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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1974
Page
12
The Linn Recorder E. F. Pat Kane warns snowmobile license renewals must be done by December 31 to avoid penalties. 1975 registrations can be obtained from the county recorder where the owner resides, with further information available from the recorder's office at 398 3441.
NBC presents a 90 minute made for TV adaptation of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage starring Richard Thomas as the young Union soldier. Critics praise its battlefield atmosphere and solid performances by Michael Brandon and Charles Aldman, with minor quibbles over dreamlike flashbacks and some hokey dialogue. The production relocates to Arizona locales Patagonia and Rio Rico and offers a respectable, if not definitive, screen version.
Moscow reports that Soviet scientists estimate the current polar bear population in the country at 12 000 to 20 000. The animals have been protected since a 1956 ban on hunting or capturing them.
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers votes to ask the Cedar Rapids Community School Board for a 20 percent salary increase for 1975-76. Beginning teachers would rise from 8000 to 9600 dollars annually. They also seek a grievance policy with final arbitration and plan a meeting with the board’s negotiating team next week. Norman Hanson reelected CRFT president with a full slate of officers and Hawkeye Labor Council delegates named.
Newington Connecticut substitute mailman Robert Santangelo age 23 was charged Monday with detaining and embezzling mail. Firefighters found nearly three tons of undelivered mail in his attic during a house fire investigation. He was released on $1000 bond and had resigned from the postal service after 18 months.
Mayor Robert Streit filed a writ of certiorari challenging a magistrate ruling in a dispute with town clerk Mildred Rolf over allegedly illicitly drawing a warrant for building repairs. Magistrate Hoffmeier dismissed as the cited law had expired. Streit seeks district court review claiming the law remains in effect until mid-1975.
Stafford England report says local council hires an attendant to monitor couples for only kissing during rock concerts to enforce conduct rules. The unusual post aims to curb public displays during events.
Interns and residents at the American Medical Association meeting accuse the group of using them to boost membership. They threaten to resign and seek autonomy over budgets and voting, while debates on dues increases and malpractice insurance costs intensify.
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers president Norman Hanson presented details as the labor council endorsed an $8.9 million bond plan to remodel four aging junior high schools. Inflation has raised costs by over a million dollars since a prior defeat. Voters face a Tuesday referendum requiring 60 percent approval to pass.
Former Senator Eugene McCarthy suggested a possible independent bid for president in 1976. He said he would skip primaries due to cost and focus on presenting his critique of both major parties. He spoke in Tuscaloosa to law school students on international politics.
In Paris a court fined Rene Gaucher and his wife Micheline 900 dollars and sentenced them to four months suspended prison terms for performing with sexual acts on stage at the Saints In nocens sex theater twice daily for three months.
Andrew Michael Galinsky 27 was convicted on three federal drug counts in Sioux City. He received two year suspended prison terms and a 3000 dollar fine on each count, plus four years probation per count. A South American contact sent letters and cocaine to his residence. The judge cited lack of prior convictions and considered leniency.
Linn County deputies logged several thefts over the Thanksgiving weekend including a Derwood Iverson Marion rural residence break in with guns cameras and household goods valued about 2900. Other losses included a 100 rifle near Cedar Rapids last month and 1175 appliances plus 2825 bonds and vital documents from Everett Bacon Marion last week.
The nation’s largest cane sugar refiner Amstar Corp and Sucrest Corp cut wholesale prices by about five cents a pound, with CPC International following. The move targets 100 pounds of grocery sugar at 66.75, while five pound bags drop to about 3.47 per unit, but retailers’ prices remain higher due to prior wholesale hikes. Amstar cites lower raw sugar costs but cautions against assuming a sustained downward trend.
In St Louis Republican governors and governors-elect discuss the party's future while many lament Ford's absence to stay in Washington. Some urge his presence to symbolize rebuilding the GOP though others understand national duties.
Kenneth Wieseler of Sherrill pled innocent in Cedar Rapids federal court to three counts of federal income tax evasion. US Magistrate James Hodges set trial for Dec. 16 and released Wieseler on his own recognizance. Wieseler, a Dubuque mail carrier and self employed roofing contractor, was indicted for allegedly evading $10,786 in taxes for 1968 to 1970. The government says he reported $12,012 but omitted $44,915 in income.
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