Nixon to announce Phase I economic plan after wage price freeze
The White House said President Nixon will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday outlining Phase I after the 90 day wage price freeze. The House passed a 15.4 billion tax cut bill to boost individuals and corporations over three years.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
Senate
Russell B. Long
Federal Treasury
Gerald R. Ford
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Rank and File
Meany
Ford
ISU employes off jobs First in firm's history
About 300 Iowa Southern Utilities workers are off the job after a strike by Local 735 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The walkout, the first in the company’s history, began after the union rejected a wage and benefits offer and halted many operations while supervisory staff covered essential duties.
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Iowa Southern Utilities
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington Sigourney
Columbus Junction Keota
Wellman
Iowa Southern
Centerville
Ted Johnson
Iowa County supervisors urged to resign amid irregularities
A group of 263 Iowa County residents asked the three supervisors to resign after reports of irregularities in roadwork contracts and bidding practices. County Attorney Lewis McMeen opened a grand jury investigation as the petition circulated by Harold Wrenneman follows a Cedar Rapids station probe noting high road budgets and relatives on the payroll. Fire prevention poster winner Cindy Hammen also named. drills occurred during National Fire Prevention Week with a false alarm at the McCleery-Cumming factory.
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UPI
Iowa County
Lewis McMeen
Harold Wrenneman
Wellman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
WMT
McMeen
George Schlinler
Dale Noyes
Theodore Lane
Cindy Hammen
Paul Hammen
Washington
Cindy
Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln
Stewart
McCleery-Cumming
Journal
Chou En-lai credits Mao for US China thaw
Premier Chou En-lai credited Mao Tse-tung with easing China US ties saying Mao invited the U S table tennis team to China enabling President Nixon to visit Peking before May. He spoke in an exclusive interview.
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Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
China
United States
Chou
Mao
U.S
Nixon
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Middle East
East Bank
Suez Canal
Two Iowa Men Dead In Highway 21 Crash
Two northeast Iowa men died in a fiery crash on Iowa 21 about one mile northwest of Dysart. Cyril Benda 59 of Belle Plaine and Gayle Bedard 36 of Waterloo were killed when Bedard driving a 12 ton truck crossed the centerline and hit Benda’s pickup, ignition followed. Bedard was ejected and died of head injuries.
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UPI
Iowa
Iowa 21
Here
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cyril Benda
Belle Plaine
Gayle Bedard
Waterloo
Bedard
Benda
Dysart Fire
Disperse youths at Clinton Law Center
A crowd of about 100 youths gathered near Clinton Law Center, hurling obscenities and objects. Police threatened riot squads after four windows were broken and three squad cars damaged, the march ending when officers arrived.
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Clinton
UPI
H.J. Fries
Law Center
Mississippi River
Court could clear secrecy on Cannikin blast
UPI report says a federal appeals court ordered reconsideration of a district court ruling, potentially allowing release of secret studies on the Cannikin underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island Alaska. Seven conservation groups allege NEPA standards were not met and warn of environmental harm.
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UPI
Cannikin
Alaska
Amchitka Island
Mike Gravel
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Gravel
District Court
George L. Hart
Atomic Energy Commission
National Environmental Policy Act
Pacific
Nevada
Explosion at Beirut Airport Delays Royal Jordanian Flight
A blast ripped through a pile of suitcases at Beirut airport just before loading for a Royal Jordanian flight to Amman. The plane, delayed two hours from Amman, carried 47 passengers and arrived two hours late, and the pilot called it a miracle that the bomb did not detonate in flight.
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Beirut
UPI
Amman
Tim
Mediterranean
Iowa Governor Reacts to Farm Crisis and Hardin Contact
Gov. Robert D. Ray said he is concerned about the farm economy and has talked with Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin in the last 24 hours. He declined to join calls for Hardin’s resignation while urging price supports, higher set asides, and caution on import surcharges.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
H.R. Gross
William Scherle
Hardin
Ray
Hardi
Pric
Iowa
Washington
Scherle
Jack Miller
Arm
Polic
Plan Sanitary Landfill Study and Alcoholism Meeting
A county and city joint committee will host a dinner meeting on Monday November 8 to discuss a county wide sanitary landfill plan and actions by public agencies to address alcoholism. Clifford Conklin chairs with Ralph Martin and William Day as members. Time and venue to be announced.
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Clifford Conklin
Washington County
Hughes makes bid for Credentials Committee chair
Senator Harold E Hughes of Iowa disclosed his interest in chairing the Credentials Committee for the 1972 Democratic National Convention. In a staff mail to DNC members governors and Democratic lawmakers he said reform supporters urged him to seek the post and noted the job would be challenging.
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Washington
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Iowa changes homecoming observance traditions
The University of Iowa drops the Old Capitol monument burning ritual and queen election as Homecoming traditions. Susan Jensen cites loss of meaning and cost, replacing them with student alumni interaction events and a campus community session in a local tavern.
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Iowa City
UPL
University of Iowa
Capitol
College of Engineering
Hawkeyes
Susan Jensen
Miss Jensen
Iowa forecast: clearing skies and cooler tonight
Readable weather note shows scattered clouds easing tonight with chilly lows in the upper 0s northeast to mid 40s across the west and south. Thursday brings sun and a touch warmer with highs in the 70s.
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Iowa
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