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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1977
Page
2
Center Point board of education moved its regular meeting to August 18 at 8 p.m. due to personnel on vacation. The page lists local ads and notices including Novak Monuments Buck Grange Temple Judah Games and travel tours. Several breakins are noted with stolen items and addresses in Cedar Rapids area.
Milton Martens 55 arrested Saturday afternoon in the 400 block of Fifth Street SE on indecent exposure and intoxication charges. Steven Balvin 24 of 5130 Avenue NW charged with assault and battery and intoxication after an incident at Site Store. Bonds set at 250 dollars. Earl Kirklin 19 of 3628 Twenty-first Street SW charged with intoxication and resisting arrest after an alley incident. Dennis Malloy 21 of 5532 J Street SW and Tommy Zeien 22 of the Allison Hotel arrested during a Sunday traffic check. Malloy charged with possession of marijuana and faulty mufflers. Zeien charged with marijuana possession and intoxication. bonds 625 each. Sandy Waller 29 of 1017 Tenth Street SE charged with two counts of burglary. police report says he entered 1707 Washington Ave SE and left with a billfold and cash. pistol confiscated. Waller held in Linn jail on 10,000 bond per count.
Two men Charles Dodge of Wisconsin and Gordon Buttorff of Texas were sentenced to one year in prison on multiple counts for aiding and abetting a tax resistance operation involving about 15 Dubuque area participants. The scheme taught excessive exemptions to avoid federal income taxes. Sentences run concurrently with stay pending appeal. Both remained free on bond.
An all day Iowa youth workers gathering at Kirkwood Community College in the Amana room seeks about 50 participants from across the state. Rep. Thomas J. Higgins will speak at 1 p.m. on juvenile justice reform as part of a session on forming a state coalition and shaping a position on the proposed bill.
Sunday highs and overnight lows forecast with scattered storms through Wednesday. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s, SE wind at 7 mph, sun times given. Mississippi River stages show changes at LaCrosse, Lansing, Dam 9, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Davenport and Keokuk with rises and falls indicated.
Linn county's financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30 1976 prepared by the county auditor is available. Auditor Merle Kopel said offset printing saved more than $1 000 compared with last year with pages prepared by staff, reducing printing costs from over $2 000 to about $1 000.
Birth announcements from Mercy St. Luke's Fairfield and families named in Marion and Watkins list several newborns a son a daughter with parent names and addresses. A long list of emergency calls follows from 11:02 p.m. Saturday to 8:04 a.m. Monday detailing wiring outages gas leaks lightning fires and alarms across multiple streets and neighborhoods with noted damages and responses.
Des Moines AP State Auditor Lloyd Smith said he has received no request from any Iowa voter registration commission member for an investigation into Iowa Data Services Corp. The commission member Ben Benzine had claimed he asked Smith for the probe and said a letter urged withholding payments to counties until the contract terms are reviewed.
Miami AP Ginger Rogers recalls classic era with Fred Astaire and laments current movies offering too much violence and sensationalism. She says entertainment then was spelled with a capital E.
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