Private Citizen Ford Sets New Priorities At Pebble Beach
Former President Gerald Ford begins life after the White House with golf focus at the Bing Crosby Pro Am in Pebble Beach California. He recalls Carter inauguration and says he will help as needed while avoiding public criticism. Ford and Betty Ford express emotion at the Capitol departure.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Gerald Ford
Ford
Arnold Palmer
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Monterey
Carter
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Capitol
Betty Ford
Jerry
Pittsburgh Explosion Claims Two University Students
An explosion in the University of Pittsburgh science hall kills two students and injures about 45 as crews search the rubble. Police investigate lab gases as a possible cause with no foul play found.
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Alex Kaminsky
Navy Ends Search For Collision Victims
In Barcelona harbor the U S navy halted its search for 49 sailors and marines killed when a landing craft collided with a Spanish freighter. A 30 minute ceremony aboard the carrier Guam honored the dead from the Guam and Trenton during a goodwill visit.
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Barcelona
Spain
U.S. Navy
Navy
Guam
Trenton
Iowa IPBN proposes eight translators to cover state
Iowa educational radio and television facility board accepted an engineering report that could place eight translators for the IPBN. The plan would need 750000 dollars from the legislature before construction, with sites at Spirit Lake Mt Ayr High Point Centerville Decorah Lansing Burlington and Dubuque. If funded the network would literally cover the state.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Educational Radio and Television Facility Board
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
IPBN
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Mt. Ayr
High Point
Centerville
Decorah
Lansing
Burlington
Dubuque
Letter bombs target Carter Ford and FBI in New York
FBI searches for the culprit after letter bombs addressed to President Carter former President Ford Puerto Rico governor and the FBI were found or ignited in mid Manhattan mailboxes and Grand Central Station. Four devices ignited but caused no injuries and one address was destroyed.
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New York
FBI
Carter
Ford
Puerto Rico
Grand Central Terminal
Copter Crash Kills Four Near Florence Illinois
A coast guard helicopter surveying navigation conditions crashed after snapping two high tension wires over the Illinois river. Four aboard died including Lt. (jg) John Taylor and Lt. (jg) Fredrick Caeser, with divers recovering three bodies and continuing search for the fourth. William Simpson and John Johnson were among the recovered passengers.
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Florence
Ill
UPI
Coast Guard
Illinois River
John Taylor
Belleville
John Johnson
Mission
Texas
Johnson
Glenview Naval Air Station
Chicago
St. Louis
William Simpson
Chesterfield
Government Industry River Advisory Committee
Navy
Glenview
Jim Simpson
Fredrick Caeser
el Paso
Caeser
Springfield
Communists Blamed for Egypt Riots
Cairo authorities blamed a group calling itself the Egyptian Communist Workers party for two days of riots that left 68 dead and 800 injured. Security forces claimed to thwart a conspiracy to burn Cairo while about 900 people, mostly leftists, were arrested. Al Ahram reported a dusk to dawn curfew would be lifted, and leaflets calling sabotage were seized in several cities.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Sayed Fahmi
Egyptian Communist Workers Party
al Ahram
North Western Plans Capital Improvements
North Western Transportation Co announces a $74 million 1977 capital program to upgrade freight and commuter services. The plan adds 95.2 miles of heavy rail on key freight lines and rebuilds 3,000 freight cars, funded by internal funds, federal aid, and bank loans, spanning 10,000 miles of roadway in 11 states.
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Chicago
UPI
North Western Transportation Co
Ames
Marshalltown
Missouri Valley
West Denison
Illinois
Nelson
Agnew
Skokie
Lake Forest
Iowa Senate and House Bills Digest Highlights
Iowa lawmakers introduced multiple measures. SF12 bans state agencies from hiring consultants without law authorization, SF13 sets farm tax capitalization at average mortgage loan rates, SF14 prohibits studded tires, SF15 shifts corporate tax to a three factor formula, SF16 blocks benefit accrual loss during political activity, SF17 requires nonprofit hospital trustees to file financial disclosures, HF29 restricts diagonal highways over five miles without approval, HF30 mandates farm liability coverage for owner and tenant, HF31 seeks federal grain inspection designation, HF32 expands Capitol planning commission to six public members, HF33 mandates autopsies in suspected SIDS cases, HF34 requires public entities to buy tort claims insurance, HF36 requires fundraising solicitations to post bond and annual reports, HF37 caps open end credit interest at 1% per month, HF38 allows access routes by easement after long use.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
K. Miller
Capitol Planning Commission
Director of
General Services
Brockett and Brunow
Rinas
Notice Bids Sought by Cedar Rapids for School District Purchases
The Cedar Rapids Community School District invites sealed bids by January 1977 2:00 p.m. for supplies equipment and services with award to the lowest responsible bidder. Iowa preference applies. Inquiries: Purchasing Division 346 Second Avenue SW Cedar Rapids IA 52404. Publication and hearings follow for public works and property matters including elevator modernization and zone changes.
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Cedar Rapids
Linntate
Iowa
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Cedar Rapids Community School
State of
Regor Rapids
Bruce Street
N.E
Penenine Drive
Linn County
Auditor's
B. C. Lackman
Marie Lackman
S.W
Lot
Lois M. Keller
City Hall
Beehreati S
Seeger Rapids
Zinser Investments, Ltd
P.M
60Th Avenue
Zinser_ Investants, Ltd
Township P
Iowa City Railroad
St. P.M. Linn County
Edar Rapids
Public Safety Superintendent
Consolidated Bank Statement for Cedar Rapids Bank North 1976
Consolidated Report of Condition for First Trust and Savings Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa and subsidiaries shows assets totaling 3 408 million with cash and due from banks 289 and total loans 2 526. Deposits amount to 3 408 with government and state subdivisions deposits listed. Equity capital includes common stock 500, surplus 500, undivided profits 828 and contingencies reserve 250. Officers John L. Huntington president and Norma J. McVay cashier swear the report accurate as of December 31 1976 with notary public acknowledgment January 1977.
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Lillie Farms, Inc
Iowa
Iowa Business Corporation Act
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Timothy S. White
Willis J. Lillie
Marion
Beverly P. Lillie
John J. Lillie
Palo Savings Bank
Linn County
U.S. Treasury
U.S
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Ee Ve
John L. Huntington
Norma J.mcvay
First Trust and Savings Bank
Petieien
Lodskevibcaceans Faiseveac'eiectan Os
Eae
Te Eiesta
Arthur A. Bezdek
Wilmer L. Ross
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