Knights of Pythias Speech Winners Named in Contest
Renee Snodgrass won the 31st Knights of Pythias speaking contest at Pythian Hall. Terri Grussing placed second. Both are McKinley junior high freshmen. Snodgrass is daughter of Larry Snodgrass, with speech on Our Forefather's Dream for America Are We Accomplishing It. Snodgrass advances to state in Iowa City.
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Eleventh Avenue SE
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Terri Grussing
Gary Grussing
Park Avenue SE
McKinley Junior High School
Miss Snodgrass
Larry Snodgrass
America
Snodgrass
Iowa City
Farmington
Senate and House Move New Bills on Military Aid Veto Fallout
Senate and House committees approve two year and one year military aid bills replacing the $4 billion foreign aid measure vetoed by President Ford. Both drop the Vietnam embargo provision but keep congressional veto powers and several Ford objections. The House cuts Korea aid by $310 million in protest.
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Senate
Ford
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Relations Committee
Korea
Park Chung Hee
Bomb explodes near AFN station in Frankfurt
A West German soldier lost part of a leg when a bomb he carried exploded near the Munich AFN headquarters. The incident follows the death of Ulrike Meinhof, whose body was found in a Stuttgart prison and who with others faced terror charges from the 1970s.
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West Germany
Munich
American Forces Network
AFN
Ulrike Meinhof
Stuttgart
U.S
Heidelberg
Meinhof
Cedar Rapids Senior Citizens Bus Service
Cedar Rapids Senior Citizens Bus Service contact number is 363-8244 for scheduling or inquiries.
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Cedar Rapids
Senior Citizens Bus Service
Two Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police charged Duane Huck 29 of Solon with drunk driving two speeding counts disobeying an officer and attempting to elude after an 8:47 p.m. incident on Edgewood roads. Huck allegedly fled at speeds to 90 mph before stopping and being arrested. Dorothy King 22 of 622 Sixteenth St SW was charged after her northbound Edgewood road NW car crossed the center line and struck a southbound car driven by Marvin Spragg 27 of 805 E Avenue NW at about 11:30 p.m. Spragg received treatment at St Luke's hospital for a possible neck injury.
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Cedar Rapids
Duane I. Huck
Solon
Edgewood Roads
Huck
Edgewood Road
Dorothy Louise King
Sixteenth Street
Marvin F. Spragg
E Avenue
Sue Lane
Spragg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Degrees awarded at Bob Jones University to Iowa graduates
East Iowans among 750 graduates receiving degrees from Bob Jones University. Among the honorees are Jesup student Debbie Ann Kimball BS and Iowa City resident Christine Carol Scott MA.
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