Decision Expected Soon In Cedar Rapids Fire Code Test
Associate District Court Judge Brent Harstad weighed the case of Cedar Rapids shopkeeper Mary Holmquist who refuses to pay a $10 fire permit fee for Chirps Brake and Alignment. Fire officials testified about past inspections and hazards while the defense argued no fire hazard justified the permit. Harstad anticipated a ruling in a few days.
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Brent Harstad
Cedar Rapids
Mary Holmquist
Chirps Brake
Ellis Boulevard
Phillip Saunders
Kenneth Anderson
Saunders
Sterling Benz
Holmquist
Lt. Saunders
Anderson
Harstad
Cancer rates by race show geographic variation, study finds
A federal National Cancer Institute report shows cancer deaths vary by geography for non whites as well as whites. The study of over 500000 non white deaths from 35 cancers in 1950 to 1969 suggests local environmental factors may influence cancer risks, with blacks bearing higher overall rates and distinct cancer patterns noted across groups.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
Collins to work Friday on U S avionics system contract
Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids to begin initial phase of a six year 48 million dollar contract to supply avionics for the Coast Guard's new medium range surveillance aircraft. The Falcon Jet Corp is the prime contractor with Little Rock assembly.
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Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Coast Guard
Collins
Falcon Jet Corp
Peterboro
N.J
Little Rock
Coast Guard
John Culver
D-Iown
Transportation
William Coleman
Falcon
Censorship Tightens on Lebanon News Dispatches
Cypriot AP report notes foreign reporters face censorship in Lebanon starting Wednesday with Lebanon wide censorship from Monday. Outgoing dispatches allowed only from Lebanese Christians and Syrians, excluding Palestinians and leftist Muslims. Penalties reach five years’ imprisonment for violations.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Lebanon
Salah Salman
Welch Burial After Greece CIA Killing Funeral
On this date in 1976 CIA agent Richard Welch was buried at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral attended by President Gerald Ford in Washington signaling a national tribute to the slain official.
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CIA
Greece
Richard Welch
Arlington Cemetery
Ford
JFK King Probe Plans Slammed as Immoral
Rep Don Edwards blasted the house assassination committee plan to secretly record witnesses with hidden transmitters and apply psychological stress tests. He warned such methods violate rights and may be illegal, as budget details for the probe surface.
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Washington
House
Judiciary
House Select Committee On
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Edwards
Thomas O'Neill
Jim Wright
Peter Rodine
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Robert Bauman
R-Md
Bauman
Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Cabinet Gives Ford Mini Cabinet Table
President Ford's cabinet held a farewell party and gave him a tiny replica of the White House cabinet table. Secretary Kissinger presented the gift and described Ford as a remarkable human being while others watched.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
White House
Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
Speak
Ing
Kissinger
Field Assessors to Register Tax Exemptions in Stanley
Field assessors from Buchanan county will work in Stanley Friday and Saturday to register residents of Buffalo and Hazleton townships for homestead and veterans tax exemptions. They will be at Stanley Community hall from 8 to 5 each day. Today Actress Loretta Young is 64 years old.
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Stanley
Buchanan County
Buffalo
Hazleton
Stanley Community Hall
Syrians Move to Loosen Restrictions on Jews in Syria
Rep. Stephen Solarz reported that Syrian authorities promised to lift some anti Jewish measures affecting about 4500 Jews in Syria. No change yet on emigration. State Department confirmed improvements in conditions for Jews, including removal of musawi identity papers and travel and sale of personal property restrictions.
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Washington
New York
Stephen Solarz
Middle East
Damascus
Solarz
Syria
Israel
State Department
Brooklyn
Congress
Hambra
Jewish Community Council
Selim Tota
Musawi
Moses
Two Charged In Separate Cases
Two people were arrested on separate counts Wednesday. George Freeman, 53, of 120 Tenth Street SW, charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm to a child related to a 7 year old Cedar Rapids girl. Susan Colleen Smith, 19, of 290 North Viewplace NE, charged with forgery for writing a check on Linman Construction Co. with stolen checks reported August 27.
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George Freeman
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Susan Colleen Smith
North Viewplace NE
Linman Construction Co
Missionary Doctor Harry Miller Dies at 97 in Riverside
Harry Miller, a missionary physician and nutrition innovator with 70 years of service in Asia, died of heart problems Saturday at a Riverside hospital. He was 97.
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Riverside
Calif
Harry Miller
Asia
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