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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
25
Firefighters responded to an alarm at 1255 Sixth Avenue and found logs burning on a floor furnace grate in an apartment rented by Mike Cisler. Co-owners Lester and Minor Jones said utilities were cut off in a dispute over payment. Neighbors reported smoke and the building sustained minor smoke damage.
Sunday recreation opens 2 to 5 p.m. at Linn-Mar and Marion Vernon junior high schools with supervision, no showers, and entry by South Vernon lobby. Residency guides facility use. kindergarten to sixth grade require a guardian. Sessions run Sundays until March 13, starting this week.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa collected 12 taxes over two years each exceeding 2 million dollars in the 1975 76 budget year. Key receipts include the individual income tax 388 398 629 and sales tax 265 010 544 with several other major taxes cited.
The National Labor Relations Board will host a March 2 dinner in Washington to mark 300 million votes cast by American workers in union elections since 1935. NLRB chair Betty Southard Murphy notes about 300 000 employee elections have occurred, beginning with a Fort Wayne knitting mill ballot selecting the AFL Hosiery Workers.
Waterloo resident Betty Gunderson organized a petition drive gathering over 2,000 signatures in support of reinstating the death penalty in Iowa. She plans to hand the petition to Rep. Henry Wulff to present to the legislature, spurred by a June shooting at a Waterloo convenience store.
State Comptroller Marvin Selden projects total expenditures for Iowa this fiscal year at about 15 percent above 1975 76. Expenditures will exceed a billion dollars with federal funds around 736 million. The measure uses budgets from state and over 2000 local units including cities counties schools and utilities. One time federal allocations include 30 million for highway construction and 20 million for medical research at University of Iowa hospitals.
Washington AP Wil liam Simon withdraws proposed curbs on tax shelters used by high income individuals after learning of them post publication in the Federal Register. He cites discussion needs with IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander and Charles Walker and notes actions before leaving office.
Lt. Victor Belenko, defector with the Mig-25, told CIA interrogators that Soviet pilots are ordered to execute death by action attacks and that those who return alive are to be shot. Stern magazine cited CIA records and said the pilot, now in hiding and paid 1500 dollars monthly, described disciplinary airmen and wolf like conduct among defenders in Asia.
Des Moines Iowa Gov Robert D Ray nominates State Comptroller Marvin R Selden for the first national governor s conference award for distinguished service to state government Ten will be chosen as award recipients finalists announced at the NGC mid winter session in Washington Feb 28 March 2 Ray lauded Selden as an outstanding public servant with a keen grasp of government relations and noted his base and program budgeting for Iowa and comprehensive analysis of receipts and expenditures for all state units
The FTC urged strong action against false and unfair marketing by proprietary vocational and home study schools. Aimed at two million students spending over 2.5 billion dollars annually, the report calls for disclosure of dropout rates and job prospects, a readability test for disclosures, and a refund policy for quitters.
In Salt Lake City AP reports lawyers seek to delay Gary Gilmore's January 17 execution. ACLU attorney Jinks Dabney says he is confident Gilmore will live beyond the 17th. Ronald Stanger, representing Gilmore, notes no new delay efforts and says Gilmore is in good spirits. ON THIS DATE in 1412 Joan of Arc was born.
The FDA will extend conditional approval for saccharin pending further cancer risk tests. It will also lower the allowable level of an impurity from saccharin production. Notices will appear in the Federal Register, as FDA officials respond to reports of potential cancer links in animals.
A barn on the Paul Friis farm two miles northwest of West Branch burned at about 4 30 a m destroying the barn and a number of hogs. Damages were estimated at 50000 dollars. West Branch firefighters stayed about four hours aided by Coralville and West Liberty to supply water.
Three persons were charged with drunk driving Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Kim L. Christianson, 26, was arrested at 8 46 p m near the intersection of Second Street SW and Eighth Avenue. Harold I. Gladwin, 39, was arrested at 12 01 a m near the intersection of Center Point Road NE and Blairs Ferry Road NE. Jon E. Alberts, 20, was arrested at 12 58 a m near the intersection of Ninth Avenue and First Street SW.
A garbled legal notice archive lists incorporation actions and public notices including references to Dorothy J Lovenee Albert Miller, Creative Graphics Inc, Rural Route notices, and a school district bid invitation. It mentions the Business Corporations Act and corporate filings dated January, with various institutional names and inspector notices, but details are unreadable.
Public record indicates the incorporation of Schope Meyer Farms Inc. with filings listing initial officers and registered agent. Authorities note compliance steps and filing dates, with standard corporate formalities for formation.
City of Cedar Rapids reviews multiple community development projects under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act. Projects span Oak Hill Riverside Time Check Patrick and other areas with rehabilitation, acquisition, street improvements, open space, parking, sidewalks, and contingencies totaling $996,666.
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