Oklahoma Firm Loses Plea to Force REA Testimony
Federal Judge Edward McManus denied a request by Helmrich and Payne to compel REA employees to testify at an oral deposition in a suit against Farmers and Businessmen’s Telephone Co of Wheatland. The firm seeks about 56 000 claiming completion of a pressurized underground cable project on Oct 10 1967, though REA has not approved the work and the plaintiff condemns the agency’s actions as arbitrary.
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Edward . McManus
Oklahoma
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Farmers’ and Businessmen's Telephone Co
Wheatland
Helmrich and Payne
Havel
Memanus
Wheatland Telephone System
Wheatland telephones_ company
Cedar, Scull
Clinton Couries
Town University graduate to lead Hillcrest adoption agency
A graduate with a B.S. in sociology from Town University will head Hillcrest's adoption agency. She will focus on improving services and community outreach in the agency's program.
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University of Town
Hillcrest
First Purchase Of 1 380 Land To Be In Jul
The Iowa Highway Commission plans the first land purchase for the I 380 link to Iowa City in July. Appraisals cover 4.5 miles from I 80 north to the North Liberty interchange with 21 parcels. Additional work on the eight mile segment toward Linn county is already begun.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Highway Commission
the Gazette
Bil Youells
North Liberty
Commission
Ames
Youells
Linn County
T-38
Tiffin
Jawa River
Cedar Rapids
Richard L. Allen
Gerald A
Loshi
Maurice A. Conatser
Johnson
Clarence A. Hansen
Rea County
Snemene
Johnson County
Iowa
City
Accounting gaps leave Vietnam fuel shipments untracked
Pentagon auditors say tens of millions of gallons shipped to U.S. forces in Vietnam could not be accounted for in 1967 due to a total breakdown in the complex system. Receipts and reports were ignored or missing, with cases like $21 million in petroleum unaccounted for by the Air Force.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Air Force
William Proxmire
D- Wis
General Accounting Office
Thailand
Defense
Laird
Proxmire
Dong Nai
Banks Ordered to Report Financials at June 30
Washington banks must report their condition to federal regulators as of the close of business June 30 1969. The Federal Reserve System the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp issued the calls for financial statements.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve System
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Hillcrest Services Names Social Worker Van Roekel
Van Roekel, a Cedar Rapids Hillscrest Services for Children and Youth worker, has been employed as a social worker at the Cedar Rapids branch. She is a graduate of Monroe High School and attended Coe College for two years.
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Atus
van Roekel
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Hillcrest Services
O Children
Miss van Roekel
New Monroe
Monroe
Coe College
Machinists Vote Two Year Pact At Iowa Steel
Members of the Machinists Local voted Wednesday night to approve a two year contract with Iowa Steel and Iron Works. The old contract expires Friday midnight and negotiations continue with Universal Engineering for another contract due Monday. The Iowa Manufacturing Co plant with about 1,200 workers is the largest in negotiations with the union.
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Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Town Steel
Universal Engineering
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Waian
Iowa Manufacturing
Borman Outlines U S Space Station Plans
AP reports astronaut Frank Borman says the United States is developing a program to launch a large space station in the near future. He spoke in Leningrad about cooperative and competitive space efforts during the 1970s era.
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Leningrad
U.S
Frank Borman
Bechtel to Build Iowa Nuclear Plant Duane Arnold Center
Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco was named the constructor for the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo. Town Electric Light and Power Co. president Duane Arnold praised Bechtel for its wide nuclear experience with PG&E, Commonwealth Edison and others. Bechtel will plan manage and supervise the new facility except for reactor and containment vessel erection and cooling tower work.
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Bechtel Corp. of
San Francisco
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Duane Arnold
Town Electric Light and Power Co
Bechtel
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Commonwealth Edison
Consumers Power
Southern California Edison-San Diego Gas and Electric Co
Monticello
Northern States Power
Iowa Electric
Iowa to Launch 550 MW Nuclear Plant in 1973
The 550000 kilowatt Iowa Electric nuclear energy center at Palo, first in Iowa, is slated to begin operation in late 1973 and will nearly double the utility’s capacity. Applications for construction permits and safety analysis were filed with the Atomic Energy Commission last November. Approval of design and operation plans from the AEC is required before construction. The project employs critical path method diagrams and computer applications to ensure timely design and construction.
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Palo
Iowa
Iowa Electric
Atomic Energy Commission
Cedar Rapids Considers 7.9 Million Civic Center Plan
The Cedar Rapids civic center advisory committee recommends a 7.9 million dollar project including land and equipment, down from earlier estimates. City council will likely pass a referendum for August 12, with an August 5 bond vote previously anticipated but moved back one week after late reviews.
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Cedar Rapids
Civic Center
N. A. Schimberg
Schimberg
City Council
Young C R Man Faces Beer Count
Dennis J. Hamilton aged 18 of 408 Waconia Avenue SW was arrested at 12 55 a m Thursday on a charge of possession of beer as a minor. Police said he was seen in the 2600 block of B Street SW with four cans of beer. He appeared in municipal court before Judge John B Reilly and his case was continued to July 31 pending valuation by the Citizens Committee on Alcoholism.
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Dennis J. Hamilton
Waconia Avenue
Hamilton
John B. Reilly
Citizens Committee On
Realistic approach eyed for tax impact of $8 million loan
Committees warn disapproval rests on money concerns. Based on current money markets, an $8 million loan amortized over 13 years would raise about $20 yearly in property taxes for a homeowner paying $500 now. Interest on a bond election of that size runs around 6 percent. figures are tentative amid market fluctuations.
West German Child Sex Crime Victims Hit 1967 Rise
The federal statistics office reports nearly 5,000 West German children under 14 were victims of sex crimes in 1967. The figure highlights persistent risks amid postwar social changes and law enforcement focus.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
UPL
Federal Statistics Office
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Johnson Ave
Williams Blvd
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Pearson-Anderson
Louis Harris Entertainment
Leonard Lyons
Rick DuBrow
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Suzy Knickerbocker
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