Five-in-One Dam and Bridge Nearing Schedule Ahead
The five in one dam and bridge project from IE Tower shows significant progress since last winter. Valued at $10.6 million with one quarter of the 33 month plan elapsed, the structure will carry E avenue F avenue and I 380 and will cost the city about $5.2 million. Prime contractor is J C Construction Co a Jensen and Cramer Brothers Des Moines merger.
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E Avenue
F Avenue
May's Island
J.C. Construction Co
Jensen and
Cramer Brothers Construction Companies
Des Moines
Mass Kidnaping of 26 Children in Chowchilla
Police broadcast an APB for three suspects after 26 children and their driver were held in an underground quarry prison over 16 hours. Governor Brown posted a $10,000 reward. drivers and kids described a terrifying escape, while investigators pursued two vans and masked abductors with little motive known.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Edmund Brown, Jr
Ray
Ford and Reagan Sweep Last GOP Delegates at State Conventions
The final day of the GOP state convention yielded sweeps for President Ford and Ronald Reagan. Ford gained 15 net votes over Reagan and neared the nomination with 1 066 delegates to Reagan’s 1 020 of 1 130 needed. Ford won Connecticut’s 35 delegates and Reagan took Utah’s 20, leaving 172 uncommitted as the party heads to the national convention in Kansas City August 16. Ford urged unity against the Democratic ticket amid chants from Reagan supporters outside Hartford.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Connecticut
Associated Press
Utah
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
Hartford
Desegregation progress at Tyler school aims at first goal
Officials say Tyler school nears its initial desegregation target as they outline steps. Judy Daubenmier reports on how plans affect parents and outlines differing views on the approach.
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Tyler School
Judy Daubenmier
Jeff Musical
Senate report criticizes DEA focus on street dealers
A 191 page Senate Government Operations subcommittee interim report faults the Drug Enforcement Administration for prioritizing low level busts over targeting major narcotics traffickers. It cites weak deterrence of big dealers, flawed structure, integrity issues, and overreliance on undercover work with high risk and limited outcomes.
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Washington
Senate
Government Operations Subcommittee
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
United States
Sharp Increase in Home Loans in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids families took out home loans in record numbers in recent months as lending institutions report springlike strength this year. Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn. saw first six months of 1976 loans 40 percent above 1975. Bohemian Savings and Loan issued 122 loans in June. American Federal Savings and Loan noted a sharp rise in the last two months with many applicants showing dual incomes and higher down payments.
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Cedar Rapids
Hal Haines
Perpetual Savings and Loan Assa
Perpetual
Haines
Leonard Karasek
Bohemian Savings and Loan Assa
Bohemian
Phil Kuhn
American Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Kuhn
American Federal
Death Penalty Plank Approved By Iowa Republicans
At the state statutory convention in Des Moines delegates approved a plank to restore capital punishment following U.S. Supreme Court lines with 35 states already reinstating the death penalty. Roy Voelker of Oskaloosa supported the plank while others urged stronger crime penalties and porn regulation. The convention also ratified Equal Rights Amendment support, rejected a parolee-only crime plank, and discussed abortion rights amid a 1973 Supreme Court ruling on first trimester abortion.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Supreme Court
Roy Voelker
Oskaloosa
Voelker
Robert Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Rep
Brice Oakley
Clinton
Iowa House
Oakley
Buster Davenport
Anamosa
Arthur Neu
Mentary
Platform
U.S
Phyllis Mortensen
Waterloo
Supreme Court
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Michelle Robison
Mr. Ray
Frank Edward Ray
Jerry McCune
APB
Page
GOP
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Jefferson High School
New York City
Nixon
the Gazette
Dorothy Woods Sapp
St. Luke’s Hospital
City Hall
N.Y
Marion Financial
C.R
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