First Avenue traffic soars with 48 thousand cars on peak day
City figures show a six month count with a Friday high of about 48 000 vehicles on 32nd Street East and an average daily load of 39 000. Mayor Canney calls First Avenue perhaps Iowa’s busiest street, noting 14 million annual cars and rising accident counts between 27th and 38th streets East.
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Mel Meyer
32Nd Street East
Meyer
Don Canney
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Edgewood Road
Center Point Road
Wilson Avenue
Sixth Street
Americans lose weight gains across height groups study says
A government study released by the National Center for Health Statistics reports that since the early 1960s Americans generally gained 1 to 14 pounds, with taller individuals showing larger increases. Men peak at 35 to 44, women up to 55 or 64, while women over 55 show no average gain.
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Washington
Sydney Abraham
Abraham
National Center For Health Statistics
Alice Haywood
Court Refuses Delay on FCC 23-Channel CB Ban
Washington AP reports the U.S. Court of Appeals denies a request to delay the FCC order that cuts off sale of 23 channel citizen band radios starting January 1. The ruling maintains the impending sale ban.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
Court upholds ban on inmate visitation by friend described as homosexual
U S District Judge Edward J McManus dismissed a civil rights suit by Robert Link a 26 year old inmate at Anamosa Reformatory who alleged discrimination because officials barred visits from a friend he labeled homosexual The court ruled the reformatory may limit visitation and Link did not prove a constitutional violation
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Robert Link
Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Calvin Auger
Reformatory
Link
Senate panel to visit Panama on fact finding trip
Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Chairman John Sparkman will visit Panama January 15 to 18 for a fact finding mission. The panel will conduct the final phase of its hearings on the Panama Canal treaty after returning. Hearings begin January 19 and run two days the following week.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Sparkman
Panama
Sparkman
D-Ala
No Progress in LeFebvre Union Talks Amid Strike
UAW Local 1506 and LeFebvre Corp negotiators met for two hours with no progress and no date for further bargaining. Don Walmutt cited an informational session and no meetings before year end. Charles Weed said the strike vote by 429 members stands, while 800 office staff keep working, with round-the-clock picketing planned including Christmas Day.
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United Auto Workers Local 1506
LeFebvre Corp
Don Walmutt
Charles Weed
UAW
LeFebvre
Weed
Cedar Rapids Man Receives Four-Year Federal Gun Sentence
Terrance Clark, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to four years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon and possession of an unregistered gun. He brandished a sawed off shotgun in a bar and had prior forgery conviction from 1966. The judge ordered concurrent terms of two and four years.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Terrance Clark
12Th St. NE
Clark
Edward J. McManus
German couple among West German most wanted terrorists arrested
In Delémont Switzerland a German couple on West Germany's most wanted list was arrested after a border shootout with authorities. Two Swiss customs officers were wounded in the exchange, a Justice Ministry spokesman said.
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Delemont
Switzerland
West Germany
Justice Ministry
Weather details for Monday and outlook
Highs in the mid-20s to mid-30s with lows in the teens and lower 20s. NW winds at 21 mph with gusts to 28 mph. Sunrise Wednesday at 7 31 and sunset at 4 38. Extended forecast calls for mostly fair conditions Thursday through Saturday. Year ago today saw a high of 24 and a low of 0 with no precipitation.
Japan tests first homegrown air to ship missile
The Japanese defense agency says it successfully tested its first domestically built air-to-ship missile named Xasm-1. In two tests the weapon hit sea targets off Fukui, Japan, measuring 13 feet long and 13.7 inches in diameter, weighing 1344 pounds and flying about 30 nautical miles with active radar homing guidance. Mass production planned for 1980.
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Tokyo
Japanese Defense Agency
Japan
Fukui
Thought for Today War is a contagion from FDR
A brief dated Thought for Today quotes President Franklin D. Roosevelt noting war as a contagion. The line attributes the idea to Roosevelt whose era spanned 1882 to 1945.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication and Subscription Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates: carrier 1.15 weekly, by mail 5.00 weekly or 52 weeks 80.00 for states and territories. No mail subscriptions where carrier service exists. Associated Press rights noted.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Man held after spitting at cop
John L. Walker, 27, of 1049 32nd St. NE was charged Monday night with assault and battery and intoxication. Police said they were called to the 200 block of First Avenue to handle a disturbance. Walker was arrested after he reportedly spit in an officer's face.
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John L. Walker
32Nd St
First Avenue
Walker
Birth Announcements From Mercy St Luke's And Beyond
Birth notices from Mercy and St Luke's report multiple births on December 19 and 20 to couples in Des Moines and surrounding areas including Brown Mai Burnett Erickson Schmickle Coulter Thomas Bausch Olinger Mays Nassif Gorecki Nunemaker and others. Out of town births listed with dates and parent details. Local emergency calls and alarms noted with times and locations.
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St. Luke's
Peter L. Burnett
Wildwood Dr
Lawrence A. Erickson
Bel Air Drive
Carl Schmickle Jr
Cedar Dr. NW
Lyle R. Coulter
F Ave. NW
David E. Thomas
Redbud Road
Thomas W. Bausch
West Eighth Ave
Marion
Nolan R. Olinger
Toddville
George ‘Eric’ Mays
Palo
Des Moines
Pat Nassif
Nassif
Charles Klima
36Th St
Amherst
N.Y
Thomas A. Gorecki
Joseph P. Gorecki
Hill Drive
Aoe F. Nunemaker
15Th St
Graw arraigned on arson charge in Linn District Court
Bennie J. Graw, 51, of 214 Eighth Street SE, was arraigned in the Linn District Court First Avenue Division on an arson charge for allegedly setting fire to Richard Nassif's property at 1220 Third Street NE on Oct. 30. Graw operated the New and Used Shop at the site. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 27 at 1 30 p.m. and bail is $10,000.
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Bennie J. Graw
Eighth Street
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Graw
Richard Nassif
Third Street
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