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Sun rises Friday at 6 45 am with sunset times listed for R RA and Elsewhere. Year ago today recorded high 34 and low 26 with no precipitation noted.
26 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1976
Page
1
Sun rises Friday at 6 45 am with sunset times listed for R RA and Elsewhere. Year ago today recorded high 34 and low 26 with no precipitation noted.
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs John Luther Jr Cedar Rapids address a daughter and several other births in Arvada Colorado and related family references. Police and court notes include multiple traffic fines for speeding disobeying signs improper turns and muffler violations with names and towns, plus a 2:57 p.m. investigation for smoke odor and false alarm at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday.
The state of Iowa appeals to the Eighth Circuit after U.S. District Judge Edward J. McManus overturned a Black Hawk County drug conviction of Donald Hines of Waterloo. Hines, sentenced in 1973 to five years, argued an illegal search violated his rights. McManus ordered release, stayed 30 days for an appeal or retrial.
Senator Frank Church of Idaho will speak at 7 30 this evening at People's Unitarian Church in town to talk with voters and uncommitted delegates from January's Democratic caucuses. He is expected to announce his candidacy for President next month.
Dan Moynihan will not seek the Democratic nomination for New York’s U.S. Senate race. He reportedly declined to run to avoid a brutal primary, with associates saying opposition within the party, including from black leaders, would be intense. Other Democrats mentioned include Ramsey Clark and Bella Abzug.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 5.3 percent, unchanged from the forecast and down 0.6 point from December’s 5.9 percent. The national rate was 7.8 percent. Iowa employed 1,223,900 people without work.
Federal officials doubt they will recover 1.4 million dollars in social security overpayments to elderly, blind and disabled lowans during six months in 1974. The overpayments were revealed in an auditor's report on the Social Security Administration by HEW. Iowa's share was part of 197 million dollars in similar overpayments across 30 states in early 1974, during the start of a new payment distribution system.
Obituaries list Anna Jasa Groene 83 of Cedar Rapids who died in San Francisco after a long illness, widow of Henry Groene, survived by daughter Mrs Lawrence Gordon and brother Rudolph. Multiple other Cedar Rapids residents die including Wilbert Stern 55, Frances Hartkemeier 61, Josephine Zeman 99, Carrie Pigott 101, and numerous others with burial plans in Cedar Memorial, Linwood, Resurrection, and local cemeteries. services announced or noted for Friday through weekend across Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities.
Monty Bertelli, 27, of rural Linn County, declared as a Republican candidate for state representative in Iowa’s 30th District. A Drake Law School graduate and former legislative aide, Bertelli previously ran in 1974 and now works as an attorney and manager at Ray Bertelli Sons, Inc. He is married to Carol Bertelli, librarian at Mercy Hospital Health Services. The 30th District covers Linn County areas north and east of Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, and three Cedar Rapids precincts.
Delegations pressed anti diagonal road bills as they watched Senate and House transportation committees clash over routes that would reduce productive farm land. Gov. Ray and Speaker Cochran voiced cautious support for alternatives, while IDOT routes remained under debate.
Hearst defense in pre trial appears as Orne tests hypnosis claims while jurors decide truthfulness of Hearst in bank holdup. Prosecutors object to cross examination. Four mug shots linked to Hearst identity identified by Richard Roller, who did not confirm the subject. Reporters see photos as resembling Hearst. defense decries disclosure as violation of agreement.
Representative Fred Richmond and 20 co-sponsors introduced a bill to block administration proposals on food stamps until Congress acts on revisions. Richmond warned Ford's plan could remove over 6 million from the program and cut benefits by at least $5 monthly for an additional 5 to 6 million low income participants with families and medical expenses.
President Nixon and Pat Nixon wrapped up their Peking visit and flew to Kweilin aboard a Chinese government plane. Crowds waved in the rain as gifts from hosts were loaded, including a 90 piece porcelain tea set and Boehm studio porcelain. The couple, joined by Yao Lien-wei, depart for Canton before returning March 1. Nixon predicted a growing bridge of understanding between the two nations.
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