Iowa Senate Debate Highlights Wage and Price Controls Split
In Des Moines Republicans David Stanley and Democrat John Culver clash on wage and price controls and defense spending. Stanley rejects controls citing shortages. Culver supports keeping them as a threat. Both favor cutting the federal budget, Culver seeking closing oil tax loopholes and opposing several weapons programs. Stanley opposes the B1 bomber but backs Triden research while delaying ship decisions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
David Stanley
John Culver
Who-Tv
Washington
Culver
Stanley
Blaze Engulfs 450-ton Ammersee Drift Off Guernsey
A 450-ton Cypriot coaster Ammersee carried 150 tons of dynamite and caught fire in the English Channel 45 miles west of Guernsey. The crew were rescued by the Austrian vessel Rosswitha as warnings were broadcast to avoid the area and shipping was halted.
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Guernsey
Channel Islands
UPI
English Channel
Rosswitha
France
England
Five die in early morning home fire in Philadelphia
A one alarm blaze swept a two story brick home killing five people including Alfred Jones Sr 60 and his son Alfred Jr 34 along with his wife Mary 32 and grandchildren Donna 13 and David 10 The only non fatal reported casualty was Robert Clarke 34 Mrs Jones sister’s brother listed in satisfactory condition Fire Capt Thomas Sherer said the fire began around 6 am on a three story building and Clarke woke to smoke Then he failed to contain the fire with blankets and a garden hose before crews arrived The fire was under control by 6 45 am
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Philadelphia
UPI
Alfred Jones Sr
Alfred Jr
Mary
Donna
David
Northeastern Hospital
Robert Clarke
Jones
Thomas Sherer
Sherer
Clarke
Michigan faces bee shortage as queen prices surge
East Lansing reports a bee shortage with queen bees up to 5 or 6 dollars and two pound packages triple to 18 dollars. MSU entomologist E C Martin cites honey price hikes and sugar as factors, noting Michigan beekeepers import queens from the South and face pollination roles in crops.
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East Lansing
Mich
UPI
E.C. Martin
Michigan State University
Martin
Michigan
South
Iowa unveils first state aided railroad upgrade
Gov. Robert D. Ray leads the kickoff of Iowa’s new state assisted line project in Ida Grove to upgrade 38.4 miles of Chicago and Northwestern track to Maple River. Total cost 176000 with 80200 state funds and private support from Crawford Elevator Co and Arthur Co-Op Elevator. The work aims to boost capacity to 100 ton cars and speed grain shipments for farmers, finishing touches next spring.
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Ida Grove
Iowa
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Chicago
Northwestern
Maple River
Ray
John Millhone
Iowa Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
State Energy Policy Council
EPC
Northwest
Larry Provo
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Provo
Midwest
Crawford Elevator Co
Arthur Co
Millhone
Chicago and Northwestern
Ford to present program outlining curb inflation measures
President Ford will address a joint session of Congress to present an economic plan aimed at reducing inflation. The plan includes energy conservation measures and certain tax increases while avoiding gasoline rationing or raising the federal gas tax.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Ron Nelsen
Nelsen
Nessen
Labor Department
Administration
Treasury
William Simon
Roy Ash
Nixon returns home as health worsens during convalescence
Ex president Richard Nixon left Long Beach hospital in a wheelchair and returned to San Clemente while doctors said he remains too ill to testify in the Watergate cover up trial for at least a month and perhaps three. Dr. John Lungren warned travel could be dangerous and a convalescence is required.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Nixon
John Lungren
Washington
Lungren
Leon Jaworski
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Secret Service
Pat
Tricia Cox
Cold mass moves into northern plains and Rockies
A new surge of cold pushed into the northern Plains and the Rockies behind a front from Minnesota to southern Colorado. East Coast chill persists while central Plains see Indian summer amid 60s in Missouri Wisconsin and western Michigan. Southern moisture brings few showers to Wisconsin Illinois and Missouri. higher elevations in Nevada Wyoming and Montana see rain and snow. Nationwide early temps ranged from 77 in Phoenix to 24 in Concord New Hampshire.
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United Press International
Plains
Rockies
Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
East Coast
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Carolinas
Virginia
New England
Great Lakes
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Atlantic
Nevada
Wyoming
Montana
Phoenix
Yuma
Arizona
Needles
Blythe
California
Miami
Fla
Concord
N.H
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cooler Temperatures
Partly sunny today with highs in the lower 70s and a chance of rain this afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms possible tonight as cooler air moves in with lows around 50. Sunday brings continued unsettled weather with highs 55 to 60 and winds from the southwest then northeast. Rain probabilities are 20 percent this afternoon, 50 percent tonight, and 60 percent Sunday.
Frost damaged corn silage storage and packing tips
Wisconsin and Iowa extension experts explain that frost damaged corn can be made into silage but yields are lower and packing must exclude air. Guidance covers moisture targets, trench or bunker storage, soil drainage, stacking height, constant packing, and covering methods using plastic or alternatives to minimize spoilage.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
Vernon Meyer
Extension Ag
Iowa State University
Meyer
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Central Park
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