Elderly Iowa couple killed in truck collision
An 82 year old man, Scott Hockenberry, and his wife Rita died when their car struck a semi turning off a county road north of Atlantic. The trucker, Joe Stillwagner of Stratton Nebraska, was uninjured. The Miller Manufacturing Co. truck owner was identified as the vehicle involved.
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Atlantic
Iowa
UPI
Scott Henry Hockenberry
Rita
Joe Stillwagner
Stratton
Neb
Stillwagner
Miller Manufacturing Co
Four arraigned in Iowa for stolen property linked to Brooklyn grocer robbery
NEVADA Iowa UPI four persons were arraigned in justice court on charges of possession of stolen property connected to a Brooklyn grocer robbery Monday. Held at Story County jail were Russell Johnson 21 Abingdon Illinois Daniel Johnson 28 Springfield Illinois Paulette Johnson 21 Marion Indiana and Allen Stevens 32 address unknown. They are also charged by Iowa County authorities in a motorist robbery near an Interstate 30 rest area occurring within minutes of the grocery store robbery.
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Nevada
Iowa
UPI
Justice of the Peace Court
Brooklyn
Story County
Russell Johnson
Abingdon
Daniel Johnson
Springfield
Ill
Paulette Johnson
Marion
Ind
Allen Stevens
Davenport Republican endorses Schwengel in First District race
Charles Wittenmeyer announced endorsements from over 45 prominent First District Republican leaders for Congressman Fred Schwengel. Supporters include Ben Galer Pleasant Mrs. Caroline Dickey Packwood James Schramm and former GOP officials backing renomination and re election. In Berkeley California police seized 20 civil defense signs from 88 year old Gold Star mother Bea Whitnah who vowed to remove them again if they reappear.
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Davenport
Iowa
Charles Wittenmeyer
Fred Schwengel
First District
Schwengel
Ben Galer
Pleasant
Caroline Dickey
Packwood
GOP
James Schramm
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Bea Whitnah
Court awards nails worth three thousand dollars
Louise Niederhofer won a $30,000 verdict against Helena Rubenstein for a nail hardener that allegedly caused her to lose all her fingernails. Separate items note two golf teams contesting a silver cup titled The Worst Golfers in the West. Iowa reports food supplement rollout delays and initial distributions across several counties, with ongoing federal approval and rising demand.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Louise Niederhofer
Helena Rubenstein
New York
Somerset
England
Mt Rainier may become active again says geologist
Dr. Dwight Crandell of the U S Geological Survey warned at a Pacific Northwest conference that Mt. Rainier could exhibit renewed volcanic activity in the future. He noted past eruptions in the 1890s and warned about hazardous mud flows, while heat could trigger dangerous floods. Glaciologist Mark Meier cited unusual melting and hot spots on some glaciers in recent months.
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Olympia
Wash
UPI
Mt. Rainier
Dwight R. Crandell
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
Colo
United States
Longmire
Mark F. Meier
Tacoma
Alaska
Lodge warns Communists over Vietnam peace talks in Paris
UPI reports Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told Communist negotiators it is their choice whether peace comes from negotiations or Nixon's Vietnamization plan. He warned against concession-after-concession and cited U.S. public support for Nixon's policy, while Viet Cong Foreign Minister Nguyen Thi Binh warned that Vietnamization would fail.
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Paris
UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Lodge
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Public notices from county board proceedings
County board of supervisors hearings listed for today with public hearing on county improvements and related matters. Notices provide dates, locations, and required actions for interested parties.
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Proceedings County Board of Supervisors
House votes to sever banks from outside business interests
The House approved wide scale curbs on bank holding companies, voting 351 to 24 to require divestiture of either banks or unrelated firms formed since May 9, 1956. The bill targets more than 830 holding companies with assets over 190 billion dollars and tightens federal oversight on outside interests.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
Federal Reserve Board
Judge declares mistrial in Seale contempt case
UPI reports in Chicago that Bobby Seale received four year prison terms for 16 acts of contempt during the Chicago Eight conspiracy trial. Judge Julius Hoffman declared a mistrial on the riot conspiracy charge and scheduled a new trial for April 23, 1970. Seale’s attorney, Charles Garry, said he will appeal the sentence as savage.
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Chicago
UPI
Bobby Seale
Seale
Charles R. Garry
San Francisco
Garry
Hoffman
Plan autopsy on unwanted child
A Philadelphia case details a dead 18 month old boy named Eric Lopez found abandoned by his teenage mother Elva Cruz. The infant was moved through several guardians before being brought to Episcopal Hospital where he fell from a hobby horse and sustained fatal head injuries. An autopsy was scheduled.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Eric Lopez
Elva Cruz
Edith Reese
Episcopal Hospital
Three GIs freed from Viet Cong prisons in Vietnam
Three Americal Division soldiers Pfe. James R. Strickland Jr., Coy R. Tinsley, and Spec.4 William A. Watkins were released by Viet Cong on the northern coast. They traveled to Chu Lai for meals and exams, then to a Long Binh hospital before possible homeward departure within days.
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Saigon
Upi
USS Army
Liberation Radio
Army
Pfe
James R. Strickland Jr
Dunn, N.C
Coy R. Tinsley
United States
Vietnam
Tinsley
Strickland
Watkins
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
Long Binh
Emil Hill proposes a nine day calendar reform
Marquette Michigan Emil Hill a Sawyer Air Force Base butcher proposes the Hillian Calendar with nine hour days nine day weeks and nine week months. Week names include Moneyday Duestday Whensday Thirstday Fryday Saturnday Holyday Rest day and Payday with three day weekends and nine paydays a month. He will present the plan on Thanksgiving Day on a Chicago TV station.
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Marquette, Mich
UPI
Emil Hill
Sawyer Air Force Base
Here
Hill
Gregory VIII
Intercepted Memo EMIL HILL Michigan
An intercepted memo references EMIL HILL in Michigan with a playful query about a "Whensday" being a dandy but asking where "Whyday" is. The note closes with a sign off from WEJ indicating a personal correspondence.
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Emil Hill
Michigan
Whensday
S ‘‘Whyday
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