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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
2
Norway expands response to the Ekofisk Bravo oil spill in the North Sea as clean‑up vessels depart to protect mackerel spawning later this month. Brundtland said specialists expect the slick to fade within days despite environmentalist calls to shut the field.
A Vinton man Jack Dedrick, 36, was found dead in his car near Stone City, Jones County, from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. No homicide signs. hoses directed exhaust inside the vehicle. He had been missing a week. $96 found on him. Graveside services set for Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton. Survivors include his mother Violet Dedrick and several siblings.
A Cedar Rapids crash on Council Street left 16 year old Susan Lagerstrom hospitalized with lacera tions and head injuries. Keith Colton 18 was treated and released. Beth Ann Miller 16 facing charges for an improper turn after the collision.
Kenneth Gracey reports 2,500 bushels of soybeans valued at 25000 missing from a grain bin southeast of his Springville residence. Springville Co op hauled more than 4000 bushels on April 14 and 15. remaining beans were missing after their subsequent visit. An unrelated note recalls 1967 NATO troop withdrawals in West Germany.
Two year old Greg Bente was killed when he ran into a tractor driven by his grandfather Glen F. Bente at the family farm home eight miles southwest of Postville. Survived by parents, a brother Richard and sister Annette, and grandparents Glen F. Bente and Quinton Torkelsons. Services Tuesday at 2 at St. Paul Lutheran. friends may call Schutte funeral home.
A year ago today the high reached 47 and the low 38 with .35 inches of precipitation. The extended forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Wednesday with a chance of rain Thursday and Friday, highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
A brief note reports that some Hindus in India seek a third marriage with a pigeon to avoid bad luck, hoping a future human wife will bring luck on a fourth union.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly, four week, and annual prices and restrictions on mail subscriptions.
Kansas City firefighters have begun a 40 hour week, moving from 24 on and 48 off to five eight hour shifts. The reform took two years to plan and has prompted inquiries from more than 50 cities. Officials say no other major city has fully adopted eight hour shifts.
Vital Statistics notes births at Mercy and St. Luke's with names and addresses of parents and newborns. The list also records dissolutions of marriages and various day time events followed by a note of King Hussein of Jordan turning 42 today.
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