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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1976
Page
4
A dense slate of channel lineups lists Cadet Rapids Davenport and Rock Island stations with 9:00 to 12:40 time slots featuring a mix of police women, Rookies, One Day at a Time, Marcus Welby, Morning Show, Wide World, and soap operas. The guide notes cartoons, game shows, and classic series across CBS NBC and ABC networks with primetime films and news wraps.
Iowa City Democrat Janet Shipton announced her bid for the unexpired Johnson County board of supervisors term. The seat is held by Robert Lenz after he was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Robert Burng. Shipton has long county involvement, is a former League of Women Voters leader, and is married to Harold Shipton a University of Iowa physiology professor.
Ray mond Garner of Ryan, a district 2 director on the Grant Woodares education agency board, resigned Monday night due to ill health. The board unanimously accepted the resignation at agency headquarters. A convention of local school boards will elect a replacement, with districts including Anamosa Center Point Urbana Cedar Rapids area. The convention is expected in late March, date TBA.
A draft report by the House Intelligence Committee staff claims the United States seriously undervalued large weapon transfers to anti-Soviet factions in Angola. It cites $5 pistol and $7.50 carbine figures, notes possible underpricing and covert surpluses, and discusses legal provisions for retransfer at low cost. Separately, battlefield reports say MPLA forces regroup after heavy weeklong clashes with nationalist and South African units, with UNITA counterattacks across Cela, Santa Comba, and Luso.
A fire alarm near a Cedar area prompted emergency responses by the ambulance service and highway patrol after hours. Local officials including sheriffs and medical society members coordinated through the foundation to manage the incident and relay details about the responders and immediate aid.
In Mt Vernon and nearby precincts, Bayh Udall and Harris supporters jockeyed for delegates. A coin flip decided one seat as Wallace drew two, while debates over uncommitted delegates, rights issues, and obscenity measures shaped a tense caucus day with crowded rooms and scattered endorsements.
In Marion precinct caucuses Carter drew mixed reactions and two delegates in Ward three precinct two. Pairs of delegates went to Shriver Udall Bayh and Harris in various wards. Uncommitted also claimed a delegate. Shriver led with 17 of 50 at one site, Udall 13, Bayh 10. Republican turnout favored Reagan with 11 votes in Ward two precinct two.
Feb 1 is the deadline for pet licenses in Marion. Unlicensed owners face a 25 cent monthly penalty after Feb 1 and must bring a rabies certificate to City Hall. Fees: male and spayed female $1, unspayed female $3. Also, urging payment of 1976 garbage fines. unpaid fees may be added to tax tolls at year end.
Officials from Tipton Cedar and Scott counties probe a weekend home invasion at Ernest Henkel’s residence southeast of Tipton. Henkel says two men tied him in the bathroom, stole a television and radio, and fled toward Interstate 80 into Scott County. he tracked them and notified Black Hawk Standard Service station at the Middle Road interchange for help.
GLENWOOD AP A district court magistrate found Jack Jone superintendent of Malvern Community Schools not guilty of assault charges filed by a student’s father. The incident followed egg and debris throwing at the Jones home in Malvern the night of Dee. Magistrate Esther Engle heard 90 minutes of testimony before ruling.
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