Titan officer held for Soviet Embassy visits
Second Lt. Christopher M. Cooke, 25, a Titan missile launch officer at McConnell AFB, was charged with visiting the Soviet Embassy in Washington without reporting contacts with a communist country. He faces up to two years, has been placed in pre-trial confinement, and the case is referred to the Justice Department.
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Pentagon
Christopher M. Cooke
Richmond
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Kan
Cooke
U.S
McConnell
Air Force
Justice Department
Titan
Credit card theft scheme linked to shop bins
Nationwide link suspected as thieves empty trash bins from upscale stores to obtain names and card numbers. The item notes a widespread credit card scam tied to consumer data exposed in discarded records.
Americans Seek Space Problem Solutions Including Parking
The index notes that most Americans are deeply interested in solving space problems, with emphasis on parking and storage closets. It frames space efficiency as a national concern and a practical everyday issue.
Iowa Electric Rate Hike OKed for Ottumwa Plant Costs
The Iowa Commerce Commission approved a 9.8 percent residential electric increase effective Monday, allowing Iowa Electric Light and Power to collect about 19.6 million of the 26.5 million requested. The Ottumwa Generating Station startup costs drive about 74 percent of the raise, with a 3.73 dollar monthly rise for the average home. Public hearings are set for June 10 in Cedar Rapids and July 28 in Des Moines before final ICC ruling.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Electric
Ottumwa
Iowa Southern Utilities
Iowa Power and Light Co
Iowa Public Service Co
Commerce Commission
Webb
ICC
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Lucas State
Des Moines
Varley
Fox Puplets at Indian Creek Nature Center Recovering
A 22 month old gray fox pup plus siblings reside in a corn crib after being rescued from a farm near Prairieburg. The mother fled, one pup died and another was injured by a chainsaw. Naturalist Bark Perkinson says the litter remains wild and will be released back to the wild in about two months once they can survive independently.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Prairieburg
Bark Perkinson
Cedar Rapids Plans Driver Ed Fees Amid Legal Questions
Cedar Rapids Community School District moves to charge a $25 driver education fee for 1981 82 while book-use fees rise. Officials cite textbook fee legality but question driver ed charges as potential tuition. IowaSenator seeks attorney general opinion on whether driver ed fees are lawful and district authority to levy them.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William Rainbow
Otto Wiedersberg
Arthur Small
Iowa City
Steven Norby
Small
Norby
Ames
State Department of Public Instruction
DPI
USDA suspends livestock estimates for 90 days
The USDA will suspend daily advanced livestock receipt estimates at eight Midwest stockyards for 90 days starting Monday. Farmers in East St. Louis Joliet Kansas City Omaha Peoria Sioux City St Paul and South St. Joseph lose a key market gauge, though some see no impact.
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Usda Livestock Market News Service
Midwest
East St. Louis
Joliet, Ill
Kansas City
USDA
John Henning
Hartwick
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Jim Smith
Omaha
Smith
Sioux Falls
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