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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1976
Page
3
Rain is forecast for Thursday night over parts of the Central plains region the Upper Mississippi valley region the Upper and Lower Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley area. Mostly fair elsewhere.
Weather outlook calls for mostly fair skies from Saturday through Monday with highs in the 50s Saturday and in the 60s Sunday and Monday. Lows will be in the middle 30s to low 40s. River gauges list several sites in flood or rising stages, including LaCrosse 12 feet at 4.8, Lansing 18 at 7.9 rising 0.1, Dam 9 at 11.7 rising 0.2, McGregor 18 at 6.3 rising 0.1, Guttenberg 15 at 3.2 rising 0.1, Dubuque 15 at 6.7 no change, Davenport 15 at 3.0 rising 0.2, Keokuk 16 at 2.8 rising 0.4.
Birth notices from Mercy and several area couples list a son for Mr and Mrs Stewart Faber Hiawatha a son for Mr and Mrs Wayne Burkle Manchester a son for Mr and Mrs Frederick LaGrange 715 avenue NW a son for Mr and Mrs Stephen Mysakc Springville and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Kenneth M Scott 818 Twelfth street NE. Married life dissolutions follow for multiple couples listed by name with dates and times. Traffic and police reports detail numerous incidents and fines including speeding reckless driving and equipment violations across Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Secretary of Commerce Richardson hailed Ford as cleared of wrongdoing and suggested allegations were politically motivated. He spoke in Cedar Rapids for Tom Riley, urged farm loan boosts as necessary, and defended campaigning on official time while praising the President’s denial of misactions.
The state board of regents approved a 100 percent across the board tuition hike for Iowa's three state universities with proposed ranges of 10 to 15 percent. Resident undergraduate students will pay $68 more at the University of Iowa, $72 more at Iowa State, and $64 more at the University of Northern Iowa starting in fall 1977.
U S Senators Mansfield and Glenn departed Hong Kong on a military aircraft bound for Manila to study ongoing negotiations in the Philippines over the future of U S bases. They arrived in Hong Kong earlier from China and would not discuss current Chinese political developments with reporters.
In Iowa City Donald Sehr, Democratic candidate for the Johnson County board of supervisors, cited cost and humane benefits of the Systems Unlimited program. He said about 35 county residents use SU services, saving the county roughly $10,000 per patient versus state institutions while keeping people near home for better training and education.
The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the defendant's prior guilty plea set aside and a jury trial due to illegally obtained evidence. The court ruled accepting the plea was prudent to protect society and avoid prolonged litigation, while noting the case underscores the rights guaranteed by the justice system. Zacek admitted firing shots at Miss Halverson with malice, meeting essential elements of second degree murder.
Allegheny county officials plan to resume elderly inoculations on Monday and start under-65 shots on Sunday while tests continue on sample purity and potency. Health leaders dispute three post shot deaths as coincidental or natural. CDC data show 680,612 doses given with national deaths within expected high risk ranges.
Strother argues raising loan rates toward parity could force government to own corn again, while Knebel says higher rates reflect a President-backed plan to aid agriculture. The move aims to bridge tight credit with a bountiful harvest, risking foreign market losses and higher budget outlays.
In Grand Rapids Michigan Republican chairman Robert Bleveld welcomed the closing of a Carter inquiry on the Ford side as the candidates move toward pivotal New York appearances. Carter plans Rochester and Syracuse stops and a Liberal party dinner in Manhattan while Ford touts tax cuts and a compassionate tax policy. A televised vice presidential debate between Dole and Mondale is moderated by Jim Hoge in Houston with a League of Women Voters panel guiding questions.
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