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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1976
Page
5
Report lists river stage readings with changes for LaCrosse Lansing Dam 9 McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and other locations. Notes rises falls and no change across several sites including flood stage brackets and daily movement.
The Daily Record lists births on October 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strabala of 1400 Elmhurst NE a son. Mr. and Mrs. Benny Tapia of 395 Marion Boulevard Marion welcome a daughter. More births to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Stuelke of 133 Thirty-second St NE a daughter and to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ward of 1713 Fourteenth Ave SE a son. Cedar Rapids and Marion couples cited for marriages and relations, with many listed partners. Numerous traffic and criminal citations follow, including fines for speeding and other infractions, plus an intoxication sentence and a gas meter issue.
Edward E Johnson 75 of 837 Fifth Avenue SE retired Gazette employee died Tuesday after a short illness Born June 17 1901 in Lancaster County Nebraska he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1943 He retired after 26 years with The Gazette Surviving son Lawrence M of Swisher three grandchildren and two brothers Loyd S of Roseburg Oregon and Michael of Silver Springs Iowa Services 9 am Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Burial Castle Grove Cemetery Castle Grove Rosary 7 30 pm Thursday at Brady Kuba Funeral Home Friends may call after 9 am Thursday William R Syers 69 Davenport formerly of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday night He was born May 14 1907 in Center Point and married Alice Walker in Cedar Rapids December 23 1927 He was president of the Davenport Hearing Center charter member and past president of the Iowa Hearing Aid Society Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Robert Klopp Cedar Rapids a son William Bettendorf eight grandchildren and a half sister Ethel Lemaster Muscatine Graveside 1 30 pm Friday Cedar Memorial Cemetery Cedar Rapids Several other brief memorial notices follow including Thompson Charles E First Assembly of God Church service at 1 pm Wednesday at Memorial Lawn Cemetery Ottumwa and other graveside rites for Emma C Schroeder Everett Miles Turner Charles Wisely Mary Morrison Goodwin Kathleen Bartachek Lilly Soll Russell Shipty Frederick Schultz Hilda Hanson Rudolf Zimmerman Rudolf J Zimmerman Paul H Jones Ralph W Boegel Marguerite Huston Reid and Marguerite Reid with service details and cemeteries listed.
UPI reports NASA studies a 1980 shuttle mission to attach a small rocket unit to the Skylab in Earth orbit. If feasible, astronauts could spacewalk to the lab to retrieve a sample bag left by Carr Gibson and Pogue after 84 days aloft in 1974.
A U S Geological Survey risk analysis projects a 64 percent chance of at least one major oil spill reaching land during offshore drilling near New England. It estimates two spills of 1,000 barrels or more over 20 years, about nine spills of 50 to 1,000 barrels, and roughly 1,800 small spills under 50 barrels, with potential beach contamination around Nantucket.
The CDC reported no link between injections and deaths in Pittsburgh while Allegheny County officials weighed possible heart-related reactions. Officials postponed clinics in Virginia and Kentucky and urged medical consultation for those with heart disease before vaccination. The federal program shields vaccine recipients from liability. the government may sue manufacturers if a case wins.
Iowa Health Commissioner Norman Pawlewski said the state will not curtail immunizations after three elderly Pittsburgh residents died following inoculation in a federal swine flu program. He noted the Pittsburgh vaccine differed from Iowa's and warned against panicking. Pawlewski planned to give a swine flu shot to Gov. Robert D. Ray.
Norand faced a 1975 cash flow crisis due to product timing and control issues. The crisis culminated with a $2.05 million note due at Merchants National Bank, prompting refinancing led by Terry Bjornsen and Charles Igram, plus financing from MNB and extended credit. The company relied on its electronic order entry system and planned a stock sale that was later deemed unattractive amid losses.
Three men burglarized an apartment leaving about 20 tapes on a chair. The victims remained calm, but the wife asked for names and payment for the broken door. Stolen items include a coin collection, $15 to $20 in change, and a 1933 $2 bill. The building manager plans to repair the door frame.
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