Noise Legislation Faces Boulder Amid Iowa City Setbacks
Iowa lawmakers wrestling with noise control and environmental bills grapple with public apathy and weak enforcement. Officials say stronger equipment standards and public education are needed as existing laws prove largely unenforceable. Lipsky and Anderson warn about regulatory resistance from business sectors and the anti regulation ethos in Iowa.
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Iowa
Lipsky
Selict
Anderson
Towa City
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Jaycee Toastmasters elects new officers
Richard Rehman elected president of the Cedar Rapids Jaycee Toastmasters. Other officers include Phil Saunders as educational vice president Charles Cannady as administrative vice president Caral Wright secretary treasurer and Wayne Williams sergeant at arms.
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Richard Rehman
Brookland Drive NE
Cedar Rapides Jaycee
Phil Saunders
Charles Cannady
Aiministrative View
Caral Wright
Wayne Williams
Seargent-At-Arms
Handgun Bill Clears First Senate Test
Washington bill would outlaw commercial sales of easily concealable non-sporting handguns and impose an 18 day waiting period on purchases. It would add five to ten year prison terms for felons using firearms. Senate panel rejected banning private handgun ownership. full committee to decide.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Congress
House
Senate
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Higginbotham Nominated to 4th District Judge Seat in Texas
President Ford nominates Patrick Higginbotham to succeed Judge Sarah Hughes as a United States district judge for the 4th Circuit court in Texas, replacing the retiring jurist and continuing the district’s judiciary leadership.
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Washington
Patrick Higginbotham
Ford
Sarah Hughes
Four Florida workers vanish from supper club in apparent abduction
Four Florida workers including manager Joseph McGartney and bookkeeper Gail Rieckmann vanished from a Lauderdale suburb supper club. Police found the office unlocked, belongings intact, cars in the lot, and no sign of a struggle as they probed robbery or abduction theories. Detectives said the group may have been taken by armed assailants. a safe holding about 6500 to 7500 dollars remained untouched.
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Sel
Charles Hemp
Tan
Dar
Joseph McGartney
Gail Rieckmann
Marrian Haston
Neaw Harvard
Harvard
Slivold Hancock
Uta
Reagan Attacks Government Intervention in Nebraska
Ronald Reagan told Nebraskans government meddling harms the economy and defense spending is vital. He blasted taxes, press freedom tied to free enterprise, and criticized federal aid as akin to steering a sinking ship.
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Reagan
Fed
New York City
New York
United States of America
West York City
Common Market Averts Split on Energy Policy
Rome AP report says European Common Market members agreed Britain may speak separately within limits at energy talks to start December 16 at the Paris conference. They also backed uniform passports for 250 million people, direct election of Euro parliament in 1978, and support for a $7 oil price.
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Britain
European Economic Community
Nine Nations
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Marell Wilson
Helmut Schmidt
Wilson
Tarold
Germany
Great Britain
Mark Free on Bond From Murder Charge
Jerry Mark an 82 year old Berkeley lawyer was released on a 200000 bond after Black Hawk County Judge reduced his murder charge bond from 1 million. His family minister Rev Harold Burris UNI officials and a Cedar Falls pastor will supervise him until trial. Mark testified he will stay in state and seek a teaching degree if released. His older brother Rev Richard Mark testified the family would support him during the trial.
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Waterloo
Jerry Mark
Black Hawk County
Mark
Berkeley
Calif
Black Hawk
Peter van Metre
van Metre
University of Northern Iowa
Harold Burris
UNI
Cedar Falls
Burris
Marks
Richard Mark
Winnni
Man Sentenced On Arson Charge in Oelwein Case
William Reisner twenty from Oelwein received a 20 year sentence in the men’s reformatory at Anamas a after being found guilty of arson. Arrested September 2 by Oelwein authorities, he appeared before Judge Joseph Keefe. Mittimus was withheld and Reisner placed on two years probation.
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Vigortone
Blairs Ferry Road
Council Street
West Union
William Reisner
Oelwein
Anamasa
Reisner
Joseph Keefe
Mittimus
Suit Against Sheriff Deputy Is Dismissed
A Cedar Rapids youth suit filed nearly eight years ago against Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant and Deputy Gene Parks was dismissed by agreement. Mark Eoff, 20, alleged illegal arrest on Sept 18, 1974, civil rights violations, assault and battery, unlawful jail holding, and denied bail and counsel. He faced charges for changing jaries without signaling and resisting arrest, with a $20 fine on the first charge and the second dropped.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Mark Eoff
Patricia Jane NW
Walter Grant
Gene Parks
Eoff
Parks
Ky says communists executed 200 South Vietnamese officers
Richmond, Va. AP Nguyen Cao Ky, former vice president and premier of South Vietnam, said communists killed 200 South Vietnamese military officers about three weeks ago and warned of more executions. He claimed the killings came as retaliation for past actions and spoke at a Virginia Commonwealth University news conference.
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Richmond
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Virginia Commonwealth — University
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