Oil Spill Spreads After tanker wreck off La Coruna
Officials said leakage was halted but thousands of tons of Persian gulf crude continued washing onto northwest Spain beaches from the Urquiola. Authorities bond the ship and await investigation as oil threatens fisheries and marine life along 60 miles of coast.
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LA Coruna
Spain
Licano Flores
Persian Gulf
Francisco Eduardo Rodriguez
Caribbean
Institute of Oceanography
Torrey Canyon
England
France
Government relief for air rail passengers detailed
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports 102000 passengers with confirmed reservations were bumped from flights in fiscal 1975, amid calls to curb overbooking and improve compensation. Proposed changes include penalties for no shows and higher payouts, with a June 10 comment deadline. Denied boarding rules cap compensation at $200, plus $25 minimum, and outline rights for flight disruptions on domestic and certain overseas routes. The piece also notes Citicorp survey results on travel plans and outlines May 9 rail passenger rules from the Interstate Commerce Commission for Amtrak and major lines, including accommodations, food, shelter, and alternate transport when delays or missing connections occur.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Washington, D.C
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
United States
London
Paris
Small Claims Court
Aviation Consumer Action Project
Ralph Nader Group
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amtrak
Southern
Rock Island
ISU Stadium Delayed Naming Sparks Debate
The Iowa board of regents postponed naming Iowa State's new 7.5 million stadium. Students urged honoring Jack Trice, ISU's first Black player who died in 1923, but title remains with the ISU Foundation and delayed until ownership transfers. Board also agreed to shared bargaining duties for 10,000 non merit employees. The elephant trunk fact follows.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Iowa Board of Regents
Iowa State
Jack Trice
ISU
State University Foundation
W. Robert Parks
University
Harry Slife
Waterloo
S.J. Brownlee
Emmetsburg
Regents
Informational Session Set on Johnson County Facility
Iowa City officials schedule an information meeting on June 1 at 8 p.m. about a proposed city county law enforcement center west of the courthouse. Voters will decide on June 8 whether to approve 6.5 million dollars in bonds to finance the project. Tours of the 1899 jail will be offered May 23 and June 6 from 1 30 to 3 30 p.m.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Carnival marks Kirkwood tenth birthday celebration
Kirkwood Community College student congress hosted a tenth birthday carnival featuring a pig roast outdoor concert and dance. The event included games movies and a 250 pound birthday cake with participants John Swanson and Diane Benhart depicted in meringue while Norm Humble took a dunk at the baseball throwing booth.
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Student Congress
Kirkwood Community College
John Swanson
Kirkwood
Diane Benhart
Norm Humble
Anarchist kills head of large French bank in Paris
In Paris a 22 year old anarchist shot dead Jacques Chaine president of Credit Lyonnais and wounded his wife as they left the bank. The gunman Jean Bilski then killed himself. A separate Toulouse bank attack and other protests followed, with police noting possible links to anti kapital unrest.
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Paris
France
Ulrike Meinhof
Meinhof
Jacques Chaine
Credit Lyonnais
Jean Bilski
Bilski
Chaine
Jacqueline
Chaines
Chainel
Societe Generale Bank
Toulouse
Probe set into claim consultant tied to Iowa TRACIS aid
Iowa Attorney General Richard C. Turner announced a probe into a $294,000 overpayment to Planning Research Corp of McLean Virginia, the main consultant on the TRACIS system. An audit found total program spending of $4.37 million with $982,445 paid to the firm over 1970-75 as part of developing the crime and license data project. The audit noted strange records and Turner will seek billing accountability while TRACIS officials review invoices.
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Des Moines
UPI
Virginia
Iowa
Richard C. Turner
Planning Research Corp
McLean
Soviets warn U S over Cuban threats in Pravda
Moscow radio report cites Pravda warning that the United States is waging an anti Cuban campaign against the freedom island and will not remain indifferent to threats and pressure on Cuba. The article defends Cuba’s role in Angola and cautions against destabilizing Latin America.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Freedom Island
Cuba
Communist Party
Pravda
Kremlin
Latin America
Angola
People's Republic of
Washington
Republic of Cuba
Hemisphere
Jaycees Present Annual Awards at President's Ball
The Cedar Rapids Jaycees honored members Friday night at the President's ball. Peter King won the Dick Fetzer outstanding Jaycee of the year and the Bill McFann memorial awards. Carl Zobac earned the William H. Carmichael award and named outstanding executive officer. John Hamm received the Robert O. Bickel memorial award for outstanding committee chair. George Brunscheen named outstanding director, Dennis Shaheen the outstanding project chair. February’s outstanding Jaycee was Chuck Kacere for coupon book duties, and March’s was Al Harrs for legal counsel work.
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Cedar Rapids
Chuck Kacere
al Harrs
Protestants Killed in Belfast Street Ambush
A masked gunman leapt from a car and killed a Protestant man in his mid 20s in Belfast. He was married. The shooting marked the 114th confirmed killing this year and the 1,507th in nearly seven years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Yachtsman Cleared In Dog Duty Deaths At Sea
A federal jury in Camden found Cyril LaBrecque innocent of manslaughter and negligence in the deaths of crewmen Bradford Blakely and Paul Sagarino after his dog remained aboard a lifeboat. The Jan 1974 sinking near Atlantic City left two sailors to die in 43 degree water.
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Camden
N.J
Cyril LaBrecque
LeBrecque
Santa Ana
Calif
Bradford Blakely
Paul Sagarino
Wethersfield
Conn
LaBrecque
Sadie
Edgar
Atlantic City
U.S
Stanley Brotman
Asst
U.S. Atty
Bruce Goldstein
John McMahon
Florida
Goldstein
McMahon
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Turner
Tradis
Congress
Emporium’’ Crafts & Gifts
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