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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1976
Page
4
Extended forecast calls for a chance of rain Friday and Saturday, clearing Sunday. Highs around the 80s, lows mid 60s. City data lists LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk with various fall and rise measurements.
The Daily Record lists births from Mercy and St. Luke's with several family addresses in Marion and nearby areas plus a July notice of a misreported birth. It also notes marriage licenses for Steven Jensen with Diane Horak and Thomas Williams with Peggy Countryman, Cedar Rapids.
Officials at the Institute in West Virginia report ten Hereford cows wandered onto academy grounds and began grazing. Cpl. Ron Gregory says the owners are unknown, and local farms are contacted to locate them. Eight cows are white faced brown Herefords and two are black and white. They must be moved to protect the grass.
Henry Booth 76 and neighbor Euphemia Harris 68, both of SE, interrupted a burglar on Harris’s kitchen entry after Booth entered seeking a bathroom break. The intruder fled after Booth confronted him. The thief escaped with Harris’s purse containing 200 dollars, a $90 plane ticket, and credit cards. He entered via a ladder from 715 Fifteenth Street SE.
Multiple local figures die including Mary Craft 60 of Cedar Rapids and James Main 89 of Cedar Rapids with long illness. Surviving relatives include daughters and wives. services set in St Petersburg Cedar Rapids and at Turner chapels. Notable names: Luberger Co. interior decorator and Rath Packing Co. retiree. Burial at Cedar Memorial and Mt. Auburn cemeteries.
Obituaries list residents including Mrs Mary Harris of Greeley 47 with services at St Joseph’s church and scripture wake details. Alma Wille 81 at St Patrick’s Monona with rosary and burial at Mt Olvier Guttenberg. Mrs Jesse Alexander 86 burial Oak Hill Tama. Louis A Lukosky Iowa City service Friday. Mrs Roy Grove 62 Powell South English services pending. Jacob Meeks 74 Hrabaks with burial National Cemetery near Vining. Fred H Leaf 82 Springville formerly Amoret Missouri graveside Friday. Burial and visitation details across multiple towns.
Indiana man recounts telling Ford he dislikes the campaign. Peter Roussel works to win uncommitted delegates for Ford while courting Reagan supporters. Mondale plans a vice presidential link with Carter, with joint briefings for four days and a mutual trust approach.
A White House and Senate backed plan would establish a permanent special prosecutor in the Justice Department to investigate possible crimes by the President, Vice President, Attorney General, FBI director, cabinet members, judiciary and Congress. The appointee serves a single three year term, reports yearly to congressional committees, and can be removed only for extraordinary improprieties or felony. The bill also creates a government crimes office and imposes strict financial disclosures for top officials.
Republican candidate Tom Riley told the Linn County Republican Women club that Congress under Democratic control has spent the country into trouble. He urged electing lawmakers who cut waste, end unearned fringe benefits worth 10 million dollars annually, and prioritize true need with free market measures.
The Cedar Rapids council renamed the Seminole Valley park RC field the Dr. Alexander M. Lippisch Memorial RC Air field. Lippisch, who died at 81, pioneered delta wing designs and the Messerschmitt 163 rocket fighter, later leading aeronautical research at Collins Radio Co after World War II. The Skyhawks RC club requested the tribute.
Rodney Price, jailed in Linn County for receiving stolen property, did not return to Linn County Jail after a work release shift. He entered custody on April 8 to serve a six month term.
A three judge U S appeals panel upheld a District Court order for IBM to turn over thousands of confidential records to government lawyers. The ruling supports efforts to prove IBM unlawfully monopolized computer and systems markets and seeks possible break up of the company.
Kenneth Hart received a four year jail term after a dispute over a second mortgage and a delayed information request. Hart had to hire a second law firm eight months to obtain details from his original attorney. He faced a bill rising from 147 to 180 dollars for late payment.
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