Weather, C R and Elsewhere Sun Rises Thursday
Year ago today high 37 and low 30 with no precipitation. Sun rises at 6 58 and sets at unspecified time.
18 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1976
Page
1
Year ago today high 37 and low 30 with no precipitation. Sun rises at 6 58 and sets at unspecified time.
Births announced across Mercy St Luke's and LaPorte City and Austin Texas followed by a long list of speed and traffic fines in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Noted entries include Feb 3 Mercy births Byron Vreden and Feb 17 Ulaszek Dietrich Urell Deck Howe Holub Snyder Mouchka and Tisdale line. A 9:11 am Wednesday report cites a defective light ballast at 221 Third Avenue SW and a lengthy list of individuals fined for speeding and traffic violations in Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby towns.
Obituaries list Ossian-Leo Holthous 81 at St Francis DeSales with rosary and visitation. Fairbank George Pollege 87 at St John’s Lutheran with visitation. Maynard Harvey D Baker 51 at St Pauls Lutheran with burial in Long Grove. Brantle Robert Boots 59 at Methodist church with visitation. Dundee Ralph Meyen 76 at Bohnenkamp’s Manchester. Chester Carruthers 83 formerly of Manchester in Phoenix. Paul Beckmann 58 at Basilica of St Francis Xavier with wake. Dysart Elmer Wilkinson 57 at Geneseo United Methodist. Overton’s Anna Hill 92 at George L Gay’s with memorial fund. Kalona Leroy V Miller 79 at Kalona Mennonite with burial in East Union cemetery. Petersheim memorial fund noted.
Multiple obituaries published for Cedar Rapids area residents. Annie Dyer Jones 70, died after brief illness. services announced. Robert W. Crown 18, died after long illness. memorials to American Cancer Society. Other notices include Steadman Effie L., Jaeger Donald G., Severance Emma J., Grover Jack Ard, Mrs L L Huston, with service times, burial plans, and churches named.
Kenneth L. Curran 52 of 1411 Fourth Avenue SE died after a crash on Interstate 380 near Thirty third Avenue SW. Autopsy planned to determine cause. believed heart attack. Born March 2 1923 in Cedar Rapids, longtime resident, employed by Pepco Litho Inc. WWII veteran with survivors including son Michael at Ames, brother Guy Cedar Rapids, sister Helen Schrader Newhall. Burial Cedar Memorial with service Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Friends may call at Turner's West after 1 a.m. Thursday.
An adult male mountain gorilla displays silver-gray hair on its back as a visible sign of aging, a trait noted by researchers observing population behavior and maturity indicators.
Patricia Ann Reisner 28 of 2711 Fourteenth Avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital from a gunshot wound to the stomach suffered Feb 1. Linn County medical examiner said no determination yet whether accidental or self inflicted. She was born June 29, 1947, in Edgewood and married Richard Reisner May 25, 1974, in Cedar Rapids. She belonged to St Stephen's Lutheran Church. Survived by her husband, her parents Vergil and (Mrs) Meese of Edgewood, a brother Michael Meese of Marion, a sister Ann Kickbush of Colesburg, and grandmother Elizabeth Meese of West Union. Visitation Friday afternoon at Turner East. service Friday at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. Landis J. Olson. Casket will not be opened after the service.
The Gazette lists subscription desk contact as 996 6333 and notes hours until 7 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, with from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on holidays. It mentions advertising inquiries and nonstandard hours around weekends and holidays.
A coalition of 16 groups urges Ford to appoint a National Cancer Advisory Board under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The board would meet at least four times yearly, with members paid expenses plus a per diem. Sen. Lee Metcalf endorses the effort, praising the initiative and urging balance among disciplines, labor, and public interest groups.
Ford proposes a new three part oversight framework with a foreign intelligence committee chaired by Bush, a three member panel led by Robert Murphy to review agency inspectors general, and an operations group to replace the Forty Committee. He also backs criminal penalties for handling highly classified material and protection for foreign leaders.
Defense Bailey said other sexual assault incidents could be raised only if the prosecution did so. Miss Hearst testified of confinement in two hideouts for nearly two months with minimal movement and a masked SLA member supervising her. She described moving between safe houses in a garbage can and statements about a possible choice to stay with them or face death. Carter’s order says the defendant made recordings and statements about participating in the Hib ernia bank robbery in San Francisco on April 15, 1974.
Reports from Moscow describe radiation concerns at the U S embassy including claims of exposure on lower floors and a possible illness of Ambassador Walter Stoessel. Officials deny warnings, while Kissinger calls the issue complex and notes unilateral steps to reduce danger as Izvestia accuses U S outlets of creating a sensational narrative. The embassy cites shielding and their spokesman calls the allegations inaccurate.
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