Burlington youth held after shootout with police officers
A 17 year old Burlington youth identified as Kim H. Morgan is jailed on charges of assault with intent to commit murder and going armed with intent after a Monday night shootout with three Burlington police. He fired 19 rounds from a .22 caliber carbine at officers, was wounded, and disarmed by his father before being referred to juvenile authorities.
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Burlington, Town
UPI
Burlington
Des Moines
Kim H. Morgan
Henry W. Morgan
James Schreiner
Council hears request for more police officers
Washington City Council debated boosting the seven officer force by one or two amid budget fears. Police Chief Ken Bauer cited a need to end one man shifts, noting salaries would push $10k to $11k per new officer and referencing a state survey of communities with averages of nine officers. Mixed reaction focused on finances and planning for next year.
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Marty Chebuhar
Evening Journal
Ken Bauer
City of
Washington
Bauer
Police Department
Nis
Nere
Leslie Smithburg
Rodney Strabala
Smithburg
Dick Anderson
John Walker
Clarence Brown
Public Safety Committee
Walker
Central Park
Quiz O'Brien questioned in Hoffa disappearance case
Detroit UPI Charles Chuckie O'Brien Foster son of James Hoffa appears before a federal grand jury probing Hoffa's disappearance. Federal officials say about 70 witnesses expected. O'Brien admits driving a car borrowed from a reputed mobster's son on the day Hoffa vanished.
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Detroit
UPI
Charles
Chuckie
O’brien
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
O'Brien
FBI
James Burdick
Federal
Robert Ozer
Federal Organized Crime Strike Force
Anthony
Tony Jack” Giacalone
Teamsters Union
Water crisis hits Trenton area as 250000 run dry
A water filtering breakdown left about 250000 people in Trenton and four nearby communities with almost no water. Fire trucks and tankers deployed, schools closed, and 85 percent of state workers stayed home as emergency measures spread. Major industries paused operations while authorities urged boiling of any remaining supplies.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
Civil Defense
Melvin Ruhl
Ruhl
Brendan Byrne
Statler Named To West Chester State Bank Board
L P Statler of West Chester was appointed to the bank's board effective August 20. A lifelong resident and farmer, Statler joins directors John Butler, Kenneth Dusenbery, L P Statler, Alvin Wolf and Calvin Wolf, with Howard McCall listed as an honorary member.
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L.P. Statler
West Chester
West Chester State Bank
Statler
John Butler
Kenneth Dusenbery
L. P. Statler
Alvin Wolf
Calvin Wolf
Howard McCall
Decomposed bodies found in burned pickup near Coralville
Autopsies Tuesday yielded little new information on two deceased individuals found in a burned pickup truck in the Coralville Reservoir area north of Iowa City. Investigators cannot yet determine the death causes due to decomposition and may need days to identify the pair. Authorities rely on medical records for identification and have not ruled out foul play.
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Coralville, Iowa
Iowa farmers report wind and hail damage to corn crop
DES MOINES UP IOWA farmers hit by a severe mid summer drought reported widespread wind and hail damage to their corn last week, the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said Tuesday. Wind damage worsened by poor brace root development weakening stalks. General rains aided soybean development but offered limited relief to maturing corn across the state.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
National debt grows with July deficit at record pace
Washington reports the federal government ran a July deficit of 51.1 billion, second only to a record, at an annual rate of 132.6 billion. June showed a 914 million surplus, while forecasts for fiscal 1975 expected a smaller deficit of 59.9 billion, with year-end surpluses possible if the economy recovers later this year.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Weather Signals Slight Thunder Chance Tonight Then Cooler
A meteorology notice forecasts a slight chance of thundershowers tonight with cooler temperatures in the low 60s to mid 60s. Partly sunny conditions expected Thursday with highs near 80. Northerly winds 5 to 10 mph tonight and rain chances around 20 percent tonight.
City council candidates grow to five in Davenport election
Washington City Council races in Davenport see five nominees filed for the November 4 election. Third ward contenders Ken McCormick and Raymond Moyer join William J. Potter in seeking the at large seat along with James Pierce and C P Berkhoff. Incumbent Harry Levy and councilman Clarence Brown will not run, prompting runoff planning under new home rule.
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Y the
Evenny Journal
Washington City
First Ward
Ken McCormick
S. 8Th Ave
Raymond Moyer
S. 7Th Ave
Third Ward
John Walker
William J. Potter
E. 9Th St
Potter
James Pierce
C.P. Berkhoff
Clarence Brown
Harry Levy
McCormick
Davenport
Moyer
Iowa Highway Commission
Berkhoff
Pierce
Metropolis braces as teacher strikes disrupt opening days
Chicago shut schools as 590000 pupils faced extended summer vacation while unions in New York Los Angeles Boston Joliet Berkeley and Santa Clara threatened or staged walkouts. In Detroit Michigan and Pennsylvania districts classes were disrupted as talks continued and emergency measures were invoked.
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United Press International
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Detroit
California
Joseph Hannon
Henry Robinson
Boston School Committee
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
New York City
Joliet
Michigan
Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Greater
Pitts- 2
Pawtucket
R.I
Cranston
Longshoremen Lose Court Bid Over Grain Boycott
Longshoremen resumed loading the Anna M in Reserve Louisiana after a New Orleans judge ordered ILA members to work. Meany backs the dockers in a grain deal protest claiming higher food prices for Americans. The Anna M is the first Russian bound ship to dock at a Mississippi River grain elevator since the boycott began.
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United Press
Russia
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Anna M
Reserve
Alvin Rubin
New Orleans
International Longshoremen's Association
Union
Meany
Washington
Seafarers International Union
ILA
al Chittenden
Louisiana
Mississippi River
U.S
Texas
West Louisiana
Houston
Scientists denounce astrology in new Humanist statement
A group of 186 prominent scientists, including several astronomers, condemn astrology as charlatanry with no scientific foundation. The statement, printed in Humanist Magazine edited by Paul Kurtz in Buffalo, warns against media and publishers promoting horoscopes and astrological charts and urges direct challenge to astrology’s claims.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Humanist Magazine
Buffalo
The
American Humanist Association
Paul Kurtz
Kurtz
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