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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1975
Page
3
Daily Record reports a brief forecast with a chance of snow Friday night and Saturday, and partly cloudy days on Friday and Sunday. Notes year ago temperatures and minor precipitation. January 28 obituaries list several families, burns, licenses, fines, and public notices across multiple Iowa cities including Cedar Rapids and Marion. Funeral services and memorials announced for multiple individuals with church and cemetery details.
Washington AP reports that sugar prices, which jumped 400 percent last year before easing, are being investigated by a federal grand jury for possible price fixing, per the justice department.
Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck announced a temporary four way stop at the Fortieth Street and C Avenue NE intersection for 30 to 60 days. The change follows a traffic study showing heavier flows on C Avenue with 1,876 eastbound and 550 westbound Fortieth Street vehicles, while 3,565 northbound and 2,094 southbound vehicles use C Avenue.
Robert J. Murphy twenty five of Washington was charged with assault and battery malicious injury to a building and striking an unattended vehicle after a disturbance at the Village Inn on 100 F avenue NW. He allegedly kicked a window, hit Kinney, and struck a parked car as he tried to drive away. Kinney confronted him, a scuffle followed, and Murphy was jailed in lieu of 2750 dollars bond.
Toll of recent deaths includes Earl J. Walters 76 a former federal bank examiner and St. John's Masonic member born 1898 in Clayton county with flood of survivors across Illinois Indiana and California. Violet Mable MacFalls 81 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident antique dealer charity worker and church member dies in Cedar Rapids. Frances A. Scolaro 70 Cedar Rapids resident. Arnold W. Westendorf 69 long time Cedar Rapids resident retired Altorfer Machinery field service manager. Services scheduled in Guttenberg Cedar Rapids and Des Moines areas with multiple family survivors and burial plans. Memorials suggested to Cancer Society or Cedar Memorial.
Memorial services set for Marjorie C. Rosenberger at Olivet Presbyterian Church with burial at Cedar Memorial. Gladys L. Everhart, 67, Cedar Rapids resident for 33 years, died after a short illness and is to be interred at Cedar Memorial with services at Chapel of Memories. George E. Osborn, 85, retired Cedar Rapids restaurateur and World War I veteran, dies in a Cedar Rapids nursing home with burial at Cedar Memorial following Turner Chapel West services.
Cedar Rapids notices outline preschool story hours at Kenwood branch and First Presbyterian church, plus weekly camera club meeting and various ads. Reports list multiple thefts and burglaries around residences and offices, with items stolen including radios, tapes, sunglasses, jewelry, a motorcycle helmet, and a television set.
The FDA warned Wednesday that 32 patients may have died after treatment with two widely prescribed antibiotics, with the death toll likely higher. FDA commissioner Dr. Alexander Schmidt urged tighter prescribing and signaled potential removal of lincomycin from the market and curbs on clindamycin misuse. Upjohn reported 85 death reports from colitis, but analysis of 74 cases found only 20 probably linked to the drugs, with 11 under review.
President Ford will travel to Atlanta next week to urge action on his economic energy program. Press Secretary Ron Nelsen said Ford will address a White House arranged conference for professional and civic leaders Monday night and an Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America meeting on Tuesday.
The Weather Underground warned of explosive devices in Oakland and Washington D C in a 12 56 a m call to AP and FBI sources said the group led by Bernardine Dohrn and totaling 20 to 30 members grew from the SDS during the 1960s.
A 16-year-old boy faced charges for malicious damage after a Monday shot aimed at a crow hit a 34,000 volt transmission line in Cedar Rapids, cutting power to about 1,100 customers. Two companions were released. the suspect was released to his parents after questioning. Power was restored by 4:35 p.m.
Kenneth R. Grulkey, 44, of 841 Fourth Avenue SE, charged Tuesday with breaking into his former wife Stella Grulkey’s home at 1212 Fourth Avenue SE on December 31. Police say a key, baby pictures, and $48 in food stamps were taken. the pictures were recovered. Grulkey held in county jail in lieu of $1,000.
The Liberty Lobby accused Levi of weakness on campus protests at the University of Chicago and warned that if he becomes attorney general the nation would see more violence, less order, and dictatorial power. The remarks labeled the consent decree as improper but tied the demands of war to avoiding a court trial.
Sadat indicated a French role in future peacemaking but warned it would take time. He noted no current request to launch initiatives and discussed Egypt potentially buying a French nuclear reactor. France sought guarantees to satisfy the international community before any sale.
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