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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1971
Page
3
WEW YORK AP stock prices rose Friday despite a three day weekend, led by a 2.03 point Dow gain to 963.02. Volume reached 36 million shares as traders noted continued consolidation after recent rally gains and bond rates influenced equity inflows.
AP dispatch reports North Viet Cong and Viet Cong forces attacking Allied positions across South Vietnam. An American was killed and 33 wounded in multiple assaults including a repaired U S barge on the Mekong River. Viet Cong fired mortars and small arms as U S bulldozers worked near Saigon. Casualties and enemy losses were not fully known.
Members of Marion Give Awards cab scout pack 18 gathered at Thomas Park on Thursday to present trophies to Tony Weber Carl Cross Steven Luaim David Murthy Don Cerney Dennis Cerney Pat Godar Gary Vosberg Jamie Nolz Eric Tanner Stuth Grekoff Eddie Godar Steve Godar Jerry Howe Allan Milola Stan Smith Brad Mackel Randy Kipp Marvin Sears and The First National Bank and Farmers State Bank. Fire department responded to a Leonard Uol den residence barn blaze on 140 Sheth Street Friday damaging a dismantled shed. Cause under investigation. Mortars hit a south Vietnamese base near Loe Nish and Snuel while a US helicopter was downed near Da Nang. Six US crewmen wounded.
Fragmented OCR listing shows cattle market terms such as slaughter heifers with prices around 83.50 and 860 to 1025, good and choice classifications, and multiple weight or grade ranges. Mentions of utility and commercial types, fence, and cutter cattle appear, but many values are garbled. Overall reads as a price sheet or sale lot catalog with inconsistent figures.
Tama county youth Lassey appeared in Tama county district court on Friday and said he would plead innocent to robbery with aggravation but guilty to robbery without aggravation. Judge Farber accepted the latter plea and set sentencing for 10 a.m. Bond was reduced to 10 percent of $2,000. Lassey was released after his mother posted bond following a Feb arrest related to a break in at Foley’s Tama apartment where he allegedly stole $17.85 with a butcher knife threat.
Unemployment in the Cedar Rapids area fell to 4.4 percent in April with a seasonal rise of about 1,100 jobs. The Iowa employment security division noted a drop from March and predicted a modest increase in hiring over the next several months as manufacturing activity improves.
Marshalltown men Haymond Brewer and Robert Shattuck were indicted by a Tama county grand jury on rape charges alleging offenses in May involving a 14 year old girl. Brewer posted $500 bond. Shattuck remained jailed after bond was set at $5,000. Both cases continued to June for arraignment and plea.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices Friday showed bids by weight and grade from 200 to 230 pounds at 17.50 to 48.00 dollars, lighter sows at 15.00 to 15.50, with reductions for heavier hogs. Willard J. Clary, 29, of 102 grade to 400 pounds, was arrested on a public highway beer charge and no Iowa license, with bond set at 55 dollars.
A reader compiled Sunday worship times and Sunday school schedules for area churches across multiple denominations. Entries include First Baptists, Graat Baptist, Robins Faith Baptist, St Joseph Catholic, Christian Church, Ascension Lutheran, Lutheran and Methodist groups plus Seventh Day and Brethren congregations with service hours and school times.
Reports from TEURAN AP state floods across Iran have killed 22 people including many children and damaged several pools. In Ells park, the pool opening will be delayed until June 10 due to age and repairs. Other pools, built in 1960, will open June 5 at 1 p.m. after minimal maintenance.
The Iowa Crime Commission announced federal grants totaling more than 1.8 million to 77 Iowa counties to support improvements in police, courts, and corrections. Also appearing is a probate notice from the Ozaviet Court of Iowa regarding Amelia M. Frana’s estate with claims due by June and a request for timely filings with the clerk. executor K. Rubek to oversee distributions and second education proceedings noting dates in May 1971.
Notice to creditors and heirs of Forrest Oliver Greene deceased is issued. hearing set and deadlines stated for claims. The document details probate of will, appointment of administrator, and public notice requirements with dates for filing and the location Cedar Rapids Iowa. It also references court actions and deadlines for filing claims to be barred after specified dates.
Gary Roberts, college student senate president, will address Prairie junior high students on campus influence on the city. He will compare campus and inner city life, discuss campus dissension's city effects, and share views on college students solving future problems. Roberts, elected senate president as a sophomore, is from Bethesda, Maryland.
Black Panther Chairman Bob Seale, free on twenty five thousand dollar bond, lands in San Francisco after months away. He appeared with a crowd of about 250 at the airport following a New York flight as a Chicago judge set a June hearing on probation status and awaited his four year contempt sentence from prior trials.
A fire blamed on an electrical short damaged the interior of a stucco house just south of Independence at about 12 45 p m Friday. Owners Mr and Mrs F C O'Brien were away when the blaze started in a wall. damage estimate not yet available.
In Des Moines the senate appropriations committee backed a bill to fund the Town commerce commission at 2.1 million for the coming biennium. The utilities division would receive 1.3 million to hire more attorneys for utility rate cases, surpassing Gov. Ray’s request by about 109 thousand. The commission has a backlog and relies on outside attorneys, while budgets for other divisions were cut.
An unreadable OCR fragment references cattle and poultry markets with scattered figures such as 9,608 and 6008. Names, places, dates, and complete sentences are missing, yielding an incomplete snapshot of an agricultural market item.
Two Norway girls were hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after their car collided with a Norway school bus at the highway 149 intersection. The car’s driver Penny Emanuel 21 and passenger Connie Frese 3 were in good condition. bus driver Myron Palmer 83 and students were not injured.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City two persons found guilty in police court actions tied to disturbances at the University of Iowa campus earlier this month. Robert Mall 24 of Iowa City was found guilty of disobeying a police officer and Betty Wood of Burlington was found guilty of unlawful assembly both fined 105. Wayne Larson a Cedar Rapids freelance photographer had disorderly conduct charges dismissed as his attorney presented witnesses. The unlawful assembly charge against Richard Fryear 22 of Towns City was also dismissed.
David R. Marsden, 18, of 2007 Id street SW, required emergency treatment at St Luke's Hospital Saturday at 6 22 a m for nose laceration and bruised left arm after his car jumped a curb at Third Street end Sunset Court 3W struck a tree and rolled over Investigating officers said no charges were filed Marsden admitted to hospital in fairly good condition
Eight students from the East Towans area will receive degrees Sunday at St Olaf College in Northfield. Recipients include Thomas R. Buresh Jon B Hotchkiss Mary Minear Ralph Wasik Jean Algoe Phillip Doeken Pauline Tyerberg and Robert Matson, listed with Cedar Rapids Anamosa Decorah Independence Iowa City addresses.
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