Link Belt To Expand C R Plant In Cedar Rapids
Link-Belt Speeder Corp announces a major Cedar Rapids expansion adding 174,900 square feet to two plants. By 1970 730,000 square feet of space will house manufacturing and assembly plus a new 45 by 60 foot engineering lab. Employment is set to rise by about 550 to roughly 1,900 by 1975 as production capacity expands 40 percent.
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Link-Belt Speeder Corp
Cedar Rapids
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Untal
Link-Bell
Ew Engineering Structures Laboratory
Beret Sees Political Motives Behind Arrests in Vietnam War
ATHENS Ga UP reports a Green Beret unit held in solitary confinement from July 39 to Aug 18 facing charges of killing a Vietnamese national. Capt Budger Williams and Maj David Crew say the army used coercion, delayed hearings, and denied lawyers. Williams described brutal conditions in Lung Binh camp and feared further harm, urging his father to withhold news from his mother until official release.
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David Crew
Cedar Rapids
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Humane Society
Bellevue Murder Trial Stayed Pending Review
Iowa Daily Press reports a conflict over charging two Dubuque men with first or second degree murder in the Bellevue police chief Earl Berendes case. Attorney General Richard Turner sought a stay from the Iowa Supreme Court pending review, with Justice C Edwin Moore setting a September 4 hearing. Schmitz and Sweeney were charged June by Jackson County with first degree murder.
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Iowa Daily Press
Weiler
Supreme Court
C. Edwin Moore
Turner
Churge Moore
Bellevue
Earl Berendes
Jackson County
Ralph M. Kauffman
Richard B. Schmitz
Robert P. Sweeney
Schmitz
Forceful Demonstration at U S Steel Headquarters
A group of demonstrators demanding construction jobs for Black workers forced entry into U S Steel Corp headquarters in Pittsburgh and secured a meeting with executives. Leader Michael Dismond said the firm refused to commit to the 85 story downtown skyscraper project as a condition. The scene drew hisses and boos from the crowd.
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U.S. Steel Corps
Michael Dismond
Steel
Nixon’s daughter Tricia shows signs of recovery at Walter Reed
Washington UPI report says Tricia Nixon, hospitalized for abdominal ailment, was sitting up and feeling much better. Doctors note she is eating regular meals and pain is gone but she will remain one more night for observation.
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UPI
Nixon
Walter Reed Army
Cedar Rapids sees higher consumer prices than nation
Cedar Rapids consumer price index rose 1.8 percent from April to July, 28 percent above the national rate. Prices jumped 3.9 percent in three months mainly due to food costs, with housing up 14 percent and gas and utilities driving the local surge. The index is now 4.3 percent above a year ago while the U.S. is 5.8 percent higher.
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Rapids
David Hammond
Iowa
Salood
Cedar Rapids
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Nixon Hosts Birthday Welcome For LBJ At San Clemente
President Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson exchanged greetings in a cordial White House visit at San Clemente. The Nixon and Johnson families traveled by golf cart and helicopter from El Toro to the western White House, sharing lunch and a private chat after a welcome with musicians playing Happy Birthday.
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Texas
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Eight Killed in Two Car Crash near Wadena
In Wadena Minnesota an early Wednesday two car crash killed eight people. The highway patrol said the victims included two air force men from a family of six dead in a Northern California related incident. A private event featured a Mexican band and tributes to a late figure connected with federal staff.
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Johnson
Redwood National Park
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Michigan
Air Force
Wadenn
Nixon
House
Tropical Storm Diminishes Off North Carolina
A cooler atmosphere reduced the stormy eye’s wind, easing threats in the central Atlantic as the system drifted slowly northeast, about 25 miles off North Carolina. The report notes tropical storm conditions waning with diminishing intensity through Wednesday.
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Atlante
Caroling
Chrysler Says Changing Truck Year Is Routine
DETROIT RP Chrysler Corp says it is industry practice to change model year identifications on trucks carried over by dealers at year end and sell as current models. FTC findings show at least seven manufacturers do this with some vehicles marked new though built years earlier. Chrysler notes Dodge trucks carry permanent factory IDs and that truck models change annually.
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Chrysler Corp
General Molors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Federal Trade Commission
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FTC
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Chrysler
Dodge
Machinery of Oppression Too Powerful No Uprising Seen
Soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov says the Kremlin remains dominated by hawks and a new revolt is impossible. He doubts any gradual democratization and warns of potential renewed terror, noting Moscow controls policy while ordinary Russians have little political say.
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Tetegrenh
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Britain
Soviet Union
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Kuznetsov
Russia
Stalin
Kennedy to testify at inquest into Kopechne death
Fog town Massachusetts AP District Attorney J J Boyle said Senator Edward Kennedy should testify at the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death even if subpoenaed. Kennedy’s chief counsel said he would be present though not necessarily on the stand. The hearing set rules for the inquest and discussed witness rights and cross examination while witnesses face pre trial restrictions. The inquest panel will include the July 1 party attendees on Chappaquiddick Island and Martha’s Vineyard where Miss Kopechne died in Edgartown after Kennedy’s car went off a bridge.
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Edward Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechye
Kennedy
Robert Clark
Brockton
Whem
Ural
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Wisly
Ding
Miss Kopechne
Pennsylvania
Chappacquiddick Island
Martha’s Vi Yard
Edgartown
Decline Seen in Enemy Forces
Washington reports that North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam declined below their casualty rate. A state department spokesman said on Wednesday that the enemy may be reducing numbers as South Vietnam faces changes in personnel and capability.
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Rubber Band Disrupts Office Computer Causing Quick Decisions
An incident where a rubber band fell into an office computer triggers sudden improvised actions labeled as snap decisions by staff. The event highlights how small hardware intrusions can prompt rapid problem solving and operational adjustments in a workplace setting.
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