CB radio use matures with steady growth and utility
More than 100,000 licenses are issued monthly for CB radio as of 1979, with FCC data showing growth in ham licenses and expanded channels. Industry sources cite mature, utilitarian use beyond novelty and anticipate a possible surge if gasoline shortages hit this summer.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Mark V. Rosenker
Electronic Industries Association
Department of Transportation
Coast Guard
Cbs
Rosenker
Vonk to Speak on Detention at Dinner Meeting
Ivan Vonk director of the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center will discuss What is Juvenile Detention at a Thursday 6 30 p m dinner meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children at Lindale Plaza Bishop Buffet A tour of the detention center follows for limited participants. The event is open to the public. ON THIS DATE in 1850 San Francisco was incorporated as a city.
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Ivan Vonk
Linn County
Council For Exceptional Children
Lindale Plaza
Bishop Buffet
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Chambers Plan Joint Action
Iowa City Chamber president Robert Downer and executive vice president Keith Kafer will meet Cedar Rapids Marion Chamber directors Thursday to discuss joint projects and shared concerns in Linn and Johnson Counties. They will review an ad hoc socio economic committee and consider future collaboration on traffic flow and youth education programs ahead of a June White House Governors Export Seminar in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Linn- Johnson County
Donald P. Hattery
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Hattery
F. Forbes Osberg
Board of Banks of Iowa
Chamber
Faxon
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Not Said Publicly on Carter Loans Investigation
Philip Heymann, an assistant attorney general, asserts that the Justice Department is properly probing questionable Carter warehouse bank loans and says he has not spoken to the attorney general or the White House. This statement contrasts with implied higher scrutiny of the inquiry.
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Attorney General
White House
Philip Heymann
U.S
Justice Department
Carter Warehouse
Cuyahoga River Chosen as Monster Film Backdrop
An advertising executive seeks to film a disaster movie on the Detroit Superior bridge over the polluted Cuyahoga River. Morton Myers of American Searchlight Advertising asks county commissioners for one day of location use pending liability insurance approval.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Morton Myers
American Searchlight Advertising Co
Myers
Detroit Superior Bridge
Speed Watch Radar Areas Listed for Week Enforcement
Radar speed checks will occur this week in multiple zones across the city. Areas include Northwest Johnson Avenue B Avenue Edgewood Road Cedar Hills Northeast A Avenue Circle Drive 13th Street Southeast Second Avenue Third Avenue Country Club Parkway Southwest 27th Street 29th Street 29th Avenue Wilson Avenue detour area.
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Johnson Avenue
B Avenue
Edgewood Road
Cedar Hills
A Avenue
Circle Drive
13Th Street
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Country Club Parkway
27Th Street
29Th Street
29Th Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Man kills after son’s death in train accident in Cairo
In Cairo a man became hysterical after his 14 year old son was killed when the boy jumped under a moving train while a ticket dispute with the conductor was ongoing. The father shot and killed two people and wounded two others before being restrained.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Ahram
Demonstrators march in New York and San Francisco in 1967
On this date in 1967 thousands rallied in New York and San Francisco to protest the Vietnam War. The actions included draft card burnings marches and speeches by participants and organizers detailing antiwar sentiment.
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New York
San Francisco
Lincoln declares state of war calls for 75000 volunteers
On this date in 1861 President Lincoln sent Congress a message recognizing a state of war with the Southern states and calling for 75000 volunteer soldiers.
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Abraham Lincoln
Congress
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John D. McClain
Associated Press
Vonk
Randy
Randy Krause
RELC
Cedar Rapids
F.C.B
Klinger Office Supply
3Rd Ave
Iowa
Citians
Chamber Board
Speed
Son
Man
Telulele
Helping Hands Corporation
South Cedar Rapids
La-Z-Boy
Flexsteel
Pontiac
Strato
Fashionaire
Green
Gold
Ovat
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