Perry and Kopel clash over audit remarks in Linn County
Linn County Clerk of Court Ken Perry Jr rebuked County Auditor Merle Kopel for implying possible embezzlement in the clerk’s office amid an audit that found loose accounting practices. Kopel stressed risk of such crimes though later tempered his stance. Perry demanded adherence to statute and warned against eroding public confidence. The audit covered the year ending June 30, 1975, highlighting missing bank reconciliations and trust ledger gaps, with Perry asserting reforms will begin by January 1.
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Steve Helle
Gazette
Linn County
Ken Perry, Jr
Merle Kopel
Perry
Kopel
the Gazette
Davenport Walkout Slows Long Distance Information
Long distance information calls for area code 319 slowed as Davenport Bell employees walked out at 8 30 am Thursday. The action affected 250 workers and followed air conditioning problems in a Davenport building. A 2 pm meeting between management and CWA locals was planned, while a nationwide Bell system strike loomed with talks stalled.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone
Davenport Bell
Bell
Donna Krier
Davenport
Communication Workers of America
CWA
Jerry Schaub
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Schaub
Erma J. Wiszmann
Wiszmann
Bell System
Glenn E. Watts
Watts
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates: carrier 1.05 per week, mail Afternoon Edition and Sat Sun 7 issues 4.29 four weeks 46.00 52 weeks. Other states territories 70.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. AP has exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cloudburst Weather Bites Iowa with Heavy Rainfall
A gusty Thursday dump of .25 inches of rain in about 15 minutes hit Cedar Rapids Airport while a downtown gauge recorded .06 inches. A Canadian cold front and August rain outlook raise hopes of recharging dry pastures and streams, though subsoil moisture remains low after a dry winter and a below normal snowfall.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
National Weather Service
Paul Waite
Iowa
Waite
Donelo Brady
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Marion
Merz Announces C R Board Candidacy in Cedar Rapids
Walter Merz 42 of 327 Nassau Street SE filed nomination papers Thursday for Cedar Rapids Community School Board District No 4. Incumbent Norman Lipsky not seeking re election. Ronald Moore also filed. Deadline 5 p m. Merz cites business experience and commitment to educational standards for Cedar Rapids youth. He holds a BA from the University of Colorado 1957 and works at Collins divisions Rockwell International. His family includes wife Mary and four children.
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Nassau Street
Cedar Rapids Community
Gretchen
First Lutheran Church In
Cedar Rapids
Weather Outlook and Mississippi River Stages For Thursday
Rain with high in the low 80s and overnight lows in the 60s. Extended forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms from Saturday through Monday with 80s to 90s and lows in the 60s. River gauges show varied changes, LaCrosse 4.8, Lansing 7.8, Dam 9 11.9, Dubuque 7.3, Davenport 3.4, Keokuk 2.5, Cedar Rapids 2.70 with several rises or falls listed.
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Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
C.R
Damage Blamed On Missing Stop Sign
Thomas Huggins of Central City filed in Linn district court claiming Linn county failed to replace a stop sign at a T intersection near Central City on February 12. He says driving on a foggy gravel road caused him to go into a ditch and suffer $15,000 in damages including medical costs and pain and suffering due to the county’s alleged negligence.
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Thomas Huggins
Central City
Linn District Court
Linn County
Huggins
Bushnell Receives Pilgrim Degree at Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge
Wesley J. Bushnell of 1425 Thirty First Street NE was awarded the Pilgrim degree at Moose Lodge No. 304 in Cedar Rapids. Milford Daviness presided. guest speakers included State Senator Cloyd Robinson and Police Chief Gareth Clift.
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Wesley J. Bushnell
Thirtyfirst
Loyal Order of the Moose
Cedar Rapids
Moose Lodge
Second Street
Pilgrim Milford Daviness
Cloyd Robinson
Gareth Clift
Birth Announcements from Mercy and St Luke's
Birth notices list new arrivals at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals. Included are the Baethke, Brown, Rosendahl, Thompson, Hamilton, Caldemeyer, Cook, Mulholland, Bliss, Etzel, and Phillips families with newborn sons, daughters, or twins. Times note incidents of outages and malfunctions on Sixth and Third avenues.
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Kraig A. Rosendahl
Ninth Street
Roger Thompson
Springville
Robert Hamilton
Sixteenth Avenue SE
James Caldemeyer
Cavalier Street
Ronald Cook
Mechanicsville
David Mulholland
Thirty-first Street Drive
Gary L. Bliss
Crestridge Avenue
Curtis Etzel
Johnson Avenue NW
Larry C. Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Ozark Airlines Workers Begin Vote on Contract
Voters decide on a proposed contract offered by Ozark Airlines with balloting starting Thursday and ending Saturday. Union leaders urge rejection, warning a rejection could trigger a strike as early as Monday, potentially halting operations in 57 cities including Cedar Rapids.
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Ozark Air Lines
Ozark
Cedar Rapids
City Wins Low Bid on Parking Ramp Bond Financing
Cedar Rapids officials reported a 3.6 million revenue bond sale for a new 800 car parking ramp at the community center with Merrill Lynch submitting the lowest bid of 5.64478 percent over 21 years. The city had expected 6.5 percent, saving over 400000 in interest. Other bids came from John Nuveen and Co and a Carlton D. Bed Co. consortium.
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Cedar Rapids
Hal Schaefer
Schaefer
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
John Nuveen and Co
Carleton D. Bed Co
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