Weather and local notices from February daily record
Weather data lists February totals and normals with a 1.03 February total and 2.54 through February. Reports barometer 29.92 and sunrise 7 02 sunset 5 40. Extended forecast calls little or no precip and mild highs in 40s to 50s, lows 20s to 30s. Births announced from St. Luke's on Feb 14: several families welcome sons and daughters in Blairstown Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville Fairfax Springville. Fire and incident logs list multiple events with times Friday and Saturday including a fireplace sparks incident at 1013 Cheyenne road NW and a faulty thermostat at 400 Collins road NE.
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Babed Ata
Cheyenne Road
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
Collins Road
Towne House Drive
Forty-second Street
Center Point Road
Fifteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Johnson Avenue
First Avenue
Red Bud Road
Ford Calls For Use of Death Penalty
President Ford on Saturday urged use of the death penalty in federal cases involving sabotage murder espionage and treason. He spoke in Florida as part of a campaign day responding to Ronald Reagan. Ford's aides noted he has long held the view. Reagan campaigned across Central Florida stressing anti big government themes and the line that government is the problem.
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Miami
Fla
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Florida
Reagan
Solon Teachers Ratify Contracts
Solon board of education and the Solon Education Association have agreed on the 1976-77 teacher contracts. The base salary for a BA degree teacher will be 8700 dollars. Benefits include Blue Cross Blue Shield medical and disability insurance. The salary increase is expected to raise the budget by 64000 dollars.
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SOLON — The _ Solon board of education and education association
Blue Shield
Woman Charged In Purse Theft At Cedar Rapids Hardware
Linda Irene Lewis, 25, of 505 Fifth Avenue SE, was charged with larceny for allegedly taking a purse from Cedar Rapids Hardware on February 7. Elfriede Wood, 606 Thirty-fifth Street NE, owned the purse containing $100 in traveler's checks. William B. Love, 30, of 523 Seventh Avenue SE, faced larceny and forgery charges after two checks were cashed for $40. Lewis is held in the county jail on $2,500 bond.
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Linda Irene Lewis
Fifth Avenue SE
Lewis
Elfriede Wood
Thirty-fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Miss Lewis
Carl Kruse Dies Formerly of Tipton
Carl William Kruse 59 of 1205 West Eighth avenue Marion died early Saturday at home. He moved to Marion from Tipton 13 years ago born July 8 1916 in Tomahawk Wis married Marguerite Howard June 29 1940 in Cedar Rapids. He was a Sears salesman in Cedar Rapids a member of St Andrew Lutheran Cedar Rapids a World War II Seabee veteran. Surviving wife son three brothers and two sisters. Services Monday 2 pm at St Andrew Lutheran Lisbon burial Lisbon cemetery. Friends may call Morgan's Lisbon after 2 today and at church from noon until service.
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Carl William Kruse
West
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Tipton
Tomahawk
Wis
Marguerite Howard
Cedar Rapids
Sears
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Carl
Fred
William
Lisbon
Otto Kruse
Paul Kock
Catherine Kruse
Iowa City
Lisbon Cemetery
Morgan's
James W. Mackey
Eleventh Avenue SE
Ely
Louise Kinzey
Mackey
Nutrena Mills
All Saints Catholic Church
Donald Spaight
Knights of Columbus
Richard Edgar
James
Davenport
Robert Mackey
Lester Cach
Don West
Kuba Funeral Home
Edmund Becker
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Kuba’s
All Saints Church
Linn County
The
Cancer Society
Agnes J. Scherrer
Gordon Avenue
Fairfax
George Scherrer
Denver
Colo
Kathy
Dyersville
Paul
Helen Laughren
Prairieburg
John B. Henry
Thomas Henry
Waterloo
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
John M. Gregory
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
John J. Krall
Twentieth Avenue
Zderaz
Czechoslovakia
United States
Anastasie Dusek
Penick and Ford
Six Drunk Driving Charges in Linn County
Six persons were charged with drunk driving by Linn County sheriff's deputies and Cedar Rapids police Friday night and Saturday. Gene Valenta, 33, was arrested at 7:15 p.m. Saturday after erratic driving in the 300 block of Tenth Street SE. He is jailed on a $500 bond. Timothy Lynn Keiper, 27, of Atkins, was picked up at 10:30 p.m. Friday. Patsy Jean Pooler, 38, was stopped at 2:25 a.m. Saturday. Ronald Lee Lessman, 20, was arrested at 4:45 a.m. Saturday. Richard Edgar Williams, 34, was arrested at 2:40 a.m. Saturday. Steven Allen Foster, 22, was stopped at 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The five remaining suspects were released on $500 bond.
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Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Cedar Rapids
Gene Valenta
Clover Drive
Tenth Street
Timothy Lynn Keiper
Atkins
Patsy Jean Pooler
Lori Drive
Ronald Lee Lessman
Center Point
Richard Edgar Williams
Steven Allen Foster
Second Street
Helicopter Aids Cedar Rapids Grass Fire Suppression
Patrolman William Serbousek piloted the police helicopter to assist Cedar Rapids firefighters between Kennedy High School and Twin Pines golf course. The rotor wind altered the fire’s direction, slowing spread and enabling quicker containment.
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Cedar Rapids
Police Department
William Serbousek
Kennedy High School
Twin Pines Golf Course
James Gillen
Gillen
Middle Man Hurt In One-Car Crash
A Middle Iowa man was listed in fair condition with possible neck injuries after a one car crash at 7 17 p m on a county road north of East Amana. Richard Lee Smith 25 was injured in the accident details of which were not available at St Luke's.
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Iowa
St. Luke’s
East Amana
Richard Lee Smith
Decline in Admissions Test Scores Cited in Report
The study attributes a 25.5 point drop in two test scores to a changed student pool and weaker high school preparation. It notes declines in ACT subtests, especially social studies, with larger drops among females. Colleges are increasingly enrolling students with lower scores, reflecting national trends in admissions standards.
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Munday
East
Contempt move considered over leaked report controversy
Stratton said a move against Schorr for publishing the leaked report would punish contempt of Congress. He planned legislation to gain support and move the action. CBS reported Schorr obtained a copy and faced questions about sources as the committee kept the document secret until redacted. White House counsel noted national security concerns.
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House of Congress
Stratton
CBS
House
White House
Phillip Buchen
American Law Association
Schorr
Buchen
Justice Department
IRS chief faces grand jury over curbed probes and alleged meetings
The investigation centers on Douglas Shulman’s successor as IRS commissioner amid claims his leadership was distracted by critics and probes. A grand jury may question him about halting Operation Haven and an alleged meeting with a convicted swindler to discuss a tax lien, prompting an FBI inquiry.
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Alexander
Driver Charged After 50 Minute Fayette County Chase
Ralph Suckow a 19 year old from rural Hawkeye faced multiple charges after a 50 minute chase across state county and local agencies including Allamakee and Fayette County sheriffs Postville West Union police and Iowa State Patrol. The pursuit ended when his car ran into a ditch near West Union. He was charged with reckless driving failing to stop for an emergency vehicle speeding and failing to stop when entering a through highway.
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West Union
Ralph Suckow
Hawkeye
Allamakee
Fayette County
Postville
Iowa Highway Pa
Trolmen
Suckow
Here
Reck
Gazette Co establishes Cedar Rapids daily and Sunday edition
The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday editions from Cedar Rapids Iowa with routing and subscription details. It notes carrier and mail rates including weekly and 7 issue plans and states AP exclusive rights to local and AP dispatch republication.
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Gazette
Paul Jensen
Richard Hach
Schaeffer
Cedar River
Brad
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
St. Luke's
David Allers
Blairstown
Theodore Bey
Donald Kamerling
Mechanicsville
Randall Stuiter
Mrs
Craig Weisley
Springville
Carl Kruse Dies
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr
Pocobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
S.E
Linn
Marengo
Martha J. Kruse
Columbus
Ohio
Hoover-Valentine’s
Decorah
Walter Williams
First Lutheran Church
Steine’s
Rose Bauer Hatter
Best’s
Millersburg
Earlville
Donald L. Cooksley
United Methodist Church
Clifton’s
Vinton
Henrietta Stainbrook
Brandon United Methodist Church
Campbell's
Waukon
George N. Kelch
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
McGregor
Thornburg’s
Wyoming
Fred Fritz
Hayden
Jay Bean
Lara Louise Bean
Fifth Street
Navy Mothers’ Club of America
Herman
Harlan
Martelle
Merlin
Sandra Wells
Raymondville
Judith Fare
Carles Long
Swisher
Claro Long
Prairie du Chien
Waldo Long
Shellsburg
Turner Chapel East
Everett K. Burnham
Sharon United Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Maurice E. Scanlan
Indian Wells
Calif
Parnell
Vera Ferris
Dubuque
Scanlan
St. Ambrose College
Colleen
Marleen
Los Angeles
Robert Kenny
Edward Shulgin
Clarence Scanlan
Palm Desert
Strausser
William S
Neal Gail
Knights of Pythias
North English Cemetery
Beatty-Bearle- Murdoch’s
Iowa Kidney Foundation
Field
Leonard M
Lee Roy Collins
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Visitation
Turner's
Rose Long
Long Beach
Guy Andrews
Pierson
Ellis Bird
Flowerphone
John E. Lapes
Lacaties
3Rd Ave
House of Representatives
IRS
IRS Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Associated Press
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Church of
Choice
N.E
Li Te
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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