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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1975
Page
3
Partly cloudy Friday with highs in the 60s. Saturday and Sunday feel fair and mild with mid 60s to low 70s. Lows range from mid 30s to low 40s Friday, and upper 30s to mid 40s Saturday and Sunday. Coralville Lake pool level noted as Wednesday update.
Births announced for Mercy Oct. 6 7 from families including Jeck Hite Serbousek Jenkins Christianson Charkowski Sargent and others Cedar Rapids Marion and Two Rivers names listed. Traffic items note short electrical outlet fire smoke odor false alarm grass fire park and multiple fines for speeding reckless driving improper use of registration disobeying signals and other violations. Continuous list of individuals with fines and locations appears.
A Linn County magistrate heard six cases including Paul Ryder found guilty of drunk driving with a $300 fine and costs. Richard K. Smith pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with sentencing deferred to October 1, 1976. Terry Joe Davis pled guilty to larceny under $20 and was sentenced to six days in jail with time served and held for U.S. Navy authorities. Victor Abbott pled guilty to assault and battery with a $25 fine. Patricia Sojka fined $10 for assault and battery. Clayton W. Cain fined $20 for resisting an officer. The article also notes a Thursday Up with People performance in Cedar Rapids moved to Coe College auditorium with tickets available at Armstrong’s and WMT desks.
Charlotte North Carolina AP reports the government says the Mecklenburg County Boy Scout Council violates federal law by possessing Sioux Indian ceremonial costumes using feathers from endangered birds. The ruling targets approved uses in ceremonies and mandates removal of the offending feathers.
Gladyce G. Shaffer died in Iowa City after a brief illness at 2001 Linden Drive SE Cedar Rapids. First woman to serve as a director of a Cedar Rapids bank she was longtime Guaranty Bank and Trust Co official and held Woman of the Year 1969 honors. Services at St Matthew's Catholic Church. Burial at Mt Calvary. Surviving husband Van Vechten Shaffer. sister Marie Maher. brother Jack D. Getz. She led YWCA board and community groups and was active in St. Matthew's, Quota Club, Zeta Phi Beta and the Children's Home.
Absentee ballots for the Cedar Rapids and Marion primary elections are available in the Linn County courthouse election and voter registration office. Voters away on election day may vote weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 2 to 6 p.m. The last day to register is Saturday. Ballots may be obtained by mail by submitting a written application with name, address, election date October 21, polling address, and signature.
On this date in 1945 President Harry Truman announced that the secret of atomic bomb production would be shared only with Britain and Canada, signaling a limited partnership during wartime research and development.
A 23 year old Cedar Rapids woman, found unconscious near East Post Road, says a man tried to rape her after offering a ride on Fourth Avenue SE. She described a white man about 40, six feet tall with bushy black hair, mustache, muscular build, wearing jeans and a light sweatshirt, driving a dark blue 1968 Chevrolet with a short barreled revolver.
Thomas Kleppe, a 56 year old millionaire, cleared by the Senate Interior Committee after wrangling over his financial interests in natural resource companies, is set for cabinet confirmation as secretary of the interior.
At a Tuesday appeal meeting Linn County officials and state officials clashed over the 27 percent value increase for Cedar Rapids homes and 35 percent for Marion and Hiawatha. Critics cited inequities between city and county land values and questioned the use of broker data. Revenue Director Bair defended the process as he and other officials outlined the October 20 deadline for appeals and final orders.
The IRS disallowed the hall estate claim last month. In federal court petition the estate seeks interest and court costs in addition to 2.5 million. A jury trial was requested. Hall was president of Iowa Manufacturing and Iowa Steel and Iron at death, chaired Cedar Rapids City National Bank and Banks of Iowa, sat on many boards, helped purchase Amana Refrigeration in 1950, and later served as its president.
The plan would strip the CAB of antitrust exemptions for airlines and shift its role toward public interest protection. It would permit carrier agreements like baggage packs and joint reservations, ease charter flight offerings, and allow subsidies or route abandonment to support uneconomic service when in the public interest.
Gov. Robert Ray says Iowa must raise highway funding and will submit ideas to the legislature. He backs a $20 million general fund appropriation and considers higher motor fuel taxes, noting past proposals were rejected and that road costs have risen with inflation. The DOT says $110 million more is needed annually to maintain current construction and maintenance levels.
In Moscow the Soviet Union and East Germany signed a long term treaty of friendship and cooperation. Western diplomats say the move may formalize post Helsinki recognitions of wartime frontiers and reassure East Germany that detente with the West does not weaken ties with East European Communist states.
Charles Law filed in Linn district court seeking 101000 for injuries to his 11 year old son who was shot in the face on January 17 when a 12 year old showed a 20 gauge shotgun. Defendants are Steven Dudley and his father Steven L Dudley. The suit also seeks 1000 from the father for parental liability. The petition alleges the father knew the children played with the gun and pointed it at others.
In Frankfurt West Germany UPI reports a judge cleared the court after laughter erupted during testimony in the disorderly conduct trial of two youths. After the crowd left the courtroom authorities discovered the defendants had left with the public and escaped.
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