Trucking Executive Faces Tax Evasion Trial Close to End
Waterloo based trucking leader Allen Kroblin 54 faces a nearly finished federal tax trial in Cedar Rapids. Prosecutors say he evaded 94116 in taxes for 1970 to 1973 by diverting over 165000 in corporate funds to personal use. Kroblin admits bookkeeping sloppiness and loans misunderstood.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Allen Kroblin
Kroblin
U.S
Edward J. McManus
McManus
Internal Revenue Service
Kroblin Transportation Systems
YW Plans Outreach To Linn County Towns
The YWCA board approves an outreach program to extend services into Linn County. A team will interview mayors and leaders, starting this week, to tailor classes and support groups to each community with a goal of launching programs by fall and full implementation by January. Geneva Miller leads the project with Elvamarie Sprague and Yvonne Zeiser on the outreach team.
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YWCA
Linn County
YW Board of Directors
Carol Rickey
Cedar Rapids
YW Board
Rickey
Geneva Miller
Fairfax
Elvamarie Sprague
Palo
Yvonne Zeiser
Center Point
Bones Found by Dog Not Human Remains In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids detectives said bones turned over for examination were animal, not human, after University of Iowa pathology and archaeology departments confirmed the bones found by Quin Bowman's dog on 514 avenue NW. The notification ends a false alarm over a potential human remains discovery.
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Cedar Rapids
Pathology Department
Archeology Department
University of Iowa
Quin Bowman
Avenue NW
GAO warns AWACS sale to Iran may risk security
Washington GAO information declassified at Senator Culver's request says an AWACS plane in Soviet hands could reveal secrets. The report, cited by Culver to oppose the 1.2 billion sale of seven radar ships to Iran, notes the sale is inadvisable on several counts. Culver sponsors a senate resolution to disapprove and hearings are under way.
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Washington
United States
Government Accounting Office
John C. Culver
D-Iowa
GAO
Iran
Pentagon
Culver
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cedar Rapids Accordion Orchestra Earns First Superior
Cedar Rapids Accordion Orchestra won first superior at the Accordion Teachers Guild International in Chicago at the Marriott. Other superior ratings went to Cedar Rapids Accordion Aces in pop orchestra, senior duet Balhorn and Polashek, junior pop duet Graf and Thenhaus, and soloists Balhorn Sach Voelkers Polashek Jensen Grimm Neuhaus. Balhorn also won first in the championship for 17 year olds.
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Cedar Rapids
Bridge Grand Slam Club Winners at Cedar Rapids
The Mitchell movement game at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Building rewarded North South winners Mrs. Fred Hull and Clyde Nowlin first with Mrs. Mel Verne Smoker and Ruth Helm second. East West winners Ralph Zelhofer and Bill Dare took first with Della Wolfe and Elaine Althof second. Next game is 7:30 Tuesday at the Woman's Club.
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Cedar Rapids
Woman's Club
Fred Hull
Clyde Nowlin
Mel Verne Smoker
Ruth Helm
Ralph Zelhofer
Bill Dare
Della Wolfe
Elaine Althof
Lottery Draft Begins In World War I On This Date
On this date in 1917 the government initiated a lottery draft for World War I service marking a new approach to selecting soldiers. The event defined the conscription process and influenced early mobilization and public reaction.
Jameson Defends Airport Audit in Rent Dispute
Cedar Rapids airport manager Roy Jameson says charges against businessman Jack Hatt do not alter the airport commission’s belief that Hatt owes rent. An audit of Hatt’s rental car records is needed, but auditors have not access to the records, delaying resolution of March and June 1976 rents.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Jameson
Jack Hatt
Airport Commission
Hatt
Jameson
CCA Fires Another Staffer Amid Ongoing Problems
Richard Hahn was dismissed from his role as court counselor by CCA executive director Fred Uphoff following a wave of staff upheaval at the Citizens Committee on Alcoholism. Hahn cited unhappiness with aspects of his new position and linked the dismissal to prior firings, as board president Beverly Timmer resigned earlier.
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Citizens Committee On
Richard Hahn
Twenty-sixth Street SE
CCA
Fred Uphoff
Magday
George Gable
Hahn
William Harnish
Harnish
Beverly Timmer
Gable
Robert Gross
Uphoff
Tompkins H Steele Seeks Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner Post
Tompkins H Steele of 1063 Fifteenth Avenue SE has filed nominating petitions to appear on the Cedar Rapids city ballot for safety commissioner. He is the eighth person to take out papers, though one later withdrew from the race.
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Tompkins H. Steele
Fifteenth Avenue
Office of Safety
Cedar Rapids
Steele
Weather and river readings with city incidents listed
Weather from yesterday shows a high of 88 and a low of 76 with .71 inches of precipitation. Extended forecast calls for showers Friday to Sunday with highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s and lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s. River stages near flood levels include LaCrosse 12, 4.5 and other gauges such as Lansing 18, 8.1, Dubuque 17, 7.4, and Cedar Rapids 2.97 rising 0.15. Multiple incidents noted: accidental alarm on 2nd avenue SE, torch to peat on Klinger Street, overheated motor on Second Avenue SE, unknown situation on Adirondack Drive NE, gasoline leak at B Street and Seventeenth Avenue SW, needless call on Seventeenth Street NE, debris in dumpster on Ridgeview Drive SW, and a river search near the Eighth Avenue bridge.
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Coralville Lake
Mississippi River
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar
C.R
Second Avenue SE
Adirondack Drive
B Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Ridgeview Drive
Eighth Avenue Bridge
Air Conditioners Popular with Thieves
Weather and crime note two air conditioner thefts on a Tuesday. A $300 unit was stolen from a Cedar Rapids women’s clinic at 8614 Sixteenth Avenue SW with no forced entry. A second unit came from a vacant house at 871 Shaver Road NE, reported by owner Robert Munson of 3836 Clark Road SE.
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Cedar Rapids Clinic
Sixteenth Avenue
Shaver Road
Robert Munson
Clark Road
District Court Cases Heard in Linn County
Thomas D. Williams received a suspended one year sentence and three years probation for breaking and entering, plus a $25 fine for the April 17 Cedar Rapids residence break in. Cleopher Luter of Cedar Rapids, 59, was fined $500 on a second offense drunk driving charge. Sarah A. Barnes had a robbery with aggravation charge dismissed due to an essential witness not located. The case involved Warren Koch, robbed of $5,000 on January 22, with a .22 caliber revolver involved.
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Linn District Court
Thomas D. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Cleopher Luter
Sarah A. Barnes
Warren Koch
Births Report from Multiple Hospitals and Areas
Birth announcements from Mercy St, St Luke's, Minneapolis and Rocky Mount list newborns and parent addresses. Notable entries include a Mercy pair with a son on July 19 and a St Luke's birth on July 19 a son for Kevin Danley and a daughter for Dewayne Cloudy. Additional notices note a July 18 Rocky Mount daughter for Richard Carsner Jr and a July 16 daughter for Kant Mueller in Azores.
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St. Luke's
Kevin Danley
Regent Street
Dewayne Cloudy
Alburnett
Keith Vonstein
Eighth Street
Minneapolis
Steve Mertz
Mertz
Francis Leidigh
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Rocky Mount
N.C
Richard C. Carsner, Jr
Carsner
Victor Thompson
Marion
Eleventh Avenue
Lajesfield
Tercira
Azores
Kant W. Mueller
Mueller
Merle McGrew
Springville
Fire Patrol After Hours Incident Report
After hours, highway patrol units responded to a fire incident reported near a highway. Officers secured the scene, coordinated with local fire crews, and initiated an investigation to determine cause and any potential hazards. No injuries were reported at the time.
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Arif
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