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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1971
Page
26
Extended forecast mainly cloudy with possible significant precipitation. Unseasonably warm Friday with lows in the 20s to 30s and highs in the 40s and 50s, cooler Saturday and Sunday with teens to 20s lows and 20s to 40s highs. Local notes include river stage readings, weather station data, and several birth notices and fines listed for Marion and nearby towns.
Extension specialist Carol Anderson says writing a thank you note helps a child become thoughtful. Notes should be brief and sincere, written as soon as possible, and mention the giver by name. If a parent writes it, the child learns less.
A list of individuals including Roger Dos Richard Kness Jarvi Rhodes and others across multiple streets faces fines 15 dollars costs or bond forfeiture. John t Eckerman and Sheryl Fisher are noted with specified penalties. The text ends with a teaser about car ads for Christmas in today’s Want Ads.
Aboue 900 town automobile dealers, about three quarters of the total, should be ready to begin inspections January 1. John Nielsen of the state safety department says certificates, stickers, and handbooks will be mailed to dealerships with completed applications.
The Cedar Rapids area reports several death notices including Everett Vernon Finch age 100 with service details at Turner Chapel East and Linwood Cemetery, Lucille LaVere Ash age 66 with arrangements in Shellsburg and Cedar Rapids, and Meloney Sue Howard infant with private cremation. Memorials and survivors named include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren. Additional notices mention Jack W. Tomlinson and Eleanor Josephine Barnett with burial plans at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Sen Tom Riley and George Hamilton urged two bills to aid Linn County park operations next summer. One plan would shift the first 117200 in property tax to fund ongoing expenses, with bonds paid from later funds. The second would authorize anticipatory warrants up to 10 percent of the budget, backed by tax receipts when received.
union members balk at 12 percent first year rise while business and public members push to trim amid adjournment. UAW and IAM contracts cover Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, Lear, LTV, and Unified Aircraft plants with 12 percent or 8 percent increases. Pay Board debates pattern-setting bills as labor, management and public caucuses wrestle over the action.
In Lynwood California the Santa Patrol hands out candy sock gifts to children while police cars patrol residential streets. Chief Ralph Dayton launched the program two years ago to build trust and community ties. Officers report children run to greet them, seeking safety and friendly faces during the holiday effort.
Salvation Army reports 4 650 families aided with food checks after receiving over 1 500 applications. The Tree of Lights aims for $10 000, with $7 400 50 raised to date. Donations can be mailed to Box 331 or left at Kellies.
Cedar Rapids city council heard a push from State Sen. Tom Miley to eliminate the minimum water fee for residents over 65. Current charges impose a $7.27 minimum every two months with 1,000 cubic feet included. many elderly on fixed incomes use less and feel the minimum is unfair.
Fire heavily damaged the Leith Stolp residence at 53 Fourteenth Avenue St. Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the blaze started near the Carnave in the utility room on the first floor and spread to walls and the finished attic. No one was home. losses may be insured. No immediate damage estimate.
The rules cap rent increases and allow reductions without refunds if aligned with prior regulations. Grayson urged landlords and tenants to await formal rulings until then. The commission released the guidelines late Tuesday night and will publish legally binding regulations soon. Large firms may adjust item prices if they keep overall margins under 2 percent for a year. Insurance firms face the general profit margin test.
More than 422000 from the consumer fund will be distributed by Reeve to agencies. Mrs Contiu said 85000 will go to public health nursing services 21000 for wastewater plant inspection 64000 for measles immunization and other health programs. The state will receive 185000 for housing assistance and medical programs and 828600 for Aid to Dependent Children. Each of Iowa's 99 counties will get 24000. Three companies named in a legal session were Fitzgerald Co Bristol Myers and American Cyanamid. Upjohn Co and Olin Mathieson were coconspirators but not defendants. The federal case alleged price fixing on drugs, which the firms denied with no economic advantage shown.
Twenty four years ago the National Safety Coeds announced their millionth automobile, claiming a milestone in Ugas Eitan this day.
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