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2 The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Dec. 8. 1977 C. R. ice rinks aren 't ready yet Vital statistics Births St.

Luke's Dec. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Marti, 1107 Wilder Drive SE, a daughter; Mr.

and Mrs. Daniel B. Long, 1618 1 Ave. NE, a son; Mr. and Mrs.

Gary L. Schellhorn, 2790 McGowan Marion, a son; Mar-cia Wagner, 1517 Fifth Ave. SE, a daughter; Cynthia Sattizahn, 1222 Second Ave. SE, son. Weather elsewhere" High temperatures Thursday, low temperatures overnight, inches of precipitation: -5 L.A 47 51 Atlonto 49 .17 Miami 76 74 Bismarck 0 -21 Mpls 14 12 .02 Chicago 25 -5 .57 N.0rleans....8 64 Denver 32 0 .02 New 31 .07 Duluth 13 4 .06 Phoenix 78 Honolulu 83 71 Seattle 36 33 Houston 76 51 Washington.

37 34 .04 School boards ask court for bargain ruling DES MOTNES The Iowa Association of School Boards Wednesday filed a brief with the Iowa Supreme Court arguing that school boards have the right to insist on open sessions when negotiating with teachers and other employees. The case is an appeal by the Burlington school board, which seeks open negotiations with its teachers. The teachers have refused. While state officials have interpreted the open meetings law to force closing negotiations unless both parties agree to meet in public, the IASB claims when exempted from the open meetings law, negotiations fall under other laws in effect in Iowa. These laws, the IASB claims give the decision to the school boards, as elected officials.

snow Sunday, clearing Monday with more snow forecast for Tuesday. Cold Sunday with highs mostly in the teens and lows zero to 10 below. A little warmer Monday and Tuesday with highs in the 30s. Lows Monday 0 to 10 and lows Tuesday in the teens. Traveler's forecast Saturday Bismarck Cloudy -6-17 Chicago Snow 105 Cincinnati Sunny 1510 Cleveland.

Sunny 102 Des Moines Cloudy 82 Detroit PtCldy 145 Indianapolis PtCldy 85 Kansas City Snow 2016 Milwaukee Cloudy 105 Paul Cloudy 0-2 PtCldy 116 St. Louis Snow 1410 Sioux Falls PtCldy 2-10 C.R. weather High 16 Low overnight -7 10 a.m. ri a -7 2.10 Precipitation .21 Total for Dec 89 Normal for Dec 1.49 Normal through Dec 35.58 Total for 1977 34.21 Barometer, falling 30.32 Humidity at 10 a.m 54 presem ume to gei any type of snow removal equipment on the lagoons to clean off the snow and slush. Until the snow can be removed, the ice will not cure sufficiently for rink preparation.

These two lagoons are extremely unsafe and the public is asked to stay off them. The Jones lagoon is also unsafe and the public should remain off. The slush and ice cover is approximately the same as the other lagoons, but not quite as severe. At this time there is no estimate as to when the. lagoons might be ready for skating.

For the tobogganers, Jones Park toboggan runs are ready and waiting. Drifted snow has been removed and the runs will be kept clear and ready for use. As a reminder, the runs are lighted and supervised and there are heated rest rooms. Weekend hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturdays and 1 to 9 p.m. on Sundays. The Recreation Department plans to prepare a winter sports area report for each Friday's Gazette, updating and giving locations of usable areas and their conditions. Wind direction and velocity at 10 a.m., WNW at 23 gusts to 38 Degree days mph. Thursday 58 Sun rises Saturday, sun sets, Total to date 1,659 Through Dec.

8, 1976 2,055 Year ago today High, 38, low, Percent of normal year 25.0 3, precipitation, none. Total n0rmal year 6,631 Extended forecast Chance of Suspect freed murder probe Star said today, "As far as we know she wasn't working on anything for which anvnne would want to do her Miss Wortmann's roommate, "is seclusion," said Van Buskirk. He Would not release her name, The Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission this morning issued the following information concerning the winter sports areas under their supervision: Spraying and rink maintenance is under way at the Arthur site on the northeast side, at Bever Park on the southeast side and Apache on the northwest side. They report conditions are far from ideal for the preparation and building of an ice rink; it be a minimum of one week before these areas will be ready for skating. The public has been asked to stay off the areas with skates, sleds or anything else until they are ready.

The three lagoon skating rinks Noelridge, Lou Dennis and Jones have been checked and borings have been made to determine ice thickness. At Lou Dennis and Noelridge the ice thickness varies from around y2 inch to approximately 2 inches; there is approximately 1 inch of slush and, as of this morning, between 8 and 12 inches of snow. They report there is no way at the when informed of the violations, was similar in each case. "The treasurer admits that he goofed. He's going to do it today; I'll have it filed by noon," said Bergen this morning.

Bergen, who was elected public safety commissioner and will be. in charge of the Police Department, among others, seemed particularly embarrassed about the mistake. "When you're elected to enforce the law, you hate to break it," he said. Neither Smith nor Oberthien could be reached for immediate comment, but the treasurers of their campaign committees both indicated they would file the required material as soon as possible. "No, I didn't know," said Smith's treasurer, Michael Pernicka, 2649 Indian Hill Road SE.

"We can get one in right away." Oberthien's treasurer, Norma Cooper, 2730 A Ave. NE, said the weather has prevented her from filing the final report. "I'm aware of it, but I've only been at work one day this week, and I had so many things to do that I didn't get it done," she said. She said the report will be filed as soon as possible and asked if any legal penalties are involved. Told they exist but aren't likely to be assessed, she said with a chuckle, "Well, I'm a legal secretary, so I know where I Car, bus collide, car driver charged ON THIS DATE in 1974, John Ehrlichman testified at the Watergate cover-up trial that President Richard Nixon had been responsible for the cover-up.

from page 1: filed the required preliminary reports, but not the final one. The necessary reports appear to be on file from the other candidates Donald Canney, Richard Phillips and Hal Schaefer, all incumbents who were re-elected as well as from Safety Commissioner Ed Col-ton, who was defeated in the primary by Bergen and Oberthien. That tends to support the comments made by Bill Schneider, Linn County deputy auditor. He pointed out the law is relatively new (it was adopted by the 1973 session of the Legislature), and many candidates aren't aware of all its provisions. "I think the candidates are becoming more familiar with it," he said.

"I think, in particular, the incumbents are, because they've dealt with it before." In the 1973 and 1975 elections there were several apparent violations, some by incumbents, but tardy compliance was permitted without penalty. Schneider said the "willfully" is a significant word when considering code violations. "That's the thing nobody willingly neglects these," he said. "It's because they forget, mostly." While the wording of the law and the way it is enforced provides leeway for oversights, it has also led to some criticism from people who say the law has no teeth and is of limited value against candidates who want to conceal financial information. By Tom Alex Gazette staff writer Kansas City police have released the only man arrested in connection with the slaying of a former Cedar Rapids woman, authorities said to- day.

Police refused to release the name of the individual. But Sgt. Gary Van Buskirk of the Kansas City, Police Homicide Division, said there is another suspect in the case. He would not elaborate. Authorities are investigating the slaying of Beverly Wortmann, 24, a 1975 graduate of Coe College.

She was found on her bed in her Kansas City apartment Wednesday, stabbed to death. Officials said she was fully clothed, wearing her coat and gloves. Asked if he had any theories as to a motive in the slaying, Van Buskirk said, "We don't have theories. We don't believe in theories because they have a tendency to give you tunnel vision. People who work on theories often try too hard to prove their own theories instead of the truth." Sources said Miss Wortmann had been stabbed 19 times and her throat had been slashed.

She was a reporter and photographer for a weekly newspaper in Blue Springs, a Kansas City suburb. A reporter for the Kansas City Thousands of schools use the newspaper as a primary teaching tool! Featuring Out-of-town birth At Omaha, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moran, a daughter, Dec.

6. Mrs. Moran is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P.

Hennessey, 207 Crandall Drive NE. Marriage licenses Stephen J. Smith and Debra A. Baker, both of Cedar Rapids. Roger L.

Scriven and Janet Hutchison, both of Marion. Marriages dissolved Clifford J. and Debra A. Paxton. Debra L.

and Robert G. Spaight. Joyce C. and Johann Aschenbrenner. Fires 7:33 a.m.

Thursday. Check smoke detector at 6800 Stoneybrook Lane NE. 8:03 a.m. Thursday. Backfire through carburetor at Avenue and Edgewood Road NW.

8:50 a.m. Thursday. Resuscitator call at Collins Radio, Building 106. 9:34 a.m. Thursday.

Malfunction of alarm system at 1710 16th St. SE. 9:47 a.m. Thursday. Possible defect In wiring at 221 Fourth St.

NW. 5:44 a.m. Friday. Mistaken alarm at 400 Eighth St. SE.

hit a car stopped for a traffic light. That car was driven by Howard Penn, 54, of 337 26th St. NW. The mishap occurred at 6:50 a.m. today.

No pledges, no money WASHINGTON (AP) The Department of Health, Education and Welfare announced today it is telling 22 school districts and small colleges that they won't receive any federal money for new programs after Jan. 8 bfcause t0 pieages noi 10 aiscnminaie againsi WOmen It is the first time the Carter administration has moved to cut off funds under a five-year-old law that bans sex discrimination in federally aided educational institutions. No schools or colleges cited were in Iowa. tff full, full shape perfectly-shaped branches extra-strong branches to hold all decorations 6 Ft. BAVARIAN PINE I Reg.

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Bergen apparently spent most money NO NEEDLE MESS! A traffic accident involving a city bus left one man injured, but the driver of the bus and the passengers were not hurt, police said. Police charged Arthur Mason, 59, of 287-B 13th St. NE, with making an improper left turn at the intersection of First Avenue and Fifth Street NW, after the car he was driving hit the northbound bus driven by Mi- chael Hammond, 25, of 2050 Glass Road NE. Mason was treated for minor injuries at Mercy Hospital and released. Police said the Mason vehicle also THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE EUoMMMd hi MU by Hit OwtW Company and putrilHwd oollv and tuMay at HO Thim Ayr SE, Odor Roptot, lowa, 5904.

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No mall tubtcnptlont accoptad In oraai having Gazotta carrlor otryica. Tnt AssoclaM Cross is ontltlsd exclusively to mt ust for ropuollcatlon el oil tho local news printed In this newspaper as well as oil AP news dispatches. flame-retardant t4 green color Have A Fire-Free Christmas Fresh nrj for I Ret 690 FOR THE HOU 7' Scotch Pine 7' Douglas Fir Neon tetras 1 00 Reg. 3 for 1.00 J6 1 I Harlequin Rasboras Continued Candidates can get a good lawyer. Really, though, I'll have them in Monday." The law that appears to have been violated is Chapter 56 of the state code, which requires a committee be formed and a series of reports filed if a candidate receives, spends or incurs debts of more than $100 in his or her campaign.

No reports at all were filed this year by candidates Richard Meggers, Sheila Chapman, Stanislavs Reinis or Robert Jamison, nor by several of the candidates in the October primary election. In most cases, though, those candidates had low-key campaigns that may not have exceeded the $100 guideline, and thus they would not be subject to the law. The other three were subject to it. In addition to reports required at certain intervals prior to the election, a final statement is required 30 days after the election or every 30 days if the committee remains in existence or upon dissolution of the committee. The reports must show the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, an itemized list of expenditures and accounting of funds received.

The latter must show the source of funds, including the name and mailing address of any person who contributes or loans $25 or more to the candidate's campaign. Bergen, Oberthien and Smith pense $652.25 to The Gazette. He listed $2,330 in contributions, none particularly large, and had $834.97 remaining in his fund at the time of the report. Bergen listed $785.64 remaining. The man both Bergen and Oberthien beat in the primary election, incumbent Ed Colton, spent the least of the three.

His financial reports are complete and the final one, filed Nov. 15, shows contributions of $595.35 and expenses of $595.04, with the' 31-cent difference attributed to a clerical error. His largest single expense was $81.71 to Superior Press. As with Oberthien and Colton, the other candidates who filed reports list no single contributions over $150, and hi most cases very few over $25. Mayor Don Canney listed $1,477.24 on hand at the beginning of the campaign (carried over from previous campaigns) and additional contributions of were roughly $2,024, with the largest $941.74 to The Gazette and $398.04 to R.C.

Blythe for office services. Canney reported $1,175.01 on hand at the end of the period. Finance Commissioner Hal Schaefer, who filed his final report Nov. 30, listed contributions of $749.38, expenditures of $511.53, all to The Gazette, and cash on hand at the end of the campaign of $237.85. Memorial Union Instant Shaping New York Tour Package Fashion Merchandising and Home Furnishing Tour Available to the public Jan.

8-12, 1978 OZARK AIRLINES dlrott to Now York LOEWS SUMMIT Hotel $289 M57 Doublo Air Occupancy Only Call or Write rich, Large Brush Branches Flame Retardant Trash compactors Most of us think of the last century as a time of green fields and fresh air, but in some places the pollution was worse than it is today. The word smog was coined as early as 1905. Part of the problem was garbage disposal. Frequently, housewives would rid their homes of trash by burning it in a backyard incinerator. Enough of these could put quite a pall over a town.

Today, there's a much easier, neater and cleaner way to get rid of rubbish. Trash compactors have been devised that can compress a week's worth of trash into one small bag. Tip Proof Stand needles that 0 Fade Proof won't turn brown Mildew and Allergy Proof By Mike Deupree Although not all the final figures are available (see related story), reports on file at the Linn County elections office indicate Floyd Bergen was the biggest spender in this year's Cedar Rapids municipal election. Bergen, who will take office as Public Safety Commissioner after the first of the year, listed expenditures of $2,994.82 in reports filed through Oct. 29, about a week before the election.

The largest listed were $586.81 to Varner Printing $334.59 to the WMT stations and $333.91 to R-H Silk Screen Printing Co. Bergen's reports show contributions to that point of $3,486.97. The largest were both in the form of loans $500 from Richard L. Pan-key, 1500 Seminole Ave. NW, who until recently worked with Bergen in the city's Planning Department, and $1,000 from David M.

Hogan, 1436 Ave. NE, an employee of the city Engineering Department, who served as Bergen's campaign manager. Bergen outpolled John Oberthien by slightly more than two to one, about the same ratio as their respective- expenditures, assuming the trend established in early reports continued through the election, Oberthien's latest report, filed Nov. 2, showed expenditures of $1,495.03, with the biggest single ex The Singing Christmas Canary Travel lour, he 364-ntl CHIRPING ORNAMENTS 229 Reg. 3.98 ON THIS DATE in 1911, actor Broderick Crawford was born.

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