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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1975
Page
5
AP reports television critic Snidely Foon visiting Camp Rerun in upstate Manhattan. The TV museum, opened 1956 with a Tommy Sands grant, showcases artifacts from popular shows and moments, including a Nabob of Negativism, Treacle from Doris Day, and a Route 66 speeding ticket. Visitors pay $3 in, $4 out.
The Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn votes to ask State Sen. Steve Severn to resign over his vote in the Senate education committee on SF37 to lower bond passage from 60 to 80 percent. Severn says some members urged resignation but he has no intention to quit, stressing he favors fair debate and majority rule. The letter notes copies were sent to the press.
Paris AP dispatch cites a Lagos radio report that Gen. Yakubu Gowon has ceased to exercise power after a bloodless coup. In Kampala Gowon prepared to leave an Organization of African Unity summit but gave no comment. Gowon, who seized power in 1966, had vowed civilian rule in 1978, later delaying it. Nigeria earns about 24 million daily from oil.
Ronald Len Yarrington 20 of 28 Fourth Street NW faces assault to commit great bodily injury charges for alleged attack on his child Amy. He is jailed in Linn County on 50 000 bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Aug 4. The alleged assault occurred Friday.
In Tampa AP report jurors in the bribery conspiracy trial of former Sen Edward Gurney and three co defendants resumed deliberations after a 23 week case. They left a $56000 government exhibit behind and forgot to inform the judge prompting a clerk to retrieve it from the hotel. Gurney faces seven criminal counts including conspiracy bribery and perjury carrying up to 42 years in prison and $225000 in fines.
Lloyd L. Paulsen and his wife Wanda reported an assault Sunday evening after a driver who honked at them confronted their car. The irate man struck Paulsen and then retrieved a chisel before pursuing the couple, who fled to a police station to file the report.
Stanley Joe Konicek, 51, of coral Crutter, appeared before Magistrate George Stein in Toledo and waived the preliminary hearing on a drunk driving charge. He was bound over to Tama county district court and released on personal recognition after arrest on a July 35 highway stop near Traer by Deputy Sheriff Bruce Rolin.
Forty years ago the senate voted 89 to 2 to approve the United Nations charter, marking a decisive turn in international diplomacy. The overwhelming approval reflected broad bipartisan support for U.S. engagement in postwar global governance.
Luman Colton to lead the last Summer Weekday municipal band concert at Noelridge Park Wednesday at 9. Colton, Jefferson High School band director for ten years and 18 year veteran of the municipal band, also serves as band librarian and holds degrees from Cornell College and Northwestern University. The concert features works by Alford, Giovanni, Glazunov, Sousa, Leroy Anderson, Karl King, James Christensen, Ployhar, Howard Cable, Wagner, Lerner and Toews, and a Sousa encore, with trombone soloist Trombones soloist Beguine for Trombones.
Ankara reports Turkish commanders have taken control of 25 U.S. installations in Turkey including 11 intelligence bases and major sites at Karamursel Sinop Pirinclik Belhasi and Kargaburun. The State Department says removal of U.S. personnel was not demanded.
NASA reports an apparent switch error by the Apollo planners caused toxic fumes to flow into the cabin as they prepared for splashdown. Officials say electronic interference may have blocked two switches needed for the automatic landing, while Thomas Stafford Donald Slayton and Vance Brand began isolation after four days in hospital. Local planning actions in Cedar Rapids and surrounding area included five federal funding reviews for housing, road signals, and aging programs.
Two men, Donald Karl Goodwin and Leo Morgan, pleaded guilty in Tama County District Court to drunken driving. Goodwin, 49, of Dysart, was fined 300 dollars, with license revoked for 120 days after a June 28 arrest. Morgan, 41, of Tara, faced an indefinite license revocation, a mandated drinking drivers course at Iowa Valley Community College in Marshalltown, and continued cooperation with the Tama County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse after a June 22 arrest northeast of Toledo.
Arraignment date set for August 22 in Tama county district court for Robert Slay of Davenport charged with driving while license suspended after a June 2 arrest on highway 30 east of Tama. Samuel Briggs did not appear for a pretrial hearing on going armed with intent. a jury trial was scheduled for August 11.
Paul H. Coty, 31, of 1228 Third Avenue SW, was charged with pointing a gun at his ex wife and discharging a firearm after an incident at the Lazy Leopard lounge on Ninth Avenue SE. He reportedly fired at the floor during an argument, left the lounge then re entered as police arrived. Coty was arrested and released to the department of adult correctional services.
Ray Baxter Tolley 34 of lot 21 Sunrise trailer court faces assault charges for allegedly attacking Roy Hinton of lot one Sunrise trailer court late Sunday. Tolley was released on bond from Linnermnty jail.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa executive council voted to let Gov. Robert Ray hire a lawyer to defend him in a suit from Attorney General Richard Turner. The council set pay at 50 dollars an hour with monthly bill submissions for approval. The likely appointee is David Belin of Des Moines, former CIA inquiry director.
Imelda Prince, former Line County clinic employee, faces embezzlement and false pretenses charges. Her attorney moved to dismiss the false pretenses count, arguing the charge was not filed within 30 days. A June indictment alleged at least $1.46 in clinic funds possibly diverted for private use.
Herbert Firwin Winter Jr of Williamsburg was charged with possession of marijuana by an off duty police officer Saturday evening after an officer observed a dispute involving Mrs Kerry Barnes in the 3900 block of F Avenue NW. Three bags of marijuana were found in a nearby car. Winter was in the car during the argument and was released on a $500 bond.
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