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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1975
Page
38
A candle lit burglar struck two Cedar Hills houses early Sunday guiding by an orange candle. Lynn Graybill reports $25 cash $40 calculator and $2 in Valli stolen after prying a sliding door. Marcens Carr says $20 cash and an $8 billfold with cards taken from a dresser. wax dripped through both homes.
Army Specialist Randy Hovey, son of Mrs. Marilyn Larron of Marion, was promoted while with the 28th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. Capt. Richard A. Harris, son of Mr and Mrs Fay Harris of Johnson Avenue NE, received his third Air Force Commendation Medal at Maxwell AFB Alabama for meritorious service and proficiency at Kirtland AFB NM.
A fast moving low pressure system brought light snow across the state causing slick and hazardous roadways. Visibilities dropped to 100 feet in central Iowa with gusty northerly winds and many highways ice and snow covered. Temperatures stay frigid with a warming trend later in the week.
Funeral services will be Tuesday in Grinnell for Mrs. Gar Welsh 60 a Peweshiek county judicial magistrate who died unexpectedly at her Montezuma home Friday night. The obituary notes unknown causes.
Over the weekend police logged 17 reports of broken vehicle windows, bringing totals to 167 since last Wednesday. Donald DeCamp reporting multiple incidents at 2720 Second Avenue SE, plus entries from Adaline Sramek and Catherine Reed highlight widespread damage concentrated on the southeast side.
CB owners form a security push by engraving social security numbers on radios to aid theft recovery. Police loaned five engravers to the club to mark 250 units, after a theft of a radio valued at 150 dollars from Leonard Willard’s truck on Twenty first Street SW.
Roger Dean Hartgrave twenty two released from St Luke's hospital into Linn county jail on twenty five thousand dollar bond after being shot in the arm by Cedar Rapids police during an armed robbery at the Quik Trip store on First Avenue NE. Hartgrave and Edward Lym Dudley twenty five of Edgewood drive NW were arrested Friday and charged with three armed robberies. Hartgrave also faces a breaking and entering warrant. No arraignment date set.
A 20 year old Lisbon man was treated at Mercy hospital and released after a mink bite near Lisbon in Cedar County. The bite was not serious and no further complications were reported.
Cambridge Massachusetts United States defense computer experts warn banks and credit card firms remain vulnerable to deliberate penetration. UCLA and Harvard researchers describe holes in commercial and government systems with potential to steal or alter data. ARPA funded teams report Honeywell and other systems were easy to breach, and security remains primarily a government domain for years to come.
In Beirut heavy fighting returned as Moslem and Christian militias exchanged rockets and machine guns. Police counted more than 60 dead and 180 wounded after a cease-fire collapsed, with clashes spreading to six suburbs and the city center.
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed portions of the controlled substance act on appeals, ruling a provision requiring defendants to prove delivery was for a friend’s accommodation unconstitutional. The decision retroactively affects cases and preserves existing sentences, with Justice Moore urging legislative restudy.
Des Moines UPI Gov Robert D Ray after returning from the Republican Governors Conference in Wichita says political leaders must change to restore public confidence and win support from voters. He cites Louis Harris on a gulf between people and government and urges officials to be more open and communicative while seeking solutions. In Waukon three arrests followed a Davis feed store break in with $2000 stolen. Norman Marti 49 of Waukon and two juveniles held.
Helen L Chaplin 48 of 42 Fleetwood road NW was injured in a one car crash Saturday night when her vehicle left Ely avenue near Deborah drive SW and struck a pole. Police say she failed to control the vehicle. She was treated at Mercy Hospital for minor injuries and released.
Aphasia stems from brain damage and can arise at birth or after illness or head injury such as a car crash. Some patients recover with speech therapy, while effectiveness varies. a physician should refer the patient to a speech therapist for evaluation and treatment options.
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