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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1976
Page
25
C R and Elsewhere Traveler Forecast lists flood stages for Mississippi River towns. LaCrosse and Lansing show missing or unchanged readings, while Dubuque and Davenport report rises and Keokuk a fall. Dam readings also shift modestly with river levels noted.
The Daily Record lists births from Aug. 11 and 12 for multiple Marion Cedar Rapids and Iowa areas with several named families and newborns. It also notes police court outcomes and traffic violations from Magistrate’s Court including several fines and a two day jail sentence for Marion residents and related violations.
A study by executives and analysts notes a rising turnover in top corporate leadership. John Arnold cites 60 U S companies showing chief executive changes in early 1970s data with more retirements and firings suspected. Korn argues retirement and expansion drive this drift while executives face new pressures from instant communications and computerization.
A group of Japanese business men in Moscow were informed that Premier Alexei Kosygin is ill, according to Japanese sources. They expected to meet Kosygin, but a Soviet trade ministry official conveyed the illness, sources said. On this date in 1534, Imperial troops restored Florence to the Medicis.
Arthur Edward Butterfield 83 former Cedar Rapids resident died Monday in Phoenix Arizona after a long illness. He lived in Phoenix 14 years, born October 19 1892. survived by wife Kathryn Hart er daughter Mrs James Atherton Park California and four grandchildren. services at Chapel of Memories 10 a.m. Monday. burial Cedar Memorial. heart fund memorial suggested. Also notices for Daniel J Riley Jr Edna E Hauskins and related funeral details.
The Sigourney Community School District board approves remodeling specifications for the administration building. They introduce a learning swimming system for elementary pupils, hire David Beaty as head high school girls basketball coach, and approve five teacher contracts. A 12 month contract grants two weeks vacation to Tom Davis, vocational agricultural instructor, plus hires for middle and elementary roles.
Bristlecone Methuselah, claimed oldest living organism, sits in the Bristlecone forest near John Muir Wilderness. The notice also lists numerous Iowa death notices with names, ages, and funeral details across towns including Cedar Rapids, Estella Robertson, and others.
Four year old Jeff Sergeant son of Mr and Mrs John Sergeant was found asleep at his grandparents farm six and a half miles north of Strawberry Point after a search by Strawberry Point police Clayton county sheriff firemen neighbors and family. He had been reported missing about 530 p m. Authorities said his whereabouts during the search were unknown.
Police swarmed the Holiday Inn district after a 2 54 p m shooting left a suspect wounded by five officers on an adjoining balcony. Shoppers helped the wounded and more than 300 residents aided in the chaotic scene. Witnesses saw a man carry a 3 6 action file and a 2 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight from a car toward the hotel.
The report traces a political shake up in Linn County over Severn’s resignation and Rush’s nomination for the 15th district. Governor Ray’s later proclamation and Whitney’s plan to recertify cast doubt on an August 9 vacancy notice while Republicans prepare to nominate a successor at Kirkwood Community College.
The final platform draft for the 1976 Republican convention remains delayed and likely to shift from the preliminary version. Ford's forces won key items on foreign policy, Panama Canal and detente while conservatives gained on ERA opposition and other issues. Connally as GOP chairman is described as an embryonic possibility. Ford’s campaign role could grow if nominated.
District Judge James H. Carter withdrew from any further proceedings in the George M. Ebert case after Ebert pled guilty to conspiracy to commit a felony. Ebert, 23, Ames, was linked to an illicit drug factory found in Tama County in July 1975. Carter said prior involvement with co conspirators raised questions about his impartiality and ordered sentencing and a hearing on the motion to quash the assignment.
New York publisher Al Goldstein facing up to 60 years in jail on a federal obscenity conviction urges a constitutional amendment guaranteeing sexual freedom. He says the government must get out of bedrooms as sexual options are threatened by laws defining normal sexuality. He forms the Citizens Committee To Find the Constitution to push reform.
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