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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1975
Page
15
Cedar Rapids Community school board directs staff to survey about 400 voters from the recent junior high bond referendum. The aim is to learn why it failed and what changes could boost support for remodeling four junior highs McKinley Koogay elt Franklin and Wilson.
Cedar Rapids Community School District shows 22 483 students in kindergarten through 12, down from 22 742 a year earlier. With special education and other programs, total enrollment reaches 23 365, including 160 pre kindergarten students whose count for budgeting is uncertain. A sub committee seeks an attorney general ruling on counting pre kindergarten pupils. Pre kindergarten classes operate in six elementary schools with $80 000 in federal funds expiring in July.
Cedar Rapids Community School District debates administrator counts as enrollment drops about 590 students yearly. Mary Ann Kucera urges comparing against Davenport and Waterloo districts while Superintendent Craig Currie plans to cut one administrator next year. Board members largely back current administration levels.
The Rockefeller Commission opened hearings in Washington, weighing how far to pursue alleged CIA misdeeds. Colby and former directors Schlesinger and Helms testified as the panel debated scope, with no oaths yet required and plans for future under oath sessions.
Linn County Right to Life directors elected Betty Kortenkamp of Marion and Dale Kucter as 1975 co chairmen. June Larson was named secretary and Claire Glover treasurer. A new film by Americans Against Abortion will be shown at the first general meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in Powpies bank downtown conference room.
Pravda accuses the United States of gunboat diplomacy as a naval task force, led by the nuclear powered carrier Enterprise, enters the Indian Ocean to pressure Arab and oil producing states. Tass cites U. S. force discussions and mocks colonialist mindsets amid global resource tensions.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia arrived in Damascus for a four day visit after a grand welcome by Syrians. He traveled with Prince Fahd and met President Assad while doves of peace and a 21 gun salute marked the arrival.
Three state representatives who also serve in the national guard said they did not receive recruiting funds for briefings to urge enrollments. They contend they were paid only their regular guard pay while working on a bill for an enlistment bonus, countering Adj. Gen. Joseph May's statement that recruiting funds were used. The representatives named are Horace Daggett Scott Newhard and Robert Krause.
Albert N. Hulick 51, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Monday after a long illness. Born September 20, 1923, in Wanamassa New Jersey, he married Dorothy Slater July 29, 1950, in Hamilton New Jersey. He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1970, worked at Collins Radio Co, and to Lisbon in 1972. He was active in scouting 25 years and earned the Silver Beaver award. Surviving: his wife five children Karen Donald Janet John Lea two brothers. Services Thursday at 1 30 at Morgans with calling after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Phillip Lehew of 901 Old Marin Road NE told deputies Sunday night he was assaulted by a young man around 430 PM on Lindale Road just east of Must east. Lehew was not badly injured and said he was struck several times but not robbed.
New city manager Null Berlin pledges open access to the mayor and department heads and allows dissenting proposals. He aims for more citizen input in budget prep, cites Hanover New England town meeting tradition, and takes office February 1 after six years in Hallover, NL.
Rep. Tom Harkin introduces legislation to lift the corn target price from 1.39 to 2.00 dollars per bushel and raise the minimum government loan rate from 1.10 to 1.50. An escalator clause would allow upward revisions as production costs rise. The plan ties a floating loan rate to 75 percent of the target price.
President Ford plans to nominate Coleman to head transportation but faces questions over his ties to Pan American World Airways. Coleman sits on Pan Am’s board and has limited transportation background aside from previous government roles. The White House will withhold final nomination until background checks conclude.
Linn County sheriff investigates a break-in at Orchard Trailer Court office reported Saturday. Loot included $258 cash five firearms and related items with three shotguns and two pistols taken. entry forced through a door of the trailer home.
The notice docket lists multiple probate actions in Linn County Iowa including wills for Emma Technik Thomas Hardiman Blanche Ziskovsky and Elizabeth Rabrek with appointed executors from Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and Bonnie Benford. Creditors are urged to file claims within six months after second publication and debtors to immediate payment to the undersigned.
Notices list Honey L Herman and others as parties to a real estate contract in Linn County Iowa. The document notes waiver of certain conditions and initiates forfeiture actions for Lot 12, Irregular Survey SW Section 34, with specific payment due dates and totals referenced. It names heirs, spouses, and trustees and cites a principal amount and insurance totals as part of the forfeiture proceedings.
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