Witnesses Describe Part Of Millsap Police Encounter
Five witnesses described a March 19 parking lot incident near Center Point Road NE that led to Cedar Rapids police detective Lt. Kenneth Millsap’s suspension. They testified they did not see officers strike Millsap but did not view the entire confrontation, as the civil service hearing opened on Millsap’s challenge to the action and his half million dollar injury claim against the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Service
Kenneth Millsap
Force
Millsap
George Matias
Center Point Road
Forty-second Street
U.S. Attorney’s Office
David C. Toom
Marion
Toom
Dave McGuire
Matias
George KE. Kydd
McGowan Boulevard
Kidd
Lori Lee Bock
Tenth Avenue
Robert
Arlene Cartano
Ozark Street
Linn County Board Action on Health Center Funding
The Linn County board discussed federal funding and revenue sharing with UCS and noted two regional agencies have submitted funding requests as a trial. They referred back a recommendation to assign aftercare to the mental health department, and approved local matching of 1519 for the Asbury gym program along with up to 3500 for Red Cross disaster needs.
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Bettiga
Public Health Nursing Assn
Linn County Mental Health Department
Asbury
Linn County Health Center
Red Cross
UCS
United Cerebral Palsy
Mental Health Center Board
Air Base Seeks Eddie Rickenbacker Name Change
Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio would be renamed Eddie Rickenbacker Air Force Base to honor World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker who died at 82. Rep. Sam Devine introduced legislation supporting the change. Rickenbacker was a Columbus native about 10 miles away.
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Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ohio
Lockbourne Afb
Eddie Rickenbacker Afb
Sam Devine
Rickenbacker
Columbus
Hijacked Japanese Jumbo Jet Blown Up Over Libya
A group calling itself the Sons of Occupied Territory claimed the hijack of a Japanese Boeing 747 with 145 aboard to protest Japan aiding Israel after the Lod massacre. The jet, which traveled via Amsterdam, Dubai, Damascus, and Benghazi, was blown up in Benghazi after passengers were evacuated. A relief flight later ferried 104 passengers to Athens and back to Tokyo.
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Sons of Occupied
Amsterdam
Tokyo
Anchorage
Alaska
Persian Gulf
Dubai
Damascus
Benghazi
Libya
Athens
Japan Air Lines
Two Arrested On Drug Counts Near Center Point
Two men were arrested by a Linn sheriff's deputy early Thursday on two charges of possession of a controlled substance. Stephen Ironside, 18, Schaller, and a 17-year-old Walker youth faced charges of possession of marijuana and possession of a substance believed to be amphetamines after being found in a car parked on Highway 150 south of Center Point at about 1 45 a m. Ironside is held in Linn county jail on $2 500 bond per charge awaiting arraignment. the juvenile was released to his parents after processing by juvenile authorities.
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Stephen Ironside
Schaller
Walker
Highway 150
Center Point
Ironside
Linn County
Campaign Outlay Restriction Voted
The senate voted to require national party committees to pay presidential campaign expenditures over 1000 dollars. Senator Cannon described the move as aimed at Watergate era excesses. If enacted in 1972, it would have blocked funds from groups like the Committee To Re-elect the President and the Finance Committee To Re elect the President from controlling Nixon’s campaign. The measure was adopted by voice vote and would apply to all expenditures exceeding 1000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Cannon
D-Nev
Sen
Cook
R-Ky
Finance Committee
Nixon
Tahiti to Deport Bomb Protesters Officials say five anti bomb campaigners will be deported
In Tahiti Governor Pierre Angeli labeled five protesters undesirable aliens after a protest yacht sailed into the French nuclear test zone. The group includes American David Moodie and his wife Emma Young, New Zealanders Peter Yeates and Petulie Yeates, a Frenchman Gilbert Nicholas, and Moodie’s pregnant spouse Emma Young. The state will cover repatriation costs.
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Papeete
Tahiti
UPI
Pierre Angeli
French Polynesia
David Moodie
Fri
Emma Young
New Zealand
Peter Yeates
Petulie
Gilbert Nicholas
Soviets Launch Second Mars Probe Mars 5 Aims for Mars Arrival
Moscow AP reports two unmanned Soviet probes Mars 4 and Mars 5 sped toward Mars to study the planet and nearby space. Tass said both craft are functioning normally and expected to reach the red planet vicinity in mid February.
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Moscow
Mars
Red Planet
Tass
Earth
Former Cedar Rapids Resident Die in Fort Campbell Plane Crash
A former Cedar Rapids resident, Specialist 6 Henry T. Tibbs, 32, was confirmed among three Fort Campbell soldiers killed when an Ozark Air Lines 227 turboprop airliner crashed near St Louis after taking off from Outlaw Field Montgomery County Tennessee. The crash, in a wooded ravine during a thunderstorm, occurred about 5 45 p.m. Monday with 41 passengers and a crew of three aboard. Authorities could not confirm Tibbs' survivor status or exact former address.
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St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Fort Campbell
Henry T. Tibbs
Tibbs
Army Criminal Investigation Division
Ozark Air Lines
Outlaw Field
Montgomery County
Tenn
Soviet reports claim Germans wreck Orel as withdrawal looms
Thirty years ago Soviet military sources said German forces were wrecking Orel in apparent preparation for retreat. The Red Army was expected to push into the city at any moment, signaling a possible rapid advance in the region.
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Orel
Red Army
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First Ave
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Charmglow
Appliance Specialties Corp
Center Point RD
N.E
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Wilson’s Credit Union City Water Department
Kieck’s Younker’s
Kosek’s
Dime Store
Hy-Vee
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King’s Barber Shop
Barlow Foods
Call City Water Department
Shaver Road
Cedar Rapids, Oe
Linn County Savings & Loan Association
Marion, Iowa
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