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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1979
Page
3
The Gazette lists Cedar Rapids area obituaries and funeral notices for Daryl Ardell Ratzlaff 62, Victoria Budd Alyce Lenway 81, and several others with service times, burial details, and charity memorials. Also notes a correction for a daughter’s name and various funeral arrangements across Cedar Memorial and Turner Chapel locations.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co officials say they will pursue all possible avenues to recover costs from responsible vendors for repairs at the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo. The IE led effort involves negotiations with General Electric and others, with a June ICC hearing planned on pass through costs to customers.
Navy officials confirm Lance Cpl. Gary Campbell 19 of Cedar Rapids was killed in Naples Italy with authorities investigating. Campbell stationed on USS Albany Gaeta Italy had served since 1977 and arrived in Italy February 1978. His mother Mrs Ron Burmeister and Capt R M Suter say no details yet on time location or cause of death.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors formally approved the 1979-80 fiscal year budget of 28,383,548 in a regular session at the courthouse. No alterations were made. Public input at a March 6 hearing focused on the conservation board and secondary road budgets, which remain proposed at 849,863 for the conservation board and 3,469,907 for secondary roads, including 181,633 for Squaw Creek Lake.
Temperature reached an official 44 degrees at noon in Cedar Rapids marking the first time the 40s have topped this year. Forecasters warn of strong winds and a cooldown with possible snow flurries as a low around 10 above is forecast. An ice jam on the Des Moines River caused lowland flooding upstream from Eldon before the jam broke and flooding subsided.
United Airlines will reinstate two of six Sunday flights due to jet fuel shortages. Flight 673 from Chicago to Cedar Rapids at 10:00 a.m. and Flight 708 from Cedar Rapids to Chicago at 12:40 p.m. will resume on April 1, Cedar Rapids manager Marty Kloska said. Four other Sunday flights plus two on Saturday and two on weekdays remain canceled through April 28, with a possible extension through May.
Keith Shaw of 1342 First St NW learns of his sister Norma L. Little's death Monday in Greenfield Indiana. Services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Pasco Memorial Mortuary with arrangements by the firm. Also noted are local ads and civic announcements including theater, sales, and public meetings.
Carter reported progress with Begin and Sadat after breakfast meetings in Jerusalem and a lengthy session in Cairo VIP lounge. Egypt seeks Gaza liaison officers and oil preferences while Israel pushes for ambassador exchange and linked self rule. Carter says latest U S compromise accepted by Sadat.
Clift notes when a felony is involved the suspect’s car may match others in the area. The public may see the procedures as overreacting but it protects officers and the public. If the occupants and car aren’t involved, officers must explain actions and apologize to avoid appearing trigger happy. Motorists should stay in the car and wait for instructions.
The suit questions a core Carter policy aimed at cooling inflation above 9 percent. Carter favors voluntary ceilings of about 7 percent on wages and fringe benefits and 7.5 percent on consumer prices this year. The administration will deny federal contracts of 5 million dollars or more to firms exceeding either guideline and may extend sanctions to smaller contracts. The federation says the plan is unfair to workers as firms comply with wage but not price rules. It cites ongoing price rises as proof.
A 14-year-old boy from southeast Cedar Rapids remains in Linn Juvenile Detention Center awaiting a March 23 delinquency trial on three counts linked to assault and sexual abuse reports in the Johnson Elementary area. The detention decision cites community safety and 24 hour supervision. The youth was arrested after multiple incidents including an alleged December 9 rape alleged by a 7-year-old girl. three victims filed reports. The mother proposed home supervision, while a psychiatric evaluation was ordered between disposition and adjudication.
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