Rep Hap Miller dies after House session in Indianola
UPI reports Rep R G Hap Miller 64 of Rockwell City died Tuesday night just after leaving a House session in Indianola. An autopsy was planned. Overton Funeral Home handled preliminary arrangements as the family decides funeral plans. In West Union Fayette County, 43 year old Louis Ott died after a heart attack while fishing. His body was found in a creek south of West Union with fishing gear nearby.
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Hap
West Union
Fayette County
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Louis Ott
Ott
Cedar Rapids Voters Reject $7.8 Million School Bond
Voters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District rejected a $7.8 million bond plan to renovate four old junior high schools. Unofficial tallies showed 5,696 in favor and 4,160 against, 57.7 percent for, below the 60 percent threshold required for passage.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
Estherville Man Killed in Car Motorcycle Crash
A 24 year old Estherville man Douglas C Frerichs died when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Gary Smith 30 of Grover west of Estherville Tuesday night. Passenger Carol Konrad 22 Armstrong suffered multiple injuries including a leg fracture.
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Estherville
UPI
Iown 9
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Douglas Conrad Frerichs
Gary Smith
Grover
Smith
Carol Konrad
Armstrong
Anderson Sentenced in Baltimore County Corruption Case
N. Dale Anderson, successor to Spiro T. Agnew as Baltimore County executive, was convicted on corruption charges from the same federal probe that led to Agnew. He received a five year prison term.
Weather Town Zone 13 forecast
Warmer with increasing cloudiness tonight and lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Partly cloudy with a chance of rain Thursday and highs around 80.
English River Flood Crests Reach Historic High
Flood waters from the English River and creeks receded in northern Washington County while leaving extensive crop damage and delays in field work. The Wellman river crest matched its record, with rains of 3 to 5 inches in the Wellman-Kalona area, surpassing southern county totals.
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Washington County
Wellman
Wellman-Kalona
Zebra killings arrest shocks San Francisco police
Six black men were arrested in Frisco in dawn raids tied to the Zebra killings terrorizing San Francisco for five months. Names include J C Simon Larry Green Dwight Stallings Thomas Manney Edgar D Burton and Manuel Moore. All charged with murder or conspiracy.
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Frisco
Jebra
San Francisco
UPI
Hall of Justice
Charles Barca
J.C. Simon
Larry Green
Dwight Stallings
Thomas Manney
Edgar D. Burton
Manuel Moore
Manney
Simon
Walter Giubbini
Kron-Tv
Barca
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
California
Evelle J. Younger
Iowa Senate backs new consumer credit ceiling bill
The Iowa Senate approved 33 to 16 a bill creating a consumer credit code and raising interest ceilings for revolving charge accounts to 18 percent up to 500 dollars and 15 percent on the remainder. Installment accounts would carry 15 percent, with 9 percent kept for usury on home mortgages. The measure moves to the House for final passage before adjournment.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Iowa
House
Senate
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
William Gluba
D - Davenport
George Kinley
D - Des Moines
Richard Turner
Gluba
Savings and Loan Company
Elizabeth Shaw
Davenport
McCartney
Clifton Lamborn
Four Die As Elevator Silo Dust Explosion Hits Sioux City
A grain elevator blast at a Sioux City silo killing four men and injuring one left debris scattered in a 150 yard radius. Victims include George Gruneich and Martin McCormick of Sioux City and Edward Johnston and Norbert Bertrand of nearby states.
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Sioux City
UPI
George Gruneich
Martin McCormick
Bartlett
Edward Johnston
Norbert Bertrand
Jefferson
S.D
Johnston
Bertrand
Dean Fray
Bronson
Fray
Sito
Fry
American Popcorn Co
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Nixon defies subpoena in fight over Watergate tapes
President Nixon will contest in court a subpoena by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for 64 Watergate related taped conversations. James D. St Clair said the edited transcripts given to the House Judiciary Committee provide material for potential trials and accused Jaworski of overreach while noting additional tapes exist. St Clair contrasted this with prior Cox subpoenas and said the court challenge targets quashing the order.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Jaworski
House
John J. Sirica
House Committee
Federal District and Appellate
Archibald Cox
Cox
International Telephone & Telegraph
Howard Hughes
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
Judiciary Committee
United States
E. Howard Hunt
Dean
Underground blast boosts Ainsworth water output
Mayor Hazelett says an underground explosion in a town well appears to have increased flow. The test filled a five gallon bucket in 20 seconds versus 40, lifting supply from dangerously low to about normal as Washington agreed to supply water during repairs.
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Ainsworth
John Hazelett
Hazelett
Main Street
Washington
Nixon tapes show hush money hush and lack of conspiracy claim
Edited transcripts reveal Nixon weighed paying hush money to Watergate defendants but rejected clemency. He allegedly learned of the break-in from news reports June 17 1972 and denied criminal obstruction in public summary. Critics seek full tapes amid impeachment debate.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
National Democratic Party
John W. Dean
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