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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1974
Page
2
The Iowa Senate approved a bill legalizing sports contests and exhibitions for entry fees and prizes under the social gambling law. It covers golf and bowling tournaments, rodeos, horse and auto races, league play, and various contests, with House action pending.
Dave Stanley of Muscatine seeking the Republican U S Senate nomination and his Iowans for Stanley committee filed a full 1973 disclosure. The committee raised 27046.26 from 336 Iowa citizens across 45 counties and spent 8785.39, with the Stanleys contributing 1837.49 from personal funds.
Fire caused about 200000 damage as four Mason City buildings burned or were heavily damaged. One building destroyed and three heavily damaged, with four others smoke and water damaged. No injuries. firefighters treated for smoke inhalation. Officials traced blaze to cleaning solvent ignited by a pump motor. City and Clear Lake firefighters fought the two hour fire, incident starting in the Fisher Office Equipment building.
IOWA CITY The Johnson County Board on Wednesday ordered County Auditor Delores Rogers to make public all information on her 1972 purchase of 18 voting machines from Automatic Voting Machine Inc. The $36,000 contract, not fully disclosed previously, prompted criticism from Mary Schneider and raised questions about prior claims payments for livestock losses. Deputy Auditor Jean Poulsen substituted and pledged cooperation. Rogers had indicated only one machine was formally qualified.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette from 1883 outlines subscription rates by carrier at 85 cents a week and by mail with night and Sunday editions at 24 dollars a month or a year. It notes no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service and states exclusive AP news coverage rights.
Debar Maytag, former Laurel town clerk, pled guilty to embezzlement by a public officer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $9,000. He was ordered to begin serving immediately after a state audit found a shortfall in the town treasury.
Benton county Sheriff Kenneth Popenhagen and Cedar Rapids Finance Commissioner Harold Schaefer were elected Wednesday as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the East Central Iowa Area Crime Commission.
Iowa State Sen. George Milligan says he raised 22,185 and spent 5,170.32 from Sept 10 to Dec 31 1973 in his Republican U S Senate bid. He notes he will not accept more than 500 per contribution and relies on unpaid volunteers as he seeks to challenge Culver and Stanley.
Eastern Iowans in Congress voiced lukewarm reactions to President Nixon's State of the Union. Senators and Representatives Dick Clark John Culver and Edward Mezvinsky criticized Watergate remarks and called the speech short on concrete plans on the economy health education and welfare while urging continued congressional cooperation and noting uncertain future leadership.
Iowa senators heard testimony on creating a single transportation department to coordinate all modes. ISPIRG cited a $12000 rail abandonment study, while county engineers and contractors opposed the DOT plan, noting seven years from highway need determination to completion.
Willis Boyer chairman of the board and chief executive of Republic Steel Corp died Thursday after a cancer battle. He was 58. Funeral arrangements pending. He led the steel firm through major corporate moves and market challenges.
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