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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1976
Page
7
Marion firefighters and Marion volunteer firemen collect funds Friday through Monday door to door and at local supermarkets and drug stores and in front of the fire station. Call 377-8237 for details.
Five of Iowa's six House members joined the majority to block a cost of living pay raise for top officials in a 325 to 75 vote. Grassley praised the move as fiscal restraint while Pressler criticized it as a sham and warned of a possible automatic raise next January.
George Gaines a former quarry owner and operator in Mt. Vernon died recently. He retired in 1972 after more than 300 years in business. Survived by wife, son Robert four grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Services Friday at 1 30 pm at United Methodist Church Morgan's memorial fund.
President Ford and Atty. Gen. Edward Levi consider punishing FBI Director Clarence Kelley for gifts from senior FBI officials. Levi reserves judgment pending staff findings while Kelley defends the gifts as proper and not resigning. Gifts cited include a walnut table, a clock, an easy chair, and jewelry boxes valued at hundreds of dollars. officials debate whether values were inflated.
A 48 year old Cedar Rapids man treated at St Luke s hospital for injuries from a car motorcycle collision at E avenue and Fourth street NW. The rider Joe Harry Giulia Jr of Gordon Avenue NW was injured when a car driven by Randy Koch of Oxford failed to yield and struck the motorcycle at about 3 32 p m Koch was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
MIAMI UPI report says Jocko the monkey, living on the Hamrick five acre farm, was shot and killed. Mrs. Hamrick describes Jocko as more than a pet, like a young child. Neighbors discuss forming a vigilante committee to identify the shooter.
Washington will host the 11th annual Northwest Town Community Conference September 15 to 17 with U S representatives Morris Udall Brock Adams Richard Bolling and Rep Bedell among expected panelists on How Congress Works. City and county officials from 22 counties planned to attend as topics include revenue sharing and rural transportation.
Sharon Kearney of 1203 Sixth Street NW Cedar Rapids was found guilty of illegally obtaining Aid to Dependent Children payments by false statements for actions between 1969 and 1974. She was sentenced to three months in jail, suspended, and ordered to pay $6,000 restitution.
A Cedar Rapids man, Truman J. Newhard, 31, was in good condition at Mercy Hospital with a crushed collarbone and head bruises after a motorcycle crossed a street, went up a driveway, hit a sidewalk, and struck a building on 15th Street SE. Police say he lost control while turning onto Fifteenth Street from Sixteenth Avenue SE at about 7 40 pm Wednesday.
A Cedar Rapids woman on probation for drunken driving was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to a second offense. She received a suspended six month sentence on the second charge and her original deferred sentence was revoked. Other actions include Ri chard Sabins of Oskaloosa receiving 270 days with 230 suspended for a July 10, 1975 drunken driving offense. John Wedding of Marion had a drunken driving charge dismissed in the interest of justice. Several others pled guilty and received deferred sentences.
A second larceny charge was filed against 19 year old James F E Jackson of 422 Tenth Avenue SE. He allegedly snatched a purse from Messie Hughes on the 1600 block of J Street SW last August 20. Jackson was arrested on a warrant connected to a separate theft at a service station and held in Linn County jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
The Louvre Museum in Paris first opened to the public on November 8, 1793. The building traces to 1204 under King Philippe Auguste, originally a royal residence, with its art collection begun by Francis I in the 16th century.
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