Weather Summary for Cedar and Nearby Areas
No rain is forecast through Monday. Expect highs in the low 70s and overnight lows in the 50s. Cedar at C.R. reports 3.51 inches with a fall of .05 inches.
04 Sep 1975
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1975
Page
1
No rain is forecast through Monday. Expect highs in the low 70s and overnight lows in the 50s. Cedar at C.R. reports 3.51 inches with a fall of .05 inches.
Mercy 3 births a son for Mr and Mrs William William at 1423 Eleventh Street NW. St Luke's Sept 3 a daughter for Mrs Susan Holderness and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Rodney Larson route 3 Emerson Avenue NE. Several other births announced including a son for Mr and Mrs William Wyant and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Leo Cannon. At Iowa City a son for Dr and Mrs Roger Vogt route four Solon. Vogt’s mother is daughter of Kyle Fleisher. Then a long list of marriages and births across many families. Magistrate's Court fines listed for numerous individuals with amounts from 10 to 60 dollars and various traffic and equipment violations.
Nor ma Kiefer says a thief entered her locked upstairs bedroom while four children slept and stole two uncirculated 500 dollar bills a 300 dollar wedding ring set a 75 dollar watch and two late 1800s silver dollars from a jewelry case. He left breakfast items and signs of an untidy exit.
About 60 members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 205 at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo went on strike Thursday after labor talks failed to yield a new contract. Officials from Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. said the plant would continue normal operations and remain in NRC compliance while negotiators seek a settlement. the union spokesman said a one-year contract expired September 1.
Notices of Eleanor V. Johnston 56 of Garden Grove Calif widow of C Wilmer Johnston and former Cedar Rapids resident with service details and memorial fund. infant Melinda Rae Schulte. Artie M. Dunn death and survivors. multiple funeral services across Iowa including Monticello, Mechanicsville, Keota, Jordans Grove and Cant return.
Cedar Rapids safety commissioner James Steinbeck announced his bid for a second two year term. He notes past goals achieved and urges continued community cooperation. Steinbeck, 32, is a Navy veteran with degrees in law enforcement and sociology, and has worked in plant management and Cedar Rapids police. He and his family reside at 1412 Thirty sixth Street SE.
Two persons were injured in two accidents Wednesday and Thursday. Paula Jean McGrath, 28, of 129 Harriet avenue NW, is in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital after a one car accident at First avenue and Parkcourt SE. Officers said she was uncooperative but likely driving west on First avenue when she swerved struck a light pole. She suffered head injury and facial lacerations and was charged with failure to have control of her vehicle. Jennifer Crow, 6, of 3002 Second avenue SW, was treated for an ankle scrape and a bump on her head after reportedly running onto E Avenue NW near Edgewood road and a car ran over her foot. The car, driven west on Edgewood road by Mattie Louise Bright, 35, of 150 Westview drive NW, struck her foot. No charges were filed.
Virginia L. Pilcher a 12 year old resident of 515 Twelfth Street SE reported in a police report that while walking in the parking lot of the medical center in the 1000 block of Fifth Avenue SE a boy about 15 or 16 attempted to assault her. He asked for the time, followed, grabbed her by the neck and urged her to go then she escaped and ran to Immaculate Conception school.
Sen John Stennis broke with his long record of backing presidential vetoes to announce support for overriding the veto on price controls. The 1973 law expired August 31, leaving $5.25 a barrel for 60 percent of US oil while 40 percent sold at world market levels. Soviet oil output surpassed the United States in 1974, rising 9 percent to 3.4 billion barrels as US production fell 5 percent to 3.2 billion. OPEC’s annual output dipped from 11.3 to 11.2 billion barrels.
Kuwait oil minister Abdul Muttaleb el Kazemi says the Israeli Egyptian accord will not stop a predicted 10 percent oil price rise by OPEC at its next meeting. He cites inflation and exchange-market fluctuations, plus a trend to pause pricing for industrialized nations. Iran proposed a 20 percent rise while Saudi Arabia seeks a freeze and may veto it.
The proposed ordinance would empower the local rights commission to order compensation for humiliation and expense, extend jurisdiction to age and disability discrimination, and shift probable cause rulings to the director or a subcommittee, expediting investigations and hearings despite potential court challenges. The mayor and council reserved judgment and will seek legal department review before consideration.
Butz says grain shipments totaling 8.5 million metric tons to the USSR will not derail U.S. policy of full agricultural production. He warns late 1975 and early 1976 demand could lift retail prices about 1.5 percent, with 1975 overall food prices up 8 to 9 percent, while noting the USSR purchases seem not to alter livestock adjustments. Burns estimates up to 2.5 percent price rise. Butz seeks tighter federal supervision of grain inspection, while Damgaard cautions any federal takeover would be temporary.
U.S. Attorney Henry Schwarz asks the justice department to prosecute participants in a federally funded marijuana sex research project led by Dr Harris Rubin at Southern Illinois University Carbon Dale. The study uses a $121 000 grant to test whether marijuana use affects male sexual arousal with controlled viewing of erotic material and instructed arousal inhibition. Devices measure physiological response.
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