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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1977
Page
3
Partly cloudy forecast through Tuesday with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows around zero to 20 below. NW winds 32 to 40 mph at 11 am. Historical note and births listed for Mercy Barton and other families. fire and incident reports at Pawnee drive NW Blairs Ferry road NE and Eighth street NW.
St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids won state approval to purchase nearly 500 000 dollars in equipment to perform cardiac catheterization diagnostics and open heart surgery. The plan adds local access with 400 annual catheterizations and 200 annual surgeries, using four heart specialists and expanded ICU and rehab support.
Cedar Rapids city skating rinks at Noelridge Lou Dennis Apache Cleveland Arthur and Bever parks will lose supervision and warming huts after this weekend. Recreation director John Foens cites an earlier start and shorter season for budget issues and notes rinks will stay lit plowed and swept if weather allows, but supervision ends.
Approximately $250 in cash was taken in a break-in at Je's Tavern in Independence early Thursday morning. The tavern is owned by Archie Thomas of Independence.
Iowa Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal on legalizing 65-foot twin-trailer trucks, set oral arguments for February 7. The decision focuses on mootness and Attorney General Richard C. Turner’s standing to press the case, with a ruling on his authority to continue after a DOT directive to drop it. Turner stressed the authority issue as essential for the public.
The warehouse and grain dealer licenses of Marlin L. Stutzman of Kinross Feed and Grain were suspended for violations of Iowa code. The Iowa commerce commission cites failures to keep records pay for grain and grain shortages measurement. Suspension lasts until a hearing set for March 7, 1977 with Stutzman ordered to file a complete report by January 18, 1977 or later.
Obituary notices list John S Tower 69 of Alburnett with service details at St Michael's Cedar Memorial. Also Port Stickle 88 a Cedar Rapids railroad worker dies. multiple funeral times and burial at Linwood. Additional entries cover Doris Jahnke Bernard Betty Marvin and other local deaths with churches and burial plans.
Power outages affected Cedar Rapids Springville Newhall Toledo Clutier and rural Clutier areas Friday. About 15 Cedar Rapids customers lost power for 45 minutes while Clutier service ran from 1 30 to 7 am and rural Clutier from 1 30 to 5 30. A broken conductor caused the outage affecting 191 customers.
Blizzard conditions close roads from Cedar Rapids to Anamosa with zero visibility. Johnson county and sheriff's deputies keep a snowplow on emergency duty while crews repair traffic blocks and evacuate rural residents. Fire, heating failures, and drifting snow strand motorists and shut businesses in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
Duane Winter of rural Iowa City says he met an eight to nine foot drift on a Johnson County highway Friday morning and his four-wheel drive vehicle became stuck. He remarked that even a four-wheeler could not pass the drift and expressed he should have anticipated the problem.
Cedar Rapids city hall slowed by an indoor air-conditioning glitch. Mayor Don Canrey was believed away in Minnesota when staff found the air-con running on Thursday to circulate stale air before Friday’s freeze.
Lawmakers press Carter for decontrol plans while gas producers seek assurances on long term action. Arctic winds and heavy snow push states to declare energy emergencies as utilities cut service to thousands, with job losses mounting and fears of insufficient reserves.
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