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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1976
Page
3
High temperatures Tuesday and overnight lows are reported for LaCrosse Lansing Dam 9, McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. Precipitation inches show varying changes with Coralville Lake pool level at 672.11 feet rising 1.88 feet.
Birth announcements list Mercy April 20 with several families including Delay Siders Porter Nolting Cartano Hague Reed Toland. police blotter notes multiple incidents, matches to bed and curtains, gas and air conditioner failures, speeding fines, license violations, disobeying signals, parking and other traffic matters with numerous names and addresses across Marion Shellsburg Central City and surrounding areas.
Giovanni Theodoli, 52, president of Chevron Italiana, was seriously wounded by gunmen in downtown Rome while en route to work. He has led Chevron Italiana for a decade and also presides over Unione Petrolifera Italiana. Police report three to four youths fired as his car stalled in traffic. An anonymous caller claimed the attack for the Communist Armed Units. the group earlier claimed an arson at Texaco in Florence.
Obituary notes report Richard J. Lord of Cedar Rapids died April 10 in San Diego after a long illness. Cremation in California and burial at Cedar Memorial. donations suggested to Heart and Cancer funds. The page lists numerous funeral and visitation details for local residents and nearby towns, including Kemme, Meryl, and others, with dates, times, and locations at Cedar Memorial and various chapels.
A UPI report cites Everett Ladd Jr of Connecticut and Seymore Lipset of Stanford saying liberal professors drive foreign cars while conservative ones favor American models. The most liberal group are professors who walk, seen as protesting culture. findings published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
A 1941 birthday card postmarked March 7 in St Louis arrived last week at a fraternity house near Washington University. Mas ter Jimmie Riehl no longer lives there. the envelope carried a purple 3 cent stamp and was signed by a Catherine somebody. A postal official called the delay unusual but possible if mail fell behind a case.
One hundred fifteen refugees from South Vietnam aboard four fishing boats were denied entry at Thai shores. Officials said the boats reached southern Thailand last Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday and some refugees sought resettlement in the United States or other nations. The interior ministry pledged food and fuel but no landings, and no new arrivals would be accepted after February.
Washington reports the Immigration and Naturalization Service unveils an identification card intended to reduce illegal entry. The spokesman says the card is as hard to counterfeit as money and features a complex mathematical code concealing holder information.
The murder case against Robideau and Butler, tied to Wounded Knee events, may last two to three weeks. U.S. prosecutors Sikma Cutler Hultman will lead the government case from Sioux City and Waterloo with William Kunstler as a possible defense attorney. Both men face murder charges with life imprisonment as the maximum sentence.
The proposal would make driving with 0.10 alcohol a misdemeanor with seven days in jail, 0.15 a serious misdemeanor up to one year, and 0.19 a felony up to five years. Rep Junker cites Norway's results as justification while opponents question constitutionality. The House also backs a life support cutoff for comatose patients when no recovery is possible, to be decided by guardians with doctors confirming no recovery, and ethics committee review.
UAW negotiators push for a total 42 percent rise on top of current $9.05 hourly package as Firestone offers 1.15 over three years with 60 cents first year. Bommarito says the UAW claim outpaces cost of living needs for 1976 while industry officials monitor inflation risk and potential ripple effects on Chrysler GM and Ford tire supply.
Joan Barbara Galvin 33 died Monday from injuries in a one car crash in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Born May 13 1942 in Lenoir North Carolina she is survived by her mother Irene Nemec Galvin of Fort Lauderdale. Services will be at Turner Chapel East at 10 30 a m Saturday with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Turner East after 5 p m Friday and until 10 a m Saturday. The casket will not be opened after the service. Mrs Galvin will stay at the home of her brother Stanley Nemec and his wife 1544 Seventh Avenue SE.
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz stopped Research Inc from advertising term papers on campuses. George Thorne, New York representative, agreed to end campus ads and was fined $200 for violating education law requiring students to do their own work.
Corrections magazine reports 249 716 inmates in state and federal prisons as of January 1 10 percent above the previous year. The rise is partly attributed to the postwar baby boom producing more youthful offenders. Local jail populations are not included.
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