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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1976
Page
11
Marion residents face defoliation from fungus and insects. Ward urges Thursday cleanup, weed removal, and tax-district costs on property owners. Fertilizer and spraying suggested for next year. avoid cutting trees until deeper checks confirm health. Also reports two local property transfers with possession dates in June.
New York City faces a three year budget plan that officials say cannot succeed. Emergency Financial Control Board members pressed Mayor Beam to pursue large cuts, insisting 150 million dollars in seals be found and a further 78 million trimmed before 1977, while noting the 813 million dollar prior plan already in place.
A large fire at a Gaylord Michigan gas well sent 200 foot flames into the air on Friday. Crews used a bulldozer to clear brush and debris as the inferno burned intensely, with flames said to threaten near by areas.
Nine of ten accused in a Thai heroin conspiracy were convicted in federal court in Raleigh. The verdicts include former Army Sgt. Leslie Ike Hingman and eight others, while Chief Warrant Officer William Wright was acquitted. Sentencing set for Saturday, with several defendants facing up to thirty years and fines. A DEA briefing noted Thailand links to U S drug distribution, and trials in Augusta and Bangkok followed. Married men reportedly show lower mortality than single men, a Health Insurance Institute finding.
Carter says a Humphrey reassessment move won't worry him. He plans to skip California campaigning and spend Monday in New Jersey and Ohio. Carter has bought 45,000 in national TV time for five minute broadcasts Sunday night. Ford and Reagan campaign in California as Ohio primaries loom.
Roger McBride, Libertarian nominee, criticizes front runners Ford and Carter as empty images, pledges minimum government and maximum liberty. He calls Reagan’s Rhodesia plan risky and says Republicans would risk war. vows Libertas on ballots in about 40 states.
UPI reports firm contracts are signed for four acts at the 1976 Town state fair. Confirmed performers include Neil Jedaka on August 22, Ray Clark on August 24, Lawre me Welk on August 28, and Freddy Fender with lutte West and Asleep at the Wheel on August 27. Other acts such as Phone Warwick Isaac Hayes Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Bobby Vinton Johnny Cash and Braet Boys remain tentative with contracts not yet finalized.
The Iowa Bicentennial Commission said Iowa communities and counties planned a wide array of events and projects totaling 1,149, a number higher than any other state. Commission officials hailed Iowa as proud for its large count of programs and activities nationwide.
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