Washington students oppose tuition hike in Iowa
Washington high school student government urged Gov. Robert Ray to fund the University of Iowa, warning 400+ students could be forced to leave if tuition rises and student aid shrinks. The letter criticized a tax pledge, called for protecting protest rights, and was signed by student leaders and routed to Linn County legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Robert Ray
University of Iowa
University
Washington
Ray
Iowa
John Middleton
Ron Harstad
Student Forum Project
Harstad
City Briefs showings and sales around town this weekend
Area 10 Practical Nurses sponsor a Saturday 1 30 p m meeting at Olivet Presbyterian Church open to the public with a county attorney speaker. Rummage and bake sale at 111 2nd Ave SE previously Family Shoe Store. Also ads for dry cleaning specials, a $25 reward for info on a 1964 Chevelle Malibu SS convertible license 10 2973, and multiple community notices from Temple Judah Malt a Chapter OES and other local groups.
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ADC
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Area 10
Practical Nurses
2Nd Ave. SE
Family Shoe Store
First Avenue
Schamberger Motor
Kirkland Elected AFL CIO Secretary-Treasurer
George Meany announced Joseph Lane Kirkland as secretary-treasurer of the AFL CIO. He succeeds William Schnitzler effective July 1, is 47, a Camden South Carolina native and former merchant ship officer, serving as executive assistant to Meany since 1960.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Joseph Lane Kirkland
Labor Federation
Kirkland
William Schnitzler
Meany
Camden
S.C
Columnists Today Louis Harris and Baker Evans Novak
A compact page lists daily columnists for today including Louis Harris with a poll focus and columns by Russell Baker along with Evans and Novak, indicating the set of opinion writers appearing on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harris
Russell Baker
Evans and Novak
Creen Named President of Dubuque Diocese Education Board
Joseph Creen of Cedar Rapids is elected president of the Dubuque Archdiocesan board of education at a Dyersville meeting last weekend. He succeeds Leonard J. Keefe of Cedar Falls and will chair monthly meetings. Creen is manager of the applied systems department at Collins Radio Co and has served on the board since 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Creen
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Creen
Mansfield Avenue
Dyersville
Leonard J. Keefe
Cedar Falls
Archdiocesan Board
Archdiocese of
Applied Systems
Collins Radio Co
Regis High School
Youth Arrested for Shoplifting at Spartan Store
John M. Novak 19 of 3711 Cottage Grove avenue SE was arrested Wednesday morning at the Spartan store 4601 First avenue SE on a charge of shoplifting goods valued at more than 20 dollars. Authorities say Novak left the store without paying for fishing equipment valued at 41.61 dollars. He posted 110 dollar bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Novak
Cottage Grove Avenue
Spartan
First Avenue SE
Novak
Rights Agency To Meet in All Sections of City
The Cedar Rapids mayoral commission on human rights will hold four neighborhood meetings in city quadrants to learn minority needs. The first gathering is Tuesday at 7 45 p.m. at Jane Boyd Community House. State Rep. A Jane Franklin urged grassroots outreach to earn minority trust for effectiveness. The meeting will include Realtors counseling agency members led by Robert Stonebraker, with liaison members William Davis Robert Long Wilbert Mitchell Elmer Smith Jr and Rev Le Roy White also invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jane Boyd
Fourteenth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Jane Franklin
D-Des Moines
Commission
Realtors Counseling Agency
Robert Stonebraker
William Davis
Robert Long
Wilbert Mitchell
Elmer Smith, Jr
LeRoy White
Welch Indicted on Draft Law Violation
Ampers Welch Jr aged 26 of 1312 Twenty second avenue southwest was among 12 men indicted in Milwaukee by a federal grand jury for violating selective service laws. The Linn county draft board found no record of his registration. A separate assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury charge filed last month by a Cedar Rapids woman was dropped.
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Ampers Welch, Jr
Twenty-second Avenue
Milwaukee
Welch
Associated Press
Linn County Draft Board
Cedar Rapids
Trench The Mariana Trench Deepest Point Revealed
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest point on Earth at about 36 198 feet, a record depth measured by oceanographers using sounding methods and submersible data.
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Mariana Trench
Pacific Ocean
Three Men Face Assault Charges In City Court
Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. heard three assault cases Thursday. Richard Ritchison, 30, Lisbon, pleads innocent. trial set June 10 at 2 p.m. He is accused by wife Carmen M. Ritchison, 195 Mayden Ave SW, of attempting to choke her on May 7. Gary Countryman, 1406 First St NW, must plead or move by June 13 at 9:30 a.m. for assaulting Shirley J. Hughes, 109 Fifth St NW on April 26. Aaron E. Two Elk, 28, 1434 Thirty-second St NE, pleads innocent. trial June 5 at 9:30 a.m. for jumping from a car on Thirteenth St SE in May and striking Bruce H. Middleton. All are free on bond.
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Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Richard Ritchison
Lisbon
Ritchison
Carmen M. Ritchison
Mayden Avenue
Gary Countryman
First
Shirley J. Hughes
Fifth Street
Aaron E. Two Elk
Thirty-second Street
Two Elk
Thirteenth Street
Bruce H. Middleton
Hearing May 27 On Assault Charge Filed Against Robertson
Dennis L. Robertson of 628 Third Avenue SE requested a preliminary hearing on an assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury charge. Hullinger Jr set the hearing for May 27 after Robertson’s April 24 incident with Ronna Robertson of 615 Third Avenue SW who alleges he threatened her with a hunting knife at her residence. Robertson is free on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis L. Robertson
Third Avenue SE
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Robertson
Ronna Robertson
Third Avenue
Local Man Arrested on Assault Charge After 3 A.M. Incident
Theodore Sloane aged 46 of 1601 B avenue NW was arrested on charges of assault and intoxication following a complaint by his wife Marilyn who said he struck her in the mouth at about 3 a.m. Thursday. He pled not guilty in municipal court and trial was set for June 5 after posting $110 bond on each charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Sloane
B Avenue NW
Marilyn
Sloane
Perry Harris Seeks Preliminary Hearing In Narcotics Case
Perry Harris, 21, of 611 Tenth avenue SE, demanded a preliminary hearing on a narcotics act violation. The hearing is set for May 27 at 2 p.m. Police say Harris fired a shotgun in the city and had a substance believed to be marijuana. He is jailed in Linn county on a $3,200 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Harris
Tenth Avenue SE
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Harris
Linn County
Pleads Guilty to False Check Count
Deanna L Landers pled guilty to false uttering of a check and received a 30 day jail sentence. The sentence was suspended on condition of restitution of a $14 96 bad check passed on December 21 1968 and placement on probation for one year.
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Deanna L. Landers
Third Avenue SW
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Spartan
First Avenue SE
May 27 Hearing on Assault Charge
Marlin G Pennington 39 of 380 Twenty sixth avenue SW demanded a preliminary hearing on an assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin G. Pennington
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Change of venue in assault case involving belt beating
May 27 at 2 p.m. Pennington released on his own recognizance after arrest May 3 when a Cedar Rapids woman filed an information accusing him of beating her with a belt earlier in the day. The case moves from Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers' court to a different venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Pennington
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Nixon seek peace move draws mixed reaction in Congress
Reaction from leaders in both parties varied as Nixon urged for responsive action from both sides in Vietnam. Speaker Fulbright cautioned the plan did not go far enough while Ford and Mansfield praised the President’s attempt to spur peace talks. Javits called the address restrained though noted ongoing questions about a path to end the war.
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Fulbright
Nixon
House
Gerald Ford
North Vietnam
Ford
Vietnam
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Jacob Javits
Rn.y
Javits
Nixon peace speech praised by Percy and Johnson allies
Senator Charles Percy praised President Nixon's Vietnam policy as a major step toward peace after Saigon signaled concurrence with the plan. Tom Johnson and W Averell Harriman offered cautious support, noting constructive elements but gaps and hopes for private leeway in talks.
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Charles Percy
Ill
Nixon
Saigon
Vietnam
Percy
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Two Injured in CR Collision At City Intersection
Two drivers were injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash at First avenue and Third street NW. Lester M. Harford of 1415 Twenty-sixth street Marion and Mel J. Beadle of 209 Sixteenth street NE collided while both reported traveling on a green signal. Both were treated at St. Luke's hospital for minor injuries and released.
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First Avenue
Third Street
Lester M. Harford
Twenty-sixth Street
Marion
Mel J. Beadle
Sixteenth Street
Harford
Beadle
St. Luke’s Hospital
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