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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1976

Page

3

Beatty Heads Cedar Rapids School Board For Third Term

H Edward Beatty was re elected to a three year term as Cedar Rapids School Board president. Balloting among board members gave Beatty five votes, Mary Ann Kucera one, with Gerber and Kucera tied. The board accepted Linn County supervisors election declaration and auditor's report noting minor improvements and closer controls for inventories. The budget for year ending June 30 1875 shows revenues 26 363 201 dollars and expenditures 25 745 901 with a fund balance of 2 668 187.

H. Edward Beatty Cedar Rap- Feet Ne Beatty Ad’ Mary‘ Ann’ Kucera Uaniracus Atten Laureen Gerber Kitera Wayne Howes Linn County Supervisors Gerber Kucera Floser Invento TY Food Service Department Aecounting

Auto Strike Negotiators Not Optimistic

DETROIT AF reports the United Auto Workers and Ford opened formal contract talks Monday for a three year accord. Talks recessed after a brief session with no progress cited and negotiations paused on wages health care pensions and paid days off. A union source said discussions showed nothing significant. Also notes a typhoon lashed Micronesia with damages estimated in the millions.

Detroit United Auto Workers Ford

Agenda for Opening of 31st UN General Assembly

The United Nations opens its 31st session in New York with key topics including apartheid in South Africa, independence delays for Namibia, a push for anti terrorism measures, and a possible re election of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. The assembly plans to elect a new president and admit Seychelles as the 145th member while examining Israel's role in occupied territories.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. General Assembly Africa Kurt Waldheim U.S Anaksinar Shirley Armerasinghe Sri Lanka Gaxton Thorn Luxembourg Seychelles Indian Ocean Southern Africa South Africa Henry Kissinger Assembly Security Council Namibia Mideast U.N Special Committee Israel West Bank Jordan River Caza Strip United Nations Palestine Liberation Organization Waldheim West Germany Pail Cal

British Ships Collide Sink. Divers Search for 10

British and Dutch divers probed the sunken 360 ton minesweeper Firthutan after a collision with the 2,300 ton frigate Mermaid off the Dutch coast. Ten British naval reservists feared entombed, two crewmen and 32 survivors recovered. Mermaid sustained only minor damage and no casualties.

London Royal Navy FitUetan

YMCA Final Open House Schedule Details

The central YMCA announces final open house sessions for adults with activities available Wednesday afternoon and evening. Coed fitness class at 8 pm and 7 pm, aquacises at 9 30 am and 6 30 pm, coed racquetball at 10 am and 7 30 pm, women's tennis at 10 30 am, coed yoga, scuba diving, and judo sessions offered throughout the event.

Central Ymca Larryctivities Yefit Sie Epister Wes Les

Salmon Recovered and Campaigning for U S Senate

Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon returns to the campaign trail after recovering from viral pneumonia. He seeks the U S Senate seat held by incumbent Republican Robert Stafford, following a Democratic primary victory the previous week amid his doctors' remarks on his condition.

Bellows Vermont Thomas Salmon U.S. Senate Robert Stafford Horrow

Trespassers Trample Fields Looking for Psychedelic Mushrooms

On Ebey Island Washington farmers report thousands of tiny mushrooms growing in fields as trespassers search for psychedelic Psilocybe species. Brown estimates hundreds of youths ignore keep out signs with 28 cars and a bus spotted nearby last Sunday. Mushroom fans claim effects resemble LSD including time and space distortion.

Ebey Island Wash Farmer Brown Fdas Murph Brown Brown Andy

Faust Movers By Limited Presa Internati

The spisietuit swift clocked at 219.8 miles per hour per tour and the Peregrine Falcon reached 180 mph.

Faust Presa Internati

Art Wilson to present Maritime Canada film at Chamber meeting

Art Wilson veteran travel lecturer will screen Maritime Canada for Chamber of Commerce civic bureau members. The film highlights scenery and industry of the maritime province and will be shown after 6 pm with dinner at the Coliseum factory. Reservations encouraged by telephoning 3645136.

Art Wilson Maritime Canada Chamber of Commierce Civic Bureau Maritime Province Coliseum Farmory

Rams Misses Red Light In Fog Crash Kills 18

In Yugoslavia the successor to the Orient Express ran a red light in heavy fog and collided with a local commuter train in the northwest. Eighteen people died including 14 passengers and four crew. Forty were seriously injured on the local train.

Ljubljana Yugoslavia UPI Orient Express Northwestern

Swedish Premier To Remain As Caretaker

Premier Olof Palme agreed to stay on as caretaker for two more weeks after his Social Democratic government was defeated in parliament. His resignation ends 1 year of Social Democratic rule and the era of high living standards, cradle to grave welfare, bureaucracy, and high taxes, with the non socialist coalition expected to bring limited rapid changes.

Stockholm Sweden UPI Olof Palme Palme

Court Action Pledged in Dog Tag Crackdown

Cedar Rapids animal warden Cluck Lockhart warned on Monday that unlicensed dogs past the July 1 deadline face court action. Owning an unlicensed dog is a misdemeanor with fines up to 25 dollars and 30 days in jail. Licenses remain available at the county auditor or city shelter with city 2 dollar dog licenses and county rates varying by sex. It is cheaper to license than to risk court penalties.

Cluck Lockhart Cedar Rapids Lockhart

Gillette reports possible foreign payments to officials

Gillette Co. disclosed a company report stating foreign units made questionable payments totaling 400,000 to government officials, possibly all to foreign officials. The firm did not identify the units or recipients. A private probe found no questionable payments to U.S. government officials and the report was turned over to the SEC.

Boston The Gillette Co Gillette United States U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Tank Battles Continue in Lebanon Amid Urban Fronts

In Beirut and surrounding mountains factions clashed with tank battles spanning southern suburbs and near Tripoli. Reports say Christian and Syrian forces bombarded northern Moslem port areas and refugee camps. A spokesman attributed daybreak fighting to spread into Elin Rumumaneh and Chiys as street fighting and rocket mortar exchanges intensified. Hospital sources cite about 90 killed and 13 wounded overnight.

Beirut Lebanon Tripoli Mosterr Alliance Moxie Elin Rumumaneh Chiys

Pension bill boosts veterans benefits to Ford era levels

The Senate passed legislation to raise veterans pensions by 7 percent beginning January 1 for about 4 million veterans and 18 million dependents, with an 8 percent increase for disability and survivor benefits starting October 1. The measures, totaling roughly $413 million now and $393 million next fiscal year, were approved by roll call votes and sent to the House.

Washington Ford Senate House Voida Utes

Motorist Kills Lion on Bergamo Highway

Franco Mattel driving on the Bergamo Nilsan highway struck and killed a lion that had escaped from a truck. The animal reportedly fled a zoo overflow area and wandered onto the road, where the incident occurred.

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Theatrical Show Schedule for Tuesday Iowa

A compact listing of cinema and stage times across multiple theaters including Plaza Eastown Collins Twin West Twin East and Marion. Featured films include The Outlaw Josey Wales Murder by Death The Phantom of the Paradise and The Gumball Rally with various showings noted by theater and time.

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