House panel security lax for top secret documents officials testify
Former House Intelligence Committee counsel James Oliphant told the ethics panel security rules were not followed and documents were kept in desks and photocopied. Rep. Les Aspin admitted leaking part of the report to Reuters and giving copies to CIA officials, while copies circulated to members without security checks.
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Washington
UPS
House Intelligence Committee
James Oliphant
House
House Ethics Committee
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Oliphant
Les Aspin
Dwis
CIA
Aspin
Schorr
New York
Wisconsin Democrat
Intelligence Committee
New York Times
Reuters
The
Times
Otis Pike
D-N.y
New York Village Voice
Ray endorses GOP platform planks despite capital punishment plank
Des Moines Iowa governor Robert Ray says he would run with the Republican state platform if up for re election while noting conservatives claim credit for several planks including capital punishment and Panama Canal control. He rejects a shift toward hard line positions and cites unresolved issues at the state convention.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
United States
Panama Canal
Ray
Platform Committee
Iowa
Standard Brands Wins Verdict in C R Trial
A Cedar Rapids federal court jury returned a verdict in favor of Standard Brands, Inc. in a $135,000 civil suit. Fischer, Inc. and Fischer Investment Co. of Dubuque filed the action in state court in early 1974 claiming breach of contract in a business deal with Standard Brands.
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Cedar Rapids
Fischer, Inc
Fischer Investment Co
Dubuque
Standard Brands, Inc
Dubuque Company
Price Elected Decorah Mayor in Unexpired Term
Decorah city council elected Charles Price 75 to fill the unexpired mayoral term of Vern Iverson. Price, an at large councilman, will serve until January 1978 and plans focus on a new sewage disposal plant. The council also passed an ordinance banning open alcohol in public streets and places without a liquor license or inside a vehicle.
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Decorah
Charles Price
Vern Iverson
Price
Mason City
Madison area motor coach fire suit settles for 150000
A 1971 Iowa motor coach fire injuring Madison area vacationers led to a settlement Tuesday of 150000. Nine plaintiffs sued multiple firms and individuals as trial began ten days earlier. Defendants included General Motors and regional auto firms. division of settlement not disclosed.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
Iowa
Madison Area
Colorado
Grinnell
Clinton R. Barter
Gerald Fosdal
Robert J. Furreboe
David R. Otis
Cynthia Thompson
Douglas
General Motors
Krager Kustom Roach, Inc
U S Declines To Order Alaska Pipeline Firm To Dig Up Welds
Interior department officials ordered Alyeska Pipeline Service Co to fix weld X-ray records and adopt new audit controls after an auditor found deficiencies. Frizzell stopped short of a full physical inspection and demanded duplicate future X-rays and unique weld marks for traceability.
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U.S
Alaska Pipeline
Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Kent Frizzell
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Frizzell
Alyeska
Two Drunk Driving Counts Filed in Linn
Jean Kotcher 37 of Marion charged with drunk driving after two minor accidents on Blairs Ferry road NE and North Towne drive. She resisted officers and was jailed on a total $625 bond. Ricky Quinby 18 of Marion also charged with drunk driving after erratic driving and held on $500 bond.
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Jean Kotcher
Marion
Blairs Ferry Road
Kenneth L. Hartung
Donald E. Crippen
North Towne Drive
Kotcher
Linn County
Ricky Quinby
Thirty-ninth Street
Collins
Center Point Roads
Mutiny in Ugandan Troops Over Amin Invasion Plans
Report from Nairobi says more than 2,000 Ugandan soldiers have revolted against Idi Amin after he ordered preparations for a Kenya invasion. Two battalions refused commands, mutiny spreading, constituting about a sixth of Uganda's 12,000-strong army.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Dai
Back Injuries Suffered in Crash
Caroline Merritt 77 of Norway remained in fair condition at St Luke s hospital with back injuries after a Tuesday accident on a Benton county road two and a half miles west of Walford. Sheriff reports no investigation due to late reporting after vehicle was moved.
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Walford
Caroline Merritt
Norway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Benton
Three Men Settle Major Trade Secrets Suit
In Des Moines three men Donald B. Fletcher Ed McAndrews and Neil Haynes agreed to a settlement of 8.7 million in a suit accusing them of stealing trade secrets from Farmers Grain and Livestock Hedging Corp of West Des Moines. The case also named American Grain and Ranch Services Inc of Omaha Neb. Farmers Grain’s lawyer said the consent decrees do not halt the company’s plan to pursue action against the Omaha firm.
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DES Moines
Donald B. Fletcher
Ed McAndrews
Neil Haynes
Farmers Grain and Livestock Hedging Corp
West Des Moines
American Grain and Ranch Services, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Farmers Grain
George M. LaMarca
Fred Leaf Dies at 82 Former Springville Resident
Fred H. Leaf 82, a former Springville resident, died Tuesday in Liberty Missouri. Born February 28 1894 in Waubeek he was married to Virginia Melvin, a retired farmer, World War I veteran and Masonic member. Surviving include his wife a Cedar Rapids daughter Marion Armstrong a Kansas City stepson Carl Johnston three sisters and a Washington state sister-in-law. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Springville cemetery with Rev Clive Cook. friends may call Murdoch chapel Springville after 9 a.m. Friday.
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Springville
Fred H. Leaf
Liberty
Waubeek
Virginia Melvin
Leaf
Amoret, Mo
Masonic Lodge
Marion Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Carl Johnson
Kansas City
Pearle Hall
Fanny Patten
Irene Breckenridge
Tacoma
Wash
Clive Cook
Murdoch
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Tages
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Amin
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Gary Wilson
Maplecrest Drive
David E. Lee
Joseph Lee
26Th Ave
Amy Miller
Steve Miller
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Ralph Thoren Jr
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