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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1979
Page
3
A series of obituary notices from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas reports deaths of Ralph Howard Norris 67 Anamosa Ron Holtz 60 Alma Fleming 88 Frances Chase 75 James Jennison 74 Albert Stinacher 81 Francis Stephen 72 and others. Services schedules and burial details follow for each, listing birthplaces spouses and survivor counts. The notices cover veterans church affiliations and local civic ties.
Cedar Rapids resident Paul Welbourne Stanley, 45, was charged with possession of a large knife and threatening display while riding in a truck on Ushers Ferry Road after deputies responding to a report of a man with a shotgun found a sheath knife. He faces DUI charges as well.
Horned by Cedar Rapids Police report a theft of wire rim hub caps valued at 400 dollars from Arlo Kern's 1975 Cadillac parked near 14th Avenue and Third Street SE. The incident occurred Thursday night. Kennedy High School Concert Choir Car Wash Saturday 10 to 6. Hardee's Center Point Road 42nd St NE. Extraordinary Decor The Gift Chalet promos.
Iowa City doctors report 42 year old Leslie E Brandt of Waverly is progressing normally after Iowa's first combined kidney and pancreas transplant performed April 18. The diabetic patient has not needed insulin since surgery and doctors say reversal of diabetes may result if the pancreas continues to function.
Carter proposes a windfall profits tax expected to net coastal billions but critics call it a sham as oil producers brace for decontrol gains totaling over 15 billion. Mobil reports an 81 percent quarterly profit surge to 437 million while FERC orders probe into automatic rate adjustments affecting about 200 utilities.
Gov. Robert Ray backed a law causing varying reduction percentages across 118 jurisdictions. An attorney general panel noted that different base values since 1973 and yearly fluctuations create persistent disparities. Example: West Des Moines areas see Polk County at 62 percent vs Dallas County at 49 percent reduction, yielding higher assessed values in Dallas County.
Defense and prosecution clash over self defense and justified use of force in the Jan. 23 shooting at the L and H Lounge. Willie B. Love faces first degree murder charges in Ernest Gibson's death and attempted murder for William Gibson, with Linn District Court jurors deliberating after closing arguments.
The Iowa House approved the first segment of a two part amendment to an appropriations bill directing health rules for medicinal marijuana. Opponents warned of broader danger, while supporters cite glaucoma and chemotherapy relief. The second division would keep marijuana as a controlled drug but allow use per Health Department rules.
Wintry conditions brought light snow to northeast Iowa with minute accumulations overnight. Observers report snow changing to rain early today in Winneshiek Howard Butler Chickasaw Black Hawk and Fayette counties.
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