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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1977
Page
2
Cairo newspapers report 22 Libyan army officers were executed for conspiring to overthrow Col Muammar Khadafy, with 11 more among 33 sentenced. The purge followed an August 1975 attempt, as details frame a wider crackdown in Tripoli.
Cyprus President Arch bishop Makarios, 64, suffered a mild heart attack while at church on Sunday and is resting comfortably, official sources said Monday. He felt ill during services and was attended by doctors.
Brazzaville Radio reports Col. Joachim Yhombi Opango elected by an 11 man military council to lead the People's Republic of the Congo. Announcement followed Ngouabi funeral held the same day.
Richard Sprague, who resigned last week as chief counsel to the house assassinations committee, will act as prosecutor in the new murder trial ordered for former United Mine Workers President W A Boyle. Sprague previously prosecuted the original trial.
The Iowa City school board will meet to appoint an acting superintendent to replace Merlin A. Ludwig who announced he will take a similar post in El Cajon California starting July 1. Ludwig will earn 40 000 a year in California, 7 000 more than in Iowa City, and his three year contract expires at the end of the current school year.
Rock singer David Cassidy, 26, married actress Kay Lenz, 24, in a brief ceremony at a commercial marriage chapel in Las Vegas. The couple described the wedding as painless. Cassidy is son of the late Jack Cassidy and starred in The Partridge Family with his stepmother Shirley Jones. This was the first marriage for both.
In Iowa City the 120 year old First Presbyterian church known as Old Brick won approval of a settlement ending a 41 year dispute. Old Brick Associates will buy the sanctuary and furnishings for 14210 with 14000 to the regents and 126000 to the congregation, and a lawsuit blocking demolition will be dismissed.
A beaked chaetodon fish has an elongated muzzle that shoots water drops as bullets to stun insects, according to United Press International. The ability highlights the fish’s unique predation method and specialized feeding behavior.
Washington UPI reports Iowa senators John Culver and Dick Clark earned a 100 percent rating from the National Council of Senior Citizens for 1976 work and overall service. Edward Mezvinsky was the sole Iowa representative rated but lost reelection. The NCSC graded six Midwestern states on key votes important to seniors.
A decade prior, farmers formed the biggest single occupational bloc in the Iowa legislature, reflecting agrarian influence in state politics during that period.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces subscription rates for its editions. Carrier thirteen weeks pricing and mail options are listed with annual totals for local and distant subscribers.
Tama police charged 44 year old Leonard C. Davis with larceny for stealing 326 dollars from St Paul Lutheran church after Sunday services. Davis is held in Marshall County Jail awaiting a court appearance with no home address listed. A citizen spotted a man near the church and later in the church office. Rev Curtis Miller did not detain him. Police Chief R G McClelland later arrested Davis.
Weather forecast notes highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s for Thursday and Friday, with colder 50s and 20s earlier. River stage readings show modest rises at several gages on Monday including LaCrosse 5.5, Lansing 7.9, Dubuque 8.6, Guttenberg 5.8, McGregor 7.7, Keokuk 4.2, and Cedar Rapids 3.17, with a few stations recorded as rising or unchanged.
Elvis Presley likely to be discharged Monday from Baptist hospital after intestinal flu and fatigue. Dr George Nichopoulos said the 42 year old entertainer is much better and will rest at his Memphis mansion with no plans until the end of April following the canceled Louisiana State University concert and postponed tour.
Birth notices from Mercy St. Luke's and other area hospitals list numerous newborns including twins for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hellenthal and multiple sons and daughters born to couples in Cedar Rapids Marion Reinbeck Livermore and Hiawatha. The items also include police calls and fire incidents with times and locations around Cedar Rapids.
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