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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
3
Extended forecast calls for dry mild conditions Friday through Sunday with highs in the 30s and 40s and lows from 10 to 25. Wind NW at 4 mph by 2 pm and sunrises set on Thursday and Friday. Also includes weather details, year ago figures, and a long list of local notices including marriages, dissolutions, speedings, offenses, and obituaries with names and addresses from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
Cedar Rapids firm CRST was fined 800 dollars in federal court after its attorney pleaded guilty to four counts of undercharging on freight shipments. Each count carried a 200 dollar fine. The government had charged 10 tariff violations by ICC standards for 1972 and 1973 east coast to Midwest shipments. Guilty pleas covered 2073 dollars owed for Clairol Co shipments to Chicago area in January 1973. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wenell dropped the remaining six counts.
A 16 year old boy was charged with resisting an officer after allegedly attempting to walk away from a minor crash scene. He also faced intoxication and failure to carry a valid Iowa driver's license charges. He was released to his parents.
Sheriff Walter Grant reports a genealogy book titled Mayflower Ancestors and Descendants offered for 23.50 in Mt Vernon scams. The ad appeared in the Gazette under Genealogical Helper. A woman in her mid twenties solicited payment but many did not receive the book. Call 398-3521 to report.
Obituary notices for Harry E Kensinger 86 of Cedar Rapids and other local deaths list births, marriages, and survivors in Iowa communities. Details include service times at Central Park Presbyterian church Cedar Memorial and Mizpah lodge affiliations, plus several surviving relatives and memorial suggestions. Dead and memorial services for Dale E Brady William S Wherry II Althea Frakes Stiles Frederick William Leete Theresa Hembera Evelyn M Oujiri Emil Krejci Lillie Murphy shown with burial and funeral details.
President Ford advocates mandatory efficiency standards for new buildings and a broad energy program. He seeks tax credits for insulation, federal aid for low income families, and revised auto and fossil fuel measures with potential emergency rationing authority. The plan envisions long term goals of numerous power plants, mines, refineries, and insulated homes by 1985 while promising to return revenues to taxpayers. Dr. Thomas Sturgeon, a Cedar Rapids chiropractor, is imprisoned for a 10 year counterfeiting sentence after appeals fail.
Freshman Rep. Charles Grassley of Iowa said Ford's tax proposals aim to provide rebates and stimulate production. He called the plan a balanced approach likely to boost a sluggish economy.
A Federal Power Commission judge urged six states to declare natural gas emergencies to conserve supply. He proposed thermostats at 68 degrees during peak use and divert gas saved in Virginia Delaware Alabama Pennsylvania and North and South Carolina to industry to prevent layoffs amid shortages from Transcontinental Gas Pipeline. He may extend to five more states New Jersey New York Georgia Mississippi and Maryland.
The Hiawatha planning and zoning commission approved the preliminary plat for an industrial park on the north edge of the city along Boyson road and the Waterloo railroad tracks. The 1320 by 615 foot land, owned by Brown and Dyer Construction Co, is zoned industrial and will be annexed. One lot has been sold to Chuck's Sanitary Service and a building is planned. land may be used by Brown and Dyer or sold to others.
Alan E. Anderson, 18, of 870 Thirty first street Marion, charged with drunk driving after state troopers arrested him Tuesday night for erratic driving on Center Point road NE. He is held in county jail in lieu of a $500 bond.
Two masked men entered the 420 Club at 420 Fifth Street SE early Wednesday and demanded cash. Finding the register empty they seized the bartender’s handbag with cash, a checkbook, and cosmetics while a customer was held at gunpoint but not robbed.
Colby told a subcommittee the CIA formed a counter intelligence office on August 15 1967 to probe foreign links to American dissident elements. He cited a 45 page statement acknowledging errors, a 1974 war end date, and a program that opened mail with two Communist countries between 1953 and 1973. He claimed congressional surveillance never occurred.
Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce plans a dinner at the Memorial coliseum to recognize outgoing president John C. Rice with a plaque. Robert D Stuart Jr of Quaker Oats will speak. Tickets cost 6 dollars, must be picked up by Friday 5 p.m. at the chamber office.
A general alarm fire at the State Mental Hospital in St Louis claimed the lives of two female patients ten years ago, with investigations noting internal hazards and emergency response delays.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co and published daily and Sunday at 506 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carrier $1.05 per week. Night and Sunday combined packages offered with varying weekly and annual totals. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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