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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1977
Page
2
Protests and prayer services mark Monday as police casualties mount in Pakistan. In three cities on Sunday anti government demonstrators were fired upon leaving six dead and many wounded according to PNA sources, raising political violence deaths since January to 121.
The board seeking five candidates for FBI director will miss the mid May deadline and may not present names to President Carter until mid July. Chairman Irving Shapiro cautioned the panel will not meet the schedule.
British journalist Mark Ottaway questioned aspects of Alex Haley’s Roots in a Sunday Times piece. Haley, arriving in London for a four day visit en route to Africa, defended nine years of research and said Ottaway’s claims were unwarranted and unfair.
Dwight Allan Armstrong, 25, a fugitive linked to the 1970 UW Madison bombing, was arrested in Toronto without resistance. Police tie him to murder and arson warrants from the Sterling Hall blast that killed Robert Fassnacht and targeted the Army Mathematics Research Center, linked to his brother Karleton Armstrong’s 1972 arrest.
Brenda Joyce Williams aged 21 of 2273 C Street SW was arrested by Cedar Rapids police Monday morning and charged with malicious injury to a building and its fixtures for breaking windows at Mary Wirtz’s residence on 413 Sixteenth Street SE. She posted a $500 bond and was released. Also notes Eisenhower proposed cutting $254 million from the $1.254 billion soil bank program.
Four individuals faced drunk driving counts Sunday. Rob ert Karr 43 of 1725 D avenue NE was arrested at 10 40 p m in the 2000 block of Ellis boulevard NW. Jeffery Wilde 21 of 2423 First avenue SW was arrested at 12 47 a m for drunk driving and disobeying a traffic signal at First avenue and Third street SW. Roger Johnson 20 of 1037 Tenth street SE was charged with drunk driving possession of hashish license violations disobeying a traffic sign and driving left of center in the 800 block of Fourth avenue SE. Donald L Balster of 1425 Eighth avenue Marion was arrested by Hiawatha police for drunk driving at 2 25 a m after he ran into a concrete wall and wooden fence in the 200 block of Robins road in Hiawatha.
River stage readings for Monday show LaCrosse 5.2 and Keokuk 5.3 with rises noted, while other sites like Davenport 6.4 and Guttenberg 6.1 hold with changes. The piece also lists Cedar Rapids residents in several joint notices including Perry Gil lis pie Harris Neff and O'Brien Schoner Barnes Welch Rutz Detlefsen Bright Bauer Neuhaus Chase and others with Marion Parsons Central City and Palo ties.
The IRS says about 20 million income tax returns remain unfiled with five days until April 15. Errors are high this year due to the 1976 Tax Reform Act, and taxpayers can let the IRS compute taxes to avoid early payment. An extension via Form 4868 gives 60 days but may cost interest and penalties if underpaid.
Birth notices detail April births for numerous families across addresses in Cedar Rapids area including Sel, Williams, Stookey, Moench, Brawner, Henry, Mann, Mason, Plueger, Armstrong, Applegate and Fossum with Toledo and Leon Kentucky locations noted. Incident entries list investigations for property damage, gas flush, illegal burning, water surge, nuisance calls, and structural damage at various streets and times, followed by names Mary Ann White et al.
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