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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1977
Page
3
Memorial services are scheduled at 2 30 p m Sunday in Cherry Auditorium on the Coe College campus. The Gazette Friday carried an incorrect day.
Iowa deaths report for Wyoming-Hertha Levsen age 81 with service at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Methodist Church and visitation from 1 p.m. Sunday at Hayden's. Also Anna Spenser age 87 with service at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Mennonite Church burial at Lower Deer Creek Cemetery and visitation after 9 a.m. Sunday at George L. Gay Funeral Home in Iowa City.
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce and the Rockwell International Collins Group received 1977 Energy Conservation Awards from the Iowa Energy Policy Council. The awards followed a Chamber board meeting noting Operation Native Talent, new board member election, and the annual dinner chair appointment.
The Junior Achievement program with an all time enrollment over 700 opens its first JA store on the main floor at Armstrong's. It will sell products from JA companies and student created arts and crafts. Store hours vary by day and additional JA Day activities are planned at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City with future officer elections and adviser support from Farmers State Bank of Marion.
Three Cedar Rapids Unity Center members dropped a suit against Elizabeth Edwards in Linn District Court after agreeing the allegations were a misunderstanding. The filing states Edwards has no plan to divert church sale proceeds from religious uses and notes a church board sought to sell property to fund new facilities and a future minister.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded in 1883 prints daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier and mail options with various weekly and yearly prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
U S District Judge Edward J McManus denied reducing or vacating 50 year terms for Robert and Crystal Unger of Waterloo who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a two month old child and transporting the infant across state lines. The judge declined the motions but ordered transcripts at government expense.
Sherry Small, 24, of Hiawatha, remained in serious condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a morning collision on Collins Road NE and Ozark Street. The motorcycle rider struck a car driven by Clifford Gott, 69, Center Point, who was charged with failure to yield. Small suffered multiple injuries.
Proposals include banning calls to those who opt out, charging advertisers for removing opted-out numbers, flagging solicitations in switching systems, requiring disclosure of business and author before pitches, limiting dialing device types, allowing discounted rates for autodialers, and exempting noncommercial solicitations from final rules.
A rash of burglaries in a northwest Cedar Rapids neighborhood Friday led police to discover six break ins near Sue Lane Auburn Drive Clive Drive and Julia Anne Drive NW with more reports expected. Neighbors reported a light on in an empty house prompting checks. thieves ransacked homes looking for small valuables after breaking windows. no arrests were made.
Weather and local notices report a high Friday sky conditions show 0.78 precipitation, barometer rising, humidity 74 percent, wind ESE at 8 mph. Sunrise 7 28, sunset, births in St Luke's and Mercy hospitals, multiple marriage licenses, and several accidents and nuisance calls logged in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Mary J. Catron and David L. Dudley, both of 1500 Blairs Ferry Road NE, held on $10,000 bail each for two counts of forgery. Investigating officers linked them to two check forgeries totaling 318 and 95 dollars at Hy Vee on Mount Vernon Road SE. On this date in 1953 France granted independence to the Indo China kingdom of Laos.
President Carter outlined oil and agriculture positions during a Des Moines visit. He argued price setting lies with OPEC, criticized profit voices, and defended farm policies while praising Iowa’s economy and the new farm bill. He noted support from local leaders and addressed a brief climate of protest before leaving for a hotel work-rest period.
Unemployed shipwright John Chambers launches a campaign to raise 31500 for a Beatles statue near the Cavern Club site. A London donor adds 875 to start funds while Councillor McVeigh dismisses the idea as a nonstarter, and the City Council weighs a change of heart amid public sentiment.
President Carter told a Des Moines audience that the United States and the Soviet Union will reach a new strategic arms limitation treaty within a few weeks though he cautioned the timing was not firm. Protesters shouted Stop the neutron bomb as he spoke.
President Jimmy Carter met W W Diehl and his farming guests at Diehl’s Indianola home after speaking at Des Moines Jefferson Jackson Day events. Carter plans to meet Iowa farmers Saturday to assess the farm situation. He arrived carrying a suitcase and suit bag, wearing shirt sleeves.
The group formed in Jacksonville in 1973 taking its name from Leonard Skinner. They built a three guitar lineup touring across the South with the Allman Brothers Band and others, logging 200 shows yearly. Their peak came with One More From The Road selling over a million copies, while Street Survivors released shortly before the crash sold about 500,000.
In Gillsburg Mississippi a charter plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed after running low on fuel killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant Cassie Gaines and Steve Gaines and four others. Twenty aboard injured. Attendees planned a vote on continuing to fly the aircraft. Survivors include Allen Collins Gary Rossington Arion Pyle Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell with varying conditions.
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