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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1976
Page
18
Washington AP reports last summer’s dire gas shortage predictions have faded due to a warm winter and revised supply calculations. Despite ongoing demand, the anticipated shortfall fell from 1.3 TCF to about 1 TCF by December, easing fears of widespread industrial layoffs.
Cedar Rapids brief items report a mother’s death in Waterloo, Cain family notices, monthly and annual meetings for Eden Daycare and Linn County clubs, thefts of a tape player flag beer stamps and tools, a rifle theft, rest room fire damage, and upcoming meetings including the Cedar Rapids Art Association annual gathering and local optimist events.
A two car collision on highway 3 at the west edge of Edgewood sent four people to hospitals. Larry Hermson 21 of Dyersville and Marvin Heims 17 of Edgewood drove the cars. Debbie Mosher 20 of Strawberry Point a passenger in Hermson s car was admitted to a Dubuque hospital in fair condition with head lacerations. Richard Von Teicher 20 of Strawberry Point a passenger in Heims car was admitted to University Hospitals Iowa City with head injuries. Heims was charged with failure to yield half the roadway.
Erwin Charles Simants was convicted of six counts of first degree murder for the Oct. 18, 1975 Kellie family killings in Sutherland Nebraska. The trial featured a judge imposed gag order blocking pretrial publication of details including a confession. Sentencing set for Jan. 29. death penalty possible.
An elderly Toledo woman Agnes Eggers, 77, died from smoke inhalation in a South Broadway Street home fire discovered at 4 10 a m Saturday. Firefighters found her on the floor at the back door. state fire marshal aid and investigation are noted. Services Tuesday at Henderson's at 1 30 p m. burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Montour.
Larry Jiroutek Leah Jiroutek and Travis Jiroutek of Cedar Rapids sue in Tama county district court over a July 27 1974 fatal crash involving their son Jason then age 3. A 1975 Tama county jury awarded 30900 against Gregg Goos. They claim insurers paid 13671 09 toward the judgment and seek at least 16749 17 more plus 3077 08 for expenses.
Cedar Rapids police arrested Marvin L. Tallman 43 of 1259 Fourth Avenue SE near midnight Friday at E Avenue and First Street NW. Gary Barker 29 of Center Point was arrested after 2 a.m. Saturday at Leonard Street and Thirty-second NE. Hiawatha officer Richard Furleigh 44 of Oelwein was taken into custody Friday near Emmons Street. Linn County deputies charged Michael Stoner 22 of Fairfax in the 3500 block Mt. Vernon Road SE at 11:30 p.m. Friday. James Zumbrunnen 35 of 6640 Mt. Vernon Road SE was stopped at 1:40 a.m. Saturday in the 2300 block Mt. Vernon Road SE. Janet Lane 35 of 2709 Johnson Avenue NW was arrested 1:20 a.m. Saturday on Blairs Ferry Road near Center Point Road NE. John Rowan 22 of 211 Sunset Lane Hiawatha was taken into custody near Center Point Road and Arizona Avenue NE shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. Terry Sublette 26 of 1304 Second Street SE was arrested at Oakland Road and Thirty-second Street NE 2:15 a.m. Saturday and was also charged with speeding after being clocked at 56 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Palo fire crews battled a blaze at the vacant Schminke home in Lewis Bottoms near the Pleasant Creek reservoir project. The 6 am Saturday fire could not be saved and officials note two other abandoned houses and the old Lewis Bottoms school damaged by unexplained fires linked to the development.
The West Side Delegation and Jefferson swing choir present a Monday 7:30 p.m. concert in the auditorium. The program includes four eras from Revolutionary War to rock and a bicentennial section featuring Spirit of 76. All seats cost $1, with an annual tour planned to Washington DC Philadelphia and New York including a White House performance on April 10.
Gov. Robert Ray named and reappointed 12 Iowans to state boards with Eastern Iowa representation including Richard D. Jones a Cedar Rapids accountant assigned to the accounting practitioner advisory committee and Dale Hackett Anamosa Community School director of education placed on the professional teaching practices commission.
Nathan Brooks, 23, Bagley, pled guilty to possession of amphetamines and receiving and concealing stolen property in Tama county district court. No sentencing date set. Brooks testified as a state witness in Jonathan Boyd Ryder’s case, part of a group charged in a north Tama county drug factory probe.
Nancy Lee Majors 40 of Mt. Vernon died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born November 2 1935 in Cedar Rapids she lived in Mt. Vernon ten years. She married Robert Majors December 12 1956 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving are her husband three sons Raymond Randall Royce her parents Mr and Mrs Michael Rossey and sister Mrs Gordon Ribble. Services Monday 2 pm at Mt Vernon United Methodist Church with calling at Morgan Funeral Home after 3 pm today.
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