Hospitals push for public ambulance system in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Hospital Council proposes the city and Linn County fund and govern a hospital operated ambulance service using Mercy and St Luke’s. If approved, four ambulances cost about 13 000 each with half funded by federal grants and half by local governments. Interim leasing at 385 monthly per vehicle may cover current gaps while awaiting delivery.
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Hospital Council
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Iowa Department of Health
Donald Canney
John Oberthien
Linn County Board of Supervisors
B. T. Howell
Howell
Linn County Welfare Department
Fire in Rest Home Kills Seven in Taft Calif
A rest home for the mentally disabled in Taft California burned early Friday killing seven patients. Two caretakers escaped with one injured. Fire began in the south wing around 1 a.m. and spread rapidly. Attendants Jack and Mrs. Armstrong rescued one patient before flames blocked access. The building lacked a sprinkler system and hydrants were inoperable. officials had considered condemnation two days earlier.
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Taft
Calif
UPI
Jack Armstrong
Billy Goode
Roberta Schertz
Eugene Mickey
Pocket-Picking Ring Smashed in Mecca Scheme
Be ir ut police said they broke a ring that recruited Egyptian women and sent them with fake Lebanese passports to pick pockets of Muslim pilgrims in Mecca. The investigation stops a cross border theft network targeting pilgrims.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Three Soviet Vehicles Targets of Arsonists
In Maryland suburbs, arson attempts targeted three cars registered to Soviet diplomats. A car burned in Silver Spring caused minor damage. two other vehicles in Hyattsville faced abortive attempts. Witnesses saw a car flee at 3 a.m. as matches and a glove were found at scenes. Calls claiming responsibility cited the Jewish Defense League.
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Maryland
Silver Spring
Hyattsville
Arnold Christian
Testimony of Psychiatrist Thrown Out at Calley Trial
In Fort Benning Georgia AP reports the judge threw out the psychiatrist Dr Albert LaVernes testimony in Lt William Calleys murder trial calling it possibly a complete falsehood and instructed the jury to disregard it LaVerne a Bellevue Hospital psychiatrist admitted most details came from media and could not recall Calleys statements about My Lai Latimer defense lawyer noted courtroom cross examination risks but declined to judge truthfulness
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Fort Benning, Ga
William Calley
Reid Kennedy
Albert LaVerne
Calley
My Lai
Laverne
New York City
Bellevue Hospital
George Latimer
Eugene M Brown Given Suspended Term and Fine
Eugene M Brown, 44, organizer and former president of Tama Packing Co, was convicted in January of evading 37511 dollars in federal income taxes. U S Judge Edward J McManus imposed a 20000 dollar fine and suspended six month prison terms on three counts, with May 19 to pay the fines and a possible ten day appeal window.
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Edward J. McManus
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the Gazette
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Edward White
Carroll
Iowa Braces for Icy Winter Storm Wallop
Iowa faces a severe storm as rain changes to freezing rain and snow across the state. Forecasters warn of heavy precipitation, strong winds, and near blizzard conditions by Friday night, with Cedar Rapids already seeing a drop in temperature after a 56 degree high.
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Helicopter Toll Soars as Saigon Faces Heavy Laos Attack
North Vietnamese forces attacked a South Vietnamese firebase 12 miles inside Laos driving off rescue helicopters amid heavy anti air fire. A relief column fought along Highway 9 to save the base as U S helicopter losses mounted with seven shot down or damaged in Laos. Spokesmen report 21 US soldiers wounded and the first American fatality on Cambodian soil since U S forces left in June.
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Sepone
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Prince Sisouk Na Champassack
National Assembly
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China
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Senate Stands Firm On Cigaret Tax Hike
DES MOINES AP The Iowa senate refused to back down on a plan to raise the cigaret tax four cents per pack. A motion to reconsider its four-cent raise was defeated 24-22 after a previous vote approving the measure. Senator John Walsh warned the increase could boost bootlegging in border areas and push Iowa taxed cigarettes out of neighboring markets. Senate Majority Leader Clifton Lamborn is cited in the debate.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
John Walsh
Dubuque
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
Deputies slain suspects nabbed after dawn raid
In Dallas six dozen law officers traced suspects to a shabby apartment, arresting Rene Guzman and Leonardo Lopez for the execution style killings of three deputies near a Trinity river levee. Two accomplices, Angie Hernandez and Mary Alice Rosales, were jailed on accessory charges as a nearby house raid wounded a man and a woman.
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UPS
Rene Adolfo Guzman
Leonardo Ramos Lopez
Trinity River
Down
Angie Hernandez
Mary Alice Rosales
Miss Hernandez
Miss Rosales
Clarence Jones
Clever motorist dodges tickets by removing wipers
A humorous note claims a driver avoided parking fines by removing windshield wipers from his car. The item plays on a quick wit punchline rather than reporting a real incident.
Cost of living edges up 0.1 percent in January
The government reports the January consumer price index rose 0.1 percent, the smallest monthly gain in nearly four years, with services up 0.6 percent while declines in used cars, clothing and some groceries offset some pressures. Food prices over the past year held flat, aiding the White House verdict that economic policy is working.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eastern Iowa Flood Outlook Analyzed
National Weather Service issued its spring snowmelt flood outlook for the upper Midwest. Floods are possible in Cedar Rapids Sigourney Independence and Anamosa if normal precipitation combines with a moderate snow melt in March and April. Affected states include the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and Illinois. The snow pack water content ranges from 1 to 3 inches in southern areas to 4 to 6 inches in northern Iowa and neighboring regions.
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Independence
Anamosa
National Weather Service
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Minnesota
Iowa
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Missouri
Illinois
Japanese donation funds Saigon hospital project
Saigon receives a 12.3 million dollar Japanese government donation for a new 1 073 bed hospital. The commitment was announced Friday reflecting postwar aid efforts and regional reconstruction plans.
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