17 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1976
Page
1
South misfired a free diamond finesse and lost two spades and a diamond as North advised restraint. The piece stresses that card counting, not raw points, guides game and slam decisions and explains bonus points for voids and singletons in early hand valuation.
The theater listing shows The Gumball Rally at 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:50, and 9:45. Also scheduled is world premiere The Shootist at 7 and 9, with Plaza offering The Omen and Gator showings at 5:40, 7:45, and 9:50.
City Clerk Steve Odem plans to leave duties September 8 to take an administrative assistant post in Newton. He cited an impasse with Mayor Louis Hull over final authority and the city council, with an ordinance giving council control under debate.
Willie Williams aged 18 of 504 Tenth Street SE is held in Linn county jail on $10,000 bond after being charged with raping a 15 year old Cedar Rapids girl near Ninth avenue SE early Tuesday. Police say he grabbed the girl and dragged her into an alley. he had been released from jail a week earlier after an assault on Patty K VanDeusen at 1133 Ninth Street NW. She escaped after he struck her in the 500 block of Tenth street SE. Williams faces related assault with intent charges from that incident.
Police found a drunk man sleeping near 1218 Thirty-third Street NE early Tuesday. He gave a different name each time asked, attempted to flee when told he would be arrested, and bumped a car before being booked as John Doe in Linn County jail on $250 bond for intoxication and resisting an officer.
A bridge deal shows North South and East West positions with a pass sequence followed by an opening lead of four clubs. The text notes the pass and pass responses in the early bidding, highlighting the opening lead choice.
Cedar Rapids city council may revisit its plan to raise senior golf season tickets from 35 to 60 next summer. Officials say all green fees will rise to cover operating costs, while seniors protest the impact on fixed incomes. The council agreed to review the move after about 45 minutes of discussion.
Lightning from a rain storm touched off at least three flames across Eastern Iowa. A mobile home near Strawberry Point belonging to the Larry Flack family burned, with the family escaping unharmed but losing belongings. A Van Fleet farm barn near Decorah was also destroyed, with pigs and 5,000 bales of hay lost, damage about 30,000. A West Union high school electrical fire caused unknown damage. Fire crews from Decorah and Mabel responded. Heavy rains followed, totaling over three inches in Fayette and West Union by midmorning.
Darryl E. Pettit twenty one of 2551 Glass road NE charged Monday with robbing George Pryor at 1324 Tenth street NW on August 11. The same incident led to charges against Robert L. Santee and Sandra Mae Bowdish for robbery last week. Pettit held in Linn county jail in lieu of ten thousand dollar bond.
Three defendants faced Linn district court for possession of controlled substances. Michael Jones pled guilty to marijuana possession and paid a 300 dollar fine. David Gutierrez pled guilty to marijuana possession and paid a 200 dollar fine. Steven Durgin pled guilty to hashish possession and received 90 days in jail with 80 suspended. he also pled guilty to contributing to a minor theft incident and was given 10 days with credit for time served.
Gerri Vaughan reports five men in their 20s robbed her Monday night in the 600 block of an alley between Fourth and Fifth avenues SE. One man knocked her down and another stepped on her right arm as her purse was taken. purse items valued about $80 including $50 cash.
Cedar Rapids residents were injured in three single vehicle crashes since Sunday. Liliane Springman 46 was hospitalized with a pelvic fracture after backing a car from a private driveway on Glenbrook drive SE. The car struck a tree and shrubbery and ended in a neighbor's yard. Jason Kehoe 2 was treated and released after the same crash. police did not list his name in the report. Cathey McNabb 25 was treated and released after being knocked from a mini bike at Seminole Valley park Sunday night. Sharon Kruger 22 was treated and released after stepping in front of a car on Highway 30 Tuesday morning driven by Larry Gosnell 27. No charges filed. In Palo, Robert Camp reported three rifles worth 470 stolen from his locked pickup camper downtown Friday evening. 10 years ago, lawyers for anti-war witnesses left a House committee on un-American Activities hearing after a lawyer was dragged from the room.
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