FBI official urges alarm against government critics at sheriffs’ meet
Edward Tulley told Louisiana sheriffs to sound the battle alarm against bureaucrats and media critics, calling for a defensive stance amid FBI investigations into misconduct. He warned against federal ties in hiring and argued against women trainees, while noting the FBI began admitting women in 1972 and now has 60 female agents.
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Bureau
FBI
Washington
Louisiana
Edward Tulley
Justice Department
Tulley
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Quantico
Tulkey
Secret Service Queries About Grand Valley Gun Cache
Garfield County deputies uncover seventy rifles and pistols, including a loaded submachine gun, plus 150 sticks of dynamite and thousands of rounds of ammunition in Gary Wray's Grand Valley home. Wray, 25, held on bond $2,000 for illegal possession of firearms. officials note no Secret Service involvement due to distance from President Ford’s Vail retreat.
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Grand Valley
Colo
Ford
Vail
Secret Service
Washington
Garfield County
Robert Hart
Ed Hogue
Denver
Hogue
Gary Wray
Hart
Wray
River Thames Springs Leak Stops Flowing
The Thames has leaked 15 million gallons per day, halting flow along a four mile stretch in Oxfordshire. The source spring in Gloucestershire dried up, leaving the first nine miles dry for the first time in 25 years. Denis Howell, in charge of drought response, said the river effectively stopped flowing and water is being pumped upstream to aid supplies.
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London
UPS
Thames
England
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
Denis Howell
Rubber Workers Vote Next Week Des Moines
Suiking rubber workers in central laws are expected to vote early next week on pro poead contract agreements. Des Moines Firestone plant Manager Jack Walters said his 2150 workers could be back on the job by 11 p.m. Sunday if the contract is rati fied. He said the agreement is being flown in from New York and a Vote is expected to be taken Sunday morning. David Leach, vice present of United Rubber Work ers Local II, said he expects a ratificestion meeting for Armstrong Rubber Co. work ers in Des Moines also will be held next week. The 1,000 Amnatrong workers have been on Strike since July 1] and Firestone workers have been out for 128 days.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Firestone
Jack Walters
New York
David Leach
United Rubber Workers Local II
Armstrong Rubber Co
Amnatrong
Firestone
Iowan Confirmed To HEW Post
The Senate confirmed Thomas L. Liss of Akron Iowa as assistant secretary of HEW by voice vote. He replaces Stephen Kurzman who resigned, marking a routine confirmation for the new health education and welfare post.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Thomas L. Liss
Akron
Iown
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Liss
Stephen Kurzman
Man Held for Assault on Cr Police Officer
Richard L. Dahl 22 of Cedar Rapids was held in Linn County jail on $250 bond after arrest for intoxication and assaulting an officer at 12:50 am Friday during booking.
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Richard L. Dahl
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Driver Charged After Crash Near Here
Michael Mingen Maynard 28 charged with drunk driving and vehicle control faults after a Thursday crash two miles south of here. Passenger Georgia Hinze 18 was hospitalized.
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Maynard
Michael Mingen
Qehwein
Here
Georgia Hinze
Oeviwein
Would-Be Thieves Pick Wrong Car
In Gillette Wyoming two would be car thieves using a tow truck attempted to steal a sheriff s department car parked near a bar. Deputies inside the bar alerted another patrol unit which then arrested Sammy Dee Pierce 30 and Richard Lee Ward 31 both of Gillette. They are held on $2 500 bond charged with auto theft before Justice of the Peace Biff Hawkey.
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Sammy Dee Pierce
Richard Lee Ward
Gillette
Justice of the Peace Biff Hawkey
Miramar Seeks New Aerial Ladder Truck for Fire Department
Miramar Florida faces budget hurdles as the fire department plans an 85 foot serial ladder truck costing 173 309 dollars. The 44 foot unit may not fit the 38 foot station and cannot turn the narrow street in front of the firehouse, stirring debate between Chief George Varn Etveldt and Mayor Harry Rosen over funding.
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Miramar
Fla
UPI
George Varn Etveldt
Harry Rosen
Etveldt
Slow Grain Transport Slows North Western Line
Mason City Iowa railroad chief D B Carlisle says grain movement by the North Western central division is very slow through summer with no clear sign of year end improvement. He cites weather hurting crops and profits, noting the pattern could keep the third quarter unprofitable after a near break-even first half of 1976.
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Mason City
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
North Western Central Division
D. B. Carlisle
Carlisle
North Western
Drivers Involved In Hayrack Crash Face Charges
In a collision on a Clay County road near Everly two hayracks and a car, Gregory Amick twenty one driver of the car was charged with drunk driving and driving with a suspended license, Jack Harrs forty six driver of the hayrack tractor was charged with failure to have a red light. Forty two persons were injured with three still hospitalized in Spencer.
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Everly
Gregory Amick
Jack Harrs
Clay County
Spencer
Meeting Set on Teacher Contracts
DELHI The Maquoketa Valley Education Assn. calls a public information meeting for pm Tuesday at the school for residents to ask questions about the contract dispute between teachers and the school board. The board rejected proposals by arbitrators claiming nonconformity with the state collective bargaining law. The board filed suit to overturn the proposed contracts. MVEA filed a counter suit. No court date set.
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Delhi
Maquoketa
Drunk Driving Charge Follows Marion Youth Arrest
Robin D. Meyer 18 of 375 Sixth avenue Marion was arrested by Linn county deputies Thursday night at the East Post road and Cottage Grove avenue intersect ion east of Cedar Rapids on a drunken driving count.
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Robin D. Meyer
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Linn County
Meyer
East Post Road
Cottage Grove Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Committee calls for resignation of Cedar Rapids safety commissioner
The Linn County Support Your Local Police committee urged the resignation of Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner Ed Colton. Chairman Gary L. Culver said the group opposes Colton's dismissal of Police Chief Wallace LaPeters and has agreed to push for Colton's removal. Colton fired LaPeters Monday morning and had considered resigning, though he does not plan to.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Ed Colton
Gary L. Culver
Colton
Wallace LaPeters
LaPeters
AEA and Teacher Group Set Saturday Mediation Session
Grant Wood Area Education Agency and the Grant Wood Education Assn. plan to resume negotiations Saturday at 10:30 am in the agency board room. Erik Driessen said both sides aim to avoid arbitration and remain optimistic about reaching a settlement after a fact-finder’s June report was accepted by the agency board.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Erik Driessen
Driessen
Tim Davis
Grant Wood Education Assn
GWEA
Two Women Hurt In Buchanan Crash and Theft Probe
Two Winthrop women Emma Mae Arnold and Shirley Ann Harris were injured Friday when a truck rear ended their car near Independence. Harris released from hospital. Arnold's condition unavailable. Deputies investigate theft of over 2500 dollars in music equipment from a Cedar Rapids area farm home.
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Buchanan
Independence
Winthrop
Emma Mae Arnold
Shirley Ann Harris
People’s Memorial Hospital
Cedar Rapids Man Reports Break In and Stolen Rings
Cedar Rapids resident Leland L. Reynolds said two rings were taken during a Thursday afternoon break in at his home on Victoria Drive SW. One ring was a 1932 Grant high school class ring, both rings valued at 250 dollars, along with 20 dollars in cash.
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Cedar Rapids
Leland L. Reynolds
Victoria Drive
Three More Escape from Linn County Youth Detention Center
Three male juveniles escaped from the Linn County detention center north of Marion early Friday after overpowering two staff workers and stealing keys. Names given are 17 year olds Tank Surgis and Dennis Price of Cedar Rapids and 15 year old David Eldeen of Iowa City. another 15 year old, Jeffrey Taber, had escaped earlier in the week and was at large.
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Linn County
Marion
Tanks Surgis
Dennis Price
Cedar Rapids
David Eldeen
Iowa City
Jeffrey Taber
Ivan D. Voak
Oelwein Revises Lake Improvement Funding Plan
Oelwein presents a revised plan with a 135 427 dollar budget for Lake Oelwein. Funding includes 93 236 for dredging 4 880 for siltation dam 5 000 for dike work 1 500 for a bathing beach 5 000 for administration and a 10 percent contingency. The city seeks EPA matching funds and Iowa offers 590 000 dollars in state matching funds. EPA may cover up to half the project with the state supplying the rest, leaving Oelwein’s share around 30 000 to 40 000. EPA decision expected this fall.
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Iowa
EPA
Oelwein
Dash urges standby law for prosecutor
Former Watergate committee counsel Sam Dash tells a House judiciary subcommittee that a standby mechanism is needed to appoint a temporary special prosecutor. He warns that waiting for congressional action in a crisis breeds political backlash and public distrust.
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Dash
Washington
Congress
Sam Dash
Senate
Watergate Committee
House Judiciary
Candy Sale Warning From Youth for Christ Leader
Bob Dye executive director of Youth for Christ warns Cedar Rapids residents to avoid candy sales in public spots. He says followers of Rev Moon are selling candy claiming proceeds to Youth for Christ, which is not connected and no fund drive is active.
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Bob Dye
Youth For Christ
Rev
Moon
Cedar Rapids
Dye
George Ball Leads Campaign to Save Canterbury Cathedral
George Ball, former U.N. ambassador, heads a U.S. drive to raise 1 million dollars for Canterbury Cathedral’s decay repair. Fundraisers at 10 dollar dinners will run in New York, Washington, Chicago and San Francisco with leaders including Eliot Richardson and Walter Cronkite.
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George Ball
U.S
United Nations
Canterbury Cathedral
Ball
Peter Tennant
International Appeal Committee
New York
Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Commerce
Eliot Richardson
Walter Cronkite
Charles Collingwood
John Lindsay
New York Times
Arthur Sulzberger
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