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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
2
The Republican party previews its energy stance in a 30 minute nationwide NBC broadcast starting at 7 p.m. as it critiques President Carter for overestimating energy problems and favors a big government response. The piece frames the party's view amid other global and domestic developments.
The Cedar Rapids experimental police aide program will begin June 13. Safety Commissioner Ed Colton announced that five participants will be chosen. Aimed at women and minority group members, the program is funded under CETA. Applications for women and minorities are due by June 8.
Noreen B. Johnson aged 24 of Tama was charged with drunk driving after her car overturned on a gravel road near the Tama Indian settlement three miles west of Tama at 1 a.m. Thursday. She was treated at Marshalltown Community Hospital and removed from the vehicle by the Tama fire department rescue squad.
Johnson county supervisors award a 101735 dollar contract to Hanson Concrete Co. of Washington for a new bridge over Clearcreek in Oxford township. Work starts immediately as the old bridge carries only five tons and buses detour. County Engineer O J Gode notes the initial estimate was 125000 dollars.
Winds from the northeast at 5 mph greet a clear morning. Friday sunrise 5 33, Friday weather shows no precipitation. extended forecast calls for rain chances Saturday and Saturday night with cooler, partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. Mississippi River stages show small rises at several gauges, with LaCrosse 5.1 and Dubuque 7.0 feet, others steady or rising slightly.
Kaylynn service station owner Chuck Robinson reports a spate of thefts at 1435 Mt. Vernon Road SE. On Wednesday 44 cartons of cigarettes worth 174 dollars were stolen, with many menthol brands taken. a night prior a pop machine was pushed through a window and a few days earlier 14 tires vanished from the tire shed.
On this date in 1967 more than 600 shouting landlords smashed doors of New York City Hall and fought police while attempting to reach Mayor John Lindsay to protest a strike by apartment house workers.
Birth notices list several families in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with newborns including Merrifield Okken Merck Workman Girard Burrichter Williams Johnson Bovino and others. Marriage licenses show multiple couples from Cedar Rapids Anamosa Solon and South Naknek. Police and fire log items note incidents at Center Point road Boyson road and Quaker Oats and Iowa Steel in Cedar Rapids with times.
Forrest Fuhrmeister of rural Ely told Linn county deputies on Wednesday that five lambs were lost or stolen. He found no evidence of dog involvement or escape through the fence on his farm south of Ely. ON THIS DATE in 1944 the United States opened a bomber base in the Soviet Union to carry out shuttle raids against Germany.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and notes daily and Sunday publication. It quotes carrier and mail subscription rates including regional variations and notes AP exclusive rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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