Iowa urges helmet rule as motorcycle deaths rise
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers cites figures showing motorcycle fatalities nearly double auto deaths in seven months of 1971. He notes a 31 percent rise in registrations, with 73 101 cycles, and urges a mandatory helmet and eye protection law for riders and passengers statewide.
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DES Moines
UPI
Michael Sellers
Iowa
Sellers
Hawkeye
Public Safety Commissioner
National Highway Safety Bureau
Trucking firms warned of meat heist scam in Midwest
Cherokee firm owner Kenneth Subler says a truck owner-operator forged identities and stole meat loads worth tens of thousands across the Midwest. A July 29 load from Subler Transfer Co. to Waterford New York vanished, with $20,000 value. FBI involvement confirmed but not commented.
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Cherokee
UPI
Midwest
Kenneth Subler
Subler
Subler Transfer Co
Waterford
N.Y
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Omaha
Neb
Louisville
Florida
Detroit
Mich
Saltsburg
Indiana
Nixon to address Congress on new economic policies
President Nixon will speak to a joint session of Congress Thursday on his new economic programs. The White House said the address is likely to be carried live by radio and television at 12:30 p.m. EDT as Congress returns from a month-long recess to grapple with the proposals.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Busing, violence mark second wave of school openings
United Press International reports nationwide openings disrupted by racial tensions. In Jacksonville protests and arrests interrupted operations amid curfew lifts after clashes. Staggered starts eased busing in the South while Charlotte Mecklenburg began desegregation on a large scale. Georgia tensions flare as black leaders threaten further action, with Lt. Gov. Maddox urging state takeover to counter federal interference.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pontiac
Mich
Pinellas County
Florida
Charlotte-Mcklenburg
N.C
Supreme Court
Bulloch County
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Jimmy Carter
Maddox
Carter
Washington High Band to collect newspapers
Members of the Washington High School band will resume collecting old newspapers Wednesday at 4 30 p m They will cover all streets south of Main Street and users can place newspapers outside for pickup Only newspapers accepted no magazines Residents on the square or local businesses may call the high school to leave word for contributions
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Washington High School
Main Street
Toll for holiday traffic over 600
The final 1971 summer holiday traffic death toll rose beyond 600 with officials and police compiling counts. A National Safety Council spokesman said the figure could reach 650, while a United Press International tally at 10 a.m. EDT listed 615 deaths since the period began.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
Fire hazards found near campuses urge stronger Iowa law
Iowa fire marshal Wilbur Johnson warns old run down apartments near colleges pose major fire risks. He cites two exit requirements lacking enforcement power and calls for stronger state laws, noting most fire deaths involve elderly residents in antiquated housing.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Wilbur Johnson
College
Johnson
Sioux City
Lowa
Johnson Johnson
Revaluation Delays Spark Map Protest Over Taxes
Iowa Revenue Director Donald Briggs plans to moderate the statewide 11 percent residential tax increase for unincorporated Washington County areas to a 24.3 to 29.7 percent band, with a likely 1 percent rise this year and full 11 percent by 1973. Washington County Assessor Ernie Lund seeks to revalue by January 1, 1972 and asks for a revenue department decision to avoid board hearings, citing cost and equity concerns.
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Iowa
Donald Briggs
Washington County
Ernie Lund
Des Moines
Briggs
Lund
Revenue Department
Board of Review
Kennedy Center opens with Bernstein Mass performance
Sen Edward Kennedy and wife attend the first public show at the Kennedy Center in Washington for Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. About 2,200 people watch the 1 hour 45 minute piece as the center prepares for its grand opening amid rumors about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis not attending. Nancy Tuckerman confirms her absence for private reasons.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Opera House
Leonard Bernstein
Kennedys
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Congressmen
Diplomatic Corps
Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Nancy Tuckerman
New York
Iowa Weather: scattered storms west and north tonight
The forecast shows a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the west and north tonight with partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Lows near 60 in the north to about 70 in the south. Wednesday brings chances of thunderstorms mainly in the east and south with clearing and cooler conditions in the northwest. Highs around 80 in the northwest to the lower 90s in the southeast.
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Iowa
Sharp urges total ban on all nuclear tests at Geneva
Canadian Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp told a 25 nation disarmament conference that unless all nuclear testing ends the world risks more atomic arms. He urged the five nuclear powers and others to halt tests in all environments to let the nonproliferation treaty take full effect.
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Geneva
UPI
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Red China
Nixon pressures six firms over proposed dividend hikes
The Cost of Living Council summoned six executives to explain why their firms announced dividend increases after the wage price rent freeze began. The meeting followed Commerce Secretary Stans urging 1,250 large corporations to freeze dividends and a council guideline advising payments not exceed prior rates before Aug. 15 1971.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Yale A. Blank
Martin Yale Industries Inc
Chicago
Charles L. Coughlin
Briggs and Stratton Corp
Milwaukee
Victor Posner
National Propane Corp
New Hyde Park
N.Y
Louis Porez
Volume Shoe Corp
Topeka
Kan
Ernest A. Siemssen
Salas Corp. of America
Max Wettstein
Florida Telephone Corp
Ocala
Fla
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
New corn disease found in Iowa reported by ISU pathologist
Iowa farmers face a potential new corn disease named Gossy bacterial wilt and blight detected in the Missouri Valley area. Pathologist A H Epstein notes limited knowledge and no controls, with spread from Dawson County Nebraska to 15 counties in 1969 and 10 to 30 percent yield losses in irrigated corn.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
Iowa State University
Missouri Valley
A.H. Epstein
Dawson County
Neb
Stewart
Epstein
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Niagara Falls
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