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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1973
Page
2
A weekend wrap lists multiple city briefs and advertisements. Items include a Hawaii film showing at Embassy club, nursing home details, theft and burglary reports, residential losses, a council meeting, and several sales promotions from local businesses. Also noted are a New Year’s Eve party, hospital update, license tag info, and restaurant specials.
Washington AP six largest gypsum board manufacturers indicted by federal grand jury on price fixing charges. Ten executives named. Companies include U S Gypsum Co National Gypsum Georgia Pacific Celotex Kaiser Gypsum and Flintkote. Contempt petition filed over 1951 anticapital price fixing ban. Sales totals cited for firms and two unindicted co conspirators Johns Manville and Fibreboard Corp.
Washington County Auditor Dolores Rogers confirmed three ballots are missing in the contested board of supervisor race. The dispute leaves E L Conklin as the sole remaining supervisor after the death of Willis Richards. The other seat is contested with J W Patterson and Elmer Schneider in dispute. A tribunal recount showed Patterson as winner, but Schneider previously led by two votes. The Iowa supreme court sent the case back to district court where 13 ballots are questioned and three missing. A Friday hearing in Washington district court will feature the tribunal of three county auditors including Rogers.
Three Westview drive homes were broken into over the Christmas holiday. Tom Kramer found two neighbor breakins and reported missing items from John Petty 117 Westview NW including six silver dollars two antique watches a wedding ring a .32 caliber pistol and holster and shells. John Shaffer 118 Westview NW also reported a breakin while Jerry Geno 162 Westview NW had only car keys missing as the house was ransacked.
A 55th anniversary brochure for the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will accompany the January 9 dinner at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The limited edition will cover the chamber’s founding in 1918, feature past presidents, Cedar Rapids and Marion imagery, and mark 1973 achievements with 1974 goals. Harold Ewoldt reports reservations near 300. Robert C. Wilson speaks on Collins Radio and the Community. Tickets are $6 and must be picked up by January 7. no sales at the door.
A pre-trial hearing for John Ehrlichman and two White House aides charged with burglary in the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in was postponed to January 14. Lawyers agreed to allow the prosecution extra time to provide a list of witnesses. The defendants were not in court. trial set for April 15.
Mrs W L Gates 72 longtime Hopkinton resident died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Funeral services Saturday at 1030 am in United Methodist Church Burial at 230 pm in Downey cemetery near West Branch Body lies at Goettsch funeral home Survivors include husband two sons Kimbal and Want ads offer the greatest Robert of Hopkinton
A stolen car driven by a 15 year old fled police at up to 90 mph through seven and a half miles of streets before leaving the road into a ditch. Another 17 year old was later arrested at home. The car owned by John Kraemer was stolen Wednesday night with keys left in it.
TEL AVIV AP A group of Israeli industrialists announced on Thursday they were organizing to counteract the Arab oil weapon. They indicated they planned a pro Israel propaganda campaign among Western non Jews.
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