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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1975

Page

3

Affidavit Details Suspect’s “We Had Fun” Remark in FBI Slayings

An Oklahoma man identified as David Sly is held as a material witness in the Pine Ridge shootings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler. The affidavit says he told friends two days after the gun battles, “You should have been there, we had fun.” Sky’s bond is set at 50,000 while he may testify before a federal grand jury. the FBI search for suspects on the Pine Ridge reservation continues, with officials denying revenge motives.

Pine Ridge Oklahoma FBI Rapid City U.S Lawrence Ver Wald David Sly Claremore Okla Sky David Ski David Scott Qglass Wounded Knee Bureau of Indian Affairs Oglala FRY FBI Tom Coil Coll FAI Ronald Williams Jack Coler South Dakota Nations Guard

All Iowa fair rodeo opens with 100 plus entrants

More than 100 cowboys enter the three day All Iowa fair rodeo at Hawkeye Downs with over 30 bull riders signup. Competition runs Wednesday through Saturday with events in saddle and bareback riding steer wrestling and calf roping. Premier exhibitors and horticulture prizes announced as barns fill with beef cattle and swine for judging.

Kay Bleakly Tesday Rodeo Cowboys Assn Hawkeye Downe Miss Bleakly Lsd Fair Warren Everhart Eighteenth Street David G. Novak Bly Road Hawkeye Downs

Attendance Down 13 000 at All Iowa Fair

Heat wave hits the All Iowa Fair with lower daytime attendance during the first five days. Total five day attendance fell to 66 194 from 74 511 last year. Evening crowds held steady while afternoon attendance lagged. Highlights upcoming include a demolition derby and concerts by Tom T Hall and Rick Nelson.

KCRG Bobby Vinton Tom T. Hall Rick Nelson

Chuckle Frustration Sparks Clash Over Flat Tire

The scene centers on an argument between a person and a police officer after a chase ends with a flat tire. The incident raises questions about conduct and the sequence leading to the confrontation.

Schlesinger Clarifies U S Nuclear First Use Policy

Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger affirmed that U S policy opposes a general first strike but allows limited nuclear use in deterrence. He noted confusion over first use versus disarming first strikes and warned Moscow could be pursuing larger missiles with multiple warheads.

Washington James Schlesinger U.S Russia Soviet Union Europe South Korea Schlesinger Aiaa

Ford Signs Housing Bill Amid Relief Efforts

President Ford signed a compromise housing bill claiming it could spur 300,000 new homes next year and provide up to 250 dollars a month to homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The measure expands mortgage purchase authority by 2.0 billion and funds an emergency Rome repair program with 300 million authorized, amid debate over inflation impact.

Washington Ford Rome Tne Goverment National Mortgage Asst

Floods cause sweeping losses across North Dakota farmland

Four days of heavy rain flooded more than a million acres in North Dakota and Minnesota. Officials estimate losses will top 125 million dollars as fields along the Red river valley and other rivers remain underwater. Extension agents put regional crop damage at 25 million in Minnesota and 100 million in North Dakota.

Bismarck N.D North Dakota Minnesota Red River National Weather Service James Minnesola Clay Norman Wilkins Ozzie Daellenhard City County Minn Tye Deen Howard Wilkens North Dakota State University Wilkens

CIA Fears Soviet Space Mission Threat To Apollo Soyuz

The CIA warned the Soviets may not handle two space missions at once and urged delaying the Apollo Soyuz joint flight until cosmonauts in space return. Russian officials disputed plans to continue the Salyut mission, citing separate control centers and personnel to avoid interference.

Proxmire Earth Proxmite Alyul Jah CIA Carl Duckett Science and Technology Bis Duckett Proamire Konstantin Bushuyev Bushityev Russie

Tense Moments as Truck In AIM Caravan Crashes

About 25 law enforcement officials faced a confrontation as a caravan from Cedar Rapids to the Rosebud reservation was involved in a crash on Interstate 80 near Mitchellville. Five Indians in a pickup were injured. others were treated and released. Authorities described a tense scene with threats but no proven gunfire, and the crash remained under investigation.

Mitchellville Here Cedar Rapids Rosebud Reservation South Dakota Broadlowns Polk County Hospital Darrell Whitecrene Terry Horse Sharon Red Bear Christine Red Bear Lin Ford Polk County Dick Clemens

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