Construction Seen as Bright Spot in Cedar Rapids for 1972
Cedar Rapids economists foresee a flat to modest year with construction steadying the local economy. Collins Radio and other major plants show reduced employment, while highway projects and new facilities spur activity. Industrial expansion remains limited, with job gains unlikely outside construction and service sectors.
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Collins, Iowa Manufacturing Co
Town Steel and Iron Works
Faxon
Ewoldt
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No House Action on Dowdy's Conviction
Rep. Melvin Price said the House Ethics Committee will not act on Rep. John Dowdy until all appeals are exhausted. Dowdy was convicted of taking a $25,000 bribe along with conspiracy and perjury in a case tied to a home improvement firm probe from 1965.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin Price
D-Ill
House Ethics Committee
John Dowdy
Dtexas
House
Boys Light Fires in Elevator at Roosevelt Hotel
Two boys aged 8 and 11 accessed the Roosevelt Hotel elevator through the parking ramp and played with matches in an ashtray, lighting tissues and wrappers. A hotel guest stopped them. police were called and the children were returned to their parents. No damage was reported.
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Roosevelt Hotel
the Gazette
Chevalier Dies at 83 in Paris Necker Hospital
Maurice Chevalier, the famed French showman with a storied career on stage and screen, died of a heart attack at Necker Hospital at age 83 after treatment for a kidney ailment. He lay in state at his suburban home, with secretary Felix Pacquet nearby, and his funeral planned in Marnes-la-Coquette.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Necker Hospital
Mimi
Valentina
Louise
Chevalier
Felix Pacquet
Marnes-la-Coquette
Montmartre
Thousands Return as Bangladesh Refugees Move Home
Across the Petrapole border thousands of Bangladesh refugees begin returning home as India starts closing camps. U N trucks and trains carry families back to a free Bangladesh, aiming for most to be home by February to plant the rice crop before the monsoon.
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India
Bangladesh
U.N
U. N
Bengal
East Pakistan
Dacca
Profile of New Voter Impacts 1972 Election
The Census Bureau outlines a typical first time voter as a white single middle class urban high school graduate with a job in a city. About 25 million 18 to 24 year olds will be eligible to vote this year for the presidential race, including 11 million newly enfranchised by the 26th Amendment. California and New York lead with over two million each.
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Linn County
IE Tower
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Brenton Banks
Northwestern Bell
Life Investors
Mercy Hospital
National Guard
Washington
Right after the holidays is certainly the time when fathers owes best
A brief note reflects a conventional saying on paternal duties after holidays, implying duties or expectations tied to father figures. The phrasing resembles a proverb or colloquial guideline rather than a news event.
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