Gang Nabbed in Eight Bank Holdups
The FBI announced the arrest of seven members of an alleged professional bank robbing gang linked to eight Boston area holdups that netted about $277,000 in late 1967 and early 1968. Detainers were issued for four other members already held on other charges. All 11 were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said one arrest was in Miami and the others in the Boston area.
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Washington
FBI
Boston
J. Edgar Hoover
Miami
Students Approve Fee for Minority Tutor Program
Riverside voters approve a $4.50 annual tax to fund tutoring for minority group students admitted with below college backgrounds. Chancellor Ivan Hinderaker calls the plan a significant step toward mainstreaming minority groups.
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Riverside
Calif
University of California At Riverside
Ivan Hinderaker
Rights Leader Best Hope For Integration
Mississippi civil rights figure Rev. R Edwin King told Coe college faculty that education institutions are key to an integrated democracy. He warned integration requires white and black leaders to act, criticized Johnson and Humphrey, and urged colleges to admit more black students while expanding Afro American studies and related courses.
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Mississippi
Coe College
R. Edwin King
King
White House
Nixon
Humphrey
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo
Frederick Parker
Coe
Cedar Rapids Girl Charged With Larceny
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids girl was charged with larceny by youth authorities after stealing a jacket and slacks from Armstrongs on February 1. She tried to obtain a refund February 13 but the store had no record of the sale. She admitted the theft and was released to her parents after processing. case referred to probation.
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Cedar Rapids
Youth Bureau
Armstrong’s
Apollo 9 Countdown To Start Saturday
CAPE KENNEDY AP three Apollo 9 astronauts completed a final preflight countdown rehearsal. Air Force Col. James McDivitt Lt. Col. David Scott and Russell Schweickart were cleared to begin the countdown at 10 50 p.m Iowa time Saturday for an earth orbit launch set for 10 a.m Feb 28.
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Cape Kennedy
John Glenn
Air Force
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
Iowa
Better Safety urged for gas floor furnaces and vaporizers
Washington AP Better safety standards for gas fired floor furnaces and steam vaporizers were urged to protect children from burns. The National Commission on Product Safety heard witnesses claim self regulation has failed and federal standards may be needed.
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Washington
National Commission On Product Safety
Emory Crofoot
Portland
Ore
Commission
Robert Weiner
Baltimore
Weiner
Marines Blocked at Oberlin Campus Recruitment Office
Chanting demonstrators blocked three marine corps recruiters at Oberlin College in Ohio. About 100 protesters sat at the door while 200 gathered in the hall, with Dean George Langeler offering 30 minutes to disperse. Captain James Adams interviewed one of 13 students with appointments.
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Oberlin, Ohio
Marine Corps
Oberlin College
Peter’s Hall
George Langeler
Langeler
Mained
Vietnam
James Adams
Allied Strength in Vietnam Reaches Record High
The arrival of several thousand new troops from Thailand lifts allied forces in South Vietnam to 1,612,500 under arms, a record high, with an increase of about 4,000 troops in the past two to three weeks, according to U S command figures.
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Saigon
Thailand
South Vietnam
U. S
Hickel Postpones Off Shore Oil Lease Sale
Secretary of the Interior Hickel postpones the Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas lease sale set for next Tuesday to ensure regulations prevent pollution like the Santa Barbara incident. The action delays bids on 27 tracts and returns any received bids unopened while stressing environmental safeguards over monetary gain.
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Hickel
Washington
Santa Barbara
Gulf of Mexico
Union Oil Co
Santa Barbara Chan
Santa Barbara Channel
Interior Department
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Kinks Remain In RAF Personnel Pay Computer
In Innsworth England a Royal Air Force personnel and pay computer has glitches with some outputs. A spokesman acknowledged flaws while one airman received discharge papers listing discharge status as pregnant.
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Innsworth
England
UPI
Royal Air Force
Britain
Starr Accused of Auto Theft
Dean C. Starr twenty one of 1609 N street SW was arrested early Thursday for larceny of a motor vehicle. He allegedly stole a car from the garage of William J. Taylor 296 Collins road NE around 4 a.m. Starr was found in the car on the First avenue bridge and held in the city jail pending arraignment.
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Dean C. Starr
N Street
Starr
William J. Taylor
Collins Road
First Avenue Bridge
If You've Never Used a Want Ad
A brief classified style line promotes a want ad as a sure performer and provides a dialing number 369-1234 for connection.
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Dial
Nixon To Meet with Common Man on Trip
President Nixon plans off the record talks with ordinary citizens during his eight day European tour. Embassies select groups eight to fifteen people for hour long sessions in London Bonn Berlin Rome Paris and Brussels. Interpreters will be used as Nixon is not fluent in foreign languages.
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Nixon
Washington
London
Bonn
Paris
Rome
White House
Brussels
Ber
U.S
Bundy urges foundations to reveal more about operations
Ford Foundation president McGeorge Bundy told the House Ways and Means Committee that tax exempt groups should face stronger public accountability. He noted Ford holds over 20 percent of non voting Ford Motor Co. stock and plans to drop below 20 percent by 1971, denying control of the auto maker.
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Washington
UPI
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Congress
Ford
Bundy
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Ford Motor Co
Rep
Patman
D-Texas
Johnson
Cedar Rapids Water Department January Report
The Cedar Rapids water department pumped 454,080,000 gallons in January averaging 14,647,000 gallons daily. It used 644,040 kWh of electricity, about 1,420 kWh per million gallons. Well water hardness averaged 17.8 grains per gallon and treated water 5.55 grains per gallon.
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Cedar Rapids
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