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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
3
A year ago today high reached 32 degrees and a low of 10 with no precipitation reported. The weather snapshot notes conditions in C R and nearby areas, reflecting a cold day with clear skies in the region.
The Daily Record lists births on December 20 and 21 for Wade Munson Wasson Goodrich Morris Gardner and other families with addresses in Cedar Rapids Marion Center Point Rowley Lisbon Pomona and more. It also reports police activity including alarms malfunctions fires speeding reckless driving and various traffic violations with names and fines.
Christmas week brings varied hours. County courthouse closes at noon Thursday and also Friday along with city hall and the federal building. Main post office closed Saturday but open Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Self service stays open. Normal mail Friday. Christmas day box collections at main post office Lindale Plaza and northwest carrier annex. Public library closes 1 p.m. Friday. some banks open noon Friday. Banks and library closed Saturday. Garbage pickups on normal Friday. The Gazette publishes as usual with Friday afternoon and weekend deliveries.
Two centuries ago British advance units halted in New Jersey and began winter quarters at Trenton and Princeton. Reports note that troops plundered a university library in Princeton during the 1776-77 period.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs James J Myers 137 Thirty fifth street NE died at birth Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Private graveside services will be at LaBell cemetery LaBell Mo Wednesday morning. Turner chapel east was in charge of local arrangements.
The oil spill from a grounded tanker near Nantucket endangers offshore fisheries and wildlife. EPA chief Russell Train warned of a potential catastrophe with hundreds of birds and shellfish affected, while a 29 million gallon record spill at Torrey Canyon looms as context. A suit seeks $60 million from Thebes Shipping, and details include the ship's grounding 27 miles southeast of Nantucket with 7.6 million gallons of crude aboard.
Carter names top nominees including Brown for defense policy and Marshall for labor jobs expert. Marshall backed by Ralph Nader and acceptable to organized labor. Carter may assign Sorenson as CIA chief. Griffin Bell faces civil rights scrutiny over Atlanta club memberships. Bell says he joined clubs locally to fit in.
The price index shows coffee up over 50 percent from a year ago with clothing, especially cotton items, physician and hospital charges, auto insurance, and natural gas fueling inflation. Medical care services rose 1.5 percent in November and were 11 percent above a year earlier, while transportation services and fuel costs climbed.
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