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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1978
Page
3
Obituary notices recount deaths of Helen Rose Smith 57 Hattie Wyatt 86 Nicole Brace 11 months Russell Danshill 58 Jessie DeLong 84 Emma Shima 90 Sylvia Bottoms 38 Theodore Johnson 75 Charles Stevens 80 and others.(Full notices provide services burial and survivors across Iowa locations.)
Wesley W. Olson of 2407 C Ave NE died today at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services are pending at Turner Chapel East.
Sears,Roebuck and Co reports 63 cents a share for Q2 1978, below 65 cents a year earlier, with net income of 200.78 million on 4.59 billion sales while six months show 356 million earnings on 8.56 billion sales. Edward R. Telling cites pre tax pension, profit sharing and interest costs as factors. Allstate Group earnings rose marginally.
A 47 year old Iowa City woman Lelia Schrag was arraigned in Magistrate Court on three charges after a fire was set in newspapers in the women’s cell at Johnson County Jail. She faces reckless use of fire and criminal mischief in the third degree with a hearing set for Aug. 30.
National Airlines and Pan American World Airways will merge, blocking Texas International Airlines from taking National. The deal secures Pan Am's access to domestic routes and was reported by The Miami News on Wednesday.
Millionaire called on Scott and colleagues at Ames to visit about a program. Iowa State enters a five year pact with the University of Costa Rica enrolling about 30 000 students, the agriculture university. Personnel flow between the two schools has begun.
Iowa State University plans to send at least a dozen faculty members including agronomists horticulturists and animal scientists to Costa Rica for three month periods over five years. The program aims to assist small Costa Rican farmers not earning a decent living and features roles for engineers entomologists and economists.
In Lexington officials estimate roughly 80 000 votes to reject and 60 000 to accept with 40 000 not voting as postal workers push toward avoidable strike. Contingency plans under Graphic Hand would deploy Army troops to sustain city mail deliveries if talks fail.
The dollar rose to an all time high of 216.125 an ounce in Zurich on August 15 after starting the year at 169.50. In Tokyo the dollar gained 7.55 yen or over 4 percent as banks build dry powder ahead of possible U.S. measures. Spot turnover in Tokyo reached 723 million with 812 million in forward and swap trading as traders anticipate further policy moves.
A palace raid in Managua accompanied by a 7.0 earthquake paralyses Nicaragua. Somoza declares emergency, sends national guard, while Sandinistas fight guerrilla battles and protests erupt. Officials report hundreds dead or injured amid a collapsing security situation.
C R News Briefs note Friday noon speech by Judge August Hansell at Bishop Cafeteria downtown. Also items include 97th birthday thanks, local ads, barber and beauty specials, dean’s list honor for Mark Berry, tours and trips from Charter Coaches, and community notices.
A CAB judge approved World Airways to start scheduled transcontinental flights at an unprecedented $99 fare. The plan routes Newark to Baltimore to Oakland near San Francisco and Ontario Long Beach area with four daily flights. Tickets would be sold via the Tick etron computerized system instead of traditional airport counters.
Police report a 9:45 p.m. collision in the Lindale Plaza lot left 16 year old John L. Mudd of 4921 McGowan Drive SE injured and taken to Mercy Hospital where staff declined to release details. Driver George Ratliff Jr., 21, of 420 15th St. SE stayed at the scene. no charges were filed. The motorcycle allegedly passed a car on the left before the head on crash.
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