Bombing suspects may be in Canada
Madison officials said two missing Armstrong brothers Karleton 25 and Dwight 20 may be hiding in Canada after a 1970 Sterling Hall bombing that killed physicist Robert Fassnacht. Sheriff Vernon Leslie and Detective Charles Lulling reported sightings in Ottawa and Toronto youth districts and said they were pursuing a hot lead with the RCMP.
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UPI
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University of Wisconsin
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Madison State Journal
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Dwight Armstrong
Leo Burt
David Fine
Sterling Hall
Robert Fassnacht
Lulling
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Toronto
Fine
Wilmington
Del
Burt
Harvertown
Pas
Armstrongs
Southeast Iowa CAO to Receive $35 760 Grant
The Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization in Burlington received a 35760 grant from the U S Labor Department to fund part time jobs for disadvantaged students during the school year. The agency serves Washington County and has 48 enrollees as part of nine Iowa Neighborhood Youth Corps grants announced today.
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Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization, Inc
Burlington
U.S. Labor Department
Southeast Iowa
Washington County
Iowa
Zieglowsky Announces Ten Day Anniversary Sale
Zieglowsky Home Furnishings reveals a ten day anniversary sale from September 15 to 25 at its West Madison Street location in Washington. The store will close September 14 to prepare, with opening at 9 a.m. on sale day.
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West Madison Street
Washington Evening Journal
Weather outlook for Iowa expects gradual clouding Tuesday
United Press International reports Iowa will have mostly clear skies tonight with lows in the upper 40s to 50s. Tuesday will bring increasing cloudiness with highs from the upper 70s in the north to the 80s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
County order renewed in Washington County valuation appeal
Washington County Assessor Ernest Lund represented the county in a Des Moines hearing on a one percent increase for residential real estate outside towns. The original 11 percent rise was trimmed to one percent after state review and is to continue. Officials in four Iowa counties earlier won rescission of statewide valuation orders, with hearings to continue over the next two weeks.
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Ernest Lund
Des Moines
Donald Briggs
Briggs
UPI
Iowa
State Revenue Department
Iowa Revenue
Winneshiek County
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Belmond
Eagle Grove
Clarion
Wright County
Legislative Council
Robert D. Ray
Pledge Iowa seeks changes to municipal courts in 1972
Clinton Representative Charles Pelton says the 1972 Iowa Legislature will reform municipal courts to address constitutional concerns raised by Iowa Supreme Court justices. He notes county residents are excluded from juries and judge elections, and favors countywide juries if courts remain countywide. Pelton also supports amending the reform bill to keep municipal courts but adjust their structure and jurisdiction.
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UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Iowa
Charles Pelton
R-Clinton
Pelton
Iowa Supreme Court
Francis Becker
Maurice Rawlings
Des Moines
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Mowry
Two Die In Weekend Iowa Road Crashes
Two Iowans died in in state weekend crashes Burnell Mary Rogers 33 of Waterloo and Roger Kreger 28 of Elwood were killed. Rogers died after a motorcycle was struck by a car driven by Larry Kirby 22 of rural Waterloo near a Waterloo intersection. Kreger died when his car hit a railroad overpass four miles south of Maquoketa on U S 61.
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Waterloo
Roger Kreger
Elwood
Rogers
Larry Kirby
Kreger
Maquoketa
U.S
Lyle Stanbrough
Illinois
Gladstone
Ill
Burlington
Stanbroughs
Inez Six
Pekin
Sioux City
Vernice Kelly
Mankato
Minn
Dubuque
Daniel Donovan
Hazel Green
Wis
Calley Refuses to Testify at Medina My Lai Trial
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. refused to testify at Capt. Ernest L. Medina's court martial. Medina's defense plans to present witnesses arguing Calley acted on his own and that Medina knew nothing of the killings.
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UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
Cally
My Lai
Calley
Ft. Benning
F. Lee Bailey
Kenneth A. Howard
Cailey
Bailey
Attica Prison Riot Ends in Nine Hostages Dead
Riot leaders killed nine hostages as National Guardsmen and police stormed Attica Prison. Officials report 38 hostages held five days, 29 freed with several seriously injured. Guard William Quinn died from injuries after being thrown from a window. Amesty demands were rejected and the assault began around 10 a.m. EDT amid tear gas and heavy rain.
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Attica
N.Y
UPI
William Quinn
Two cars damaged in crash near Green Meadows
Sunday traffic collision left two vehicles with extensive damage but no serious injuries. Mary C Schlapkohl of Washington waited to turn onto a gravel road when Gordon E Wales of St. Joseph Mo struck her rear. Damages were $850 and $1200 respectively. Wales was charged for failure to have his car under control.
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Mary C. Schlapkohl
Washington
Green Meadows
Gordon E. Wales
St. Joseph
Schlapkohl
Wales Auto
Wales
Cranston vows to keep filibuster on draft extension
Senator Alan Cranston says the 75 day lapse proves the draft law is unnecessary and will continue a filibuster against extending selective service. Senate leaders clash as Hugh Scott moves to end the farce and limit debate while Mansfield hints at a conference to seek compromise on the stalled measure extending service through 1973 and delivering a large pay raise.
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UPI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
Cranston
Mike Mansfield
Scott
Montana
Frisco launches school busing amid integration push
San Francisco begins court ordered racial balance plan with 130 new buses moving 47 000 elementary pupils into seven zones. Police guard potential trouble as antibusing parents pull children to parochial schools while officials urge nonviolence.
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San Francisco
UPI
Board of Education
U. S
Stanley A. Weigel
NAACP
State universities offer best bargain in Iowa tuition
A Regents report shows Iowa three state universities average 607 dollars, while private colleges average 1519 dollars. Community colleges rise 12.4 percent to 398 dollars. undergrad in-state tuition remains unchanged due to a legislative directive.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Board of Regents
Regents
R. Wayne Richey
University of Iowa
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