Mafia Boss and Two Others Convicted in Bribery Case
A federal jury convicted James L. Marcus the former New York water commissioner and two associates in a $40,000 bribery scheme over an $840,000 reservoir cleaning contract awarded to S. T. Grand Inc. Acquitted was Charles Rappaport. Sentencing set for July 26.
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NEW York
New York Citywater
James L. Marcus
Marcus
John V. Lindsay
Antonio
Tony Ducks” Cor|allo
Whitestone
Queens
Henry Fried
Mount Kisco
N.Y
S. T. Grand, Inc
Daniel J. Motto
Greenwich
Charles Rappaport
Herbert Itkin
Itkin
FBI
Two Cedar Rapids Brothers Arrested in Chicken Theft
Cedar Rapids police report two brothers aged 14 and 15 were arrested for stealing chickens from a pen owned by William Vozenilek at 1132 Fourteenth Avenue SE near Northwestern Avenue SE. Vozenilek said 15 hens had been taken in recent weeks and most were killed.
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William Wozenilek
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Northwestern Avenue SE
Vozenilek
Bob Hope Ed Ames To Be at State Fair
Iowa State Fair officials announced the 1968 grandstand lineup featuring Bob Hope Ed Ames the Fifth Dimension and the Baja Marimba Band. The shows run Aug 16 to Aug 24 at Des Moines fairgrounds with multiple performances by Ed Ames the Fifth Dimension Mary Lou Collins and Bob Hope among others.
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Bob Hope
Ed Ames
Des Moines
Hope
Fifth Dimension
Fairground
Candy Candido
Baja
Mercy Hospital Receives Federal Nursing Loan
The U S Public Health Service approves a $42000 capital loan under the Nursing Student Loan Program for Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Congressman Culver notes the Nurse Training Act of 1964 created a low interest program for nursing students with loans up to $1000 annually. applicants should apply to Mercy Hospital.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
John C. Culver
Mt Mitchell: Eastern U.S. Highest Peak at 6684 Feet
Mt Mitchell in North Carolina rises to 6684 feet, the tallest mountain in the eastern United States, a notable geographic landmark in the region.
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Mt. Mitchell
United States
North Carolina
Convention Not Rigged in Iowa Says Demo Head
Des Moines Democratic State Chairman Clark Rasmussen pledged the state convention will be open and not rigged for any candidate. Ray Walton of Davenport urged delegates not to endorse any attorney general candidate, with 20 statewide hopefuls to address district caucuses Friday, rules permitting.
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Des Moines
Clark Rasmussen
Ray Walton
Davenport
Walton
Rasmussen
Two Cedar Rapids Boys Arrested for Shoplifting
Two Cedar Rapids youths aged 14 and 15 were arrested Wednesday evening for shoplifting at May's drug store on Second Street SE. They reportedly tried to leave with four necklaces and a ring set valued at eight dollars and fifty cents. The store manager turned them over to police. they were sent to county probation officers and released to their parents.
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Cedar Rapids
May
Second Street
Charles Lazio
ISU Seminar on Mass Media and Racial Crisis
Iowa State hosts a two day seminar with eight guests including Gov. Harold E. Hughes and NAACP counsel Robert L. Carter to discuss the media role in racial issues. Sessions cover discrimination impacts, urban migration, and ways the press can encourage constructive action and prevent outbreaks of violence. The event is in the Memorial Union.
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ISU
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State
J. W. Schwartz
Department of Technical Journalism
Robert L. Carter
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Carter
Gov. Hughes
Henry B. Taliaferro
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Wilbur Elston
Detroit News
Arville O. Schaleben
Milwaukee Journal
Bill Corley
NBC News
Chicago
University of Wisconsin Journalism Institute
Elston
Joseph P. Lyford
School of Journalism
University of California
John E. Trabert
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
University Extension Service
Industrial Relations Center
Memorial Union
Younkers seek lower value in fair market tax dispute
Younker Brothers Inc filed an appeal in Polk County District Court over Des Moines city assessor over valuing its inventory, furniture and fixtures by about 40 percent. The case tests the meaning of Iowa’s new tax law tying appraisal to fair market value.
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DES Moines
Younker Brothers, Inc
Polk County
Iowa
Younker
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Bulova
Lady Petite
Marquise
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Demo
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H. D. Foam
Flecto
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