Suit Threatened On 549 Corridor
The Iowa Cedar Rapids Marion area freeway plan faces immediate legal challenge as two groups prepare court action over the proposed northeast south west route. City and county officials, plus civic leaders, heard an interim report from Kansas City planners on 134 corridor options. The high scoring corridor would start at the future I 149 interchange and run northeast along Williams boulevard, near Nelson avenue SW, past Rockford road and along railroad tracks to the I 380 interchange, crossing the Cedar River near Eighth avenue, then continuing along Eighth avenue SE toward Fourth street, with details to be published in Sunday editions.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Howard
Needles
Tammen
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Town Highway Commission
County Board of Supervisors
City Hall
Williams Boulevard
Iit
Nilson Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Rockford Road
Eighth Avenue
Fourth Street
Irked Solons Vote To Aid Linn Board
DES MOINES Iowa senate votes 38 to 0 to bail Linn county conservation commission from financial trouble after hostile remarks on mismanagement. Three Linn county lawmakers admit past errors but argue aid preserves county parks this summer amid criticism of agency. Senator Ralph Potter blasts Linn commission members and hints at removal. Continued on page 2.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Linn County Conservation Commission
Linn County
Linn
Ralph Potter
Marion
Linn Commission
Cedar Rapids keypunch school closes amid student losses
About 100 returning students find the Career Training Institute in Cedar Rapids closed after Dec 16. Many others who paid 10 to 495 for a planned medical receptionist course were left in limbo as the Stewart Enterprise owned operation failed to reopen after Christmas. The Iowa center, opened April 12 1971 at 205 First Avenue SE, was sold to Stewart June 1 and had incorporation filings and agent Gary D. Stewart. Several Iowa campuses were taken over and closed with similar notices. A receptionist and instructor report unpaid wages and missing tax forms. The Gazette investigated with a staff member noting lack of communication from Gary Stewart and a door sign reading Closed until further notice.
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Career Training Institute
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue SE
Career Enterprises, Inc
Scottsdale Ariz
St. Petersburg
Stewart
Gary D. Stewart
Iowa
Stewart Enterprise
Career Enterprises
Waterloo
Council
Sioux City
Des Moines
The
Gazette
Longshoremen Meet In Longest Session In San Francisco
In San Francisco AP reports negotiators for Longshoremen and the Pacific Maritime Association held an extended session into Thursday morning, the longest since the West Coast dock strike began. Talks resume Thursday with 13,000 striking ILWU workers seeking a retroactive 72 cent wage increase, plus royalty use and pension improvements while PMA seeks to fund weekly guaranteed pay and tie royalty to other benefits.
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Pacific Maritime Area
West Con
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Jongahoremen
ILWU
PMA
T ‘Tse
U. S. Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Diego
Nixon Ob
Move To Place Primary Sept 5
Staff writers report a plan to move this year’s primary to September 5 after decisions by Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen and Speaker William Harbor. They cite court guidance on reapportionment and the need for local governments to reconfigure precincts, with nomination filing dates shifting from March 1 to July 1. Elizabeth Shannon Shaw and Richard Drake are tasked with drafting the legislation.
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Roger Jepsen
Rouse
William Harbor
Legislative
Eaders
Jepsen
C. Edwin Moore
Supreme Court
Moore
Harbor
Elizabeth Shawn
Davenport
Richard Drake
Muscatine
Embasy Burned as Dublin Demonstrators Clash in Center
Thousands of Irish protesters in Dublin attacked the British embassy with bricks rocks and firebombs in response to the Londonderry killings. Police were blamed by witnesses for not acting quickly as the four story building was set ablaze. At least 40 people were injured including 14 officers and 11 arrested. Embassy staff were evacuated as crowds impeded fire crews. The incident followed three days of attacks and marked a historic destruction of a British embassy by a mob since 1967. London demanded damages payment from Ireland.
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Dublin
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Peking
Continued Violence in Northern Ireland Looms Over March
In Belfast Prime Minister Edward Heath urged Northern Ireland Catholics to abandon a Sunday protest march. Civil rights leader says the parade will proceed. In Londonderry gunmen wounded six at a shop and bus station during lunch. First major violence since 13 civilians died last Sunday. Heath warned the Newry march could trigger bloodshed. Authorities say troops will enforce the government line.
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Belfast
UFI
Edward Heath
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Heath
William Conway
All Ireland
Newry
Irish Republic
Muskie criticized for opposing Nixon Vietnam plan
Washington AP report says Senator Muskie of Maine drew White House ire by dismissing Nixon Indo China settlement before envoys heard it. Rogers called Muskie’s speech inappropriate and harmful to national interests while GOP leaders denounced him as courting votes from the left.
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Rogers
Sen
Muskie
Maine
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Nixon
Committee For Reelection of
Musskie
House
G.O.P
Ford
Ziegler
Hahol
Fate of Adult Rights at 18 Bill Uncertain
DES MOINES A landmark bill setting 19 as the drinking age and 18 as the age to start other adult rights moved back to the Town House with an uncertain fate. The Senate voted 34 to 16 to set 19 for drinking while keeping 18 for other rights, a split that could influence the Republican governorship race. Gov. Robert Ray urged a uniform 18 for all adult rights, while Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen switched to 19 over school-age concerns, boosting the amendment’s momentum.
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Des Moines
Juine
Senate
Robert Ray
Roger Jepsen
Ray
G.O.P
Jepsen
George Milligan
Committee Lowers Hixon Debt Ceiling
Washington AP report notes House Ways and Means committee approved a debt ceiling increase of 20 billion, 30 billion less than Nixon sought, and mandated administration seek borrowing authority again before June 30. The panel's action sets up a new bargaining point for Congress and the White House.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Congress
Une
Jets Blast Column in East Laos
SAIGON AP LS reports South Vietnamese jets blasted a northbound armored column in eastern Laos. South Vietnamese warplanes claimed four tanks and two other armored vehicles destroyed in the central highlands. A communique said A-37 bombers attacked the column Wednesday afternoon near the border where officials warn of a planned offensive in the highlands.
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Saigon
Laos
Highlands
Week's Toll: Five Americans Die in Indo China Fighting
U S command says five Americans were killed and 22 wounded in Indo China fighting last week, near the three month average and marking the seventh straight week with fewer than ten deaths. The weekly casualty statistics show seven American deaths from causes tied to enemy action.
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Saigon
U. S. Command
Sweekly
Sanitary
Discrepancies Muddled South Vietnam Tank Loss Claims
South Vietnamese air force and military sources clash over tank losses in the central highlands. Reports claim six Soviet PT-76 tanks and four trucks destroyed with 15 enemy troops cited, while Pleiku notes up to 50 North Vietnamese tanks in Base Area 609. B 52 bombers dropped 300 to 900 tons on Laos and Cambodia as forces mass near the border. American observers doubt the higher enemy-troop estimate.
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Pleiku
Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
Holger Jensen
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