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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1976
Page
2
Robert Quigley of Des Moines faced two break ins at the Town House Motor Inn after an alarm warned of entry from his truck parked outside the Sirloin N Brew. The second burglary yielded a radar detector while the CB radio was already taken inside.
The cutoff date for police officer applications expired at 5 p.m. Tuesday with 114 total filings 103 men and 11 women. Fire department received 37 applications all from men. tests set for November 17 for firefighters and November 23 for police officers.
Cedar Rapids libraries announce Thursday hours for Veterans Day. Main branch and Kenwood will open during normal hours with noon to 9 p.m. hours and children's department noon to 8 p.m. Edgewood closes as usual. Bookmobile follows regular Thursday route.
Rep. Michael Blouin will deliver the main address at North High's Veterans Day program titled America Remembers. The event at the school cafeteria starts at 10 a.m. with a Hawkeye American Legion flag ceremony and North High Band music.
Cedar Rapids police arrested four men on larceny charges after a two month spree that saw about 110 meters stolen from city streets. Tom Canterbury Tim Canterbury Larry Tobin and Daryl Zerbee were taken into custody with meters and equipment tied to the case. Investigators planned scuba searches for sunken meters as divers may be used if needed.
Linn County Cancer Society outlines a year of action programs under public education chair Mrs. James Dianni. Two Helping Smokers Quit clinics and a colon-rectal screening program are underway, with breast self-exam sessions planned. The schools committee led by Mrs. Samuel Wallace will educate teachers with films and study kits. David Cohn, new chair, seeks greater visibility, new participants, and year-round people-to-people programming. Mrs. Justin Dunn, 1260 Thirty-third Street SE, named nominee for Dr. Harold Morgan volunteer of the year by the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society.
Public comment is requested on the government role in electronic fund transfer EFTS systems to computerize billing and banking. The National Commission on EFTs invites opinions by Nov. 18, with hearings held Oct. 26–27 in Washington.
Washington AP reports the Federal Power Commission blocked including construction costs of new plants in rates before service begins, preventing a likely 1 2 percent rate rise and saving the typical American family about $42 annually. Environmental Action Foundation had warned of an $8 billion yearly cost and a 15 percent rate hike.
Democratic Gov. Wendell Anderson said he will resign to be appointed to the U. S. Senate succeeding Vice President elect Walter Mondale. Anderson's plan would elevate Lt. Gov. Rudy Perpich, who would then appoint Anderson to the Senate. Observers had expected this move since Mondale's election with Carter.
On this date in 1965, New York and the USS Northeast worked to return to normal following a massive power outage that became known as the Great Blackout of 1965.
Mark Sloan aged 23 was convicted of murdering 13 year old Barbara Collins. A seven man five woman jury found him guilty after two days of deliberation. The key evidence was a bite on the victim's thigh believed to be Sloan's, supported by dentist testimony of a high probability the bite came from him.
A Washington radio station polled listeners on Delegate Albert Philpott's call to restore public hangings. About three quarters of callers supported the idea, with suggestions ranging from televised hangings to alternating methods including public torture.
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