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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1975
Page
2
Extended forecast shows no precipitation Sunday and Monday with possible rain or snow Tuesday. Highs in 30s, lows in teens, SE wind at 15 mph at noon. Sunrise 6 53, sunset 5 48. Year Ago Today high 40 low 34, no precipitation. Birth notices for Mercy and Arvind Dandekar families, and Dr Steven Springer in Iowa City. Several marriages dissolved and local fires with details.
Cedar Rapids News will resume providing the Gazette with full reports on armed robberies including loss amounts. Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck told The Gazette after a Friday meeting with news executives that the policy will revert to its original scope, reversing an earlier broader rule. He said the change was never meant for all cases but acknowledged the media reaction. The commissioner will notify Police Chief Wallace LaPeters to reinstate the prior policy.
Federal grand jury in Newark refused to indict Thomas Burns 23 of Rutherford on kidnapping charges involving neighbor's 7 year old George Kalouekakis. Prosecutors said Burns formed a father son bond with the boy and did not demand ransom, and he kept the case from state proceedings.
The Cedar Rapids area recalls two death notices: Mrs Amos Meyers of 1928 K Street SW died after a brief illness at Cedar Rapids area respite. Born 1908 in Prairieburg, she leaves husband Amos Meyers and several children and grandchildren. The second notice covers Sarah Maciesky, 85, former Cedar Rapids resident, who died in St Paul Minnesota with sons Harry Abrams Sam Abrams and Morris Abrams among survivors. Services and burial details are given for each.
In magistrate court Frank Carter of 1607 Second Avenue SE pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence for marijuana possession on Oct. 7. Bonnie Ciha of 1212 Second Street SW was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of standing. Frank Snenicka of 1011 Tenth Street SW and Daniel Morelock of Davenport were bound over to the grand jury on two counts each of breaking and entering.
The report outlines how Ehrlichman Haldeman and Mitchell faced conviction for obstructing justice and related charges in the Watergate cover up, with Nixon implicated but pardoned. It notes Dean Magruder and McCord's cooperation, the 1973 tape evidence, and the long appeals process including Sirica's rulings and the evolving trial dynamics.
A Cedar Rapids charter tour to Hawaii faced overbooking chaos when Imperial Hotel in Honolulu could not provide rooms for all travelers. Guests complained of ant infested rooms and missing luggage while some found alternatives at Pagoda hotel. The hotel offered a free week stay as a peace gesture after the fallout.
FBI agents testified in Sacramento that the Symbionese Liberation Army kept dossiers on prominent businessmen in the Bay Area and named five as “possible people to snatch” to aid food distribution. The list, seized in a Los Angeles raid last May, includes Chalmers Mackvaine and Owsley Hammond among others, with photos and personal ties. Also found were IDs of Patricia Hearst and Steven Weed linked to the 1974 abduction.
Harley Kephart of 4217 Mt. Vernon road SE pled guilty to drunk driving and received a 60 day jail sentence after arrest on December 16.
A fragment lists telephone numbers and general office listings including digits such as 396 82 398 833 196 8234. It appears as an incomplete directory note with several numbers without context or accompanying details.
One man tied to a Cedar Rapids shooting last month is back in Linn County jail on assault with intent to murder charges. Wallace Madden, 25, was extradited from Chicago and held on 50,000 bond. Carl Hobbs, 25, indicted on robbery with aggravation, saw bond raised to 10,000 as he remained jailed. The Jan 7 incident left Ezell Jr. shot in the mouth during a home robbery and struggle.
San Diego AP report says former Governor Ronald Reagan confirmed his car was stopped for speeding in the Santa Barbara area another time within three months. His driver, Barney Barnett, received a ticket for 60 mph in a 55 mph zone on Feb. 4 after the speedo read five mph fast.
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