Wheat Crop Reserves Rise Amid Export Pressure
Wheat stockpiles reached 664 million bushels last June 1 as big crops expanded reserves to the highest in five years, with USDA projecting 948 million next June. Corn stocks grow slowly as most local crop uses livestock feed and only one third of wheat goes to domestic use. Exports may absorb the rest, but 1976 77 wheat exports are seen at about 1.05 billion bushels, down from 1.2. Farm prices fell to 2.46 a bushel from 3.58, prompting farmer calls for price support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Carter signals possible Pentagon cut and tax strategy
President elect Carter parcels fiscal policy with a possible 5 to 7 billion dollar Pentagon cut while weighing a 10 to 15 billion dollar stimulus. He favors job creation using enacted programs like CETA and may raise taxes if stimulus needs exceed jobs created. Hamilton Jordan cites new faces in administration and plans cabinet talks with Ralph Nader on key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Rumsfeld
George Brown
Joint Chiefs
Carter
Pentagon
Congress
Washington
Plains
Hamilton Jordan
Washington Press Club
Jordan
Ralph Nader
Nader
Agriculture
Health
Education
Hammer Suit Reveals Large Punitive Damage Claims
Russo seeks 500 for assault and battery 4000 for punitive damages 25000 for anguish and 50000 for further punitive damages against Willman in a Malicious Prosecution case. Trial opened amid disputed accounts of a June 29 1974 property line dispute with Willman allegedly striking Russo. Jury drawn from Cedar Rapids Marion Center Point includes Charles Anderson Bonnie Simmons Marie Webster Janet Phelps Pamela Homsey Alice Barta Sylvia Blackford Orin Mengler Josephine Zacek Gerald Reed Irene Lochner Arnold Carver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Riley
Russo
Iowa
Willman
August Hansell, Jr
Charles Anderson
Bonnie Simmons
Marie Webster
Janet Phelps
Pamela Homsey
Alice Barta
Sylvia Blackford
Orin Mengler
Josephine Zacek
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Reed
Irene Lochner
Marion
Arnold Carver
Center Point
Marion man injured in crash with semi at city intersection
Steven L. Stalkfleet, 24, of 700 Thirty-fifth street Marion, sustained back injuries and was listed in fair condition in the ICU at St. Luke's hospital after his car was hit by a westbound semi driven by John A. McMillan, 23, of Tillatoba Mississippi, at the First avenue and Thirty-second street NE intersection. McMillan was charged with disobeying a traffic signal and Cedar Rapids firefighters extricated the victim from the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
First Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Steven L. Stalkfleet
Thirty-fifth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
John A. McMillan
Tillatoba
Miss
Starkfleet
McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Painters Reach 1977 78 Contract Agreement
Painters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District have agreed to a 1977 78 contract setting the hourly wage at 84 percent of the rate Painters Local 447 negotiates with contractors. The district provides life and disability insurance, travel accident, tort liability coverage, and salary top ups for workers on workers compensation. A formal complaint procedure allows appeals to the superintendent. The board will review the pact at 7 30 p.m. Monday in the Education Service Center board room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Community
Local No. 447
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades
Afl-Cio
Davenport
Education Service Center Board Room
Second Avenue SW
Obituaries: Mrs Eugene K Vick and others in Cedar Rapids
Alta Ruth Vick 50 of 3115 Adel street SE died Friday after a long illness. Born April 8 1926 in Brunswick Maine she was married to Eugene K Vick Oct 31 1945 in Washington DC. Surviving husband, daughter Jinty Rowray Cedar Rapids, son Raymond D. Vick Roland, many relatives. Services Monday 1 pm Chapel of Memories Kenwood Park United Presbyterian Church. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. The family suggests donations to muscular dystrophy fund. Libbie Cuker Prachar 88 Cedar Rapids widow of Joe Prachar died Thursday after a short illness. Surviving daughters Martha Dawson and Mrs Frank Netolicky Cedar Rapids, son Joseph L. Dawson, nine grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 pm Brush chapel. Burial Shueyville cemetery. Consigny, Lester T. 1:30 pm today Beatty Bearle Murdoch chapel. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Maude E Rochholz 88 Tipton. Services 10:30 am Monday Sheets and Son funeral home. Burial South Bethel cemetery. Friends may call. casket not opened. Leo Magner 78 Waukon. Mass today at St Patrick is church. Burial Mt Olivet cemetery.
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Alta Ruth Vick
Adel Street
Brunswick
Maine
Cedar Rapids
Eugene K. Vick
Washington, D.C
Vick
Kenwood Park United Presbyterian Church
Jinty Rowray
Raymond D. Vick
Sherman Elliott
New Hampton
Harold Elliott
Glastonbury
Conn
Allison __ Elliott
Montreal
Quebec
Chapel of Memories
Murry Haber
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral
Libbie Cuker Prachar
Joe Prachar
Fairfax
Martha Dawson
Frank Netolicky
Joseph L. Dawson
Brush Chapel
William Harnish
Shueyville Cemetery
Tipton
Maude E. Rochholz
Sheets and Son Funeral Home
South Bethel Cemetery
Waukon
Leo Magner
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mt. Olivet
Hanson's
Drunk Driving Arrest Reported Near Ellis Boulevard
Andrew M. Hamilton, 21, from 809 Second Street SW, was arrested by Cedar Rapids police Friday night near Ellis Boulevard and H Avenue NW and charged with drunk driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Hamilton
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
H Avenne NW
Honor Society Initiation at Western Kentucky University
Wendy Ecker of 282 Thirty-fourth street SE has been initiated into Phi Eta Sigma at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She is a junior pre dentistry student. Airman Levin A. DeLany, son of Mr and Mrs David L DeLany of 452 Jacolyn drive NW, has been assigned to Chanute AFB IL in the air force fabric and rubber products field after basic training. Trainee Airman Jeffrey Jones, son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Jones of 141 Broadmore NW, has been selected for technical training at Lowry AFB CO in the avionics systems field. Recovery meet for nervous and former mental patients is 1 pm Monday in the basement of First Christian church, 840 Third avenue SE, topic Will Beliefs and Muscles. Linn County Heritage Society board meeting is 7 pm Monday in the Heritage room of the Cedar Rapids public library, with regular meeting at 7:15 pm Thursday at Peoples main bank community room. Daybreak Optimists will not have a Monday breakfast. meet 7:30 pm Tuesday for a family Christmas party at Colony Village near the Amana exit. A .22 caliber semi automatic rifle valued at 50 dollars and a gunscope and case were stolen from Keith Wyman residence at 805 Twenty-ninth street NW in the last month.
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Wendy Ecker
Thirty-fourth Street
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green
Chanute
Levin A. DeLany
David L. DeLany
Jacolyn Drive
Chanute Afb
Air Force Fabric and Rubber Products
Jeffrey Jones
Harold L. Jones
Broadmore NW
Lowry Afb, Colo
Air Force Avionics Systems
First Christian Church
Third Avenue SE
Heritage Society
Linn County Heritage Society
Cedar Rapids
Keith Wyman
Twenty-ninth Street
Gazette Co Founded Newspaper Data
The Gazette Co established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates show carrier and mail options with different weekly and yearly prices, and the Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
Mediators Enter in Custodian Bargaining
A mediator was brought in to assist Cedar Rapids Community School District custodians and the school board in 1977 78 contract talks. The first mediation session occurred Friday night at the federal mediation and conciliation office in Cedar Rapids with Robert Bergstrom as mediator. Custodians are represented by Service Employees International Union Local 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Thee
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Office
Cedar Rapids
Robert Bergstrom
Service Employes International Union
Special Meeting Called By C R School Board
Cedar Rapids Community School Board calls a special meeting for 3:45 p m Monday in the Educational Service Center board room 346 Second Avenue SW The session will be closed to discuss personnel sites and other business per media notice
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Cedar Rapids
Heavier Holiday Flights Fill Cedar Rapids Airports
Cedar Rapids flights for Christmas to New Year show heavier than usual bookings. United Air Lines and Ozark Air Lines report some full flights with high standby demand. Travelers are urged to arrive early, carry light, and unwrap packages for inspection. Security measures include hand checks at smaller stations and X-ray screening at larger airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R
Richard Wherry
Oxford Junction
Stan Watts
Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
C. C. McIntyre
United Air Lines
Ozark Air Lines
Bill Osterhagen
Ozark
Osterhagen
McIntyre
O'Hare
Weathered Dec reports and births in the region
The report notes rainfall totals for December and a normal trend through the month, plus a detailed extended forecast of fair to warming conditions. Weather data includes barometer, humidity at 10 p.m., wind NW at 6 mph, sunrise 7:25, sunset 4:35. It lists multiple birth announcements for December 10 and a series of debt and asset figures from local notices.
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U.S
Sheriffs Office
Gazette
John Mcivor
Val
C.R. School
Accord
Mrs
Consigny
Lester T
Beatty- Bearle-Murdoch Chapel
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wette
LW Word
Daybreak
Colony Village
Amana
The
U.S. Territories
C.R. School Board
By Dale Kueter
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
St. Luke's
Danny Kilmer
C Street
Lyle Theisen
Wilder Drive
Wayne Strovers
Thirty-eighth Street Drive
William Wallig
Vernon
Ronald Luensman
Oklahoma Avenue
Ernest Farris
Anamosa
Mercy
Dennis Billington
Thirtieth Street
First Street
Twenty-fourth Street
A Avenue
North Pine Drive
Eastern Avenue
Lee Hollan
Park Avenue SE
Colly
Patricia Burgett
L Street
Jeffrey
Dixie Long
Richard Dailey
Tama
Norman Strain
Miller Avenue SW
Beverly Strain
Elbert Mims
Sixteenth Street
Vincent and Dolly Shope
Owen Street
Darryn Hoover
Sixteenth Avenue
Weber Patterson, Jr
Twelfth Avenue
Allen
Colleen Evans
Richmond Road
Charles and
Bernice Cox
Blakely Boulevard
Cera
Pierson's
Flower Shop & Greenhouses Inc
Ellis Bivd
John E. Lapes
Helen Kheortse
3Rd Ave
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