Budget Defends Social Security Ceiling and Ford Plan
Summary of Ford budget highlights defend social security cost of living ceiling, project 1976 total outlays 70.1 billion, and 2.5 billion under ceiling. Military spending up to fund 16 army divisions, Israel aid near 659 million, total military aid 2.8 billion up 700 million. Energy, welfare, education funding rising. health outlays up about 1.5 billion to 29 billion. national health insurance postponed until economy recovers.
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Doliver
Congress
Ford
Israel
Soviet envoy urges immediate Geneva Middle East talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived in Cairo on a mission to restart the Geneva peace talks. He met with Syrian President Hafez Assad, Yasir Arafat, and signed aid deals for Syrian irrigation and fisheries. He stressed Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands, Palestinian rights, and a prompt resumption of Geneva talks amid Kissinger’s ongoing diplomacy.
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Cairo
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Middle East
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Yasir Arafat
Ismail Fahmy
Gromyko
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Ray Won’t Back Death Penalty Reinstatement
Iowa Governor Rob rt Ray stated he would not favor any criminal code revision that includes a death penalty provision. He urged the legislature to debate the death penalty separately, stopping short of promising a veto if the clause appears. The code revision debate begins Feb 17 in the senate after a Feb 10 public hearing.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Senate
Steven Cross
Senate Legal Counsel
Iowa Senate
Statehouse
Thieves Use Power Saw To Open Door
Police report a break in at Roustar pharmacy at 81 Fifth Avenue SE during the weekend. Thieves used an electric saw to pry open the door and accessed an outlet in the adjacent Clinical Laboratory. Cash totaling 200 dollars and drugs valued at 389 dollars were stolen from the pharmacy. The break in occurred Saturday night or early Sunday.
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Roustar
Fifth Avenue SE
Armstrong’s
Science Panel Casts Doubt On Plant Feelings
New York based scientists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science say plants lack nervous systems and thus cannot feel. They note plants show electrical responses to light and chemicals but found no repeatable evidence that killing creatures or human thoughts trigger discomfort in plants. Backster defends his controversial polygraph based claim, calling the dispute a domestic squabble rather than science.
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New York
Arthur Galston
Yale University
Alan. For the Advancement of Science
Galston
Cleve Backster
CTA
Backster
Garsten
Buackster
Edgar Gasteiger
Cornell University
School of Veterinary Medicine
John Kmetz
Science Unlimited Research Foundation
Kmetz
Kennedy High Orchestra Fest Set For Thursday Night
The Kennedy High School orchestra festival is Thursday at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium. Roosevelt junior high, directed by Alice Lindsey, Harding junior high, and Kennedy high school, both directed by Bruce Ellers, will perform several numbers and join for a final selection. Admission is $1 26 for adults and 75 cents for students. Drive safely.
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Kennedy High School
Roosevelt Junior High School
Alice Lindsey
Harding Junior High School
Bruce Ellers
Simpson Arrested in Theft at Vickers Station
Brandt Simpson, 21, of 2601 Thirty third Avenue SW, was arrested Sunday on larceny charges for stealing 1,281 dollars from the Vickers service station at 3326 Center Point Road NE. He, an employee, was held in county jail on a 5,000 dollar bond after the money was taken from the safe following Friday night closure.
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Brandt Simpson
Thirty-third Avenue
Vickers
Center Point Road
Simpson
Air Force Enlistments Enter Delayed Entry Program
Keith Crogs of Center Junction and Mark Coombs of 440 Nineteenth Street NW enlisted in the air force delayed entry program to begin active service.
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Air Force
Armed Forces
Keith Crogs
Center Junction
Mark Coombs
Nineteenth Street NW
Kopel Proposes Punch Card Absentee Ballots for Iowa
Linn County Auditor Merls Kopel proposes changing Iowa law to allow computer punch card absentee ballots. He says the system could save about $5,000 per general election and cut labor by reducing manual ballot handling. Voters would punch holes to indicate choices, with further notarization and computer tally.
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Linn
Merls Kopel
Iowa
Kopel
Iowa Auditors Agsn
Kupel
Eight Appear in Court in C.R. Various Charges
Magistrate court listed participants with charges and outcomes. Joan Souchek pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with sentencing deferred to July 30. Ralph David bound over to grand jury for possession. Steve Petersen waived prelim and bound over for possession. Leo Stoneking bound over for receiving stolen property. Gerald Sidwell and Steven Van Dee had charges dismissed after hearings for attempted breaking and entering Tesdell Supply. Randy Osterkamp waived prelim and bound over for attempting breaking and entering. James Maurer listed with address but no final action stated.
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Joan Souchek
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
Grand Jury
James Maurer
Fourth Avenue SW
Trailer Stolen From Morse Trailer Park
Steve R. Otten reported to Linn county sheriffs deputies that his 40-foot black flatbed trailer with Minnesota plate PT 29631 was stolen from a lot at Morse trailer park off Lindale Drive near Blair’s Ferry Road. The empty trailer valued at 2600 dollars carried only chains and binders.
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Steve R. Otten
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Otten
Minnesota
Morse
Lindale Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Three Charged in Linn County Marijuana Arrest
Three men were arrested by a Linn county deputy Sunday and charged with possession. Jerry C Coppess 25 David A Coppess 22 and Richard J Kneas 26 were released after posting 500 bond. They were stopped at First Avenue and Twenty second Street SE where 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 J. Kneas
A Avenue
First Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Burglars Try to Open Safe at Hardee's Drive In
Burglars broke into the Hardee's drive in at 3214 First Avenue WE by crawling through a ventilation duct after climbing to the roof and removing a grate. They attempted to beat the restaurant's safe with a hammer. the safe was damaged but not opened. Public note mentions the 16th Amendment ratification in 1913.
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Hardee
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids Crime Briefs Mix Thefts Across City
Money and items stolen from residents and vehicles appear in Cedar Rapids police reports. Losses include cash, electronics, jewelry, clothing, a mink coat, a billfold, a stereo, TV, watch, dog, and camera gear from various addresses, with suspects not named. Hospitalization and public notices are also mentioned amid local ads and community updates.
Juvenile trio charged in Cedar Rapids robberies
Three youths aged 15 16 and 17 were arrested after two armed robberies in Cedar Rapids. They are charged with robbery with aggravation for the 7 11 store on First Avenue SE and the Stage 4 Theaters manager robbery. One boy aided the gang by driving a stolen car and receiving part of the proceeds. About $2100 of the money was recovered. The 17 year old remains in Linn County Jail awaiting juvenile court, others released to parents.
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First Avenue SE
Second Street
Putice
Roper A. Tucker
Gavehue
Linn County
Two Are Charged With Fighting at Wells Home
Kenneth Wells aged 19 of 281 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW and a 16 year old were charged with fighting after a Sunday clash while a police officer investigated an earlier shooting at Wells residence. The 16 year old faced an additional charge of resisting officers. Authorities had responded to reports of a youth firing a .22 caliber rifle at the house and threats to kill Wells. Cordoba flood toll rises as heavy rains kill nine and leave several missing in the province’s mountainous area.
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Kenneth Wells
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Wells
Cordoba
Argentina
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