Graceham Pine Grove Plague Ended By Noisy Bird Campaign
In Graceham Maryland Edgar Emrich woke to a quiet morning after a Friday night electronic assault driven by state and local officials and hunters. Fireworks clay bombs propane and whistles scattered millions of pine roosting birds estimated at 10 million, with 20 to 25 percent leaving at dawn. The health official called it a success but warned the operation would be repeated to ensure full migration away from the 60 acre plot near Camp David.
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UPI
Edgar Emrich
Maryland
Frederick
Health Dept
Brezhnev
Moscow
Camp David
Andrews Afb
Washington
Bonn
Walter Scheel
State Department
George West
Kissinger
Scheel
Jacques Kosciusko-Moizet
Nixon
America
U.S
West
London
James Callaghan
Brussels
Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Drug could triple human life span say MSU researchers
Michigan State University researchers claim a drug could extend human life to about 200 years by cooling the body. The scientists warn of social issues such as marathon marriages and population growth, while Dr Barnett Rosenberg says longer life spans are inevitable and soon public awareness is needed.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Barnett Rosenberg
Michigan State
Coleader
UPI
Rosenberg
Garber Kemeny
Kissinger to Moscow for talks with Brezhnev
Washington reports Kissinger flies to Moscow to prep for Nixon Brezhnev summit. In separate scientific notes, Rosenberg outlines a temperature based aging theory aiming to extend lifespan using a thermostat stopping drug tested on flies and mice with potential human trials in 10 years.
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Rosenberg
Davenport to Take Over City Bus Service in April
Davenport's urban transit agency approved buying the local bus lines from Davenport City Line for 7 dollars per vehicle. The city's takeover will begin April 1, transferring operation from the firm that previously ran the service.
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Davenport
UPS
Davenport City Line
Iowa Democrats petition to boycott UPI during strike
Seven Iowa Democratic state legislators circulated a petition urging colleagues to refuse interviews and news releases to United Press International reporters amid the Wire Service Guild strike. Signers include Sens. Blouin Doderer Gluba Gallagher and Reps. Small Cusack Connors.
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Des Moines
UPI
United Press International
Wire Service Guild
Iowa
Michael Blouin
Dubuque
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
William Gluba
Davenport
James Gallagher
Jesup
Arthur Small
Gregory Cusack
John Connors
Iowa Zone 13 Weather Update For Weekend
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and cold tonight with lows around 10. Northwest winds ease to 5 to 10 mph. Sunday remains partly cloudy and not as cold with daytime highs near 30.
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Iowa
Inmate fund aids Oklahoma boy with one kidney
Dennis Miller, 13, has a single functioning kidney and lives in Indianola. Oklahoma State Prison inmates started the Dennis Miller Fund, contributing 813.44 and encouraging outside groups to match donations. The fund, boosted by a McAlester bank and events like a Boy Scout benefit, faces needs as Dennis undergoes surgeries and checkups.
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Indianola
Okla
UPI
Dennis Miller
Dennis
Oklahoma State Prison
Joseph Petii
McAlester Bank
Petii
Petti
Trash used to build artificial reefs off New England coasts
At an international conference, marine biologists report two small artificial reefs off New Hampshire and Massachusetts built from compacted shredded refuse. After two years the reefs show algae growth and attracted shellfish, with minimal physical changes though some metal clips corroded. Most participants favor using municipal waste for reefs.
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Houston
UPI
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Theodore C. Loder
University of New Hampshire
Loder
Gilbert Rowe
Woods Hole
Mass
Oceanographic Institution
Rowe
Iowa woman wins back pay in sex bias case
Marilyn Farr of Des Moines wins the first sex discrimination ruling in five years by the Iowa Merit Employment Commission. She is awarded back pay totaling 410 for six months prior to January 1972 after being misclassified and passed over for a promotion from Systems Analyst I to II. Her proper title was deemed Systems Analyst III with duties from that level.
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Farr
Comptroller’s Office
Iowa Social Services Department
Believe gun used in murders found in Cedar Rapids case
Sources say a 20 gauge shotgun found in the Cedar River is the weapon in the fatal shootings of Michael Servey and Maureen Connolly, with authorities alleging the pair interrupted a burglary where Servey was robbed and Connolly raped. Police hold two suspects, George Nowlin and Atwell Conner.
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Edak Rapids
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Michael Servey
Maureen Connolly
Servey
Ms. Connolly
Ms Connolly
George Junior Nowlin
Keystone
Atwell Junior Conner
Teacher contracts on Washington Community School Board agenda
The Washington Community School District Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the senior high library to discuss teacher contract negotiations for the 1974-75 year, salary proposals, and related cost estimates. Also on the agenda are conference actions, typewriter replacements, a Hi Fi's trip request, student teacher contracts, summer school, a Red Cross first aid class, and Curriculum Council items.
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Washington Community School District Board of Education
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Chicago
North Central Association
Weacher
Hi Fi
Davenport
al Kinzler
University of Iowa
Red Cross
Curriculum Council
Kansas City schools face closure amid week-long teachers strike
In Kansas City Missouri superintendent Robert Medcalf warned he may close all 98 public schools as 80 percent of 2600 teachers strike in defiance of Missouri law. Frantic parents urged keeping classes open while NAACP and Southern Christian Leadership Conference backed the teachers. A court hearing on the injunction to curb picketing extended to Wednesday.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Robert Medcalf
Sunda
Medcalf
Kansas City
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
NAACP
Norman Hudson
Jackson County
Alvin C. Randall
Seminar plan helps seniors meet world of business
Washington High School seniors will hear a panel of local business executives next Thursday morning. The Washington Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with school officials. Topics cover what business is how it fits a community and a small business view. Panelists include Robert Reed Washington Manufacturing Richard Myron McCleery Cumming Del Dalrymple Crane Co and Jack Eaton Eaton's Decorating with William Whittenberg moderating.
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Washington High School
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Robert Reed
Washington Manufacturing
Richard Myron
McCleery,Cumming
del Dalrymple
Crane Co
Jack Eaton
Eaton
William Whittenberg
Chamber of Commerce Office
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