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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1976
Page
21
Marion area notices report the post office will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day with limited mail collection from white star boxes and near the post office. Special deliveries will be made and regular Saturday Sunday windows and delivery hours apply.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Conservation Commission backs free hunting licenses to lure hunters, sparking concern from Decatur landowner Rover Leonard about harassment by out‑of‑state hunters. Licenses, worth 25 dollars, are issued to visiting dignitaries and guests. 28 issued this year, 60 last year, with officials denying the move promotes hunting in Iowa. Harry Harrison, chief of fish and games, notes reciprocity with other states and that officials elsewhere receive similar courtesy.
Earl G Minear 83 of Liber nile Hi died Wednesday in Libertyville. Services Saturday at Banter's Mt Vernon with burial at Evergreen Cemetery Vinton at 2 30 p m. A memorial fund has been established. Surviving wife Iva two sons George Libertyville Richard Weld Maine a daughter Emma Weal Mr Warner two brothers Ralph Freeport and Richard Tampa three sisters Verna Eggleston Vinton Mae Bostrom Vinton and Mrs Leo Levasser Marion eight grandchildren and great grandchildren. Friends may call Baxtec's from 4 3 Friday and Saturday until time of service.
WAUKON The city council returned all bids on refuse collection after a legal opinion on authority to grant an exclusive franchise. Six bids were received for residential service while Leadfred Enterprises plans to continue private arrangements with commercial customers. New bids will be due at 2 30 p.m. on Dec 18. The council also approved an ordinance enabling the five person municipal hospital board to enter into contracts for its building program.
The Turin Egyptology museum reopened two exhibit rooms closed for a decade due to funding gaps. New displays include papyrus List of the Kings and a tomb with a mummy dating from about 2000 B.C., highlighting royal appointments and ancient artifacts.
Pentagon analysts conclude the MiG-25 Foxbat flown to Japan by a defecting pilot is a limited one purpose craft. It is heavier and slower at low to medium altitudes, lacks look down radar, and is not a match for American fighters. Its sole role appears to be countering the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft rather than frontline air to air combat.
Four Iowa speech professors analyzed the second Carter Ford debate. They praised Carters grace and calm while noting he sometimes personalized his rhetoric. They ranked Ford ahead on foreign policy by a nose and observed both candidates avoided direct answers, with Ford closing strongly and both gaining momentum.
OSKALOOSA IOWA Betty Arlene Carney of Brooklyn was found guilty of kidnapping her ex husband for a second time after learning he planned to remarry. A Mahaska county jury deliberated 25 minutes, with sentencing set for December 1. The case moved from Poweshiek to Mahaska county on a change of venue.
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