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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1976

Page

14

Appointees to resign from private clubs

Atlanta based officials including Griffin Bell and Bert Lance announce resignations from private clubs that admit no Black members. Bell cites equality before the law as reason, while Lance says he will resign from Piedmont Driving Club Capital City Club and Atlanta Athletic Club at the proper time. Spokesmen note the clubs deny discriminatory policies though Black members are scarce.

Atlanta Providentehect Carter Atly Gon Loslghate Griffin Bell Piedmont Caplin City Allanta Clethorpa Savannah Cin Roy Bell Plains Bert Lance Office of Management and Budget Clit Atlanta Athletic Club Charles Kirha Iaw Belauul Chtb Lance

Andrus Alaska Fishing Trip Linked to Pipeline Interest

Cecil Andrus acknowledged a Alaska fishing trip partly paid by Morrison-Knudsen Co. Inc. of Boise, tied to the Alaska pipeline project. He said the trip was not a paid campaign event and noted inspections and agency duties regarding pipeline conduct. Andrus described friendships with Morrison-Knudsen officers and company president William McMurray.

Boise Ilaho Idaho Cecil Andrus Jimmy Carter Nner Ras Alwhit Andrus Senate Jimiury Diterier Neets Feneral Lars Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc Anns Corparalion Wa Im McMurron Morriss-Kinden Hansell Warness Mat Unie Sensencing

True Hughes Will Kept Secret Report Reveals Estate Plot

County counsel filed a Superior Court action seeking access to a codicil to a 1988 Hughes will and any signed copy. An affidavit says papers were kept in a wall safe at the home of Hughes lawyer Mell McCarthy, now deceased, with control believed to be in the hands of Richard Gano and Sumatra lawyers.

Hughes Henly Contesels Superior Court Sisntia Corp Gordon Trehasiie Michael McCarthy Glass Sunita Mell McCarthy Heathermey Treharne Richard Gano Sumatra

Fire damages bedroom at 370 Seventeenth Street SE

Fire fighters battled a mattress fire outside the David Schulze residence at 370 Seventeenth Street SE. Officials said the blaze started in a rear bedroom of the home before 11 24 a.m. The fire was confined to the bedroom and its contents with smoke and water damage throughout the home. Family members were home, but no injuries were reported.

David Schulze Seventeenth Street SE Hone

Swore Given Suspended Term On Manslaughter

Rick Swore, 21, of Cedar Hinds, received a suspended sentence up to eight years for manslaughter after pleading guilty in Linn County District Court. He was placed on three years probation and fined 200 dollars for manslaughter and 300 dollars for a drunken driving count in the same incident that killed a 60-year-old man, Robert Lennon.

Rick Swore Cedar Hinds Linn Auegust Hansell, Jr Swore Rennk Swore Ina

Olive Diefenbaker, Former Prime Minister Wife, Dies

Olive Evangeline Diefenbaker, wife of former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, died Wednesday in Ottawa at age 74.

Ottawa Canada Olive Evangeline Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker

Linn Court Actions Involving Cedar Rapids and Dubuque Defendants

In Linn district court Michael D. Davis received a suspended sentence up to five years and three years probation for going armed. David A. Kriz drew five years in the reformatory with three years probation for receiving stolen property. An 18-year-old Cedar Rapids man faced May 30 possession charges including two puns and a citizen band radio. Daniel T. Jaeger had a breaking and entering charge dismissed after completing a two-year reinforced sentence probation.

Linn Michael D. Davis Cedar Rapids David A. Kriz Daniel T. Jaeger Dubuque

Cook Industries faces 23.9 million suit over grain shipments

The Justice Department filed a civil action in Washington against Cook Industries and five other major grain firms alleging misgrading and adulteration of government owned or financed wheat and corn shipments between 1969 and 1974. The complaint seeks 22.9 million in damages with doubling, plus 1 million forfeitures. Other firms previously pled no contest to related charges.

Washington Cook Industries, Inc Justice Department U.S. District Court Federal Prand Juries Racenly Cook Finance Wheat Continental Grain Co Bunge Grain Corp Archer- Daniels-Midland Co Gaornach Grain Co., Inc Mississippi Grain Co Bayside Reserve

MIT Professor Leicester Hamilton Dies at 79

MIT announced the death of Leicester F. Hamilton, 79, a retired analytical chemistry professor, who passed away Wednesday in Nashua, New Hampshire, after a career at MIT in Cambridge.

Cambridge, Mass Leicester F. Hamilton Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nashua MIT

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