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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1975

Page

5

Weather forecast for C.R. and Elsewhere

Extended outlook partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with a chance of rain Monday. Highs in the mid 50s to near 60 Saturday and Sunday, around 60s Monday. Lows mid 30s to low 40s. 2 p.m. wind SE at 16 mph. Sunrise Friday 6 22 sunset 7 51. Year ago today high 64 low 43 with no precipitation. Coralville Lake Cedar at C.R. 13 6.35 no change.

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Births and notices from The Daily Record

Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hladky Ill in Mercy on April 17. Multiple births are recorded in various families with locations in Iowa City, Stanwood, Center Point, and others, including a daughter for David Oldfather on April 13. A marriage license is noted for Deborah Smith and Dennis Schneider of Monticello.

Joseph Hladky Thirty-fourth Street Dennis Watkinson Bowling Street Daniel Luettjohn Stanwood Russell Thompson Twentyfirst Street Thomas Wilber Center Point Daniel Olmstead Williams Boulevard Carlyn Bradley Washington Avenue Francis McLaskey Thirty-third Avenue Iowa City David Oldfather Sixteenth Avenue SW

Morals charge against John Lint in child abuse case

John Lint, 20, of 2920 First Avenue NE, was charged Wednesday with lascivious acts with a child. Police say he molested a 7 year old girl on January 19 to 25 on the northwest side. He remains in county jail on a $10,000 bond.

John Lint First Avenue Lint Northwest Side

Water Works Employee Critical After Fall

Curtis Pierce, 22, of 541 Norwood Drive SE, was listed in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a fall from a ladder at the city water works. The maintenance man, injured around 2 p.m. Wednesday, fell 20 to 30 feet while painting in the pump room and struck a pump before hitting the floor.

Curtis Pierce Norwood Drive St. Luke’s Hospital City Water Works Pierce Water Works

JAL cabin crew strike grounds flights in wage dispute

Airline workers staged a 24 hour strike at Japan Airlines grounding 58 domestic and 16 international flights. On this date in 1945 the United States announced Japan had lost over 200 planes in a single day of battles in Okinawa.

Tokyo Japan Air Lines JAL United States Japan Okinawa

Cambodian capital falls as Khmer Rouge gains control

In Phnom Penh the Khmer Rouge broke into the city from three sides after Lon Nol era forces collapsed. Ten killed and ten wounded as bombardment and shelling hit western districts near the airport. Sihanouk denounced the Phnom Penh regime while Ford urged compassion for Cambodian leaders and people. Red Cross reports over 2,000 sick and wounded sheltering in Phnom Penh security zone. Australia recognizes Sihanouk government in Beijing.

Siem Reap Angkor Wat Kompong Som Phnom Penh Samrong Cambodia Thailand Bangkok Lon Nol Sihanouk Long Boret Khmer Rouge Washington Ford U.S Geneva International Red Cross Committee

Deaths: Ankney Burke and others in Cedar Rapids area

Obituaries list Donald D. Ankney 54 of Chicago formerly Cedar Rapids and Jay John Burke 72 Cedar Rapids resident, plus several other local deaths. Details include birthplaces, affiliations with clubs and veterans groups, survivors, and service times across multiple cemeteries and funeral homes.

City leaders clash over 1975 training funds use

Cedar Rapids officials discuss a funding impasse as the Linn program plans training and job placement beyond June 30. Mayors and coordinators insist on honoring client commitments, while the DOL demands funds be spent within the 1975 year or carried over with congressional appropriations. They warn of legal action if funds run short.

Canney DOL Congress Ron Kuhlman Linn Bob Brown Walser Cedar Rapids

Police Sergeant Test Delayed by Rank Dispute

Cedar Rapids civil service commission may postpone the police sergeant promotional test as detectives seek a court injunction. A lawyer says the move stems from unresolved questions over whether detectives or sergeants hold higher rank and pay. The dispute follows January city council action creating a new pay structure for sergeants. The commission plans a meeting to discuss the petition.

Cedar Rapids Police Department

City Golf Courses Open Saturday

The Cedar Rapids Parks department says four municipal golf courses will open this Saturday weather permitting. No reservations for this weekend. Reservations for other weekends and holidays may be made up to nine days in advance at all four courses. Greens in very good shape but some fairways are wet so no golf cart rentals until firmer. All golfers must register at the clubhouse before playing. unregistered players will be asked to leave.

Cedar Rapids

Senate Approves Farm Bill Boosting Price Supports

Washington AP reports the Senate approved a farm bill by a house Senate conference committee without debate. The bill would raise major crop price supports and dairy supports for the coming year and moves to the House for consideration next week.

Washington Senate House-Senate House

LPTAC Official Claims Harassment By Government

Dubuque AP A Little Peoples Tax Advisory Committee spokesman Gordon Buttorff of Schofield Wisconsin says federal charges against 15 area residents for inflating withholding allowances amount to harassment. The group allegedly trained members to file false W-4 forms and dodge federal income taxes for 1975, with most charged workers from John Deere. Authorities say the case stems from an IRS led investigation. Hultman denies harassment and says he knows nothing of LPTAC.

Schofield Wausaw Wis U.S Evan Hultman Cedar Rapids John Deere Dubuque Works LPTAC Buttorff IRS Office John Deere IRS Hultman SPTAC

Economic Briefing Reports Sharp GNP Decline in Inventories

The Economyrotary of commerce outlined a 35.8 billion dollar drop in inventories as the main cause of the GNP decline, with about half in autos, suggesting liquidation will aid future growth. Fed data show factories at 68.3 percent capacity in early 1959, a postwar low. Housing starts near 980000 and permits 710000 hint at stabilization. Unemployment claims rose to 554300 for the week ending April 5, while personal income rose 1.2 billion annualized, slowed by weaker federal transfer payments.

Rotary of Commerce For Economic Affairs Federal Reserve Board U.S Fed Commerce Department Labor Department

Put American Beef in Receivership Iowa Asks

AP reports Iowa and Nebraska along with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an application in Omaha seeking to place American Beef Packers Inc in receivership over suspected mismanagement and possible criminal probes. The company planned to present a plan to resume operations and pay creditors, proposing 20 percent now and the rest over three years.

Omaha Iowa Nebraska Securities and Exchange Commission American Beef Packers, Inc American Beef

Also Mentioned on This Page

C.R Coralville Lake Rockies Lakes Ohio Valley Anchorage Los Angeles Atlanta Miami Minneapolis New Orleans Denver Duluth New York Phoenix Honolulu Seattle Houston the Daily Record St. Luke's Deborah Smith and Dennis Schneider Monticello Norwich Road Marsne Circle Towne House Drive C Avenue Twentieth Street Milwaukee Railroad Fifth Avenue Twenty-third Street Magistrate's Court Paul Helms Fourth Street Tom Wacker Hiawatha Donald Randall Toddville Patricia Soukup North Towne Lane Edwin Silver Central City Paul Krapf Gretchen Drive Glen Redmond Tim Anderson Oakland Road Mary Schimer Nineteenth Street David Carte Atkins Daniel Rathbun Valleyview Drive Marion Beulah McCoy Brentwood Drive Charles Henry Third Avenue Kenneth Cacherell Palo Ted Trusty Mallory Street Kenneth Klingler C Street John Marion Donald Ockenfels K Street Sheldon Clinton Staudcourt William Blout Walker Susan Wadstrchill Walford Larry Johnson Hardy Fetter Delong Drive Thomas Reid Central Drive Lawrence Evans Daleview Drive Ba Kalsrub William Hardman Bernice Carnahan Twenty-ninth Avenue Merlin Sharp Eighth Avenue Keith Wright F Avenue Sherman Fountaine Lincoln Drive Jerry Sonday Wilma McGrace Thirty-second Street Steven Kreutzer South Thirteenth Street Robert Pazour White Eagle Trail John Carty Glass Road Duane Kasper Gary Feickert Fourth Avenue Chester Holtzon M Street Douglas Curtis Third Avenue SE Steven Sweet Robins David Winter Thirteenth Street Donald Stewart Diane Ray Elmer Bruce Twenty-seventh Street William Tharp 510 Avenue Michael Alberts Gilbert Kopp Zika Avenue Dorothy Herman Apache Trail Alzo Alnutt Tenth Street Linda Hollis Sixth Street Reggie Meeks Thirtieth Street Roger Hartwig Anamson David Hartson Shellsburg Merlin Johnson Second Street Mary Wallbaum F.B.I Fire Highway Patrol Pierson 16Th Ave. S.W Australia Prince Sihanouk Peking Donald D. Ankney Waubeek Cedar Rapids Bus Company Burlington Lines Hanford American Legion Post Amvets Post Greg New York City Gary Mark Velma Himes Arthur Booth Leslie Ankney Kuba Funeral Home William B. Harnish Merlin Hultman Eisenhower Road Jay J. Burke Jay John Burke Allison Minnie Holubar Waterloo FMC Grand Lodge of International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Raymond L John J Troutdale Ore Frances A. Herrmann San Jose Calif Ellen M. Todd Robert William Kenneth Chapel of Memories Floyd J. Conway Knox United Presbyterian Church Cedar Memorial Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital Camp Courage Kilberger Mary Nemec Janeba- Kuba Funeral Home Janeba- Kuba Independence Zora C. Gallup White's Littleton Cemetery Memorial Fund McE Maud Rogers Mason-Howe's Brandon Cemetery West Liberty Dorothy Weiss Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Snider's Postville Orville Harnack St. Paul Lutheran Schutte’s. Tama Hildred A. Bredar Rock Island Ill Tama St. Patrick's Cemetery Visitation Mason-Hand’s Manchester Ray E. Vontalge United Methodist Church Shelly's Tillie O'Meara Muscatine Beckman-Butherus Mt. Calvary Cemetery Raymond L. Crock St. Mary's Catholic Church Sheets and Son's Brown Wenzel Kuhlman Police Dept City Golf John E. Lapes Third Avenue S.E Ganization Florist Town and Country
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