Kissinger Protection Extended for Two to Four Weeks
The UPI report states Henry Kissinger remains under Secret Service protection for an additional two to four weeks. Protection for Nelson Rockefeller ended February 22 and Susan Ford protection ended March 23. Kissinger received an 11 day extension on March 20 and another extension announced last Thursday.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Secret Service
Rockefeller
Susan Ford
Kissinger
Death for Coffee Smugglers Stirs Kenya Uganda Tensions
In Nairobi twenty four people face death by firing squad over alleged attempt to smuggle 500 sacks of coffee out of Uganda last week. Vice president Mustafa Adrisi reportedly met the suspects in Kampala and warned they would be executed under the country’s laws. The radio did not say if trials had occurred.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Radio
Mustafa Adrisi
Kampala
GM hikes prices on options boost 1977 sticker totals
General Motors announced a second price increase on optional equipment for the 1977 model year effective Monday. The hike raises average-equipped car sticker prices by about $25 and excludes orders already received for later production.
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Detroit
API
General Motors Corp
Brezhnev Criticizes U.S. Arms Negotiation Stance
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev accused the United States of losing a constructive approach and taking a one sided position in stalled talks on a new strategic arms limitation treaty with Secretary Cyrus Vance in Moscow last week. The remark contrasted with softer Soviet press and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Brezhnev
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Theft of Lost Tools Strikes Shellsburg Driver
David Lubbock lost $315 worth of tools from his pickup on highway 94 near Palo. A passing motorist alerted him and he returned within minutes but the tools and toolbox were gone. Lubbock, from rural Shellsburg, relies on the gear for repairing farm machinery and is borrowing replacements in the meantime.
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David Lubbock
Lubbock
Shellsburg
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Woman Dies In I 80 Crash On Cedar River Bridge
Jolene Curtis 31 of Promise City was killed when a semi struck a car on the Cedar River bridge on Interstate 80 about 2 30 a m. Her brother in law Timothy Curtis 17 and the truck driver Joseph Murphy 54 both of Promise City and Grand Island Neb were injured. The car went out of control and stalled on the bridge before the crash sent both vehicles into the river. Rescue crews freed the truck driver after an hour from the submerged wreckage.
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Tipton
Iowa
Cedar River
Interstate 80
Iowa Highway Patrol
Jolene Curtis
Promise City
Timothy Curtis
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Joseph Murphy
Grand Island
Neb
IHP
Cedar County
Keith Whitlatch
City considers 15 cent bus fare for blind riders
City council began action Tuesday to cut bus rates for blind persons with Mayor Don Canney proposing an amendment to set a 15 cent fare. The policy mirrors the existing half fare for residents over 62 and would apply to city buses.
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Don Canney
Blame Cigaret In House Fire At 710 Fifth Avenue SE
Fire destroyed a two and a half story frame house at 710 Fifth Avenue SE with extensive damage. The blaze started just after 2 am, likely from a cigarette couch in the Kenneth Lahman apartment. Owner Don Keener said four apartments were in the house and losses total about 16000 dollars. The Grant Wood Chapter American Red Cross assists displaced families. one firefighter was injured lightly.
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Kenneth Lahman
Don Keener
Keener
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Will Construct Fire Code Appeal on Constitutionality
Cedar Rapids garage owner Ker mit Holmquist faces an appeal to the Third Avenue district court over a fire code charge for a $10 permit. Attorney Keith Stapleton seeks to raise the ordinance’s constitutionality after Holmquist was found guilty and fined $50 plus costs following a March 16 demurrer filing dispute.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue District Court
Keith Stapleton
Kermit Holmquist
Chirps Brake
Ellis Boulevard
Holmquist
Lynne Brady
Stapleton
Brady
Kenneth Anderson
Third Avenue Court
Weather Outlook: Highs Monday and Overnight Lows
The forecast tracks high temperatures on Monday with cooler overnight lows. Expected precipitation amounts are modest, with several tenths to a possible inch in localized areas.
Two arrested on break-in and larceny charges in city beat
Thomas T. Chase aged 19 was arrested Tuesday on charges of breaking and entering attempted breaking and entering and assault and battery after a break-in at 1554 Fourth Avenue SE and an attempted break-in at 398 Seventeenth Street SE. Willy R. Moore aged 21 was charged with grand larceny by shoplifting after allegedly taking items valued at more than $20 from J C Penney Co. The report notes Chase allegedly assaulted a police officer and was found hiding in the Haase residence bath room following a sighting by Ann Schuckert. Weather forecast shows mostly fair conditions Thursday through Saturday with rising temperatures into the 60s by weekend.
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Thomas T. Chase
Seventh Avenue SW
Fourth Avenue SE
Gary Haase
Seventeenth Street SE
Ann Schuckert
Haase
Chase
Willy R. Moore
Pioneer Avenue SE
J.C. Penney Co
City Garden Plots Still Available in Several Areas
The Cedar Rapids parks department announced about 50 plots at Robbins Lake and 20 at the Vinton Ditch area remain open. Leased plot holders may add one more by applying at City Hall. Beverly area has 40 plots and Squaw Creek 60. signup ends Friday April 22.
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Robbins Lake
Vinton Ditch
Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Beverly
Squaw Creek
Births Listed From St. Luke's and Other Areas
A list of newborns announced from St. Luke's April 2 and 4 including a son for Verle Allen and a daughter for Bruce Lawrence Cedar Rapids and various families in Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Monticello and abroad. Names are paired with addresses and receiving dates plus notes from Cincinnati Golden Valley Clark Air Base and local Cedar Rapids listings. Times and older reference to 20 years ago are included.
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Verle Allen
Avenue NE
Bryan Thayer
First Avenue NE
James R. Hudson
Hiawatha
John Zamastil
Center Point Road
Terri Noble
Vernon
Thomas Rudd
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Philip Hanna
Monticello
Keith Erickson
Thirty Second Street NW
Burl
Jay) Pershall
Cedar Rapids
Bruce Lawrence
Central City
Cincinnati
Ohio
Donald H. Berends
Berends
Donald Berends
Golden Valley
Minn
Robert Benson
Benson
Eugene C. Pugh
B Avenue
Clark Air Force Base
Philippine Islands
Gregory Johnson
Johnson
Gilbert Johnson
G Avenue NE
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