Repeat Winners In Junior Beef Class At Fair
The All Iowa fair junior beef judging named Laura Janssen and Cindy Barkema as grand and reserve grand champions in the crossbred class after two rounds. Laura, 13, of Waverly, showed a 1,200 pound grand champion gaining 2.54 pounds daily. Cindy, 16, of Belmond, had a 1,180 pound reserve grand champion gaining 3.09 pounds daily. Both first-time champions, daughters of Alfred Janssen and Ben Barkema, with Laura’s sister Marsha having a prior junior champion.
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Laura Janssen
Waverly
Cindy Barkema
Belmond
Larry Reifschnieder
Hubbard
Cindy
Laura
Alfred Janssen
Ben Barkema
Marsha
Michelle Gropper
Grinnell
Owen
Linn Deputy Suspensions Stir Local Esprit De Corps
Sheriff Walter Grant suspends vacation time for two Linn County deputies after on duty traffic accidents last month. Glen Gladwin loses 10 days, John Hromidko loses 5 days amid allegations of political motivation tied to Workman’s Democratic bid. Gladwin denies backing anyone and has filed a grievance.
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Walter Grant
Linn County
Glen Gladwin
Bel Air Drive
John Hromidko
Fairfax
Hromidko
Orlie Workman
Grant
Gladwin
Human Rights Commission
Oklahoma This Week musical at Kennedy High School
Students from area schools in Cedar Rapids district perform Rodgers and Hammerstein Oklahoma in the Kennedy high school auditorium. A scene shows Ado Annie and Will Parker caught by Old Man Carnes as James Erbe directs with Bruce Eilers as music director and Julie Mitchell as choreographer.
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Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma
Kennedy High School
Ado Annie
Amy Johnson
Arizona Avenue
Will Parker
Ron Helms
Council Street
Teamster Bad Loans in Millions at Central States Fund
Chicago Daily News reports the Central States Pension Fund carries 45 million in delinquent real estate loans with 900 million outstanding. The fund, solvent at 1.4 billion assets, funds 450000 members across 33 states and halted real estate lending in 1975. Investigations by Congress and DOJ follow IRS revocation of tax exemption.
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Chicago
Central States Pension Fund
Teamsters Union
Chicago Daily News
Daniel Shannon
Midwest
New York Times
Pension Fund
Congress
Departments of Labor and Justice
IRS
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Shannon
the Times
The
Daily News
Las Vegas
the Dunes
Caesars Palace
Stardust
Fremont
Aladdin
FBI Agents Burned Autos in Domestic Security Probes
Report cites law enforcement sources claiming FBI agents under internal security probes burned cars assaulted antiwar radicals and used illegal wiretaps during the 1968 to 1973 period. Sources say pressure to halt bombings led to harassing methods and disguising information as from informants.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Four mercenaries execute in Luanda firing squad
An American Vietnam veteran Daniel Gearhart and three British mercenaries were executed by firing squad in Luanda, Angolan capital. The Angop agency said authorities allowed relatives to claim bodies within eight days. Gearhart left a wife and four children in Maryland. The executions followed a revolutionary tribunal ruling and drew U.S. condemnation from President Ford as unjustified.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Luanda
Angop
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Reagan Gains 15 of 16 Colorado Delegates at GOP Vote
Reagan increased his path to the nomination by securing 15 of 16 Colorado delegates at the state convention. Ford leads overall with 1,032 pledged delegates to Reagan's 999, with 1,130 needed for the nomination. Carter visits New York after ruling out a woman running mate and plans more interviews with potential vice presidential picks.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Connecticut
Utah
John Love
Colorado
California
Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
New York
Carter
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Georgia
Henry Jackson
Washington
Midtown Manhattan
Jackson
Plains
Edmund Muskie
Maine
John Glenn
Ohio
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
New Jersey
Peter Rodino
Fundraising starts to refurbish Paramount Theater
The project to raise funds to refurbish the Paramount Theater is under way and work has started on the building. The note appears in the paper with Page 30 stories and a full section list including Iowa News, New Books, Travel, and Sports.
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Paramount Theater
Iowa News
N.Y
Marion
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Bo Donaldson
Heywoods
KQCR
Linn
Teamsters Fund
Times
la Costa
San Diego
Nicholas Horrock
Him
John Crewdson
Queens College
New York City
Agostinho Neto
Revolutionary People’s Tribunal
Gazette
Judy Daubenmier
Forty-second Street
Iowa
Paramount
City Hall
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