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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
24
Extended forecast shows little or no precipitation across Saturday to Monday. Cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday. warmer in northwest Monday. Saturday highs in upper 70s to mid 80s statewide and 80s on Monday. lows mostly mid 50s to low 80s. Also notes rainfall totals and river gauges across several stations with standard daily readings.
Birth announcements list multiple families with names and addresses including Alles Schmell and Donald Joggerst plus others in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Marriage licenses disclose numerous couples from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Notices cover dissolutions and annulments, with service times and locations. several funeral services are noted for Friday.
The California legislature last year approved personalized six character license plates, selling 35,420 plates for an extra $25 each and raising $823,500 in nine months. Popular words include LOVE and PEACE, with many humorous and provocative choices while banned words are rejected.
Fort Lewis soldiers test a space age mess hall system designed by Natick lab to improve efficiency and use. The plan includes satellite mess halls, a central food factory, a short order house and a specialty house serving Italian and seafood with meals preprepared and chilled for rapid reheating.
Jerry Merta berry Merta 70 of 411 Fifteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after a long illness. A retired farmer born October 8 1870 in Czechoslovakia he lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life and recently worked at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Surviving wife Josephine Dastal four daughters seven sons a brother 30 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Saturday Brush chapel 2 p.m. Rev A T Washington burial Cedar Memorial. Paul E Gaumon Cedar Rapids resident until 1925 later Davenport died there Saturday employed by Wester Groceria. Services and burial in Davenport Wednesday Memorial Services Holy Name Grace Immaculate Conception church 10 a.m. Friday Beatty Hearne chapel Rosary Thursday 7:30 p.m. with Father Leonard.
Cedar Rapids teachers face a looming wage freeze with questions on pay schedules amended by the presidents order. District leaders push exemptions for certain staff and argue older contracts and fringe benefits may already set pay levels.
Connally rejected Meany’s claims as nonsense and argued U S industry must modernize to compete with Japan and Germany. He said price controls threaten profits and noted last year had the lowest corporate profits in over a decade while warning of potential abuses by big business and labor.
DeWayne Curgrove aged 33 of 122 Thiryfifth Street NE and Kenneth P. Quinn aged 63 of 2612 Falc ondave NE filed nomination papers for Cedar Rapids finance commissioner. They must submit 400 signatures by October 5 with primary set for October 19 and general election on November 2. Meanwhile longshoremen and other workers union action continues amid national strike tensions and a White House request for a pause.
Kaplan was sentenced to prison for manslaughter in the death of Luis Vidal of New York City. The body was found near Mexico City. He was arrested in Spain by Interpol in 1983 and extradited to Mexico City for trial, where he pleaded innocent but was found guilty of manslaughter and illegally entering Mez don on a false passport.
UPI reports Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker arrived in Saigon after ten days of consultations with President Nixon and other officials. Speculation grows that he may be replaced by William Sullivan or Leonard Unger.
No papers filed for College Community school district director district 1. William E. Boland has taken papers. Incumbent Robert Krob and James Tanaris filed in district 5 and district 6. Nominations accepted until Monday at Prairie School. Papers filed with Glenn Selzer.
Rep. Fred Rooney urges FTC action to require credit card insurers to notify policy holders that card liability insurance is obsolete and to refund premiums paid since January 0. Rooney cites the Truth In Lending Law limiting liability to 90 dollars or zero in some cases.
FRANKFORT Ky AP The state forms a commission to plan celebrations of Fort Harrod’s founding anniversary and the 100th Kentucky Derby in 1974.
In Seoul the Itsewon area saw American soldiers fight near U.S. Army HQ with MPs called in to quell the disturbance. Korean police said 3 to 5 GIs sparked a bar fight that drew about 30 servicemen and some locals into the melee.
Prices vary as smaller, independent stations in Cedar Rapids slash gas to undercut major brands. Burgus Standard and Allen's Mobil sites report no authorization to lower prices while Skelly and Shell stations hold line. District offices struggle with freezes and delays in granting price reductions amid a widening competitive push.
Leland Wood 24 of 226 A avenue NE was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in a peace court on a charge connected to a June 16 incident involving a 1 year old rural Palo woman.
Linda Moon of route three Cedar Rapids was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of possession of stolen property after a municipal court preliminary hearing. She allegedly possessed property at her residence that had been reported stolen.
Union reps told county supervisors that several requests will be granted while others can’t be funded. Floyd Emmons said union dues could be deducted with state approval and equipment readiness, expected early next year. Clothing or allowances will be provided. medical and life insurance increases are unlikely due to costs across about 400 workers. A Sept. 28 meeting was set to review insurance costs and salary plans, with a possible 5 percent cost of living rise next year.
Gregory E. Karrick received a suspended ten year sentence in the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. Linn District Judge B J Maxwell placed him on probation. The Dec 23 break in at a northeast Cedar Rapids residence saw a radio and old currency valued at 350 dollars stolen. Karrick, 25, has a southeast Cedar Rapids address.
Ames candidate Paul Franzenburg, who seeks the Democratic nomination for Iowa governor, says rumors about retinal hemorrhages are unfounded. He reports a past hemorrhage from a retinal occlusion in 1956 and says he is resting with a doctor’s note that his general health is excellent after a recent physical.
A 16 year old Anamosa boy, pursued by Cedar Rapids police Wednesday night, led to a chase ending when he crashed the stolen car into a telephone pole near the 300 block of L Avenue NW. He was caught after fleeing on foot and returned to the training school in Eldora Thursday morning.
Bolton said he received 45 minutes notice of his firing and denied any illegal acts. Van Nostrand announced the dismissal at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday with an appeal right, joining secretary Edgar Storey who resigned after a state audit flagged irregularities in expenses.
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