Inmate Pleads Innocent Over Prison Guard Stabbing
A 24 year old Iowa State Penitentiary inmate Richard Combs pleaded innocent in Henry County District Court to assault with intent to murder after escaping with two others and wounding guard Marshall Miller during the escape attempt. Combs is jailed in Henry County on 10,000 bond. The incident occurred Nov. 13. Meanwhile other Iowa news notes commendations from President Nixon for saving a life, antiwar protest plans in Cedar Falls, and state actions on insurance licensing, arson charges, and Farm Bureau tax policy proposals.
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Mount Pleasant
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Richard Combs
Marshall D. Miller
Denmark
Henry County
Combs
Waterloo
Weather outlook with mild afternoon, colder night forecast
Partly cloudy with southwest winds 12 to 20 mph this afternoon and highs in the mid 40s. Tonight partly cloudy with westerly winds 10 to 18 mph and lows in the mid to upper 20s. Friday mostly cloudy and colder with a slight chance of scattered light rain or light snow and highs in the mid to upper 30s. Measurable precipitation probability 10 percent this afternoon, 10 percent tonight, and 30 percent Friday.
Recount set for Washington County supervisor race
The counting board will re check the November votes to decide who serves on the Washington County Board of Supervisors for the coming term. Patterson filed for a recount after finishing second by five votes in a three man race for two seats.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
John Patterson
Patterson
Board of Supervisors
Inshington County
Willis Richards
Elmer Schneider
Cliff Conklin
Walter Schroeder
Iowa
Richards
Schneider
Striking LIRR Workers Halts Rail Service After Midnight
New York UPI reports 5,000 non operating Long Island Rail Road workers struck at midnight, halting service for 170,000 daily riders. Commuters crowded buses subways and car pools while crews and negotiators brokered a tense stalemate.
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New York
UPI
Long Island
LIRR
Robert Lawrence
Phillip Baum
Valley Stream
Midtown Manhattan
Gertrude Deitehman
Baldwin
Brooklyn
Penn Station
Jamaica Station
Budget talks flag rise for Iowa agencies at hearing
Iowa Industrial Commissioner Robert Landes urged a budget increase beyond 50 000 for the 1973-75 period with 300 000 allocated to the workmans compensation trust fund and warned costs could soar if new laws raise federal compliance. Landes cited 637 770 in 1971 72 rising to 689 302 next biennium and noted potential extra appropriations for future bills. He advocated fiscal restraint and highlighted a past 19 000 revert to the general fund.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert Landes
Landes
Industrial Commission
Workman’s Compensation Trust Fund
Landers
Tan
State General Fund
Jerry Addy
Addy
State Pharmacy Board
Four die as fire traps New Orleans skyscraper patrons
A flash fire trapped women in a beauty salon and diners on top floors of a downtown tower. Helicopters rescued some. others leaped to their deaths. The vault center complex housed luxury flats, shops, and offices. Fire officials cited no exits or sprinklers and weighed arson as a possibility.
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MMW
Orleans
UPI
Orleans Parish
Carl Rabin
Joseph M. Rault
Matthew Jones
William McCrossen
Nine dead as fire hits home for aged in Atlanta
A major fire at Listory Baptist Towers in southwest Atlanta killed nine residents and injured 31, many from smoke inhalation. The seventh floor blaze forced evacuations as residents, aged 65 to 80, fled to windows for help. building houses about 325 seniors in self contained apartments. The fire began at 2 15 am in apartment 710 belonging to Alice Ross 63. Jane Arnold and Mrs Ross suffered Parkinsons disease. The cause is not yet known.
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Atlanta
UPI
Listory Baptist Towers
Julia Elliott
Baptist Towers
Ssistant
Lucy Ruess
Alice Ross
Jane Arnold
Ross
Nixon Announces Second Term State Department Shakeup
President Nixon retained William P. Rogers as secretary of state and named Kenneth H. Bush as undersecretary, with John W. Irwin leaving for an ambassadorial post. William J. Porter and William J. Casey were named undersecretaries, Curtis Tarr kept as coordinating officer, and Rush Rogers was noted for possible deputy defense secretary role. Nixon also planned another administration reshuffle while meeting with advisers and Saigon emissary Nguyen Phu Duc.
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Nixon
Nguyen Phu Duc
Dulles
Phixon
Thieu
Washington
Vietnam
UPI
William P. Rogers
Kenneth H. Bush
State Department
Rogers
Richard G. Kleindienst
Bush
John W. Irwin
White House
William J. Porter
Paris
Porter
U. Alexis Johnson
William J. Casey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Curtis Tarr
Washington Star-News
William P. Clements Jr
Texas
Defense
Rush
Walla Walla, Wash
Duke
Florida
Saigon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Iowan
Dennis Powers
Ronald Adamczewski
Second Avenue
Powers
Cedar Falls
John Delafield
Peace Action Coalition
University of Northern Iowa
William Huff
Huff
Public Service Life Insurance Co
Fort Worth
Tex
Towa
Iowa Insurance Department
Farmers Co-op Plan
James Leroy Karasek
Karasek
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau
Allen Cooper
Anthony D’avanzo
12Union
D’avanzo
United Transportation Union
Harold Pryor
Carmen
D'Avanzo
Ronan
Richard Radi
Lisbon
State Board
Paul Kruse
Radi
Budget and Financial Control Committee
Kruse
New Orleans
Rabin
Louis San Salvador
San Salvador
Lamplighter Club
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