Missing Crane Co Safe Sparks Police Investigation
Washington city police sought state Bureau of Criminal Investigation help over the removal of a safe from the Crane Co plant office area. The safe, opened but contents unclear, was found in the rear of the Crane building after disappearing between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday during a check for forcible entry.
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Murder charge filed in grave death near Fort Madison Iowa
A Michigan woman, Katherine Ann Young, 24, Hopkins, faces open murder charges in the death of Patricia Talbert, 26, Minneapolis, whose strangled body was found in a shallow grave near Devil's Creek southwest of Fort Madison. A second case reports a decomposed body identified in the Iowa River five miles south of Iowa City. Also, the Supreme Court granted Richard Nixon's request to resign from the bar.
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Susan Saxe Arraignment Defiance Hints at Trial
Susan E Saxe defiant before arraignment as she is turned over to police for murder and armed robbery charges in Boston Suffolk Superior Court. A dozen feminists applaud while two bare chested men unfurl a banner. Security tight as Saxe, once a Brandeis dean's list student, enters handcuffed.
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Gardner Laboratories Moves Operations From Washington to Des Moines
Harold Powers announces Gardner Laboratories will shift operations from Washington to Des Moines. The firm started in Washington in 1974 as an R and D company for an electric commuting vehicle. Stephen Gardner joins as partner. Craig Gardner leaves. Over the next year focus is on final design and solving transmission-differential issues to test on an improved bed and build a prototype salable vehicle by 1976. Powers will keep Washington contacts and exhibit the finished vehicle there when ready.
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Supreme Court delays death sentence ruling
The court postponed ruling on challenging the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment, restoring the case of Wake County inmate Jesse T. Fowler to reargument. About 283 death row inmates across 25 states await the decision while the court also accepted Nixon's request to resign from the Supreme Court bar. The term winds down with several opinions, including striking down a Jacksonville drive in movie nudity ordinance as unconstitutional and limiting prosecutors' use of a defendant's silence. The court also to review California's law punishing illegal immigrant employment and affirmed US rights to Lower Cook Inlet oil leases with potential royalties over $1 billion.
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Alaska
Cook Inlet
Policy discussion for Washington board considers new policy code
The Washington Board of Education will begin discussion Wednesday on a proposed update to the board policy code. An ad hoc committee of officials has worked out revisions to guide many school system areas and will present them at 7:30 p.m. in the School Administration Building.
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Tom English
al Fritz
Supreme Court to decide if magistrate judges must be lawyers
The Supreme Court will hear next term an appeal by Lonnie North of Kentucky challenging a state law that permits nonlawyers to sit as magistrates and justices of the peace in misdemeanor trials. North argues due process and equal protection require judges to be lawyers, noting larger-city judges must be attorneys and citing a 10-year NYU survey showing many states no longer require legal training. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $150 fine in Harlan, Kentucky, last July.
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Harlan
Quarry Roof Cave-In Closes County Home Road
A cave-in at the River Products Co. mine about 344 miles northwest of Washington closed a section of County Home Road Sunday night. No injuries were reported as earth and rock formed a 40 by 25 foot crater. The disaster blocked the road and damaged a fence. a bulldozer was brought in to fill the hole.
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River Products
Lillig
Joe Bauer
West Chester
Bauers
Bob Bauer
Weather Outlook Shows Warm Temperatures Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy to through Tuesday with a chance of scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s both this afternoon and Tuesday. Lows tonight in the upper 60s. Winds variable 5 to 10 mph this afternoon and Tuesday.
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Senators Fight CIA Abolition Sowing Debate on Security
UPI reports Senators William Proxmire and Barry Goldwater oppose proposals to disband the CIA. Proxmire warns abolition could empower other intelligence arms and cites past abuses. Goldwater argues for treating CIA like the military with respect and coordination by Congress. Senate hearing resumes with Bundy testifying.
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Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
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McGeorge Bundy
Kennedy
Johnson
Polio Immunization Efforts in Boston Facing Gaps
Health officials warn polio remains a threat as 20 percent of Boston kindergarteners were not immunized. Aimed at 10 000 children, a June report found one in five unprotected last year, though followup showed over 70 percent vaccinated. State law requires immunization. vaccine is free.
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Nicholas Fiumara
Fiumara
Michael Oxman
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Massachusetts
Ray Pleased With Legislative Outcomes In Iowa
Governor Ray praised Democrats for not advancing some campaign promises including changes to corporation tax laws and a right to work measure while endorsing housing authority legislation and the income tax revisions. He noted failures on land use and Criminal Code revisions, supported a statewide veterans survey funded as a $164000 CT A grant project by Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa Veterans Association. The survey aims to study veterans needs and will involve 32 Iowa veterans over 16 weeks, urging follow up with Vietnam veterans.
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