City Tackles 27 Percent Tax Increase Impact on Homes
Mayor Cantey cites 300 1974 home sales to show state 27 percent appraisal rise may exceed actual sale prices. Example blocks on Nineteenth SE and Ninth SW show proposed values vastly above willing buyer and seller prices. Officials warn 14 000 petitions would overwhelm five member board of review.
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Stewart
Cantey
Nineteenth Street
Canney
Ninth Street
Board of Review
Caaney
Bair
Latin Americans Hold 5 Seek Friendly Country
Eleven Chilean refugees and a Brazilian hold five UN officials and employees as they demand a haven. They seek a democratic country and negotiations with several nations, including Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, and an unidentified socialist state. They threaten to remain at the UN if not helped, while authorities call for peaceful resolution.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.N
Howloge
Whey
United Nations
Barrow Sentenced 36 Years for Robbery in New Orleans
In New Orleans the Orleans Parish District Attorney said Tyrone Barrow received a 36 year prison term for a rape robbery at Stoutmarket. Police testified to a chase and recovery of a $53 sandwich used as evidence. Barrow was held two months in the police quarters before trial.
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New Orleans
UPI
Tyrone
Barrow
Stoutmarket
Orleans Pariah District Attorney
Outspent candidate loses Cedar Rapids school board race
Ronald Moore spent 1998 while Barbara Bjornason used 917 in the Cedar Rapids Community School Board at large race. Bjornson defeated Moore by a narrow margin in the Sept. 9 election. Campaign filings with Linn County show Moore contributing 424 to his committee and listing several donors, while Bjornson lists major supporters including Harry O’Donnell and Donald McKay Jr. Major expenses cited were printing and postage.
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Ronald Moore
Barbara Bjornacn
Directien
Cedar Rapids
Moore
Mocare
Moore Agency, Inc
Robert C. Armstrong
Thirty-fourth Street
van Vechten Shaffer
Linden Drive
Forest, Ross
Donald McKay, Jr
Cottage Grove Avenue
Scott McIntyre
Fox Meadow Lane
Bev Mitchell
Higley Avenue
Michael G. O'Domrusil
E Avenue NW
Robert Barber
White Oak Road
Norman Lipsky
Cottage Grave June
Parents Seek Merciful Death for Coma Youth
In Elyria Ohio, Richard and Carmen Carney ask Elyria Memorial Hospital to remove their son Randal from life support after two weeks in a coma from a football injury. Hospital administrator James Brown rejects the request citing a duty to preserve life. The family urges legal standards to define death and contends their son is effectively dead already.
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Elyria
Ohio
Richard Carmey
Wellington
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Randal
James Brown
Testimony Begins In Fisher Murder Trial
In Dubuque County Iowa a jury heard testimony about the bond between murder suspect Dennis Fisher and the victim’s widow. Allen Mast testified Fisher and his sister Myra Miller were openly affectionate after the June slaying and that Fisher borrowed a pickup and used a rifle to hunt gate. The prosecutor says Fisher killed Howard Miller then hid the body in a calf barn and lived with the widow for months before fleeing to Missouri.
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Qubuque
Dubuque County
Dennis Fisher
Allen Mast
Howard Miller
Fisher
Myra Miller
Miller
Mast
Kelly Mast
Hunt Gate
Missouri
Policeman Describes 700 to 1,600 Illegal Wiretaps
Former Houston officer Anthony Zavala testified to the House Intelligence Committee that his department conducted from 700 to 1,600 illegal wiretaps in narcotics cases over four years ending 1968 to 1972, with federal agents witnessing some taps. He said he participated in 86 wiretaps and faces a three year sentence next Tuesday for a wiretapping conviction. The hearing, led by Chairman Otis Pike, examined risks to privacy from government and private agencies.
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Washington
Houston
Anthony Zavala
House Intelligence Committee
Zavala
Otis Pike
D-N-Y
U.S
Pike
Watch Company Sues a Dummy Firm in L R
General Time Corp of Mesa Arizona filed suit in Cedar Rapids federal court against Starr Sales Co Inc and officers Robert and Martha Voeltz and Scott Voeltz alleging a dummy corporation relation. It claims three May 1975 orders for watches totaling 19342 went unpaid after a favorable Dun and Bradstreet rating. The firm alleges Starr Sales is assetless and seeks actual damages plus 10000 in punitive damages.
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Arizone
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Corporation
Robert
Martha Vovltz
Twin Pine Drive
Scott Voeltx
Starr Saleel Co. ‘Inc
General Time Corp
Mesa, Ariz
General Time
Starr
Dun and Bradstreet
Fort Dodge services for Guy Young 79
Guy Young 79 died Wednesday at the Veterans hospital in Knoxville Iowa. He was a former well driller and retired in Iowa City in 1956. Survived by four sisters Mabel Bailey Fort Dodge Clara Bailey Lenign Fort Dodge Jesse Raub Fort Dodge Verna Luba Fort Dodge two brothers Henry Centralia Illinois Vernon Staunton Illinois five children Mrs Hugh Fries Marion Mrs Daniny ODonnell Cedar Rapids Francis Young Iowa City Ray Young Nora Springs Donald Young Tipton and many grandchildren. Services will be held Saturday at 3 30 at Laufersweiler's Fort Dodge.
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Fort. Dodge
Guy Young
Iowa City
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Young
Mabel Bailey
Fort Dodge
Clara Bailey
Lenigh
Jesse Raub
Verna Luba
Henry
Centralia
Vernon
Staunton
Hugh
Fries
Marion
Daniny O'Connell
Cedar Rapids
Francis Young
Iowa ‘City
Ray Young
Nora Springs
Donald Young
Tipton
Laufersweiler's
Attorney Hires For Grant Wood Pay Negotiations
A Chicago lawyer Fred B Lifton was hired by the Grant Wood area education agency board to handle salary negotiations for the coming year. The motion was paused unanimously at a special meeting. Lifton will have his salary discussed at the Oct 23 meeting. The Cedar Rapids Community school board also retained Lifton for negotiations. Nov 3 is the deadline to submit budgets for special education and media services to the state department for approval, to be discussed at the Oct 23 meeting.
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Chicago
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board of Directors
Fred B. Lifton
Ramada
Lifton
Lifton Digo
Cedar Rapids
C R Mon Faces Stolen Property Charge
John Lacy Schaepperkotter, 32, of 1145 Fifteenth Avenue SW, was charged with receiving stolen property after a motorcycle owed by John Becker of Twentieth Avenue SW was found in his possession. Becker reported the motorcycle stolen Monday. Schaepperkotter is held in the county jail on a $10,000 bond.
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John Lacy Schaepperkotter
Fifteenth Avenue
Schaepperkotter
John Becker
Twentieth Avenue
Becker
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Harman in Central City
Lorraine Harman aged 35 of route one Central City faces a drunk driving charge after deputies reported erratic driving on a county road near Central City early Thursday. She remained in the county jail in lieu of a 500 dollar bond.
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Lorraine Harman
Route One
Central City
Linn
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