Canney Phillips Power Clash Triggers Attorney General Opinion
Public Improvements Commissioner Rich ard Phillips and Mayor Don Canney clash over sending a conservation letter to department heads without council consent. The attorney general’s opinion says the mayor supervises departments but cannot unilaterally override commissioners, leaving the core dispute unresolved. Senator Redmond sought the opinion. Canney and Phillips weigh its implications.
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Richard Phillips
Don Canney
State Attorney General
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Phillips
Ed Colton
Hal Schaefer
Canney
Redmond
Schaefer
Sions
Non-Union City Workers Seek Specific Pay Increases
Cedar Rapids independent municipal employees approve a position paper urging the city council to consider a cost of living adjustment with a 40 cent base hour raise, reinstated annual step pay, higher city premium payments for family health coverage, fringe benefits, and a formal grievance procedure. About 80 clerical and supervisory workers attended, with 15 proxies, forming the group to present views. Mayor Canney would comment only after official notice is received.
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Cedar Rapids
Employes Association
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Two Arrests Reported In Local Incident
James D Hahn 27 of 384 Fifteenth Street SE faced resisting execution of process after police stopped a car on First Avenue SE at 11 40 p m He gave a false name and was found not the warrant suspect He is held on 2500 bond A 15 year old male juvenile was charged with receiving stolen property after a motorcycle stolen from Towns Edge Auto and Cycle Sales Marion was found at his home at 4 30 p m He was taken to Linn County detention center.
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James D. Hahn
Fifteenth Street SE
First Avenue SE
Hahn
Edge Auto and Cycle Sales
Marion
Linn County Detention Center
Iowa State awarding scholarships to Meyer and Ball
Douglas Meyer of 141 Nineteenth Street NW received a 150 Dow Corning scholarship at Iowa State University where he is a chemical engineering junior. Kirk Ball of 3601 Lynbrook Drive NE won a 50 outstanding chemistry scholar award funded by Phillips Petroleum Co.
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Douglas Meyer
Nineteenth Street
Iowa State University
Kirk Ball
Lynbrook Drive
Phillips Petroleum Co
Jayne Shover Dies Leader of Easter Seal Society
Chicago AP reports Jayne Shover died Thursday. She led the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults since 1971.
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Chicago
Jayne Shover
National
Easter Seal Society For
Catholic School Drive Surpasses 1.1 Million
Regis LaSalle high schools foundation fund drive has raised over 1.18 million in cash and pledges toward a 1.5 million goal. The non profit foundation, created by Regis and LaSalle, supports Christian education with earned interest funding programs.
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Regis-LaSalle High Schools Foundation
Cedar Rapids
Regis and LaSalle High Schools
James Sullivan
Metropolitan Office of Catholic Education
Foundation
Bill Fletcher
C R Driver Sues Cedar Rapids Woman and Car Dealer
Lowell R. Spencer of Des Moines files a $300,000 petition in Linn District Court naming Alberta C. Conner and First Avenue Plymouth, Inc. for injuries from a Nov 1 1975 crash on Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. The suit alleges Conner’s car crossed a center curb, striking the motorcycle Spencer rode, causing permanent injuries and disfigurement.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Lowell R. Spencer
Des Moines
Linn
Alberta C. Conner
First Avenue Plymouth, Inc
Conner
Spencer
Economic Cooperation Talks Miss Key Goals
Paris AP report on an 18 month conference ending without the energy dialog or a concrete new international economic order. It notes two major accords a $1 billion emergency fund and a Common Fund to stabilize raw material prices, plus aid aims for Africa and the Third World. Saudi Arabia and Iran backed the US plan, but Algeria Iraq and Venezuela opposed.
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Paris
Africa
Third World
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations
Saudi Arabia
Iran
U.S
Algeria
Iraq
Venezuela
OPEC
Not Guilty in Holdup Case
In Iowa City a Johnson County jury acquitted Scott Houston a University of Iowa student of five counts from a Coralville holdup. Houston faced two counts of assault with intent to murder two counts of assault while masked and one count of aggravated robbery after the February 6 Green Pepper restaurant robbery.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Scott Houston
University of Iowa
Coralville
Houston
Rock Falls
Ill
Green Pepper
Neal Kirsch
Chicago
Craig Burkhard
Vinton
$1.49 Million Suit Over 1975 Iowa City Crash
The parents of Bruce and Paula Garvin file a $1.49 million lawsuit in Johnson County District Court. They allege their children, ages 11 and 9, died in a 1975 auto crash at Highway 6 and Keokuk Street when their family car was broadsided by Marilyn E. Box, who allegedly failed to yield and drove faster than the limit.
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Iowa City
Bruce
Paula Garvin
Johnson County
Paula
Highway 6
Keokuk Street
Gorvin
James Gorvin
Marilyn E. Box
Mrs. Box
Burglars Target Stanley Post Office for Mail Key
Burglars broke into the Stanley post office Wednesday night and took only the key that opens mail pouches. The breakin was found Thursday morning when Margaret March unlocked the building after entry through a basement window then a door upstairs. Authorities report no other losses.
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Stanley
Post Office
Margaret March
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