Linn County Property Taxpayers Meet and Local Notices
City briefs list Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in the REC building Marion plus local notes about services and events: new office travel agency on 1st Avenue, Cedar Rapids coin club meeting, a home burglary report, story hour at downtown library, students on honor and dean’s lists, and a round-up for kindergarten registration with times by alphabet.
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Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn
REC
Marion
Coin Club
Cedar Rapids
YWCA
Iowa House OKs Four Year County Attorney Terms Bill
The Iowa house approved by 91 to 1 a bill extending county attorney terms to four years starting with the 1974 elections. The measure follows a voter amendment removing a two year limit. The house also sent to the senate an amendment repealing two sections on fines disbursement for schools, and potentially the military exemption fee, linking such funds to local school districts.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
House
Home Freezers Move Fast With Low Cost Want Ad
A low cost fast acting want ad helps sell home freezers quickly. Advertisers report brisk response and swift sales as listings attract buyers seeking affordable appliances. Local shops note steady inquiries and multiple transactions spawned by the bargain classified.
Knudtson and Evans Sentenced in Local Larceny Case
Two men pleaded guilty in municipal court to larceny and multiple assault and battery charges. Gene Knudtson and Mike Evans, both in their mid twenties, face 30 day jail terms on each count, with all sentences concurrent to their existing five year federal terms for a June post office break in. The offenses include theft of tires from a Shell station and several assaults against Solon residents.
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Gene Knudtson
Mike Evans
Crawfordsville
Knudtson
Evans
Sixteenth Avenue
Gary Louvar
Solon
Albert Rompot
Jerome Wisnousky
Robert J. Lynn
SALT talks and Soviet ICBM threat assessment outlined
Defense Secretary Laird outlined how SALT negotiations influence options for U S Soviet arms limits and warned that even a capped Soviet ICBM fleet could exceed 1 900 warheads by the mid 1970s. He noted 17 missile submarines in operation and 15 more being fitted, described a new swing wing bomber, and referenced possible Chinese ICBM testing and the shift toward intermediate range missiles targeting Asian and Soviet industrial centers.
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Nixon
Vienna
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Defense
Laird
Russia
U.S
Pentagon
China
Asia
Soviet Union
Bray Agrees to Future Silence On Silencing Tactics
Des Moines Iowa Rep Daniel Bray 24 Davenport said he will not comment further on alleged silencing tactics used against him during President Nixon's Iowa visit. Lt Gov Roger Jepsen urged caution and called the issue closed while Bray stressed the matter remains a matter of free speech.
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Des Moines
UPI
Daniel Bray
Davenport
Roger Jepsen
Nixon
Iowa
Bray
Jepsen
White House
House
Aftershock rattles Southern California with tremors
UPI reports a weekend aftershock from the February quake shook southern California, swaying highrise buildings and rattling windows. Ray Milland and Suzanne PleShette star on ABC Movie of the Week at 7:30 PM Tuesday, in color on Channel 9. A poet’s song and a sunlit girl drive a perilous quest for the treasures of The River of Gold.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Ray Milland
Suzanne Ple- Shette
Channel 9
Anti War treaty drive gains college backing nationwide
Doug Hostetter, 26, a New School student from Harrisburg, received a visa to visit South Vietnam. He spent 10 days in Saigon meeting with the South Vietnamese Student Union while other American students met North Vietnamese reps in Hanoi. Treaty coordinators say over 300 colleges support the plan and cite endorsements from Florida State, Colby College, West Virginia Union of Students, and Oakland University congress. In Madison a peace treaty ratification resolution was sent to the city council, with officials noting growing local support.
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Doug Hostetter
New School For Social Research
New York
South Vietnam
Hostetter
Harrisburg
Tam Ky
Saigon
South Vietnamese Student Union
Greer
Hanoi
Florida State University
Colby College
Maine
West Virginia Union of Students
Congress At
Oakland University
Rochester
Mich
Madison
Wis
Labor Bargaining Laws in Need of Overhaul by Romney
San Diego report quotes Secretary Romney urging drastic changes to collective bargaining laws. He cites the hiring hall monopoly as harming competitiveness and driving up prices, noting high wage contracts and magnet-like effects on other sectors. He calls for Nixon’s revenue sharing to fund needed projects and reduce reliance on state and local funding.
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Romney
San Diego
Housing and Urban Development
Associated General Contractors of America
Nixon
U S Wage Action May Disrupt NDP Schedule
The Nixon administration suspends the Davis Bacon act affecting Oak Hill NDP street and alley projects. Cedar Rapids planning director Don Salyer says HUD ordered re advertising contracts not awarded before Feb 23. Ray Bertelli Sons bid $119,991 vs. engineer estimate $146,722.50. If not approved this year, grant may be lost and second year scope reduces. Officials seek an exception to meet deadlines.
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Nixon
Oak Hill
Don B. Salyer
Cedar Rapids
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Salyer
Ray Bertelli Sons, Inc
NDP
Pollution-Sky Cyclist Foiled by Auto Tradition
Jeffrey Gottfried, who sold his car to cut pollution, bicycled to a North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Portland. A hotel attendant and a policeman told him no bike parking at the garage or meter. He instead brought the bicycle into the hotel and left it with staff while he attended the conference.
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Portland
Ore
Jeffrey Gottfried
North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Gottfried
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Ely
Kenwood
al- Anon
Lovely Lane Methodist Church
Lindale Plaza
Travel &Transport Travel Agency
1St Avenue
Adv
Jean Shahan
Eighth Avenue
Public Library
Kurt Moehlmann
Bever Avenue
University of Wyoming
United Community Services Committee
UCS
Second Avenue SE
Shelley D. Smith
Indiandale Road
Grinnell College
Jane Boyd Community House
Jackie Hadenfeldt
Hamilton SW
Carolyn Hykes
C Avenue
Marshalltown Community College
College Community School District
Prairie Elementary
Cheryl Buelow
Raymond Buelow
Palo
Cincinnati
Michael Blouin
Dubuque
Edgar Holden
Fussipr
Knudtson, Evans
Crowel
America
First Avenue
Times Theater
Sun
Peoples
Peoples Bank
Peoples Downtown
Peoples East
Town & Country
Peoples West
Mays City
Newhall
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