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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1976
Page
24
Readable weather fragment notes wind Sire in C R and Elsewhere at 2 pm WNW 17 mph. Mentions sunrise and sunset times for Thursday. Also includes a year ago today line with age 39 and no precipitation noted. Information is partial and unclear.
The Daily Record lists births at Mercy Dee Coner Point St Luke's Ely and other addresses with parents names. followed by marriages and dissolutions including Urban Hoch erberger and Schnack. notices of accidents, fires, and arrests. Police fines include speeding and drunken driving in Marion Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with names and addresses Hushmore drive NE Era.
A state task force urged Gov. May to merge the Iowa drug abuse authority with the health department’s alcohol division to form a single Department of Substance Abuse. The panel, aiming at legislative action in 1977, cited cost savings and efficiency, proposing a two percent tax on beer and liquor to fund the unit and curb federal grant dependence. One member supported penalties reductions for drug use while opposing full decriminalization.
Munro Leal, author of The Story of Ferdinand and over 30 other children’s books, died of cancer Tuesday in Garrett Park Maryland. Ferdinand the tale of a Spanish bull who loves flowers, has been translated into more than 60 languages.
Harold W Henning 77 of Roswell New Mexico died Wednesday after a sudden illness. Former Cedar Rapids resident 23 years, married Marguerita Austin June 22 1951 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving spouse two sons Gene D Henning Cedar Rapids and Austin Fornan two daughters Dale Morgan Cedar Rapids and Glen Rapp Lakewood California eight relatives listed. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Other notices include James W Knight 10:30 am service at Kenwood Park United Methodist Church. Anthony W Stone visitation and funeral home services. J Bartz and Mary Nelson obituaries with service details. Ethel Mae Crisler services. Dr Ruswail R Pardum funeral details. Ruthiban and Quasqueton items.
Two Calac Rapids men Monte Dochterman and William Givens were indicted by a Cedar Rapids federal grand jury on two counts each for the November 29 armed robbery of 693 dollars from the Bohemian Savings and Loan on Mt. Vernon Road SE. Dochterman, 20, of 1432 Sixth Avenue SE, and Givens, 35, of 505 Fifth Avenue SE, have been jailed in Linn County since arrest December 3 for robbery with aggravation and are to be arraigned on the federal charges Monday.
Two men fled with more than $100 after entering Howard Johnson's motor lodge at 3100 Sixteenth Avenue SW on Tuesday night. A woman, one black, accompanied them. one of the suspects displayed a handgun. No comments were available from staff.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a power plant in California as sparks from welding ignited hay and protective coverings on a new concrete thrust at the plant. No injuries were reported and damage was minimal.
Murphy a television Nawanan bro decided to harvest one Christmas tree to save cost. He paid $875 after a $1 forest permit and multiple trips to forests. A snow hail accident and a hospital visit followed, and the family German shepherd ate the tree. The stump became a costly misadventure and the family plans to decorate with packages around the stump.
Rawlal L. Martin aged 18 at route 3 Codar Rapids was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle evading traffic signals and unlawful use of a driver license when arrested at 7:30 pm Tuesday. The complaint was filed by James Studer of Mechanicaville, who said his vehicle was taken earlier.
A Cedar Rapids federal court hearing on the status of the Danish Book World adult theater began Wednesday and continued into the afternoon. Tora Enterprises seeks an injunction for the city to issue a theater permit, but the city refused, citing zoning and building code issues. The plaintiff argues city opposition to adult films violates constitutional rights.
Police charged Edward F. OGrady Jr. 20 Ames with criminal trespass after he refused to leave the Trans America Investment Co. building several times Tuesday afternoon.
Police note declines in break ins while nationwide crime data show a 2 percent overall rise. FBI figures indicate murders and robberies down 10 percent in a period, with larceny and thefts driving the increase. Officials credit drug raids and arrests for lower local crimes.
The Cedar Rapids NAACP chapter urged action after a city hiring test yielded no minority officers, asserting systemic barriers. Officials discussed who bears responsibility for recruitment, with the council considering affirmative action and outreach to minority applicants to address underrepresentation in the police department.
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