Iowa Welcomes Vietnamese Boat People Refugees
The Des Moines dispatch reports 167 Vietnamese refugees arrived in Iowa from Malaysia seeking safety. Gov. Ray welcomed them at Camp Dodge with sponsors and donated meals from McDonalds. State officials note minimal welfare impact with sponsors not financially obligated and arrangements handled by the Iowa Refugee Service Center.
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Des Moines
Southeast Asia
Iowa
Malaysia
Camp Dodge
American Red Cross
McDonald’s
Amendment of
Colleen Shearer
Refugee Service
Nguyen Tu Cuong
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Robert D. Ray
Carter
Iowa Refugee Service Center
Randalia
Epworth
Arlington
Washington
Blairstown
Kuala Lumpur
Wayne Newton
Liquor stores buzz as deposit and price hikes loom
Crowds flood Iowa liquor outlets as a new 5 cent bottle deposit and price increases take effect Tuesday. Managers report mixed price moves across 1511 items with 460 rising or falling, while some bottles cannot yet be refunded until the second phase July 1.
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Emery
George Price
State Liquor Department
Fireat Fillmore Elementary Media Center Suspected Arson
Arson is suspected after a fire early today destroyed books and shelving in Fillmore Elementary School's media center. Fire officials say the blaze had been burning for hours before custodians discovered it at 5 59 this morning.
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Fillmore
Love trial jurors say they were never very far apart
A Linn County jury of six men and six women found Willie Love guilty of second degree murder and attempted murder after a three day trial over split deliberations totaling about 15 hours. The defense argued self defense while the state pointed to back of the neck wounds on Ernest Gibson and the fatal injuries to his brother William. Sentencing is set for June 1 with minimum five years to be served as both verdicts are forcible felonies.
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Willie Love
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Gibson
William Gibson
Gibson
Love
Gary L. Ray
Ray
L and H
12Th Avenue
15Th Avenue SE
Elliott Becomes Cedar Rapids's First Black Officer In Years
Daniel H. Elliott Jr. 28, of Cedar Rapids joins 10 other recruits as the Cedar Rapids Police Department swears in 11 new officers. They begin 14 weeks at the Police Academy with a one year probation. Elliott is the only minority officer on the force. He previously served in Win n er, S D and Sioux Falls, S D. He moved from Chicago to Cedar Rapids last year and works at Rockwell Collins.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniel H. Elliott Jr
Police Department
Don Canney
Elliott
Elliot
Chicago
Air Force
Rapid City
S.D
Sioux Falls
Rockwell-Collins
Floyd Bergen
Public Safety
Bergen
Marjorie A. Zimbro
William L. Hanse
Gregory O. Erce
Xerox challenges Cedar Rapids tax on leased equipment
In Linn District Court Xerox contests assessed values for about $2 million of leased equipment for 1975 and 1976 seeking reductions to about $1 million per year. If upheld, annual tax would fall roughly $33,000. City says values follow sale price. Xerox argues factors like equipment life matter. The company also seeks to challenge personal property tax statute as unconstitutional. the judge has not ruled on that issue.
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Rick Emery
Center Point Road NE
Emery
Cedar Rapids
Xerox Corp
Linn District Court
Clinton Shaeffer
Iowa
Tom Miller
David McGuire
Shaeffer
Linn County Supervisors interview seven architecture firms
The Linn County Supervisors began interviewing seven architectural and engineering firms for courthouse remodeling after offices move out. Cedar Rapids firms Associated Engineers Peiffer and Associates Design Associates and Brown Healey Bock McConnell Steveley Anderson consortium. Iowa City firms Neuman and Associates Hansen Lind Meyer and Wehner Nowysz Pattschull Pfiffner invited to present.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Associated Engineers
Peiffer and Associates
Design Associates
Brown-Healey-Bock
McConnell-Steveley-Anderson
Iowa City
Neuman and Associates
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Stroy
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Oregon
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courthouse
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Winner
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