Collins Aids in Development of Satellite Communications System
Collins Radio Co under Air Force contract helped develop a Tactical Satellite Communications system. An experimental TACSATCOM network demonstrated at Ft. Monmouth to aid front line troops with long distance warning messages. The system links UHF and SHF terminals across land sea and air via satellite.
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Collis Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Collins
Dale Kueter
Colling Radio Co
Ft. Monmouth
Nul
U.S. Air Force Electronics Systems Command
Radin Corp
America
Tacsatcom
Miké Brega
Collins Tacsatcom
Tacsatt
Equator
United States
Jearth
Vietnam
Saigon
Collins Radio
LaSalle High Glee Clubs To Greet Friday Concert
LaSalle high school music department and glee clubs from St George high school join the LaSalle stage band for a combined concert Friday at 7 30 in the LaSalle gym. The 15 voice St George boys glee club directed by Paul Camastre features an Arion award winner and former all state athlete. About 220 LaSalle students participate across the boys and girls glee clubs with Brother Hilary McDonald directing vocal groups. Public tickets at the door.
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LaSalle High School
Glee Club
St. George High Senior
Evanston
Til
LaSalle’ Gymonasium
St. George
Paul Camastre
Arion
University of Nebraska
LaSille
LaSalle
Hilary McDonald
Robbery details emerge in Iowa City home and store theft
Robbery continued from page one describes two teens in dark clothing leaving the Schilling house in his car, found blocks away after the incident. Iowa City Police and the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation joined the probe as no store loss total was released, while a separate weekend break in at Hawkeye Wholesale Co. in Town City led to the theft of 4400 cartons of cigarettes and $625 in cash. Sheriff Maynard Schneider noted entry was gained by prying the front door sometime Saturday night.
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Schilling
Iowa City
Iowa Bureau of Cripital Investigation
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Hawkeye Wholesale Co
Dick Braverman
Maynard Schneider
Laird Sees Vietnam Aid But No US Troop Pullback
Defense Secretary Laird, visiting Saigon, said the United States could provide limited material and training help to South Vietnam to speed progress. He warned he could not forecast troop withdrawals and believed Vietnamese forces could replace some US troops as they improve readiness. He also described a brief shooting incident near the ambassador’s bunker with no injuries.
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Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laird
U. S
Saigon
Ambassador Bunker
Jin
Judge Rules Worker Can Keep Mustache in Wis. Case
Acting Circuit Judge Alfred Drury ordered Randolph Strable reinstated after he was fired for refusing to shave his mustache. The ruling allows Strable to return to duty as deputy sheriff in Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Kenosha, Wis
UPI
Alfred Drury
Srandolph Strable
Strable
Drury
Crime Rate Up in CLR 1968 FBI Report Shows Sharp Rise
FBI figures indicate Cedar Rapids and Des Moines each posted double digit gains in serious crimes for 1968, outpacing the national average. Within Cedar Rapids, murders rose to two, while robberies, assaults, burglaries, and larcenies over fifty dollars increased. Des Moines also showed higher counts across its crime categories.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Des Moines
FBI
Trapped Miner Buck Jones Freed After Eight Days
William Buck Jones, 61, freed from a Utah mountain cave after eight days, arrived Sunday night at a Salt Lake City hospital. A 25 foot rock tunnel had kept him prisoner. crowd cheers and a tearful reunion followed at the mine entrance before his 40 mile ride to safety.
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Lark
Utah
William
Buck" Jones
Iday
Jones
Mine J
Salt Lake City
Toll in Celebes Quakes at Six Hundred
In Celebes Madjene on the west coast of the island a toll of about six hundred is reported after violent earthquakes two weeks ago. The area was hit by tidal waves and most victims were swept away.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Madjene
Celebes Island
Iisland
Rosa J. White 89 Springville Resident Dies
Rosa Jane White a Springville resident since 1914 died Sunday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born Feb 25 1880 near New Sharon she was daughter of John and Amanda Cox. Surviving four sons a daughter a sister and a brother with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services planned 1 30 p m Wednesday at United Methodist Church Springville with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Springville
Rosa Jane White
Cedar Rapids
John
Amanda McFarlands
Cox
New Sharon
White
Perry
Elbert
Me Thanicsville
Leonard Gordon
Martelle
Verda Hildebrand
Montezuma
Joy L. Cox
Grinnell
United Methodist
Church of Springville
Clyde Scott
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Murdoch
Combat Actions Escalate in Vietnam Weekend Raids
US forces report heavy air strikes by B 52s in three northern Vietnamese divisions and counterattacks near Kontum Pleiku and Saigon. Casualties run light for Americans while Viet Cong units suffer losses. a large stockpile and bunkers are reported found near Pleiku and Saigon outskirts.
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U.S
Kontum
Central Highlands
Ninelon
Pleiku
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Rites in Iowa City For LeRoy Spencer
LeRoy Spencer 79 longtime owner of Spencer's Harmony Hall in Iowa City died Friday in Winter Haven Florida. He was a 50 year Rotary and Masonic lodge member. Survivors include wife Verna a daughter Mrs Paul Anneberg Carroll and four grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at George L Gay funeral home with burial in Oakland cemetery.
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Iowa City
LeRoy Spencer
Spencer's
Harmony Hall
Winter Haven
Fla
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Verna
Paul Anneberg
Carroll
George L. Gay
Oakland Cemetery
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Wtauig
Namic
Selon
Ana
Hilltop House
Mount Vernon Road
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Celebes
jRosa J. White
Rites
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Iona-Ilinois Gas and Electric Company
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