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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1976
Page
3
Linn Auditor Merle Kopel says registration closes for the June 8 primary with a Saturday office open from 8 am to 5 pm in the courthouse basement for registrations and absentee ballots. Regular hours are 1 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday, with mailed ballots available upon request.
Cedar Rapids Parks Commission foresees green fee hikes by July 1 to make the municipal golf operation self supporting. Current prices are among the Midwest's lowest with 18 holes at $2.50 and Jones Park nine holes at $1.50. Seasonal adult passes at $80, youths at $45, and city employee passes at $35 may shift to a fiscal year basis starting July 1 with prorated credits for existing purchasers.
Five Cedar Rapids area students earning Nash Foundation scholarships for 1976 77 were named Patti Schmid Diane Buresh Bernard Robe Pamela Keller and Pamela Slaymaker The awards help children of Nash Finch Co employees with plans to attend Iowa universities and state colleges.
Kathleen Orris Kepker, Stephen Fritsche, Robert Sixta, Mariun, and Donna Thompson earned bachelor of arts degrees from Central College in Pella. Randall Mark Schaffer received a bachelor of science in biology from Tulane University in New Orleans. Cynthia Thompson graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in English from Cornell College in Mount Vernon. her name had been omitted from a prior Cornell listing in The Gazette May 24.
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota celebrates his 85th birthday today. The longtime Democrat continues his Senate service and public role, reflecting on decades in national politics and local Minnesota affairs.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has offered to back Lockheed’s 250 million patrol aircraft sale to Japan by proposing a government to government contract and fiscal guarantees. The move aims to overcome Japanese reluctance to buy directly from Lockheed and would shift contracting and potential liability handling to the U.S. government with uncertain form and extent of guarantees.
Washington AP The GAO finds many convicts on probation reoffend and avoid jail due to strained state and local probation systems. It notes probation can aid rehabilitation with supervision and services like job counseling and drug treatment. The study covered 1,200 ex probationers and 200 on probation in four western cities, revealing high new crime rates and lengthy probation persistence.
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