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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1976
Page
4
Washington based report shows wholesale prices up 1.4 percent in June mainly from higher steel and gasoline costs. Farm and food prices slowed, industrial prices rose 0.6 percent with metal and fuel products driving the gain. Overall annual wholesale inflation stands at 5.4 percent.
Former U S supreme court candidate G C Harrold Carswell pleads innocent to charges of battery and attempting a homosexual act with a police officer. He is hospitalized in Tallahassee for a nervous condition and did not attend.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions with highs in the low 20s and lows in the low 20s. Partly cloudy skies return Saturday with continuing heat and highs in the low to mid 90s.
An odd quip notes Royce remains the priciest vehicle, while a casual line about shopping carts and “Ceperient” appears. The fragmentary item mirrors a light, humorous local column tone with scattered references and no clear event.
In Cedar Rapids a defense witness sparred with lawyers causing delays in the murder trial of Robert Rabideau and Darelle Butler, charged with killing FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams on Pine Ridge. Senator Frank Church was to testify on a senate committee report, but the witness’s reluctance to answer questions and possible further testimony by others may shift timings.
Ford said he could leave the running mate choice to delegates at the GOP National Convention if he wins the nomination. He reiterated confidence in a first ballot victory over Ronald Reagan and did not exclude Reagan from consideration for vice president, saying he is qualified for the presidency and could be a running mate.
Entertainer Paul Revere wed Sandra Campbell in a 1 p.m. ceremony on Sunday before 32,000 at Ring Island Entertainment Center in Ohio. The band’s wedding party wore Revolutionary War costumes as they performed two shows in Iowa and Ohio amid public attention and media changes.
Jerry Mark was sentenced Friday to life in prison for four counts of first degree murder in the November 1, 1975, slaying of his brother Leslie and his brother’s wife Sor Pease Turn ty Passe 3. The Black Hawk county District Court judge Carroll Engelkes denied appeal rights to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Pat Nixon was hospitalized in Long Beach after a stroke leaving her moderately to severely paralyzed and unable to walk or talk normally. Doctors warned the condition could worsen, with a chance she might never walk again, while indicating no immediate danger to her life.
An early morning fire at Wright elementary on Council Street and Nallywood Boulevard NE was ruled arson. No structural damage occurred though the office area suffered smoke and broken windows were reported in both Wright and Monroe developmental center. Investigating officials noted two suspects seen fleeing Wright just before responders arrived.
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