Youth charged after alleged theft at West Chester station
Ray Cottrell, 19, bound over to the grand jury on a robbery charge with a $5,000 bond after being accused of stealing 117.40 from Pat's Shell Service Station. He allegedly bought gas with stolen till money as the owner, Sam Patrick, was busy refilling his car. The incident prompted sheriff deputies and city police to arrest him shortly after.
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Ray Cottrell
Grand Jury
Washington County Sheriff's
Pat
Shell
West Chester
Cottrell
Sam Patrick
Washington
Break-ins in Wellman and Iowa City linked by police
Two break-ins in Wellman and two in the Iowa City area occurred early Monday or Sunday night. In Wellman Powell Furniture Store lost about $20 in cash while Buckwalter Motors reported a stolen 1973 Corvette Sting Ray and about $50. The car was found near Conroy after being traced by license plates from a car left in a repair shop. its engine was ruined and the vehicle abandoned. Authorities from Washington and Johnson County sheriffs investigate possible connections.
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Wellman
Washington
Johnson County
Iowa City
Powell Furniture
Buckwalter Motors
Conroy
Iowa Senate Rejects Name Change for Bureau of Labor
The Iowa Senate rejected a House approved bill to rename the Bureau of Labor. A Senate amendment would have renamed it the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, but only 24 of 45 votes were cast in favor, leaving the bill short of passage and effectively dead for the session.
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UPI
Iowa Senate
Iowa Bureau of Labor
House
Department of Labor and Industry
Senate
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Air Force Col Guy charges eight POWs in Hanoi camp
Air Force Col Theodore W. Guy filed court martial charges against eight former POWs in Hanoi for alleged misconduct during captivity at the Plantation. The Pentagon said names and specific charges would be released after notifications, with Guy previously discussing possible charges.
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UPI
Air Force
Theodore W. Guy
Hanoi
Army
Pentagon
Guy
Tucson
Ariz
Defense Department
Holiday traffic toll mounts near 500
The Memorial Day weekend death toll rose toward 500 with 473 traffic deaths recorded since Friday 6 p.m. local time. The overall accidental deaths hit 670 as weather disrupted travel across several states. California led with 52 traffic deaths, followed by New York 33 Texas 28 Florida and Ohio 24 and Michigan 23. The National Safety Council anticipated as many as 650 traffic deaths by Monday midnight.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
New York
Texas
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
Ray presses plan to reform Iowa penal system
Gov. Robert D. Ray urged a full restructuring of Iowa's penal system to improve inmate care and rehabilitation. He ordered combining the Mitchellville girls and Eldora boys training schools as a first step toward unified, cost reducing reform under the Bureau of Corrections.
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Des Moines
UPS
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Department of Social Services
Mitchellville
Eldora
High Court
C. Edwin Moore
Ray
Anamosa
Bureau of Adult Corrections
Nixon urges serious negotiations for Middle East peace
President Nixon called for direct or indirect talks between Arab states and Israel to reach a just, lasting peace. John Scali at the United Nations cited the 1967 Security Council resolution as the basis for a settlement and urged the council to avoid actions altering its balance.
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UPI
Nixon
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Middle East
United Nations
John A. Scali
United States
Security Council
Court rules broadcasters not required to carry paid public issue ads
The Supreme Court ruled today that neither federal law nor the Constitution requires broadcasters to accept paid advertising on public issue topics including war and politics. An appeals court had directed the FCC to establish regulatory guidelines for editorial ads on such subjects.
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Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Partly Cloudy Iowa With Showers Possible Southwest
Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers in the southwest. Highs in the lower 70s. Tonight partly cloudy southwest and mostly fair northeast with lows in the upper 40s. North and west regions near 50, southeast near 50. Tomorrow generally fair with highs in the lower 70s.
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Iowa
Series of tornadoes devastates South and Midwest region
A storm system produced a record 160 tornadoes from Friday to Monday, part of a nationwide outbreak with at least 40 deaths since Friday and widespread damage. Alabama was hardest hit with Brent suffering heavy destruction and an estimated $20 million in damage.
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Midwest
National Weather Service
Washington
Alabama
Keefeton
Okla
Jonesboro
Ark
Panama City
Fla
Laurel
Miss
Athens
Charlotte
Albemarle
N.C
Greenville
S.C
North Carolina
Asheville
Louisburg
Sherilf Lester
George C. Wallace
Brent
Wallace
New York
Mount Olive
Flanders
N.J
Kennedy
Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen Arrives to Open Liaison Office in DC
Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen arrives in Washington with a 12 man delegation to open the U S Liaison Office. They plan to operate from the Mayflower Hotel and pursue cultural exchanges and visa matters as first business. The move signals a step toward normalized contacts without full diplomatic ties.
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Washington
UPI
People’s Republic of China
Huang
Peking
France
National
American Airlines
New York
London
United States
China
Bruce
Offic
David KE
Nixon
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Washingto Huang
Central Committee
Chinesemmunist Party
Hummell
Hummel
Burma
Mayflower Hotel
Economic barometer falls in April signaling slower growth
Washington reports the government's leading economic indicators index declined 0.6 percent in April, the first drop since October 1970, ending a steady rise since 1970. Eight of twelve indicators were lagging with building permits and durable goods orders among the declines. only the weekly hours and commodity prices rose.
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Washington
UPI
Commer Department
Skylab crews study sun as heat concerns linger
NASA reveals mission control discussed Skylab's interior temperature in the upper 80s during day five of the mission. Charles Conrad and crew operate eight high powered solar telescopes while Kerwin and Weitz undergo medical tests on weightlessness.
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Skylab
Houston
UPI
Charles
Pete
Mission Control
Earth
NASA
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Space
Earth Resources
Cape Kennedy
Kerwin
James Frost
Baylor College of Medicine
Akylab
Goetz Oertel
Weitz
Neil Hutchinson
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Huang Chen
Christopher Kraft
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John King
King
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