Cold Iowa Winter Tied to High Pressure and Sunspots
Weather specialist Waite notes 1976 drought and cold as part of a century pattern. He cites 45 inches of snow in 1935 36, records of low temperatures, and brutal conditions across Iowa. He warns of possible spring erosion and poor subsoil moisture affecting corn crops, with sunspot activity linked to the unusual winter.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Waite
Washta
Keokuk
Rice Lake
Wis
Witness Denies Attorney Involved In Fraud Case
Admitted co conspirator Robert Braumann testified in Cedar Rapids federal court that lawyer William Olinger had no role in forming the phony Starr Sales and Mt Vernon Sales businesses. He said Voeltz told him to hide the matter from Olinger and that Olinger had no knowledge of the merchandise fraud.
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Olinger
Voeltz
Braumann
Lawmen Nab Three as Drunk Drivers
Three men were charged with drunk driving on Thursday and Friday. Steven Lynn Clabough 19 of Marion was arrested by Marion police near Seventh Avenue and First Street. Elmer A Hendrickson 50 of Mound Minnesota was arrested by Cedar Rapids police in an alley on the 1500 block between First and Second Avenue SE. Mark Lewis McMurrin 19 of Hot Springs Arkansas was arrested by Cedar Rapids police on the First Avenue bridge and also charged with speeding disobeying a traffic signal and resisting execution of process after allegedly struggling with deputies while being booked.
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Steven Lynn Clabough
Hillview Drive
Marion
Seventh Avenue
First Street
Elmer A. Hendrickson
Mound
Minn
Cedar Rapids
First
Second Avenue
Mark Lewis McMurrin
Hot Springs
Ark
First Avenue
McMurrin
Linn
Two Linn County Suspects Charged in Separate Cases
Alan C. Willis aged 22 of 916 Twelfth Street NE faces a warrant charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance. James R. Phillips, 44 of 1315 First Avenue SE is charged with larceny by shoplifting for stealing a fur coat from Killian's department store on January 13. Dorothy Bridges reported a $176 purse snatch near her residence at 509 Fifteenth Street SE by a teenage boy at 6:45 Thursday evening.
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Alan C. Willis
Twelfth Street NE
James R. Phillips
First Avenue SE
Killian’s
Dorothy Bridges
Fifteenth Street
McClintic Testifies as Jury Deliberates in Cedar Rapids Trial
In Cedar Rapids federal court Glenn McClintic 44 of Applewood Place NE faces six fraud and related counts tied to 1975 schemes with Scott Voeltz Robert Braumann and Tim Morrissey. McClintic admitted possession and sale of goods from the schemes and described his role while denying direct extortion threats. The jury began deliberations after noon Friday following four hours on the stand by McClintic who said his actions reflected poor judgment not crime.
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Cedar Rapids
Glenn McClintic
Applewood Place
McClintic
Scott Voeltz
Robert Braumann
Mt. Vernon
Starr Sales
Mt. Vernon Sales
Tim Morrissey
Vernon
Voeltz and
Braumann
Asst
U.S
Robert Sikma
Voeltz
Morrissey
Voeltz and Braumann
Utah
Colorado
YMCA
Rockford
Tim
Scott
Sikma
FBI
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C.R
Scott Voelz
William Olinger
Twelfth Avenue
Kay
Des Moines
Daytona Race Track
Gerald
Peter) Arpino
Johnson’s
Center Pt. Rd. N.E
Jcpenney
Barbra Streis
Kris Kristofferson
Evergreen
THE
Jacksons
SLY & the Family Stone
HC HG
Family
Boston
Jimmie Spheeris
Kegs Emvssina
Engelbert Humperdinck
the Lovin
Buz Scaggs
Georgia Jump Street
Sido
R.E.C
Burton Cummings
Yewaing Fm
Niki
Chicago
New York City
Aerosmte
Sweet
Charlie Daniels Band
High Lonesome
Phoebe Snow
Shine
Ted Nugent
Wall
Street Rats
Mary Kay
Capri Lounge
Loretta Haggers
Baby Boy
iCan
Hwildcherry
Billy the Kid
2Nd St. SE
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