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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
3
The forecast calls for extended cold across C R and nearby areas from Friday through Sunday with little or no measurable precipitation. Lows range from 5 below to 5 above zero and daytime highs reach the teens to the low 20s. Sunrise is 7 30 and sunset is 5 06 with no precipitation. Year ago today high was 38 and low 25 with no precipitation.
Births recorded at St Luke's Jan 18 include a son for Mr and Mrs Raymond Dirks Monticello a daughter for Mr and Mrs Richard La Hew and a daughter for Miss Debra Sisco plus a son for Mr and Mrs Wiley Tuley At Rochester Minn a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Church Also many local residence pairs and a long list of traffic and ordinance fines with names and addresses and amounts noted in detail.
Barlow Foods plans a 32000 square foot store at First and Cottage Grove SE in Cedar Rapids. About 7000 notices mailed to roughly 23000 residents to gauge support for rezoning and land purchase. If favored, city approvals proceed with mayor and council vote after planning and zoning reviews. A 1965 note recalls a cheating scandal at the Air Force Academy.
A multi obituary notice list includes Mrs Edwin Van Vechten Lineberry of Taos and Cedar Rapids born Lillian Montague of Denver. It reports funeral plans for Agnes Barta Viasek, Jack King, Heather Lynn Griffith, and Brian Moffitt infant, with details on births, marriages, residences, and burial arrangements.
Arkansas state Rep. Arlo Tyer proposes a $3000 tax on unmarried couples who live together and pass as a married couple. The plan requires blood tests and a court permit plus sheriff registration with a $2000 penalty for noncompliance.
President Ford weighs a general amnesty for Vietnam War resisters with pardons and new eligibility for veterans benefits, while the Energy Administration warns gasoline price controls may end March 1 unless Congress blocks the move. Debate centers on administration transition timing and potential price impacts.
Virginia Dahl and her three children were treated for carbon monoxide exposure after modifications to the furnace vent and thermostat caused fumes. Mrs. Dahl noticed increasing headaches and nausea while the family remained in their home at 4650 Ford Avenue NW. They were evaluated at St Luke's hospital and released. The gas company later explained the errors in ventilation and thermostat adjustment.
Multiple notices from Tipton to Solon report deaths and services. Names include Con rad Mabel A 72 at United Church of Christ in Tipton with memorial fund. Myrtle Marlow 86 in Iowa City at St Marys. Charles L LeClerc 82 Hopkinton First Presbyterian. Glen A Worderman 60 Anamosa St Patricks. Mena Fox 89 Belle Plaine. Donald L Gunder 60 Tama at Mason Hands. Marion Springer 78 West Union pending at Burnham and Woods. William Schroeder 83 Tama at Mason Hands. Neil H Anderson 52 Toledo Hendersons. Wilbert A Kohischeen 66 West Branch Barker’s. Louvar Tena 66 Shueyville United Methodist with memorial. Rose Shima Solon yes. Rosary at Solon. Burial details and church services noted for each locality.
Two hundred Cypriot art objects described as priceless will appear at the American Museum of Natural History from February 16 to April 3. The pieces span 8,000 years of Cyprus history and include pottery figurines statues vessels and jewelry.
China claims a new high precision digitized seismological instrument can continuously measure the earth's magnetic field. The automatic magnetometer detects abnormal geomagnetic variations before quakes and delivers a data set in ten seconds for improved observation and forecasting.
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