Olympic Coverage Faces Election Time Pressure At ABC
Wide World of Sports chief Roone Arledge says pre empting isn't likely for politics during October as Mexico City games run live. He notes 400 million worldwide viewers and a 45 camera plus access to 75 others, stressing live coverage and diverse events including boxing and table tennis.
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Television Listings for Cedar Rapids Waterloo Otumna
Local TV listings for Cedar Rapids show 9 KCRG TV and 2 WMT TV with programs aired throughout the day. Waterloo's 7 KWWL TV and Otumna 3 KTVO TV provide additional regional broadcasting schedules.
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Friday Night Movie Schedule and Listings
The page lists a Friday lineup including "Helen Morgan and Sonnett" at 10:40, with Hollywood squares and comedy features. Two showings are noted: "Long Legs" and "Cape Canaveral Monsters" among others.
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Fed trims discount rate by a quarter point to 5 percent
The Federal Reserve Board approved a 0.25 percent cut in the discount rate to 5 percent effective Friday. The move, requested by Minneapolis Fed directors, aims to align rates with tighter money conditions and reduced treasury financing, and initially applies in the Minneapolis area before broader rollout.
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Bremer 4-H'ers Win All-Iowa Dairy Judging Meet
Washington Herdsman 4-H club of Bremer county won the state dairy junior judging contest at the All-Iowa fair with Dan Specht of Monticello as individual champion scoring 286 of 300. Team members were Dave Joackin, Dennis Wy lam, Jim Dorste, Marvin Orth of Waverly. Blackhawk No.1 was seven points behind. Thirty-one teams and 148 individuals competed in the Iowa state dairy show.
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Steering Group Of Area Schools To Meet In Cedar Rapids
About 30 persons from Iowa's 15 area school districts will gather in Cedar Rapids on Saturday to attend the state area schools steering committee meeting. Board members and ex-officio superintendents will participate. A morning tour of Area Ten Community College precedes an afternoon business session to consider reorganization and the area schools legislative program. Bud Jensen, chairman of Area Ten's board, leads the committee.
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Fowlers Injured in South Carolina Car Crash
Francis Fowler and his wife were in a one car wreck near Fayetteville South Carolina on the way to Greenville. Mrs. Fowler suffered serious back injuries and is hospitalized at Cape Fear Valley hospital in Fayetteville while Mr. Fowler sustained a minor arm injury.
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Mike) Fowler
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Explosion at Louisiana ammo plant injures ten
A blast ripped through the Louisiana army ammunition plant in Minden on Friday. A doctor said ten people were injured and two were in critical condition.
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Truth or Consequences contestant baffled by sports records
A TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES contestant shows puzzled reaction to sports records during a segment aired at 6 00 p m Friday on KCRG TV Channel 9 in color.
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Humphrey Attacks Nixon. Labels GOP as Nixiecrats in Minneapolis
Vice president Hubert Humphrey blasted Richard Nixon and the Republican platform as empty promises during a speech to postal workers in Minneapolis. He likened the GOP to Nixiecrats and cited high opposition to Medicare and 1967 Social Security raises, drawing a contrast with Democratic aims.
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Czech Army withdraws support from Prehlik
Prague AP report says the Czechoslovak army leadership cut backing for Lt Gen Vaclav Prehlik and rejected his bid to revise the Warsaw Pact to grant all members parity with the Soviet Union. The defense high command also denied his claim that leaders did not know Soviet troop numbers during June maneuvers.
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KCRG Radio Aims at Pace Setters Audience
KCRG Radio 1600 launches programming aimed at pace setters, highlighting new content designed to appeal to high achievers and trend leaders. The station markets itself as a platform for ambitious listeners seeking forward‑looking talk and music.
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Government Plans Rehabilitation of Hard Core Failures
The National Citizens Advisory Committee on Vocational Rehabilitation urged the government to apply rehabilitation principles used for the disabled to hard core failures. The plan targets the uneducated isolated parolees welfare clients and others near social or economic failure and calls for diagnosis counseling training placement and follow up services. Mary Switzer notes current moves focus on welfare recipients and job placement under new welfare changes.
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McGovern Declines Second Spot on Democratic Ticket
Senator George McGovern, ranked third in the Democratic presidential race, states at a National Press Club luncheon he will not accept the vice presidency. He says his late entry aimed to strengthen antiwar forces and rally supporters of the late Robert F. Kennedy who cannot shift to Eugene McCarthy.
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MS Picnic Set For Saturday At Noelridge Park
Annual Linn County multiple sclerosis patients and families picnic occurs Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Lagoons pavilion Noelridge Park. Board members of the Linn County Branch Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society provide food and entertainment after dinner.
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Sweden to Sign Treaty Banning Nuclear Spread
STOCKHOLM AP Sweden will sign the treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons, a government communique said Thursday.
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