Belgium to withdraw 600 paratroops from Zaire Shaba
Brussels officials said Belgium will pull out its remaining 600 paratroops from Shaba province in Zaire this week. The move follows Mobutu Sese Seko's farewell to French Foreign Legion paratroops who helped restore order after Angola-based rebels invaded Shaba. Western aid totaling about 100 million dollars over three months was agreed by the United States France Belgium Britain and West Germany in Paris.
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AZAP
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France
Britain
West Germany
Paris
Bell overcharges on touch tone service in Illinois
Chicago based report states Illinois Bell Telephone Co. overcharges customers for touch tone service by about 9 million dollars annually. Jerrold Oppenheim from the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago cites that residential customers pay roughly three times the real cost of the service.
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UPI
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Jerrold Oppenheim
The
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
Illinois Bell
Penheim
Consumer Federation of American
Washington
Oppenheim
Bell
Dick Gray
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Property taxes rise 111 percent in decade across U S
Census Bureau figures show the national per person property tax burden climbing from 126 in 1966 to 266 in 1976 a 111 percent rise. Alaska leads with a dramatic increase from 169 to 1048 while Alabama trails with 33 to 57 dollars per person.
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UPI
United States
U.S
Census Bureau
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Alaska
Alabama
Bright outlook for grads with skilled majors
In Bethlehem, a College Placement Council survey finds employers plan to hire 11 percent more college graduates this year, driven by demand for technical skills, while non technical fields are expected to see a 2 percent hiring drop.
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Bethlehem
College Placement Council
Farm strikers endorse bill for 100 percent parity
American Agriculture Movement delegates from over 20 states met in Washington and unanimously backed a parity bill sponsored by Rep. Richard Nolan. The group moved from demanding immediate parity to supporting a gradual path to 100 percent parity over five years.
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Washington
UPI
American Agriculture Movement
Richard Nolan
D-Minn
Coast Guard reports no fishing violations in Great Lakes
For the third day since a reciprocal fishing ban began, UPI reports no violations by Canadian vessels in U S Great Lakes waters. Talks on a long term fisheries accord start June 19, while Americans may not fish commercially in Canadian waters and Canadians may not fish commercially or recreationally in U S waters.
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UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Great Lakes
Bomb hits Martin Luther King High School in Cleveland
The Cleveland MLK High School on the East Side was bombed early today, blowing out an entryway and severely damaging the recreation wing and forcing closure. Police had not yet determined the device type, and Superintendent Paul Briggs said engineers would assess structural damage.
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Martin Luther King High School
Paul Briggs
East Germany to supply PLO with advanced weapons
An Nahar quotes a senior guerrilla leader saying East Germany will arm the PLO to aid its guerrilla strategy after an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon. Arafat has been in East Berlin. details on weapons were not specified. Israel seeks continued peace talks with Egypt despite Sadat warning of possible war.
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UPI
East Germany
Palestine Liberation Organization
An Nahar
PLO
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Yasser Arafat
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Israel
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
American expelled from Soviet Union departs for Washington
Anthony Masciocci of Boston, an American guide in a U S agriculture exhibition, is leaving Moscow for Washington after being expelled for allegedly slandering the country A U S Embassy spokesman said he departed on a morning flight Walter Lupan of Washington had already left after the Kiev exhibition closed May 23
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UPI
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Anthony Masciocci
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Walter Lupan
D.C
Kiev
Weather and river summary and local notices
Weather reports show wind from the west at 12 mph at 10 a.m. and a forecast of partly cloudy days with highs in the 70s and 80s through the weekend. Mississippi River stages listed for several towns include rises at Dubuque Guttenberg and Davenport, with other sites steady or falling. A series of birth notices, accidents, and incidents follow including multiple births on June 6 and 7, a torch cutting incident at 917 Memorial Drive SE, a tree fire end of Brenton Drive NE, a potential child firestarter report, a capaci tor short at Third Street and 16th Avenue SW, and a gas-fume incident on Fourth Street.
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Third Street
16Th Avenue
17Th Street
Washington Avenue
Fifth Avenue SE
Beef import increase set by Carter on beef prices
President Carter plans an extra 200 million pounds of beef imports to curb rising prices. Administration officials briefed senators and House leaders, with Strauss calling the effect a 5 cent per pound fall by fall, while preserving cattlemen interests. Much of the meat will come from Australia and New Zealand.
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UPI
Carter
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Charles Schultze
Texas Democrat
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
House Agriculture Committee
Robert Strauss
Stuart Eizenstat
Congress
Strauss
Bergland
Schultze
Australia
New Zealand
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is a daily and Sunday paper established in 1883. It lists address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa and provides subscription rates by carrier and mail for local and out of state editions.
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Gazette Company
eUunone
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Second chance cadets graduate from West Point
The U S Military Academy in West Point graduated 948 cadets this year, including 86 who were involved in the honor code cheating scandal and given a rare second chance to become Army officers.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Kirkwood offers six secretarial and related career programs
Kirkwood presents programs in administrative, general, insurance, medical, legal secretarial work and clerk receptionist through three to four quarter courses. Additional options include Marine and Small Engine Repair, Production Agriculture, Communications Electronics, Environmental Health Technician, Water and Wastewater Technology, Legal Assistant, and International Trade with eight quarters for some tracks.
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Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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