Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Local Society Appointments
Cedar Rapids reports show engineering society reappoints Donald P. Hattery of Shire-Hattery and Assoc as co-chairman and John S. Wasson of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric as chapter activities chair. Multiple community notices follow including speakers, charitable drives, and local ads. A 1974 car incident caused approx. $600 damage at 2260 Country Club Parkway SE.
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C.A. Reeve
Country Club Parkway SE
Lost Youths Body Recovered in Cedar River near Charles City
The body of 16 year old Douglas Hunt was recovered Saturday by the father of a girl who spotted it downstream. Hunt fell into the Cedar River near the Beauty dam around 11 p.m. May while walking with two friends. One friend attempted a rescue. high water and swift current hampered search efforts for a week.
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Charles. City
Charles City
Cedar River
Douglas Hunt
Arthur Hunt
Hunt
May
Exiled Solzhenitsyn Seeks Ontario Home
The Nobel laureate exile Alexander Solzhenitsyn seeks a secluded Ontario residence to establish permanent residence. Toronto Star reports University of Toronto sources say he has been offered a writer in residence post after his interest in living in Ontario became known.
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Nent
Toronto Star
University of Toronto
Solzhenitsyn
Ontario
U S Firms Shield CIA Operations Under Commercial Cover
Washington reports that the CIA has long used American firms as cover for overseas intelligence work. The practice, called commercial cover agreements, allegedly involved more than 20 companies across petroleum, banking, publishing, travel and other sectors. CIA agents were placed in foreign offices while profit from legitimate business supported the covert operation.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Howard Hughes
CIA
C.I.A
Fodor
Travel Guides, Inc
Advertising Age
J. Walter Thompson Co
Thompson
Paris
Tokyo
Eugene Fodor
Travel
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Summa Corp
Hughes
Pacific Ocean
Insurance firms face malpractice crisis and new pricing
St Paul reports an $18 million 1974 loss on medical malpractice and plans a claims made pricing shift to seven premium classes. The system aims to match premiums to losses by year, with coverage staged over five years. Major carriers include St Paul Companies and Aetna, covering about 48,000 doctors. Critics call the moves band aids while debating verdict limits and damages for malpractice cases.
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St. Paul
St. Paul, Medical Protective of
Fort Wayne
Ind
Aetna Insurance Co
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
General Reinsurance Co
Resignations Accepted of Four Dominican Military Chiefs
President Balaguer in Santo Domingo accepted the resignations of four military chiefs. A brief letter stated the officers quit their posts for not agreeing with recently taken decisions.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
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National Council On Crime and Delinquency
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Third Avenue SE
Consumer Credit
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids Consumer Credit Assn
Montrose
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Peggy — Charter Coaches Inc
All Saints School
Bow- Pratt
All Saints
Bowman Woods
Klinger Paint Co
Adv
Lincoln Room
Central Ymca
Ken Hastie
Rexroat Chiropractic
Johnson Ave
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Canopus Club
Don Gardner
State Department of Transportation
Dales
Debbie Hendricks
Tomahawk Trail
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Phi Beta Kappa
Sue Tilden
Linden Terrace
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kan
Ralph Myers
Temple Judah
Lindsay Lane
Orland Handelland
Linn County
Department of Social Services
St. S.E
Parents
Parents Anonymous
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Travel and Transport
Linn
Mike Ster
Coggan Fire Department
Duchess Cleaners
Kiwanis
Pierson's Florists
Ellis Blvd
Mt. Vernon Rd
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Corn Sweeteners Co
Wapsier
Rotary Club
Dick Freeman
Linn County Extension
Sertoma Club
Iola
the Elks
Berger Furrier
Bee Rene
Toronto
Alex
Ander Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
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N.Y. Times Service
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Anesthesiologist Group
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