Cleaver To Return from Exile
Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver went to the U.S. embassy and said he would return to the United States Tuesday after seven years in exile. He sought an identity paper to reenter with his family, amid pending assault charges in Illinois and California.
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UPI
Eldridge Cleaver
U.S
United States
Cleaver
California
Dexiend
Calif
Black Panther
Soul On Fox
Big Clothing
Explosives Found Near QE2 While Docks Staged Guarded Search
In Southampton England police and troops searched the Queen Elizabeth 2 after a 400 pound cache of explosives was found near the dock. Officers questioned 42 people as crews and guards swept cabins and public areas for bombs amid IRA linked fears.
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Southampton
England
Irish Republican Army
Ment House
mid-Atlantic
Messares
Israel
Three Sentences In Fayette Court West Union
Fayette county district court judge Joseph Keele imposed one jail term and two fines on Friday. Henry John Vargason of Oelwein received a $200 fine for marijuana possession and court costs after a charge filed August 24 by Osiwein police. Steven Clark Smith of Oelwein earned a five day jail term with credit for time served on a marijuana possession charge filed October 24 by Gelwein police. Joseph Arnold of Gelwein faced a $206 fine plus court costs for an unlawful age telephone charge after pleading guilty.
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West Union
Fayette County
Joseph Keele
Henry John Vargason
Oelwein
Osiwein
Steven Clark Smith
Oclwein
Uma
Pili Costa Alaa
Smith
Gelwein
Joseph Arnold
Decorah Auctioneers Honored at Meeting
Decorah auctioneers received honors at the Iowa Auctioneers Association state convention in Des Moines. Lyle Erickson was named Man of the Year, receiving a plaque for his service to the Iowa group and the profession. Erickson since 1947, with 25 years in the association, also serves as first vice-president of the National Auctioneers Association. At a fund raising event, a "fun auction" with 26 auctioneers, Keil Erickson of Decorah was first runner-up, narrowly behind Rysy Atkins of Searsboro.
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Iowa Auctioneers Assn
Des Moines
Lyle Erickson
Iowa
Erickson
Staid Association
National Auctioneers Adsn
Wallace Diary Opening Tuesday at U of Iowa
IOWA CITY The Wallace diary of Henry Wallace longtime Iowan and New Deal official will be opened Tuesday at 8 am in the Main Diary on the University of Iowa campus. The 49 volume diary has lain in a vault for ten years under Wallace’s will. It will be open for inspection with a procedure for examination to be provided. Attending will be Willard Boyd and representatives from the state historical society Hoover Library and the university department of history. Wallace died November eighteenth 1985 and served as Roosevelt’s vice president and secretary of agriculture. He ran for president in 1948 on the Progressive party ticket. He was born and raised in Iowa and edited Wallaces Farmer magazine.
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Iowa City
Henry Wallace
New Deal Administration
University of Iowa
Termaine Wallace
Willard Boyd
State Historical Society
Hoover Library
U Ott Alsioty Department
Wallace
Franklin
Decorah Run Off for Council Seat
Decorah will hold a run-off for the city council between Donald Wurtzel and Thomas Wein after none of the three candidates won a majority in the November 4 vote. Wurtzel, Luther College student employment manager, led with 110 votes while Wein, a Decorah auto dealer, had 86 and Rolfe Haatvedt had 62. The run-off is scheduled for the next Tuesday.
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Decorah
Donald Wurtzel
Thomas Wein
Rolfe Haatvedt
Food Service
Luther College
Thomas ‘Weis
Free hot noon meals begin at Winneshiek hotel Viking room
Beginning Monday Winneshiek county elderly can receive a nutritious hot meal five days a week in the Viking room of the Winneshiek hotel from 11 30 a m to 12 38 p m George Pfister director of the nutrition program explains the meals provide at least one third of the daily allowance for those 60 and over Donations toward the cost are accepted to fund future meals The program is funded by the area Agency on aging and aims to improve health and reduce isolation among elderly residents unable to shop or prepare meals themselves
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Winneshiek County
Winneshiek
Viking
George Pfister
Northeast Community, Action Corporation
The
Commission On Aging
Title VII Nutrition For
Area Agency On Aging
Carter Florida straw poll underscores national contest
In Orlando Florida Carter won the state Democratic straw poll with 697 of 1 035 delegates while Milton Shupp received 60 votes and Wallace 37. Carter called the result an obvious test of strength saying it signals a southern surge. Wallace aides dismissed the outcome noting opposition from state party officials and stressing strategic armor for future contests.
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Orlando Fla
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
George Wallace
Florida
Carter
Pennsylvania
Milton Shupp
Wallace
Mis Plains
Gia
South
Alabama
Jon Axtell
Contempt session set over Cedar Rapids theater strike
In Linn district court theater owners seek contempt for alleged November 6 violations of an injunction against mass picketing at Stage 4 Paramount Iowa Stage 4 and Plaza theaters. Herb Johnson Wilbert Moves Barty Jerry Copeland and local IATSE members ordered to appear Wednesday at 9 a.m. to show cause.
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Cedar Rapids
Ovmers
Linn District Court
Was
Stage 4
Herb Johnson
Wilbert2ick
Moves Barty
Jerry Copeland
Interna Yonal Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Paramount
Iowa
Plaza Theaters
General Theatre Corp
J&b Amusement Corp
JSB Midwest Amusement Corp
Mt Vernon Lisbon walk-a-thon prizes go to top earners
Two Tomell college coeds won top prizes in a Mt Vernon Lisbon walk-a-thon raising funds for Amerikan Lang Aren. The bicycle winner donated her prize to Cedar Rapids Children’s Home and the television winner gave her windfall to an 87-year-old Lisbon woman. Both requested anonymity.
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Sali
Tomell College
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Luther Seniors Named To Research Program
Luther college seniors Asm Olson and Nancy Peterson were named to the Spring 1976 undergraduate research participation program at Argonne National Laboratory. The selection drew 55 participants from over 90 applications for a Jan 12 to Apr 30 term, part of a broader program that included 221 participants from several Iowa communities and Cornell students in a prior event.
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Decorah
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, Ill
Luther College
Asm Olson
Two Rivers
Wis
Nancy Peterson
DePere
Cornell Jazz Band Concert Thursday at King Chapel
Two Midwestern jazz groups will perform at Cornell College King Chapel Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Captain Blink from Iowa City and the Tony Brown Jazz Band from Minneapolis will play more than three hours of music.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
King Chapel
Captain Blink
Iowa City
Tony Brown
Minneapolis
Black Culture Weekend at Luther College Chooses Friday Events
Luther College hosts a Black Culture Weekend with the Black Studies Department and Black Student Union inviting Clark students and area high schools. Activities begin Friday at 10 30 a m with an eventing variety show and continue with programs on genealogy careers and opportunities. The eighth annual Ebony Club performance is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at 8 p m in Dante's on the Union's lower level.
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Luther College
Clark
Ereq
Luther
Ebony
Dantes
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