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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1974
Page
3
Mostly cloudy with rain or snow through Tuesday. Highs in the 40s Sunday, falling to the low 30s by Tuesday. overnight lows 20s dropping to the teens. Includes daily notes on temperatures, precipitation traces, and travel forecast through Dec 5 1973, plus multiple birth and death notices, engine incidents, fines, and municipal records for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Phoenix AP report says Tolleson Mayor Albert Seledon, 30, was arrested after 14 ounces of heroin were sold in a shopping center parking lot. An undercover deputy received delivery of the heroin before Seledon and two others were taken into custody.
A historical report recalls Nazi prisoners wounded in battle who, unwilling to accept non German blood, were kept alive through blood transfusions against their will, highlighting wartime medical ethics and coercive practices.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates by carrier 95 cents a week. by mail Night Edition and Sunday six issues $3.75 a month $39 a year. Afternoon Edition seven issues $3.85 a month. No Mail Subscriptions accepted where Gazette carrier service exists. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Mrs Jess Ackerson 80 formerly of 1322 First Street NW died Friday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a brief illness. Born Chicago 1894 she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1954 coming from St Paul. Survived by four Bremer brothers. Services Monday 1:30 p.m. Turner Chapel West with Rev Mary White. Burial Cedar Memorial. Casket will not be opened after service.
Mabel May Miller 94 of 509 Thirty-second Street NE widow of Earl Miller died Friday after a brief illness. Born August 26 1880 in Dubuque she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life and belonged to Kenwood United Methodist Church. Survived by three daughters Mildred Gardner Helen Billings Elva Wright a son Sam B and ten grandchildren plus 18 great grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Turner Chapel East by Rev Tom Mattson of Kenwood United Methodist Church. Burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner's East.
Maurice Dunlap, 61, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Thursday in Fresno California. He is survived by his wife Bernie and two children in Fresno, a sister Mrs John C Rice Cedar Rapids and his mother Fannie Dunlap Cedar Rapids. Services are pending in Fresno.
Richard D Von Stein funeral at 1 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev Ne ville Clayton burial Linwood calls after service casket not opened military graveside by VFW Post 788 Bliss Allen H service 1 30 p m Saturday Beatty Bearle chapel Rev Paul Pfaltz graff burial Linwood Helen R Merritt cremation burial Marengo cemetery Cedar Memorial funeral home arrangements Lingle Robert L service Sunday at Sun Iayside chapel Waterloo call at Kearns Dykeman funeral home Waterloo
White House officials weighed executive actions to ease unemployment but found no authority. Nessen said President Ford will propose an oil conservation program in January that could set mandatory limits on oil imports and may not predict long gas lines at service stations.
The Supreme Court sustained four income tax evasion convictions 20 years ago. The government proved guilt by showing taxpayers’ net worth gains surpassed reported income, supporting the case for unlawful concealment of income.
In Buenos Aires six people are killed in a day of political violence. Two victims found in a car bore ERP flags with black crosses, tied to the killing of Major Gimeno. In Saavedra masked attackers killed a leftist, Roberto Silvestre, 26, and in La Matanza two youths were found near an abandoned car with a third dying later in hospital.
In Rangoon thousands of students and Buddhist monks seized the body of former U N Secretary General U Thant as the funeral was to start and moved it to a university convocation hall. The group demanded a mausoleum befitting his stature and formed a funeral committee of clergy students and public.
Michael E Fuehrer 22 of 3134 Coral Lane SW and Douglas R Northrup 23 of 1516 Sixth Avenue SE were jailed by Linn deputies after attempting to pass bad checks in several counties. Fuehrer charged with uttering a forged instrument for a $40 check at a service station. Northrup held pending charges from Johnson County for passing a check in Solon.
Authorities describe a large counterfeiting scheme centered on a Cedar Rapids printing shop and the Seventh Printing Co. Suspects including Rapp and Sikma coordinated production of about $3 million in fake currency using an offset press. Arrests in Kansas City Minneapolis and Cedar Rapids followed, with seizures of printing equipment and plates for $50 and $100 bills.
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell ordered the public release of Watergate tapes as records. The ruling says Nixon cannot block access to public documents and sets conditions on playback and sale for 1975. Networks PBS and others seek access, with equal treatment and noncommercial use required.
Watergate trial jurors were asked if they wanted Saturday sessions to finish by Christmas. They replied no in a long handwritten note. Judge Sirica thanked the jurors for their dedicated efforts and announced weekend rest would continue.
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