Population shifts favor rural areas after 1970s trend
Washington reports a government population study showing Americans are moving back to nonmetro areas after decades of urban growth. Beale cites manufacturing decentralization, retirement towns, rural colleges, and recreational centers, noting metro counties grew slower from 1970 to 1973 while nonmetro areas expanded 4.2 percent. Exceptions include the Great Plains and rural Black South areas.
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Washington
UPI
Calvin Beale
Metro
Heale
Agriculture Department
Beale
Great Plains States
South
Army Panel Bans Bias in Soldier Assignments
A generals panel recommends ending assignment bias based on race ethnicity religion or sex. If approved by the secretary of the army the plan would bar using looks figure or personality to place women in Washington staff roles and would allow Jews Turks and Greek Americans to refuse certain postings.
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Washington
Agamy
Howard Callaway
Ford
Saudi Arabia
Greece
Turkey
Latin America
Okay on grain sale by Culver stalls on profits and risk
U S Senator John Culver urged labor leaders in Davenport that grain sales to the Soviet Union could proceed if profitable for farmers and without fueling higher food prices. He warned against a repeat of the 1972 grain robbery and criticized subsidies masking détente. He noted farm costs exceed the current $1.10 corn loan rate and accused the administration of not raising it. He urged export markets as a path to economic recovery while stressing safeguards.
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Davenport
U.S
John Culver
Scott County
Iowa
Culver
Lour
Russia
Theia
Butz
Ford Sees Gains in Trip To Midwest
President Ford’s first campaign swing drew strong showings among diverse Middle American groups. In Chicago he met Illinois GOP leaders and in Michigan he visited a band concert and backers including Gov. Milliken and GOP chair William McLaughlin.
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Washington
Ford
Middle America
Chicago
Michigan
Illinois
Mayaguez
California
Ronald Reagan
William Milliken
GOP
William McLaughlin
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Ron Nessem
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Escaped Psychiatrist Hales Returned to Indiana Hospital
Robert Hales, 41, an ex medical practitioner labeled a criminal sexual psychopath, who had been granted a restricted license and hired for an Indiana prison hospital post, was recaptured and returned to Beatty Memorial Hospital in Westville. Official accounts detail past escapes from Beatty in 1971 and 1973 and note a 1967 rape and sodomy indictment, acquittal, and later commitment. The case prompted criticism of the medical board for lax licensure and the corrections department for insufficient background checks.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Corrections Department
Beatty Memorial Hospital
Westville
Ind
Beatty
George Batacan
Robert Hales
Hales
Indiana State Prison Hospital
Onis Bowen
Raymond Rizzo
State Medical Registration and Examination Board
Rizzo
Fmmer
Oakdandon
Phyaktian
State Medical Board
H. Dearing Wolf
Corrections Department
Medical Board
Prison Hospital Post
Wales
U S May Investigate Foreign Auto Sales
U S Treasury may launch a formal probe into charges foreign automakers dump cars in the United States at low prices. Imports reached a record share of the market in the first six months, with petitions from Rep. John Dent and UAW President Leonard Woodcock prompting action. Comparisons show German and British models priced far higher in Germany and Britain than in the United States.
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Detroit
U.S. Treasury Department
U.S
Peter Suchman
Tariff Affairs
Treasury Department
John Dent
D-Pa
House Labor Standards Subcommittee
Suchman
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UJ.8
Woodcock
Germany
Britain
West Branch Couple Killed in Car Crash
West Branch residents Mr. Kenneth Weaver and Mrs. Gracy Weaver died in a Sunday head on crash north of Bowling Green Missouri. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church. Burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Survivors include son Marc of West Branch and Gracy’s four sisters and a brother. Mrs. Weaver worked at Slater Hall in Iowa City. Mr. Weaver was employed at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
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West Branch
United Methodist Church
Kenneth Weaver
Bowling Green
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Barker Funeral Home
Barkers
Marc
Gracy Weaver
Quilda Pflughhaupt
Central City
Glenna Kirk
Alburnett
Doris Carson
Spillville
Lola Kiel
Allendale
Flo
Harold Starry
Strawberry Point
Weaver
Slater Hall
Iowa City
Harold
Tipton
Ireland
Marion
Mercy Hospital
Ford Turns 62 Feels Great on White House Birthday
President Ford marks a White House birthday with a sunburned golfing and tennis day. Asked if he feels two years old, he replies I feel 40. The remark comes during a flight from Michigan as he celebrates one year in office.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
Michigan
Ray Aide Appeals Plant Closure
Gov. Robert D. Ray will send aide Elmer Vermeer and a southeast Iowa delegation to Washington to appeal the Army Department to keep the Burlington Middletown ordnance plant open. The group meets with Hadley A Hull at the Pentagon to discuss the closure plans, joined by Michael Dunn Wayne Houghberg and Richard Powell.
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Des Moines
API
Robert D. Ray
Iown
Washington
Department of the Army
Burlington
Ray
Elmer
Vermeer
Hadley A. Hull
Assistang
Army
Pentagon
Middletown
Hadley
Michael Dunn
Southeast Town Regional Planning Commission
Wayne Houghberg
Richard Powell
Iowa Development Commission
Jail Escapee Considered Dangerous
INDIANOLA AP The Warren county jail escapee Gregory Earl Jones 21 Ot tumwa considered extremely dangerous after slipping away between 6 pm dinner and 8 50 pm. He is linked to the Feb 25 Phillips shooting in Norwalk and has four escapes this year with recaptures and charges ongoing. Jones pled guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge and further escapes followed at Jasper Polk and Urbandale centers.
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Indianola
Warren County
Gregory Earl Jones
Ottumwa
Jones
Billy Q. Phillips
Norwalk
Jasper County
Riverview
Newton
Polk County
Broadlawns
Center Point
Urbandale
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