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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1977
Page
3
Extended forecast shows partly cloudy and cold days ahead. Highs range from zero to 15 above on Sunday and climb to the teens to low 20s by Tuesday. Lows dip from zero to 15 below Sunday and Monday to five below to five above Tuesday. Precipitation remains none. Weekend sunrise and sunset times noted.
The Daily Record lists births from Jan 6 at Mercy and St. Luke's with several family names and addresses. Traffic and fines follow with multiple speeding and driving violations, including fines for Todd McNall and Willie Barrett, plus numerous others and a four day jail sentence suspended on restitution.
Cedar Rapids Community School District outlines stage one of two admin reassignments affecting 15 administrators. Newell Lash becomes chief administrator in absence of superintendent Marvin Maire notes. Richard Schulz shifts to instructional leadership with Drahos and Rainbow reporting to him. Rainbow starts July 1. other changes take effect Tuesday with Beusch moving to student services.
Obituaries list infant Nickolas Bohren and various adults including Lota Mae Barnett James C Huff Patrick F Fleming and others with burial and service details. Services span Cedar Rapids Central City Oxford Decorah Independence Greeley and Marshalltown with churches cemeteries cremation and memorials noted.
Linn District Judge John Hyland suspended proceedings until Jan 21 in the William Lyness case after his attorney won reinstatement of an embezzlement by agent charge to obtain sworn FBI statements. Lyness and co defendant Ronald Hopp face federal trial in Cedar Rapids on conspiracy to commit bank larceny and related charges from a Nov robbery.
Four individuals were charged with drunk driving across Thursday night and Friday morning. William F. Leatner, 35, was arrested at 10:53 p.m. near Second Street SW and Sixth Avenue after his vehicle struck a parked car. Ronald Crone, 34, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, was taken into custody at 7:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of Sixteenth Avenue SW. Grace Ann Clinton, 30, was arrested at 2:05 a.m. in the 600 block of First Street SW. Barry K. Wendt, 30, was arrested at 2:11 a.m. in the 1600 block of H Avenue NE.
William J. and Louise B. Kloubec sue Linn County for 64 000 over land condemned near the Draport Inn south of Cedar Rapids. They claim illegal possession because the 1974 condemnation was void due to a defective description. They seek 35 000 attorney fees 25 000 for trespass 50 monthly rent for two acres and compensation for three years crops and property damage.
The city defends a 7 million general obligation bond sale for a new civic center on urban renewal land bounded by First avenue to Fourth street NE. A 1000-car parking ramp and a connected 17 story hotel by Peter Bezanson are part of the plan, funded by tax increment financing to benefit downtown commercial property.
A two alarm fire erupts in a five story structure at 4:21 p.m. sending fire trucks across the city. Hose lines exceed 4000 feet while wind and cold test responders. No rekindle reported. brief smoke and water damage on upper floors. a fertilizer scare was investigated but proved unfounded.
Carter signals a broad tax reform package tied to a jobs program with estimates of 12 to 16 billion dollars in tax cuts aimed at low income groups. The plan could include no tax for a family of four earning six thousand dollars, while debates continue among his economic team. Brock Adams is expected to win Senate confirmation as transportation secretary.
Firemen say a mobile home fire at Sunrise Trailer Court 5501 Sixth Street SW began from heat tape to combustibles. The Grant Wood Area Chapter, American Red Cross assists the Munson family and accepts clothing donations.
An exhibition titled 200 Years of American Sculpture is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York through September 26. The AP report notes the show highlights notable American sculptors and works from colonial to modern periods.
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