Tauke charges Blouin with campaign finance violations
Republican Tom Tauke accused Democrat Mike Blouin of federal election rule violations based on Blouin's campaign finance reports. Tauke cited unpaid payroll taxes, unreported brochure expenses, use of voter lists, and an unofficial office account in a press conference at the Town House Inn. Blouin denied illegalities calling the charges ludicrous.
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Tom Tauke
Mike Blouin
Tauke
Town House Motor Inn
Blouin
Iowa
Congressional Office
Campaign Committee
House
Clark calls Right to Work charge fabrication politics at worst
Sen. Dick Clark denounces a National Right to Work Committee complaint accusing him of accepting 93000 from AFL CIO affiliates as a fabrication. He points to the 1976 FECA amendments and argues AFL CIO unions are separate PACs for contributions and notes the FEC may rule before the election.
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Iona
Dick Clark
National
Right To Work Committee
Right To Work Group
Reed Larson
Federal Election Commission
Clark
Afl-Cio
FEC
Congress
Sharon Snyder
Congressional Conference Committee
Bill Oldacker
Oldacker
Snyder
The
Commission
Aflcio
Organized Labor
Portillo Praised for China Trip Opens Trade Doors
President Jose Lopez Portillo earned praise in Mexican papers after a six day visit to China where he signed pacts on culture sports tourism and trade. He then traveled to Tokyo for talks with Japan on expanded economic cooperation.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
China
Mexico
Lopez Portillo
Tokyo
Japan
Peking
Mount Vernon rezoning dispute lands in Linn County court
Robert Edleman seeks a court order forcing Mount Vernon to rezone 12 acres from agricultural to highway commercial. He alleges city action was discriminatory and hinders welfare by blocking a larger Ford dealership for Dave Taylor. The Oct 16 council vote rejected planning panel’s approval 3 to 2, citing strip zoning and potential loss of prime farmland.
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Robert Edleman
Mount Vernon
Dave Taylor
Planning and Zoning Commission
Edleman
Linn
64 year old questions cloud Shaver Park ownership
City Senior Planner Dick Koach told the City Council that 64 year old legal questions over Shaver Park require clarification. Donors Fred H. Shaver Jessica D. Shaver John S. Ely Bessie S. Ely and Ella S. Olmsted funded land in 1914 with a condition for an 18 foot boulevard around the park. The road was never built and irregular boundaries complicate any road work. The council sent the issue to the city attorney to decide whether the city must honor the stipulations or can modify them.
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Shaver Park
Dick Koach
Fred H. Shaver
Jessie D. Shaver
John S. Ely
Bessie S. Ely
Ella S. Olmsted
Kvach
Two Cedar Rapids Residents Injured in One Car Crash
Two Cedar Rapids residents were hospitalized in Dubuque after a Saturday night single vehicle crash on U S Highway 52 near Richardsville. Mark Moser, 22, was treated for a concussion and internal injuries in satisfactory condition after the car skidded, cut a guard rail, plunged over an embankment, and crashed into a tree. Elaine Stoffel, 22, in serious condition with rib fractures and internal injuries, was in the ICU.
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Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Richardsville
Mark Moser
Sixth Ave
Mercy Medical Center
Elaine Stoffel
Glass Road
U.S. Highway 52
Moser
Stoffel
Iran business seminar in Cedar Rapids touts vast potential
A Cedar Rapids seminar on Iran business drew 75 representatives as Mayor Don Canney and Gov. Robert Ray highlighted Iowa exports, which reached 3.3 billion in 1976 with Cedar Rapids accounting for 20 percent. Iranian officials spoke of growth, inflation, and the aim to industrialize as oil declines, while U.S. and European firms explore opportunities amid unrest.
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Iran
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Roosevelt Royale
Don Canney
Robert Ray
Canney
Ray
Ogy
Omidyar
United States
West Germany
Michel Smith
U.S. Department of Commerce
Smith
U.S
Ray Peters
Iowa Manufacturing
Peters
William Bestman
Fisher Controls
Marshalltown
Roger Gamble
Middle East
Economy Forms
Des Moines
Frank LaDue
Concrete Pipe Machinery Co
Sioux City
Armin H. Meyer
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Jaffar Omidvar
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Moscow
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