Miracle needed to pass Angola aid says House leader
Speaker Carl Albert says Congress would need a miracle to approve any Angola aid under Ford plan as Senate defense bill blocks spending in the country. He criticizes White House clarity and notes Soviet arms and Cuban backing tilt the conflict. U.S. intelligence cites Soviet ships delivering weapons to Luanda and the Gulf of Guinea.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Angola
House
Carl Albert
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
White House
State of the Union
Albert
U.S
NATO
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Zaire
National Front
Marxist Movement
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Luanda
Gulf of Guinea
Witness Sought in 2 Eleven Store Robbery Attempt
Police seek a youth about 17 or 18 years old who wore a ski mask and green army fatigue jacket when he attempted to rob the 2 Eleven at 2711 Bever Avenue SE shortly before 10 am Friday. He fled empty handed as a customer arrived. the customer drove away unaware of the crime. Police urge the public to contact them, anonymously if desired.
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Bever Avenue SE
Cstomer
Committee Forms To Study County Agency Dispute
A special meeting formed an ad hoc committee to review the relationship between Linn County Health Center board and Handicapped Systems board of managers. Ed Burrell will chair the panel, with ARC and other representatives invited. The dispute centers on administrative command and board communications.
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Linn County Health Center Board
Handicapped = Systems board of managers
Tn Health Center Board
Ed Burrell
Handicapped Systems Board
Lim. County Assn. For Retarded Citizens
ARC
Roger Clarke
Board of Managers
Board of Supervisors
Clarke
Health Center
Hank Plawecki
Handicapped Systems
Health Center Board
Madge Phillips
The
Plawecki
Man Arrested On Shoplifting and False Pretenses
Dens Hemphill, 28, of 1581 Second Avenue SE, was charged with grand larceny shoplifting and false pretenses. Police say he left Kmart East with an $82 citizen band radio and a $2 tool set hidden in his jacket, and obtained a $21 refund at Kmart West after returning a stolen hair dryer. He was held on $500 bond for each charge.
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Dens Hemphill
Second Avenue
Polloe
Hemphill
Kmart
Citizen Band
Henhill
Kmart West
Sixth Street
Iy Yeu
Second Guilty Plea In C R Grain Scheme
Eugene Williams a former weighmaster for Cargill pled guilty Thursday to conspiring in a short weigh grain scheme. Sentencing is set for March 5. Earlier Carl J Eidy pleaded guilty to false pretenses in the same case. He ran Independence Wholesale Co from Dec 1 1974 to Jun 30 1975. Charges against William Pastel are expected to be dismissed.
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Eugene Williams
Cargill, Inc
Carl J. Eidy
Independence Wholesale Co
William Pastel
Ford Rolls Back Most of $113 Auto Price Hike
Ford Motor Co moved to rescind $97 of its $113 price increase after criticism from government and dealers. The rollback, effective immediately, aims to spur sales while leaving open a possible future price rise. Ford pledged refunds to dealers to pass to customers and cited higher vehicle costs as justification.
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Ford
Deproit
Ford Motor Co
U.S
Bennett Bidwell
Bidwell
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Hidwell
Man Faces Breakin Charge in Minneapolis
Ronald Eugene Thompson, 26, of Minneapolis, was arrested near the Ottsen Gi Co at 1041 Tenth Street SW and charged with breaking and entering. Police responded shortly before 1 am and he was jailed in lieu of $10,000 bond. Also noted is auto rater AJ Fayt, 41.
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Ronald Eugene Thompson
Minneapolis
Ottsen Gi Co
Tenth Street
Thompson
Linn Deputy Tells Campaign For Linn Sheriff
Orlie Workman 32, a Linn County deputy for eight years and former U S marshal, filed nomination papers with over 1 000 signatures to run as the Democratic nominee for Linn sheriff He has FBI fingerprint training Cedar Rapids police academy 1969 graduate Marine Corps service with Vietnam duty and several decorations He is pursuing a pre law degree at the University of Iowa and holds an AA in law enforcement He is married to Dorothy with son Don and resides at 4721 Pine View Drive NE He plans to serve as a working sheriff to improve law enforcement in smaller towns
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Orlie Workman
Linn County
Workman
Linn
U.S
FBI
Cedar Rapids Police Academy
Washington High School
Kirkwood Community College
University of Iowa
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Marine Torps Reserve
Kingston Lodge
Woman challenges Iowa ADC payment policy in federal suit
Cerro Gordo County mother Jane Litton sues Kevin Burns in Cedar Rapids federal court over Iowa’s deduction of a “surplus” from ADC payments. Litton seeks an injunction and class action status for herself and others, arguing the policy violates the Constitution and Social Security Act. An appeal to the Department of Social Services was denied.
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Cerro Gordo County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Social Services
Jane Litton
Rockwell
Kevin Burns
Social Security Administration
ADC
Litton
Department of Social Services
Robbery at Bob's Hideaway-A-Way Leaves Unspecified Loss
A white male masked gunman entered Bob's Hideaway-A-Way at 4000 Ridgeside Drive NE Thursday evening, herding six customers and a bartender into a walk in cooler. No one was injured. The robber escaped with an unspecified amount of cash and checks.
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Bob
Ridgeside Drive
Two semis collide at highway intersection causing damage
At the intersection of highways 3 and 160 two semi trucks collided Thursday morning causing $30 000 in damage. Driver Lowell Miller 42 of Fayette suffered hand and head injuries and was released from hospital. LeRoy Ziemer 38 of Anoka Minn, not injured, faces a charge of failure to stop at a left turn intersection.
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Oelwein
Lowell Miller
Runal Fayette
LeRoy Ziemer
Anoka Minn
Ziemer
Miller
C R Man Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Larry Hostak a 32 year old resident of 550 Quailcourt SW was charged with embezzlement in connection with the loss of funds from King John Silver s Seafood Shoppe 2630 Williams Boulevard SW Police say he took several hundred dollars over time instead of depositing it in the business account He was held overnight on 20000 bond awaiting a court appearance Friday.
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Larry Hostak
Quailcourt
King John Silver
Williams Boulevard
Hostak
Man Sentenced on Drunk Driving Count
Abel Lozano 2126 Eighteenth Street was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a 120 day license revocation after pleading guilty as a first offender to drunken driving. The case notes a prior charge for second offense driving and a reduction allowed with treatment.
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Abel T. Lozano
Eighteenth Street
Lozano
Aity
Eugene Ko»pecky
Winter Concert Set at Regis High School
Regis high school presents a winter concert Sunday in the school gym directed by George W. Daniels. Selections include Avatara Leckrona Block M March Blessed Are They Chant and Jubilee Meditation and Festiva and My Jesus Oh What Anguish. Soloist Pat Canfield performs Ode for Trumpet and a trumpet quartet plays Trimpercussion.
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Regis High School
Leckrona
Bilik
Brahms
McBeth
Spears
Jesus
Bach
Pat Canfield
Reed
East Iowans Among Missouri Graduates
Eastern Iowans were among 175 students who completed bachelor degree requirements at Northwest Missouri State University in the fall term. William Jarvis Cedar Rapids Monte Read Gladbrook and Steven Condon North Liberty earned degrees in secondary education.
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Northwest Missouri State University
William Jarvis
Cedar Rapids
Monte Read
Gladbrook
Steven Condon
North Liberty
North-South bid three notrump after club shift in bridge
In a bridge hand North decides against a four four spade fit and bids three notrump. East wins a heart lead and shifts to clubs, West allows the queen to win, clubs continue and South wins with the ace. North-South are vulnerable.
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North
South
East
West
South leads in diamond ending hand with eight tricks
West clears clubs after cashing his ace and South counts eight tricks. He needs a spade finesse for nine, but East holds the last club and the defense fails to gain a fifth trick.
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South
West
Oane
East
We consider three card club suit as properly bid
A Carolina reader asks if any three card club suit is a proper bid. The reply states that with certain hands such as MASKS WRENS OUR ANN we definitely open one club because the hand is too strong to pass and we do not open weak four card majors.
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Carolina
Mason City Man Faces Federal Bank Robbery Charge
AUS attorney information filed against 19 year old Gary LeRoy Patton for the January 5 robbery of 2000 dollars from United Home Bank and Trust Co. in Mason City. Patton is held in Linn County jail on $2000 bond after waiving a hearing before U.S. Magistrate James Hodges. a guilty plea is expected and a court date has not yet been set.
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Aus
Mason City
United Home Bank and Trust Co
Gary LeRoy Patton
Linn County
U.S
James Hodges
Patton
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