Clark frames SALT debate to win arms control backing
Senator Dick Clark urges arms control advocates to mobilize support for SALT efforts and SALT II. He warns critics, counters leakage claims, and argues SALT strengthens national security by reducing Soviet missiles, matching forces, and improving transparency. Iowa Senator John Culver also active in Geneva talks.
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Washington
Dick Clark
Arms Control Association
Clark
Senate
Iowa Democrat
Congress
The
Iowan
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Iowa
John C. Culver
Cedar Rapids
Salsbury plant dumping halted over toxic arsenic in Cedar River
The Iowa DEQ orders Salsbury to stop dumping at a landfill near the Cedar River downstream from Charles City after tests show high arsenic and other toxins. A 30 day deadline to commit removal, a June 1 1978 plan for cleanup, a January 1 1980 waste treatment completion, and continued groundwater restrictions are set amid concerns the plant could close.
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DEQ
State Hygienic Laboratory
Edward Stanek
Solid Waste Commission
Stanek
Cedar River
Charles City
Waterloo
Salsbury
Larry Crane
Linn County Board Votes 7 Percent Pay Increase For Officials
The Linn County Compensation Board approved a 7 percent salary boost for elected officials for the next fiscal year. A prior vote was delayed due to a public-notice oversight and rescheduled at the courthouse. A Dec 27 public hearing was set to hear objections.
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Linn County Compensation Board
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Iowa
James Mollenhauer
Marion
Mollenhauer
William Rosberg
Bee Bower
Minah Kennedy
Eileen Neenan
Weather Outlook With Showers Early Next Week
Mostly fair Sunday. There is a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures reach the 40s with nighttime lows in the 20s to around 30.
Two Die In Iowa City Traffic Crashes This Week
Two people died in Iowa crashes this week. Stephen Becker 24 Atkins and Thomas McClelland 19 Newhall perished after a semitrailer collision on U S 30 and Iowa 287 near Newhall. Steven Johnson 18 Newhall in critical condition. truck driver uninjured.
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Iowa City
Iowa Highway 287
Newhall
Stephen C. Becker
Atkins
Highway Patrol
Thomas McClelland
Steven Johnson
University Hospitals
West Union Break-Ins Reported Overnight
West Union police investigate three overnight break-ins. The West Union Tire Co. suffered a rear window breach and over $100 stolen. West Union Implement Co. had tools and equipment taken. Wilbur Ford Sales was also entered with no items reported missing.
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West Union
West Union Tire Co
Willie Fritz
West Union Implement Co
Wilbur Ford
Births and marriages reported in local notices
Mercy hospital records list a son for Mr. and Mrs. Steven Had Watkins and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hardy. St Luke's records show two newborns with couples from Monticello, Williamsburg and Mount Vernon. Marriage licenses issued to several couples including Brownell Tranmer and Cable Baughman Jones Miller, Haugsted Kremenak and Schulte Keiper. Gas flush and area notices at Wiley Boulevard and First Avenue.
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Steven Had Watkins
Roger Hardy
Toddville
St. Luke's
Michael Bray
Monticello
Paul Dicker
Boyson Road
David Gravel
Williamsburg
Gary Reyhons
Mount Vernon
Donald G. Brownell
Marcia K. Tranmer
Marion
Michael D. Cable
Richmond
Calif
Dana K. Baughman
Cedar Rapids
Jim L. Jones
Cynthia A. Miller
Center Point
David A. Haugsted
Cresco
Merrie C. Kremenak
Richard L. Schulte
Middle
Iowa
Ann T. Keiper
Palo
Wiley Boulevard
First Avenue
Lindale Plaza
Power Outage Knocks Out 1000 Buchanan Homes
More than 1,000 homes in Fairbank Hazleton and Otterville lost electricity after an insulator failed on the Interstate Power Co line between Oelwein and Independence. Substations at Fairbank area and Bryantsburg caused extended outages. Independence briefly lost power before a generator restored service.
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Independence
Fairbank
Hazleton
Otterville
Interstate Power Co
Oelwein
Buchanan Rural Electric Co-op
REC
Dick Peterson
Peterson
Bryantsburg
Gene Williamson
Gazette Company Cedar Rapids Daily Newspaper Facts
Established in 1883 by the Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates outline carrier weekly and mail options with varying 52 week prices and regional exclusions for mail. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
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