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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1975
Page
26
Weather data shows high temperatures ranging from the upper 20s to upper 30s with overnight lows in the teens to lower 20s. Extended forecasts predict a chance of rain or snow Saturday followed by fair conditions Sunday and Monday. Coralville Lake pool level Thursday Cedar at CR 13 3.25 rise 15.
The Daily Record reports births at Mercy and St Luke's with several families named including Hanson Urba Fett Freese and Driscoll Hoffmann Sivtek plus a Britt Fort Riley birth. It also lists numerous marriage licenses and a lengthy Linn County magistrate court docket of traffic and other offenses with fines ranging from 10 to 100 dollars and several suspensions.
Florence Mae Ewen 38 Cedar Rapids widow died after brief illness Surviving Roy Ewen three grandaughters and two great grandaughters services at Turner chapel east burial Cedar Memorial Angela Marie Kauffman five day old daughter died after brief illness born Nov 29 1978 services Stewart funeral home burial Mt Calvary Lumir Bud Zak 72 Cedar Rapids longtime employee of Wilson and Co died after long illness services First Lutheran church entombment Chapel of Memories William J Nelson 78 Cedar Rapids resident died after long illness service at Chapel of Memories daughter Ann Nelson donation to First Congregational church memorial fund Adolph Bergid Faith died Friday service Brosh chapel burial DuPont Cemetery Pretz Faith graveside Marengo cemetery Johnson Raymond 63 Cedar Rapids native died in St Petersburg Florida services Turner chapel west Carl L Durbata 69 Cedar Rapids died after brief illness services St Patrick-s church burial Newton Cemetery Wenzel Kurka 79 Cedar Rapids died after short illness born in Czechoslovakia buried Lakeside Phillips Wis funeral home later date
Obituary notices list individuals from Iowa communities with service details and memorial funds. Dates include Friday and Saturday services at churches and cemeteries in Washington Wellman Decorah Central City and West Union, with burial and visitation arrangements and family connections.
On this date in 1543 the U S president Franklin Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill met for a second wartime talks session.
The article outlines House proceedings on a tax cut measure with a retroactive fix for 1974 losses and a demand for Ford's $395 billion spending ceiling. Amendments aim to widen reform, while the Senate plans split action with a three month extension and possible compromise to sign the bill. The package maintains tax cuts through 1976, tightens shelters, boosts minimum tax, and broadens child care and elderly credits.
An accord negotiator voiced optimism after the strike deadline passed. He told reporters the parties have come a long way and expressed hope for a quick settlement.
The Senate, by a 61 to 27 vote, ends debate on an 8.6 billion package to aid ConRail and Amtrak. Ford indicated a veto, while Byrd pledged to stay in session until passage. The bill allocates 7.3 billion in loans, 3 billion for ConRail, and 3.2 billion for Northeast Corridor improvements, funding takeover of freight and passenger routes.
A $20,000 false arrest suit filed in Linn district court names Cedar Rapids girl as plaintiff against Kmart Discount Stores division of Kresge Co and Thelma A. Ash a plain clothes detective at the Kmart west store. Linda L. Gier seeks $10,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages for an October 18 store incident.
A Linn district court jury returned a unanimous verdict for Cedar Rapids attorney Tom Riley in a dispute with Klara Northrup over fees. The trial began Monday and concluded Wednesday after under two hours of deliberation. Northrup sought fourteen thousand dollars for Riley's services amid lumber-dealings with a supplier. the Northrups previously won twenty three thousand five hundred dollars in the related case.
Two 16 year old boys were injured in a morning two car collision on Forty second Street NE near Edgewood Road. Stearns was in ICU at St Luke's with chest and internal injuries and a fractured left ankle. Dennis, 39, of Wenig Road NE, was in serious condition with fractured ribs. Police: icy roadway and a passing attempt caused the crash. investigation ongoing.
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