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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1977
Page
2
Ronald Reagan emerges as the sharpest Republican critic of the Carter administration. He attacks the Hatch Act repeal and election day voter registration while calling Carter's White House staff the largest and highest paid in history.
The Marion Independent reports the school board approves rejoining the Grant Wood area education agency for the 1977 78 year. It details hot lunch provisioning for HACAP Head Start, YMCA bus use with costs, a prorated transportation reimbursement option for St Joseph's parents, and bids for tennis court resurfacing and lighting.
On this date 1940 Italy declared war on France and Britain, joining World War II. The move followed prior campaigns in Africa and aligned Italy with Germany, altering wartime alliances and European balance.
Marion police charged Julie Ann Collins and Carla Sue Garrels with three counts of shoplifting over 20 dollars after they were arrested in a car on Seventh Avenue. Officers found 300 dollars worth of meat and other items stolen from May's Drug Stores Hy Vee and Me Too Grocery. The pair were held at Linn County Jail on five thousand dollar bonds.
Flood stage readings and changes for several Mississippi River towns show LaCrosse at 4.9 feet, Lansing 8.5 with a 0.1 rise, Dam 9 at 13.6 with a 0.1 fall, McGregor 7.2 with a 0.1 rise, Guttenberg missing, Dubuque 7.8 steady, Davenport 4.3 down 0.5, and Keokuk 3.7 rising 0.7 feet.
Charles A. Smith, 52, of Iowa City, sustained a fractured right leg after being struck by a car driven by Lindee S. Adams, 19, Cedar Rapids, in the 400 block of Seventh Avenue Thursday night. He was treated at Mercy Hospital and later transferred. no charges filed.
Debra L. LaGrange received a suspended sentence up to three years and two years probation for conspiracy in a case involving an alleged attempt to rape a young girl. Larry Sexton earlier got nine months in jail for assault with intent to sodomy. Michael W. Becker was fined 300 dollars for drunk driving. Bobbie L. Palmer appealed a conviction for two counts of heroin delivery with a 10-year prison sentence. A 30 years ago note recalls President Truman’s Ottawa goodwill visit.
Readable records show births at St. Luke s Marion and Perry with multiple family entries including Hydak Taylor Mundy increases. Out of town couples list many Cedar Rapids Center Point Mt. Vernon Osage and other locations. Marriages dissolved include Cable Reed Becicka Barnes Krejci Rice and others.
A Briton named Cullen, longtime Uganda resident and former manager of Uganda Transport Co, faces execution by firing squad if found guilty on espionage charges. Radio Uganda said the body would not be returned to relatives. The broadcast followed President Idi Amin's return after a three day absence, as 300 Britons remained in Uganda.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co shows daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices and restrictions on mail subscriptions in carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication.
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