Ford warning details sex scandal and staff misuse probe
The report outlines Hays stepping down as committee chair amid investigations into a sex scandal involving Elizabeth Ray, who says she was hired to be his mistress. It notes potential legal issues over payroll misuse, possible DOJ action to recover salaries, and broader GOP moves to strip the administration committee of salary oversight.
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Albert
Hays
House Administration
Elizabeth Ray
Ohio
Miss Ray
House
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Justice Department
Grand
Administration
Administration Committee
Robert Michel
Illinois
Ford
Michel
Bob Owens
Jack Anderson
Kenneth Gray
Owens
Gray
Washington
National Gallery of Art
Anderson
U.S
Nuclear agency flags surge of threats to power plants
The NRC described May threats from utilities and other federal bodies noting unusual dispersion across Illinois Washington and California with a June 8 California referendum linked. May incidents included suspicious activity near two plants in Connecticut and theft of inspector credentials, though no breaches occurred. The alert urged heightened security and local law enforcement coordination ahead of California's vote on nuclear power growth limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Washington
California
Connecticut
Commission
NRC
Defense voices clash over publicity in high profile trial
Representatives argued over publicity tactics as Schulman urged fair justice and Kunstler faced accusations that TV interviews humanize defendants. Judge Bogue had imposed a gag order, while security at the courthouse sparked claims of unequal treatment among defense teams and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulman
Hultman
William Kunstler
Andrew Bogue
South Dakota
John Lowe
McManus
Merrill Lynch Agrees to Quota Hiring Settlement
Merrill Lynch agrees to a quota system for hiring women and minorities and to compensate women denied jobs under a $4 million settlement resolving two suits. The plan includes a $1.3 million five year ad program, $450,000 in cash to about 2,500 women, and payments to other affected individuals. Helen O Bannon, Pittsburgh, leads the class action. the firm denies wrongdoing. The consent decree targets 10 percent women hires this year rising to 18 percent over four years and a similar minority plan. the firm employs about 6,200 sales people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Helen O’bannon
O'Bannon
Ammunition Evidence in Mark Murder Trial
In Woodbury county district court, prosecutor witnesses link murder bullets to ammo from Ken's Sport Shop Paso Robles California. FBI analyst Havekost testified the .38 caliber Long Colt rounds could be from the same batch as the murder bullets. Witnesses from five Iowa wholesale makers said they did not sell that bullet in 1975. retail outlets might have bought from out-of-state. The case, moved from Black Hawk county, may last a month with over 32 prosecution witnesses across five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Jerry Mark
Leslie Mark
Mark
Woodbury County
Cedar Falls
Donald Havekost
FBI Laboratory
Washington
Havekost
Ken
Black Hawk County
Shawver Named to Cedar Rapids Hospital Council Vacancy
Paul Shawver of 2314 Blake Boulevard SE is appointed to fill the public sector seat on the Cedar Rapids hospital council, replacing Thomas Redford who resigned. Shawver, CRST Inc. executive vice president since 1969, also serves on the Chamber of Commerce board and Rotary club, with a history of Red Cross and United Fund leadership. He and his wife Rebecca have two children.
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Paul Shawver
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids Hospital Council
Shawver
Crst, Inc
Thomas Redford
Linn County Medical Society
Cedar Rapids Hospitals
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Linn County
American Red Cross
United Fund Campaign
Rebecca
Deaths in Cedar Rapids area include Shramek and Vanda
Death notices list Joseph V. Shramek 72 of 2331 Southland Drive SW Cedar Rapids after brief illness with survivors including two daughters and six grandchildren. John Edward Vanda 59 of 646 Twenty-first Avenue SW dies after short illness. survived by wife Libbie and two sons. Memorial services set for Monday at Brosh and Turner chapels with local burial plots.
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Joseph V. Shramek
Southland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cherry Burrell
Shramek
Wayne Croy
Solon
Robert Roggentien
Marengo
Robert Conway
Jacob Pernicka
Joseph Hartman
Alma Shramek
Swisher
Ed. Swisher
Brosh Chapel
Paul E. Traeumer
John Edward Vanda
Twenty-first Avenue
Libbie Blazek
Kahoka
Edwards
Cherry Burrell Corp
John Dennis
Gary Allen
Clarence Stusak
Turner Chapel West
Charles R. Mehaffey
Asbury United
Dinner Planned To Raise Blouin Campaign Funds
U S Sen Dick Clark of Iowa will speak at a June 12 fundraiser in Cedar Rapids for Second District Congressman Mike Blouin. The $10 dinner at IBEW hall features beef stroganoff. seniors and students pay $5. Tickets via phone (377 3479) or mail to Jane Nissen, Marion.
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U.S
Dick Clark
Iowa
Mike Blouin
Cedar Rapids
Steve Jackson
Linn County
Blouin
U.S. House
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday in Cedar Rapids. Carrier rates are 1.05 per week. mail rates for Afternoon Edition and Sunday 7 issues 24 weeks 46. other states and territories 70 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co Gre
F Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Lowe
U5 Territories
Associated Press
Ray Officials To Discuss Prison Site
Gov. Robert Ray will meet with social service officials this weekend to discuss placing a medium security prison at Mount Pleasant Denison or Mitchellville. He cautioned that no definite decision has been made and noted limited funds and site options from the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Social Service Department
Mount Pleasant
Denison
Mitchellville
Ray
Social Services
Kevin Burns
Getting More Help With Medical Bills
Americans face higher medical costs but receive greater help with bills. Spending rose from 10.4 billion in 1950 to 103.2 billion in 1975. Between 1966 and 1975 individuals paid one half to one third, while private insurance covered 25 percent and public funds 40 percent. A Nobel Prize scientist twenty years ago suggested viruses caused most cancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference Board
June Weather Outlook and Local Birth Announcements
Weather summary notes a high Friday and a June total with normal figures. extended forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 80s and little rain. Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Richard Howe and others in Vinton Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with multiple newborn sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Howe
Vinton
Timothy Hood
Wilson Avenue
Teresa K. Gillespie
Cedar Rapids
Blouin Details EPA Grant for Cedar Rapids Plant
Congressman Blouin announced the EPA approved a 27.4 million grant covering 75 percent of the first phase for Cedar Rapids new wastewater treatment plant. State and city funds cover the remaining 25 percent. Contracts set for August 1 with completion by February 1, 1979 and operation by August 1, 1979. Total project cost expected near 60 million. Plant located south of Cedar Rapids along the Cedar River near Otis Road. Also reported a robbery on Ninth Street SE where Bill Lacey, 13, was relieved of money after being pushed. a folder with funds was taken. A Bicentennial note recalls 200 years ago today Congress required monthly status reports from non combat or supply departments due to Canada campaign disarray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Blouin
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Cedar Rapids
Blouin
Kansas City
Washington
Iowa
Cedar River
Highway 13
Otis Road
Bill Lacey
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Ninth Street SE
Lacey
Canada
Congress
Iowa City encampment for Sioux supporters unsettled
Johnson County encampment for supporters of Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler facing murder charges in a 1975 South Dakota reservation case remained in doubt as of Friday night. About 200 Indians were expected to camp on federal land west of the Coralville Reservoir while awaiting trial in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Federal Conservation Commission
Coralville Reservoir
Robert Robideau
Darrelle Butler
FBI
South Dakota
Linn
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Fred Dumbaugh
Michael Fay
Sion
Mrs. O'Bannon
Hospital Council
John E. Vanda
Elkader
Anna Boland
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Visitation
Witt’s
Durant
Dorothy A. Otto
Ernest B. Otto
Lacock’s/ Durant
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L.W. Ward
Grant Elementary
Shannon Muldoon
K Street
Michele McNeal
Havencourt
John E
Lapes Cedar Rapides
Hdest
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
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Twenty-second Street
B Avenue
St. Luke's
Donald Humchen
Chapel Drive
D. L. Berns
Windsor Drive
C.R
Johnson
James C. Spaulding
the Indians
Donald Pfeiffer
Conservation Commission
John B. Turner and Son
Turner East
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