Iowa Grapples with Rock Island Takeover and Grain Shipments
Gov. Robert Ray said Kansas City Southern officials will decide on Rock Island lines without delaying harvest. The meeting at the Statehouse aimed to gauge state stance as rail talks continue and Iowa braces for a bumper grain crop and potential transport disruptions from the Rock Island strike and Milwaukee Road actions.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Kansas City Southern Railway
Rock Island Railroad
Robert Ray
Tom Carter
Kansas City
Ray
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Iowa Development Commission
Rock Island
Kansas City Southern
Carter
John Hawkinson
Southern Line
Southern
Gulf of Mexico
David Oman
Oman
Milwaukee Road
Kennedy Wins Family Backing for 1980 Presidential Bid
Senator Edward Kennedy confirmed his wife and mother will not object to a presidential run, signaling possible support for a 1980 bid. He stressed he is not a candidate yet while noting concerns over the country’s direction and family considerations.
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Washington
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Boston
Joan
White House
Mrs. Kennedy
Ted
Joannie
Milwaukee Road cash surplus seen for year
The financially troubled Milwaukee Road may end the year with a cash surplus of several million dollars, Interstate Commerce Commission chairman Daniel O Nea l testified at a Senate hearing. Railroad officials asked for more time to arrange a plan to keep shipments flowing from Montana coalfields as they consider ending service west of Miles City. The railroad has filed for reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.
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Washington
Milwaukee Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel O’neal
Senate
Miles City
Mont
Montana
John Melcher
Max Baucus
O’neal
Hladky Elected IA Daily Press Association President
Joe Hladky of The Cedar Rapids Gazette was named president of the Iowa Daily Press Association at its Friday meeting. Board choices include J C Hickman as first vice president Verle Burgason as second vice president and directors David Norris Adam Llewellyn and Richard Brecunier.
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Joe Hladky
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Friday
Iowa Daily Press Association
Hladky
Gerald Moriarity
Mason City Globe Gazette
J.C. Hickman
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Verle Burgason
Ames Daily Tribune
Association
David Norris
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Adam Llewellyn
Keokuk
Gate City
Richard Brecunier
Waterloo Courier
Israeli Supreme Court Hearses Arab Land Seizure Case
The Israeli Supreme Court hears an appeal by 17 Arabs whose land was seized for Elon Moreh near Nablus. The decision could define limits on government land requisition for settlements amid U S scrutiny and regional peace talks.
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Israel
Aryeh Naor
Menachem Begin
Egypt
United States
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Elon Moreh
House Backs Postal Service Overhaul Despite Carter Opposition
The House voted 350 to 14 to reorganize the Postal Service and boost subsidies, undoing parts of the 1970 independence move. The bill would abolish the Postal Board of Governors, transfer rate decisions to the Rate Commission, and restore presidential appointment power with Senate consent. Subsidies rise to 1.3 billion by 1982 while the post office gains independent management.
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Washington
UPI
House
Carter
Senate
Postal Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Board of Governors
Tourists Find 7000 Dollar Gold Nugget in Australian Desert
A tourist found a 22 ounce gold nugget worth about 7000 dollars near Cue in Western Australia. The find sparked a growing gold rush as amateur prospectors converge with axes and detectors, with over 50 people digging 18 inches to two feet underground in two weeks.
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Perth
Australia
UPI
Cue
Widow of Eddie Slovik Dies in Detroit At 64
Antoinette Slovik widow of Army Pvt. Eddie Slovik the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War died Friday of cancer at Sinai Hospital Detroit She was 64 and had endured breast cancer epilepsy emphysema and arthritis confined to a wheelchair and had lived under an assumed name while seeking military benefits she argued were due her husband executed January 31 1945.
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Detroit
Antoinette Slovik
Sinai Hospital
Slovik
Thritis
Army Pvt
Eddie Slovik
Lynch weighs border anti terror units after Mountbatten death
Dublin plans anti terror police squads on the Ireland Northern Ireland border to fight IRA guerrillas. The Fianna Fail government will also improve communications with British forces along the frontier after a five hour summit between Jack Lynch and Margaret Thatcher in London following Earl Mountbatten’s assassination.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jack Lynch
Northern Ireland
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Lynch
Margaret Thatcher
London
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Alligator Hunt Opens Deep Louisiana Season
The one month season began at 6 10 a.m. Friday with about 600 hunters at the start. A Plaquemines Parish trapper reportedly took 10 alligators the first day and planned to skin them into the night. Louisiana wildlife officials say 300 000 gators now inhabit the state after decades of protection.
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Plaquemines Parish
Tarver
Louisiana
Nevada killer Bishop Gets Stay Extended by Court
Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist extends the stay of execution for Jesse Bishop until late September to await full court consideration at its conference. Bishop, 46, was sentenced to death for the December 1977 Las Vegas robbery murder of David Ballard, a Baltimore newlywed. Public defenders acted as next friends to seek relief.
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Nevada
Clark County
Kirk Lenhard
George Franzen
Bishop
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Oil spill cost estimate for Texas coast study
A U.S. scientist from NOAA said assessing damage from the Ixtoc I spill could cost 10 million to 18 million dollars, with 3.5 million already spent on containment and cleanup as a two to three year study proceeds. The spill, from the Ixtoc blowout in the Bay of Campeche, has surpassed 2 million barrels.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
UPI
John Robinson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S
Mexico
Ixtoc I
Robinson
Ixtoco
Bay of
Campeche
Bankrupt art dealer Straw faces $14 million debt crisis
Boston AP reports Steven Straw of Newburyport owes $16.2 million in debts against $1.7 million in assets. Major creditors include Peterson Galleries claiming $7 million and Maxwell Galleries reporting $600,000 in bad checks. Salem suit allege at least $673,000 owed with possible $1.875 million misused.
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Boston
Steven Straw
Newburyport
Mark Hoffman
Maxwell Galleries
San Francisco
Hoffman
Straw
Peterson Galleries
Los Angeles
Peterson Publications
Peterson Publishing Co
Superior Court
Salem
Benedek
New Hampshire
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Mulls
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Sen
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Dale Carnegie
Cedar Rapids
KEN Burger
Meadowbrook
Dayv
J. E. Bradley & Assoc., Inc
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First Avenue SE
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Edgewood Rd
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Paramount Theatre
Christian Book Store
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Monticello
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