Bedford residents stage protest on White River dam site
On Labor Day Bedford Indiana residents set up a card table upriver from Williams Dam to prove a point about the dam. Fishermen say the dam is breaking up but neither city nor state acts. The displayed names include Juanita Lewis Wilma Owen Andrea Russell Lewis and Farrell Owen.
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Bedford
Indiana
White River
Williams Dam
Juanita Lewis
Wilma Owen
Andrea
Russell Lewis
Farrell Owen
Iowa lawmakers weigh special session on service tax
Iowa Senate Democratic leader Andrew Frommelt suggested a special session could be needed to clarify the new 3 percent sales tax on services. A Friday meeting with six legislators and the Iowa Tax Commission aimed to define legislative intent on which services are taxed, with focus on repairs and improvements to existing facilities rather than construction.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Iowa
Frommelt
Iowa Tax Commission
General Assembly
Commission
House
Republican Tax Commission
Prentis
Earl Burrows
Lynn Potter
Potter
Hope for control soon as Idaho fires near containment
Firefighters aimed to contain Idaho's Sundance and Tapper Peak blazes by 10 a.m. PDT after a month-long battle. Rain and cooler weather aided suppression while red flag warnings were rescinded. The two 55,900 and 16,600 acre fires stood among the Pacific Northwest's worst, with crews releasing at night to gain the upper hand.
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Idaho
Forestry
Sundance
Tapper Peak
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Copper strike labeled organizational by Kennecott official
Kennecott official J C Kinnear Jr called the 56 day copper strike more organizational than economic and said the outlook for an early settlement was exceedingly bleak The unions showed no willingness to move from costly demands during Washington talks Labor Secretary Wirt and Commerce Secretary Trowbridge summoned union and industry leaders to Washington for two days to resume negotiations in the nine week strike that has idled about 40000 workers and around 50 mining and fabricating operations.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Kennecott Copper Corp
J.C. Kinnear Jr
Kennecott
Western Mining Division
Washington
W. Willard Wirt
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
UAW Speculation On Long Ford Strike Extends Tensions
The UAW foresees a prolonged national strike against Ford with 160,000 workers on picket lines in 25 states. Talks stalled as 93,000 1968 models must sell out and 1967 stock dwindles ahead of a Sept 24 model introduction, while GM and Chrysler continue 1968 production. Budd Co plans 1,000 layoffs at Philadelphia plant amid supplier ripple effects.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ford
Emil Mazey
Mount Clemens
Mich
Mazey
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Budd Co
Philadelphia
Michigan
Embezzler Given Suspended Sentence in Credit Union Case
In Cedar Rapids Iowa former treasurer Mrs Inex Crane 55 received a five year suspended sentence and a 500 fine after pleading guilty to embezzling about 67000 from the Cedar Rapids School Employes Credit Union between 1947 and 1967. The judge cited health and clean record and delayed prison per physician testimony that confinement could trigger a fatal seizure due to high blood pressure.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Inex Crane
Linn County
Warren Rees
Crane
Reese
S.M. Lair
Hughes urges treating alcoholism as essential public service
Gov. Harold Hughes told the Iowa Alcoholism Institute session at the University of Iowa that treatment should move from ad hoc to mainstream public services. He cited 50,000+ Iowans as alcoholics, arguing rehabilitation would save money and reduce social costs.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Iowa Alcoholism Institute
University of Iowa
Police beaten in Toledo rioting
In Toledo Ohio hundreds of Negroes hurled bricks bottles and rocks at cars and stores in a zone of earlier disturbances. A policeman was beaten and two other officers injured. four or five cars were struck and two stores burglarized with one burglar captured. Three youths were arrested on disturbance charges and one jailed as a burglary suspect.
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Toledo, Ohio
UPI
Reno Reburied at Custer Battlefield in Honor
Maj. Marcus Reno, once branded a coward, was reburied with full honors at the Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana. The ceremony, led by the Montana American Legion and former adjutant Chester Shore, reversed his 1880 dishonorable discharge and restored him to honorable status. Indians participated in the final rites amid reflection on his infamy and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Custer Battlefield
Mont
Chester Shore
Reno
Washington, D. C
Billings
Willard Fraser
Major Reno
Appointment of Executors and Public Hearings Noted
Public notices list appointing executors for Clara M Tooman Carrie G Cahill and J Fred Riley. Regular city council session mentioned. Includes articles of incorporation for Farm Service Co and notice of public hearing on zoning ordinance.
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Articles of Incorporation
Farm Service Co
Michigan teachers strike blocked across 28 districts
An appeals court hearing in Grand Rapids weighed whether injunctions can force 230 Holland teachers back to work as 28 districts remain shut. The walkouts affect about 500000 students. MEA represents in 18 districts, MFT in 10. Milliken urged mediation while Romney is away, with talks to continue despite closures.
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Afl-Cio
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Detroit
UPI Telephoto
UPS
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Holland
Ottawa County
MEA
Michigan Federation of Teachers
William Milliken
George Romney
Oak Park
Taylor Township
D Citizens’ Group
John Conyers Jr
Milliken
Romney
Detroit News urges Romney to drop bid for presidency
The Detroit News editorial calls for Gov. George Romney to exit the presidential race in favor of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. It accuses Romney of brainwashing remarks on Vietnam and questions his readiness to lead, while Rockefeller reaffirms support for Romney.
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Washington
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Romney
Detroit News
Rockefeller
Republican National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Vietnam
Nelson Rockefeller
Gov. Romney
Beulah Near Puerto Rico as 85 MPH Winds Hit Caribbean
Hurricane Beulah with 85 mile per hour winds edged toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after flooding Martinique’s capital Fort de France. Eight killed as rains and tides collapsed houses, lines damaged. Chloe a 50 mph tropical storm moves northward. a Florida east coast low threatens little. Savannah notes Georgia’s 1733 planned city design by Gen. James E. Oglethorpe.
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Miami
UPI
Bewah
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Martinique
French West Indies
Beulah
West Indies
Fort de France
Overseas French Territories
Paris
Caribbean
Chloe
Atlantic
Florida
Cape Kennedy
Savannah
Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight Through Sunday
United Press International reports generally fair and cooler conditions in Iowa tonight with a chance of scattered frost in the northeast. Sunday is expected to be partly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s to near 50, dipping to the upper 30s in the northeast.
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Iowa
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Shuswap Lake
George O'Malley
D - Des Moines
Robert Rigler
Francis Messerly
Cedar Falls
Warren Kruck
D.boone
Harry Beardsley
D-West Des Moines
James Caffrey
D-Des Moines
Hughes Is
Alcohlics
Toledo
By W. Lynn Engles
Clara M Tooman
Carrie G. Cahill
J. Fred Riley
Citizens Mediate
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San Juan
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