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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1975
Page
4
Iowa legislators await word from Democratic leaders on formal adjournment after a 29 hour 20 minute Senate session. The session ended last Friday and bills pass status, Lt Gov Neu and Speaker Cochran signatures, and Gov Ray action determine adjournment timing.
Gov. Robert Ray outlined pluses such as a state housing authority, income tax revision, and IPERS boosts after a 159 day session. He noted missed changes to corporate tax, right to work, and consumer credit rates, plus concerns over funding IPERS and $23 million in capital projects.
Des Moines reports on the 1975 Iowa legislative session feature leaders’ starkly divided views. Democratic Leader Kinley calls it the best session, while Republican Leader Lamborn calls it anti business, with Neu Cochran Fitzgerald Millen weighing in on productivity, cooperation, and appropriations.
Thirty years ago allied forces accepted the surrender of thousands of Japanese troops on Okinawa marking the first mass capitulation of enemy forces in the Pacific War.
Two Cedar Rapids residents, Douglas Nolan and Carol Ellison, were injured Sunday in a crash five and a half miles south of Independence on highway 150. Nolan, 21, drove a car owned by Ellison, 22, who was a passenger. Nolan tried to pass and lost control, rolling the car. They were taken to Peoples Memorial hospital. Nolan was treated and released, Ellison in fair condition with a possible concussion and charged with improper equipment.
Iowa City authorities tentatively identified a woman whose body was recovered from the Iowa River south of Iowa City. The body may have been in the water two to five days. no name or cause of death released. Investigators pursue leads from Fort Dodge, Waterloo and Cedar Rapids as the search continues.
Des Moines AP says arson investigations rose by about one third in Iowa while total fires fell. State Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson reports 380 suspected arson fires last year versus 226 in 1970, not counting city investigations in Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport and Sioux City. Waterloo steady. He notes economic pressures and insurance motives along with conviction difficulties as partly to blame. 20 to 25 arsonists are jailed annually.
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