Washington Notes Flag Day Observances in House and Parade
UPI reports Johnny Cash singing in the House of Representatives on Flag Day and 170 troops marching to a Washington monument ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the flag. A 1777 Continental Congress resolution defined the flag with 13 red and white stripes and a blue field of 13 white stars.
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Chrysler Admits Bribes in Overseas Operations
Chrysler Corp. disclosed in an SEC filing that overseas operations paid foreign officials, union representatives, and others about 2.5 million dollars in bribes and related sums from 1971 to 1976. The payments averaged roughly 425 thousand dollars per year as overseas sales reached about 3.3 billion dollars annually. President Carter said disabled veterans will receive top priority in filling about 100,000 jobs to be created with business allies, stressing first priority for disabled veterans in discussions with veterans groups.
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Civil Rights Commission urges White House civil rights coordination
The U S Civil Rights Commission says in a 201 page report that the president should supervise national civil rights efforts amid a lack of coordination and direction. It notes agency officers often set their own priorities without national guidance from decision makers.
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Charge 2 With Aiding Escapees In Linn County Jail
Steve Helle reports that 19 year old David A. Calkins and a Cedar Rapids girl were charged with aiding the escape of two Linn County jail inmates. The inmates Michael Bottoms and Thomas Chase allegedly used a hacksaw blade tied to a string to saw through basement bars and escape. Bottoms and Chase remain at large. Calkins was jailed on $10,000 bond and the girl released to her parents. Sheriff Orlie Workman suspended four jailers for lapses in checks during the escape.
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Thomas Chase
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Orlie Workman
James Corsmeier
Charles Harkins
Willie Jones
Gerald Diesburg
Police Seek Walkaway From Iowa City Hospital
Authorities pursue Jerry M. Beck 25 inmate from Fort Madison prison who escaped during medical treatment at University Hospitals Iowa City. A nurse saw a man fitting his description riding a bicycle near the law school area around 9:30 a.m. during the daytime escape.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Jerry M. Beck
Iowa State Penitentiary
Beck
Fort Madison
Swisher Motorcycle Crash Injures Two Youths
A Swisher two motorcycle collision Monday afternoon sent a 16-year-old rural Swisher youth to University hospitals in Iowa City in serious condition with injuries. Joseph J. Benda, listed in serious condition, later was reported as hospitalized in fair condition. The other rider, Joseph Melsha, 16, of Swisher, suffered minor injuries and was released. Melsha faces driving without a license charges while Benda is charged with failure to stop when entering a street from a private drive and driving without a license.
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Maynard Woman Serious After Pittsburgh Car Crash
Mrs. Amelia Bencke, 67, of Maynard is in serious condition in a Pittsburgh hospital after a recent single vehicle crash. Her son Ronald Bencke, 45, of Pittsburgh, is reported in fair condition.
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Joint Kirkwood and GWAEA Board Meet to Scheme 1977 78 Calendar
Kirkwood Community College board member Wayne Newton decries legislature driven meetings during a GWAEA joint session at Sambo’s Thus agenda centers on cooperation and possible joint programs Newton Ballantyne Jensen Bousley Bode Rodee and others discuss shifting from learning sessions to evaluating and plan meetings for August November February and May with a steering committee formed to guide future joint actions
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Luzerne
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Cedar Rapids
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Kirkwood Board
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John Bousley
Marion
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Bode
Bousley
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Ballantyne
Ira Larson
Peter Bryant
Strempke Honored Among Iowa Top Photographers
Robert Strempke of 1504 Forty Eighth Street NE earned a top ten spot at the Professional Photographers of Iowa after color prints titled Tiny Mr E Z and Gloria won blue ribbon and honorable mentions at the Lake Okoboji seminar attended by about 300. He joins the Iowa Professional Photographers board. ON THIS DATE in 1967 the UN Security Council rejected a Soviet resolution on Israel.
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Forty Eighth Street
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Lake Okoboji
Strempke
Chicago
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United Nations Security Council
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Births Listed in Mercy St Luke's Cedar Rapids Area
Vital Statistics reports multiple birth announcements from Mercy and St Luke's hospitals in Cedar Rapids Marion and background mentions Cedar Falls Bettendorf and Tampa Fla. A stream of couples welcomed sons and daughters with addresses in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities.
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Zandras
Dell
Milton C. Henry, Jr
Jeanette I. Feuerhelm
Raymond A. Amsler
Jaclyn J. Campbell
Robert A. Bolin
Carolyn E. Ho
Raymond L. Bergman
Linda K. Vileta
Trent L. Packingham
Sheryl A. Palmer
John E. Bohren
Debra L. Wallander
Steven A. Schutte
Florence M. Kelsey
Jon D. Monserud
Karen A. Fogarty
Girl Hit by Car Injures 6 Year Old in Street Collision
Tanya Mikulas, 6, daughter of Mr and Mrs Steven Mikulas of 351 Nineteenth Street SE, is listed in good condition at Mercy hospital after being struck Monday at 5 15 p m. Police say she ran in front of a car driven by John Charles Staudacher Jr of 3633 Bel Air Drive SE, as he traveled north on Nineteenth Street SE.
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Steven Mikulas
Nineteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
John Charles Staudacher, Jr
Bel Air Drive
Staudacher
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