Public broadcasters charge AT T and networks with bias
Six of twelve trustees of the National Citizens Committee for Public Broadcasting accuse AT T and commercial networks of keeping Americans uninformed by airing trivia instead of serious programming. They urge AT T to provide free or reduced rate lines to noncommercial TV under the 1967 act. The statement cites industry ties and asserts a muted electoral process amid calls for relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
National Citizens Committee For Public Broadcasting
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Thomas Hoving
At&t
Hoving
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Corooation For Public Broadcasting
Congress
Dis
Citizens’ Committee
City Briefs Highlight Local Notices And Death In Waterloo
Local briefs note a Cedar Valley Rock and Mineral Society meeting at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at Douglas Ballard residence Marion and job changes at Artiste Beauty Salon Ma Deline s Pam Steitz new address watch World Series at Legion Lanes open at noon. Wesley H Young 63 dies with services at Sacred Heart Waterloo Appold funeral home in charge Emma Messer Powers former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Seal Beach California. Peg s Beauty Salon expands staff with two new stylists and ads feature coin buyers and various local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Society
Cedar Valley Rock and Mineral Society
Douglas Ballard
Twenty- Fourth Street
Marion
Sacred Heart Church
Waterloo
Wesley H. Young
James Young
C Avenue
Appold Funeral Home
Seal Beach
Calif
Emma Messer Powers
Cedar Rapids
Johnson Urges Continued Aid To Poor Nations
President Johnson addressed the IMF World Bank annual meetings in Washington urging developed nations not to cut aid to the world's poorer nations. He warned that reducing aid would end two decades of commitment and could slow global growth from five percent annually to about three percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Washington
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
August Loss for CR Bus Service
The Cedar Rapids bus service posted a loss of 6 276.94 dollars in August. The Regional Transit Authority attributed the deficit to low ridership and vacation wage payments to employees. Ridership reached 125 626 and revenue totaled 27 400.
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Cedar Rapids
Regional Transit Authority
Six Breakins Reported In Cedar Rapids Sunday and Monday
Cedar Rapids police logged six break ins over Sunday and Monday at locations including the Collins Road Drive In Theater Washington High School DeVar Supper Club Heathel s Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co and the Harold Heiderscheid home. Value losses totaled at least $109.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Collins Road
Washington High School
Forest Drive
Family squabble ends with accidental gunshot injury
Police described a Sunday evening dispute between Carroll Baldridge and his wife Judy as a family squabble. Baldridge, 42, of 1539 Seventh Avenue SE, was treated at Mercy hospital for a flesh wound to his right shoulder and released. He said his wife produced a .22 caliber Beretta and, when he tried to take it, it discharged accidentally.
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Carroll Baldridge
Seventh Avenue SE
Judy
Mercy Hospital
Baldridge
Memorable self training tips offered in Chicago booklet
A Chicago publisher claims a simple memory technique can boost business and social standing by accurate recall of sight, sound, and text. They offer a free booklet Adventures in Memory by mail at Memory Studies, 835 Diversey Pkwy Dept 351-018, Chicago 60614.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Diversey Pkwy
Lindale Plaza Fire Damages Three Stores
A fire at Lindale Plaza damaged Baker's shoe store and caused smoke damage to Arnold's Fashion Center and Kinney's shoe store. Moisture leaked onto electrical equipment triggering the blaze, with flames contained by sprinklers. No injuries. three stores closed temporarily as investigators assess damages.
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Lindale Plaza
Baker’s Shoe
Arnold’s Fashion Center
Kinney’s
Jesse Hunter
Baker’s
Hunter
Arnold and Kinney
Four Men Found in Probable Contempt
MEMPHIS UPI Four persons including James Earl Ray defense attorney Arthur Hanes were found in probable contempt of a court order restricting publicity before Ray's trial for King assassination. Investigator Renfro Hays and two newspapermen Roy Hamilton and Charles Edmundson were also cited but not yet given final judgment.
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Memphis
UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King
W. Preston Battle
Arthur Hanes
Renfro Hays
Roy Hamilton
Charles Edmundson
Battle
Walter Lippmann Endorses Nixon in Newsweek Piece
Walter Lippmann endorses Richard Nixon for president in Newsweek but calls running mate Spiro Agnew unqualified. He says a new, mellower Nixon exists though Agnew’s lack of experience and education raises national concerns. ABC commentator Bill Lawrence quips Humphrey talks too much.
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New York
UPI
Walter Lippmann
Newsweek
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Lippmann
Nixon
Agnew
ABC
Bill Lawrence
Hubert Humphrey
ABC Evening News
Frank Reynolds
Channel 9
Ames Will Press for Reversion Clause on Cedar Valley Expressway
Cedar Rapids city council members meet with the Iowa highway commission in Ames to push revisions to the Cedar Valley Expressway plan. They seek a reversion clause if the road joins the interstate system and want state reimbursement for design and right of way work on four state-connected parts of the 5-in-1 bridge across the Cedar River. Public Improvements Commissioner Donald Canney notes a strong chance of interstate designation, which would raise federal funding to 90 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
U.S
Donald Canney
Cedar River
Two Checks Against C R Man Robert H Hansen
Robert H Hansen, 31, of 732 Fifteenth Street NW, was arrested Sunday on two counts of false uttering of a check. He was jailed in $1,000 bond, arraigned before Judge John B Reilly, and set for Oct 11 a preliminary hearing for a $30 bad check at Eagle Food Store. He pleaded guilty to a second charge for a $10 bad check at Me Too Store and received a 60 day suspended sentence with restitution. He was released on recognizance.
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Robert H. Hansen
Fifteenth Street NW
Hansen
John B. Reilly
Eagle Food
First Avenue SE
First Street
Reilly
Free childbirth lectures begin at University of Iowa Hospital
A series of lectures for expectant mothers and husbands starts Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Room E 331 Medical Amphitheater at University of Iowa General Hospital. Resident obstetrics gynecology doctors will present with slides and movies. Weekly sessions run through Oct 30.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa General Hospital
Column highlights and byline notes at a glance
Louis Harris poll summaries Tom Wicker column and The Jacobys bridge feature Rex Conn's What s What humor by Art Buchwald and a picture page provide a snapshot of today s columnists and humor content across the paper.
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Louis Harris (Poll
Tom Wicker
William §. White
Buchwald
Charles Moyer Held on Linn County Breakins
Charles E. Moyer, 33, of 500 First Avenue NE, was arrested early Sunday and held in Linn county jail amid charges tied to three breakins and a motor vehicle larceny. The incidents occurred Saturday night at Lutz cafe Kleenau dry cleaners and Zimmerman motor company in Anamosa, with $109 seized. Entry was by force or window removal. A chase led to his capture on Highway One in Jones county after a report of an attempted breakin at South Side tavern in Mt. Vernon.
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Charles E. Moyer
First Avenue NE
Linn County
Jones and
Jones
Ralph E. Albaugh
Moyer
Justice Court
Lutz Cafe
Kleenau Dry Cleaners
Zimmerman Motor Company
Anamosa
22nd Meeting on Pueblo Fate Reports No Breakthrough
American and North Korean negotiators held their 22nd talk on the Pueblo incident at the State Department announcing no breakthrough and that talks would continue. The session lasted one hour and 20 minutes at 11 am Korean time with last meeting dated Sept. 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Pueblo
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Four Hurt In Cedar Rapids Three-Vehicle Crash
A three vehicle crash three miles south of Cedar Rapids on highway 218 Saturday night injures occupants of two cars. Robert Meskimen 23 and Jo Lynne Brown 21 were listed in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital. Meskimen had a fractured elbow and head lacerations while Brown had head lacerations and abrasions. Meskimen fell asleep at the wheel about 11 40 p m crossing the center line into cars driven by Roger A Steigers 18 and Sharlene Shaw 21. Steigers and a passenger Linda Lint 16 were treated for minor injuries and released at Mercy hospital. No charges were filed.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Meskimen
Eighteenth Street
Jo Lynne Brown
Richmar Iane NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Brown
Roger A., Steigers
Klingersstreet
Sharlene Shaw
Seventh Street
Steigers
Linda Lint
Briarwood Street
Mercy Hospital
Three Injured in Cedar Rapids Traffic Crashes
Three people were injured in as many Sunday traffic accidents in Cedar Rapids. Rex M. Hamm, 319% First Avenue SE, treated for face lacerations at St Luke's and released after his car was forced off Sixth Street Road. Russell D. Rickels, Anamosa, charged with failure to yield when he attempted a left turn at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street East and struck Larry J. Vosdingh, 405 Grand Avenue, Marion, injuring Vosdingh's wife Carol, 25, who was treated and released. Raymond C. DeSouza, 49, passenger in a car driven by Anita DeSouza, suffered a head laceration when their car slid into a parked car at 216 First Avenue NW. Anita DeSouza and the other driver, Donald L. Klemp, were involved. DeSouza treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Rex M. Hamm
First Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sixth Street
Waconia Avenue
Hamm
Russell D. Rickels
Anamosa
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Larry J. Vosdingh
Grand Avenue
Marion
Vosdingh
Carol
Raymond C. DeSouza
North
Townecourt NE
Anita
First Avenue NW
DeSouza
Donald L. Klemp
E Avenue
St.Luke’s Hospital
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Stister
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Ambassador Lounge
East Marion
Mark Nemmers
Spain
Portugal
Rock River Valley
St. Matthew’s Church
Karen Klinghammer
Sharon Healey
Deanna Ohl
Hoyt Thomas
Iowa Theater Building
H. S. Dougherty
Patti Donaghy
Marla Boots
Peg’s
29Th St. NE
Jerome
Dino
New Cochran
Beg
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Elioff
DeVar Supper Club
Bowling Street
Heathel’s
Center Point Road
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Eighth Avenue SE
Harold Heiderscheid
Twenty-second Avenue
C.R. Man
Chicago Tribune-N.y. Nesya
First Avenue East
Eagle
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Ill
C.R. Council
Rex Conn
Financial
Sylvia Porter
Sam Shulsky Entertainment
Rick DuBrow
Bee Ewes
Leonard Lyons Ee
Flierahel Muir Oat
Gus Schrader Ween
Don Walton
Charles Moyer
Linn, Jones Breakins
Continental Cleaners
Third St. SE
First Ave
Eagles’ Foods
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