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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1977
Page
2
Local notices report hospital ICU condition for Tom Railsback and no visitors. Ads seek wedding band, florists, temple gathering, a new beauty location, absentee ballots details, travel listings, and service promotions. Local thefts include items from a van, boat, tools, stereo, coins, and a jewelry burglary at a Marion residence.
St Luke's hospital faced two outages Sunday afternoon, one from a squirrel entangling switching gear and another from water causing a transformer failure. Automatic transfer kept operations running. emergency power covered the interim while repairs took about two hours.
Roslyn Payn reports three white males snatched her purse at 9 59 p m as she walked to her car in the 400 block of Third street SE. The purses contents included 178 dollars in cash and other items. Police continue investigation.
A free two hour clinic for retail advertisers will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday Sept 8 at the Roosevelt Royale sponsored by The Gazette. William J Solch of New York City will conduct the program as retail vice president of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Reservations by telephone through Sept 1 at 398 8216.
The report notes cloudy conditions with Sunday highs and overnight lows plus a chance of showers on Wednesday. It lists forecast highs in the 70s to near 80 and lows in the 50s to near 60, with calm winds at 10 am and daylight times for Tuesday sunrise at 6 30 and sunset at 7 44. Coralville Lake and Mississippi river stages are given for multiple stations with several rises and falls.
Robert Raymondo Diaz and James Robinson, both 19, are jailed on armed with intent and assault charges following a Sunday shooting at Mt. Vernon Road and Fifteenth Street SE. The victim Steven Frendle and his companions were uninjured. Additional arrests include Franklin Hanson, Jerome Buck, and a 17-year-old on traffic and drug charges.
The Vital Statistics column lists births from St Luke's and several area families including Kriz, Connell, Kueter, Stork, Chapman, Fields, Watters, Hangartner, and Toomer with dates Aug 27 and Aug 28. Additional items include late night and morning utility and safety notices such as downed wires, dust to detector, gas flush, and standby events in local streets and addresses.
A 25-year-old Manchester man David H. Sullivan drowned in the Maquoketa river at Pin Oak park while retrieving a beach ball. His body was recovered from 20 feet of water by local rescue teams. He is survived by his wife Barbara, his parents, three brothers, and one sister. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Peace Lutheran church in Ryan with visitation after 2 p.m. Monday at Bohenkamp's.
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