Man held on two murder counts in Fairfield case
Cecil Manley 58 was found guilty of first degree murder in Theresa Skirven death and second degree murder in Alice Zuehlke slaying. Sentencing set for 9 am Friday in Jefferson County District Court. Prosecutors say the women were found shot to death at his Fairfield home after an argument.
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Fairfield
UPI
Jefferson County
L.R. Carson
Cecil Manley
Theresa Marie Skirven
Alice Mae Zuehlke
Carson
Manley
Iowa Red Meat Production Falls Sharply in August
USDA Iowa crop and livestock report shows August red meat production down 19 percent from August 1973 and 6 percent from July. For the year, Iowa meat output declines 7 percent with cattle slaughter down 2 percent hog butchering off 11 percent and sheep and lamb slaughter down 46 percent from 1972.
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Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Hawkeye
Milk prices climb across the Midwest retailers raise price
Chicago report notes milk price increases as dairy farms dwindle. A Midwest chain store official says wholesale costs rose about 12 cents per gallon, lifting retail price to about 1.32 dollars per gallon, more than 20 cents higher than last week.
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Chicago
Midwest
Walter Lippmann in Critical Condition After Stroke
Walter Lippmann a famed columnist and two time Pulitzer Prize winner was in critical condition at a New York hospital suffering from a stroke. He had a seizure Tuesday at the Hotel Lowell in New York where he resides and whose syndicated Today and Tomorrow appears in 250 newspapers.
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New York
Walter Lippmann
New York Hospital
Lippmann
Lowell
Weather outlook with scattered showers and storms
Weather forecast shows showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon and tonight with possible locally heavy rainfall. Highs in the low to mid 70s, tonight lows around the mid 50s, mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Thursday highs in the 60s, winds east to southeast then shifting to northwest.
Daylight drive-in bank robbery nets 42000 in Iowa
Two men robbed the State Bank and Trust Co drive-in in Council Bluffs taking about 42000 in cash. No injuries were reported and investigators noted no security cameras. One suspect wore a blonde wig while the other wore a stocking cap. both fled in a dark GM car to a motel area.
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UPI
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
General Motors
Sac County
Iowa Governor Ray rules out 1974 U.S. Senate bid
Des Moines Governor Ray announces he will not seek the Republican nomination for the 1974 U.S. Senate race. He cites desire to serve as governor or retire from elected office, saying the job of governor offers broader opportunity and notes Senator Hughes will leave office for religious work. He acknowledges several GOP rivals but says he will decide later about another term.
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UPI
U.S. Senate
Senate
Iowa
Ray
GOP
Harold E. Hughes
Dtowa
Hughes
Washington
Bourke Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Sen
George Milligan
Rep
David Stanley
Muscatine
John Murray
Ames
National Veterans Administration
Donald Johnson
West Branch
Roger Jepsen
Davenport
KCRG Tower Collapses Killing At Least Two
The 2000 foot KCRG TV transmitter tower in Cedar Rapids collapsed around 1130 hours Wednesday, killing at least two and leaving a third missing. The Buchanan County sheriff investigates as station staff race to confirm victims and cause.
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Cedar Rapids
Walker
Linn
Buchanan County
Iowa Faces Fuel Shortage Hurting Industrial Growth
Des Moines— IDC chief Richard I. Powell warned that more than a dozen potential industries bypassed Iowa last year due to inadequate energy supplies. He urged utilities to ease the fuel shortage as the state seeks to retain growth, create jobs for graduates, and attract new employers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Towa Development Commission
IDC
Iowa
Richard I. Powell
Powell
Norma
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tona
Sam Tuthill
Governor's Energy Advisory Committee
Kenneth M. Karch
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Iowa Senate Commerce Committee
Tuthill
McCartney
Vietnam
Record Seizure Huge 2000 Pound Pot Bust at Steamboat Rock
State narcotics agents and Hardin County deputies raided a rented farm house near Steamboat Rock near dawn and confiscated about 2 000 pounds of marijuana believed harvested with stolen implements. Two men, Claude Sears and David Huisman, both of Steamboat Rock, were arrested on possession with intent to distribute charges. further charges and arrests may follow.
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Steamboat Rock
UPI
Hardin County
Here
Hank Mayer
Division of Narcotics and Drug Enforcement
DNDE
Mayer
Claude Sears
David Huisman
Huisman
Robert Callaway
Sears and
Warrant Issued for Shenandoah Kidnap Suspects
A third arrest warrant was issued in the Shenandoah High School senior Robin Hodge kidnapping as authorities pursue three young men across four states. Dean Swalley, 18, was named along with two 17 or 18 year olds, with the FBI leading a manhunt after Hodge and her brothers were abducted while walking to a school bus. The missing trio were last seen in Missouri towns Maryville and Rock Port as a father offered a $500 reward for information.
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UPI
Robin Hodge
Dean Swalley
Shenando
Larry Va
John Goddall
Missouri
FBI
Maryville
Here
Rock Port
Robert Hodge
Des Moines
Miss Hodge
Rickey
Kenneth
Jim Smith
Page County
Dick Hunt
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