Weather and Birth Announcements From Cedar Rapids Area
Daily weather notes show high August 1.05 normal. barometer 29.90 inches and humidity 58 percent at 10 PM with a SSW wind at 12 mph. Extended forecast calls for showers Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Birth notices list Mercy and several families in Hiawatha Cedar Rapids Vinton Marion and Solon with multiple newborn sons and daughters between Aug 21 and Aug 23.
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Weseese Wivenwesensees
Debate grows over summer jobless benefits for school staff
Iowa officials discuss state and local funding for SUA jobless payments to school employees. Josten sees unlikely district cost of about 900000 if federal funding lapses, while lawmakers face pressure to renew beyond March 1977. Payments to about 3000 people in July shown, with district variations and debates on fairness.
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Josten
Congress
Iowa
Ray Locke
Iowa Employment Security Commission
SUA
Jones
Johnson
Selk
Davidson
IASB
Soviet grain outlook amid drought tests in western regions
A Soviet team reported confirmed reports of bread grain damage in major producing areas but found no disaster conditions. They traveled over 6,000 miles through western Siberia and Kazakhstan, noting wheat will run slightly below the four year average and well below trend.
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Palmer
U.S. Economy Faces Mixed Signals on Price Hikes
The Russian grain deal may lift food costs by 1.5 percent this year. Aluminum steel and auto makers announce price hikes, but experts expect some to be rolled back as demand remains wary. Automaker sales for Aug 1–20 expected at 195,000, the lowest since 1971 but up from early August.
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U.S
Kissinger Shuttles to Herzliya For Israel Talks
Kissinger arrived from Jerusalem to a government guest house in Herzliya as Rabin and other Israeli leaders kept the Sabbath in Tel Aviv. A Jerusalem cabinet session was planned with another Kissinger session to follow, with Allon and Peres among the Israeli team. He left Damascus after a four hour talk with President Assad stressing Syria’s stake in Golan Heights talks.
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Jerusalem
Herzliya
U.S
Rabin
Tel Aviv
Kissinger
Yigal Allon
Damascus
Assad
Syria
Golan Heights
Violence escalates in Argentina with Larrabure death
A guerrilla communiqué claims Larrabure strangled himself in a people's jail last Tuesday, as Argentina faces a week of terror that raises the toll to 24 dead and 30 wounded nationwide. President Peron calls for end to internal Peronist strife as bombings and shootouts hit Buenos Aires and major cities.
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Larrabure
Cordoba
Isabel Peron
Peronist
Ford Readies Montana Hop to Open Libby Dam
President Ford wraps up a two week vacation and heads to northern Montana to inaugurate the Libby Dam power plant on the Kootenai River with a switch activation. He will also visit Kalispell and tour the dam site before returning to Washington on a three state trip.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Montana
Libby Dam
Kootenai River
Kalispell
Mont
Washington
Chicago
Richard Daley
Chicago Yacht Club
American Hardware Manufacturers Assn
Milwaukee
Kissinger
Middle East
Ron Nessen
Vail Municipal Course
Bob Wolfe
Ted Kindel
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Brown
Logan
Utah
Midwest
Nelsen
White House
City Briefs and Local Notices from Cedar Rapids Area
Summary of items including deaths and services for Emma Steffen of Tipton. thefts of a gun and a jacket, church equipment theft, tent theft, house burglaries, ring theft, and a purse theft. Community notices cover the Kenwood AA anniversary at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church and local floral ads. Deborah Dvorak graduates from Patricia Stevens Fashion and Secretarial college in Omaha.
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Kenwood AA
Alanon
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Deborah Dvorak
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Stevens
Culver Criticizes Ford Policies On Economy And Morals
Sen John Culver angrily challenged President Ford over domestic policy saying unemployment and hardship rise while the administration claims victory in veto defeats. He urged a leadership that protects minorities the poor and the disabled and stressed public morality alongside personal conduct.
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Fort Dodge
John Culver
D-Iown
Ford
Culver
Iowa
Charge Two with Snake Theft from Zoo
Extradition for Timothy Murray and his wife Donna Murray from Iowa is expected early next week. They face burglary charges for stealing five snakes worth about 1000 dollars from Lincoln Nebraska's children's zoo on May 28. A 17-year-old Council Bluffs juvenile was also arrested. The couple are under investigation for additional snake thefts in Topeka Kansas and a 19-foot python taken from Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Police seized several snakes, including a venomous diamondback rattlesnake, from the Murray home in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lincoln, Neb
Timothy Murray
Donna
Lincoln Zoo
San Bernadino County
Topeka, Kan
Henry Doorly
Omaha
Scofflaw Attorney Fined for 468 Unpaid Parking Tickets
Chicago attorney Henry Rabin admitted failure to pay 468 parking tickets. Judge Richard Lefevour imposed a $5,000 fine, applying a $500 bond as a down payment and scheduling 45 monthly payments of $100. Rabin had 303 unpaid tickets in 1973, 132 the prior year, and 33 outstanding this year.
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Scofflaw
Chicago
UPI
Henry Rabin
Richard Lefevour
Rabin
Albert Leads Slav Conference at Kupari
A congressional delegation led by House Speaker Carl Albert conferred Saturday with Yugoslav Prime Minister Dzemal Bijedic at Kupari near Dubrovnik. On Monday the group planned to fly to Slovenia to meet President Tito.
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Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Carl Albert
Dzemal Bijedic
Kupari
Slovenia
Tito
Plane Rips Wing but Lands Safely at Buffalo Airport
An American Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 109 people ripped part of the runway when its landing gear collapsed at Buffalo International. The left wing suffered extensive damage, but no injuries were reported. The aircraft had arrived from LaGuardia around 10 30 a m and the cause was not known as the runway remained closed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Airlines
Buffalo International
la Guardia
New York
Obituaries list Cedar Rapids area deaths and services
Obituaries for Pearl L. Kessler and many others list birth and death details, survivors, and funeral arrangements across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. The notices include service times at Turner chapels and various churches, burial sites, and visitation windows with corrections to prior listings.
Wallenda Returns to High Wire After 13-Year Gap
Karl Wallenda 70 returns to performing at the Michigan State fair in Detroit with a 300-foot wire walk between two cranes. The stunt follows a 1962 tragedy when two troupe members were killed and his son Mario was paralyzed, driving his resolve to return to high wire work.
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Karl Wallenda
Fall Scene
Wallenda
Mario
Libyan Leader Signs Pact for Air Defense Network
Libyan head of state Muammar Khadafy signed an agreement with U S Northrop Co to set up an air defense and radar network around Libya according to Akhbar Al Yom.
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Cairo
Muammar Khadafy
U.S. Northrop Co
Libya
Akhbar al Yom
Sell Your RV or Boat Fast with Low-Cost Classified Ad
Classified ad offer to sell a camper RV or boat quickly with a low cost. Includes a call to action and a phone contact 398 8234. No further details provided.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Billing and Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates by carrier and mail vary by edition with weekly and yearly options and restrictions on mail service areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Iowa
U S
Associated Press
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C.R. Weather
Daily Record
Larry Marks
Hiawatha
Thomas Towry
Michael Krecioch
Second Street
Richard D. McKibben
Vinton
St. Luke's
Robin D. Lucas
Richard Bird
Kenmore Street
L. Schellhorn
McGowan Boulevard
Marion
Iowa City
Robert A. Zeman
Solon
Robert Josten
Iowa League of Municipalities
Bob Selk
Linn County
Benton
Pate
Fense
Shimon Peres
Buenos Aires
la Plata
Santa Fe
Resistencia
Parana
Mrs. Ford
Fords
Susan
City Briefs
Arthur J. Schmidt
Falcon Drive
Stanley Jandik
Fourteenth Avenue
Emma Steffen
Tipton
Sheets and Sons
Cedar Rapids Toastmistress Club
Kcrg-Tv
Adv
Kenneth E. Zimmerman
Elder Jane NW
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Ramon Booth
Central Assembly of God
F Avenue NW
Gerald Hiland
Twenty-seventh Street
Buresh
First Avenue
Anna Jensen
K Street
L. R. Sherman
First Avenue SE
Wava
Pierson’s Florists
Avenue Floral
Fontana, Calif
Murray
Albert
Teahen Funeral Home
Henry F. 'Feah
Peter R. Teahen
Mortician
First Ave
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue S.E
Earl Kessler
Pearl L. Kessler
Williams Boulevard
Center Point
Arlene Ohl
Alta Usher
Bettendorf
Merle Rabik
Gerald Reed
James McArthur
Everett McArthur
Pearce
Ariz
Emery McArthur
Des Moines
Virgil McArthur
Central City
Turner Chapel West
Lee Roy Collins
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Barker
John H
Brush Chapel
St. Patrick’s Church
Carl Ries
St. John’s Cemetery
North Western Railroad
Rock Island
Jake Kuntzweiler
Anamosa
Spicka
John
William B. Harnish
Chesmore
Riley Floyd
Kuba Funeral Home
Clarence Frana
Troy Mills
George Fuqua
Fifteenth Street
Tennessee
East Moline
James Ware
Fuqua
Rock Island Railroad
American Legion Post
Ware
Verlee Love
Milan
Tenn
Turner Chapel East
Strawberry Point
Harold Meyer
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Roberson’s
Lisbon
Mamie Fortner Robertson
Morgan's
Mt. Vernon
Grace Kidder Kramer
United Methodist Church
Morgan’s. Sigourney
Francis A. Shannon
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Reynold
Overton's
Stephen
Kay) Kula
Devaney
Monticello
Calmar
Frank E. Huber
St. Aloysius
French's
Oxford
Ruth Schmidt
Oxford Chapel
T — Ruth I. Miller
Sheets and Son
Emma E. Steffen
Durant Cemetery
Detroit
Karl
Libyan Air Defense
1St Ave
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