Rock Island strike drags as back-to-work order falters
The Rock Island Lines face uncertain resumption of service as striking Clerks resist Carter’s back-to-work order. Trustee Gibbons cites a $30 million shortfall to restart operations and seeks federal funds while officials discuss wage and loan hurdles.
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Carter
Brotherhood of Railway
Cedar Rapids
William Gibbons
Fred Kroll
Washington
Tom Conway
Frank McGarr
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gibbons
Cedar Rapids Circus Earns City Revenue
Cedar Rapids collected about 45000 in its share of gate concessions and ticket charges from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus three day run at Five Seasons Center. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 638 demands a 24.2 percent raise from the city. Jefferson nets win 14 0 over Iowa City High.
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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Five Seasons Center
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 638
Cedar Rapids
UAW Director Urges Local Presidents to Back Kennedy
An official UAW director calls on local union presidents to support Senator Edward Kennedy for the Democratic presidential nomination. The appeal underscores Kennedy as the favored candidate within union ranks.
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UAW
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Page
Saturday Iowa hunts pheasant quail in Gazette Outdoor page
The Gazette previews pheasant and quail hunting in Iowa, stressing habitat as key to success and inviting readers to learn more in the Outdoor page this Saturday morning.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Reluctant youth cites half serious marriage plan
The article quotes a young man who says his girlfriend and he are only half serious about marriage. He admits she is committed while he is not, implying uncertainty about their future together.
Casino Under Construction In Atlantic City Estate
A small residence on the Atlantic City Boardwalk sits amid a steel framework for a Penthouse casino rising around and over it. The house is kept in place by an estate after the owner Anthony Bongiovanni’s death, with lens distortion causing misperceived beam effects.
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Atlantic City
Penthouse
Anthony Bongiovanni
Pay proposal gets new life in House pay bill
The House again considers a congressional pay raise after past defeats. A 7 percent increase was rejected, a 5.5 percent proposal was sent to the floor, and votes failed 212-196 and 214-196 as leaders seek floor action before October 1 to avoid a 12.9 percent automatic hike.
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Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Harold Volkmer
D-Mo
Kennedy placed under Secret Service protection amid threats
President directs Secret Service to guard Senator Edward Kennedy after threats rise in weeks since he hinted at challenging Carter. Agents visited Kennedy’s Dirksen Office before 6 p.m. and accompanied him on a dusk departure in a three car caravan as Carter ordered enhanced protection following a safety analysis.
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Washington
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Carter
White House
Kennedy
Dirksen Senate
Secret Service
Farmland record $5,000 an acre in Manchester auction
A 65.7 acre parcel on Manchester’s south edge sold for a state record $5,000 per acre at public sale. Buyer Lester Fink, a Manchester investor, also paid $3,050 per acre for 29.3 acres in the same auction. Seller Verle McDowell, now of Lakeside, California, cited potential industrial development as a factor.
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Manchester
Dubuque
Henry
Lester Fink
Verle McDowell
Lakeside
Calif
Wesley Waterhouse
Central City
Highway 520
Fink
McDowell
Jordan attended 1977 Los Angeles party tied to cocaine claims
Former Carter fundraiser Leo Wyler says Hamilton Jordan and two White House staff attended a 1977 party at his home in Los Angeles and described the gathering as licentious with drugs and girls. The FBI is reportedly probing narcotics use as officials weigh appointing a special prosecutor.
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Hamilton Jordan
Los Angeles
Leo Wyler
Jordan
White House
CBS News
Jody Powell
Wyler
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UPI
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al Swegle
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