Nixon China Visit Endorsed by VA Director Johnson
Administrator Don Johnson of the Veterans Administration backed President Nixon’s mainland China trip to reopen relations. He said negotiators must proceed without early criticism and that any leadership change in China would still keep discussions alive. Johnson, in Iowa to speak at several events, also discussed VA issues and plans to send a VA representative to Marshalltown to review nursing-wing access for patients.
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Nixon
Mainland China
Cedar Rapids
Donald Johnson
Veterans Administration
West Branch
China
Johnson
Gus Wallace
Clarence
Red China
United States
Richard Rad
Lisbon
Iowa
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Radl
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Notices
City Chess Club meets Friday night from 8 30 p m to 1 a m at the Riverside recreation roundhouse. Reports theft a car entered Thursday a tape player 24 tapes and a tape case valued at 268 06 Moose members Ham dinner Saturday October 25 to 8 p m Adults 1 75. Rummage sale 1560 Linmar Dr NE 95. Cedar Rapids Boat Club auxiliary card party YWCA Saturday Oct 2 7 30 p m. Tools taken Bowman Woods Gulf service station 380 Blairs Ferry Rd NE Thursday night tools 200 to 250 stolen. Chicken and ham dinner All Saints Church Sunday October 3 Tickets 2 and 1 25 Serving 12 2 p m 4 6 p m Bucknell Marionettes and games. Ken Quinn elected City Finance Commissioner promises dollar sense and cleaner city no yard signs. Mrs Harry Kane 74 mother of Mrs Robert McAvoy and Mrs Helen Kane called to Lawler death Wednesday services Saturday Mt Carmel Catholic Church Lawler Larkin Martin Funeral Chapel in charge. Antique Sale Coliseum today tomorrow Sunday.
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Bowman Woods Gulf
Blairs Ferry Road
Robert McAvoy
Helen Kane
Cedar Rapids
Lawler
Harry Kane
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Larkin-Martin Funeral Chapel
Cedar Rapids Wins Final PEP Funding for 42 Jobs
Cedar Rapids has approved the balance of its Public Employment Program funds and will start hiring for 42 positions. City 22, Kirkwood CC 7, Linn County 6, Cedar Rapids School District 5, State Employment Service 2. Applications go through the state office. Vietnam veterans and minority groups get special consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Kuhlman
Kirkwood Community College
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Community
State
PEP
Kuhlman
Millions Kept For Souvenirs Beyond Mint Return
The government reports over 7.2 million dollars worth of old pre decimal pennies and a similar amount of half-pennies remain with the public after ceasing to be legal tender on August 31. A currency board spokesman says many people kept them as souvenirs.
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London
UPS
Royal Mint
Currency Board
TV Campaign Preview Lacks Cameras In Detroit
Michigan Democrats staged a televised campaign push for 1972 with bold posters reading TV 72 Total Victory in 1972. State Party Chairman James McNelly spoke to two reporters and four radio men but did not dwell on TV campaigning.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan
James McNelly
Huge Crowd Fetes Franco at Madrid Palace
A million-strong crowd gathered outside Spain’s national palace to honor Generalissimo Franco on the 35th anniversary of his 1936 takeover. He announced a broad amnesty reducing prison terms and freeing inmates jailed up to six months. Juan Carlos stood with Franco as the crowd cheered.
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Madrid
National Palace
Franco
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Juan Carlos
McCarthy Says Democrats Offer No Clear 72 Campaign Plan
Former Sen. McCarthy in Santa Barbara states many Democrats take a negative stance toward the 1972 race. He argues the Democrats have not defined a clear position or presented a real alternative to Nixon’s policies.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Nixon
Sen. McCarthy
Slight Error in Vases in Museum
In Versailles at the Grand Trianon a guide and visitor Pai Hsiang kuo of Peking misidentify vases as Chinese or Japanese. The Chinese official, head of a delegation to Western Europe since 1949, notes a vase is Japanese, prompting a corrected assessment and a startled response from the guide.
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Versailles
Grand Trianon
Louis XIV
Mme. de Montespan
Pai Hsiangkuo
Peking
China
Europe
Mao Tse-tung
Pai
Relief Column Lifts Siege of Firebase Tran Hung Dao
A 1,200-man South Vietnamese relief column from Highway 22 linked with defenders to lift the siege of Firebase Tran Hung Dao 70 miles northwest of Saigon after five days of shelling. A second relief column met stiff resistance near the base, and two U.S. helicopters were shot down while landing the first column. American B 52s struck a Vietnamese supply base near the Cambodian border as Lt. Gen. Trinh said shelling lessened.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Tran Hung Dao
Highway 22
Saigon
U. S
Krek
Alpha 4
Nguyen Xuan Trinh
U.S. Faces Chile Over Copper Firm Compensation
Washington objects to Chile deducting 744 million dollars as excess profits from compensation for nationalized copper firms Anaconda and Kennecott. Officials state the move strains relations and suggests a gap with international law, prompting Treasury concerns about private capital in developing nations.
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Washington
U. S
Chile
State
Treasury Departments
State Department
Charles Bray
U.S
Anaconda Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Bray
Treasury
Connally
Young Hiawatha Man Accused of Assault
William Jordan aged 20 of 110 Sixth Avenue Hiawatha is held in the city jail on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. He allegedly attempted to rape a southeast Cedar Rapids woman after entering her home claiming he needed to use a telephone.
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William Jordan
Sixth Avenue
Hiawatha
Jordan
Cedar Rapids
Cub Scouts Pack 33 Awards At Cleveland School
Cub Scouts Pack 33 honors a list of boys who received awards Thursday at Cleveland school. Names include Lance John son Greg Cleveland Ron Luzum Dwight Johnson Rob Havlicek Mike Chichelly Rick Fort Tim Jeffrey Steve Mel son Mike Shedenheim Mike Perkins Dave Randall Brian Holmes Wayne Anderson Brad Marling Scott Marling Max Emerson Jim Emerson Steve Lekin Don Rosburg Jeff Jurgensen Alan Perkins Mike West Jeff Formanek Randy Ackerman Jim DeHook Tom Tharp Greg Penn Wayne Amsler Matt Evans Terry Utt Scott Argo Dana Ryan Mark Bennington John Hunt Trevor Tharp.
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Cleveland School
Lance Johnson
Greg Cleveland
Ron Luzum
Dwight Johnson
Rob Havlicek
Mike Chichelly
Rick Fort
Tim Jeffrey
Steve Melson
Mike Shedenheim
Mike Perkins
Dave Randall
Brian Holmes
Wayne Anderson
Brad Marling
Scott Marling
Max Emerson
Jim Emerson
Steve Lekin
Don Rosburg
Jeff Jurgensen
Alan Perkins
Mike West
Jeff Formanek
Randy Ackerman
Jim DeHook
Tom
Harris Plans Antitrust Change to Reshape Firms
Sen Harris announces antitrust legislation as he campaigns for president. He says the proposal would reorganize about one third of the nation s manufacturing firms, aiming to restructure corporate power and competition.
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Washington
UPI
Harris
D-Okla
Wells Qualifies For Cedar Rapids Finance Commissioner Candidacy
James Dale Wells, 43, of 1229 Twentieth Street SW, files nomination papers for Cedar Rapids finance commissioner, becoming the tenth candidate for the post. A two term Iowa House member from the 44th district since 1968, Wells cites government experience and service on multiple committees as qualifications, and notes his Cedar Rapids residency since 1955 and work at Quaker Oats. He is married with three children and active in union and church affairs.
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James Dale Wells
Twentieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Wells
Iowa
The
Quaker Oats Co
Marathon
Quaker
UCS
Methodist Men’s Club
Asbury United Methodist Church
House of Representatives
House
Krizek Found Guilty of Assault and Battery
Charles J. Krizek Jr. aged 48 of 258 Nineteenth Avenue SW was found guilty this week in municipal court of assault and battery and received a 30 day suspended sentence. He had been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm in relation to the November 30 shotgun wounding of Linn Deputy Sheriff Orlie Workman as two deputies investigated a farm break in east of Cedar Rapids. Krizek claimed he mistook the deputies for burglars. Judge John B. Reilly ruled an offense had occurred but not triable by indictment and ordered the reduced charge of assault and battery be filed. He pled innocent to the reduced charge and was found guilty.
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Charles J. Krizek, Jr
Nineteenth Avenue
Linn
Orlie Workman
Workman
Cedar Rapids
Krizek
John B. Reilly
Reilly
Want ads perform an im portant community service
Classifieds urge readers to check daily want ads as a valuable community resource. Short notices highlight routine services, job postings, and local bargains presented for broad public benefit.
Two Arrested for Shorewood Break In
Cedar Rapids men Thomas E. Carney III and Freddie E. Lederle Jr were held in the city jail on breaking and entering charges after they were apprehended inside the Shorewood restaurant at 1900 Collins Road NE Friday. Officials said nothing was missing and both were held pending arraignment.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas E. Carney, III
Regent Street
Freddie E. Lederle, Jr
L Street
Shorewood
Collins Road
Hart teens hurt in separate CR auto incidents
Kevin Smith, 15, of 61 Oklahoma avenue SW, suffered a chin laceration and broken teeth after falling from a car in the 5600 block of J street SW. He was treated at St. Luke's hospital and released. Ernest V. Goedken, 1353 First avenue NE, was admitted to University hospitals in Iowa City for observation after his car struck a tree in the 900 block of 1 avenue NE. He was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Kevin Smith
Oklahoma Avenue
J Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Smith
Herman J. Baer
Prairie Creek Trailer Court
Ernest V. Goedken
First Avenue NE
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Goedken
1 Avenue NE
McNamara First To File For Cedar Rapids Mayor
Walter L. McNamara 38 of 1544 Second Ave SE filed papers to run for Cedar Rapids mayor, the first candidate to qualify. A 1961 University of Iowa Law graduate and former Iowa legislator, he chairs a Cedar Rapids law practice and serves in several professional and civic groups. He criticized current leadership and pledged energetic, citizen focused governance.
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Walter L. McNamara
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
McNamara
University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa Legislature
American Bar Assn
Iowa State Bar Assn
Iowa State Historical Society
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Pilfered Tractor Truck Stole 462 Cases of Aspirin
New York police report a tractor truck was stolen by hijackers. The vehicle carried 462 cases of aspirin, valued at an unspecified amount, with no injuries reported.
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New York
UPI
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Kevin A. Kinney
Avenue NE
Moose
Linmar Dr
Steve Welton
First Street
Cedar Rapids Boat Club
YWCA
All Saints
Bucknell
Ken Quinn
Pol. Adv
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APPLE
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Golden Delicious
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C. J. Krizek, Jr
George Clark
Hart
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