Florida Man To Be Questioned In Cedar Rapids Girls Case
The Cedar Rapids families await news as Florida authorities plan to question Gerard Schaefer, linked to missing Cedar Rapids teens Colette Goodenough and Barbara Wilcox. The two 19 year olds vanished after visiting Biloxi in January 1973, later tied to Schaefer’s murder cases in Fort Lauderdale.
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Cedar Rapids
Florida
Colette Marie Goodenough
Barbara Ann Wilcox
Marion
Miss Wilcox
Kennedy High School
Miss Goodenough
Quaker Oats
Mississippi
Biloxi
Ray Wilcox
Lee Street
Goodenoughs
Gerard Schaefer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Schaefer
Martin County
Raiford
Fourth District Appeals Court
West Palm Beach
Florida Supreme Court
Robert E. Stone
Dry Winter Echoes 1933-34 Drought Fears Rise
A Cedar Rapids weather table shows this winter’s precipitation running below 1933-34 levels with May to August temperatures well above normal, prompting ISU scientist Louis Thompson to warn of a potential dry summer. Early-season rain failed to reverse subsoil moisture loss, farmers recall 1930s droughts, and nostalgia for those hard years resurfaces as calls for caution grow.
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Iowa Weather Records Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Louis Thompson
Thompson
ISU
Six Year Old Freezes Tongue To Lamp Post In Cold Buffalo Day
Six year old Rachel Steinhart waiting for a school bus in sub zero weather licked a metal lamp post and her tongue froze to it. A rescue squad freed her with warm water and she was treated and released at Millard Fillmore Suburban hospital officials said.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Rachel Steinhart
Rachel
Millard Fillmore
Time of Reckoning for Patty Hearst
Patty Hearst faces trial for armed bank robbery in San Francisco after a two year captivity by the SLA. The case centers on whether she acted willingly as Tania or under duress, with jurors weighing photographs and testimony as prosecutors seek a conviction and potential sentences up to 25 years.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patty Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Tania
U.S
Oliver Carter
Patty
FBI
SLA
America
Miss Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Randolph Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Hibernia Bank
Golden Gate Park
Carter
Camilla Hall
Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
William Harris
Clash over hearings for state board appointees
Republicans and Democrats clash over hearings for state board appointments. Frank Nye analyzes the standoff, highlighting partisan arguments and potential impacts on governance. Page B references indicate broader editorial coverage and related notes across sections, including Iowa News and Political Notes.
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State Board of Agents
Frank Nye
Wallace Claims Caucus Victory
Alabama Governor George Wallace led Mississippi Democratic caucuses with about 42 percent of delegates from 40 percent of precincts, ahead of Jimmy Carter and four other candidates. Carter and Shriver trailed as Wallace predicted a rising margin with rural counties reporting next.
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Jackson
Miss
Alabama
George Wallace
Mississippi
Jimmy Carter
Wallace
Carter
Iowa
Sargent Shriver
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Stern Tax Filing Season Tests IRS Aid Efforts
The 1975 tax year brings confusion and a stern test for IRS taxpayer assistance as new credits complicate returns. IRS surveys show error rates from 20 to 50 percent in advised guidance, while officials say the figures are overstated. New credits include a $30 per dependent family tax credit and an earned income credit up to 400 dollars for low income earners, expanding social aims of the law.
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Washington
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Treasury
William Simon
New York
Karami Set to Reassume Lebanon's Premiership
Rashid Karami agreed to reassume the premiership as fighting eased under a Syrian sponsored cease fire. Police reported 20 dead and 36 wounded in a Muslim Christian clash near Beirut while Palestinian Liberation Army units enforcing the truce killed seven who refused to dismantle barricades. Karami revived his resignation and urged Lebanese to forget pain and build a new Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Palestine Liberation Army
Karami
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