ITT Boss Geneen Questioned Over Chile Election Aid
Justice Department lawyers study Harold Geneen testimony about ITT in Chile amid conflicts with Senate Intelligence findings. New CIA‑linked info claims ITT funneled 350000 to Allende’s opponent in 1970. Overseas Private Investment Corp reviews ITT actions after Chilean confiscation and insurance payout.
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Washington
Justice Department
ITT
Harold Geneen
Chile
Senate Intelligence Committee
Geneen
Senate
Salvador Allende
Senate Intel
Ligence Committee
CIA
Allende
Multinationals
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Subcommittee
Overseas
Challenge to Helmet Law Is Dismissed
Linn Associate District Judge Anthony Scolaro overruled a demurrer challenging the 1975 Iowa helmet law in a case brought by Duwayne Silvertsen. The ruling followed earlier Linn County rulings upholding helmet tickets. neither side filed required authorities, leading the court to deem the matter abandoned with a Feb. 3 plea deadline.
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Iowa
Linn
Anthony Scolaro
Duwayne Silvertsen
Center Point Road
Linn County
Ricky Carl Langguth
Lynne Brady
Scolaro
Training for Tax Volunteers Stated Friday
Training sessions in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids will prepare volunteers to help senior citizens in Merged Area Ten apply for state rent and property tax reimbursements. Sessions run 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library and 9:30 to noon at Kirkwood Community College. State revenue representatives will lead. HAA invites volunteers from seven counties to assist this spring. The agency on aging will publish local schedules later this spring.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Merged Area Ten
Iowa City Public Library
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
State Department of Revenue
HAA
Agency On Aging
Ford fires H R Crawford over conflict of interest probe
President Ford dismissed H R Crawford, the top federal housing official, after a Justice Department inquiry into possible conflicts involving his help to individuals obtain government jobs. The White House released resignation letters as HUD cited questions about outside communications and post government employment. ON THIS DATE in 1915 the U S coast guard was established by Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
H.R. Crawford
Justice Department
Crawford
White House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Robberies Hit C R Stores In Two Separate Incidents
A bakery and a dry cleaning business were robbed by two men on Tuesday. Colonial Bakery at 400 Eighth Street SE was hit after 5 30 p m by a white male about 20. no shots fired and no injuries. Serv Quik cleaners at 2804 First Avenue NE was robbed at 7 50 p m by a black male in his 20s. no weapon shown and no injuries. Police gave only brief details. A separate AP item notes a former Japanese soldier plans a 1200 mile hike in Japan with a homemade artificial leg.
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Colonial
Eighth Street
First Avenue
Dusil death ruled suicide by Linn medical examiner
Eleanore Dusil 48 of 5649 J Street SW died Tuesday. The Linn medical examiner ruled her death a death by own action. Her sister Ruth Mitvalsky found Dusil in the bathtub shortly after noon. A razor blade was near the body and Dusil had a left arm cut. She had been staying with her sister during a divorce. Dusil was born February 8, 1927, in Cedar Rapids and worked as a book keeper and secretary for the Waconia Sorghum Mill. She was a CSA lodge member in Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband Leonard, four sons, three sisters, mother, and three grandchildren. Services Friday at Brush chapel at 10:30 a.m. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Thursday afternoon.
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Eleanore Staskal Dusil
J Street
Linn
Mrs. Dusil
Ruth Mitvalsky
Primrose Lane
Cedar Rapids
Waconia Sorghum Mill
CSA Lodge
Leonard
Randy
Gary
Roger
Goose Lake
Richard
Cedar Falls
Libbie Staskal
Ruth Mitval
Soybean Board Moves to Fight Future Grain Embargoes
The Iowa Soybean Promotion Board voted to pursue legal action if future export shipments are unlawfully restrained. Willis Hansen says the goal is preemptive protection as a companion move to a wheat growers lawsuit against federal grain export controls. The board may hire attorneys to challenge any government action to limit foreign sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa Soybean Promotion Board
Willis Hansen
Vinton
The
Gazette
National Assn. of Wheat Growers
Hansen
Promotion Board
Ford
Rockefeller Schedules Iowa Visit April 14
Vice president Nelson Rockefeller will be guest speaker at the Republican Lincoln day dinner in Des Moines on April 14. The statewide GOP fundraiser costs 50 dollars per couple, with plans and ticket details to be announced later by Republican State Chairman Tom Stoner.
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Des Moines
Nelson Rockefeller
Tom Stoner
Stoner
Senate approves Anne Armstrong as ambassador to UK
The Senate on Wednesday approved President Ford's nomination of former White House counselor Anne Armstrong as ambassador to the United Kingdom. The vote was non controversial after praise from Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Armstrong, a Texas Republican, becomes the first woman named ambassador to the Court of St James's, replacing Elliot Richardson.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ford
White House
Anne Armstrong
United Kingdom
Mike Mansfield
Armstrong
Texas
Court of St. James
Elliot Richardson
Gazette Co. Cedar Rapids Daily Ad Rates 1883
The Gazette Co. established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class mail Cedar Rapids rates list carrier 1.05 weekly and mail options Afternoon Edition 7 issues 4.294 weeks 46.00 52 weeks.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Two Held On Drunk Driving Charges In Linn County
Linn deputies charged two men with drunken driving. Ricky A. Novak, 20, of 936 M Street SW, arrested at 1:52 a.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Twenty-ninth Street NE. Mark A. Hewitt, 23, of 730 Fourteenth Street SE, arrested at 1:20 a.m. at the intersection of Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue SW.
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Linn
Ricky A. Novak
Twenty-ninth Street
Mark A. Hewitt
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Biggest Lottery Winner Could Get 4.5 Million Puzzle
A 26 year old hairstylist from North Arlington, Eric Leek, won the largest prize ever offered in a state lottery, $1 776 a week for life. If he lives to 76 he will collect over $4.5 million, with heirs guaranteed about $1 847 040.
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Montclair
N.J
Eric Leek
North Arlington
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London
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Jewelers
Town & Country Shopping Center
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Ea. Pe
Sealy
S.E
Hone
Associated Press
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White Sale
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Woolworth
USA
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2Nd St
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