Couple Loses Adopted Son and Plans Appeal
In Forest City a Vietnamese mother who fled Saigon with seven children won custody of one son, Ben, from a local couple seeking to adopt him. Judge L E Plummer ruled Ben should return to Doan Thi Hoang Ahn, who says she hopes to locate another child. The Nelsons vow to appeal to the town supreme court if available options fail.
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Forest City
Saigon
Johnny Nelson
Bonne
Doan
Ben) van Binh
Doan Thi Hoang Ahn
L.E. Plummer
Nelsons
Ben
Ahn
United States
Plummer
United Methodist Church
Great Falls
Mont
Military heroin ring cracked with $300 million value
Federal indictments in Raleigh charged 14 people mostly current or former military personnel with conspiring to import heroin. The ring operated since 1968 from Bangkok and used U Tapao base shipments to move drugs into the United States aboard Strategic Air Command planes. Authorities say at least 220 pounds entered between 1974 and last year, with street value exceeding $300 million. The case involved raids by military police and federal agents, with several defendants already jailed in Thailand or the U.S. Sir Noel Coward died on this date in 1973 in Jamaica at age 73.
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Raleigh, N.C
Thailand
Air Force
U Tapao
Air Force -Base
Conblack
Gia
Washington
Raleigh
Strategic Air Command A
Mather
Travis Air Force Bases
California
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
Langley Air Force Base
New York
Justice Department
Forcement Administration
Pittbury Road
Bangkok
Peter Bensinger
U.S
East Coast
Don Ashton
Drug Enforcement Agency
North Carolina
Sir Noel Coward
Jamaica
Famco Officials Appalled by State Action on Juveniles
Dubuque AP reports juveniles from Famco treatment homes were moved from beds, jobs, and schools after state social services removed them amid an investigation into alleged sexual and drug abuses. Officials say they were not notified in advance as three homes face scrutiny and more removals were planned. The firm contracts with the state to care for wards of social services. On this date in 1952, Jonas Salk announced polio vaccine.
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Dubuque
Famco, Inc
Wayne Freiburger
Famco
State Department of Social Services
Fameco
Freiburger
Raymond Donlevy
Attorney General’s Office
Social Services Department
Cedar Rapids
Big turnout opens Cedar Rapids Home Show at Hawkeye Downs
A Thursday opening night drew 2,650 visitors, the third largest first-night crowd in show history. Exhibits included a 40-foot appliance display with plants, a simulated house front, and a stone outdoor setup. The show runs Friday 6–10 pm, Saturday 1–10 pm, Sunday 1–8 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa Music Contest AA Solo Ensemble Held at Jefferson
The Iowa High School Music Association sponsors a Class AA solo and ensemble contest at Jefferson on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. About 750 students from Jefferson Kennedy Washington Cedar Rapids City high Iowa City Central Columbus East West Waterloo Cedar Falls Charles City and Mason City will participate. The event is open to the public without charge with information in the main lobby.
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Iowa High School Music Assn
Jefferson
Kennedy
Washington
Cedar Rapids
City High
Iowa City
Central
Columbus
East
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Mason City
Judges Seek 34 5 Percent Pay Rise for Federal Bench
U S District Judge Edward J McManus of Cedar Rapids joins 36 federal jurists in a lawsuit against the government seeking a 34 5 percent pay raise retroactive to March 1969. The suit notes inflation eroded purchasing power from 1969 to 1975 and cites constitutional protections. Former Justice Goldberg filed the original complaint. ON THIS DATE in 1965 Lyndon Johnson ordered KKK investigation after four men were arrested for the fatal shooting of a white civil rights worker in Alabama.
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids
Appeals Court
U.S Court of Claims
McManus
Iowa
Tively
Nixon
Congress
Legislative Branch
Supreme Court
High Court
Arthur Goldberg
Lyndon Johnson
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Five Adults and Four Juveniles Arrested in Thefts Ring
Cedar Rapids police report five adults and four juveniles were arrested in a series of 51 thefts. The nine arrests cleared 27 larceny reports and several burglary and breaking and entering cases. several items were recovered. Adults named: Kenneth Willman 35, Donald Koach 39, Delane Rocarek 18, Lonnie Noggle 18, John Sawyer 38. Juveniles ages 15, 16, 17.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Frederick Willman
Third Avenue SE
Donald Lee Koach
Thirty-first Street
Delane Brian Rocarek
Third Street NW
Lonnie Lyle Noggle
Tenth Street
John Owen Sawyer
Twenty Seventh Street
Ely to become Bicentennial Community Saturday program
A Bicentennial progression will officially declare Ely a Bicentennial community during a Saturday 1 p.m. ceremony at the remodeled Community Center. Kathryn Worley of Ely will serve as master of ceremonies for the program which includes the presentation of the Bi-
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Ssy
Ely
Commuunity Center
Kathryn Worley
Centennial Flag Ceremony Presented to City Leaders
State Representative John Patchett presents a Centennial flag and certificate to Mayor Thomas Tielmeland and Bicentennial Chairman James Bager. The event includes a program open to the public with refreshments served afterward.
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Thomas Tielmeland
James Bager
John Patchett
North Liberty
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Bob Tischer
Hiawatha
Nashville Trend
Night Ladies Night
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Iqwa City
Josh
OE. Gregory
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Lancer
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Jeanie Shepard
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Ronch Supper Club
Ynute
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