Girls in car crash making good progress in hospital
Victoria Benge and Beth Ann Richardson, injured in a one car accident Monday, are reported progressing well. Richardson remains at Washington County Hospital with head lip and knee lacerations while Benge is at Mercy Hospital in Town City in satisfactory condition and injuries undetermined.
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Victoria Benge
Beth Ann Richardson
Miss Richardson
Vernon Richardson
Washington County Hospital
Miss Benge
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Cities appeal again for aid to Iowa municipalities
Iowa city officials briefed about 120 lawmakers urging more direct state aid as expenses in large cities rose 88 percent and small towns 56 percent over ten years while taxable property grew only 27 percent. They sought a 1 cent sales tax increase with 35 million dollars for cities and towns.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert Hays
League of Iowa Municipalities
Hays
League
Unemployment pay extension bill moves in Senate
Sen. Birch Bayh seeks an immediate vote on a proposal to extend unemployment benefits to 39 weeks for about 300000 jobless workers and protect hundreds of thousands more from loss. The plan faces House resistance and would add over 1 billion dollars to the federal deficit if enacted.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways ‘and Means Committee
Iowa House backs voting rights amendment for 18-year-olds
The Iowa House approved a proposed U S constitutional amendment to extend voting rights to citizens 18 and older in a 94 to 6 vote and sent it to the Senate. If the Senate agrees, Iowa would become the ninth state to support the measure with final ratification expected by late summer, allowing 18-year-olds to vote in 1972.
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Jerry Marsener
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
U.S
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Senate
Town
Charles Pelton
Clinton
Congress
Lohrville
R - Waverly
Charles Grassley
Rnew
Hartford
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Russell Wyckoff
D - Vinton
Soviet call for nuclear ban amid Cold War push
The Soviet Union urged five powers including China to meet for nuclear weapons bans. Leonid Brezhnev, opening the 24th Party Congress, outlined tasks: end nuclear and chemical weapons, halt tests, seek disarmament deals, and reduce military spending. He urged general disarmament and political settlements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East while promoting collective security in Europe and dismantling blocs.
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UPI
Soviet Union
China
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brzhnev
Kremlin
United States
Southeast Asia
Middle “East
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
Warsaw Pact
U.N
Brezhnev
Indochina
Middle East
U.S
North Vietnam
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Choices Life or Death Calley Jury Debates Sentence
Ft Benning Ga Lt William L Calley Jr faced a jury deliberating his sentence after convicting him of premeditated murder for the My Lai killings The six jurors were Vietnam and WWII veterans The fate hinges on whether five jurors vote life imprisonment or the jury must reach a death verdict The process paused as lawyers argued the mandatory life option versus death in the military justice system
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Calley
Wilmington, N.C
UPI
WHSL
William L. Calley
My Lai
Bill Humble
Humble
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Aubrey M. Daniel II
Vietnam
Korea
United States Army
Fierce fighting along the DMZ and Cambodia clashes escalate
American fighter bombers attacked a North Vietnamese artillery position inside the DMZ near Dong Ha as ground attacks and shelling hit four U S units. Three U S helicopters were downed with several wounded, while Cambodian battles near Phnom Penh produced further clashes and helicopter losses amid heavy resistance.
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Url
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Dong Ha
U.S
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
OHG
153Rd Mbodian
Ycopters
Sea
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair to warm with shifting winds
United Press International reports Iowa will see fair to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies, warmer temperatures, and shifting winds.
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United Press Internationa
Iowa
Vikings star Jim Marshall inspires De-Men banquet audience
At the All-Sports Banquet in the K C hall Washington, Jim Marshall of the Minnesota Vikings urged local athletes to persevere, sharing a snowstorm survival story and stressing not to quit. The event honored De-Men affiliated athletes and cheerleaders with Leon Jullman as host and Tom English introducing school coaches.
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Demon
Scott Swartzendruber
Scott
Marshall
Minnesota Vikings
Journal
Viking
NFL
K. C. Hall
Washington
Bloomington
Minn
Viking Star
Ed Sports
Leon Jullman
Don Swartzendruber
Tom English
Washington’ High School
Roger Harrington
Skip Speece
Ralphael Gonshorowski
Wrest
De Mon Booster Club honors John Lee for support
John Lee receives the outstanding athletic booster award at the De Mon banquet, presented by De Mon Booster Club president Don Swartzendruber. The event marks the third annual poster award and highlights Lee's years of Demon fan activity and club involvement.
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Don Swartzendruber
John Lee
Lee
Journal Photo
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