Flood fears after siren glitch in Washington rain
Siren malfunction during a late night rainstorm triggers dozens of worried calls. Weather observer records 0.53 inch of rain in Washington Friday night. In Mount Pleasant, Warren Anderson Jr. seeks $90,000 from Goodyear in a June 1972 tire explosion injury case as jurors resume deliberations.
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Washington
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
UPI
Henry County
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Warren Anderson Jr
Seventeen Nora Springs-Rock Falls students hurt in bus crash
A bus carrying seventeen Nora Springs-Rock Falls High School students home from a Greene football game crashed on a Floyd County road. Fourteen were taken to Mason City hospital and three to Charles City hospital. Thirteen treated and released, four hospitalized in pool condition. Two injured when the bus rolled onto its side on the wet shoulder of the Iowa 14 U.S. 18 cutoff.
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Charles City
UPI
Nora Springs
Rock Falls
Iowa veterans may receive bonus before Christmas
Des Moines UPI report says Iowa Bonus Board executive secretary Ray Kauffman announced that about 18,000 eligible veterans or survivors may start applying Oct 1. The board expects a flood of applications and hopes to process enough to mail some bonus checks in time for Christmas.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ray Kauffman
Kauffman
Weather Town Zone 13 Forecast Shifts to Mulled Sun
Decreasing cloudiness this morning gives way to partly sunny afternoon with highs in the lower to mid 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph, then light and variable tonight. Fair cool tonight with lows in the mid 50s. Sunday brings mostly sunny and mild conditions with highs in the mid 70s.
Agnew considers resignation amid plea talks with Justice officials
Vice President Spiro Agnew weighs quitting and pleading to a minor offense in a Maryland corruption probe. Negotiations between his lawyers and the Justice Department under Henry Petersen began recently, with reports alleging possible resignation in exchange for a guilty plea or prosecution exemption.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Justice Department
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Judah Best
Best
the Post
Lester Matz
Baltimore County
The
Post
Matz
CBS News
Petersen
House
Nixon
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Skylab crew to end mission with final space walk
Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma prepare to leave the Skylab space station after a two month mission. They perform cleanup and a last space walk to retrieve exposed film and service cameras while ground crews praise the data and express desire to stay longer in orbit.
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Houston
UPI
Space
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Ground Control
Space Station
Bean
Garriott
Kissinger sworn in as cabinet member
Henry A Kissinger became the United States secretary of state in a ceremony at the White House East Room attended by President Nixon, family, and top officials. The vote to confirm was 78 to 7 after a brief debate. His first major speech as secretary was set for the United Nations on Monday.
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UPI
Henry A Kissinger
USS
Orange East Room
White House
Nixon
Kissinger
Warren Burger
Louis
Germany
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Bangladesh
Cambodia
George McGovern
DSD
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Elizabeth
David
Boston
Walter
New York City
United Nations
Iowa towns miss filing for federal revenue sharing funds
One hundred twenty Iowa communities face loss of 4.77 million dollars in federal revenue sharing because they did not file required Washington documents. State official Hugh Clarke reports many towns are small, with some claiming they never received forms or understood the filing need. late reports keep eligibility but delay payments.
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Drs Molnes
IDPA
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Hugh Clarke
State Comptroller's Office
Clarke
Office of Revenue Sharing
Washington
Sac and Fox Tribal Council
Tama
Washington County
Lockridge
Pleasant Plain
Jefferson County
Hills
Johnson County
Fredonia
Grandview
Louisa County
Kinross and
Webster
Keokuk County
Conesville
Muscatine County
Highland Park Parents Picket Board Over 17 Day Teacher Strike
Angry parents in Highland Park Michigan blockaded the school board building vowing not to lift the protest until negotiations with striking teachers produced a settlement. About 60 participants slept in bags sang hymns and braved 60 degree weather as a nationwide wave of strikes left hundreds of thousands of students out of school.
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Highland Park
Mich
Board of Education
Matila Foster
Michigan
Detroit
Indunca
Kenosha
Wis
Brooklyn
McArthur
Ohio
Two Men Rescued After 2 Months Adrift at Sea
Two men James Fisher of Auburn Washington and Robert Tininenko of Longview Washington were rescued from an overturned 31 foot trimaran after more than two months adrift in the Pacific. They were found in very weak condition but mobile by the British freighter SS Benalder 900 miles southwest of San Francisco. Tininenko told rescuers his wife Linda died on Aug 11. The Renalder reported no body aboard the Triton. The trimaran departed Washington in July en route to Marine Del Rey California after capsizing July 11. Coast Guard searched unsuccessfully until the Benalder spotted the vessel and found the men alive. Destination and fate of the Renalder remained unclear.
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San Francisco
UPI
Pacific
Coast Guard
James Fisher
Auburn Wash
Robert Tininenko
Longview. Wash
Benalder
Fisher
Tininenko
Washington
Marine del Rey
California
Plan to lift ban soon Will export beans
UPI reports that export controls on soybeans will be lifted on Oct 1 while baby pig production stays steady and fertilizer price ceilings may be eased. Officials cite a record 1973-74 soybean crop and ongoing pork supply concerns. The Agriculture Department notes pig births and pork supply projections into next year. Secretary Earl Butz urges lifting fertilizer ceilings to avert shortages and argues foreign prices justify action.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Dent
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Cost of Living Council
Council
Butz
Independence Storm Attacks Northeast Iowa Town
An isolated storm of tornado-like intensity struck Independence Iowa Friday at about 11 45 am uprooting about 100 trees toppling utility poles and cutting power for hours Children were kept in school due to hot wires and no major property damage or injuries were reported Radio station KOUR went off air for roughly four hours Police said surrounding areas reported no violent weather
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Invernavenue
Iowa
Independence
KOUR
Three-vehicle crash injures three near Washington sale barn
Early morning crash on old Highway 92 west of Washington involved Kevin Krogmeier, Sherry Horak, and Mike Loveless with Brenda Gray as a passenger. Horak was trapped in her car and rescued by responders. all three vehicles were badly damaged. Injuries were serious but not fully determined. Loveless and Horak hospitalized in Iowa City and Washington County Hospital, while Krogmeier was not admitted.
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Washington
Mike Loveless
Sherry Horak
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Brenda Gray
Washington County
Kevin Krogmeier
Loveless
Horak
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