Two Linn County Men Die In U S 30 Head On Crash
Cedar Rapids reports Keith Powell 37 of Cedar Rapids and Nyle Mentzer 3 of Central City died in a two car collision on U S 30 two miles east of Cedar Rapids. Powell reared across center line and struck Mentzer head on. Both were found dead at the scene. Charles Coleman 25 faces federal bank robbery charges after smiling during police questioning about a March 7 robbery and a $22,000 haul, with the gold tooth shown on posters.
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UPS
Linn County
U.S. 30
Iowa Highway Patrol
Keith Powell
Nyle Mentzer
Central City
Powell
Mentzer
Philadelphia
UPI
Charles Coleman
Coleman
Iowa Senate OKs Sunday Mobile Home Sales Bill
Des Moines Iowa senators approved a bill 38 to 6 to allow Sunday mobile home sales aligning with real estate dealer rights. The measure, now moving to the House, alters a portion of existing Iowa law previously upheld by the state Supreme Court.
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UPI
Iowa
Iowa Senate
House
Iowa Supreme Court
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Rockefeller Suggests Coal Company Negligence Tied to Buffalo Creek Flood
Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller IV blamed Buffalo Mining Co for not stopping water pumping from its washing operation into the lake during heavy rain. A citizens commission called the disaster preventable while Ira Latimer denied any prior dam review. Arnold Miller led the panel urging quicker warnings and repairs.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Buffalo Creek Valley
Standard Oil Co
Buffalo Mining Co
Buffalo Creek
Ira S. Latimer Jr
Latimer
Weather outlook with cloudiness and showers
Considerable cloudiness and warmer tonight with a slight chance of scattered showers in the west. Lows range from the upper 20s in the northeast to near 40 in the southwest. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered showers or thundershowers and warmer temperatures with highs from the 50s northeast to around 70 in the southwest.
Iowa House approves court reform to replace justice courts
The Iowa House backed major judicial system upgrades 67 25 in a rush to adjournment setting up a veto by Gov. Ray. The measure would replace justice of the peace and police courts with magistrates by July 1 1973 and phase out municipal courts, drawing criticism over constitutionality and costs while lawmakers urge quick action.
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Rad
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Sioux City
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Kelly
Conference Committee
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
House Appropriations
John Camp
R-Bryant
ITT memo forgery dispute widens political fight
Lobbyist Dita Beard denies a Jack Anderson memo linking ITT political contributions to antitrust settlement. Anderson defending authenticity. Beard, hospitalized in Denver for heart ailment, previously disappeared after Anderson named her as author. Senate hearings on Kleindienst nomination touch the row as Beard questions and Anderson cites her admission.
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UPI
Dita Beard
Jack Anderson
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Beard
ITT
Denver
Senate
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Anderson
Brit Hume
San Diego
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Hume
Jackson Declines To List Campaign Contributors
Sen Henry M Jackson the first Democratic nominee hopeful to refuse contributor names cites risk of firing from business and government posts. Muskie and Wallace pledge disclosure while other campaign notes include McCloskey remaining on Michigan ballot and Ashbrook not listed in Michigan May primary. Muskie and Wallace faced hecklers at Illinois lecture.
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Henry M. Jackson
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
New York
John V. Lindsay
White House
Muskie
Paul N. McCloskey
Michigan
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Wallace
University of Illinois
Soviet renews Pakistan pact easing Indo Pakistan tensions
Pakistan and the Soviet Union announced plans to resume normal trade and negotiate a new trade agreement through 1975 after two days of talks in Moscow with President Bhutto. They pledged ongoing cooperation in geological prospecting steel works and power projects while seeking broader regional discussions to ease subcontinent tensions.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Sulfikar Ali Bhutto
India
Bangladesh
Jamsheed K.A. Markeriya
Bhutto
Tass
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hindustan
Kosygin
Subcontinent
Gigi the whale adapts after release into open sea
Gigi the San Diego raised gray whale competes to join the northern migration in the Bering Sea after spending a year in a Sea World tank. She initially swam in circles but then began moving northward aided by a radio tag and Navy help.
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Calif
UPI
Gigi
Bering Sea
Siberia
Navy
Walpole prison rages as inmates riot. guard, inmate hurt
Hundreds of inmates roamed Walpole State Prison for hours setting fires and smashing property before tear gas restored order. One guard and one inmate injured. Ronald Stokes stabbed, transferred to hospital in fair and stable condition. Guards planned a shakedown search for homemade weapons.
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Mass
UPI
Walpole State Prison
John C. Boone
Robert Donnelly
Boone
Mel Bernstein
Ronald Stokes
Stokes
Bernstein
Massachusetts General Hospital
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