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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1977

Page

3

Week Weather Outlook With Snow Chance

Weather report notes high temperatures in the 20s to 30s and overnight lows in the single digits. Precipitation chances include possible snow Thursday with a cold snap Friday through Saturday. Sunrise 7 30, sunset 5 05, year ago temperatures cited as 26 high and 1 low with no precipitation.

Bismarck Hse Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Des Moines Detroit Indianapolis Kansas City C.R Milwaukee St. Paul Omaha St. Louis Rene Sioux Falls

Births and police actions reported in Daily Record

The Daily Record notes births at St Luke's on Jan 17 for the Augustine, Christie, Onimus and Snitker families. It lists Monday and Tuesday calls including false alarms, a stove fire, sprinkler and wiring issues, plus a series of municipal fines for speeding, parking, intoxication, license violations, and improper traffic movements across Cedar Rapids and Marion.

Michael F. Augustine Outlook Drive Richard H. Christie Twenty Seventh Street Marion Donald J. Onimus North Towne Lane Carl Snitker Eighth Street

Same Store and Clerk Robber Repeats at Dows Man in Dairy Farm

Rhonda Maresh 17, an employee at Dows Man in Dairy Farm store on Third Avenue SE, recounts Monday night’s robbery by a black man about 20, who produced a gun and demanded roughly $300 from the cash register. Police continue pursuing the suspect after a prior knife robbery on January 5.

Rhonda Maresh Dows Third Avenue SE Maresh

Western Artist Randy Steffen Dies at 59 in Texas

Western artist author and sculptor Randy Steffen died at age 59 early Monday at his ranch near Stephenville Texas. His death was reported from Fort Worth where details were released by a family spokesperson. Steffen known for paintings and Western themed sculptures contributed to multiple exhibitions and publications in the Southwest.

Randy Steffen Fort Worth, Texas Stephenville Tex

Life term for Henderson in Cedar Rapids man death

James Henderson 24 of Waterloo was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of first degree murder in the Sept 5 shooting death of Robert Streeter 33 in Cedar Rapids. The defense planned appeals after motions for new trial were denied.

Waterloo Black Hawk County Leonard Lubbert James Henderson Cedar Rapids Henderson Robert Streeter Lybbert Streeter Waterloo Street

Obituaries and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area

Obituaries list Heather Lynn Griffith 4 days old died in Iowa City born Jan 13 1977. Remainder note survivors and private services at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids and multiple other obituaries with service details and memorial funds across towns including Sigourney Mooristown Tama Hopkinton Postville Decorah Shueyville and Appleton's.

Heather Lynn Griffith Scott A. Griffith Debra Kay Wilson Twenty-fifth Avenue Iowa City Sharon Ackley Cedar Rapids Fred Wilson Jr. Ames Dale Griffith Harold Kline Nina Wilson Rebecca Griffith William Lubben Monticello Charles Mehaffey Asbury United Methodist Church Cedar Memorial Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Edgewood Pearl Wonleighton Appleton’s. Farmersburg Dale Dorothy) Thompson Giard Methodist Church Schultz Monona Toledo Neil Anderson Henderson's Tama Donald L. Gunder Mason-Hand's Tama — William Schroeder Hopkinton Charles L. LeClerc Goettsch’s Belle Plaine Mena Fox Hrabak’s Postville Rudolph C Wiliman St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Schutte’s Decorah Stella Hexom First Lutheran Church Olson-Fijelstul’s Shueyville Joseph Tena) Louvar Shueyville United Methodist Church Brosh’s

Egenes Questions Efficiency of Committee Plan

Des Moines Iowa State Rep Sonja Egenes questions the efficiency of the new Iowa house committee system. She notes 39 members on the ways and means panel and four committee assignments per member. Egenes forecasts nine extra weekly hours in meetings leaving less time for research. Only time will tell if the changes speed floor debate.

Des Moines Sonja Egenes Ways-Means Committee House Egenes

Second Youth Charged In Plant Breakin

A second youth was charged in a breakin at Highway Equipment Co. 616 D avenue NW. Larry J. Shreeves, 18, of 1806 Western drive SW, was charged with breaking and entering at 5 p.m. Monday. An off duty officer caught two suspects Sunday. one youth was later charged. A stake-out was set after a private alarm failed to activate during three breakins. ON THIS DATE in 1782 Daniel Webster was born.

Highway Equipment Co D Avenue NW Larry J. Shreeves Western Drive Shreeves

Train Tragedy Continues Under Bridge Collapse

Medical teams worked through the night to free victims after a bridge collapsed trapping passengers. Four operations ran simultaneously as nurses like Leigh Street crawled into wreckage. Eight died in the immediate wreckage and a 35 year old man remained trapped as floodlights lit the scene for live TV coverage.

Leigh Street

Indictment Potential Arises Over Cedar Rapids Girls Deaths

Evidence pointed to Schaefer as a possible suspect in the Cedar Rapids girls murders but no charges were filed as the bodies had not been found. Stone said he might interview Schaefer later to resolve the cases after all appeals are exhausted. he was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

Stone Schaefer Cedar Rapids

Open Meeting at UIU Saturday On Volga Lakes Problems

8th district legislators call a 10 a.m. Saturday meeting at Upper Iowa University Fayette to gauge public reaction to the Volga lakes project and the conservation commission recommendation to dump the plan. Attendees will decide on a district stance amid differing views on sealing costs and alternatives.

UIU Volga Lakes Des Moines Upper Iowa University Fayette Rolf Craft Rdecorah Donald Avenson Oelwein Tofte Decorah State Conservation Commission Volga River Robert Ray Iowa Avenson Roger Halvorson Monona Craft Senate H.L. Heying D-West Union Commission

Linn Board OKs Ferris overtime claim

Linn supervisors voted 2-1 to approve George Ferris overtime pay for December. The decision followed a county attorney view that Ferris, a former sheriff’s lieutenant, earned 11/12 of the sheriff’s salary’s base, making the overtime $744.80, with potential repayment of about $600 previously received. Ferris praised the result.

Linn George Ferris Merle Kopel Ferris Stanley Ginsberg Richard Wenzel Wenzel Jean Oxley

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Mississippi Valley Lakes Northeast Pacific Northwest Atlanta Anchorage Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New Orleans Denver New York Duluth Phoenix Honorus Seottie Houston Washington the Daily Record St. Luke's I Avenue First Avenue J Street Thirtieth Street Edgewood Road First Street Sixth Street Magistrate's Court Delmar Stille Arizona Robert Melton Thirty-fourth Street Wilbert Page Ninth Street Thomas Jedlicka Evergreen Street Laurence Theisen Leisure Boulevard Walter Loecke Greeley Steven Maley Fruitland Boulevard Frank Robinson Thirteenth Street Stephen Maley B Avenue Earl Carr Fourth Avenue James Johnson Twenty-eighth Avenue Robert Richardson D Avenue Michael Frank Thirty-sixth Street Brian Emmett South Twelfth Street Gerald Moser Toddville James Butchers Robert Jewell Thirty-eighth Street Donald Ropa Stanwood Allen Zindrick Mt. Vernon Road Michael Reynolds Old Marion Road Ralph Kane Vermont Street Patricia Thorman B Avenue NE Cecil Benson William Brouick Claudia Switzer Route One Wallace Beck Deborah McMaster Second Avenue George Kerns Jo Ann Nutting West Union Harold Starry Strawberry Point Wayne Wise Clark Street Hiawatha Donald Kendall Twenty-ninth Street Glenn Strother Martelle William Martin Forest Drive Timothy Weiland Deborah Drive Daniel Curtis Fifth Avenue Ivan Walker Viola William Heck C Avenue NW Awellen Florist Town and Country C.R. Man Lebanon Camille Chamoun Beirut Griffith Infant Mrs Grover Bird Rena B. Bird Sigourney Willow Gardens Ruby Ryder Lillie Kibbee Cedar Falls Opal McIntyre Archie Bird Forrest Bird Evansdale Adah Richardson Martinsburg Paul Fuller Reynolds Funeral Home John E. Michener John Edward Michener Sun City Ariz West Branch Josephine Peddie Fort Wayne Ind Interchemical Corp Washington High School University of Minnesota Pace College New York City Christ Church Episcopal Cincinnati Club Navy League of the United States Ymca Health Club Michener Trinity Church Mooristown New Jersey Turner Chapel East All Saints of the Desert Harry G. Bergan Norway Lutheran Cemetery St. Olaf Daniel Webster John. E. Lapes Third Avenue S.E Cedar Memorial Park Frank Nye Gorette Linn Board Beatty Bearle Murdoch Chapel Gregory O. Hapgood Mar
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