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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1977
Page
3
Obituary notices for Bruce Emberling of Ogden Utah and Cedar Rapids natives include service details burial locations and survivor lists. Other deaths cover Sarah Lowery Hazelwood Harry Woodward Milton Kolsto Jackson Longerbeam Ann Dedic Clara Lebeda Alice Lawler and many area residents with funeral home information and memorial fund notes.
A 32 year old Cedar Rapids woman Mary C Luter surrendered to police after a Sunday night shooting at the Red Roof Inn 3325 Southgate Court SW She faces two counts of assault with intent to commit murder for shooting Ray Cooper 23 and firing at Denise Sanders without injuring her Cooper is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital ICU Sanders aided the wounded man in the lobby Wellenhagen the motel assistant manager said a preliminary hearing is set for Jan 6 Luter released to adult corrections with travel and contact restrictions and must reside at 714 10th Ave SE She operates Marys Brown Derby in southeast Cedar Rapids.
A Linn District Court judge ordered a new trial for Patricia Ann Julian in Cedar Rapids after ruling the jury was misled about the burden of proof in her false arrest suit against the city and Detective Donald Potter. Julian was arrested Sept 29, 1976, held 14 hours, and acquitted Nov 16, 1976 of embezzlement from Target Stores. No date set for retry. the ruling cites Iowa Supreme Court precedent on warrants. ON THIS DATE in 1966 a Red Guards rally in Beijing denounced Liu Shaoqi.
Swisher resident David J. Zbanek 18 and three youths were charged Monday night with possession of a controlled substance. Zbanek faced an additional count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after police checked a suspicious car near Kingston Stadium. A small quantity of marijuana was found. two other 16 year olds and a 17 year old were also in custody. Zbanek held at Linn County Jail on a 1000 dollar bond. Donald F. Kindelspire 63 of 509 Fifth Ave SE was arrested Friday at 11 30 a.m. on a larceny warrant. no further details were available.
Seventeen break ins were resolved over the weekend with eight male juveniles, aged 13 to 16, arrested. The incidents occurred in October, November and December with two outside city limits. Recovery was substantial, aided by eight recovered diamonds among other items.
Alex T. Fender, 26, of the Red Roof Inn, was arrested Monday on a conspiracy charge by the Iowa Highway Patrol with Linn County Sheriff's Office. The 2.5 month probe involved $30,000 in insurance fraud. he was arraigned and released on 5,000 bond with a 10 percent paid. Preliminary hearing set for January 4 at 1 30 p.m.
State Sen. Minnette Doderer of Iowa City said she is seriously considering a run for lieutenant governor after taking out nomination papers. She noted Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu’s decision not to seek re election and Gov. Robert Ray’s unannounced plans influenced her move, though she stopped short of an official announcement.
Federal Magistrate Owen Forrester set a $250000 bond for Nikolai Wischnewsky 32 accused of air piracy in the Christmas Day hijacking of an Eastern Airlines DC-9 about 50 miles from Atlanta. A Jan 3 preliminary hearing is scheduled.
Glendale police withdraw a drawing linked to the Hillside Strangler inquiry after investigators conclude the young man pictured wasn’t involved. Tension rises between Glendale and Los Angeles officials over disclosure of sexual assault details while a task force debates what to release to the public and for polygraph testing. Kimberly Diane Martin is identified as the strangler’s 11th victim, prompting county officials to seek a LAPD report on the incident.
Moscow Pravda calls the Cairo talks a failure while Cairo and Arabic press praise aspects. Begin and Sadat upgraded talks to a ministerial level and set committees to negotiate Palestinian issues and Israeli withdrawal. The Jerusalem Cairo meetings begin Jan 15 as hardliners pledge intensified anti peace actions. A Palestinian gunman kills Hamdi Khadi in Ramallah and guards say no arrests yet.
Neighborhood reports a break in at Don Bear’s 375 19th St SE Sunday or Monday with jewelry, a motorbike, beer and damage valued over 1400 dollars. A Jeff Pape residence at 3066th Ave SW lost a stereo turntable worth 300. Belmont Grocery at 7100 Mount Vernon Road SE was burglarized Saturday or Sunday with cigarettes pizzas and pop valued 500 to 600 dollars.
A Linn County deputy investigated a missing plastic Santa Claus from the porch of Maxine Mertka in Central City. The 5 foot 10 inch, sand-filled model weighed 25 to 30 pounds and valued at 30 dollars.
Hollywood director Howard Hawks, famed for Sgt. York To Have and Have Not Red River and tough male lead roles, died at age 81 at his Palm Springs home from complications after a concussion from a fall. Hawks began his career in 1924 writing Tiger Love and directing The Road to Glory in 1926, shaping Hollywood with stars like Bogart Wayne Douglas and Cagney.
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