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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1977
Page
2
Sun rises 7 21 Tuesday and sets 6 22 with no precipitation. Extended forecast calls for fair weather Wednesday and showers Thursday clearing by sea. River stages show LaCrosse 6.9 feet up .1 and Dubuque 9.5 up .3 with several other gauges rising or falling.
The Iowa Natural Resources Council proposes a 1978 bill to charge fees for large withdrawals from lakes rivers and aquifers aiming to net about 1 million dollars. Fees would vary by use and size with exemptions for small users and a trust fund and monitoring program to support water rights and floodplain projects.
A three car collision Sunday morning at Eighth Avenue and Seventh Street SE sent two people to Mercy Hospital with minor injuries. Wrecker driver Robert Bowser, 20, and passenger James Lynch, 20, received head injuries and were released. Bowser was charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
One person was injured when a car left a Fayette County road, rolled into the Turkey River two miles south of Clermont. Driver Glen Little, 17, of Elgin, was charged with failure to have control. passenger William Keene, 18, Clermont, was treated at West Union hospital and released.
Ten years ago Bath Packing Co announced a net operating loss of about $2.1 million for the fiscal year ending September 30.
Births announced from Mercy and St Luke's on Oct 16 include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Umstead in Cedar Rapids and two more sons to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Massow plus a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Quintin Davis in Scotch Grove. A string of local incidents details car fires, accidents, gas fluses, and miscalls with times ranging from 9:03 am to 7:36 pm Sunday and 1:17 am Monday, plus a 20 years ago Nobel Prize note for Albert Camus.
Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate Craig Hlas urged new leadership citing crime transportation and sewer issues as symptoms of a vision deficit. He proposed a municipal recycling center and collaboration with industry to cut odors and gases while pledging to return half of any raise to the community.
In custody Linn County deputies arrested Ricky L. Batcheller 19 Lisbon on West Main Street in Lisbon Sunday night. He faces charges of attempting to elude having no valid Iowa driver’s license and being absent without leave from the Army. Bond set at 250 dollars.
The National Federation of the Blind faces financial pinch after halting mass mailings of unordered ties and Christmas cards that previously grossed about 3.4 million dollars in 1976. Former director Kenneth Jernigan says the group must find new revenue or rely on member contributions, candy sales, and bequests.
Floyd Bergen, an eleven year veteran of Bergen city government and current planning administrative assistant, campaigns Friday for safety commissioner. He touts community development, city planning, zoning, federal grants, budgeting and public relations as a foundation while stressing he will work with council on sound policy and avoid impulsive decisions.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, publishes daily and Sunday from 00 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates include carrier $1.15 weekly and mail options with varying terms. no mail subscriptions in carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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