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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1975
Page
3
Weather report notes high temperatures Tuesday in the mid 70s to low 80s with overnight lows in the mid 50s to low 60s and measurable precipitation. Extended forecast calls for little to no rain Friday through Sunday with highs warming from the mid 70s to mid 80s and pool level at Coralville Lake to be monitored Wednesday.
Birth notices from Mercy St Luke's St. Thomas Bea and others announce newborns in Norway, Springville, and across the area with addresses. Police reports record fuel leaks flushes and investigations, plus a long list of speeding fines, parking, signal, and equipment violations totaling numerous residents and locales including Marion Lisbon Iowa City and Coon Rapids.
A former Cedar Rapids man, Dennis Dean Daringer, indicted for failure to appear at an arraignment after fleeing to Brazil. He previously faced an interstate transportation of stolen cars charge, and was arrested Saturday in Miami on return to the United States.
Obituaries list multiple bereaved across Iowa towns including Kalona Keota Wellman Marengo Mt Vernon Toledo What Cheer and Strawberry Point. Individuals named Hochstedler Slaughter Riordan Jones Benesh Burmeister Gemberling Macgowan Harrison Miller Swanson Plueger Murphy and others are noted with ages and funeral or visitation details at churches and cemeteries and related memorial notices.
Cedar Rapids Asphalt and Paving Co. was the low bidder Wednesday for the 1975 asphaltic concrete resurfacing and reconstruction program with a bid of 346 641.80, 311.95 under the city's estimate. Kutchera Construction Co. placed the other bid at 355 670.15.
Obituary notices report the death of M M Thompson Jr 61 a Gazette editor and director secretary from Cedar Rapids born 1913 and James Roy Glandon 77 a longtime Cedar Rapids resident. Thompson formerly telegraph editor and on The Gazette board died in a Cedar Rapids hospital with services Friday at Turner chapel and burial at Memorials chapel of memories. Glandon a retired Wilson and Co. employee died after brief illness with services at Turner chapel west and burial at Bethel cemetery Delta. Surviving relatives for both include spouses children and multiple Cedar Rapids area relatives.
Cedar Rapids mourns for 66 year old John Kopecky lifelong resident and former Cedar Rapids fire chief who died Tuesday after 30 years service Also a former Cedar Rapids building department worker and Navy veteran Surviving wife Irma four daughters three sons and extended family Services planned at St Ludmila's Catholic Church with burial at St. John's.
Richard Daley had returned home as governors and Ford aides warned that altering the five year revenue sharing formula could break the coalition backing renewal. Moon Landrieu and Kenneth Gibson signal willingness to shelve a personal stance for practical approval in Congress. In Boston, anti busing activists led by Louise Day Hicks occupied Kevin White's hotel suite insisting on a constitutional amendment against busing.
Alexander stated no operations are active and acknowledged reports of Operation W Rosebud and Shell. He said the IRS gave information to the justice department for a probe into a fourth unnamed operation amid serious allegations of illegal activity.
Autopsy findings indicate Eichelberger died by his own hand with no trauma seen, while Martin suffered a chair leg blow and fatal injuries after leaving a tavern together. Physicians report time of death possibly 20 to 24 hours prior to discovery, with some uncertainty. Authorities say both men were in the bar Thursday evening.
A city memo details a 19 minute First Avenue travel time with 5.7 minutes lost to delays. It compares accident rates on parking-allowed versus parking-prohibited sections and splits recommendations into immediate short and long term actions. Key proposals include signal upgrades, parking prohibitions, and a six-lane widening plan with limited left turns.
A Minneapolis company submitted the low bid of 22 796 for replacing windows in the Veterans Memorial building auditorium and district court basement. A.J. Spanjers Co. offered completion by Sept 15 or 45 days after award. The council referred bids from Dealers Warehouse Co Newton and Zephyr Aluminum Products Inc Dubuque for study.
A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday July 30 at 9 a.m. in city hall to review a zoning reversal proposal affecting property at Bever Avenue and Memorial Drive SE. The site currently holds a commercial zoning while residents protest a building permit for a 7-Eleven under construction nearby.
Linn deputies with the Cedar Rapids helicopter arrested four juveniles Tuesday afternoon in cabin break ins on the Cedar River south of Cedar Rapids. Sheriff Walter Grant said a girl suspected in the case was seen in the area after Monday night break ins. The youths aged 13 to 17 were returned to the Davenport detention center.
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