Two Robberies Hit Parsons Family in One Night
The Parsons family endured two robberies on a Sunday night and Monday morning. Judy Parsons, night manager of 7-Eleven at 3301 J Street SW, was robbed with about $30 taken. Beverly Heine, a cousin and clerk at 7-Eleven at 1344 First Avenue NE, was robbed and suffered a head bump but was released from Mercy Hospital. Police arrested two suspects shortly after Judy's robbery.
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Parsons
Dick Parson
First Avenue NE
First Avenue
Grassley faulted Congress for fuel crisis and gas shortage
Rep. Charles Grassley said Congress caused the fuel crisis by inaction during the last session. He urged a long-range energy plan that includes development and conservation of all energy forms including natural gas.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Charles E. Grassley
Riowa
Grassley
Two Men Arrested After Chase Ends in Accident
Police charge Mitchel Dochterman and Er nest Burton after a 7-Eleven robbery on 3301 J Street SW. Burton allegedly brandished a weapon. a sawed-off shotgun was found in their car after a chase that ended with a curb jump at Twelfth Avenue and Tenth Street SE. No injuries reported.
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J Street
Mitchel D. Dochterman
Fourth Avenue
Ernest Burton
North Towne Lane
Burton
Dochterman
Asst
Jim Barnes
Barnes
Twelfth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Senate Approves Iowa Tax Conformity Bill to Federal Rules
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 44 to 0 to align state income tax laws with federal provisions. The measure retrofits sick pay and child care credits, with 1976 and 1977 timing details, and permits an agreement to withhold state taxes from military pay.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Treasury Department
National Guard
Colton Seeks Noise Study Before Police Station Renovation
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton said he will seek a study on how I 380 noise may affect officers before spending up to 100000 dollars on HVAC upgrades for the police station at 310 Second Avenue SW. He suggested several options including relocating the station or adding sound barriers if noise proves problematic.
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Ed Colton
St. Louis
Second Avenue
Colton
OSHA
Leach Seeks Grain Inspection Reform and Funding Change
Rep. James A. Leach of Iowa urged the Agriculture Department to rewrite the federal grain inspection system. He asked inland inspection costs be funded by congressional appropriations to ease farmers burden and promote family farms. Leach also announced his appointment as ranking minority member on the historic preservation and coinage subcommittee.
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Washington
UPI
James A. Leach
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Robert Bergland
Leach
Eldercraft Shop Opens in Cedar Rapids YWCA Building
The non profit Eldercraft shop operates from the YWCA building in Cedar Rapids. A Gazette listing in Sunday's edition briefly showed two addresses for the shop. The shop aids senior citizens in marketing craft items.
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YWCA
Cedar Rapids
House Senate Republicans Caucus on Priorities
Des Moines Republicans from the Iowa House and Senate held a rare joint caucus open to the news media to map a priority bills list They plan joint committees to study Democratic proposals and expect bills on budget taxes highway funding corrections juvenile justice land use product liability recycling school aid unemployment trust fund property tax collective bargaining local government funding and water supply
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
House
Democrats
Philippines Fire Fraught by Fatal Blaze in Baloi
Twenty two people died in a fire that consumed two houses a rice mill and two vehicles in Baloi in the southern Philippines. Authorities say the blaze started from a gasoline tank explosion inside the mill according to the Times Journal.
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Manila
Philippines
Baloi
The
Times Journal
Building Trades Seminar at Area One on Structural Clay
CALMAR Area One Vocational Technical hosts a building trades seminar on structural clay products. Gary Davis of Huxley will present at 8 a.m. in the Wilder Center on Area One campus.
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Calmar
Area One Vocational-Technical School
Gary Davis
Huxley
Wilder Center
Area One
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Bill Lavelette
Gazette
Mrs. Heine
Chase
Dial
OLOR
Eastern Photographic Laboratories, Inc
Giant Store
16Th Ave. S.W
Eldercraft Shop
C.R. Ywca
Republicans
Caucus
Guaranty
U.S. Government Securities
U.S
Securities
Harold M. Becker
D. Bruce Gibson
Kenneth E. Myers
Larry K. Platz
B. Lawrence Johnson
Robert J. Rogers
Jack K. Onstott
Marian Scheffert
Holly Dalager
Richard C. Finley
J. Gary Criddie
Richard H. Landis
Thomas F. Nugent, Sr
Michael E. Kelly
Shirley Gilchrist
David A. Trcka
Ron Bowman
Third Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
42Nd St. NE
Jacelyn Drive
N.W
FDIC
Denver H. Adams, Ogden & Adams Lumber Company
George A. Durin
Terry Durin Company
Charles E. Loomis
Loomis Bros. General Contractors
Michael G. O'Donnell
Kelly Radiator Company
Stephen Barnes O'Donnell
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
Thomas H. Pirnie,Lawyer
Peter O. Stamats
Stamats Publishing Company
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