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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1976
Page
10
Honor Fridley retirement celebrated Thursday at the Longbranch restaurant with HACAP operations manager Fridley from 2923 Russell Drive NE honored. Wayne Thomas CSA regional director from Kansas City and Walt Pickett OEO Des Moines attended to recognize his years of service.
Kirkwood Community College trustees tabled a motion to approve a $29,400 roof purchase after criticism of Supt Selby Ballantyne for not informing the board beforehand. Directors urged prior planning and discussed upcoming $50,000 for a dental lab remodel to maintain accreditation.
In Newport Rhode Island AP report 16 class tall ships switched to motors ending their Atlantic race with crews citing calm seas. The Dar Pormoza led the Bergnada to Newport leg while 362 miles out. Smaller vessels in the same route kept to sail.
Government reports over 35,100 houses destroyed and 170,000 people left homeless by floods in Burma this month. Nowds and Working People's Daily cite 50 villages on the west coast affected. A separate note recalls events from 1918 when American forces drove Germans from Bellon Wood.
The Senate voted 265 to 20 to tighten federal tax laws. The compromise plan would raise minimum tax payments for high income individuals and corporations, expanding the number of returns and firms subject to the levy. A House plan exists, with conference action pending.
Gov. Robert Ray signed 34 laws from the last assembly. The measure bars discrimination in hiring police and fire fighters based on height weight sex or race with reasonable rules for strength agility and health. Regents get 142 million for university needs, 3.3 million for tuition replacement, and 2.9 million for federal fund replacements. A wild sunflower and poison hemlock are added to obnoxious weeds. A Cedar Rapids man gets 12 months with suspension after a break in. A Cedar Falls man wins 9545 in a 75000 suit over a Rock Island crash. An I-80 crash case in Johnson County is filed. On this date in 1966 the Vatican and Yugoslavia resumed diplomatic relations.
A dense schedule of television airings across several stations including WAI Cedar Rapids WO, WOC Davenport KW L Waterind WRT Lochone and more. Programs cover news, dramas, comedies, movies like Gunlight at OK Corral and Monster From Ocean Floor, plus talk and variety shows, compiling a busy Friday night lineup.
President Ford proposes a five year limit on desegregation busing and restricts cases of explicit discrimination. Senator Dole calls the chances of passage unlikely while Senators Hruska and Eastland back the judiciary committee. Lawmakers weigh constitutionality and impact on black educational opportunities.
Donna Lewis of 4700 Midway Drive NW was named chairman of the campaign committee for Char lene T. Vanous, Republican candidate for Linn County district court clerk. The notice notes ongoing activity in local classified ads.
The United States plans to send most of the 101st Air Assault Division with 418 helicopters to Western Europe this September for major maneuvers the first time since annual field exercises began seven years ago. The move hinges on Congress approving nearly 16 million dollars to shift funds. Maj. Gen. Edward Meyer calls the plan a long overdue demonstration of sea movement to align with deployed troops and NATO defense commitments.
A UH-1 Huey helicopter crashed during a training exercise in the Pohakuloa area 200 miles south of Honolulu. Eight Marines died and two were injured, with identities withheld pending notifications. The wreck occurred in a remote training zone during troop transport.
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