New Iowa DOT Proposal Urged By State Planning Office
A state planning report urges Gov. Ray to form a state department of transportation that would consolidate agencies including the highway commission. The plan outlines a first generation DOT with divisions for planning administration highways aviation and water and intra regional transport. It recommends transferring functions from existing agencies and creating a transportation commission drawn from highway and aeronautics members.
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Court Lets Pontiac Busing Plan Stand
The Supreme Court refused to review Keiths ruling upholding a Detroit area busing plan in Pontiac Michigan. The decision found officials intended to promote segregation, with the court declining to comment or alter the lower court order. The unanimous vote upheld the plan and the finding of intentional segregation.
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UCS Campaign Reaches 20 Percent Of Its Quota
Cedar Rapids report shows $219233 pledged toward a 1096116 goal. Unit totals range from 179817 to 9800. overall progress at 20 percent. Notes describe school desegregation cases, bomb incidents, and arrests linked to local busing plans and housing permits.
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Sky Marshals and FBI Agent Fail to Stop 747 Hijack
The Boeing 747 jet with 221 passengers was hijacked from New York to Puerto Rico by an armed man who held a stewardess hostage. Three sky marshals and an off duty FBI agent aboard did not stop the hijack. The plane landed safely in Havana at 9:58 p.m. after about three hours.
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Four young women found dead in Iowa cases linked to violent deaths
BCI agents join state authorities in probing the deaths of Karen Streed 21 Cedar Rapids Karen Ann Goers 23 Oskaloosa Jeanie Marie Christensen 18 Storm Lake and Maureen Farley 17 Cedar Rapids. Officials note ages and violence but say no single suspect yet and no confirmed link between cases. Streed’s body was found near West Amana with head wounds after she had been missing since October 18.
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Eastern Iowans Back 1380 Northern Route
In Oelwein a sciber group of Cedar Rapids Center Point and others met to push for the north south route for 1880 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. Waterloo interests back a diagonal route while Sen. Tom Riley chaired the ad hoc committee urging the north south split. About 400 business men attended the meeting and debated the highway commission’s plan.
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U.N. Admits Communist China, Expels Nationalists in Split Vote
The U N General Assembly voted 76 to 35 with 17 abstentions to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate China at the U N and expel Chiang Kai shek’s Nationalist regime. A separate vote failed to expel Nationalists, widening East West rift and prompting protests from U S officials.
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U S Will Abide By UN Decision On Taiwan Expulsion
Secretary Rogers said the Nixon administration regrets expelling the Republic of China from the United Nations but will respect the majority decision. He warned the UN faces a financial crisis and possible overreach of funds, with some senators arguing the U.S. bears too much of the burden.
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Thant Appeals for Unity After UN Seat Move
Secretary General Thant issued a unity appeal after the United Nations expelled Nationalist China and awaited China’s acceptance of the new seat. He urged members to avoid bitterness and endorse the General Assembly decision, calling it a tremendous step forward taken last night.
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Kissinger Returns From China to Report to Nixon
Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger came back to the United States from a trip to Beijing and Shanghai and his party flew to Washington after their Boeing 707 was refueled to report to President Nixon on arrangements for the forthcoming presidential visit to mainland China.
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U N Fund Cut Debate Gathers Senate Vote Clash
Washington offered a heated Senate debate over slashing U.N. funding after Taiwan's expulsion. Sen Buckley and 20 others pressed for a major U.N. contribution reduction, while 32 senators opposed the plan. House and Senate leaders warned U.N. aid could shrink if Taiwan remained ousted.
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