Ford Budget Hikes Defense as Aid to Israel Drops
The Continuing Budget shows a 1977 proposal to expand defense spending adding three new army combat divisions raising totals to 16 and boosting tanks and warships. Military aid to Israel stands at 659 million for 1976, down from 700 million. Overall Ford military aid would reach 2.8 billion, up 700 million. Ford allocated much of the written budget to defense and related needs.
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Ford defends 5 percent ceiling on social security increases
President Ford argues for a 5 percent ceiling on increases in social security and other federal income distribution programs for 1976, warning that without restraint outlays would rise to 70.1 billion dollars. He says the ceiling avoids heavy taxation while acknowledging concerns for low income groups amid recession and inflation. Other budget items include energy spend boosts, welfare costs coverage, and halted national health insurance plans.
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Congress
Soviet Foreign Minister urges immediate Geneva peace talks in Middle East trip
Andrei Gromyko arrived in Cairo after Damascus meetings with Hafez Assad and Yasir Arafat. He urged immediate resumption of the Geneva peace conference, calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands and Palestinian rights. He noted Moscow aims to blunt Kissinger’s step by step diplomacy and to play a major role at Geneva.
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Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Middle East
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Hafez Assad
Yasir Arafat
Ismail Fahmy
Gromyko
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Ray Would Not Favor Death Penalty Reinstatement
Iowa Governor Rob ert Ray said he would not favor a crime code revision bill that includes a death penalty section. He urged separate debate on the penalty question and did not commit to a veto. The Senate set a Feb 17 start for the code revision debate after a Feb 10 public hearing.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Senate
Steven Cross
Senate Legal Counsel
Iowa Senate
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Thieves break into Roushar Pharmacy on Fifth Avenue
Police report weekend break in at Roushar Pharmacy 811 Fifth Avenue SE. Thieves used an electric saw to pry open the pharmacy door and found an outlet in the neighboring Clinical Laboratory to power it. No items removed from the lab. $200 cash and $589 in drugs stolen from the pharmacy. Break in occurred Saturday night or early Sunday.
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Roushar
Fifth Avenue SE
Gary L. Gilbert
Scientists doubt plants have feelings in AAAS debate
New York AP reports a panel of biologists at the AAAS meeting disputed claims that plants have feelings. They noted plants lack nervous systems but exhibit electrical changes, while refusing to accept a lie detector based theory that plants react to human thoughts or life events. Backster defended his experiments, while colleagues failed to reproduce his results.
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Arthur Galston
Yale University
The
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
Galston
Cleve Backster
CIA
Backster
Kennedy High Orchestra Fest To Be Thursday
The Kennedy High School orchestra festival is set for 7 30 p m Thursday in the school auditorium with Roosevelt Junior High and Harding Junior High orchestras joining Kennedy’s. Directed by Alice Lindsey and Bruce Eilers the groups will perform several numbers and combine for a final selection. Admission costs 1 25 for adults and 75 cents for students.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
Alice Lindsey
Harding Junior High School
Bruce Eilers
Simpson Arrested in Theft from Station
Brandt Simpson aged 21 of 2601 Thirty-third Avenue SW was arrested Sunday and charged with larceny for stealing $1,281 in cash from the Vickers service station at 3326 Center Point Road NE. He was held in the county jail on $5,000 bond. Simpson was an employee of the station. The money was taken from the safe after the station closed Friday night.
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Brandt Simpson
Thirty-third Avenue
Vickers
Center Point Road
Simpson
Air Force Delayed Entry Enlistees Named
Keith Cross of Center Junction and Mark Coombs of 440 Nineteenth Street NW have enlisted in the Air Force delayed entry program.
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Keith Cross
Center Junction
Mark Coombs
Nineteenth Street NW
Air Force
Kopel proposes punch card absentee ballots in Iowa
Linn County Auditor Merle Kopel proposes a state law change to allow computer punch card absentee ballots to replace bulky paper ballots. He projects a $5000 saving per general election and notes cards would be notarized and tallied by computer, with voter recourse if a hole is punched wrong. He cites 31 states with similar laws and cites public confidence as the main hurdle.
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Merle Kopel
Iowa
Kopel
Iowa Auditors Assn
Eight Appear in Court in C R Various Charges
In the magistrate court, Joan Souchek pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with sentencing deferred to July 30 for a Dec. 27 marijuana possession charge. Ralph David and Steve Petersen were bound over to the grand jury on possession of a controlled substance. Leo Stoneking was bound over for receiving stolen property. Gerald Sidwell and Steven Van Dee had charges dismissed after preliminary hearings for attempted breaking and entering at Tesdell Supply on Jan. 22. Randy Osterkamp waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on attempted breaking and entering. James Maurer charged with rape.
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Norwood Drive
Ralph David
Steve Petersen
Harriet Avenue NW
Leo Stoneking
Second Avenue
Gerald Sidwell
Avenue NE
Steven van Dee
Bever Avenue SE
Tesdell Supply
Third Street SE
Randy Osterkamp
Bever Avenue
James Maurer
Fourth Avenue SW
Trailer Stolen From Morse Trailer Park Near Blairs Ferry
Steve R. Otten told Linn County sheriff's deputies that his 40-foot flatbed trailer with Minnesota plate PT 29631 was stolen from a lot at Morse trailer park off Lindale drive near Blairs Ferry road. The trailer valued at $2,500 was empty except for chains and binders.
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Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Otten
Minnesota
Morse Trailer Park
Lindale Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Three Arrested in Linn County Marijuana Bust
Three men were arrested by a Linn County deputy for possession after a stop at First Avenue and Twenty second Street SE. Jerry Coppess 25 David Coppess 22 and Richard Kness 26 were released on $500 bond after posting. A substance believed to be marijuana was found in the vehicle.
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Linn County
Jerry C. Coppess
David A. Coppess
Blakely Boulevard
Richard L. Kness
A Avenue
First Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Cedar Rapids Money Stolen and Vehicle Thefts Briefs
Cedar Rapids police report multiple thefts and losses across neighborhoods. Stolen items include cash from Wellington Gilbert, jewelry and electronics from Dolores Ellestad, a CB radio and tools from John Hunter, a mink coat from Armstrong's, a billfold from Irene Miller, clothing from Bert Hoffmann, an eight track stereo from Carmen Hernandez, a television from Gary Gilbert, a base antenna from All Motor Sports, and various other small items. Also noted are a hospitalization at St Luke's, a missing German shepherd, and upcoming local events and ads.
Burglars Target Hardee's Safe on First Avenue NE
Police say burglars crawled through a ventilation duct to enter the Hardee's drive-in at 3214 First Avenue NE early Sunday. They climbed to the roof, removed a grate, and attempted to hammer open the safe. The safe was damaged but not opened.
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First Avenue NE
Juvenile suspects charged in Cedar Rapids robberies
Police charged three youths aged 15 to 17 with robbery with aggravation for the 7 11 store holdup on First Avenue SE and the Stage 4 Theaters manager robbery. A 22 caliber pellet rifle was used at the 7 11, with $58 and two cigar boxes stolen. One youth aided the theater robbery, receiving 350 of the cash, and about 2100 was recovered. The 17 year old remains jailed. others released to parents.
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Second Street SE
Roger A. Tucker
Avenue NW
Linn County
Two Charged After Juvenile Gun Threats At Home
Police arrested Kenneth Wells age 19 and a 16 year old after a fight broke out while an officer checked on an earlier shooting at the Wells residence. The youth fired a .22 rifle at the home and threatened Wells. The 16 year old was also charged with resisting officers.
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Kenneth Wells
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Wells
Floods kill nine in Córdoba province Argentina
Flash flooding from heavy rains in Córdoba province Argentina left at least nine people dead and 10 missing, authorities said Saturday, with rescue teams scouring the mountainous area for survivors.
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Argentina
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