Cuban Spy Said to Aid Ford Reagan Plot
Chicago reports federal investigators are checking a claim that a Cuban spy code named Andres Gomez advised the Emiliano Zapata Unit in San Francisco on an assassination plan against President Ford and Senator Ronald Reagan. The informant Adornetto named Gomez and identified him as a Cuban intelligence member.
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Chicago
API
San Francisco
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Chicago Tribune
Justice Department
the Tribune
Reagan
Gregg Daniel Adornetto
Andres Gomez
Emiliano Zapata
Zapata
San Francisco Bay
Adornetto
Gomez
Directorate of General Intelligence
CIA
Mexico
Laguitas
Calif
Zapata Unit
Rights unit investigator files discrimination complaint
Cedar Rapids rights investigator Paul Young, fired after 1 year, files race discrimination against Executive Secretary Mark Doolin and the personnel committee. Commission chair says matter will be aired publicly. Young lacked representation in review while discharge is effective immediately. Also reports a teen arrest for larceny tied to a Feb. 15 theft of guns and fishing gear. Lonnie L. Noggle, 18, held on $2,500 bond in Linn jail.
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Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
Mark Doolin
Commission
State Civil Rights Commission
Paul Young
Young
Doolin
Tommy Tucker
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Lonnie L. Noggle
Tenth Street
Richard E. Manley
L Street
Noggle
Mark
CETA
Paul
Tucker
Services in C R For Anna W Harste
Anna W Harste 95 of Newhall widow of Herman Harste died Friday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness Born August 3 1880 in Germany she moved to Newhall as an infant and was the oldest living charter member of St John s Lutheran church She taught Sunday school for 20 years Surviving daughter Mrs Wallace Rogers Fairfax a sister Mrs Ray Boland Cedar Rapids two grandchildren four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Services at Turner West Cedar Rapids at 130 p m Monday Burial St John s Cemetery Newhall Friends may call at Turner West until 1 p m Monday The casket will not be opened after the service
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Anna W. Harste
Newhall
Herman Harste
Cedar Rapids
Germany
St. John's Lutheran Church
Wallace Rogers
Fairfax
Ray Boland
Turner West
St. John’s Cemetery
Police Probe Ransackings of Two Adjacent Homes
Cedar Rapids police report two nearby houses were ransacked Thursday night with no items reported missing. Mike Hazewinkel of 1011 Second Street SW noted both his residence and the home of his grandparents at 1013 Second Street SW were burglarized but yielded no missing valuables.
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Cedar Rapids
Mike Hazewinkel
Second Street
John Foubert
Hazewinkel
Girl Julie Ann Benning Found Dead Near Shell Rock
In Butler County Iowa the badly decomposed body of Julie Ann Benning 19 was found in a ditch along a dirt road about two miles northeast of Shell Rock. Sheriff Marvin Barth said she had been missing since November 28 and that autopsy results were pending with no immediate sign of foul play.
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Shell Rock
UPS
Butler County
Julie Ann Benning
Marvin Barth
Barth
Man Faces Stolen Property Charge in Cedar Rapids
John O. Sawyer of 217 Twenty seventh Street NW was jailed in Linn County after detectives arrested him on a receiving stolen property charge. He allegedly took two televisions from the residence of Marlin Hamilton at 1445 Council Street NE on January 16 and is held on $1,000 bond. Also noted is the 1920 Senate rejection of the Versailles treaty establishing the League of Nations.
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John O. Sawyer
Twenty-seventh Street
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Sawyer
Marlin Hamilton
Council Street
League of Nations
United States Senate
Iowa considers $8 million Volga Lake project funding
In Des Moines AP report, an $8 million plan to complete Volga Lake in northeast Iowa moves to the Senate appropriations committee. Sen. Kevin Kelly urges full funding while others debate whether to restore or spend the $750,000 annual step.
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Des Moines
Volga Lake
Iowa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kevin Kelly
Sioux City
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Natural Resources
Hilarius Heying
West Union
Appropriations Committee
Conservation Commission
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Jenkins
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Kelly
Clifton Lamborn
R-Maquoketa
Lamborn
Junkins
Junkins Said If the Full Appropriations Committee
Heying
Man Held on Break in Charge
Raymond D. Merritt a 28 year old Cedar Rapids man was held in Linn jail on $20000 bond after arrest on a warrant by Cedar Rapids detectives charged with breaking and entering in connection with the Jan 20 burglary at the Carol Ballantyne residence 1638 D Avenue NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Raymond D. Merritt
Avenue NE
Carol Ballantyne
D Avenue NE
Truck Driver Hurt In Oelwein Mishap
OELWEIN authorities search for a blue car blamed for a Thursday accident injuring city employee Ray Schuller 34. He was driving a sand and gravel load when a blue car passed and cut back forcing him to swerve. The truck overturned leaving him pinned until firefighters freed him with back injuries.
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Oelwein
Ray Schuller
Schuller
Six Reports of CB Radio Thefts in Cedar Rapids
Six citizen band radio thefts were reported to Cedar Rapids police. Items and values include a $169 radio from Loren Witte in Marengo, a $200 radio and $50 eight track from Jim Huddleston at Coe College, a $163 radio from Edwin Barnes in Anamosa, a $160 radio from Rod Saab in Cedar Rapids, a $180 radio from Larry Winkler in Bartonville Illinois, and a $220 radio from Glenn Goodwin in Cedar Rapids. The thefts occurred Thursday into Friday across several locations.
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Cedar Rapids
Loren Witte
Marengo
Fourth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Jim Huddleston
Coe College
Coe
Edwin T. Barnes
Anamosa
Fourteenth Avenue
Third Street
Rod Saab
Center Point Road
Mt. Vernon Road
Larry Winkler
Bartonville
Ill
Oakland Road
Glenn Goodwin
Camburncourt SE
Ex Foreign Service Official Dies at 100
Clarksville news mourns Augustin Ferrin former U S foreign service member dies at 100 in Marion County nursing home. Yale alumnus who graduated in 1897 was its oldest living graduate.
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Foreign Service
Clarksburg
W. Va
Augustin Ferrin
U.S. Foreign Service
Marion County
Yale University
Iowa Gov Signs Conscience Clause Into Abortion Law
Governor Robert Ray signed a conscience clause shielding medical staff from abortion participation and prohibiting workplace discrimination against those who abstain. The bill allows hospitals to limit hiring for abortion-related duties and defines emergency care as separate. A second measure requires a 12 month apprenticeship for real estate license certification.
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DES Moines
Robert Ray
Atty
Richard Turner
Turner
Monsignor Wegner Past Boys Town Leader Dies in Omaha
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Nicholas Wegner who directed Boys Town from 1948 to 1973 died Thursday evening after a lengthy illness in an Omaha hospital.
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Omaha, Neb
Nicholas Wegner
Boys Town
Omaha
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