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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1975
Page
2
A candle lit burglary early Sunday targeted two Cedar Hills residences. Lynn Graybill reported $25 cash a $40 calculator and $2 Valium stolen from her home while Marcens Carr said $80 cash and a $5 billfold with credit cards were taken. In both cases candle wax was dripped inside the houses.
Army Specialist 4 Randy Hovey from Marion has been promoted while with the 25th Infantry division at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. Capt. Richard A. Harris of Minneapolis has earned his third Air Force Commendation Medal at Maxwell AFB Alabama for meritorious service as a physicist at Kirtland AFB New Mexico.
A fast moving low pressure system spread snow across extreme southeast Iowa causing hazardous travel. Snow accumulations remained under one inch statewide, with blowing snow reducing visibility to about 100 feet in central Iowa. Roads were slick and 6 slide offs were reported near Cedar Rapids. colder temperatures followed with forecasted sun and rain-free days ahead.
Funeral services will be Tuesday in Grinnell for Mrs Gar Welsh 60 a judicial magistrate of Poweshiek county who died suddenly at her Montezuma home Friday night. The obsequies honor the unnamed official with ties to local judiciary.
The weekend saw a rise in auto window damage with 17 reports on Sunday and 167 since Wednesday. Donald DeCamp reported shots out to van windows at 6 p.m. Sunday, his third such incident since Friday, with prior rear and side windows damaged. Adaline Sramek saw a $150 front window shot out, and Catherine Reed reported a rock shattered windshield on Sixth Street.
Citizen band radio operators began engraving owners social security numbers on radios to deter theft. Police lent five engraving tools to the club to mark up to 250 radios, while a radio valued at 150 dollars was reported stolen from Leonard Willard s truck on Sunday at his Twenty first street SW residence.
Moslem and Christian militiamen clash across Beirut using mortars rockets and heavy guns as 80+ killed and 150+ wounded are reported since a cease-fire collapsed. Police take cover at Martyrs Square. Karami calls an emergency reconciliation meeting that factions fail to attend.
The Iowa supreme court reversed prior rulings and struck down the provision that required a defendant to prove delivery of drugs was for an accommodation for a friend. The decision retroactively affects appeals and current trials, while convictions where the defendant serves time without appeal remain valid. Chief Justice Moore cited legislative reconsideration and kept the accommodation sentence cap at one year.
Roger Dean Hartgrave, 22, was released from St. Luke's hospital into Linn County jail on a 25000 dollar bond. He was shot in the arm by a Cedar Rapids officer after an alleged armed robbery at the Quik Trip on First Avenue NE. Hartgrave and Edward Lynn Dudley, 25, were arrested Friday on three armed robbery charges. Hartgrave also faces a breaking and entering warrant. No arraignment date yet.
A 20 year old Lisbon man, Douglas Lord, was treated and released from Mercy hospital after being bitten by a mink while trapping near Lisbon in Cedar County. The bite was not serious according to Linn county records.
Cambridge experts warn DOD and government teams can penetrate bank and credit card computer systems. UCLA and RAND officials note no commercial OS resists determined intrusion, with Honeywell and EFTS concerns raised about widespread vulnerability and the potential for theft of funds.
Des Moines Gov. Robert Ray cites pollster Louis Harris on a wide gulf between the public and officials after a Republican Governors Conference. He urges listening to citizens and solving problems to restore credibility, while offering no concrete fix. In nearby Raleigh area notes, three arrests follow a Davis feed store break in with 2000 dollars stolen, involving Norman Marti and two juveniles.
Helen L. Chaplin, 49, of 42 Fleetwood Road NW, was hurt when her car ran off Ely Avenue near Deborah Drive SW and hit a pole at 9 50 p m Saturday. She was charged with failure to have control of her vehicle and treated at Mercy Hospital for minor injuries before being released.
A reader asks about aphasia caused by brain damage from a car accident. Many aphasics regain speech with therapy, and a physician can refer the patient to a speech therapist for evaluation and treatment options.
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