Supervisors to Hold Hearing on 1970 Johnson County Audit
Iowa City Johnson county supervisors and County Atty Carl Goetz called a special hearing on the legality of the 1970 state audit. They instructed the auditor to ask a federal agency whether the state audit bill violated Nixon wage price guidelines. The board criticized the sizable bill of 9 276 52 for five auditors with no itemization and alleged duplication of costs from 1969.
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Carl Goetz
Johnson County
Lloyd Smith
Nixon
Atty. Goetz
Smith
Robert Burns
Burns
Thaw in Trade Eyed by Stans
MOSCOW UP I Secretary of Commerce Stans said the time is right for a thaw in Soviet American trade relations and announced exploratory talks to resume in Washington next month after an 11 day mission with Premier Kosygin and senior Soviet trade officials.
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UPI
Stans
Washington
Kosygin
Cedar Rapids Ambulance Service Wins Federal Grant
A federal grant approval allows Cedar Rapids ambulance service to place orders for three new units. Safety Commissioner John Oberthien said $6,750 of each $21,250 price will come from the grant, with the city covering the rest. The non profit service, formed by city and hospital council, has operated since May 1 from Mercy hospital with leased ambulances.
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Cedar Rapids Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Hunter Accepts International IBEW Duties
John Hunter, business manager for IBEW Local 1362 at Collins Radio Co., resigned Tuesday to join the international union. He will stay in Cedar Rapids and work from the Omaha district office covering Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Douglas Heiden, Hunter’s assistant, was named to complete the term.
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John Hunter
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Collins Radio Co
International Union
Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Douglas Heiden
Young Woman Hurt in Crash
Mary E. Samuelson, 23, of 711 Ninth Street SW, was admitted to Mercy hospital Tuesday morning after a one car crash in the 3900 block of Sixth Street SW. She was in satisfactory condition with head, face and knee injuries. police said she lost control, her car went over an embankment and rolled onto the Sixth Street SW service road. No charges. Janet M. Lane, 36, of 1013 Third Avenue SE, received emergency treatment at Mercy hospital Tuesday morning after being struck by a car at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE. she was released after treatment. Doris R. Clasen, 3811 B Avenue NE, driven car slid on snow while stopping for a red light and struck Lane as she stepped from the curb. no charges.
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Mary E. Samuelson
Ninth Street
Mercy Hospital
Sixth Street
Janet M. Lane
Third Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Doris R. Clasen
B Avenue NE
City installs largest Cedar Rapids Christmas tree this year
City workers placed a 30 foot home grown fir in the plaza after removing it from the 300 block of Twenty fourth avenue SW where it grew in the path of scheduled work on 1380. The tree will stay through most of the winter as several hundred lights will decorate it with Finis Hudson and Glenn Shultz shown securing a support wire.
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Cedar Rapids
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Finis Hudson
Thirty-fifth Street
Glenn Shultz
Waveland Drive
Du Pont Family Accused Of Creating Delaware State Power
A Ralph Nader linked study group accuses the du Pont family and their chemical firm of creating a company state in Delaware that exploits land people and resources. The report details firings allegations of pressuring editors and control over media and nonprofits while proposing tax and governance changes.
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Ralph Nader
du Pont
Delaware
Nader
du Ponts
National Guard
Wilmington
Martin Luther King
Pennsylvania
du Pont Public Relations Department
Cuba
U.S
John Williams
Williams
Wilmington Morning News
Christiana Securities Co
du Pont Co
State University
du Pont Estates
Dr. LaMore to Speak Thursday at Coe College
Dr. George E. LaMore Jr of Iowa Wesleyan College faculty will speak at Coe College Cherry Auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p m on The Death and Resurrection of God The talk traces religion from the God is Dead doctrine of the 60s to mysticism in the 70s It is free to the public LaMore chairs the humanities division religion and philosophy at Iowa Wesleyan and directs the Middle East Institute He co founded and directs The Minister and Mental Health program to train religious leaders in personal counseling.
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Iowa Wesleyan College
Coe College
Cherry Auditorium
God
LaMore
Iowa Wesleyan
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