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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1977
Page
4
Iowa property taxes varied widely this year with up to 4 percent decreases in some areas and as much as 28 percent increases in others. Drake University economist Dr. Steven Gold cited a statewide average rise of about 5 percent aided by about 68 million dollars in homeowner and farmer credits.
University of Iowa students and Iowa City Davenport residents plan to form an Eastern Iowa chapter of Amnesty International. An organizational meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Center East at the UI Catholic student center.
Fourteen Decorah senior high students will participate in the Iowa DECA leadership conference in Des Moines through Tuesday, sponsored by the state department of public instruction. Students include Janeen Nelson Ruth Fretheim Val Sanderson Jane Bolson Becky Polesky Bev Syvers on Jeannette Zweibohmer Betty Myhre Barb Wilder Gary Rausch Randy Cook Brian Hageman Darrel Wicks and Tom Byrnes. Rich Gaard is the DECA club adviser at the school.
Tipton fire officials estimate damage at 15 000 to 20 000 after a early Monday blaze at the Gerald Smith home. Smith awoke about 1230 a.m. to smoke and the family escaped uninjured with only nightclothes saved. The family cat died. firefighters remained on scene about four hours.
Former Iowa governor and U.S. senator Harold Hughes spoke at Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines on Saturday and at a youth rally the previous evening. He said many people still think he is a fool for leaving politics in 1975 to pursue Christian service, a decision he follows as a personal calling.
University of Iowa employs infrared aerial photography over its 465 acre campus to find heat losses in buildings and steam pipes. Daedalus Enterprises conducted the shots, revealing leaks as white halos in grayscale images and outlining costly energy drains worth thousands annually.
Darren Petersen of rural Clinton found his phone rang after noon as Carter's talk show aired with a missing 900 prefix causing 42 callers to reach his line none from Iowa. William Dennis Iowa City filed then withdrew a suit over caller rights while Shenandoah May or David Childs showed interest but doubted getting through.
Residents of southeast Iowa criticize orange tinted low sodium lights on 24 foot towers at the new medium security prison on the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute campus. They voiced concerns at a city council meeting with Iowa Social Services Director Kevin Burns and prison officials.
BROLN the Moravian folk troupe from Brno Czechoslovakia performs March 24 at 8 p.m. in Stephens Auditorium Iowa State University. The 35 member group features singers dancers and musicians preserving regional folk music. On its second North American tour they have played in twenty countries and thirty five cities.
A first of its kind defensive driving course for the deaf will be held in Des Moines. The eight hour program runs 1 5 p m Thursday and 8 noon Friday at the Iowa highway patrol post 260 Northwest 48th place near Interstate 80. Interpreters provided via the deaf services of Iowa will adapt the sessions. Additional classes possible if demand exists.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is an established daily and Sunday newspaper founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co. It is published at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 with second class postage. Subscription rates include carrier $1.05 per week and mail options for Afternoon Edition plus Weekend issues. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
DES MOINES The article notes the hostile atmosphere in the Iowa Senate gallery as anti ERA protesters overwhelmed the chamber after a heated debate on er ratification. State Sen Lowell Junkins faced mockery as he prepared to speak to a near empty gallery. Senator Elizabeth Shaw proposed adding 72000 to an appropriations bill to create a Washington office, remarking many offices are in Washington and many are staffed by women.
Four people died in weekend Iowa traffic accidents. Mitchell Sterns, 19, Fort Dodge, lost control near Fort Dodge and hit a utility pole. Nina Bennett, 50, Cedar Rapids, died when the truck she rode in collided near her home. Kenneth Benson, 21, Montezuma, died when the car he rode in left a Poweshiek county road south of Brooklyn. Randy Smith, 27, Polk City, died when his car overturned south of Polk City.
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