Cedar Rapids primary yields close parks race and clear mayoral win
Primary results show Steve Ovel and Elmer Delaney advancing to the parks commission general election after a tight field, while incumbent Mayor Donald Canney led the mayoral race with 70 percent of votes. Floyd Bergen leads safety commissioner with 67 percent, facing Stan McClurg.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve Ovel
Elmer Delaney
Stan Reinis
Ovel
Iowa Pipe & Supply Co
Delaney
Jeff Cook
Cook
Steve Sprague
Steve Miller
Donald Canney
Sandra Elmer-Cook
Canney
Elmer Cook
Floyd Bergen
Stan McClurg
Bergen
McClurg
David M. Butler
Floods Across Texas Oklahoma Hit Cow Towns Oil Cities
Rains and floods across Texas and Oklahoma drownings and evacuations with up to 18 inches of rain. Homes washed off foundations, hundreds flee to higher ground, shelters opened in Abilene, Breckenridge cut off, Gainesville flooded with Zoo animals killed, early storm death reported in Bowie.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Richard Hills
Fort Worth
Homer Lewis
Newark
Tarrant County
Abilene
Elbert Hall
National Guard
Breckenridge
Air Force
Gainesville
Ross Tamplin
Public Works
Frank Buck
John Mack Wells
Bowie
Waco
Begley and Grady Lead Marion Primary Race
Marion voters chose incumbent J Edward Begley with 302 votes and Patrick Grady with 151 votes to face off in November. Virginia Martinson had 139 and Brian Handel 41 in the four candidate at large race. Begley has served since 1977 and Grady is a new candidate with prior student government experience.
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Marion
J. Edward
Eddie” Begley
Begley
Patrick J. Grady
Marion High School
Grady
Virginia Martinson
A Ave
Brian Handel
Valley Park St
Fifth Ave
Vasey Ave
We had better protect the birds in this era
A short reflective note argues for bird protection as a symbol of peace while contrasting the stork with tax exemptions, ending with a cautionary stance on cultural or legal shifts.
Amnesty accuses FBI of fabricating evidence against activists
Amnesty International released a 144 page report alleging FBI abuses to jail Black Panther Elmer Pratt and AIM leader Richard Marshall. The London group urged an independent inquiry and cited alleged intelligence action shaping murder convictions in 1972 and 1976.
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London
Amnesty International Today
FBI
Human Rights
Reagan
Washington
Roger Young
Amnesty
Black Panther
Elmer Pratt
Richard Marshall
Ann Burley
Guards say Fort Madison riot spurred warden change
Des Moines reports that prison guards union leaders allege inmates and protesting wives pressured the state to replace the Fort Madison warden. They warn another riot could follow if the new warden is not satisfactory, citing a September rampage and a Monday social services decision effective December 1.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Don Miner
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
State Penitentiary
Miner
Department of Social Services
Begin backs Linowitz autonomy plan for Palestine
Carter quotes Israeli Prime Minister Begin saying Israel will accept Linowitz proposals for Palestinian autonomy. Begin spoke with Carter on Sept 15 during Carter's U S visit. The disclosure ties to negotiations with Egypt and Benazir Sadat's funeral context. A separate Maltese airliner bombing killed a baggage handler.
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Plains
Menachem Begin
U.S
Jimmy Carter Begin
Carter
United States
Middle East
Reagan
Israel
So Linowitz
Egypt
New York Times
Begin
Anwar Sadat
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Richard Burroughs
Mount Mercy College
Richard S. Curtis
John G. Hanlon
Cathy Mayor
James D. Roberson
Danney
Elmer
Tom Fruehling
Marion Bureau
J. Edward Begley
Patrick Grady
Marion Abby
Harvey
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