ABC TVs bold Monday replaces lineup with four documentaries
ABC TV jettisoned prime time to air four documentaries including Cosmopolis on urban planning and Jacques Cousteau undersea adventures. Jean-Claude Killy profiles and an adoption tale To Love a Child complemented the slate. The block aimed to boost ratings amid heavy NBC CBS competition.
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Television Listings for Cedar Rapids and Waterloo
Television schedule fragment lists channels KCRG TV 9 Cedar Rapids WMT TV 2 Cedar Rapids KWWL TV 7 Waterloo KTVO 3 Ottumwa with various programs and news blocks. The garbled text shows times and channel numbers with partial program names and a reference to Johnson presidency coverage and local weather and sports segments.
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Cedar Rapids
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Waterloo
KTVO
Ottumwe
Ray backs 20 percent IPERS pension hike at no cost
Gov elect Robert Ray announced that IPERS retirement benefits could rise 20 percent without taxpayer cost or higher employee or employer contributions. A study ordered at a budget hearing shows the formula can be changed to fund the increase with higher IPERS investment yields, currently averaging 5 percent. The plan would also remove the $7,000 salary contribution ceiling to boost funds.
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Australian Bush Fire Toll Rises to Seventeen in Victoria
The Victoria fire death toll climbed to 17 after a 9 year old boy died from burns while escaping a blaze on the Melbourne Geelong road. The loss included 227 houses and vast pasture while Lara emerged as the hardest hit town with 11 deaths.
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Symington files for 1970 re election in Missouri
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, a top Senate figure, formally filed for re election during the weekend in Jefferson City. Julie Barnes headlines a MOD SQUAD visit as KCRG TV airs a color feature at 6 30 PM Monday.
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Court To Give Thorough Airing to Powell Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a full airing of Adam Powell's House ouster appeal moving the case from the summary to the general calendar. Powell, from Harlem, NY, was denied a seat in 1967, later re elected, fined $25,000, and seated, then fined again and stripped of seniority before further appeals. The action sparks Congressional debate over separation of powers.
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Boston Region California Are Earthquake Prone
The Commerce Department released a map identifying areas prone to earthquake damage. It lists Boston, California and western Nevada as highly susceptible, plus regions around Charleston South Carolina and parts of the St. Lawrence border, while Texas Florida and portions of Alabama and Mississippi near the Gulf are noted as relatively safe.
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Two Boards Set Up To Head Off Rail Strikes
President Johnson created two emergency boards to avert planned rail strikes set for Wednesday and Thursday. The boards pause for 60 days, with 30 days for investigation and another 30 days' protection for workers, covering the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 35000 members the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen 15000 and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen 15000.
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NAACP Chief Opines on Militant Black Student Actions
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive director, says black student demands for autonomy amount to a form of Jim Crow. He urges emphasis on study and degrees while opposing self segregation and black power rhetoric. Wilkins warns against Nixon policy on school decentralization.
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Union Feud Threatens British Steel Chaos
London reports a bitter inter union quarrel in Britain's state owned steel industry risking a nationwide stoppage for the first time since 1926. Sixteen unions representing 150000 manual workers order members to ignore foremen and two white collar unions starting January 26, potentially halting output and jeopardizing exports worth over 6 billion dollars, with auto and engineering sectors hardest hit. Executives hope the Trades Union Congress can avert disaster.
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Humphrey Narrows on 1964 Civil Rights Bill Achievement
Vice President Humphrey hailed shepherding the 1964 civil rights bill through the Senate as his greatest public achievement. In a NBC Today interview he also noted remaining work and limited time to finish it.
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