Uplift Program Gives Cedar Rapids Youths First Airplane Rides
About 100 Cedar Rapids youths from underprivileged families will take their first plane ride Saturday as part of Operation Up-Lift. Twenty one planes are expected in the area with pilots from Wathan Flying Service and multiple companies volunteering. The tours will last about 20 minutes and cover Cedar Rapids and nearby points of interest. Nationwide this weekend roughly 2,000 youths will fly in programs across Ames Marshalltown and other cities.
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Cedar Rapids
Wathan Flying Service
Walthan
John Huey
Tom Collins
Louis Burgus
Mike Wilson
Kenneth Hofer
Louis Scroggins
Jim Wathan
Marvin Knipp
Harold Hall
Wendell Baker
Ronald Silhanek
John Wessale
Gene Witte
George Hinds
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Ames
Marshalltown
Boone
Burlington
Iowa City
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Muscatine
Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Mason City
Sioux City
Ottumwa
FTC Ends Steel Price Inquiry in Price Rollback Context
The Federal Trade Commission decided not to open a probe into steel industry pricing after Bethlehem Steel announced a 5 percent price rise and then began to roll back in response to industry moves. U S Steel later signaled selective increases averaging under 2.5 percent, influencing others to adjust hikes.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Sen. Hart
Dmich
FTC
Bethlehem Steel
Paul Rand Dixon
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Minnesota Residents Appeal Inheritance Case To Federal Court
Four Minnesota residents including Edwin Sawyer Lorene Hildenbrand Doris Larsen and Alice Frame appeal to the U S Eighth Circuit after a Cedar Rapids federal court dismissal of their bid to stop the opening of a trust under their grandmother Donl S Hunter s will The executor is Stanley L Davis 2610 Johnson Ave NW Urbana son in law of the deceased They seek a one fourth share via their father Howard L Sawyer The court ruled complete probate adjudication exists in Benton County Iowa and the Iowa Supreme Court The plaintiffs attorney then had a default motion overruled
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Minnesota
U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanley L. Davis
Johnson Avenue
Donl S. Hunter
Urbana
Edwin Sawyer
Lorene Hildenbrand
Doris Larsen
Pine River
Minn
Alice Frame
Bacus
Howard L. Sawyer
Cedar Rapids
Benton County District Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Pair Arrested in C.R. on Drug and Vagrancy Counts
Carl W. Sonntag 23 and Kelcie Melone 20 were arrested Thursday night in Cedar Rapids on illegal possession of narcotics and vagrancy. Melone pled innocent with trial set for Sept. 19. Sonntag was sentenced to 10 days for vagrancy and faces additional charges including carrying a concealed weapon and uttering a bad check. Authorities found five nickel bags of marijuana and a loaded pistol in Sonntag’s car. both await arraignment on remaining charges.
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Carl W. Sonntag
Kelcie Melone
Town City
Sonntag
Clinton Shaeffer
Miss Melone
Linn
College Pharmacy
Center Point
Melone
Maxwell
Henry Keyes
Racket Figure Found Guilty At New Orleans Airpt Assault
Carlos Marcello a New Orleans racketeer was convicted in Houston court of assaulting FBI agent Patrick Collins at the New Orleans airport. Sentencing set for Sept. 12 with bond allowed. Defense given notice of appeal. Witnesses place the Sept 30 1966 incident as Marcello, age 58, surged toward Collins amid photographers.
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Houston
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
FBI
Patrick Collins
Marcello
Collin
Anther
Collins
Lift Embargo on Mail to Canada Cleared
The United States ends the embargo on first class mail and parcel post to Canada effective immediately after a postal strike settlement. Postmasters may start handling surface and airmail letters and postcards and parcel post for surface delivery while newspapers magazines and samples remain embargoed. Canada keeps its embargo on second and third class mail until backlog clears.
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Washington
Canada
U.S
Watson
City Briefs from Mercy Hospital and Local Businesses
Hospitalized Mrs. Ann Huber at Mercy Hospital with visitors allowed. Returns home Mrs. Ross Butters after Mercy hospital surgery. Local ads include beauticians Joyce Jirouch and Becky Kan at Becky's Fashionette, and Dr. Caldwell joining Dr. Ritchie in podiatry at 214 13th St SE. Community events parade siren tests and club notices throughout the city.
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Ann Huber
First Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Robert M. Caldwell
John A. Ritchie
13Th St. SE
Ross Butters
Avenue
Soviet Union urges UN to press Israel over last November resolution
The Soviet Union urged the United Nations Security Council to compel Israel to implement the resolution adopted on November 22, calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab territory and comply with the council’s terms.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
Security Council
Israel
Council
Today's Columnists Editorial Art Heusinkveld
Columnists Wilson Heusinkveld and Wiley Franz discuss current topics with brief notes from Deedee and Gus Schrader. The column also mentions Rex Conn's sports items and Farm Rex notes.
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Art Heusinkveld
Martin Wiley Franz Cyrus Deedee
Registration by Independent Voters Down in Iowa Cities
In Iowa s 17 largest cities avowed independents dropped 8.8 percent from 1966 to 1968. Independent registrants totaled 257 858 this year versus 282 879 in 1966. Republicans and Democrats rose with 16.2 and 19.8 percent gains respectively.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Pakistan to Push Primary School Enrollment Past Thirteen Million
By 1970 Pakistan will have more than 13 million children in primary schools, up from 5.28 million in 1960, indicating major expansion of schooling.
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Rawalpindi
UPI
Pakistan
Army Flyer Lands Light Plane In Iowa Soybean Field
Army Maj. Roy Crews returning from Vietnam after a helicopter tour made a forced landing near Cedar Rapids Municipal airport when his engine failed at about 3 000 feet He landed in a Frank Dolezal farm field east of the airport and was towed out by airport workers Crews had informed the control tower of the trouble and then aimed to clear power lines before touchdown with fuel exhausted He later taxied away after refueling and leaving the field attached to Swisher road
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Iowa
Army
Roy Crews
Cedar Rapids
Frank Dolezal
Vietnam
Swisher Road
Military plane lands on airport grounds at Cedar Rapids
A military Cessna 172 variant, 1600 pounds, touched down on Cedar Rapids airport grounds after leaving Ft. Riley Kansas. Crews had stopped at Savannah Illinois to drop radios at Collins Radio Co before inspection and departure back to Ft. Riley. No damage reported. Airport manager Roy Jameson noted sparse development near approaches reducing accident risk.
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Ft. Riley
Kan
Twenty-first Aviation Battalion
Savannah
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Co
Roy Jameson
Harsch Calls This the Year of the Vice President
Joseph C. Harsch comments on ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds scheduled at 5 p.m. weekdays on KCRG TV 9 in color, calling this the year of the Vice President.
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Joseph C. Harsch
ABC
Frank
Reynolds
Kcrgtv
Johnson signs $1.63 billion transportation bill
President Johnson signed a bill providing about $1.63 billion for the transportation department including 2,399 new air traffic controller positions. The measure exempts controllers from a cutback ordered amid a 10 percent income tax surcharge and aims to ease congestion at major terminals.
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Austin
Texas
Johnson
Transportation Department
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