Senate backs 412 Billion spending ceiling and defense budget
The Senate approved a 412.6 billion dollar overall spending ceiling for 1977 backing President Ford’s defense request with only minor cuts. An amendment to cut 500 million from defense failed 58 to 27 as House momentum favored high defense spending.
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Birch Bayh
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Senate Budget Committee
Congressional
James Lynn
Lynn
Trial Delayed in Death of Former Cedar Rapids Resident
The murder trial of Clar ence Freitas III 19 a Honolulu native accused in the New Year s day beating death of Patrick Maudsley former Cedar Rapids resident was delayed as a psychological test to determine competence to stand trial was approved A new date has not been set Maudsley s mother and sisters reside in Marion Cedar Rapids and Omaha respectively The case rests in Oahu circuit court
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Theater Times Tuesday Iowa Listings
Theaters schedule multiple films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jaws The Bad News Bears and Dumbo at Eastown with showings ranging from early afternoon to late evening. Plaza Stage 1 2 3 4 feature The Hindenburg The Family Plot The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox The Taxi Driver Lipstick.
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Soviet Grain Pioneer Georgiev Dies at 61 in Moscow
Georgiev, communist party chief of Altay province in south central Siberia, died Friday at 61 after an undisclosed illness. He helped transform Altay into a major grain growing region in eastern Russia.
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Moscow
Alexander Georgiev
Communist Party
Altay Province
Siberia
Altay
Russia
Minot Braces for Souris River Flood Rising Waters
In Minot North Dakota volunteers national guardsmen and air force personnel race to shore up 15 foot dikes as the Souris river swells with melting snow from Saskatchewan. Forecasters warn water could flow six to fourteen feet deep downtown and crest Saturday eight feet above flood stage prompting mandatory evacuations for up to two weeks.
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John Arnold
Israel frees captured Saudi troop transport plane with crew
An Israeli jet forced down a U S built C 130 Hercules plane carrying 36 aboard including three Americans after it strayed into Israeli air space. The Americans were civilian contractors for Lockheed on a Saudi contract and were later handed to the U S embassy. The Saudis remained confined at an Israeli air base.
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Saudi Arabia
Syria
Riyadh
Mideast
U.S
Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Arthur Philips
Larry Chandler
Communists in Laos Launch Their First Purge
VIENTIANE Laos AP the Communist regime began a purge of social undesirables in Vientiane sending 700 to re education seminars outside the city. Other sources say more than 1000 may have been arrested as prostitutes opium smokers gangsters long haired youths and others not following the revolutionary spirit. The drive marks Laos first such action since the regime seized power.
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