Ford calls for Angolan cease fire stance in Angola
President Ford vowed the United States would not cut grain exports to the Soviet Union over the Angolan crisis and urged an immediate cease fire to end outside intervention. He warned Moscow that continued intervention would strain U.S. relations while pledging diplomatic and military measures to stabilize Angola and seek a quick peaceful settlement.
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ST. Louis
Gerald Ford
U.S
Soviet Union
Angola
Ford
American Farm Bureau Federation
Russia
Butz
Auditors Find Vendors Misusing Food Stamp Funds Nationwide
Washington Star reports auditors and FBI probes into 6700 food stamp vendors revealing undeposited receipts totaling 8.79 million dollars from 18 vendors. Money tied to purchases, embezzlement risk, and questions about how much has vanished and where. Moneytown Inc of St. Louis cited as major offender with 2.0 million dollars in sales but no deposits for six months.
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Washington
FBI
Agriculture Department
Lion
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
St. Louis
Moneytown, Inc
Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
FNS
Senate
Department
Claim Against State Filed in Brewer Escape
The estate of a slain Anamosa couple filed a $454,775 claim against the state over inmate Ronald Brewer’s January escape from the Anamosa men’s reformatory. The suit asks $302,550 for Clarence Edwards’s death and $152,225 for Patricia Edwards’s death, alleging guard Herbert Pennock aided the escape by supplying a rifle and ammunition. The claim is now before the state appeal board, with options to seek court action if no action is taken within six months or if rejected earlier. Assistant Atty. Gen. John Beamer notes 138 tort claims against the state totaling over $27 million.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Ronald Brewer
Brewer
Linn County
Clarence Edwards
Edwards
Patricia
Anamosa Reformatory
Herbert Pennock
Council Bluffs
State Appeal Board
Maurice Baringer
Lloyd Smith
Marvin Selden
John Beamer
EPA Opposes Concorde Flights to United States
The EPA urged rejection of British and French plans for six Concorde transatlantic flights daily to the United States. It warned future applications would raise air quality problems and fuel consumption, weighing environmental impacts against reduced flight times for a small number of travelers. Coleman will decide within 30 days.
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Washington
UPS
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Roger Strelow
EPA
Strelow
New York
Kennedy
Dulles
Atlantic
U.S
Transportation
William Coleman
France
United Kingdom
Coleman
Gunmen End 12 Hour Siege at Manila Airport
Two hijackers who seized a Japanese jetliner carrying 219 people at Manila International Airport surrendered after a nearly 12 hour siege. They walked down the ramp with handkerchiefs over their faces and were driven away for interrogation as officials weighed demands for anonymity and pardons. Airline officials in Tokyo cited terms of forgiveness and better living conditions as part of the resolution.
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Manila
Philippines
Tokyo
Air Force
Jose Rancudo
Hearing Set for Murder Suspect Kandee Jacoby
Kandee Jacoby appeared before Linn County District Court Judge Anthony Scolaro to face a murder charge in her husband Douglas Jacoby’s shooting death. A Jan. 13 preliminary hearing was set and bond reduced from 100000 to 50000. Police say the victim was shot twice in the head and once in the left chest with a .38 revolver. A later breakin at the Jacoby residence yielded a microwave, TV, base station transceiver, and antique clock missing.
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Kandee Jacoby
Linn County
Douglas
Bernice Ziemer
Jack Bates
N Street
Linn County District Court
Anthony Scolaro
Jacoby
Mercy Hospital
Betty Bender
Chandler Street
House Leader Ford Aide Push For Bigger Tax Cuts
House Democratic Whip John McFall and White House aides argue six month tax cuts may be extended or increased. President Ford, Cheney and McFall signal a larger tax reduction around midyear to prevent tax levels from reverting to 1974 once the current six month measure expires.
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Washington
Congress
Ford Administration
House
John McFall
California
Ford
Richard Cheney
McFall
ABC
Cheney
CBS
Face the Nation
Cedar Rapids Me-Too Supermarket Safe Burglary
Burglars smashed a cement block wall at the Cedar Rapids Me-Too store on Center Point road and Forty-second street NE. They drilled an eight inch hole in the safe, stealing about $8,000 sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. They appeared to access the roof before entering.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Forty-second Street
Chuckle Youre an Old Timer Recall Facts of Life Talk
A light retrospective note reflects on a bygone era when parents could discuss life lessons with teenagers without modern corrections, hinting at cultural shifts and social norms across generations.
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Farm Bureau
State Department
Reau Viewpoint
Earl Butz
China
Christian Science Monitor
Central Intelligence Agency
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Washington Star Service
District of Columbia
White Plains
N.Y
Baltimore
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Credit Union
Gazette
Hunt
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