Light Stolen From Boat. Local Notices Include Sales and Events
City brief mentions a stern light stolen from Francis Becker’s boat on Wednesday, valued at $20. The page also lists multiple ads: garage sale at 3924 14th Ave SE, office space for rent at Executive Plaza, a beauty salon special, a Greek pastries sale at Lindale Plaza, a wildlife film showing tomorrow, a Master Masons event, a fence theft report, a country store at Erskine School Carnival, and various community notices including a rummage sale, fur and jewelry for sale, a birthday dance, Mother’s Day gifts, Lebanese Food event, and court admissions. Also notes a grandson’s death in Sacramento and local floristry ad.
President Nixon Hosts Borlaug at White House Farm Exhibit
President Nixon and Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug toured a White House yard exhibit ahead of a Friday salute to agriculture. Borlaug explained how his drought resistant wheat yields more than earlier varieties, a breakthrough now grown on 24 million acres worldwide, while officials including Secretary Hardin and several Iowa visitors observed five wheat varieties and a sign promoting agricultural peace.
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Washington
Nixon
Norman Borlaug
White House
Borlaug
Cresco
Iowa
Hardin
Mexico
Jack Miller
Rep
H. R. Gross
Senate Reconsiders Mobile Home Bill in Iowa Senate
DES MOINES Iowa senate votes to reconsider a mobile home movement bill and to re consider an amendment that sets over width movement rules for pavements 24 feet or wider. The amendment limits certain mobile homes to permits and delays action until unfinished business calendar.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Senate
Waterloo Men Change Pleas in Counterfeit Case
Two Waterloo men, Robert Cage and Michael P. Housman, pleaded guilty in U S district court Cedar Rapids to conspiracy to defraud the government and passing counterfeit $20 bills. Judge McManus will receive a probation report before sentencing. They were arrested October 19 and arraigned April 8. Cage allegedly passed a counterfeit at Arlans. Housman at a service station.
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Waterloo
U. S
Cedar Rapids
Robert Cage
Michael P. Housman
Edward J. McManus
James Hodges
Hodges
Arlans
Housman
Cedar Rapids youth fined after high speed chase
Douglas J. Sovers, 19, of 2849 Thirteenth Avenue SE, faced 11 charges after a Thursday chase that ended when he crashed into two parked cars on Third Avenue SE. He was fined a total of 251.50 dollars, including court costs, and released. The crash caused about 4,200 dollars in vehicle damages to the involved cars.
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Douglas J. Sovers
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Lovers
Dennis D. Long
Thirty-fourth Street
Allan A. Arp
Norway
Sovers
125 Tops June Draft Numbers
Washington AP reports selective service sets local board calls at 125 for June, matching May and up from 100 early this year. The 125 figure compares with 170 in last June, with quotas of 20,000 for May and June. Defense raised May call from 15,000. a “wanted” ad would note the change.
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Washington
Selective Service
Department of Defense
Arson Fire at Columbus Hotel Kills Two
A mother and child died in a Columbus hotel arson on the fifth floor hallway. A dozen residents were trapped as flames spread the length of the corridor. Fire Chief Kenney said gasoline was poured down the hallway and ignited. The husband is in critical condition. Victims appear to be Latins, names not released. Firefighters rescued most remaining guests.
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Miami
UPI
Columbus Hotel
Larence Kenney
Mills to unveil revenue sharing bill focusing on cities
House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills says he will offer his own revenue sharing plan aimed at cities rather than states and will hold hearings this month to scrutinize President Nixon's tax sharing proposal with the goal of defeating it. The Nixon proposals include one giving $5 billion with broad discretion and another targeting $11 billion for specified purposes.
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House
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Nixon
Mills
Third Person Goes on Trial in Burglary Case
The trial of Marion K. Black 30 of Des Moines in Cedar Rapids federal court centers on last November's Belle Plaine post office burglary. Black faces charges for transporting a stolen car from Picayune Mississippi to Belle Plaine while two accomplices Joseph Hill 25 and William Bell 41 are already serving prison terms. The burglary was interrupted by Belle Plaine Police Chief Richard Novotny and postal employee Donald Janss. no items were taken. The case is slated to conclude Friday.
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Belle Plaine
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Marion K. Black
Des Moines
Picayune
Miss
Joseph Hill
William Bell
Hill
Bell
Richard Novotny
Donald Janss
Steering Committee Named in Senate
Des Moines Iowa Senatorial leadership announced a steering committee to decide which measures stay on the regular calendar and receive consideration during the remaining days of the session. Members include Lamborn as chairman and Sens Briles Brownlee Gaudineer Miller Potter Walsh.
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Senate
Charles Miller
Burlington
Ralph Potter
Marion
John Walsh
Dubuque
National Honor For Serena Cross At Indiana Conference
Kennedy High School senior Serena Cross won fourth place in a national job application contest at the National Office Education conference in Indianapolis. She competed in a field of 40 students from 12 states, completing a letter of application a job form and a personal interview for a theoretical position.
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Serena Cross
Eighth Street
Kennedy High School
National Office Education Conference
Indianapolis
Miss Cross
Youth Admits Selling LSD in Linn District Court
Gary R. Alfers pled guilty to sale of LSD in Linn district court. Judge B. J. Maxwell sentenced him to a suspended one year term in the reformatory and placed him on probation for an Aug. 21 sale to two undercover agents. The 19 year old suspect was arrested in Cedar Rapids on Sept. 8.
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Gary R. Alfers
Linn District Court
B. J. Maxwell
Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Girl 18 Charged in Crash
Claudia E Wortman 18 of 1202 Raney Street Hiawatha was charged with failure to yield at a stop intersection after a collision with a Walter E McCain car at Collins Road and Council Street NE. Wortman and three others were treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
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Claudia.e. Wortman
Raney Street
Hiawatha
Walter E. McCain
Elgin
Collins Road
Council Street
Miss Wortman
David
Helen Wortman
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roofers Post Pickets Halt Major Cedar Rapids Construction
Roofers union posted pickets at many job sites in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City area causing major construction work to shut down Thursday. The union rejected parts of a wage agreement while accepting the pay raise, and federal mediators sought a meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Roofers
Palo
Tyler School
Westinghouse
Jerome Kriz
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Kriz
Washington
Darrell Schumacher
Allied Construction Interests
Red Cross Details for Tornado Areas Across Four States
Linn county American Red Cross will provide health and welfare inquiries for friends and relatives in Missouri Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma tornado zones by noon Friday. People with relatives in affected areas can call 366 3538 Friday afternoon for information. Cities named include Kirksville Joplin Arvilla Conway Rothville Galileo? Wait.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kirksville
Joplin
Arvilla
Conway
Rothville
Galena
Kan
Waggoner
Haskell
Okla
New Market
Vote to Suspend Aid to Pakistan in Senate Action
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to suspend all U S military aid and military sales licenses to Pakistan until the East Pakistan conflict is resolved, despite administration opposition.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Pakistan
East Pakistan
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City Briefs
Francis Becker
Barker’s
Adv
14Th Ave
Executive Plaza
1St Ave. SE
Pam McGowan
Betty’s
Beauty Nook
8Th Ave
Lindale Plaza Mall
Audubon Wildlife Film
England
Cee
Embassy Club
Ray Banowetz
U.S
Dial
Paul Horan
Eighteenth Street
Concordia Lutheran Church
Johnson Ave
N.W
Bob Hersom
FBA
29Th St. NE
Sykora Bakery
Bernard Grabek
Mercy Hospital
Bishop’s Downtown
Harley W. Malone
Mt. Vernon Road
Douglas Malone
Sacramento
Calif
Harley W. Malone, Jr
Pierson’s
FTD
Iowa District
Borlaug View Farm
Douglas Sovers
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Mens Shop
Lindale Plaza
Red Cross
Arlans Discount Department Stores
KODAK
Maine
Colorado
Big Value
Cfdar Rapids
First Avenue East
Steoppens
Sevier
Hiltbrunner
Second Street
Hathaway
Damon
Munsingwear
Revere
Jaymar Cary Middlecoff
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