Policeman Turns TV Crew Night Into Live Pursuit
Richmond patrolman Mitchell Weber invited a WREX-TV crew to film a routine license check and found himself in a dramatic chase when two Florida prison escapees opened fire. One suspect was captured minutes later, another surrendered after a three hour hostage siege at a local home. Keeney traded shots and held five hostages including relatives of a former U S senator before finally surrendering.
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Richmond
Mitchell Wether
Eher
Weber
Aib
Tim
Wrex-Tv
Florida
Wiliam Jackson Martin
Keeney
Bennett
Burns Proposes Limited GAO Access to Bank Reports
Washington in a five page letter Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns urged Congress to limit GAO access to bank examination reports and oppose mandatory audits. He would allow GAO to survey remedial steps but oppose full book audits and any wider disclosure that could affect examination integrity.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Comptroller of
Currency
Burns
GAO
Inter
Buchs
Congress
Kirkwood College magazine highlights non traditional teaching
The winter Community Quarterly features non traditional teaching programs at Kirkwood Community College. It notes the alumni magazine was mailed to alumni and is available in Cedar Rapids libraries. The issue is produced by the college relations office. ON THIS DATE in 1631 Roger Williams arrived in Salem seeking freedom and founded Rhode Island.
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Kirkwood Community College
Community Quarterly
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community Relations Office
Roger Wiliams
Salem
Mass
Colony of
Rhode Island
Friedman Named Special Assistant to President Ford
Milton Friedman promoted by President Ford to special assistant. He has served on Ford's writing staff since January 1974 when Ford was vice president. Appointment announced Wednesday by Presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen.
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Washington
Milton Friedman
Ford
Ron Nesser
Friedman
Man Dies at 110 in Houston AP Report
Houston AP reports Jack English died Wednesday at age 110, a man who had retired before the 1935 social security act. Family statements claimed he was 110, noting he had four marriages and long life spanning major eras. An obituary confirms his extraordinary longevity.
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Houston
Jack English
Congress
Man Receives Sentence Despite Reconciliation
Majid Essi a 30 year old Jordanian national in Syracuse was sentenced to up to seven years in prison for attempting to have his wife murdered. He and his 28 year old wife Eileen have reconciled and expect their first child. judge noted the reconciliation but imposed a reduced sentence. Essi faces possible deportation proceedings after the felony conviction.
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Syracuse
N.Y
UPI
Eileen
Majid Essi
Onondaga County
Ormand Gale
Gale
Copying Machine Returns to Cedar Rapids Post Office Lobby
The main post office lobby in Cedar Rapids now hosts a cab-operated copying machine restored after nationwide Postal Service stoppage. Postmaster Charley Sada announced daily use from 7 am to 9 am, with the Jonby closed during the remaining four hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Charley Sada
Postal Service
Craft Hobby Books Added to Cedar Rapids Library
New craft and hobby titles join Cedar Rapids Public Library holdings. Highlights include Nina G Joyner’s Furniture Refinishing at Home and Elizabeth Logan’s Shellcraft with shell collecting for jewelry and decorations. Additional works cover fabrics, needlework, leather, weaving, macrame, knot work, and drawing, along with guides for stone sculpture and photography. 30 years ago cuffs for men's pants were returning to fashion.
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Cedar Rapids
Nina G. Joyner
Elizabeth Logan
Joseph Leeming
Eunice Svinicki
Lara LaBarge
Charles Barnes
Steven M. Edwards
Nina Holland
Virginia
Man turns state evidence in Linn County case
Larceny charges against Lewis K. Reine age 22 of 1408 Ettls Boulevard NW were dismissed after he agreed to turn state's evidence in another case. Reine was a defendant in a separate embezzlement by an agent case tied to a 1979 Collins Radio theft. The case was heard before Linn District Judge Louia Schultz.
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Lewis K. Reine
Ettls Boulevard
Linn
Louia Schultz
Reindt
Ted Thrasher
Southview Drive
Marion
Collins Radio
Roindl
Theasher
Linn Clerk of Court
Ansel Chapman
Thrasher
Baby Food Founder Anna Clapp Dies in Florida
SARASOTA Fla AP Anna Louis Alberger Clapp founder of the baby food business died at 83. She began making baby foods at home in 1922 following her doctor’s advice and later started a company.
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Sarasota, Fla
Anna Louis Alberger Clapp
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