
Cox
Massive search for missing SAC plane in Bering Sea
In Fairbanks Alaska area a massive air search targets a four engine Stratgic Air Command plane believed down with 19 service members aboard after takeoff from Shemya in the western Aleutians en route to Eilson Air Force Base. Coast Guard and Air Force units scour the sea as winds rise and ceiling lowers.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
UPI
Bering Sea
Strategic Air Command
Shemya
Aleutians
Eilson Air Force Base
United States
Coast Guard
Air Force
UFOs Reported Over Washington and Surrounding Area
Unidentified flying objects were sighted Thursday night in Washington Iowa and nearby areas. Gifford Morrison described a blue green soap bubble shaped UFO with a tail moving west at 530 pm viewed from his yard. Jack Schnoebelen reported an orange red revolving object near Riverside starting 9 pm. Weather bureau suspects a meteor passing through the atmosphere. Other sightings were reported near Cedar Rapids.
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Washington
Gifford Morrison
Morrison
Riverside
Jack Schnoebelen
Jack
United Press International
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Washington and
The
Weather Bureau
Earth
Tornado Warnings May Be Better in Iowa
Iowa Civil Defense Director George Orr says this year could be safer as funnel clouds appeared but not fully developed. He notes more warning systems exist in schools and public places using FM radio tied to patrol or sheriff stations to broadcast tones when a tornado is sighted.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Civil Defense
George Orr
Orr
Oelwein
Charles City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Marshall
Clinton
Scott
Kossuth
Department of Public Defense
Midwest
Racial trouble in Indianapolis escalates to fires and attacks
In Indianapolis a five block area of Indiana Avenue saw a supermarket burned and multiple stores looted. A white reporter was assaulted and fire trucks were stoned as shots were heard and arrests were made. The scene grew tense with police and black residents clashing while fires raged at the Lockfield Big Ten Supermarket and Blue Eagle Lounge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Indiana Avenue
Lockfield Big Ten
Blue Eagle
Whitey
102 Viet targets Shelled by Reds
In a sudden surge of fighting just three days before the midway summit conference North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shelled 102 major targets in South Vietnam during the night and followed up today with four infantry charges on U S bases protecting Saigon. Allied war communiques listed 265 Communists killed, at least 105 in assaults on U S bases north and northeast of Saigon where four Americans were killed and 18 wounded. Sixteen other Americans were killed in action.
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Saigon
VPS
South Vietnam
U.S
Ameri
Nixon to press on with Midway talks despite critics
President Nixon will proceed with his Midway Island Vietnam War talks with South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu, amid growing criticism in Washington and capitals abroad. He kept a routine schedule in California with family at San Clemente as Kissinger arrived, and showed no sign of changing his approach despite unsolicited advice.
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Newport Beach, Calif
Midway Islands
Nguyen
Midway
Washington
West
Thieu
California
Nixon
Inaccurate Salary Figures Reported for Washington County Special Ed Staff
Figures in Thursday's Journal overstated salaries for Washington County joint four county system special education personnel. Travel and misc expenses were included but will be covered by the joint system funds. Actual salary figures are lower. involved staff include director John Prochaska, speech therapist Margaret Roth, Nancy Shamdin, and school social worker Marjorie Steere.
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Washington County
John Prochaska
Margaret Roth
Nancy Shamdin
Marjorie Steere
Iowa Weather Brief Partly Cloudy Tonight Into Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Cooler Saturday with a low around 60 in the northeast to upper 60s in the southwest. Highs Saturday 80 to 85. Sunday outlook shows variable cloudiness and a shower chance with no major temperature changes.
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United Press International
Iowa
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