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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1971
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids parks department reports 20 805 vehicles entered and exited Noelridge Bever and Ellis parks during the weekend of June 26. The statistic was compiled by the parks department using automatic traffic data.
City Hall notes a park use survey using vehicle counts as a starting point to gauge how many people use parks. Parks Superintendent Elmer Delaney cautions counting heads will be needed for accurate crowds and hints volunteers, possibly youth groups, may help.
Cedar Rapids police intensify drive to impound unlicensed and expired bikes to curb thefts. 482 bikes stolen this year with about half recovered. 200 unlicensed bikes impounded last week. Officers will spot check citywide. bikes can be reclaimed by licensing at the police department Tuesday through Saturday. Parents urged to check licenses and secure bikes.
New York City saw a 30 percent rise in murders in the first six months of 1971. The medical examiners' office reports 714 homicides Jan through June, up from 548 a year earlier, with most deaths from domestic disputes among acquaintances. Majority of victims were black and methods included 367 shootings and 223 stabbings.
A list of in memory tributes with multiple donors and amounts from Springville area groups and families. Names include Anna Paidar Elizabeth Melberg Dwight L. Allen Bessie Paulson George Scott Margaret Blunt Edward Hanson Dean Kopecky Emma Padour and organizations such as Springville United Methodist W.S.C.S and Daughters of Pioneer. Total recorded budget shows 1971 total of 16.22 with 10.9450 yet to be raised.
RCA Corp unveiled a laboratory model of a home television information center at the National Cable Television Association convention. The device lets a housewife freeze a single frame from a program with a button. The system uses a silicon storage tube developed at RCA's David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton to hold individual frames for later study.
Researchers note that young snails stay in their gelatinous egg mass until their shells reach one to two whorls, delaying emergence and protecting the hatchlings.
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