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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1976
Page
3
Moore argues the American fleet outclasses the Soviet Navy in seamanship and maintenance. He cites three year draftees, inexperienced petty officers, and poor food and quarters as factors. He notes low pay for conscripts fuels turnover, limited long sea sorties, and praises Russia's shore support and ship systems as enabling some ships to stay at sea for months.
Angolan rebels are being trained in Cuba at Cayajobos in Pinar del Rio Province for over four years. Eduardo Otero, now a Miami exile, and Osmani Cienfuegos confirmed the camp and its Angolan trainees. In Addis Ababa the OAU opens emergency talks with Amin urging unity while Vorster weighs a possible SA troop withdrawal.
President Ford engages with officials on the LaGuardia bombing report and attends memorial plans for CIA Greece chief Richard Welch. He schedules Farm Bureau address in St Louis and plans to attend Welch’s Arlington National Cemetery funeral while remaining at the White House.
The piece details matching funds from the Federal Election Campaign Act requiring $250 or less per donor and at least $5,000 from 20 states. It lists recipients including Bentsen Ford and aides of Jackson Bayh Udall Sanford Reagan, with Sanford third and others at $100,000. Auditors review additional $4.3 million in claims.
The FTC warns buyers cannot assess a car's mechanical condition while dealers hide defects. Proposed window sticker rules would require listing make model year mileage and repairs affecting performance or life. It would also note if the vehicle was previously used as a taxi police car rental or fleet vehicle and by whom.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry says 1976 should be a good year for livestock meat producers as domestic feedstock grains remain ample. He predicts continued strong pork prices, notes Iowa’s share of U S pork fell to 22 percent in 1975 from 25, and cautions cattlemen face disappointment due to long holding periods. World supplies hinge on South American harvests and a bleak Soviet crop outlook.
At Walter Reed hospital Mamie Eisenhower the widow of President Eisenhower showed further improvement from a virus infection officials said she rested comfortably Friday. The 79 year old former first lady was driven in by ambulance from her Gettysburg Pennsylvania home and there was no word on how long she would stay.
Everett LaVern Olson 61 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Monrovia California after a long illness. Surviving wife Charlotte Johnson a son Dennis a daughter Mrs Patrick Lundy and siblings. Services Tuesday in Monrovia. Lena M Weichman 88 of Cedar Rapids died after a long illness. Surviving husband Louis a brother and one grandchild. Services Monday at Turner chapel east burial Oak Hill.
A member of a motorcycle gang was shot dead and several others injured in a bar fight between the Last Chapter and Grim Reapers at Wilson's Tap in Boone Iowa. Deputies and troopers arrested two carloads of suspects on Iowa 17 near Madrid before 8 p.m. Owner Bob Wilson said the Boone group had been meeting there when the other group entered and the brawl moved outside.
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. Published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions with various week and year terms. Associated Press exclusivity for local news republication.
Daily record notes sunrise and sunset times, plus a mixed weather forecast. Birth announcements list three newborns from St Luke's Center Point Monticello and Marion. Incident log records multiple Friday calls including car fuel issues, resuscitation, and a carburetor malfunction at various city streets and avenues.
The government reduced the FHA VA single-family loan rate to 8.75 percent from 9 percent effective for loans closed January 5 or later, while multi-family loans stay at 9 percent. The move, paired with a two-tier system, aims to revive multi-family construction and ease payments for buyers in the single-family market.
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