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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1965
Page
1
ABC pulls the Les Crane Show after 13 weeks and switches to ABCs Nightlife with rotating hosts. Crane, 29, recalls a fast exit after high ratings and a Radio TV Mirror award, with offers already flowing in.
Local listings show Iowan stations KCRG Cedar Rapids WNMT Cedar Rapids KWWL Waterloo KTVO Ottumwa with programs including News Weather Sports and primetime shows such as 12 O Clock High Zane Grey Theater I Love Lucy and Melody Time plus college basketball Michigan Illinois mentioned in schedule.
The Iowa Senate voted 51 to 2 to confirm Robert Barry as a state highway commissioner for the remainder of a term ending June 30, 1967. Barry, a Democrat and truck dealer from Wichita, Kan., pledged to avoid conflicts of interest.
In Des Moines on Thursday Rep. LaMar Foster and other Democrats sparred on the house floor over the power to appoint a steering committee. Foster proposed a 21 member panel chosen by district caucuses, challenging Speaker Vincent Steffen and invoking Lex Hawkins. The exchange ended with a house vote to refer the proposal to the rules committee.
DES MOINES Iowa lawmakers backed a labor measure allowing workers who quit voluntarily to collect unemployment benefits. The bill would grant four to nine weeks of benefits, with the sponsor noting penalties should not be extreme for quits not due to the employer.
A Bell System science series episode explores oceanography from plankton to whales, tides, currents, and the ocean floor with seamounts, sunken islands, and submarine canyons, presenting recent marine research and discoveries.
The Iowa house passed a county officers pay raise bill 119 to 2 sending it to the senate. The measure sets raises from 950 to 2600 dollars annually based on county size with county attorney excluded. It also changes meals funding for prisoners in large counties and adjusts supervisor salaries by county population brackets.
Opera star Helen Traubel headlines a Friday night program aired at 8 on KCRG TV 9. The broadcast spotlights her return appearance with selections designed for a Valentine’s Day audience.
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