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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1977
Page
3
Obituaries list Helen Adamson and Lyle Trokosh deaths with survivors in multiple states. Graveside rites planned for Greenfield Iowa. Other notices include Mary Brunkan Anamosa Ethel Wallace Watkins and Grace Schloeman death details and funeral plans across Cedar Rapids region.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors and county care review board will convene at 3 p.m. Friday at the county care facility to examine alleged clashes between faculty administration and former employees. Resignations include Betty Ockenfels and Drs. Steven Karber and Francis Hill amid harassment claims. The meeting may address employee on duty gaps, tuberculosis record mix ups, and related charges.
Two Cedar Rapids complainants obtained back pay totaling more than $12,000 in conciliations announced by the Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission. One case ends an over-year dispute with Marlene Jo Garrison and Harnischfeger Corp after a May 1976 complaint alleging sex and race discrimination.
The Independent Order of Foresters sponsors benefit games and a dance at the VFW Hall to aid multiple sclerosis efforts. Events start 6:30 PM with a 9 PM dance by the Midnight Cowboys. admission is 2.50. Also notes enlistments, promotions, and local church rummage sale details appear in brief notices.
The notorious hijacking began when Hannan, known as Mike, boarded a jet in Grand Island Nebraska with a sawed off shotgun. He released most passengers in Kansas City and Atlanta then shot himself after allowing Stewart to join negotiations. Passengers recalled him as calm and not threatening.
Police chief Gareth Clift says there is no justification for the brutality charge in a complaint filed by Steve McNeal, who alleges he was beaten by three officers at Linn County Jail after a drunken driving arrest. The investigation found no intentional harm and noted a non deliberate chair fall. McNeal awaits possible further action while joining another complainant before the Iowa Civil Liberties Union.
Linn County auditor Merle Kopel demands Cedar Rapids pay past court costs dating to 1973 totaling an estimated 80 000 to 100 000 not including interest He vows to take hard nosed action if the city defies the ruling seeking contempt of court charges as the appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court lingers.
A former Korean CIA chief testified that Rep. Richard Hanna urged naming Tongsun Park as middleman for U.S. rice purchases to funnel commissions to influence Congress. Hanna pleaded innocent to bribery charges as trial set for January.
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