Old Capitol Closed For Iowa Restoration Bicentennial
University of Iowa announces the Old Capitol on campus will be closed to the public during restoration as a historic site. Ground floor offices and restoration commission HQ stay accessible. upper levels are being restored to the 1842 57 period. Ground-floor entrances remain open for access to the offices. July 4 1976 is targeted for completion in observance of the U S bicentennial.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
Vandalism Hits Grinnell Schools Inflicting $5,000 Damages
Investigators probe vandalism at Fairview Elementary and Grinnell High School after 17 plate glass windows at Fairview and six at the high school were broken with a large stick. A nearby resident saw two teenaged boys fleeing. Police pursuing leads.
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UPS
Fairview
Grinnell High School
Argentine plane hijacked in flight to Bolivia
An Argentine Airlines Boeing 737 with 43 passengers and six crew was hijacked by three men and a woman on an internal flight from Buenos Aires to Salta. The jet landed at Yacuiba Bolivia for fuel, then took off for Lima after authorities refused refueling. The incident coincides with an official news blackout by the Argentine government.
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UPI
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Peru
Washington Community School Budget Hearing Set for Oct 24
The Washington Community School District board will hold a hearing on the proposed amended budget for the 1973-74 school year. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the senior high school library.
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Washington Community School District Board of Education
Bob Luther Joins Evening Journal Staff as Advertising Manager
Bob Luther 42 joins the Evening Journal as local advertising manager replacing resigning Bob Shaffer. Luther has 11 years in newspaper advertising including five with Waverly papers and six with Decorah paper where he was advertising manager and assistant general manager. He is a Decorah bank veteran, Waukon High School and Loras College alum, Air Force veteran, and lives with wife Mary Lou and three children at 94 Paradise Drive.
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Bob) Luther
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Kim
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Paradise Drive
Israelis push deeper into Egypt amid Sinai battles
Israeli armored columns 20 miles inside Egypt faced heavy fighting as Kissinger flew to Moscow to seek a cease fire. Egyptian reports claimed heavy losses for Israel, including tanks and planes, while Syria warned of retaliatory strikes and Arab officials predicted intensified fighting before any settlement.
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Syria
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Mohammed Haydar
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Mediterranean
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Beirut
Nixon
Nixon orders Cox to halt prosecutions over tapes
President Nixon on Friday ordered Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox to stop all legal actions relating to the Watergate tapes dispute. Cox vowed to defy the order if needed, citing threats to justice and his Senate pledge, while Nixon offered to summarize tapes for Senate investigators and to have Senator John Stennis verify them.
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UPI
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Cox
Senate
Iowa AG argues no interest on existing charge debts beyond 9 percent
Des Moines UPI report says Attorney General Richard Turner seeks rehearing after a court ruling halting over 9 percent credit card interest. He urges that contracts charging up to 18 percent are invalid and Iowa consumers owe only the merchandise cost, with no interest on existing debts. He notes stores would renegotiate or owe no interest.
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UPI
Richard Turner
Turner
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Younkers Brothers Department Stores
Younkers
Supreme Court
Weather Outlook Fair With Mild Days And Cool Nights
Weather remains fair through Sunday with mild days and cool nights. Southerly winds 10 to 16 mph today and tonight. Highs around 10 today and lows near 50. Sunday highs in the 70s.
Ford calls it acceptable Approves tape offer
Vice-President designate Gerald Ford said Nixon's compromise on the Watergate tapes will be acceptable to the American people. He called the plan an eminently sensible way to avoid a constitutional crisis and to make basic information available without undermining executive privilege. Ford praised Sen. John Stennis as the right choice to authenticate the summaries and returned from Knoxville after aiming for a responsible compromise to prevent vetoes and impoundments.
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API
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Ford
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Fight to the finish: Man vs fly in bathroom battle
A morning battle in the ChebuhaK bathroom pits Marty ChebuhaK against a tiny, relentless fly. Armed with a rolled newspaper, he endures bites and batters in a comedy of guerrilla air combat, ending when he leaves for work and vows future skirmishes.
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