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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1975
Page
3
Extended forecast shows a chance of rain Friday then fair Saturday and cloudy Sunday. Highs reach the upper 50s to mid 60s with lows in the mid 30s to low 40s. Coralville Lake pool level Wednesday Cedar at C R 13, 2.96 and steady.
Birth announcements from Mercy St dates Oct 28 and St Luke's Oct 28 list families Wag ner Caraway Bliss Luedeman McCleary Burbridge Guenther Pash Pelley Sykes Palmer Lundstrum Ehresman Bowers Washburn Ardoin Behn Weston Erhardt with times. Police and fire incidents follow with nuisance calls sprinkler system spills and leaves. Dozens fined for various infractions including Gary Thompson and others with amounts from 20 to 80 dollars.
The College Community school board accepted an $8 000 verbal offer from Shueyville town council to buy the old school building and grounds, pending funding. The PER board approved a bargaining unit for teachers nurses librarians and other district professionals and will set an election date. The board approved a $2 172 replacement central sound console for Prairie High and a $4 063 wrestling mat from Barron Bremner. A three year renewal of legal liability insurance costs $2 860 with Northwestern National Insurance Co.
Second avenue SE between Thirteenth street and Nineteenth street will be resurfaced with work starting Thursday and lasting about five days. Traffic will be reduced to minimum lanes. During the south half work all side streets between Second and Third avenues will close. during the north half, side streets between First and Second avenues will close. It Pays To Advertise.
The House rejected a bill to raise the national debt ceiling, sending the issue back to the Ways and Means Committee. A $20 billion increase proposal would raise the ceiling to $597 billion through March 31, 1976, with no immediate action. If not acted, the ceiling would drop from $577 billion to $400 billion on November 15.
Deaths include Emma Ida Winter life long Cedar Rapids resident widow of Charles An drew Winter died in Morton Illinois after long illness Born October 31 1886 in Stanwood married 1935 in Cedar Rapids member of Central Park Presbyterian Cedar Chapter OES Social Order of Beauceant former Armstrongs employee services Saturday Turner Chapel East burial Cedar Memorial visitors welcome Cedar Rapids resident Mary Ann Nemecek age 33 died after long illness born September 27 1942 married February 11 1964 den mother of Cub Scouts survived by husband two children and parents Cedar Memorial burial plans indicate services Friday at Turner East then Cedar Memorial Visitation details Forne r Marie Larson Jones funeral details at Turner East with burial at Delaware cemetery Other notices list Freeman Sarah E Delhi-Logina Reth Maquoketa John Thede Garrison Marcella Grimm Howard M Peet Wilfred E Barber Hud son-Rimer Park View temple Lisbon area obituaries include many others with funeral and burial details.
A 62 year old Cedar Rapids woman, Emma Parizek, sues Victor and Joan Alexander and Thorp Credit Co. in Linn district court seeking repayment of about 42685.20 plus 75000 in punitive damages. She alleges she was coerced into a house loan scheme, moved into the Alexanders home, and was later left in substandard housing while the defendants obtained loans and mortgages.
Larry Chapman pled guilty in magistrate court to criminal trespass at 508 C avenue NW Cedar Rapids. The Gazette corrects an earlier report that claimed he admitted entering the Ostrander residence and notes the correction of the record.
Edward J. Prochaska of Hiawatha filed in Linn District Court challenging his speeding conviction. He argues the city ordinance was not entered into evidence and claims Iowa law requires prosecution under city ordinances to include ordinance evidence. Prochaska faced a 56 mph in a 25 zone citation on Robins Road dated Sept. 26.
President Ford cautioned that a city default could cause temporary hardships for the financial sector but stressed the burden should not be borne by the public. He warned against overspending and warned of a national reckoning if deficits continue, urging responsibility to prevent spread to the nation.
AMREP Corp and two subsidiaries plus seven others face 70 counts of mail fraud over Rio Rancho Estates sales. Indictment says buyers were told of a master plan but faced an exceptionally poor investment with little resale potential over a 14 year history. Conviction could bring up to five years per count and fines up to $5 000 per count.
The case centers on loose steering bolts causing a crash in which Ju dith Kilmer, owner of the car, faces questions about driving fault. Holmquist seeks damages for medical costs and lost earnings, while the defense cites bolt torque readings and a Volkswagen recall note to argue unintended steering failure and speed at impact.
General Motors posted third quarter earnings of 243 million dollars, a near fifteenfold rise from a year earlier, as record sales reached 8.3 billion dollars for July to September. Chrysler meanwhile suffered a 79 million dollar loss, its fifth straight quarterly deficit, with optimism for a modest Q4 profit.
Alabama Governor George Wallace will announce his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on November 12. Wallace, returning from Europe, warned that New York City's financial default could endanger the world economy and said he does not support a federal bailout at this time. he plans to compete in most Democratic primaries except New Hampshire.
Senator Claiborne Pell warns in Cambridge that the United States risks diplomatic overextension and should not mediate every dispute. He says the U S cannot be the world s policeman nor always the world s peacemaker or broker.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat lands in New York and, with Mayor Beame absent, is greeted by Daniel Moynihan at the United Nations. Beame’s refusal followed Egypt support for a U.N. resolution labeling Zionism a form of racism. Sadat urged renewed Geneva talks and PLO participation.
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