Kissinger plans Africa shuttle to ease racial crisis
Secretary of State Kissinger was invited by Tanzanian President Nyerere to begin a diplomatic shuttle in Africa. The plan would run from black Africa to white-ruled South Africa and back, aiming to avert wider conflict. Aides await word after discussions in Paris and Zurich with leaders including Vorster.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Henry Kissinger
Ju- Hus Nyerere
Africa
Kissinger
Paris
Valery Giscard d'Estaime
Zurich
John Vorster
Dakar
Senegal
William Schaufele
Dar’es Salaam
Schaufele
Nyerere
Black Africa
South Africa
Ford offers second contract to avert UAW strike
Ford Motor Co prepares a second contract offer aimed at appeasing United Auto Workers 170,000 members facing a strike at midnight next Tuesday. Timing for the new offer is undecided. The report notes other nationwide items on civil defense funding, commercial investment outlook, and international updates.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
No. 2 Auto Company
Weather outlook shows rain chances tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a chance of rain tonight and into Wednesday. Lows will be in the low 60s, with Wednesday highs around 75 to 80.
Cedar Rapids YMCA team visits hospital to honor coach
Members of the Cedar Rapids YMCA swim team gathered at St. Luke's hospital Monday morning to pay respects to their coach Robb McKay who was hospitalized for an emergency appendix operation. The team displayed a large sign visible from his hospital window, echoing a prior gesture when a teammate was in the hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Robb McKay
McKay
Asylum Granted for MIG Pilot Defector to U S
The Soviet air force pilot of the MIG 25 defected to Japan and sought asylum in the United States. President Ford approved asylum if requested, after consultation with the National Security Council. The pilot, 1st Lt Viktor Ivanovich Belenko, was flown to Tokyo for possible transfer to the U.S. amid Japan’s humanitarian move.
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Washington
Japan
United States
White House
Ron Nelsen
Ford
National Security Council
Nessen
Hakodate
Tokyo
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
U.S
Belenko
Air Self Defense Force
Kiichi Miyazawa
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
National Police Agency
Soviet Union
Hokkaido
User Fee Urged for Mississippi Barges
Iowa report to IDOT recommends a waterway user fee for Mississippi barges. A three cent per gallon fuel tax plus a $32 per barge lock-use fee could raise shipping costs for Iowa by 3 to 4 percent and generate $75 to $100 million annually, with federal approval required.
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Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
IDOT
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Lightsey
Upper
Mississippi
Camp Conviction Voided on Appeal
The U S Eighth Circuit reversed Carter Camp's 1975 conviction for interfering with U S Postal Inspectors at Wounded Knee in 1973. The indictment omitted a key word, undermining the grand jury finding of force, though evidence supported Camp as an aider and abettor. Crow Dog and Holder likely face no immediate impact.
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U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Carter Camp
Wounded Knee
Camp
Leonard Crow Dog
Stanley Holder
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Crow Dog
Holder
FBI
Pilot charged after Prairieburg plane crash
Kenneth Long of 3419 Oakland Road NE was charged Tuesday with reckless operation of an aircraft after a single engine plane he piloted crashed near Prairieburg Sunday evening. He and passenger Norma Kiefer of 1711 Fifth Avenue SE were injured. Long treated and released, Kiefer in fair condition. Deputies say the flight followed a party at Harold Koida Jr. residence, with loops and toilet paper being tossed before the crash.
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Prairieburg
Kenneth’ Long
Oakland Toad NE
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Long
Linn County
Norma Kiefer
Fifth Avenue SE
St. Luke's Hospital
Kiefer
Linn
Harold Kolda, Jr
Koida
Carter says he would have fired Kelley if president
Jimmy Carter told reporters aboard his plane to Groton he would have dismissed FBI Director Clarence Kelley given what he knows now about recent allegations. He noted Kelley should be purer than Caesar’s wife and criticized FBI gifts and actions while Ford defended Kelley. Carter spoke during a Brooklyn College question session en route to Groton on his fall campaign.
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Jimmy Carter
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Carter
Jody Powell
Kelley
Peanuts
Groton
Conn
Brooklyn College
New York
Caesar
Ford Campaign
Bureau
Ford
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Johannesburg
the Commerce Department
Amin
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