Rights Case Reverts to July Status
The Waterloo civil rights case returns to its July posture as Judge McManus orders an amended complaint. About 40 Waterloo residents allege city officials discriminated against Negroes after Eddie Sallis’s jail death, with prior amendments withdrawn after a pre trial conference. The Jan. 10 deadline for filing the amendment remains, and a meeting with the local Human Rights Commission is planned.
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Waterloo
Edward J. McManus
Ed Gallagher
McManus
Mary A. Sallis
Robert Wright
Donald S. Frey
L. D. Lubbert
Gallagher
Waterloo Commission On Human Rights
Frey
Percy Romney Both in Israel Visit Fails to Meet
Sen Charles Percy and Gov George Romney both traveled in Israel with Romney meeting Premier Levi Eshkol for 70 minutes to discuss the Middle East situation while requesting a U S F four Phantom jet fighter bomber sale. Percy did not meet with Eshkol.
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Tel Aviv
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Israel
Michigan
George Romney
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Middle East
Romney
Percy
Today's Columnists and Entertainment Notes
A compact roster of columnists across sections and pages lists James Reston on page 6 with Pearson and Anderson, Rick DuBrow on page 27, Leonard Lyons and Florabel Muir on page 29, plus Elinor Ahern Dear Abby and Shulsky investors, John Cunniff, Gus Schrader, Walton bowling notes, and General Gilbert youth survey on page 10. Art Buchwald appears with a picture feature.
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James Reston
Pearson-Anderson
Rick DuBrow
Leonard Lyons
Florabel Muir
Gilbert
Art Buchwald
Thompson Charged With OEO Fund Embezzlement
Mrs. Mary Lou Thompson, 39, was charged with embezzling funds from the Office of Economic Opportunity where she served as head of YOUR Your Own United Resources. She pled innocent before a justice of the peace and was held on 2500 dollar bond.
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Fort Dodge
Mary Lou Thompson
Office of Economic Opportunity Office
Thompson
Webster County
United Resources
OEO
Robert Tarbox
Papakee Bound Over on Breakin and Entering Charge
Rudy L. Papakee 18 of 1443 Third Street SE was bound over to the Linn grand jury on a breaking and entering charge. He allegedly broke into the Barrell Inn at 227 Fourteenth Avenue SE on October 15 and appeared at a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Clinton Shaeffer.
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Rudy L. Papakee
Third Street SE
Linn Grand Jury
Barrell Inn
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Papakee
Clinton Shaeffer
Cub Scouts Pack 139 awards at Noelridge school
Members of Cub Pack 139 received awards at a Wednesday meeting at Noelridge school. The list includes Jeff Thompson, Larry Miller, Rodney Briggs, Kevin Burrows, Jerry Leaton, Kevin Ralston, Martin Roland, Edwin Stephenson, Criz Booz, Tom Marcus, Bob Albers, Gary Ingamells, Farley Williams, Richy Anderson, Breet Biggerstaff and Jeff Simmons.
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Cub Pack
Noelridge School
Jeff Thompson
Larry Miller
Rodney Briggs
Kevin Burrows
Jerry Leaton
Kevin Ralston
Martin Roland
Edwin Stephenson
Criz Booz
Tom Marcus
Bob Albers
Gary Ingamells
Farley Williams
Richy Anderson
Breet Biggerstaff
Jeff Simmons
Tory Lead In Poll Shrinks Labor Gap Narrowing
London AP reports the Conservative party led the ruling Labor party by 17.2 points in a Gallup poll released Thursday. The margin shows the governing party trailing the opposition in a tightening race.
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London
Conservative
Labor Party
Long Holiday Weekend Scheduling Looms in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids observes a three day or four day holiday pattern this year with Christmas and New Year on Monday. Most businesses close for the two holidays while some extend weekends to Friday through Monday. Municipal offices close Friday and city hall Monday. post office hours shift. schools close by Friday noon. Collins Radio to offer Saturday through Monday holiday schedule. Link-Belt Speeder and Cherry Burrell plan four day weekends with return midweek after.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Collins Radio Co
Link-Belt Speeder
Cherry Burrell
Link-Belt
Man Arrested As Drunk Driver
Stanley L. Kolsto, 53, of 1129 Nineteenth Avenue SW, was held in the city jail Thursday pending arraignment on a third offense drunk driving charge. Kolsto was arrested Wednesday afternoon near Eighth Avenue and Third Street SW.
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Stanley L. Kolsto
Nineteenth Avenue
Kolsto
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Supreme Court Not On Kids Yule List
Kansas City AP reports sixth and seventh graders at Allen Elementary wrote a holiday greeting on their classroom blackboard. The students also organized a neighborhood campaign to petition the U S Supreme Court to reverse its opinion banning prescribed religious observances in public schools.
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Supreme Court Not
Kansas City
Allen
US Supreme Court
Temple Judah Panel to discuss Why Are Students Like That
City briefs item notes Temple Judah panel on Why Are Students Like That at a college homecoming service Friday at 8 p.m. Also listed are local ads and notices including purse theft reports, bowling gear theft, a Sinclair station break in, a Dean’s list honor, and Christmas gift ads.
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Temple Judah
Investment Firm Suit Opens in Federal Court
A Cedar Rapids man is involved in a federal civil suit with officials of a dissolved California investment firm, Landau Investment Co. The suit, filed last July, seeks 20 950 dollars for unpaid rent on a Long Beach building housing Kohl and a partner, with Kohl claiming an oral lease modification and removal from the lease during the disputed period. Judge Edward J. McManus presides. Also, a consent judgment of 6 407 dollars was entered in Waterloo in favor of the U S government, relating to loans from First National Bank Oelwein and O'Dea Finance Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
California
Landau Investment Co
Otto A. Kohl
First Avenue NE
Long Beach
Kohl
Landau
Edward J. McManus
Kathleen Beck
Waterloo
U.S
First National Bank
Oelwein
O’dea Finance
Des Moines
Flying Nun Transforms San Juan Into Winter Wonderland
The Flying Nun will turn San Juan into a winter wonderland on Thursday night at 7 o clock, broadcasting in color on Channel 9.
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San Juan
Channel 9
Birth Control Device Linked to Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Three British doctors report in the British Medical Journal that the intrauterine device known as the loop increases menstrual blood loss and after 7 to 12 months many users may suffer iron-deficiency anemia. They contrast this with the oral contraceptive pill, which their survey finds decreases menstrual bleeding. The study covers 219 women using either method.
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London
Egghead and Queen of the Cossacks on Batman
The episode features Egghead and Queen of the Cossacks cooking up an egg themed caper on Batman. The broadcast runs Thursday at 6 30 PM on KCRG TV 9 in color.
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Egghead
Queen of the Cossacks
Kcrg-Tv
Home on Leave McClure Faces Larceny Charge
A man on leave from Ft. Bliss Texas Edward McClure 22 4323 Cavalier Street NE is held on larceny charges in the city jail. He allegedly stole two magnesium wheels and tires from Gary Bryant 1304 Twenty first Avenue SW on November 19. Detectives say Bryant reported the theft after learning McClure had sold the wheels. McClure was arrested and pending arraignment.
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Ft. Bliss
Texas
Edward McClure
Cavalier Street
Gary Bryant
Twenty-first Avenue
Bryant
McClure
Kennedy Bound Over by Linn Grand Jury for Assault
Larry D. Kennedy aged 23 of 860 Forty-fourth Street SE waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Linn county grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. He allegedly stabbed Donald D. Stewart, 24, in the abdomen during a fight early last Saturday. Stewart, of 2131 High Drive SE, was treated at Mercy hospital and discharged Wednesday. Kennedy is jailed in Linn county on a $1,000 bond.
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Larry D. Kennedy
Forty - Fourth Street
Thursiday
Linn Grand Jury
Kennedy
Donald D. Stewart
Stewart
High Drive
Mercy Hospital
Linn County
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Waterloo City
Sallis
Percy, Romney
Editorial
Elinor Ahern
Dear Abby
Cub
Tory
Sharon Vogel
Fifteenth Street
Tenth Street SE
Joan McCord
Twenty-eighth Street
Jerome
Koenig
Sinclair
Ellis Boulevard NW
the Giftree
7Th St. SE
Janet Willenborg
Frank Willenborg
Grande Avenue SE
Briar Cliff College
Sioux City
Madeline
Dr. H
Embassy Club
Colonial Trading Poste
James Sheets
C Avenue NW
Berger
Furrier
Marion
Adv
Pierson’s
FTD
MNB
Merchants National Bank
Winter Wonderland
Hickory Hill Farm
Fairfax
Grand
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