City council leaders seek permanent police chief amid department rift
Colton defends approach as officers express distrust toward command staff and LaPeters influence. He wants a permanent chief to restore stability, notes that transferring Wallace Johnson eased some tension but vows not to meddle in collective bargaining unit personnel. A liaison idea gains cautious support as council plans further talks after weekend.
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Canney
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Phillips
Donald Sawyer
The
Carter invites widen access to inaugural events tone
Rex Granum outlined invitations for the inauguration but noted many events will be limited. He said Carter will appear in formal attire yet aim for a modest, people oriented tone. Granum also cited foreign greetings and plans to meet with Dean Rusk, with Mondale to visit Plains next week.
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Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
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White House
Plains
Dean Rusk
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Nixon
Jordan
Watson
Iowa GOP names four floor leaders in House race
Rep. Floyd Millen was re elected minority floor leader after four ballots. An drew Varley and Rep. James West drew votes as leaders in contention with Lipsky and Stromer chosen as assistants. Democrats hold 60 40 edge. Millen cites urban rural liberal conservative balance and vows unity to push property tax reform highway financing and prison crowding solutions in 1977.
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UPI
Iowa House
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Millen
Andrew Varley
Stuart
Varley
House
James West
State Center
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Delwyn Stromer
Garner
GOP
66Th General Assembly
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Stromer
Varley and Lipsky
Ray
Iowa
Where Are You Thor and Blueboy The Dog
Laurie Nelson seeks the return of her nine month old Doberman Thor after the dog was mistaken for a stray and passed through several hands. She learned the man who held Thor may be named Rex and wants the dog back. A police report was filed Friday.
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Fifth Street
Laurie
Chuck
Springville
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Oklahoma
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Obituaries feature Elizabeth Bell Irvin Fleming deaths
Elizabeth Gifford Bell died at 60 at home after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. Born Oct 12, 1916, she married Robert Bell in 1940 and lived in Cedar Rapids. survived by husband, daughter Cynthia Linda, son William Jo Bell, stepson Beldon Bell, seven grandchildren. Services pending with Turner's East and West chapels. burial Linwood Cemetery. Irvin Fleming, 67, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died in Pocahontas, Ark after a short illness. survived by wife Victoria and three sons, three daughters, a sister and eight grandchildren. arrangements pending Cedar Memorial. The obituary lists several other local deaths with service details and funeral homes.
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Fairway Terrace SE
Cedar Rapids
Robert P. Bell
Kirksville
William Jo Bell
Sarasota, Fla
Beldon Bell
Evansville
Ind
Irving H. Fleming, Jr
Pocahontas
Ark
Central City
Victoria Abraham
Mr. Fleming
Victoria
Robert Fleming
Burlington
Tom Fleming
Irvin Fleming
Moss Point
Miss
Laverna Fleming
Davenport
Sharon Fleming
Paragould
Pearl Palmer
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Arlington
John Gamm
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gleim’s
Taylorsville Cemetery
Blairstown
William
del) Hannen
Calvary Methodist Church
T.W. van Beck
Goettsch Funeral Home
Hazleton
Sue Perry, Jr
White Funeral Chapel
Independence
Wilson Cemetery
Sigourney
Forrest G. Maters
Brooklyn
Garland- VanArkel Chapel
Oskaloosa
Holm Funeral Home
Hoover Memo: Oswald Told Cubans of Plan
Washington reports that a memo by the late FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says Lee Harvey Oswald told Cuban officials he planned to assassinate President Kennedy. The Justice Department has the memo. the Post cites a highly reliable informant claiming Castro was advised of the meeting in Mexico City before November 22, 1963.
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Kennedy
Washington Post
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the Post
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Mexico City
Dallas
CIA
Search Begins for First Americans
A manhunt is launched in Alaska to locate signs of the first humans in the New World. Gary Everhardt of the National Park Service and Robert E. Doyle of the National Geographic Society announce a three year joint research effort. Archaeologists and scientists from multiple disciplines will oversee excavations at the most promising sites in cooperation with Siberia and Canada projects.
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Bering Land Bridge
Asia
Gary Everhardt
Interior Department
National Park Service
Robert E. Doyle
National Geographic Society
Siberia
Canada
Youth Apprehended After Escape From Eldora School
A 17 year old who escaped from the Eldora training school for boys was captured Friday afternoon at First street and I avenue NE. Officials took him to the juvenile detention center and only the Eldora address was available for the youth.
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First Street
I Avenue
Firing squad executes two Romanian torture suspects
In Bucharest, Romania Libera reports two Romanians, Aurel Rus and Ion Mihailescu, were executed for torturing two women to death in northeast Romania. Mihailescu also robbed and killed a third victim, the paper adds.
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Romania
Romania Libera
Aurel Rus
Ion Mihailescu
Mihailescu
Gilmore Seeks Death as Governor Refuses Stay
Utah governor Calvin Rampton rejects Gilmore's bid to cancel the stay of execution and leaves the killer's fate to the Utah Board of Pardons. Gilmore appeals for moratorium while Texas killer Robert Excel White seeks Dec 10 execution. Gilmore proposes prime time deterrence and faces public hearing next week.
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UPI
Calvin Rampton
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Rampton
Utah Board of Pardons
Texas
Robert Excel White
Tom Ryan
McKinney
Tex
White
James Owen Livingston
Dennis Boaz
Utah Supreme Court
Boaz
San Francisco
Weather and Birth Notices From Cedar Rapids Area Almanac
Daily PMR Weather summary reports rainfall totals for November, barometer, humidity, wind at 10 p.m. NNW, sunrise and sunset times, and extended forecast with teens to mid 20s lows and 40s highs. Birth announcements list three newborns from St Lukes and Cedar Rapids families, plus multiple couples with residences. Also notes two minor fires and vehicle exhaust incidents in Cedar Rapids area.
The Official Seal Kings of France and Secrecy
The early kings of France placed three chairs plucked from their beards in the seal of official papers to lend the documents greater sanction.
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CIA over Hoover's head to bug Chilean embassy in 1971
CIA planned to bug the Chilean embassy in Washington in 1971 72. Hoover blocked the move then reversed after Mitchell urged action. FBI installed wires then pulled or silenced them in early 1972 under CIA backing. The operation spanned eight months, ending after Hoover threatened to expose it to Congress. Actress Jean Seberg is 38 today.
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Random House, Inc
Orlando Letelier
Washington Square
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Santiago
Allende
Wise
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Ford Administration
Helms
Richard Helms
John) Mitchell
Mitchell
State Department
Murder Suspect Will Not Be Extradited
Iowa City homicide case ends extradition bid as Scott County declines to pursue arrest warrant. Investigators sought to question a California woman in the May 16, 1966 shooting death of Ronald Lipsius after a cash register theft. Johnson County seeks to continue the inquiry despite lack of warrant grounds.
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Iowa City
California
Iowa
Johnson County
Jack Dooley
Scott County
Ned Wehr
Ronald F. Lipsius
Lipsius
Dooley
Theft reported of saxophone at LaSalle High School
Douglas Hadish, owner of LaSalle High School, says a saxophone valued at 200 dollars was stolen from the school. At a separate site, Tom Bowker and Son report a rotary machine worth 250 dollars missing from a job site at 1850 Waconia Avenue SW. Alvin Hagedorn reports a diamond and emerald ring worth 800 dollars stolen from his kitchen table at 2129 Forty-second Street NE.
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LaSalle High School
Douglas Hadish
Hamilton Street
Waconia Avenue
Tom Bowker and Son
Alvin Hagedorn
Forty-second Street
Guadalcanal clash notes heavy naval losses for Japan
On this date in 1942 the two day naval Battle of Guadalcanal unfolded with Japan losing two battleships one cruiser three destroyers two submarines and eleven cargo vessels or transports in the engagement.
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Guadalcanal
Gazette Co Daily Cedar Rapids Subscription Rates
Established in 1882 by The Gazette Co and published daily and Sunday at WO Third ove SE Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates by carrier 5 per week and 40 per year, mail 22 weeks 70. The Associated Press is entitled to exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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