Council vetoes ouster of Lapeters in Cedar Rapids
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton clashed with Cedar Rapids council as his bid to replace Police Chief Willace LaPeters failed to gain council approval. A planned one year term for Raymond Baker was blocked, leaving LaPeters in place pending a successor. Colton warned the dispute risks police leadership and public safety, while council members offered no concrete reasons for support.
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Ed Dalton
Cedar Rapids
Willace LaPeters
Calton
Raymond Baker
la Peters
Colton
Baker
LaPeters
Noming
Department Hearts
LaPrters
Camellman
Sue
Mester Dald
Flaher’ Gald
Guatemala Earthquake Death Toll Tops Two Thousand
Guatemala city reels after a powerful quake that struck early Wednesday. Officials fear the toll may rise beyond 2,000 dead with another 2,000 injured as relief teams rush aid. Government urges rapid burial to prevent epidemic amid collapsed adobe homes and overwhelmed hospitals.
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Guatemala City
Miami
Maany
Manuel Angel Ponce
Mexico City
Guatermala
Honduras
el Salvador
Kjell Fugento
Laugerad
Guatemala
East Iowans Contacted in Guatemala After Earthquake
A Cedar Rapids couple vacationing in Guatemala City during the quake are safe on Cozumel Island. Their neighbors report the two fled El Presidente hotel and are staying at a hotel off the Yucatán peninsula. The Red Cross and Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club are seeking other East Iowans missing or unaccounted for. Authorities say embassy personnel cannot roam the city.
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Guatemala City
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Frederick Fisher
Taberty
C. C. Keslay
Linden Drive
el Presidente
Cozumel
Caribbean Sea
The
Red Cross
Cedar Valley
Custein
Forrest Shaffer
Elgin
Guy
Guatemala
Robert Shaffer
Abe Red Crong
Lecond
Michael Blouin
State Department
U.S
Ben Hennessey
Maurice Hennessey
D-Ryan
Mr. Hennessey
Hearst Trial Witness Describes Bank Robbery Scene
San Francisco AP. Jamey Smith, manager of the Harborina Bank Sunset branch, told how robbers invaded the bank brandishing what appeared to be machine guns. He described the scene from a one way window and showed the jury a diagram of the office as Hearst sat nearby with a gun. Bailey asserts Hearst suffered a skull injury during kidnapping. Harris seeks joint state trial in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst Tris
Jamey Smith
Hibernia Bank
Sunset
Moor
Miss Hearst
Alvert Johnson
Peninsula Hospital
Darlingame
Robert Regan
F. Lee Bailey
Symbionese Liberation Army
Emilly Harris
Emily Harris
SLA
Los Angeles
Hushatu Wife Admires Dress and Tool Mention
A fragmented dialogue shows a wife praising a dress and a moched tool seen as appealing to her spouse. The garbled text includes phrases about permission to buy and a curious term micke-aged tool, ending with a misordered name toooriaM.
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Hushatu
Kissinger Urges Congress to End Ford Feud Over Intelligence
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger urged the Senate Government Operations Committee to forge a sounder executive legislative relationship and end the leaks harming U S foreign policy. He backed concentrated joint oversight, cautioned against publicizing classified material without presidential consent, and referenced the House Intelligence Committee amid ongoing leak debates. He noted past expert testimony on covert operations and recalled his Nixon era role as national security adviser.
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Gazelle
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Democratic
Congress
Gerald Ford
United States
Kissinger
Senate Government Operations Committee
Executive
House
Ford
Intelligence Committee
Senate
Attendon
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Smith Seeks Gas Deregulation Compromise Proposal
Washington AP report notes Rep. Neal Smith proposes a compromise to deregulate small independent gas producers while leaving major producers under price controls. The plan would set a national average price for major producers and distinguish intrastate and interstate sales with caps and cost considerations. Domestic prices could rise for large producers under the scheme.
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Washington
Neal Smith
Cers
Bob Krueger
Texas
Smith
Tantaamour
Federal Power Commission
Krueger
NATO Probes World Terror Network and Its Backers
Secret NATO reports detail an international terror network linked to Iraq Syria Libya South Yemen and Cuba with financing from the Middle East and Europe. The Paris base allegedly coordinates with IRA, Turkish squads and leftist groups while operations extend from Vienna to Latin America led by figures tied to the Caracas and Meinhof networks.
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LANN
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Hu Alliance
Associated Press
Iraq
Syria
Libya
South Yemen
Cuba
Ures
Europe
Middle East
Asia
Vienna
Austria
Mez Decousber
Carlos Martinez
Bart Id Ramirez Sanchez
Venezuela
Apo
Popular Front For the Liberation of Patenting
PFLP
George Hibash
Mideast
Nets
Whe
Andreas Rander
Ulrike Meinhof
Red Army
Lier
Paris
Heparic Army
IRA
Scandinavia
Spain
Simmer
Simon Says IRS Chief To Testify For Grand Jury
Treasury Secretary Simon says IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander and other top agency officials will appear before a federal grand jury next week on an unspecified matter. Investigations into the agency have been launched, with results shared with congressional committees.
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Washington
Treasury
Willan Simon
Internal Revenue Service
Grand Jury
Simon
Federal
TRS
Donald Alexander
Congress
Justler
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Hearst
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