Compromise Urged On Tipton Street Plan
At Tipton city hall a public hearing on a 381223.69 street program sparked compromise talk as residents argued about assessments and sewer conflicts. Bank president Wayne Miller urged cost review while locals pressed for road paving and rural truck relief, with a decision set for August 20.
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Tipton Street
Helen Smith Tipton
Tipton City Hall
Wayne Miller
First National Bank
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Don Hall
Hall Engineering
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park Pool Show Tonight features 14 numbers
The Bever Park pool hosts its second pool show of the season at 9 p.m. Entitled Put On a Happy Face it features 14 numbers by aquatic art instructors Barb Pickering and Emily Martin. The show is free with bleacher seating available.
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Bever Park
Barb Pickering
Emily Martin
Jones Pool
Debbie Dunham
Reveille
Angie Jansen
Lee Ann Landt
Patty Lowe
Audi Noeller
Chris Polehna
Lori Sigmund
Stephanie Svee
Kim Vranish
Laurie Vranish
Chris Wallace
Linda Frazier
Becky Shelley
Koni Stone
Marcia Andrews
Joni English
Lil Jansen
Rudi Noeller
Kathy Stepanek
Wendy Weischmeyer
Jones
Liz Jansen
Ann Kane
Frank Kluesner Guest Conductor For City Band
Frank Kluesner, director of Kennedy high school band, guest conducts the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band at Noelridge Park for a Wednesday night concert starting at 8 PM. Featured soloist Jerry Owen performs Trombone Concepts as the band performs selections from Mary Poppins, American Variations, and Sousa marches in the free Music Under the Stars series.
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Frank Kluesner
Dalewood Avenue
Noelridge Park
Kluesner
Kennedy High School
Osterling
Jenkins
Henry
Boxwood Lane
James Christensen
Mark McDunn
Cedar Rapids
Plea of Guilty by Ex Congressmen Whalley
Former Representative J Irving Whalley pled guilty to mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He admitted forcing 17 staff members to kick back 10 to 20 percent of their salaries totaling about 50000 dollars used to pay relatives salaries and defray costs of his ventures. He faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of 11000 dollars though no sentencing date was set.
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Washington
J. Irving Whalley
R-Pa
Whalley
House
Two jail escapees sentenced to death in Montana
Forsyth Montana dispatch reports Wallace Rhodes 25 and James Shields 21 were sentenced to death for the September 28 1972 fatal shooting of jeweler Donald Kalberg 48 during a Hardin robbery. They had escaped from a Mountain Home Idaho jail. first Montana executions since 1943.
Royal Fiance Found Innocent of Charge
SALISBURY England AP Captain Mark Phillips fiance Princess Anne cleared of dangerous driving charge. He was charged after an April accident and the couple plan to marry in November.
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Salisbury
England
Mark Phillips
Princess Anne
Phillips
Anne
Robert Havlik Receives Policeman of Year Award
Patrolman Robert Havlik of Cedar Rapids received the Sertoma club's annual law enforcement man of the year award for consistent service. Havlik, 47, has 21 years on the force with duties from traffic work to burglary investigations. Chief George Matias praised him as a good all around model officer who handles people well and performs solid investigative work. The award includes a certificate, a $10 gift certificate, and an engraved nameplate for a department plaque.
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Robert Havlik
Hill Havencourt
Sertoma Club
Havlik
Cedar Rapids
George Matias
Matias
Sertoma
Kieck’s
William Cretsinger
Sertoma Law Enforcement Recognition Committee
Russian Sets Altitude Record in Jet Flight
Moscow based Tass news agency reports Soviet test pilot Alexander Fedotov set a world airplane altitude record of 22.3 miles in an E 266 jet. In a separate ascent the same plane carried a two ton load to 21.7 miles, earning a second world record.
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Moscow
Aps
Alexander Fedotov
Tass
Steven Burgess Arrested in Palo On Drug Charge
Steven Charles Burgess, 19, of 502% Twelfth Street SE, was released from Linn County Jail after arraignment on possession of a controlled substance. A Palo arrest followed a tip of marijuana in his car at the Palo laundromat. he also faced warrants for improper registration and faulty mufflers. The registration charge was dropped. Burgess posted $10 on the muffler charge and awaits a preliminary hearing by August 6 or waiver.
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Charles Linn
Linn
First Street
Plum Street
Glen Eaton
Don Wehde
Steven Charles Burgess
Twelfth Street
Linn County
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Burgess
Palo
Palo Laundromat
Ward Convicted on Two Vice Charges Amid Coma
A English jury found Dr. Stephen Ward guilty on two vice charges while he lay in a hospital coma after suffering an overdose of drugs.
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Stephen Ward
Committee Votes To Charge Liddy Contempt Of Congress
The House Armed Services Committee voted 33 to 0 to recommend contempt charges against G. Gordon Liddy for refusing to be sworn before a subcommittee probing CIA involvement in Watergate. Liddy declined both the oath and questions, while other convicts invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
House Armed Services
Central Intelligence Agency
Howard Hunt
Copter Thief Eludes Police Over Pennsylvania Sky
A thief stole an army helicopter from North Philadelphia airport early Monday and piloted it for about 14 hours over Bucks and Montgomery counties. The craft was spotted abandoned at a farm after noon by Ft. Meade crews. Residents reported buzzing areas since 1 a.m. and a landing on William Tennent High School roof was claimed. Police had no clues about the thief as FBI and army officials declined comment.
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Philadelphia
Bucks
Montgomery
Army Reserve
Warminister
William Tennent High School
FBI
Army
Oilman Named To Safety Post
James Gregory, a retired oil firm executive active in charity work, will be nominated administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by President Nixon. Gregory, 48, would replace Douglas Toms who resigned March 31 from a $40,000 annual post. He previously directed environmental sciences for Union Oil Co. of California until last year after 21 years with the firm.
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Washington
James Gregory
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
White House
Nixon
Gregory
Douglas Toms
Environmental Sciences
Union Oil Co
California
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Iran
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U.S. House
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St. Louis
Duane Thomas
Washington Redskins
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Susie Maxwell Benning
Kansas City
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
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