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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1976
Page
3
C R Weather Daily Record notes births on March 9 for multiple families including Rattora Tesdahl and Kel ley at several addresses. Reports marriage licenses and numerous traffic fines and notices across Cedar Rapids area with names, addresses, violations and penalties including speeding and signal disobedience.
Des Moines lawmakers pressed to refine Sen George Kinley proposal on property tax relief. The revised plan would raise school aid to 76 percent, boost agricultural land tax credits, ease farm land productivity valuation, roll back residential valuations to 90 percent, cap city county tax asks at 9 percent, raise elderly income for extra credits, and create a tax study task force. House conferees remain skeptical and favor returning funds as credits to residential and agricultural taxpayers.
A Cedar Rapids area obituary list notes Rose A Harrington 77 of 1001 Ninth Street NW died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Tuesday. Surviving include two sons James and John Harrington and daughter Helen McConaughey with services at Turner Chapel East and burial at Linwood Cemetery. Also listed are Lloyd W Meyer 57, Martha C Seifert 71, Charles T Nolan 47, James M Prader 72, and others with memorials, church services, and burial plans. Readings include MS society and Heart Fund contributions.
A compilation of obituaries and funeral visitation details from towns across Eastern Iowa including Palo, Keota, Winthrop, Iowa City, West Union, Clermont, Elberon, Marshalltown, Traer, Manchester, Sigourney, Tama, Oxford Junction, Reynolds, Rey nolds, and Wyoming. Entries include names ages and visitation or funeral times with church or cemetery locations and related memorials.
DES MOINES State Sen. William Plymat 64 of Urbandale announced Tuesday his bid for a second four year term from Iowa's 30th Senate district. A dry advocate and board chairman of West Des Moines based Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co he is a lawyer who helped sponsor the anti smoking bill that recently cleared the senate.
Nixon officials discussed wiretapping amid claims it was lawful and typical in prior administrations. Kissinger recounted Hoover identifying four security risks including Halperin and suggested Nixon directed surveillance. Taps were placed on 17 phones, affecting newsmen, White House aides, and Pentagon staff. Halperin alleges illegality and post‑employment tapping for political gain, naming current and former officials, the FBI director, and telephone companies in suit.
The budget hearing discussed city spending for the next fiscal year with opposition to a $19,000 shortfall. George Klumpar urged taxpayers to withhold payments while officials pressed whether residents would fund street work garbage disposal and police and fire protection. Increased garbage fees faced resistance as officials argued funds are insufficient. The session extended into Wednesday afternoon.
In a two week Senate debate carried into the House, lawmakers defeated an amendment to restore the death penalty. The bill defines dangerous weapon and aims to curb violent crimes with deterrence. Supporters argued for action while opponents warned against archy and horror in capital punishment.
Six persons were injured Tuesday in two Cedar Rapids traffic accidents. One person was hospitalized overnight and five were treated and released. Robert O. Holland, 37, was admitted with a fractured arm and possible head injuries after losing control and hitting a utility pole. He was released Wednesday morning and charged with reckless driving and driving while license suspended. In the second crash four members of the Allan Converse family and Richard Weaver were treated at St Luke’s hospital. The Converse family, ages 28, 26, 6, and 3, suffered possible neck and other injuries. Weaver faced a charge of failure to stop in an assured clear distance ahead. The accidents occurred near Eighth avenue and H Street SW and near First Avenue E and Fifth Street SE.
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