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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
9
A compiled church directory lists service times for numerous congregations across the city. The entries include church names, addresses, pastors or leaders, and Sunday or midweek service times with evening programs and study sessions.
A Penthouse article claims California based Copley newspaper group and CNS acted as intelligence arms for the CIA and FBI. It cites 23 CNS employees who reportedly worked for the CIA, and says the network identified dissidents and supplied stories to intelligence agencies while editors linked to Nixon’s staff deny ongoing ties.
City officials led by Finance Commissioner Hal Schaefer and Auditor Bob McMahan discussed shrinking the light vehicle fleet. A council report is planned after McMahan compiles mileage and cost figures. Based on miles driven by cars labeled poor since May policy changes, about ten cars may be eliminated. The city owned 209 light vehicles earlier, with 116 commuters taken home nightly. In May the council cut commuters to 43 and shifted others to a pool for non commuting use.
New York officials warn flame retardants and fiberglass paneling can emit lethal gases when ignited. Danbury prison fire fatalities reach 5 dead with others critical, as researchers note carbon monoxide and a host of other fumes from plastics and resins complicate fires.
A nationwide survey by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners finds residential natural gas prices rising 20 to 40 percent annually since the early 1970s. The report cites demand, exploration costs, and last winter's severe cold as drivers, with Houston Dallas Detroit and Cincinnati among the hardest hit. It notes price jumps of over 40 percent in Cincinnati and Kansas City between 1976 and 1977, while DC and several mid-Atlantic cities saw smaller increases. St Paul recorded a rare decrease.
U S Representative Mike Blouin led a day long small business conference in Dubuque drawing about 300 business people. Sessions covered OSHA rules tax credits paperwork and access to capital. Blouin said the event opened new channels with federal officials and state lawmakers and highlighted calls for administrative and legislative changes to ease government interference.
District Court Judge Harold Vietor rejects Gary Lekin's request for a new trial after his May conviction for assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm. Lekin, sentenced to up to one year at the Anamosa men's reformatory, appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court while Maddox and two witnesses faced juror questions about prior jail cell connections. The judge found no proof that juror Tibbitts lied knowingly.
Donald Eugene Randall Jr 26 of 1408 First Avenue NE received a ten year penitentiary sentence on a December 29 1976 breaking and entering charge but the term was suspended and he was placed on three years probation. He allegedly broke into Eastside Pharmacy at 394 Sixteenth Street SE and was caught by police inside.
Dows Maniti Dairy Farms, Inc. files in Linn district court alleging REL Limited owner and operator of the Ramada Inn failed to pay a 2242.78 bill for services at the Ramada Inn on highways 30 and 218 south. The suit seeks payment and notes previous REL actions for utilities.
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