B 1 Bomber Budget Request Spurs Senate Hearing
Air Force Chief Gen David Jones asked Congress for more than 1.5 billion for the B 1 bomber in the new fiscal year as a political signal about U S priorities. The program could top 20 billion for roughly 240 planes. Supporters say it maintains strategic strength while critics call it costly and perhaps ineffective against Soviet defenses.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
David Jones
House
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Thomas Downey
Dn.y
Jack Brinkley
D-Ga
Downey
Jones
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Rumsfeld
Senate Armed Services Committee
High Rating for 24 C R Students In Leadership
Twenty four Cedar Rapids high school students placed high at the seventh annual Area Four Leadership Development conference at Kirkwood Community college. Distributive education students from nine Eastern Iowa high schools competed. Winners spanned individual management problems ad layout copywriting public speaking cash register and team management problems with first second and third place recipients named. A bicentennial footnote recalls a 1776 New York militia petition for back pay and limited service to the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Eastern Iowa
Pam Armstrong
Washington
Sue Dvorak
Kent McIntyre
Jackie Macke
Kennedy
Cash Register
Sherri Hills
Erin Woodrum
Jerilyn Ferrie
Doug Myers
Julie Rhodes
Steve Walrath
Debra Finerty
Karen Schrimper
Barbara Toomey
Jefferson
Jill Grow
Lori Anderson
Jym Coughlin
Mary Rosenberg
Steve Melsha
Stan Pfoff
Rob Schladetsky
Tillie Bradshaw
Tom Flagg
Lissa Ingle
Debra Kress
Cindy Smith
Mike Snow
Jody Lytle
New York
White House Electrical Use Rises 13 Percent in 1975
Ford administration reports 1975 electricity use up 13 percent over 1974 with increases tied to new electronic security devices and heavier visitor traffic. An intruder breached the fence last November roaming 90 minutes near Susan Ford. Thermostats mostly set between 70 and 75 degrees, above federal winter guidance.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Susan
Federal Energy Administration
Arafat orders PLO alert as Lebanon tensions rise
In Beirut Yasir Arafat ordered Palestinian guerrillas on maximum alert and withdrew regular PLA units from Beirut. A PLO spokesman cited Israeli troop buildup and frequent reconnaissance flights along the border plus waterway violations as the trigger. Moslem premier Karami warned Israel may threaten the cease-fire amid Lebanon’s civil conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Rashid Karami
Revenue sharing in jeopardy Ford appeals to mayors for support
President Ford warned revenue sharing may be in deep trouble and sought help from Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney and over 120 U S city leaders to press Congress to extend the program The Iowa delegation said the bill is snagged in the House but may pass soon Canney hailed the 6 1 billion public works vote as a mayor driven outcome and urged swift enactment to boost local economies through public works spending within 90 days after passage
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Washington
Ford
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Congress
Canney
The
Gazette
Michael Blouin
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Blouin
Mezvinsky
the Gazette
Iowa City
White House
Phone Rate Boost Seen February 12
Washington AP reports AT&T seeks FCC approval for rate changes that would raise average residential bills by about 10 cents monthly and business bills by roughly $2. Shorter distance long distance increases, longer distance decreases, and calls needing operator assistance would rise most. Examples show daytime New York to Los Angeles rates drop slightly or rise modestly depending on distance and time. AT&T notes similar pattern approved interim last year and cites prior increases since 1971.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Chicago
San Francisco
At&t
New York
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Detroit
Snowmobile Crash Hurts Marion Man
A Marion man named Nels C. Scranton twenty nine sustained back and neck strains when his snowmobile collided with a jogger on the Cedar River near Seminole Valley Park in the High Rock area. He was listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital and kept under observation for back and internal injuries as deputies and city ambulance crews used rescue equipment to lift him from the scene.
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Marion
Cedar River
Seminole Valley Park
Mercy Hospital
Nels C. Scranton
Douglas
Rabin Ends Washington Visit with Ongoing Conflicts
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ends his Washington trip noting satisfaction yet unresolved rifts with the Ford administration. Disagreements include Syria’s role in Lebanon, Palestinian policy, and the level of U.S. military aid. Rabin insists Israel will only negotiate with Jordan on Palestine.
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Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
Ford Administration
Rabin
Israel
United States
Lebanon
Syria
U.S
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
Dead Center
Jordan
Ford
Judge Cites Depravity Orders Simants Executed
NORTH PLATTE Neb AP mass murderer Er win Charles Simants was sentenced to death by electric chair after a judge called his crimes depraved and noted rapes of a 10 year old and molestation of two other Kellie children. The sentence requires Nebraska Supreme Court review and marks the first death order by judge Hugh Stuart in ten years on the bench.
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North Platte
Neb
Erwin Charles Simants
Simants
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Henry Kellie
Stuart
Florence Kellie
Audrey Marie Kellie
Deanne Lynn Kellie
Keith Bystrom
Leonard Vyhnalek
Sima
Gable Sues Over Sewer Work Damaging Building
Charles Gable owner of a building at 301 E avenue NW files in Linn district court for 48486 against Hennessey Brothers and Howard R. Green Co. alleging city sewer installation near his structure caused footings cracks and settling with piling driven three feet from the building.
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Charles G. Gable
E Avenue NW
Linn District Court
Hennessey Brothers
Howard R. Green Co
E Avenue
Attention Burglars Sign Marks Grocery Owner’s Defiant Note
Greensboro resident Bob Upchurch, owner of a grocery burglarized multiple times, posted a front door sign reading Attention Burglars We Already Gave. The note signals frustration and a warning to burglars amid ongoing break-ins.
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Greensboro, N.C
Bob Upchurch
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Germany
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United States Conference of Mayors
Charles L. Grassley
Tom Aller
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National Press Club
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Senior Citizens Bus Service
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