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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1976
Page
3
Extended forecast clear to partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the 70s and 80s and lows in the 50s. Birth announcements list several newborns including sons and daughters born to families in Monticello Alburnett and Cedar Rapids area along with times and locations of incidents and traffic fines noted in the day’s public record.
Washington IA C R Man Bevenour testifies before the Senate Small Business Committee urging federal guidance for state corrective laws, including a statute of limitations for product liability suits. He notes rising costs force self insurance, cites two Iowa companies with surging premiums, and argues reforms could lower consumer prices.
Michael White, 29, of Waterloo, indicted by a Cedar Rapids federal court grand jury on two counts involving possession of stolen mail and forgery of a $67 Treasury check. He appeared before a U.S. magistrate in Waterloo Thursday with a tentative trial date set for Sept. 29 in Cedar Rapids federal court.
A 20 year old Cedar Rapids woman Joyce Swearingen suffered possible neck injuries in a two vehicle collision at the corner of Third avenue and Sixth street SE around 9 40 a m Friday. She was northbound on Sixth crossing Third when her car hit Gary McMains 29 of Blairstown eastbound on Third. McMains car spun once but did not strike others. Swearingen was taken to St Luke s hospital for evaluation Friday morning.
Orlie Workman, a Democrat, receives endorsement from the COPE committee of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Craig Hoepner, president of the local, says COPE found Workman a valuable asset to Linn County citizens. The local union represents Collins Radio Group and Hauschild Manufacturing employees.
Obituary notices list Lilian R. Buss 90 of Cedar Rapids and Amy Wolfe 73 of Columbia Mo among several local death notices. Also announced are Farley Margaretta Streif 99 and Frank Engelk en 83 with funeral details, plus multiple memorials for local residents in varied towns.
Linn county supervisors filed suit against David E. and Catherine Karr and Clarence O. and Florence E. Hiepler to bar continued mobile home use on their properties. The county claims the parcels do not meet farm exemptions from zoning as they lack the 30 acre minimum, and the Hieplers face contempt over junk vehicle accumulation per an injunction.
Robert Ransom a former Linn County Rural Electric Co op accountant and office manager now living in Jefferson City Missouri was indicted by a Cedar Rapids federal grand jury on a five count fraud plan accusing him of embezzling 4703 dollars. He allegedly prepared false financial reports for the Rural Electrification Administration to hide the losses and submitted four semi annual reports plus another for 1972 to 1975. Ransom was arrested in Missouri and due to appear Monday before a U S magistrate in Kansas City.
U S Attorney announces a major Dubuque check theft ring dismantled with a 21 count federal indictment naming Susan Feltz of Rockford Illinois and Dubuque twins Katherine Jellison and Suzanne Engler among the defendants. Juvenile co conspirators include an 11 year old. Charges cover possession of stolen mail forgery interstate transportation of forged checks and conspiracy. Indictment follows a year long probe into widespread check thefts since February 1975 with thousands of dollars stolen. Jellison faces 17 counts Engler 12 and Feltz 3. Jellison and Engler appeared in Dubuque and were released on their recognizance. Feltz to be arraigned in Illinois. Interstate transport of stolen property occurred last October.
An 18 year old Cedar Rapids man, Randy S Lefebvre of 2145 Evergreen Street NE, was treated and released at St Luke's hospital after a motorcycle collided with a car at Center Point and Glass roads NE. The crash occurred at 8 25 p m when Lefebvre tried to turn onto Glass road from Center Point road and was struck by a car driven by Juanita M Trebes of 1532 Sierra Drive NE. Trebes 31 was charged with failure to yield at a stop intersection.
About $1,100 damage occurred to road equipment at a construction site on Highway 30 south of Cedar Rapids between Tuesday night and Thursday. Russell G. Rhinehart, Victor, reported damage to two tractors and a bulldozer owned by Iowa Erosion Co. Victor.
Lawmakers and the executive grappled with a new facility amid overcrowding. A late hour compromise proposed 1.3 million dollars for a medium security unit and offered Ray three options including converting local schools and purchasing a campus. Critics called the plan piecemeal and temporary.
The legislature approved a funding package that falls short of the projected costs for proposed options, pushing Governor Ray to consider building 20 on the Mount Pleasant MHS grounds. Earlier talks suggested closing Mt Pleasant MHI in favor of a larger, 500 inmate institution, sparking southeast Iowa opposition over care disruption for about 800000 residents. The social services department warned closing Mt Pleasant could lower mental health care levels statewide.
The plan raises the estate tax exemption to a credit near 120 666 in 1977 rising to 175 625 by 1981, with spouses gaining an extra 250 000 or half the estate. It trims generation skipping trusts and tightens real estate and farming shelters while boosting credits for nonitemizers and expanding child care and alimony relief. The bill also tightens sick pay and rental home deductions, reforming capital gains to curb speculation with a 12 month holding rule and limited offset of gains by losses.
The Times CBS poll shows Carter ahead of Ford by about four to three among independents and moderates, with Ford strongest among the well to do Republicans white Protestants and conservatives. Carter leads statewide, especially in the South and East, while undecideds rise. Carter campaigned in Illinois Wisconsin and Chicago with unity urged ahead of a close race.
Republican candidate Darrell Slabaugh will ride 56 miles Saturday across the Twenty fifth district to inspect biking trails and farm-to-market roads. The route starts in Lisbon at 7 a.m. and ends with a pork barbecue at Twin View Heights docks near Solon, with food served 4 to 8 p.m. He will visit Mt. Vernon Cedar Rapids Ely Shueyville Swisher North Liberty and Solon. bikers are invited to join.
A former Cedar Rapids man living in California was indicted by a federal grand jury in Cedar Rapids on transport of stolen property. Joseph Hodesshell named. Timothy Morrissey to plead guilty. They allegedly planned a book titled The Paper Place about the scheme to move $25,000 worth camera videotape gear from Denver to Mount Vernon.
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