Land preservation commission to meet in September
The Washington County Temporary Land Preservation Commission will meet Monday September 12 at 7 30 p m in the board of supervisors office at the Washington County Court House. Jim Frier says the group will begin preliminary work assembling information for planning public hearings and reports. Jim Elza of the East Central Regional Planning Commission will attend.
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Washington County Temporary Land Preservation Commission
Board of Supervisors
Washington County Court House
Jim Frier
Jim Elza
East Central Regional Planning Commission
Brandon woman charged with arson at nursing home fires
Dianne Sue Brown, 22, of Brandon, Iowa, was charged in Buchanan County court with arson in connection with a series of fires at the Golden Age Care Center where she worked. She remained out of jail on a $2,000 bond.
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Brandon
Iowa
UPI
Dianne Sue Brown
Buchanan County
Miss Brown
Golden Age
Powell to address Iowa press group at 34th clinic
Jody Powell was scheduled to address the Iowa Daily Press Association's 34th annual clinic in Des Moines. More than 500 newspersons from Iowa were expected to hear Powell discuss the national political scene as the three day event opened with sessions on news, advertising and circulation for representatives of 39 newspapers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jody Powell
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa
Powell
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald Wins Iowa Press Awards
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald earned three top Iowa Daily Press Association honors including general excellence for newspapers over 12,000 circulation, community service for a Dubuque history presentation, and best of show in advertising. Ames Daily Tribune topped general excellence for under 12,000.
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DES Moines
UPI
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Iowa Daily Press Association
Dubuque
IDPA
Ames Daily Tribune
Ames
The
Tribune
Telegraph-Herald
Sioux City Journal
Waterloo Courier
Oskaloosa Herald
Cedar Rapids Gazette
LeMars Daily Sentinel
Ames Daily Tribute
Weather Outlook for Zone 13 Clear and Cooler
The forecast calls for a clear and cooler night with a low around 50. Saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 70s. Winds from the northwest will diminish tonight.
Kidnappers miss noon deadline in Schleyer case
West Germany security and government fail to confirm talks as Baader-Meinhoff guerrillas threaten to free 11 jailed comrades. They demanded release of 11 prisoners including Andreas Baader and posted a photo of Hanns-Martin Schleyer wearing a placard in RAF insignia.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Agence France Presse
Red Army
Baader-Meinhof Gang
Klaus Boelling
Helmut Schmidt
AFP
Schleyer
Employer
Federal Criminal Police
RAF
Andreas Baader
Baader - Meinhof
Stockholm
Schmidt
Bomb explodes at Frisco opera house
A terrorist bomb shattered a side entrance to San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House on the eve of opening night. No injuries were reported as police increased patrols and security was tightened for the performance. A communique from the New World Liberation Front claimed responsibility, criticizing housing conditions for the poor and elderly.
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San Francisco
UPI
War Memorial Opera House
Associated Press News Service
Opera House
City Hall
Tom Hicks
New World Liberation Front
International
Kurt Adler
Man charged after Cedar Rapids shooting incident
Ricky E Gatewood, 27, faced three counts of assault with intent to commit murder after an alleged high powered rifle attack. One man was hospitalized in good condition for bullet fragments, two others injured by flying glass as police stopped the shooting from a garage at his southwest Cedar Rapids home. Gatewood was held on 300000 bond awaiting arraignment, with prior plans for admission to a psychiatric facility noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Ricky E. Gatewood
Gatewood
Linn
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Donald Gatewood
Selden Ray to discuss massage parlor incident
Iowa Gov Robert D Ray will talk with Comptroller Marvin R Selden Jr about Selden’s admission of a massage visit at a Des Moines area spa in May. The dispute centers on potential impacts on Selden’s 16 year state post and his public service career.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Marvin R. Selden Jr
Selden
Des Moines-area
David Oman
Ray
Oman
Detroit
National Governors Association
Iowa
Polk County District Court
Richard C. Turner
Turner
Marv Selden
Spa
Marv
Iowa League of Municipalities
Des Moines Register
Beame Loses in New York in Mayoral Primary Runoff
Mayor Abraham Beame failed to win re nomination as Reform Congressman Edward Koch and Mario Cuomo advance to a runoff on Sept. 19. With 99% of districts reporting Koch 20% Cuomo 19% Beame 18% Abzug 17% Beame’s loss ends his bid after steering the city near bankruptcy.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Beame
Reform
Edward Koch
Mario Cuomo
Koch
Cuomo
Beame
Liddy Denies Bitterness in Watergate Era Interview
G Gordon Liddy, paroled from prison, told Barbara Walters he acted as a lieutenant to a prince during Watergate. He refused to name his source or what he sought at Democratic headquarters on June 17, 1972. He praised Dean and criticized Nixon-era figures while denying remorse.
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Washington
UPI
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Watergate
Democratic
Barbara Walters
ABC
Machiavelli
Nixon
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Carter
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Allenwood
Pennsylvania
John Dean
Senate
Dean
Rosenkavalier
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Patsy
Chuck
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