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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1977
Page
3
Obituaries for Arthur B. Phillipson 69 of Amery Wisconsin and several other Linn County figures. Stanley Elias 78 of Cedar Rapids, Bert Loop 58 of Monticello, and Joseph Timmer 63 of Earlville are noted. Services arranged at various churches and chapels with timelines and burial details.
Obituaries note the deaths of Joseph R. Visek 63 Cedar Rapids and John E. Clemens 71 Cedar Rapids area. Visek born 1914 Cedar Rapids long Cryovac worker veteran VFW post 788 survived by children and grandchildren. Cremation to follow with military honors and Linn County heart fund request. Clemens former business owner El Kahir temple Cedar Rapids Horsemen club member, survived by wife and eight grandchildren, services at First Presbyterian near Ely, burial at Oakland Solon. Additional notices cover Paul F. Williams 57 Coggon state and church ties, service and burial details with wake.
Heiress Patricia Hearst appears in court and changes prior not guilty plea to no contest in a 1974 Hy-Vee store shooting case. Judge Callister orders a probation report with next hearing set for May 9. Police also report four arrests in the Hy-Vee break in, including two teens and two adults held on varied bonds.
U S Representative Michael Blouin announces workshops for April 29 in Anamosa and April 30 in West Union with more than 20 federal and state agencies. Eastern Iowa mayors council members and other officials are invited to meet agency representatives to address local service and funding needs in face to face sessions.
The traffic engineering department reports Twenty-ninth Street NE closed at the Milwaukee railroad crossing and B avenue intersection for about a week for rail repairs. Detours exist via Twenty-seventh and Thirty-second streets. motorists urged to plan ahead.
In Des Moines the Volga lake plan faced renewed drive as Rep. Don Avenson pushes legislation to compel the conservation commission to advance the project. Senate action and governor's stance add complexity with about 90000 dollars remaining of prior funds and debate over dry lake alternatives and other state park needs.
The article reports President Carter’s primed energy package to be unveiled Wednesday in a joint session of Congress. He vows urgent conservation, tax on gas guzzlers, insulation incentives, coal conversion by utilities, and aligning domestic prices with world levels. A Monday Oval Office speech frames the plan as a wartime mobilization.
Kinze Manufacturing President Jon Kinzenbaw files in Cedar Rapids federal court claiming Deere and a North English dealer restrain trade by linking sale of corn planter units to Deere tool bars. Kinzenbaw seeks 3x damages plus an injunction. hearing set May 12.
Castle announced at a White House briefing that he will decide in 1980 whether to propose strict nitrogen oxide limits. He cited public health needs and economic goals, detailing proposed standards for hydrocarbons carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides across model years 1978 through 1983 under current law and potential future agency changes.
IE settlement notes material not transferred to IE ownership and raw uranium to be made into fuel bundles for next spring's refueling at Palo plant. Atlas claims $2 million annual losses from providing uranium at contract price, seeking cost recovery. IE held firm on price, asserting no renegotiation.
The court weighs a California medical school admissions program and a consent decree addressing state police integration. Decisions could reshape future affirmative action in education and business. Also on the docket are challenges to federal workplace safety inspections, civil rights damages and Massachusetts campaign finance limits.
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