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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1976

Page

3

Weather forecast and river flood stage notes

Extended forecast calls for rain Friday night through Saturday night with mostly fair conditions Sunday. Highs reach mid 80s to mid 90s Friday and around 80s Sunday. lows in the 60s. Flood stages listed for LaCrosse, Lansing, Dam 9, McGregor, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Davenport, Keokuk, Cedar at C.R., and Coralville Lake pool level.

LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk

Births and fines mark Rainy Day in Daily Record

The Daily Record notes births at Mercy on Aug 25 for the Jardine and Grimm families and multiple births and adoptions in Cloquet and Cedar Rapids. The page also lists numerous traffic offenses, fines, and penalties including speed violations, defective equipment, improper registrations, and license issues alongside emergency calls and local notices.

Ion Larry Wacker Springville Carl Anderson Mt. Vernon Peter Stamats Forest Drive Gary Molitor I Avenue Linda Schmitz Cedar Rapids John Conly Oakland Road Theresa Doyle Eighth Street Charlton Barker Marengo Robert Thorp Jefferson David Bennett Lisbon Homer Danielson Ellsworth Susan Othing First Avenue Charles Poehler Nichols Kuris Raits Farm Road Marion Terry Trigg Atkins Kirk Hopten Ace Spencer Martin Standley Franklin Avenue Richard Smith Thomas Baker Echo Lane Norman Kannenberg Twentieth Avenue Julie Smiley Fifteenth Street Rickey Hendrix Sixth Street Charles Parks Randall Robertson Fourteenth Street Dean Paup Mechanicsville Randy Meier Route Two Ely Robert Clark Stuart Garringer Bennie Grimm Samuel Hughes Columbus Ohio W. Theodore Price Shaver Road Alfred Ronnfeldt Sixteeenth Avenue Thomas Moeller Route One Newhall

Convicted Police Shooter Freed After Pen Gun Theory Emerges

Chicago detective sergeant Richard Scanlon was wounded on August 2, 1975. James Dixon, jailed a year for shooting a cop, was exonerated as investigators consider an accidental self-shot with an illegal pen gun. Grand jury probes involve Chicago Homicide Commander Joseph DiLeonardi and State's Attorney Bernard Carey. Dixon pled guilty to secure freedom. the case hinges on pen gun evidence and police actions.

Chicago UPS James Dixon Cook County Bernard Carey Richard Scanlon Dixon Sgt. Scanlon Joseph DiLeonardi DiLeonardi Scanlon Robert Raab

Obituaries and notices from Cedar Rapids area deaths

Obituary notices for Albert Levi 82 of 827 Eighteenth Street SW Cedar Rapids and others list long illness deaths in Cedar Rapids area. Names include Antonia Hora 91, Hilda L. Phillips 81, Herman Hull 83, Iver Nielson 69, with services, cremations, burials, and memorials noted in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Dates span August through on this date in 1718 New Orleans founded.

Albert Levi Eighteenth Street Cedar Rapids Dedham Taylor County City of Pauline Morgan St. James Methodist Church St. James Builders Group Hilda L. Phillips Rochester N.Y Norway Iowa George D. Phillips Marion Everett M Canandaigua Harry Halverson Cheyenne Wyo Joseph E. Johnson Petersburg Alaska Forrest Hill Portland Ore Arthur Haug Green River Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge St. John’s Herman H. Hull Avenue NE Viola Alta Crowell Hull Cherry-Burrell Co Kenwood Park Palestine Council R & SM el Kahir Shrine Hanford Post American Legion the Moose Lodge UAW Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch Chapel Clifton W. Ellerbeck Mizpah Lodge Wilcox Cemetery Iver Shorty) Nielson Owen Street East Moline Korea Dorothea Lagerquist Turner Chapel West Charles Mehaffey Linwood Cemetery Am Vets

Fire Destroys Two Barns at Monona Farm Killing 1000 Hogs

A Monona area blaze at the Justus Kammerer farm caused about 150000 in damage to two barns live stock feed and grain. About 1000 hogs perished in a 36 by 124 foot barn and a smaller structure four miles southeast of Monona. Five thousand bales of hay and 5000 bushels of corn were lost. Fire began about 3 p.m. and was fought by Monona Farmersburg McGre gor Luana and St Olaf departments. Cause not determined.

Monona Justus Kammerer Farmersburg McGregor Luana St. Olaf

Carter Seeks Separation of Church and State in Policy

SEATTLE AP Jimmy Carter says if elected president he would not impose his religious convictions on Congress or others while noting Congress needs prayer. He stresses Baptist faith supports strict separation of church and state. On this date 168% Iroquois Indians attacked Montreal and killed 200 inhabitants.

Seattle Jimmy Carter Congress Carter Montreal

LaPeters Contends Colton Conflict Over Police Role

Former Iowa City safety chief LaPeters described a bitter clash with Colton over department direction and budget, claiming Colton pressured for his removal, leaked complaints, and attempted to control SWAT use while claiming the department suffered under Colton's leadership. He cited tape recordings and staff support for his stance.

Net Eldon Colton Hepperle Anamosa LaPeters Colton Doug Hansel

Nixon would have survived if tapes destroyed says Jaworski

Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski argues in his book that Nixon would have remained in office if he had destroyed the tapes. He says Nixon wanted the tapes for money and power and recounts Eastland’s account of Nixon crying after resignation.

Nixon Jaworski Gulf Publishing Co Houston The Houston Post Oval Office Sen James Eastland D-Miss

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