Golda Meir Campaigns With Nixon Ties In Tight Vote
Premier Golda Meir mobilized 80 000 supporters and campaigned with Nixon imagery ahead of the New Year’s Eve vote. The race pits Labor alignment led by Meir and Dayan against Likud, with polls showing a fragile lead and concerns over war and peace in the Middle East.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Nixon
Middle East
U. S. Air Force
Galaxy Transport
Labor Alignment
Likud
Meir
Israel
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Meir Alignment
Israel Party
Menahem Begin
National Unity
Three Charged for Alday Slayings to Trial Monday
Three Maryland men charged with six murders in the Alday family slayings go on trial Monday as jury selection begins. Defendants George Dungee Wayne Coleman and Carl Isaacs face six counts of murder and rape indictments.
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Donalsonville
Maryland
Alday
Billy Isaacs
George Dungee
Wayne Coleman
Carl Isaacs
Billy
Seminole County
Richard Wayne Miller
McConnellsburg
Thesday
Miller
Coleman
Cumberland
West Virginia
Dungee
State Creek
Lion tamer blames beef prices for bite at state fair
Bianco Zamperia of Delhi, California, says high beef costs left his lion and others fed only chicken. While attempting a hoop jump, Delhi bit Zamperia on the buttocks and clawed his legs during a state fair performance.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Bianco Zamperia
Delhi
Cedar Rapids News Briefs
Local briefs list January 1 and 2 openings and gatherings. Sweeney’s Barber Shop reopens Jan 2. several clubs host meetings at Grace Episcopal church and the Embassy Club. Siren tests scheduled Wednesday at 11 am. New Year events include dances, breakfasts, and restaurant specials across Cedar Rapids, Marion, and area venues.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Congress Muscles Up in Foreign Affairs in 1973
Congress asserted new authority in 1973 by overriding a veto on a war powers resolution, curbing presidential military action in Cambodia and Indo China, cutting funding for further combat operations, and reshaping foreign aid toward humanitarian aims while preserving Israel military support. The year saw efforts to reduce overseas troop deployments and confront NATO Warsaw Pact negotiations amid Vietnam withdrawal.
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Cambodia
U. S
Indo-China
Congress
Israel
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
House
Defense Department
Europe
NATO
Mansfield
Vietnam
Laos
State Department
Utah Avalanche Kills One at Park City West Ski Area
An avalanche on a rarely used slope at Park City West in Utah killed one person and may have trapped others. Authorities searched the area with ski patrols and ambulances called in from neighboring resorts. The death victim remained unidentified, and officials said several skiers could have been in the area when the slide occurred around 11 30 a.m. MST.
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Park City, Utah
Park City West Resort
Summit County Sheriff's Office
Union Plans Challenge to Merit Pay Meeting Exclusion
Des Moines AFSCME organizer says the Iowa merit employment commission violated open meetings law by barring union officials from final deliberations on the regents merit pay plan. The panel met Thursday to discuss the plan and will announce its decision around January 10 after voting to seek further questions from the regents.
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DES Moines
Iowa Merit Employment Commission
Regents
Iowa
Donald Anderson
Pratt
Torgerson
Dancers to Train with Weidman at Iowa State Center
ISU dancers begin year long preparation for Brahms Waltzes with Charles Weidman the father of modern dance. Ray Cook and the Dance Notation Bureau reconstruct the piece from labanotation funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The 16 move modern waltzes premiere at Fisher Theater January 19 with ISU students led by Duane Boggs of Cedar Rapids.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Charles Weidman
Iowa State Dance Company
Weidman
Johannes Brahms
Ray Cook
Dance Notation Bureau
National Endowment For the Arts
Cook
ISU
Fisher Theater
Iowa State Center
Medicine Studied For Lung Disease At University Of Iowa
Dr. Sam Donta of the University of Iowa studies how amphotericin B harms adrenal cells to reduce fungal lung disease toxicity. He notes the drug treats severe infections like histoplasmosis and aspergillosis but damages kidneys and adrenals, limiting its use. The work is funded by the American Lung Association of Iowa through the Christmas Seal campaign.
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Sam Donta
University of Iowa
Donta
American Lung Assn
Iowa
Carl McClean Dies After Long Illness
Carl McClean aged 62 died early Saturday after a long illness. Born September 28, 1911 in Washington Iowa he lived in Toddville since 1968 and worked at Ken Andrews Auto Refinishing. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Donald Randall Toddville a son Clifford McClean Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Erwin Frahm Clarence and 12 grandchildren. Memorial services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Janeba Kuba funeral home west by Rev Bernard Collins with burial at Buffalo Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Toddville
Carl McClean
Washington
Iowa
Ken Andrews Auto Refinishing
Donald Randall
Clifford McClean
Cedar Rapids
Erwin Frahm
Clarence
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Bernard Collins
Buffalo Cemetery
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Golda
Dayan
Unity Coalition
Superior Court
Walter Geer
Ned Alday
Jerry
Chester
Jimmy
Aubrey
Mary Alday
Jerry Alday
Sweeney's
Jerome's
Neurotics Anonymous Meeting
Grace Episcopal Church
Camera Club
Evans Masso
Jaycee
Bishops
Joe Enzier
Lee Spicher
Bill Carmichael
Elk’s Club
Marcus Jackson
Coe College
Mr. Z
American Legion Post
Five Seasons
Embassy Club
Camel Room
Jim Klinger
John Spading
Doug Thompson
Diamond Vogel Paint Center
Mt. Vernon Road
Tim Maher
Rotary Club
Peter F. Bezanson
Evy’s
Paramount Theater
Maron's Supper Club
8Th St
Roosevelt Hotel
Reg Watters
Orient
America
Florida
Disney World
Bahamas
Linn County Farm Bureau
Ady
UPI Telephoto
Francisco Franco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Carlos Arias Navarro
Navarro
Interior
Madrid
Kenneth Rush
Radioear
Robert S. Klopp
5Th Avenue
Utah
5Th Ave
Anderson
The
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Merit Commission
Ray Pratt
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Commission
J. L. Torgerson
Sioux City
Duane Boggs
Iowa City
Professio Writers
SEI
Oakland
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Diamonds
Third Ave
Egelis
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