Florida Focus on Campaign as New Hampshire Shapes Race
Florida takes center stage as presidential contenders push for support ahead of the state primary. Nixon leads Democrats in New Hampshire with 69 percent while Muskie and McGovern claim momentum, others weigh exit risks, and Terry Sanford enters the race as an 12th candidate. A Florida campus poll favors Nixon over McCloskey by about ten to one, with McGovern leading among Democrats.
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Paten
Florida
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Muskie
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Henry Jackson
Washington
New York
John V. Lindsay
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Paul N. McCloskey
California
McCloskey
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Duke University
Ray hints at veto to keep Iowa in black
Gov. Robert D. Ray warned he may veto appropriations totaling 1.8 million this year to ensure the state ends the biennium with a 3 million balance. He disclosed projected general fund resources of 9.6 million by June 30, 1973 from unspent appropriations and higher tax receipts.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray Today
Iowa Senate approves amusements ride safety bill
The Iowa Senate approved a stringent amusement rides safety bill by a 46 to 2 vote with an appropriation and publication clause to take effect this summer. It returns to the House for further consideration of Senate amendments.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
House
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Ralph Potter
Marion
Washington Community School District Board Sets Meetings and Resignations
School board discussed staff resignations including Stan Kiesey Pearl Craft Irvan Rich and Howard Coakley and planned a March 15 salary meeting with the Washington Education Association for 1972 73. They reviewed Project STAR changes and a new absenteeism policy while considering director district realignment and named Doug Dunlap as head summer baseball coach.
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Washington Community School District Board
Washington Education Association
Stan Kiesey
Pearl Craft
Brighton
Irvan J. Rich
Washington Community School
E.K. Schlapkohl
al Kinzler
University of Iowa
Doug Dunlap
Washington
Iowa Weather Forecast This Weekend
Partly cloudy tonight with teens lows in the northeast and near 30 in the southwest. Friday brings variable cloudiness and a chance of rain or snow in the northeast. Warmer conditions Friday with highs in the 30s northeast to about 60 in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa House votes 19 as adult age ends session push
The Iowa House approved a conference report setting adulthood at 19 by 48 to 47 and then passed the bill 70 to 25, sending it to Gov. Robert D. Ray. The measure aligns adult rights with a lower drinking age while the governor favors 18 for voting, leaving fate uncertain.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House Today
Conference Committee
House
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Michael Blouin
D-Dubuque
Iowa
Blouin
Roger Jepsen
Wendell Pellett
R-Atlantic
Iowa Senate
Irving indicted in Hughes autobiography case in New York
New York County grand jury charges author Clifford Irving his wife Edith Irving and researcher Richard Suskind with grand larceny forgery perjury in connection with the discredited Howard Hughes autobiography. A federal grand jury reviewing the case was expected to act soon.
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New York
UPI
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Richard Suskind
Edith Irving
Eight Soldiers Wounded as U S Patrol Struck Near Da Nang
In Vietnam a U S security patrol tripped a guerrilla booby trap near Da Nang, wounding eight soldiers. Two U S jets were downed in separate incidents with two pilots missing. Phantom F4s conducted three protective reaction strikes against antiaircraft sites after communist fire. The downed aircraft included a Navy A4 Skyhawk and an Air Force F4 shot down during a bombing run in the Laotian panhandle.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
U.S
Air Force
Laotian Panhandle
Farley Guilty In Manslaughter Trial At District Court
Robert Lee Farley of Mr. Pleasant was found guilty of manslaughter by a Henry County district court jury. The verdict followed deliberations begun at 2 10 p m and reached by 3 55 p m. Sentencing is set for 1 p m March 24 by Judge Ira Morrison. The case stemmed from an October 31 1971 accident near Mt Pleasant that killed Dwight David Shahan.
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Henry County
Philippine doctors win third shot at licensing in Iowa
Forest City doctors Ramond and Christina Yaldua win approval for a third attempt at the medical licensure exam with a temporary license extended to May 1 and June testing. Mayo Clinic tutoring arranged, clinic staff backup planned, to avoid service interruption for a 15 000 resident community.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Medical Examiners
Forest City
Medical Board
Ramond Yaldua
Christina Crespo-Yaldua
Yalduas
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Ron Saf
Yaldua Clinic
Yaldua
100 Largest Corporations Profit Jump After Tax Rise
The 100 biggest firms earned 29.4 billion dollars in profits last year, up 76 percent. General Motors led gains with a 217.9 percent surge to 1.936 billion dollars, while the other 99 firms rose 70.8 percent to 27.5 billion. Sales rose 10 percent to 376.9 billion, with after-tax return averaging 4.3 percent.
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New York
UPI
Gallagher
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Senate approves World Food Exposition Authority over veto
After hours of debate the Iowa Senate voted 27 22 to create the World Food Exposition Authority to plan a 1976 World Food Fair as Iowa’s part in the US bicentennial. The panel would manage land purchases without eminent domain except as needed, amid concerns over costs and federal funding.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Iowa
John Tapscott
D-Des Moines
Madison Avenue
Lee Gaudineer
Gaudineer
Charles Laverty
R-Indianola
Laverty
Dean Arbuckle
R-Jefferson
Tapscott
Rudy van Drie
R-Ames
Dollar sinks to new lows across Europe as banks intervene
The dollar fell to record lows in West Germany Britain and Switzerland amid broad selling by bankers and money managers. The Dutch State Bank and possibly the Bank of England signaled limited intervention to prop up the dollar near its floor as traders cited a continuing crisis of confidence. The pound slipped to about $2.6488 per dollar, still above its floor of $2.6643, with no decisive single cause identified.
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UPI
U.S
Switzerland
Amsterdam
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Gollo
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Jeanne) Widmer
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