Five-day forecast and weekly civic notes from Gazette
The forecast covers Saturday to Wednesday with near normal temps highs in the mid twenties to mid thirties and lows from ten to upper teens. Precipitation expected two tenths to a half inch. City actions include house floor rules on lobbyists and reporters, bill adjournments, and senate bills SF28 SF60 SF89 with paths to house or governor. Births and obituaries noted for Gerry Hansen, Billie Thiessen, Gina Terry and others. traffic fines compiled for multiple residents.
Innocent Pleas In Two Murder Cases at D M
Robert Anthony Williams and Michael Niccum appeared in Polk county district court and pleaded innocent to murder charges. Williams is linked to the Christmas Eve death of 10 year old Pamela Powers near Mitchellville. Niccum faces the death of Linda Boothe 17 at a Des Moines dry cleaning shop. Judge Denato remanded them to jail without bond. Attorneys were appointed for both defendants.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Anthony Williams
Michael Niccum
Polk County
Williams
Pamela Powers
Arbardale
Mitchellville
Niccum
Linda Boothe
Peter Denato
Denato
Virgil Moore
Lawrence Scalise
Henry McKnight
Court halts property tax increases for Davenport Cedar Rapids Muscatine
A judge blocked immediate 15 percent residential increases in Davenport and 10 percent in Cedar Rapids and Muscatine, delaying them to the next tax year. Iowa City and Johnson County seek inclusion in the injunction, claiming insufficient time after the final valuation order. The revenue director had imposed 15 percent on agricultural and residential property in Johnson County and Iowa City, 40 percent on suburban residential, and 10 percent on city agricultural.
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Holliday
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Scott, Linn
Iowa City
Johnson County
Forst
Want Ad Seeks Hard-To-Find Goods and Services
Classified notice invites readers to post or respond to missing items and specialized services via want ads. Emphasizes discreet matching, broad product range, and prompt replies for elusive purchases.
13 Year Old Cleared in Rifle Death Case
Robert Curtis, 13, was found innocent by a jury after weeks in jail facing possible execution for the September shooting of James Thompson, 15, in the Curtis apartment. Prosecutors urged a manslaughter verdict but the panel, in about an hour and 45 minutes, acquitted.
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Orlando
Fla
Robert Curtis
Robert
James Thompson
Curtis
Robert Eagan
Death notices Cedric McIntosh of Cedar Rapids
Cedric Errol McIntosh 63 of 5030 Gordon Avenue NW Cedar Rapids died in Los Angeles after a sudden illness. Born June 30 1890 in Hardensburg Indiana he was a retired Montgomery Ward department manager. Survived by sons Robert of La Crescenta California and Richard of Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren three great grandchildren and sister Frances Mitchell of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Member of St Pauls Methodist Church and Cedar Rapids Traveling Men’s Club. Memorial services at Turner Chapel West later burial at Czech National Cemetery.
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Cedric Errol MclIntosh
Gordon Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Hardensburg
Ind
Montgomery Ward
Robert McIntosh
la Crescenta
Calif
Richard McIntosh
Frances Mitchell
Milwaukee
Wis
McIntosh
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Turner Chapel West
Czech National Cemetery
Obituary Notices for Bernadine McNally and Roy Wilhelm
Bernadine McNally 853 Hind Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a short illness she was 45. She worked as a secretary for the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen before retirement. Surviving: son Terrance Des Moines three sisters two brothers and two grandchildren. Requiem Mass 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial Mt Calvary. Roy E Wilhelm Cedar Rapids resident died Jan 30 in Yucaipa California. Surviving: wife two sons and four grandchildren. Services were in Yucaipa.
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Bernadine McNally
Hind Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Order of
Immaculate Conception Church
Catholic Daughters of America
Terrance
Des Moines
W. H. Schmidt
Cherokee
Leo Morrissey
R. H. Dildy
Nashville
Ark
Robert McGinnis
Denver
Colo
Immaculate ‘Conception
Roger E. O’brien
Brady Mortuary
Mt. Calvary
Roy E. Wilhelm Ward
Yucaipa
Calif
Roy E. Wilhelm
California
Robert H
Ankeny
Philip A
Memorial Service for George H. Hewitt Saturday
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev. Donald T. Caspers of Lovely Lane United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, with Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in charge.
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Hewitt
George H
Chapel of Memories
Donald T. Caspers
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Piker Alongside Torrey Canyon
The super tanker Torrey Canyon spilled about 35 million gallons of crude oil into the sea near southwest England after breaking up on the Seven Stones Rocks. An undersea well off southern California has released 21 000 gallons daily for 12 days, requiring roughly 1654 days more than four and a half years to match Torrey Canyon’s total pollution.
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London
Torrey Canyon
England
Wales
Seven Stones Rocks
California
Courtroom details in Coff ee murder trial cross examination
Brenda Coffee testified that she believed her father Hoover Coffee accidentally fired the fatal shot at Michael Lawson during an October incident at Joan Harkless’s southeast side apartment. The 20 year old described a close bond between Lawson and herself, noted Lawson’s drinking and glue sniffing, and discussed Fifth Amendment assertions during questioning. The trial before Judge Warren Rees, with a Linn district court jur y, ended in a nine member verdict for the defense after about three hours of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Coffee
Hoover Coffee
Michael Lawson
Lawson
Joan Harkless
Miss Coffee
Linn
Warren Rees
Damages Denied For Widow Of Traffic Victim
A Linn district court jury ruled that the widow of Dr. William F. Hruska receives no damages from driver Cora Pauline Prehl in a $50 000 suit over a Nov 27 1967 accident that left the 71 year old dentist fatally injured while crossing A avenue at Fifth Street NE. The victim died Dec 3.
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Linn
William F. Hruska
Hruska
Store Accused Of Failing To Report Weapon Sale
A Cedar Rapids store faces a charge of failure to report a dangerous weapons sale in municipal court. The Robinson store at 2020 Sixteenth Avenue SW allegedly sold a revolver to Larry Arnold on September 10 and filed the report only on Tuesday. Iowa law requires reporting within 24 hours to the county recorder. The recorder shows the store reported more than 30 dangerous weapons, with all but one sold more than 24 hours earlier.
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Cedar Rapids
Robinson
Sixteenth Avenue
Larry Arnold
Iowa
Kosygin Appears in Public for Moscow Welcome
Premier Alexei Kosygin reappeared in public after a long absence to join Soviet leaders in welcoming Hungarian Communist Party chief Janos Kadar to Moscow. Tass said Kosygin had not been seen by Western reporters since December 20 raising speculation he faced health issues or a possible shift in Kremlin leadership.
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Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Tass
Kosygin
Kremlin
Independence man jailed for providing beer to minors
Ronald Meeker, 22, of Independence was sentenced to 30 days in jail in district court for making beer available to minors on August 15. He will serve the term in Oelwein city jail under a work release program.
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Independence
Ronald Meeker
Meeker
Oelwein
Culver presses for action on Cedar Valley expressway delays
Congressman John Culver visited Cedar Rapids city hall to press the Iowa highway commission to identify the expressway corridor and forward data to the federal bureau of public roads. He warned that federal funding hinges on route clarity while local leaders fret about urban renewal delays and utility relocations.
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Cedar Valley
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Culver
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Bush
FAA
Chamber of Commerce
John Oberthien
Oberthien
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Justice Department
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Oil Drilling Halted in Santa Barbara Channel
The federal government ordered a halt to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara channel after a ruptured undersea well created a massive slick. Interior Secretary Hickel ordered standby status for companies including Union Oil, Humble, Phillips, Mobil and Texaco while efforts to seal the leak continue. President Nixon and Attorney General Mitchell supported the ruling, with caution over geological uncertainties and no impact on Union’s relief well.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Hickel
Washington
Los Angeles
Union Oil of California
Humble
Phillips
Mobil
Texaco
Nixon
Atty
Mitchell
Union
Market bombing in Biafra village kills hundreds
A crowded open market in Umuahia Owerri area village Umuchiagu was hit by two explosions from a hazardous device dropped by a Nigerian jet fighter bomber. Officials estimate 200 to 300 dead and hundreds injured. Two prominent locals Valentine Njoku and Rosanna Amadi killed.
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Umuchiagu
Biafra
Biafran Information Department
Otuocha
Umuahia- Owerri
Valentine Njoku
Rosanna Amadi
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Bud) Jameson
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