Bulgarian airliner crashes near Moscow Sheremetyevo
The Bulgarian Air Company Balkan flight from Sofia to Moscow crashed near Sheremetyevo Airport aboard died. Tass cited the civil aviation ministry and said a commission will investigate the latest crash following two prior disasters at the airport, including the Oct crash with 176 dead and a Japan Airlines incident on Nov 28 with 61 deaths.
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Moscow
UPI
Sheremetyevo
Tass
Bulgarian Air Company
Balkan
Sofia
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Sheremetyevo Airpot
Japan Air Lines
Upheld election of Democrat Horn in Iowa House
Des Moines UPI report says Rep. Wally Horn D Cedar Rapids was found to be a qualified resident of District 28 before the November election. Rep. Richard Drake R Muscatine led a probe denying any impriority and stated no vacancy exists, backing Horn’s seating. The petition against Horn involved 18 Linn County residents led by Jennings Falcon. Drake’s findings were reported to House Speaker Andrew Varley.
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Des Moines
UPI
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Richard Drake
Muscatine
Linn County
Horn
District 28
Drake
Joint
Subcommittee On
United States
Bourke Hickenlooper
Hotel Roosevelt
House
Jennings C. Falcon
Andrew Varley
Stuart
Three plead guilty in Wapello court
Three Chicago men charged in the December 1971 killing of Davenport patrolman Michael Farnsworth pleaded guilty in Louisa County District Court. Willlie Lloyd 21 Warnice Lloyd 26 and Willie Elis 23 admitted to robbery with aggravation and second degree murder. Wesley Betts 23, already convicted, received life. Judge Leary deferred ruling. defendants held in Scott County jail.
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Wapello
UPI
Chicago
Davenport
Louisa County
Wesley Betts
Willie Lloyd
Warnice Lloyd
Willie Lee Elis
Michael Farnsworth
J. R. Leary
Scott County
Former Congressman Guy Gillette dies at 94 in Iowa
Guy Gillette former U S Senator and Representative from Iowa died early today at a Cherokee hospital aged 94 after years at Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital following a stroke He had been living in a nursing home section at the time of his death
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UPL
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Senate
House of Representatives
Cherokee
Gillette
Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital
Dense morning fog gives way to overcast afternoon
Dense fog this morning. Fog lifts but the day remains mostly cloudy with light variable winds and highs in the upper 40s. Tonight stays mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and lows near 40. Rain ends and Sunday becomes partly sunny with warmer highs in the lower 50s. Rain chances: 10 today, 20 tonight and Sunday.
Washington County Historical Society reports progress on Jonathon Clark Conger house
Ninety members and guests at the annual dinner heard progress on restoring the Jonathon Clark Conger house in Washington. Russell Davison detailed rapid first floor work, plans for an June public opening, and decor themes spanning 1840s to 1914. Local garden and display efforts, fundraising auctions, and updates on Blair House and the Sunset Park cabin were also shared.
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Washington County Historical Society
Jonathon Clark Conger
Washington
John Schmidt
Sioux City
Russell Davison
Coppock
Davison
Den-Museum Committee
Kathy Fisher
Kathy
Mike Zachs
Boston
Chuck Hotle
Sunset Park
Lee Holland
Blair House
Hotle
Schmidt
Cornell course pairs students with handicapped youths at Hospital School
Nine Cornell Interim students spent 13 days in January at Pine School and the Children’s Rehabilitation Section in Town City, observing and assisting teachers. They encountered both optimistic responses and initial fears about disabilities, learning to see each child as an individual and to value personal connections over challenges.
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Ron Farrier
Cornell College
Columbus Junction
University Hospital School
Iowa City
Pine School
Children’s Rehabilitation Section
CRS
Town City
Cornell
Joy Strausbaugh
Miss Strausbaugh
Paul McAreavey
Hospital School
Grace Ann Orr
Ronald Farrier
Pine
Iowa
Nancy Rawson
Sudan Demands Release of Hostages as Slain Diplomats Reported
In Khartoum officials demanded Black September militants free the two remaining hostages and surrender after claiming the death of U S Ambassador Cleo Noel Jr and Deputy Chief of Mission Curtis Moore. Belgian Charge d Affaires Guy Eid also reportedly died as police and troops ringed the Saudi Embassy in a sandstorm shrouded standoff. The militants pressed for a plane and safe passage out of Sudan with their captives, threatening more deaths if their demands were not met.
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Khartoum
UPI
Sudan
Omdurman Radio
U.S
Omduraman Radio
Cleo A. Noel Jr
Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
George Thompson
Egyptian Middle East News Agency
MENA
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Middle East
Sheik Abdullah Malhouk
Adliel Nazir
Building collapses at Bailey's Crossroads injures and buries workers
Rescue crews with a 250 foot crane labor to clear giant concrete slabs from a 23 story building under construction near Washington DC. Five killed, 34 wounded, 10 missing. Officials fear further collapse as firefighters, engineers, and search teams probe upper floors and sub basement for survivors or victims.
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Bailey’s Crossroads
UPI
Washington, D.C
Edmund L. Castillo
Fairfax County
Castillo
Democrats unveil property tax plan aimed at elderly renters in Iowa
Iowa Democrats accuse Gov. Ray of neglecting renters and the elderly on fixed incomes. The plan would refund about 20 percent of rent and provide a graduated income tax relief scale for homeowners under 6,000 dollars. estimated 1.8 million more relief than the governor's plan, targeting 264,862 elderly Iowans. They seek federal revenue sharing to fund the measure and may push to curb rent increases by landlords.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Progr
House
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Ray
Democratic Caucus Joint Tax Study Committee
Kennedy
Cochran
Kenne Kennedy
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Wiggers
Mount Vernon
Barbara Hermansen
Tom Olson
Wendy Gartner
Beirut
al Moharrer
Black September
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Gene Kennedy
D - Dubuque
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