Quaker Relief Workers Say No Viet Bloodbath In Vietnam
Paul and Sophia Quinn Judge report from South Vietnam that a bloodbath did not occur after the Communist victory. They cite government clemency, peasant attachment to home, and no forced relocations while noting shortages and a mass vaccination effort. They foresee possible unification within years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Vietnam
Paul
Sophia Quinn- Judge
Saigon
Paul Quinn-Judge
Quinn
Quinn- Judge
Quinn-Judge
Panel Names 50 Influential Women Across America
A 29 member panel selected 50 influential women in America spanning journalism, politics, activism, arts, and law. Notables include Katharine Graham, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Walters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Betty Ford, and Rose Kennedy among others reflecting visibility over business or science. An additional crime brief follows about an Iowa prison escape involving Robert Cloke, a 10 year term felon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Graham
Carla Anderson Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Margaret Mead
Ella Grasso
Connecticut
Virginia Johnson Masters
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Walters
Bella Abzug
Charlotte Curtis
Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Iowa
Robert Cloke
Cloke
Birmingham
Grain Probe Secrets Reach Grand Jury Indictments
Federal inspectors exposed bribery, lax inspections, and misgrading in New Orleans grain operations. Michael Ryan, chief supervisor inspector, led a probe spanning 51 individuals charged across 63 indictments with continued investigations. The case linked Destrehan and Delta firms to Cook Industries and Bunge Corp, detailing a corrupt two price system and elevator control in the grain trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrios
Ryan
New Orleans
Illinois
Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Office of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Usda Office of Investigation
FBI
U.S
Bondurant
Bryan Lehmann
Bunge Corp
Lehmann
Bunge
Destrehan Board of Trade
Cook Industries
Sidney Provensol
Ferrazi
Provensol
Delta Weighing and Inspection Service
Delta
Destrehan
The
Gazette
USDA
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Grain Exchange
Muscatine
Des Moines Grain Exchange
Des Moines Exchange
37 Earn Degrees at Coe August Commencement
Thirty seven seniors were graduated Friday in formal ceremonies at Coe college's seventh annual August commencement. Eight were graduated cum laude. Recipients included Ruth B. Church Ellerslie Ga BA Catherine A. Evers Tipton BS in nursing Ursula Hardt Iowa City BA and several other BA and BS in nursing degrees awarded to recipients from various states and cities. A bachelor of music was awarded to Janet Hudson Ferguson Mo and Antoinette A. Bua Milton Wis received the bachelor of music degree. A landslide in Italy buried a car near Medesano tolling the death of a three person family reported by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Ruth B. Church
Ellerslie
Catherine A. Evers
Tipton
Ursula Hardt
Iowa City
Marilyn Hauer
Waucoma
Janet Hudson
Ferguson
Susan Hathaway McConaughy
Des Moines
Debra A. Roth
Washington
Madeline McCoy
Clearwater
Fla
Abbie A. Peterson
Cherokee
Thomas S. Powrie, Jr
Yonkers
N.Y
John G. Reiss
Rolling Meadows
Ill
Susan L. Shaw
Princeton
Marvin J. Ware
St. Louis
Thomas Wiesman
Horicon
Wis
Antoinette A. Bua
Milton
Susan M. Armstrong
First Avenue
Marilyn DeLong
Wilson Avenue
Elizabeth
Belgium Disables Forty Tanks Over Armor Cracks
Brussels reports the Belgian army has temporarily removed forty tanks from active service after cracks were found in aluminum armor plating. Defense ministry stated the measure was precautionary and ongoing inspections continue.
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Brussels
Belgium
Defense Ministry
Handwriting Analysts Rally For Science Status At Cedar Rapids Meet
About 75 attendees at Coe College attend the 11th annual national convention of the American Association of Handwriting Analysis. Robert Larson asserts handwriting analysis is a true science used in crime detection and hiring, with David Mayer presenting on behavior and lie detector links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
the American Assn
Robert Larson
Kirkwood Community College
David P. Mayer
Washington, D.C
Mayer
Larson
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
KCRG
Regal Drive
Chicago
Cedar Rapids News Briefs Roundup of Small Local Incidents
A loaded pistol was stolen from a car at First Street and E Avenue NW. A breakin at 1119 Nineteenth Avenue SW yielded stolen items but no money. A church burglary at St. Paul’s Methodist involved a classroom entry with nothing taken. Odds and Ends club meets Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Bishops downtown.
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Wayne Wall
Oakland Road
First Street
E Avenue NW
Odds and Ends
Odds and
Bishops
Calvin V. Dart
Nineteenth Avenue SW
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
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Sun
Cedar Rapids Skyhawks
Seminole Valley Park
Kurt Krempetz
Palatine
New York
America
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gloria Steinem
Coretta Scott King
Frances Farenthold
Betty Friedan
Dorothy Schiff
Barbara Jordan
Ann Landers
Jake Fonda
Billie Jean King
Elizabeth Holtzman
Helen Gurley Brown
Patricia Carbine
Joan Ganz Cooney
Angela Davis
Mary Calderone
Karen DeCrow
National Organization For Women
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Martha Griffiths
Florynce Kennedy
Kate Millett
Ada Louise Huxtable
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
Lillian Hellman
Rose Kennedy
President Kennedy
Elizabeth Janeway
Mary Anne Krupsak
Dorothy Day
Julia Child
Betty Ford
President Ford
Sylvia Porter
Nan
Cy Hanks
Matina Lourets Horner
Virginia Knauer
Constance Baker Motley
Ayn Rand
Barbara Tuchman
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Lenore Hershey
Jane Jacobs
Eleanor Holmes Norton
New York City
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Grain Investigation
Coe
J. Rogen
Oklahoma Avenue
Maureen T. Cantwell
Levittown
Denise R. Dunscomb
Trenton
N.J
Suzanne M. Hodge
Gloria J. Hednefield
Radcliffe
Sue A. Mason
Early
Cynthia M. Runner
Gilman
Elizabeth A. Schadt
Gladbrook
Margaret J. Shanahan
Bernard
Martha A. Spangler
Eagle Grove
Holly L. Vogt
Solon
Malesine
Italy
American Federal
FSLIC
Europe
Germany
France
Chiren
Midwest
Children’s Shoes
Third Avenue S.E
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