Testimony DeFreeze led SLA members to Hearst hideout in city
Witnesses to be called in Hearst trial include DeFreeze who showed Hearst to strangers and sometimes invited them to the SLA hideout. Four SLA members linked to the April 15 1974 Hibernia bank robbery died in a later LAPD shootout.
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San Francisco
SLA
Miss Hearst
Donald DeFreeze
FBI
Symbionese Liberation Army
Golden Gate Avenue
DeFreeze
Hibernia
Los Angeles
Bailey to Press Bar Over Kunstler Remark
Patty Hearst defense lawyer F Lee Bailey says he will complain to the New York Bar about William Kunstler claiming he refused Hearst defense on a federal bank robbery charge. Kunstler said he was not offered the case and discussed Kennedy assassinations in Dallas.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
New York
William Kunstler
Miss Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Kunstler
Dallas
Hearst
Bailey
Tuscon
John
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedys
William M. Kunstler
IHEA Appeals Ruling on Ray as Lone State Employer
The Iowa Higher Education Assn. FILES suit in Polk County district court appealing a PER board ruling that Gov. Robert Ray is the sole employer of state workers. Leaders object to executive direct control over faculty wages hours and conditions, citing higher education's need for objectivity.
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Des Moines
Iowa Higher Education Assn
Polk County District Court
State Public Employment Relations
PER
Robert Ray
Regents
Nancy George
Iowa State Education Assn
Joseph Fox
American Assn
AAUP
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
PER Board
Ray
Executive Branch
George
Fox
Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School
Vinton
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Oxley seeks citizen group to study Linn jail
Linn Supervisor Jean Oxley proposes creating a citizens committee to study Linn county jail needs on May's Island. The jail, 52 years old, held 97 inmates last Saturday, exceeding its 62 capacity, with interim plans to use the city jail upstairs as a possible stopgap.
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Linn
Jean Oxley
Citizens Committee
Bill Schneider
Linn County
Oxley
Walter Grant
Police Department
Hearing Set in Sex Bias Case in Cedar Rapids
A public hearing on a complaint of sex discrimination is scheduled for 11 am February 19 in the Cedar Rapids city council chambers. A closed pre hearing will precede it at 10 am. The complaint to the city human rights commission alleges a woman was denied disability compensation for time missed due to a pregnancy related disability.
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Cedar Rapids
City Human Rights Commission
Drunk driving charges dropped after low breath tests
Two of four suspected drunken drivers faced traffic offenses after Linn county sheriff’s alcohol breath tester results. Evelyn McHugh 40 of 618 Eighth Street NW and Donald Buchtela 45 of Urbana were cited for lane violation and driving on the right side respectively. Breaths for Buchtela were just under the presumption level. McHugh had mixed samples near the threshold. Also named are Laverne Bahansen 24 of Wyoming and David Spear 25 of Marion charged with drunk driving.
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Linn Sheriffs Department
Evelyn E. McHugh
Eighth Street
Donald W. Buchtela
Urbana
McHugh
Buchtela
Second Avenue SE
Hiawatha
Laverne J. Bahansen
Wyoming
David F. Spear
B Avenue
Marion
Bohansen
Highway 151
Spear
Mt. Vernon
Services Saturday For Frank Brokl
Frank Brokl 87 longtime Ely resident died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids rest home after a short illness. Born April 15 1888 near Mt Vernon he was married to Millie Cach and worked for the Rock Island railroad as a section worker until retirement. He was in the Retired Brotherhood of Railroad Workers. Surviving are three daughters six grandchildren 17 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Services 2 Saturday at Brosh's Cedar Rapids with burial Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call Friday afternoon.
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Ely
Frank Brokl
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Millie Cach
Rock Island Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Workers
Leonard Trachta
Marion
Frank Havlicek
Mald Weir
Warren, Mich
Louise Herman
Mary Christanson
Iowa City
Edward
New Boston
Ill
Brosh’s
Czech National Cemetery
Maryland Council Seeks Harbor Depth Ahead of Fort McHenry Fortification
Annapolis reports the Maryland Council of Safety requested water depth details for Baltimore harbor near Whetstone Point to aid fortification plans at the site later chosen for Fort McHenry, famed as inspiration for The Star Spangled Banner.
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Annapolis
UPI
Maryland Council of Safety
Baltimore Harbor
Whetstone Point
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
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Quest
Times of London
Patty
Sargant
Bar
IHEA
By Frank Nye
District Court
Gary
Gary Nassif
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Bohemian
Federal Home Loan Bank
Lee
Lee Tack Flare
Thirty-Second
Oakland Rd
Third Street
S.E
Center Point Rd
N.E
Westside
Willams Blvd
S.W
Equal Housing Lender
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