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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
7
Vietnam Veterans Against the War members locked inside the Statue of Liberty for 18 hours to protest GI benefit cuts. Park police removed them by ferry to Battery Park, some handcuffed, later arraigned in U.S. district court for visiting hours violations and failure to comply with a court order.
MILFORD, UPI. Mary Louise Petersen of Harlan was reelected to a third term as president of the Iowa board of regents. She becomes the first woman to head the board and will serve a two year term. Petersen has served on the board since 1969 and was first elected president in 1973, succeeding Stanley Redeker.
Washington officials outline tentative recommendations for the swine influenza vaccine amid a national immunization push. High risk groups include heart disease, chronic lung and kidney conditions, diabetes, and those over 85. Egg allergies require physician supervision.
Nancy Hawkins home north of Coralville suffers extensive damage when a Wednesday fire gutts the structure. Hawkins, arriving home as neighbors report the blaze, is treated at Mercy hospital for cuts from reentering the smoke to find her three children. Fire crews from Hills and Coralville search the residence with oxygen equipment. the three children are later located with friends in Iowa City.
Jeffery Wirth, 15, Sprig Grove Minnesota, injured in a collision with a car driven by Lester Ellingson, 66, rural Waukon. At 5 pm on Highway 7H one mile north of Waukon. Wirth suffered a broken shoulder and ankle and was taken to Veteran's Hospital and then transferred by Lat Crosse Lutheran. Ellingson not injured. vehicle went into ditch. Ellingson to face pending charges. Highway Patrol investigated.
Reiselaer Jaycees launch a campaign to fund the national debt by selling one dollar buttons. Chairman Rev. Dave Fischer says the effort is serious as volunteers peddle a Statue of Liberty image with the slogan After 200 years, I'm still proud. Proceeds go to the U S Treasury as they sell their first 500 buttons toward the 600 billion needed.
About 4,000 Iowa Electric Light and Power customers lost power Thursday after lightning hit a transmission line near Marion and a separate outage hit Bertram road area. Officials say the Bertram outage began around 7 am and power returned by 10 am. Marion Springsville Whittier and Stone City areas also affected.
A senior truck ran off Highway 149 near Walford at 2 a.m. Wednesday, hitting a light pole and causing outages in Walford Fairfax Norway Atkins and Watkins. Andrew King age 25 suffered minor injuries after the crash. About 840 customers lost power at Fairfax substation. power was restored within an hour.
Mentors say a graduation party for Frank Burke's son drew about 1090 teens, many uninvited, causing noise and neighbor fear. Burke, a chemist with several children, recalls police arrival, a hired officer who fled, and minimal property damage aside from litter and beer. He vows no future parties like this.
Ottawa report shows consumer price index advancing 0.8 percent to 148.0 in May, contributing to an 8.9 percent yearly rise. Statistics Canada notes the May over April increase breaks four months of 0.5 percent or less, signaling a renewed inflation uptick.
The Female banking commission urges the Federal Reserve Board to allow only a gradual moderate increase in interest rates over the next 12 months to support economic recovery. Sen. William Proxmire says tighter money could cripple seven million unemployment Americans and warns against another dose of tight money.
Government estimate for the 1976 77 season shows world coffee production at 60.3 million bags and exportable supplies down 19 percent from 1975 76 due to Brazil’s freeze. Brazil output drops from 23 million to 9.5 million bags. prices for raw beans have risen amid tighter supply.
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