SMV Emblems and Lights Mandated for Farm Vehicles
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires slow moving vehicle emblems on road moving farm equipment and introduces a flashing amber light rule for tractors. Beginning Jan 1, 1972 the emblems apply regardless of driver, with mounting and usage rules, plus new recordkeeping guidance from the Labor Department.
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Iowa
U.S. Labor Department
Jim Frier
Washington County
Labor Department
Frier
Washington County Extension
Robber Escapes After Holding Four Hostages
In Peoria Illinois a bar robber seized four hostages including a police lieutenant and a young child. After a chase across central Illinois a car crash and a wounded head, the gunman escaped on foot as police with airplanes helicopters and dogs hunted him within a 20 mile radius. Lieutenant Vale Kiviere provided the hostage account before escape.
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Peoria
Ill
UPL
Ilinois
Pekin
Vale Kiviere
Radio City
North Pekin
Don Kline
Kline
Robert Kleinholst
Kleinholst
Gordon Hocker
Riviere
Mrs. Hocker
Denise
Culver Opposes Butz for Agriculture Secretary
Iowa Democrat Rep. John Culver joins opponents to Earl Butz confirmation. He says Butz is not the man to lead Iowa farmers and the agricultural community, citing his testimony on an "adapt or die" philosophy and the idea that $1 corn could be acceptable next year.
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Culver
Butz Washington
UPI
Iowa
Friday
Indiana
Earl Butz
John Culver
Butz
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bill Stern Dies at 64 in Harrison Home
Bill Stern, famed radio and TV sportscaster known for his anecdotes about games he loved, died Friday night at age 64 from a heart attack at his Harrison, New York home. The longtime broadcaster had a lively career in sports narration.
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Harrison
N. Y
UPI
Bill Stern
Stern
Marines Chairman Says Corps Will Not Yield To Liberal Trends
CORPUS CHRISTI TEX The commandant Gen Leonard Chapman declares the Marines will not follow liberalizing trends practiced by Army and Navy and will pursue strict discipline. He says the corps aims to fight and win in combat and wants recruits to break in training rather than on a battlefield.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPS
U.S. Marines Corps
Army
Navy
Marines
Leonard Chapman
Mars shows elliptical shape and water hint in dust storm
Mars, viewed by Mariner 9 on its 12th orbit, reveals an egg shaped planet with dust obscuring photos. A JPL panel confirms water or vapor at the southern pole and an Equator bulge giving elliptical rotation, with warm periods lagging noon by a few hours.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Mariner 9
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
JPL
Earth
South Vietnamese forces gather at Cambodia border
South Vietnamese men and arms poured into a base on the Cambodian border as Saigon commanders warned the Phnom Penh situation was serious, while Cambodian officials downplayed a Communist seizure risk. Diplomatic sources cited Vietnam offering up to 13,000 troops for Phnom Penh defense. B57 aircraft targeted supply convoys as troops moved toward Tay Ninh in anticipation of a next week's push into rubber plantation country.
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Cambodia
Saigon
CPI
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Weather note for region shows colder tonight with wind
Variable cloudiness and colder temperatures. Winds will be strong tonight with overnight lows in the 20s. Some scattered snow possible in the northeast tonight. Sunday highs reach the 30s in the northeast and near 0 in the southwest.
Pay board allows coal miners 15.4 percent raise despite 5.5 rule
The five member Pay Board ruled a first year wage increase of at least 15.4 percent for 89,000 soft coal miners, exceeding the guideline of 5.5 percent and prompting strong objections from the U S Chamber of Commerce. Board members debated retroactive pay and severe inequities exemptions as labor and business leaders weighed the inflationary impact and potential price effects.
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U.S
Emmerce
Arch N. Booth
Booth
Congressional Joint
George H. Boldt
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Boldt
Proxmire
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
Price Commission
Grayson
Senate backs plan for taxpayer funded presidential campaigns
The Senate agreed to a Monday vote on a plan to finance major party presidential campaigns with a $1 tax checkoff. Democrats push the idea to curb private contributions, while Republicans seek changes including designating which party receives funds. If the Pastore plan passes, the measure goes to a House Senate conference committee amid potential Nixon veto threats.
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Washington
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Russell B. Long
D-La
Pastore
Henry M. Jackson
Florida
Jay
George Wallace
Nixon
Senate
House
Senate Conference
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Hugh Scott
Treasury
Mike Mansfield
Judges to require jail terms for drunk driving
Five judges in the 15th Judicial District meeting in Council Bluffs agreed to impose a 20 day mandatory jail sentence plus a $300 fine on all drunks as of January 3, 1972. The district includes Pottawattamie Mills Fremont Page Montgomery Shelby Audubon and Harrison counties.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
15Th Judicial District
Pottawattamie
Mills
Fremont
Page
Montgomery
Shelby
Audubon
Harrison
Iowa
Nixon Meany clash over wage price policy at AFL-CIO
President Nixon and George Meany clash over Phase 11 economic controls in Miami Beach. Nixon insists he will push wage price restraints with or without labor’s support, drawing tepid applause from union leaders and a tense convention.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
George Meany
Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Atte
Florida
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