Trial of Robideau and Butler on Pine Ridge killings
In Cedar Rapids UPI reports Bob Robideau and Darelle Butler face federal charges for the June 26 1975 shooting of FBI agents on Pine Ridge. The high profile trial tests government actions and AIM's role amid security measures, media kit efforts, and public interest led by national figures Brando and Gregory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Bob Robideau
Darelle Butler
Cedar Rapids
FBI
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Robideau
Butler
Jimmy Eagle
Leonard Peltier
U.S
Evan Hultman
William Kunstler
Iowa
Jack Coler
Ron Williams
Joe Stuntz
Federal
Post Office
Kunstler
Chicago
Bureau of Indian Affairs
AIM
Kelley
Robideau-Butler
Wounded Knee Legal Defense Offense Committee
Prometheus Poem of Fire draws international attention
The University of Iowa orchestral piece Prometheus the Poem of Fire staged at Hancher Auditorium last September gains global interest. CBS will air a film version on July 11 with WDR in Germany also showing it, and networks in Britain, Norway, and Mexico eye rights. Local Iowa stations KCCI and KGLO will carry the CBS feed live, with WMT Cedar Rapids scheduling an eastern Iowa airing on July 25. The production was filmed by Franklin Miller and features James Dixon conducting, James Avery at piano, Kantorei chorus, and Lowell Cross laser projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Prometheus
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Camera Three
CBS
WDR
Germany
Iowa
British Broadcasting Corporation
Norwegian State Television
Mexico City
KCCI
Des Moines
KGLO
Mason City
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Miller
U of I Division of Television and Film
Alexander Scriabin
Hancher Auditorium
U of I Symphony
James Dixon
James Avery
Kantorei Chorus
Lowell Cross
School of Music
Center For New Performing Arts
Postal rates change for several items
The UPI report notes the U S Postal Service will raise rates on special delivery mail money orders and registered mail effective July 18. The changes include new minimums for money orders registered mail and certified mail and adjusted costs for commercial mailers with slight increases and some bulk decreases.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
Dennis Days Buy Kneen Appliance
Announcement states the July 1 1976 sale of the Kneen Appliance business to Dennis and Donna Day. Phil and Marge Kneen will stay to assist. the Days bring local roots with Dennis Day son of Robert Day. Store name and brands remain, with Randy Hahn and Dick Stout continuing in key roles.
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Phil Kneen
Dennis Day
Kneen
Phil
Marge Kneen
Washington
Robert Day
Randy Hahn
Kneen’s
Dick Stout
Mrs Lester Tisor Dies in Security Colorado
Mrs Earl Finke has learned of the death of her daughter Joyce Tisor on July 7 1976 in Security Colorado. She is survived by her husband five children two grandchildren her mother and one brother. Her father Earl Finke preceded her in death. The funeral will be Saturday in.
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Earl Finke
Lester
Joyce) Tisor
Security
Colorado
Tisor
Pellegreno Deposed From Iowa Transportation Post
Ann Pellegreno of Story City lost her Iowa Transportation Commission seat after voting to allow 65-foot double bottom trucks on Iowa highways. Gov. Robert Ray replaced her with 49 year old Barbara Dunn of Des Moines, former secretary to Rep. Lowell Norland and editor of Iowa Daily Marketing News and Mid-America Dairymen's Association.
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Des Moines
UPI
Ann Pellegreno
Iowa Transportation Commission
Iowa
Pellegreno
Story City
Robert Ray
Barbara Dunn
L E McAfee dies in Brighton after long career
L E McAfee 76 died unexpectedly at 6 p.m. Wednesday July 7 1976 at his Brighton home. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. Gould Funeral Home Brighton with Rev M R Houts officiating. Burial Hillcrest Cemetery Brighton. He taught in Brighton schools 31 years retiring 1955 then ran Brighton Sundries and Brighton Book Bindery 34 years. Survived by wife Wilma daughter Joyce Hamilton Marshalltown sister Etna Berger Chariton. Preceded by one sister.
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Brighton
L.E. McAfee
Gould
M.R. Houts
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mr. McAfee
Joyce) Hamilton
Marshalltown
Etna Berger
Chariton
Memorial for Mrs. Ethel Duggins Dies in Detroit
Mrs. Ethel Duggins 70 of Detroit and former Wayland resident died July 4 1976 after a lingering illness. Cremation followed by graveside services at Forest Home Cemetery Mt. Pleasant. Memorials to Cancer Fund. Survived by daughter Alice in Korea son William in Detroit brother Melvin of Cannon City and two grandsons. Funeral details and local obituaries included.
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John
Ethel) Duggins
Detroit
Mich
Wayland
Forest Home Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant
Beatty-Jennings
Duggins
Jacob
Alice Wyse Boshart
John Duggins
Iowa Wesleyan College
Henry County
Alice Duggins
Pusan
Korea
William Duggins
Melvin
Cannon City
Colo
Fewer Women Face Arrest for Drunk Driving Says Study
A UPI report from Boston notes that most arrested drunken drivers are men, but researchers contend police are reluctant to arrest women. The Rutgers study of 73 drunken driving arrests links fewer female arrests to police bias and social factors, detailing a typical woman in her early thirties, unattached, living alone, with a low-skill job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Journal of Studies On Alcohol
Rutgers University
Milton Argerious
Services For Traffic Safety Project
Donna Paulino
Rutgers Univerisity
State Fair to award purebred 4-H beef heifers
Four Iowa 4-H youths will receive a purebred breeding heifer in Angus Hereford Shorthorn or Charolais as the State Fair Champion 4-H Beef Heifer Award. Applicants must be 14 or older by January 1, 1976 and active 4-H exhibitors. One nominee per county per breed. forms due July 15 at the County Extension office. Winners announced at the State Fair 4-H Beef Show.
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Iowa
Julia Gamon
Gamon
Perry D Stannard and others plead guilty in speeding cases
On July 7 Perry D Stannard of Brighton pled guilty to a speeding charge and was fined 35 dollars while a second speeding charge against him was dismissed on the prosecution motion. Douglas B Long of Washington also pled guilty after a speeding charge was reduced and fined 46 dollars. Various fines followed for several individuals on speeding and other violations ranging from 10 to 53 dollars, including Cynthia S Dunn for excessive acceleration and disobeying stop signs for James P Musak and Thomas M Dea.
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Perry D. Stannard
Brighton
Stannard
Douglas B. Long
Washington
Long
Arthur J. Kruk
Robert Leffel
Mt. Pleasant
Kathleen I. Menke
Rural Harper
Terry L. Beckley
Kalona
James S Weidner
Riverside
Roger D Loeffler
Bryan D Sinn
Wayland
Randy J Stubbe
Ackley
Charles Sparrgrove
Strawberry Point
Lyle L. Thomas
William A. Westphal
Paulette Eagle
Davenport
Timothy Gallagher
Isabelle M. Salterberg
Packwood
Cynthia S. Dunn
Keota
Lyle W. Miller
Wellman
James P. Musak
Thomas M. Dea
Ainsworth
James S. Weidner
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Marlon Brando
Dick Gregory
Brando
Christina Hart
Jane Anthony
Jill Damas
Guys
Ray Street
U of I
Dennis
Lester Tisor
Wit
Kingsbury Inn
Columbus Junction
L. E. McAfee
Ethel Duggins
Joliet, Ill
Warren
Washington Cafe
Ainsworth Four Corners
WHS
Washington Country Club
Mary Guy
Washington, Iowa
Pirate's Cove
Cove
Om Frontier
Lowa
Leonard Kos
Marion
Matthew Roy
Blanche Kos
Grace Davison
Mychelle
Laurie
Kos
Bea Davison
Drug Store
Washington, Low
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