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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1977
Page
2
Pakistani general strike shuts Karachi amid calls for Prime Minister Bhutto resignation. Two demonstrators die when a train is pushed through a crowd, with bank attacks reported but little looting.
Sudanese President Jaafar el Numairi claimed a 99.1 percent mandate in a three week yes or no referendum with six million voters. Claudine Longet began a 30 day jail term for the fatal shooting of Vladimir Sabich at a Colorado ski resort home.
Cedar Rapids notes Kenneth Scheer son of Mr and Mrs Donald Scheer 2390 McGowan boulevard Marion has been assigned for technical training at Sheppard AFB Texas in the air force aircraft maintenance field after completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas Also Marion Democratic Club invites public to meeting April 22 7 30 p m at Farmers State Bank with Dr Sam Tuthill as guest on the Energy Crisis.
A 17 year old Cedar Rapids boy faced going armed with intent charges after Bonnie Davis reported the youth pointed a gun Tuesday. Randall D Larson David J Bergman and Dan S Ross, all in their late teens, charged with criminal trespass for entering Miller's storage lot without permission. S Jagerson was charged with receiving stolen property after Rae Jean Brady reported a leather coat stolen three days earlier.
A 1,800 room Hilton hotel in San Francisco offers guests who do not order coffee at the Chef's Table restaurant a 20 percent discount on regular food prices. The hotel has also cut prices on house liquors and wines to curb water requests as water is rationed in the city.
Two individuals faced drunken driving charges after separate incidents. Robert J. Shimon, 49, of 650 Thirty-second Street SE, was arrested at 2 07 a.m. near Third Avenue and Seventh Street SE. David L. Watson, 22, of 716 East Avenue NW, was taken into custody at 9 20 p.m. near First Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE.
Texas house jurisprudence committee rejected a bill to impose a two year moratorium on executions. The vote came a week before Ernest Benjamin Smith is scheduled to die in the electric chair.
The notices list births at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals on April 18 to 20 for families in Cedar Rapids, Marion, Central City, Van Horne and nearby areas, naming parents and addresses for several newborns and adoptions. Also recorded are two fire incidents and a broken sprinkler line in the city.
Miami resident James Timothy Getty, 28, was sentenced by Dade Circuit Court Judge Ellen Morphosios to 10 years in prison for forging and selling Florida auto inspection stickers. State officials say he may be sent to the Appalachee prison unit where genuine stickers are produced.
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