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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1976
Page
2
Weather outlook indicates no rain from Sunday to Tuesday with highs in the 50s Sunday and 60s on Monday and Tuesday. Lows range from the 30s to low 40s, SSE winds at 23 mph at 2 p.m., sunrise at 5 47 and sunset at 6 34.
Births at Mercy and St. Luke's announced with names and addresses. A long list of traffic fines and violations followed, with drivers named and charged in Cedar Rapids area. Also multiple fire and incident notices including open burning and a traffic accident with a child struck noted.
The Senate approved a bill adding 45 judges to the U.S. district court system by an 87 to 1 vote. Two anti busing amendments were defeated 62 to 29 and 53 to 38 as the measure moved to the House where similar bills await subcommittee action. Also notes Jefferson Davis and cabinet fled Richmond in 1865.
Iowa senate appropriations committee endorsed an $800,000 appropriation for the Volga River recreational project in Fayette County to enable dam construction and artificial lake development. lawmakers amended the bill from $750,000 after caution that amount was insufficient and extended a $1.5 million appropriation for two more years, while rejecting a proposal for $8 million total funding.
John Rodaway 30 of route three Cedar Rapids was charged with pointing a gun at Brad Warner of 1202 Oakland Road NE on Monday. Rodaway was released after posting a $125 bond.
The obituary for Oliver D. Stucker 82 lists Cedar Rapids life, marriages, religious and lodge memberships, World War I veteran status, survivors including a Seattle daughter and three sons, with funeral at Turner Chapel East and burial at Cedar Memorial. Other notices note multiple services for local residents and a long list of churches, lodges, cemeteries, and associations.
Judith K DePauw 33 a Linn County clerk’s deputy filed papers for the Democratic nomination for clerk of court. She has ten years in the clerk’s office including nine as deputy and heads the First Avenue division handling small claims juvenile court traffic and related matters. She lives in Marion with husband Wally and sons Chad and Corey and lists cooking bowling and bridge as outside interests.
Murray Norris executive director of Christian Family Renewal will speak in Cedar Rapids Sunday at 2 30 p m at St Pauls United Methodist church The meeting is sponsored by Citizens for Decency through Law Norris an attorney with 30 years as a California newspaperman and editor and AP award winner for a series on California farm laborers The Sunday meeting is open to the public without charge. ON THIS DATE in 1966 the worst blizzard in 20 years swept northern England causing death and hardship
George Elsasser, previously a planning analyst at Linn County Health Center, is appointed acting director of Handicapped Systems by executive director Madge Phillips. Robert E. Long is named workshops administrator for Handicapped Systems and remains a Health Center employee.
The senate debated SF 1062 seeking higher state aid to local school districts, with proposals from Sen. Willard Hansen and Sen. Lucas DeKoster. After party divi sions and conference committee changes, a compromise plan was adopted by the house and sent back to the senate for final action. The plans differ on budget caps and long term tax reform, with first year costs around 54.6 million and urban impact concerns over a productivity based farm land valuation.
An official notes that several Iowa cities pay both Social Security and civil service pensions for fire and police, with Marion the only city discussing dropping Social Security. Cities over 8,000 must maintain Social Security until pensions begin, while some smaller towns faced earlier federal rulings.
The report covers a broad strike wave including 5 000 Iowa workers in Teamsters Local 147 with no violence expected, San Francisco craft workers shutting transit and city services while hospitals and an airport face picket lines, and a Budweiser beer bottlers walkout hitting Anheuser Busch facilities with beer shortages and store sellouts across the St Louis area.
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