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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
2
A 41-year-old man alleges he orchestrated the October fire at a Bronx social club that killed 25, claiming motive was to shield a teenage girlfriend from drinking and smoking. Jurist Justice Bernstein set a 20 years to life sentence at upcoming formal proceedings.
A cholera outbreak in Arida City southwest Japan has caused one death and 28 confirmed or suspected cases. Since the report last Wednesday, 29 people are listed as affected, including Yasuichi Nishibata, 71, who died Thursday morning from stomach pains and dehydration.
Five persons were arrested on drunk driving charges late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Howard G. Matteson 42 of Fort Worth Texas was taken into custody north of Toddville on highway 150 by state trooper Janice Nierling. Others include Mallory Street SW Cedar Rapids resident 19 on Twenty-ninth Street NE Marion police arrested Thomas Stickney 32 Stratford Lane SW and Linn County deputy stopped Michael Price 20 on Highway 30 near Benton County line. Cedar Rapids police also detained Danny Stickney 27 at Kelburn Lane and Boyson Road NE. Twenty years ago cancer researcher William K Sherwood killed himself before appearing before a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
On this date in 1967 mainland China declared it had detonated a hydrogen bomb. The announcement marked a milestone in its nuclear weapons program and escalated Cold War tensions globally.
Peter Stuyvesant levied a tax on New Amsterdam residents in 1659 to fund fire protection. The levy covered 250 buckets plus ladders and hooks, predating Benjamin Franklin's later fire service developments by decades.
A scattered weather summary lists high and low temperatures for Anchorage, LA, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, New Orleans, Denver, New York, Duluth, Phoenix, Honolulu, Seattle, Houston, Washington, and more with precipitation and barometric data. Coralville Lake and Mississippi river stages are given for several gages with rises and floods indicated.
Cedar Rapids firefighters vote on ratifying the first labor contract with Local 11 of the IAFF. The agreement includes a 40 cent per hour wage increase across the board, mirroring an earlier raise given to police officers under the state’s new collective bargaining law.
The Laborers Local 43 strike entered its fifth week with no bargaining sessions planned. Spokesmen for Local 43 and Allied Construction Interests confirmed none were scheduled. The union rejected an offer for immediate wage fringe increases of 75 cents per hour and 73.5 cents more in a year, plus a wage reopener clause for 1979.
Camp Wapsie Y announces a first come first served split week July 3 to 9 under director Dwight Belknap. Campers may attend July 3 to 5 or July 5 to 9 with a full session also available. Shorter sessions cost 28 dollars and registration is at the Camp office in the Central YMCA.
UPI reports the triple crown winner Seattle Slew has a cocktail named in his honor. Bartender Jack Passin of the Ye Little club created the drink featuring vodka on the rocks with a chartreuse float.
Vital Statistics lists births at St Luke's including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. David Mosher and several other families with addresses. An Ames birth is noted for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lahman, a son born June 15, with Lahman related relatives named.
The Iowa board of regents approved UNI Cedar Falls joining the National Student Exchange program but rejected in-state tuition for exchange students for now. The program begins fall 1978 with up to 50 students exchanging, expanding to 50–125 in later years.
Two cyclists received minor injuries and were treated at Mercy hospital and released. Christine Drahozal, 12, of 1960 C avenue NE, rode into a car driven by Donna Gilleland, 28, at Forest drive and Thompson drive SE. No charges filed. Everett L. Birch, 26, of Atkins, was injured when Evelyn Anne Siegel, 30, Lisbon, turned left into a driveway on Harnischfeger road SW. Siegel was charged with turning left at an intersection.
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