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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1976
Page
14
A former aide, 28, testifies of a sexual relationship with Representative Young amid a widening probe. Rosen says she plans to cooperate with federal investigators, while Young defends her performance and denies criminal conduct. Other former staffers corroborate similar advances and motel contacts tied to the congressman.
The report notes a personal relationship between Hays and Elizabeth Ray aged three. An AP interview quote shows Hays declining comment on threats of self harm. Anderson on AM America cites Hays claiming his wife Fat would not speak to reporters and that he might shoot himself to spare her distress. Ray arrived in London shocked by news of Hays hospitalization. Ray is promoting a book about Washington sexual affairs.
Cedar Rapids man Rick Colbert pled guilty to assault and battery charges from incidents on June 3 and was fined 25 dollars and costs for each charge. He also pled guilty to criminal trespass and resisting an officer, with fines of 60 and 60 dollars and costs respectively. The report notes multiple other plea outcomes, fines, suspended sentences, and dismissals in related cases. A transfer of 380000 dollars from the airport construction fund to the Third Avenue parkade fund is described, with plans to retransfer after July 1. The Third Avenue parkade was financed with cash, saving interest, and contractors have been paid. Additional items include guilty pleas and fines for Dorathy Wright, Larry Waller, and Robert Creiser, with various dismissals and deferred sentences for others. Two Cedar Rapids men, Ross Rittawski and Andrew Boots, were found guilty of injury or tampering with a motor vehicle and fined 60 dollars each.
Safety Commissioner El don Colton pushes complaints of police misconduct to pressure the police chief and union leader. Colton denies orchestrating the rise, saying only that more complaints exist, while officers fear morale damage from increased investigations and unfounded claims.
Police seek a white male in his late teens about 5'9\" to 6' tall 145 to 150 pounds for the murder of 19 year old Mark Coombs in Waterloo. Suspect described wearing a multicolored stocking cap a T shirt and plaid flannel shirt and is believed to drive a blue four door Ford from 1963 to 1965.
A split developed at the U N Habitat conference as a developing country bloc pushed a resolution condemning occupations gained by coercion. The US Canada and other Western nations opposed it, while Israel and the PLO saw it as addressing their Middle East dispute. Barney Dawson stepped down as chair after a ruling was overturned.
The Conference Board reports the world's have not nations are expanding faster than the haves. About 30 percent of four billion people live in developed countries, while 70 percent reside in developing nations. Population in have not countries grows about 2.6 percent every two years, versus 1 percent in have nations, with 82 percent of eight billion people projected to live in have not countries by 2000.
Rinderknecht Associates Inc of Cedar Rapids was awarded a 4 seven-stall parking ramp contract for University Hospitals in Iowa City. Construction begins August with completion set for fall 1977, funded by parking fee income. The state board of regents approved the award at Lake Okoboji.
Linn County Judge Lovie Sehulta ruled Iowa property value equalization statute constitutional after a challenge by Linn County Farm Bureau and others. The case, joined by Cedar Rapids and other intervenors, challenges due process claims and notices. The ruling preserves statewide equalization provisions and notes notification is unnecessary with other safeguards. A related crime item reports George J. Beals assaulted and robbed near Lazy Leopard lounge, losing $300 and car keys.
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