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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1975
Page
3
Humidity 77 percent and wind 6 mph at 10 pm. Moon rise and set times noted for Monday. Extended forecast calls fair Tuesday with chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday. highs in 70s and lows in 50s. Birth notices include St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals with multiple newborns to families in various streets and cities. several incidents list fires and alarms with locations and times.
Marjorie R Donohue 76 of 516 Twelfth Street SE died Saturday after a brief illness Born Oct 9 1898 near Covington she lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life Graduated from Mt Mercy academy Coe college and University of Iowa She taught in Benton and Linn counties later becoming principal at Fillmore and Eisenhower schools Services Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church Burial Mt Calvary Friends may call at Stewart funeral home Monday with rosaries for St Margarets circle Father Leonard and Mt Mercy alumni Obituaries also list Ellonora Sternad Olson Laura T Cabinett and others with service details and burial locations in nearby cemeteries
Dave Elder, publisher of the Washington Journal, has been elected president of the Iowa Daily Press Association at the 32nd annual clinic. He will succeed William L. Fahy of the Muscatine Journal as head of the 39 member group, with officers and directors named from several newspapers across the state.
Wanted office open 8 to 5 daily until noon Saturday.
Iowa Republican Chairman John C. McDonald urged state chairmen to build a modern Republican revolution by fielding candidates in every partisan race over the next 14 months. He emphasized strengthening grassroots organization and ensuring strong campaign support, while noting his pending resignation as advisory committee chairman on Sept. 15 and his election as national committeeman for Iowa.
Cedar Rapids police arrested two boys, ages 12 and 13, as they left the Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage at 3700 J Street SW after a break-in at about 7 p.m. Saturday. They were found with $35 in items including $17 cash, a cigarette lighter, stamps, keys, and buttons and were released to their parents.
Iowa labor leader James Wengert warned at the NFO convention against driving a wedge between farmers and laborers over the New Orleans longshoremen strike. He discussed fair grain pricing, free trade reservations, and safeguarding Soviet grain sales while noting the oil cartel impact on farm income. The convention elected directors, endorsed extended moratorium on corporate farm purchases, tax write-off limits for outsiders, and federal grain export inspection. A tribute was paid to W.W. Swaim and 276 attended.
The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy received a $114,418 Veterans Administration grant. The three year funding will establish a teaching center on drug based treatment of psychological problems.
Financial expert Sylvia Porter explains how to access loans grants scholarships and job programs to fund college. The five part Gazette series guides readers through federal state and private aid programs detailing need determination eligibility and the application timeline.
Edward Duling a 16 year old from rural Center Point was treated at St Luke s hospital and released after his car went into a creek on highway 151 north of Mid way at 251 a m Saturday. He apparently fell asleep while driving.
A series of short notices reports vandals damaging a car on Glassroad NE with $300 estimated losses, theft of $40 from a Wholesale Foods cash box, $300 clock damage, and bags of feed totaling $150 punctured. Other items note a stolen $180 tape player, $350 cash missing from a dresser, a Moravian Day charter bus, and community event announcements.
In a rambling front porch talk Miss Good claims a "wave of assassins" targets officials of Georgia-Pacific DowIndustries DuPont MCA Inc and unnamed lumber and auto firms over air and water pollution She praises Miss Fromme and asserts she and others want Nixon and Ford harmed while FBI agents raid her apartment and seize Manson letters The U S attorney notes the weapon involved is a 1914 Colt 45 owned by a private citizen and bond for Miss Fromme remains set at 1 million
Test Scores as Education Assn argues tests misalign with curricula and fail to measure true learning as students question their meaning. McKenna warns against overreliance in a computer age while McCandless defends tests as a measure of reasoning and college performance. He notes rising female postgraduate interest shaping test context.
Six drivers were arrested for alleged drunken driving late Friday night and early Saturday by Linn deputies, Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids police, and the Linn County sheriff's staff. Bonds ranged from 500 to 1,000 dollars. several defendants posted and were released. In Malaga Spain a Catholic priest was fined 9,000 dollars by the civil governor for criticizing Franco regime terror measures.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co lists pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions, including Night Edition and Sunday seven day rates, 52 week costs, and regional restrictions. The note states AP owns republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
Larry LeRoy Wolfe 18 was arrested at the Cedar Rapids police station after allegedly chasing a youth who ran to the rear door for help. Wolfe brandished a pop bottle and was restrained. charged with intoxication resisting possession of a controlled substance. He was held on a 1750 dollar bond.
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