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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1976
Page
12
A Saturday neighborhood project painted Mrs. Homer Walkers house at 416 Thirty-first Street NW after neighbors learned she faced a painting estimate. Gary Dekko of Plywood Minnesota donated the paint. other locals donated time. Mrs Walker has multiple sclerosis and has been bedbound or wheelchair bound for five years while Mrs Walker works at Collins Radio.
Tropical storm Kathleen eased across Southern California on Saturday after a day of heavy rain that killed at least three people in two states. The San Diego and Eastern Arizona Railway halted service along its entire line after a bridge collapse on Interstate 8 near El Centro. Palm Desert reported $4 million in damages as dikes breached and crops suffered widespread losses in the San Joaquin valley threatened by the storm.
Five Yugoslav air traffic controllers were detained for questioning after a mid air collision near Zagreb killed 176 people on a British Airways Trident 3 and a Yugoslav DC-9. Investigators suspect controller misjudgment of altitude as the cause amid recovered black boxes and impounded recordings.
The Ramada Inn at 5560 Sixth Street SW reports a third television stolen from a hotel room within a week. A $700 set was taken just before, with the thefts likely occurring Friday morning while the occupant was away. Police believe a master key may be used to access rooms.
A Marion man Douglas R. North rup is charged with grand larceny for the theft of a citizen band radio owned by Rudolph Alferts. Alferts reported the loss Friday. North rup was arrested at 9 30 p m Friday.
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz will appear in Des Moines and near Williamsburg. He speaks to the Federation of Republican Women at Fort Des Moines hotel at 2 p.m. and attends a fund raising dinner for Jim Leach at Colony Village in Little Amana at 7 p.m. Leach is the First district GOP candidate.
A Saturday tremor cascade rocked Udine Gemona and Trieste as seismologists logged intensities up to Mercalli VIII. Dozens hospitalized with broken bones and injuries after the strongest shocks since May. Rescue teams searched rubble while thousands fled homes across northern Italy and nearby Yugoslavia.
Seven people were arrested for drunk driving after late Friday into Saturday incidents. Michael C. Bottoms 18 and Gary C. Gaal 28 were involved in a two vehicle ride along on Tenth street SE before being stopped on Tenth avenue SE. Additional arrests included Jean Kotchen 37 at Blairs Ferry road NE and Fifth avenue Hiawatha Gerald W. Fowlery 58 Central City Karen A. Kirk 21 Center Point William L. Robinson 36 Iowa City and Larry D. French 24 Trenton Missouri.
Montessori Cedar Valley School will host a parent education talk at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 830 Fourth Ave SE. Public welcome. Numerous ads follow for services and events including travel tours, hair styling, carpet cleaning, and local sales.
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