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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1976
Page
12
Two directorship changes occur on the Marion Division Chamber of Commerce board. Jack Aldershof of Marion Heights Pharmacy replaces Joe Mazur who moves to Maquoteta, and Allen Wardenburg of Security Savings and Loan replaces Bill Reilly formerly of Farmers State Bank.
Marion Education Association in the Marion Independent district hosts a candidate night Thursday for school board candidates Ellen Adams the incumbent Randy Mahurin and Carolus Rothmeyer will speak and answer questions at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium ahead of next Tuesday's election.
Two men were injured in a one vehicle crash on Air Burnett road near Is ham drive. William Kemp 46 of 1365 Seventh street was in fair condition at Mercy hospital ICU with facial lacerations multiple fractures and a back injury. Wayne Struchen 26 of 195 Fifth avenue was in good condition at Mercy with multiple fractures and a head injury. Police said Struchen's pickup left the road hit an embankment. The accident remains under investigation.
In San Antonio Lloyd Bentsen greeted Pedro Vasquez during a campaign stop at the Menger hotel. At a news conference Vasquez questioned deportation policy and Bentsen said he would support stricter immigration funding. Vasquez, a Socialist Workers party member, will appear on the November ballot alongside Bentsen.
Paul Revere designed the first seal of the United Colonies and printed the first continental bond issue. On this date in 1940 the German Nazis began the London air blitz that Hitler expected to soften Britain for an invasion that never occurred.
The Ford administration shifts federal civil defense funding to nuclear attack preparedness, restricting matching funds for natural disasters. Congress maintained a nationwide Civil Defense budget of 82.5 million dollars for fiscal 1977 with 29.6 million for state and local matching, while program plans emphasize attack warning, control, radiation defense, and public information dissemination.
Six defendants were sentenced for drunk driving by the First Avenue division of the Linn County district court in Iowa. Beverly White received 60 days in jail with 30 days suspended for an August 9 offense. Four others pled guilty with deferred sentences. Additional actions included dismissing a July 15 drunk driving charge after a guilty plea on related charges and a separate assault and battery plea by Michael Bottoms with a $35 fine.
An independent research group calls for dismantling the LEAA and creating a private high level research center to study crime causes. The report says LEAA has distributed 4 billion to state and local police since 1968, without reducing crime. The center favors scholarly analysis over federal crime fighting.
Elkader residents escaped unharmed as a fire and explosion leveled most of a residence in the Reimer addition. Fire Chief George Miller estimated 65 000 to 70 000 dollars in damage with the home nearly destroyed and all belongings lost. Elkader was aided by Garber firefighters and a local firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation.
Legal notice of appointment of administrator for the estate of Robert D. Meyer deceased. The administrator orders creditors and interested persons to file claims by a specified date or be forever barred. Includes details of probate in the district court and warnings about payments and deadlines.
Cedar Rapids council minutes detail adjournment after a lengthy session with motions, appointments, and many resolutions. Items include bills approved, public hearings set, zoning petitions discussed, and actions on sewer, streets, and community center projects. The minutes note staff changes, including Dorothy Ross as Acting Clerk, and list numerous approvals and notices from August 24, 1976.
A lone gunman robbed the C and H gas station on highway 20 west of 3500 Sunday about 4 20 p m. He forced attendant Rocky Westemeier 16 to surrender cash then opened the safe and hit him. Westemeier was treated and released. Suspect described 9 inches tall 190 pounds blue T shirt blue jeans with dark brown curly hair.
Tulsa AP reports more than 3 400 people paddled and floated rafts along 9 4 miles of the Arkansas river for the fourth Great Raft Race. Crafts ranged from a single passenger tub to an 18 crew side wheel boat. Oldest rafter Helen King, 72, of Petaluma California captained a crew and played harmonica. Official results await Wednesday. Fastest class under one hour. Pokie Okie tubes about four hours. An all woman crew won best dressed for their minimal attire aboard Afternoon Delight. They credited beer and determination and said they would return next year.
William Foote, 71, longtime Hartford Courant editor and editorial writer, died Monday in West Hartford after a battle with cancer. He served as managing editor and editorial page editor, shaping coverage and opinion for decades.
Iowa lawmakers floated a performance audit bureau to probe Medicaid spending. Representative Linds Svoboda urged the concept, noting a $30,000 external study found Medicaid accounting largely sound but not sufficient to detect potential abuses. He argued the legislature should have a bureau to verify that agency spending meets stated goals.
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