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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1975
Page
1
Highs in the 30s and teens overnight with a dry overall forecast. Extended notes forecast partly cloudy midweek and turning warmer Friday into the 40s. Sun times listed. Local births include March deliveries for several Cedar Rapids area families and Los Angeles arrival. Police and traffic blotter items recap fines and incidents in multiple cities.
Des Moines AP Iowa lawmakers moved a conscience protection bill to senate debate after rejecting a life-saving abortion exception for doctors and hospitals. Critics warned the measure could undermine a mother's right to live and disrupt emergency medical care and malpractice costs.
Citizens invited to pledge support for the ailing Rock Island railroad at a Wednesday 7 p.m. meeting in the Roosevelt Royale hotel. Dick Pepmeyer, Rock Island cashier, says pledges totaling about 30 million have already been made across the system, including some from shippers.
Obituaries from Cedar Rapids list Frank Bilton a longtime resident, native of London, former Syndicate Clothing employee, musician in the Cedar Rapids Symphony and city bands, member of Musicians Union and Hanford American Legion post, veteran of World War I. memorial service planned. Other notices include L. Veree Kepler wife of M Louis Kepler, Esther Snouffer, Eva Eva Krider, Leo Bouquet retired worker, Tillie Harapot, Ella Mae Stotser former Cedar Rapids secretary, Mrs. Herbert Greenwood, and several memorial and burial arrangements with church services and local funeral homes. Additional entries mention F. M. Fisher and Charlotte Shook with family ties and church affiliations.
U S District Judge Edward J McManus dismissed a suit filed in Cedar Rapids federal court by Du buque Local 263 of the International Molders and Allied Workers union against AY McDonald Co. The union charged the firm with eliminating time clerk positions in violation of a contract but a prior arbitration board ruled in favor of the company.
Four members of a Hiawatha family were treated at St Luke's hospital and released after a two car crash Sunday afternoon. Joyce Kirkpatrick and her daughters Angela 14 Carol 15 and Diana 19 were treated. The collision occurred at 4 30 p m on highway 78 near highway 304 near Ollie in Keokuk county.
The New Hampshire house voted to change dog license fees from a two tier system to two rates. Neutered male or spayed female dogs would pay 2, while all other dogs including males and females would pay 5.
Janet Lane widow of Richard Lane Cedar Rapids man killed in the 1973 KCRG-TV tower collapse filed a $1 million suit against Gunnar Olsen and Eldon Tanner and Olsen Corp. of Port Washington N Y alleging negligence in design inspection and supervision. Lane seeks $500,000 from each defendant and a jury trial was demanded. Another related suit and a separate claim by Lillian Greiner of Independence also seeks damages.
Thieves damaged and stole meters at a May Island underground lot Friday night breaking 33 meters and stealing 18. Repair costs estimated at 1573.19 dollars. Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer notes little money inside and vows tougher security, adding this magnitude is unprecedented.
Bonnie Martin of Thomson Georgia, an elementary teacher, says she found a contact lens she lost 17 years ago embedded in the conjunctiva. Her ophthalmologist confirms the lens had worked into the mucous membrane. She notes she has only lost two lenses, one in 1960 and the other in 1965.
Nancy Jean Carter, 18, was arrested at Magnus hotel on a charge of delivering drugs to an inmate at Linn county jail. She allegedly disguised marijuana as tobacco cigarettes and tried to pass the packets to Wallace Madden last Friday. Bond set at $10,000.
An educational series on crime and the justice system continues tonight with a program about jails and prisons. Sponsored by the Hawkeye labor council, it starts at 7 p.m. at IBEW local 405 hall 1211 Wiley boulevard SW. Presentations by Meredith Taylor of the national council on crime and delinquency and Nolan Ellandson, director of the Iowa corrections bureau.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled to disbar Skinner after a detailed ethics investigation. The attorney left private practice in 1971 to join the attorney general’s office, sold a Storm Lake home, and reimbursed losses from stock purchases. Funds were later kept in accounts under his wife’s name as the committee continued its inquiry, which the court allowed to proceed.
Viet Cong claim Da Nang is under their flag while Hanoi Radio reports Saigon troops panic, mutinies, and mass surrenders. Government officers defect with weapons as crowds welcome the revolution in Saigon.
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