Warning Issued Over Live Match Ornaments Circulating
Fire investigators linked a Monday blaze at 2047 North Towne Court NE to a wall ornament made from live matches shaped like a cross. Similar ornaments are feared in Cedar Rapids as residents were warned to remove them. No injuries were reported despite kitchen damage and smoke spread. Red Cross aided the affected residents.
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Ohio
Terri and
Deanne Arnold
Cedar Rapids
Police seek man in embezzlement case tied to rare coins
Cedar Rapids police probe a possible embezzlement involving a coin buyer and rare gold coins. A downtown coin shop spokesman said he delivered 10000 dollars to the buyer for coins and hinted totals could reach about 100000 dollars. Authorities would not name the suspect or disclose details as the investigation begins.
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Cedar Rapids
Nebraskan named head of Iowa substance abuse agency
Gov. Ray names Gary P. Riedman director of the new Iowa Department of Substance Abuse. The 31 year old Omaha native will start December 18, earning 22 500 dollars annually. He previously led the Chemical Dependency Agency in Council Bluffs and served as an Iowa Drug Abuse Authority coordinator. Senate confirmation required.
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Robert Ray
Nebraska Drug Commission
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Riedman
University of Nebraska
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Vislisel files second complaint with Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Eugene Vislisel, 46, of 141 36th Ave. SW, files a second complaint alleging sex, handicap, and age discrimination. He cites counselor John Suter at Cedar Rapids Rehabilitation Employability Unit for not aiding his pursuit of office work and steering him to Oakdale Rehab Center. An investigator visited Cedar Rapids last week regarding a separate complaint about a county auditor hiring a younger woman for a clerk typist position.
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36Th Ave
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
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Gazette
Commission
Cedar Rapids
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Six charged with drunken driving in two-city sweep
Six individuals face drunken driving charges after incidents late Tuesday night and today. Names include Craig A. Shadle 17 of 2129 North Towne Court NE arrested 1 16 a m after a collision at Collins Road NE. Steven J. Wax 27 of 1323 K St SW arrested 1 a m near First Street and Eighth Ave SW. Craig A. Miller 27 of 515 35th St NE arrested 12 36 a m near First Ave and 18th St SE. Frederick P. Hansen 56 Route 4 Cedar Rapids arrested 7 40 p m in the 2000 block of First Ave East. Donald L. Glass 38 Waterloo arrested 7 15 p m near 16th Ave and Williams Blvd SW. Karen S. Keeney 23 1036 Third Ave SE Marion arrested 11 51 p m in the 600 block of 14th St.
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North Towne Court
Collins Road
Steven J. Wax
K St
First Street
Eighth Ave
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35Th St
First Ave
18Th St
Frederick P. Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Donald L. Glass
Waterloo
16Th Ave
Williams Blvd
Karen S. Keeney
Third Ave
14Th St
Marion
Low bids bring city good news
Motorola submitted the lowest bid of 28,071 to supply 25 two way radios and a base station to the Municipal Transit Authority, with higher bids from General Electric at 29,726 and Team Electronics at 30,027, below the 31,500 estimate. James T. Fox of Marion offered the lowest sidewalk reconstruction bid of 189,865 for the northwest and southwest quadrants, under the 201,817 estimate, with bids from E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co. at 196,619 Ray Bertelli at 205,638 and Grady Contracting Corp. at 217,167.
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Des Moines
Kandee Jacoby faces $150000 suit in manslaughter death
Kandee Jacoby, convicted of manslaughter in the January 3, 1976 shooting death of her husband Douglas Jacoby, is sued for $150000 on behalf of his estate by Linn District Court. The petition alleges willful and malicious killing and seeks damages for pain and estate loss. Douglas Jacoby, 32, was shot twice in the head and once in the chest while in bed, with his glasses nearby. Mrs. Jacoby contends she did not pull the trigger, and the defense sought an innocent verdict on self defense. She has been confined at a Rockwell City women’s facility since July 1976.
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Jacoby
Additional Thanksgiving services announced by several churches
Several churches announce extra Thanksgiving services this week in addition to Saturday’s Gazette list. Bethany Lutheran holds 10 a.m. Thursday, Christ United Presbyterian 7:30 p.m. today with How Do You Live Thankfully, Hillside Wesleyan 7:15 p.m. today, St Mark’s United Methodist 7:30 p.m. today, Westminster Presbyterian 7:30 p.m. today, and Springville’s St Isidore’s Roman Catholic Church hosts a 7:30 p.m. service tonight with Rev. Kermit Jelmeland delivering the message. Springville Area Church Council sponsors and invites the public.
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Springville
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Springville Area
Culver seeks exemptions for rural hospitals
Senator John Culver of Iowa asks HEW to exempt small non metropolitan hospitals from proposed health care cost rules. He cites differing conditions from urban facilities and warns Iowa’s 134 community hospitals could close without changes. He urges redrafting to protect rural hospitals and cites constituent concerns.
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John Culver
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Joseph Califano
C R man and two firms sued over 1976 Tama County crash
Black Hawk County couple Paul W. and Lucille Borglum filed a $532,500 petition in Linn District Court naming Cedar Rapids man Thomas Eugene Novak American Cyanamid Co and All-State Vehicles Inc as defendants. They allege Borglum was injured when Novak's car struck his on Highway 21 at a Geneseo sign. The suit claims Novak failed to yield at a stop sign and seeks 475000 for Borglum and 57500 for loss of consortium for Mrs Borglum.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama County
Paul W
Lucille Borglum
Linn
Thomas Eugene Novak
American Cyanamid Co
All- State Vehicles Inc
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Novak
Geneseo
All-State
American Cyanamid
High court affirms Gilmore manslaughter conviction
The Iowa Supreme Court today affirmed the manslaughter conviction of Charles W. Gilmore in Linn District Court. Gilmore, 28, of Cedar Rapids, was accused of murdering Howard Cook, 30, in Cedar Rapids on August 14, 1976. He appealed claiming improper police rights explanations and erroneous admission of evidence. he had been sentenced in October 1976 to up to eight years in the penitentiary.
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Linn
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Howard Cook
Gilmore
James Carter
Weather summary and river stages
Cloudy weather elsewhere with high temperatures Tuesday and overnight lows. Wind SSE at 4 mph at 10 am. Sunrise 7 07, sunset 4 39. Year ago today highs 25, lows 13, no precipitation. Extended forecast shows snow chances Friday and Saturday then partly cloudy Sunday with highs in 20s to 40s and lows 5 to 15 Friday rising to teens and 20s weekend. Coralville Lake and Mississippi River stages listed with several gages and small declines or no change.
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Court suspends former Iowa lawmaker Charles S. Glenn license
The Iowa Supreme Court suspended the law license of Charles S. Glenn of West Des Moines for willfully failing to file federal and state income tax returns for 1970 through 1972. Glenn previously paid $21,000 in taxes and penalties in 1976 and served four months of a year sentence after pleading no contest to willful failure to file an income tax return.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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Internal Revenue Service
Brigham Young University Indian Education Program
Five hundred students from 75 tribes participate in BYU Indian education program. National graduation rate for Native students is four percent of starters, while BYU reports a thirty percent graduation rate.
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Brigham Young University
BYU
Births listed from Mercy St. Luke's and other local hospitals
Birth notices from Mercy St. Luke's, Baton Rouge, Cleveland Tennessee, Ankeny and Cedar Rapids report dozens of newborns. Couples named include Durland Sullivan Pierce Robertson Ryan Tribune Groundwater Slapper Naughton Childers Norton Ford Tiedt Christianson Platz McVey Stamp Milner Marsh Buckley Osing Fairchild Noll Kabela Handel Bunn Mersch Hart Stumpff Norton with dates November 8 to 20 and locations across Iowa and nearby states.
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Delmar Robertson
C Ave. NE
Stephen Ryan
Janice Dr
Robert Tribune
Falcon Dr
Robert Groundwater
West Post Road
Jack Slapper
Brentwood Dr
Harry Naughton
Seventh Ave
Jean Childers
Illinois St
Donald Norton
Hillview Drive
Marion
Dennis Ford
Mechanicsville
Leonard Tiedt
Swisher
Gary L. Christianson
Vinton
Maria Platz
Walford
John T. Marsh
Barbara K. Buckley
Richard A. Osing
Joanne R. Fairchild
Cedar Rapids
Steven K. Noll
Lisbon
Linda M. Kabela
James F. Handel
Kathie S. Bunn
F. Joseph Mersch
Janann E. Hart
Reno
Nev
Donald J. Stumpff Jr
Nancy L. Norton
Norway
Wiley Boulevard Closure Near E to F Avenues
Wiley Boulevard NW will close Monday between E and F avenues for about a week due to sewer construction. Traffic will detour onto Edgewood Road.
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F Avenues
Edgewood Road
Correction on Fair Board Pay and Coast Guard Spars Note
A correction states the All Iowa Fair board did not approve compensation for Don Coulter after he petitioned for pay, noting no action was taken at a special meeting. In 1942 Congress authorized a World War II Coast Guard Women's Auxiliary named the Spars.
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Don Coulter
Coulter
the Gazette
Congress
U.S. Coast Guard
Spars
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