Carter Sees Three Way Race After Florida Victory
Florida results leave Jimmy Carter ahead in a tight Democratic field. Udall trails with 8 552 votes while Arthur Blessitt and Ellen McCormack follow in the 8 000s. Jackson declares cities and industry will win the nomination. Udall and Wallace split liberal and conservative bases as supporters eye New York's April 6 primary.
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Florida
Carter
Jackson
Udall
Miami
New York
Debate over diagonal highway vs railway route for I-380
Iowa lawmakers clash on using the Waterloo to Cedar Rapids rail line for the Interstate 380 diagonal, weighing abandonment procedures, cost, and farming disruption. IDOT and federal officials back studying an alternate rail-friendly corridor, with hearings set for December 1977 and completion targeted for 1981.
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Noi Central Railroad
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Raymond
Russell Wyckoff
D-Vinton
Emil Husak
Toledo
House Agricultural Committee
House Transportation Committee
B. Joseph Rinas
Marion
Transportation Committee
IDOT
Raymond Kassel
Kassel
Preisser
Interstate Commerce Commission
DOT
Roof collapses at Marion Seven-Eleven site injures two men
Two workers Dwight Mericle of Walcott and Charles Parsons of Davenport narrowly escaped injury when a roof collapsed at a Seven-Eleven building site at Grand Avenue and South Twelfth Street in Marion. Trusses and plywood fell into the site while the men, employed by Rudolph Construction Co., were inside for a few minutes. Plumbing and roof materials were damaged. no vandalism suspected per Marion police.
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Grand Avenue
South Twelfth Street
Marion
Dwight Mericle
Walcott
Charles Parsons
Daveon
Construction Management Co
Davenport
Rudolph Construction Co
Davenport man pleads innocent in fatal Feb shooting
James Beyer aged 30 of Davenport pled innocent in Scott County District Court to murder. He remains jailed in the Feb 28 shooting death of Garland Sullivan 29 of Cedar Rapids. Judge James Haverkamp took bail under advisement and set a pretrial hearing for April 16.
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Davenport
UPI
James Beyer
Scott County
Beyer
Garland Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
James Haverkamp
County Budget Hearing Draws Sparse Public Input
Linn county supervisors near a seven percent tax revenue rise for the 1976 77 fiscal year after a budget hearing. Debates focus on cuts to secondary roads youth facilities and equipment with state law limiting increases. County officials explain tax bills breakdowns and ongoing efforts to curb costs through local programs while highlighting mental health and juvenile care savings.
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Linn
Stanley Ginsberg
CE Tre Ite
James Hennessey
Jean Oxley
Oxley
Linn County
Pat Kane
C R Services Set For G A Cummings
Glen Alfred Cummings age 60 of rural Palo died of a heart attack Tuesday evening. Born February 25 1916 in Eldorado Springs Missouri he lived most of his life in the Cedar Rapids area farming. Survived by wife Vera Reeves three sons Arlen Alvin Duane a daughter Marlene mother Elsie Cummings one brother Lloyd and two sisters Iva Gosnell Ethel Butterfield. Services 3 pm Friday at Trinity Church of the Nazarene with Rev James L Hayes. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel west until 9 pm Thursday and at the church after 10 am Friday.
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Glen Alfred Cummings
Palo
Eldorado Springs
Cedar Rapids
Vera Reeves
LeMars
Trinity Church of the Nazarene
Arlen
Alvin
Duane
Marlene
Elsie Cummings
Lloyd of
Marion
Iva Gosnell
Ethel Butterfield
James L. Hayes
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel West
Doctors To Hear Program on Alcohol Abuse
The Linn county medical society sponsors a talk on medical and psychiatric complications of alcohol abuse at Mercy hospital. Dr. David Knott, assistant superintendent of training and research at the Tennessee Psychiatric Hospital and Institute, will speak. Waterlo native, Cornell graduate, social hour at 5 15, dinner at 6, meeting at 6 45.
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Linn County Medical Society
Mercy Hospital
David Knott
Tennessee Psychiatric Hospital and Institute
Waterloo
Cornell
Man Jailed After Independence Incident
Three policemen and two deputies subdued Tony Medina in Independence after he allegedly smashed lights and equipment in the People's Hospital emergency room. Medina, who had been at a party, was taken to the mental health institute for emergency treatment and charged with malicious injury to a building.
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Independence
Tony Medina
People’s Hospital
Medina
Mental Health Institute
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Sargent Shriver
Robert Byrd
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Illinois Central
ICC
Mellers
Edgewood
Johnson Hardee's
Town & Country Shopping Center
1St Ave
Center Point Road
Kodeceler
Mt. Vernon Rd
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Hilltop House Furniture Store
Dennis J. Hamilton
Fifth Street NW
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Labrador
Canada
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G.A. Cummings
1St Ave. S.E
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