Democrats Hold Second District Convention Debates
The Second district Democratic convention at Teamsters hall adjourned after a marathon session debating abortion, pornography, and 159 planks in 13 minutes. Key figures included Judith Perkins and Walt Griffin with Michael Blouin campaigning, and Sen. Culver urging unity against Republican Tom Riley.
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Selective Service
Iowa
Teamsters Hall
Michael Blouin
Dubuque
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Harold Stassen
Blouin
Riley
John Culver
Dick Clark
Clark
Culver
John
America
Carter Wins Delegates in Pro Progressive Showdown
First District Demosport outlined a peacekeeping strategy to avoid splitting support. Senator Lowell Jenkins called it a stop Carter movement, while Harris longtime backers saw the vote as pro progressive. In the final tally Carter edged the uncommitted camp with 40 percent as Udall, Harris and uncommitted trailed.
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Ruth
Sen
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Carter
Udall
Harris
City Briefs from Cedar Rapids and Area
Honored Lyn Griswold a Mt. Mercy senior won first place in accounting and economics at the 13th annual Phi Beta Lambda state conference and will represent Iowa in Washington D C in June. Cedar Rapids men will attend the annual chapter officer conference in Kansas City. Two Cedar Rapids women were elected officers of the Iowa School Food Service Assn in Waterloo. Death report from Cedar Rapids notes Richard Siefert died in Vincennes Indiana, husband of Kathryn Wendel.
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Lyn Griswold
Windsor Drive
Mt. Mercy
Phi Beta Lambda
Iowa Central Community College
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Cedar Rapids
American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Kansas City
Frank Kintzle
Bankers Life
Bert Hoffman
Life Investors
John J. Fattig
United Life
Iowa School Food Service Assn
Waterloo
Mary Person
E Avenue
Norma Martinez
Vermont Street
Vincennes, Ind
Richard Siefert
Kathryn Wendel
Six Charged with Drunk Driving in Linn County
Linn County deputies arrested six individuals on drunk driving charges Friday night and Saturday. Suspects include Douglas M. Brainard 20 route three Marion Allen N Weaver Jr 28 Stratford lane SW Cedar Rapids Mark A Sterkowicz 21 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids Carmen McKinley 39 Charleston Mo Robert A Bemis 28 Hawkeye and James A Bartosh 20 Walford, each cited for driving erratically or related offenses on roads around Cedar Rapids Center Point and Fairfax.
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Linn
Douglas M. Brainard
Marion
Oakland Road
Allen N. Weaver, Jr
Stratford Lane
Cedar Rapids
Mark A. Sterkowicz
Bever Avenue
Mt. Vernon Road
Carmen McKinley
Charleston
Center Point Road
Robert A. Bemis
Hawkeye
Center Point
James A. Bartosh
Walford
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids Man in Fair Condition After Early Morning Crash
A 19-year-old Cedar Rapids man Steven Lynn Warner remained in fair condition at St Luke s hospital with a broken right ankle facial lacerations and bruises after a single vehicle crash near Paris. He was a passenger in a car driven by Victoria Jo Murray who was treated for minor injuries and released. Murray faces charges of failure to have vehicle under control.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Paris
Steven Lynn Warner
Blairs Ferry Road
Victoria Jo Murray
Murray
Linn County Sheriffs
Cedar Rapids Gazette details 1883 establishment and pricing
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions: by carrier 1.05 weekly, by mail afternoon edition seven issues for 4.04 weeks. other states 7.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. AP may republish local news and dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
R Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Obituary Notices from Cedar Rapids Area
Obituaries list multiple Cedar Rapids area residents: Alice Cocker of San Luis Rey Downs California widow of Harry Cocker died after a long illness. Margret Novak 72 Cedar Rapids widow of Frank Novak died after brief illness. Rose Mouchka 75 Cedar Rapids area widow of John Mouchka died after brief illness. Elinor Congleton 55 Cedar Rapids wife of William Congleton died. LeRoy E. Bud Slaughter died. James Edward Davis 43 Cedar Rapids resident and Collins Radio employee died after prolonged illness. Eleanor Svoboda 68 Cedar Rapids wife of Wesley Svoboda died after long illness. Burial and service details given for each.
Eastern Iowa Obituaries Roundup
Death notices from multiple Iowa towns list names ages and service details. Entries include Harry R Hartz 82 Monticello Kelly Sue Eggiman 2 and many others with funeral homes visitation rosaries and burial locations across Cedar Rapids Williamsburg and surrounding communities.
Cedar Rapids Sweet Adelines win regional competition
Singers from Cedar Rapids and Davenport won top honors at Region 20 Sweet Adelines in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids chorus claimed first place and earns a chance to compete in London in 1977. Davenport quartet IV Port Al Carte won the quartet title, with Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., groups placing high in the contest at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sweet Adelines
London
IV Port A la Carte
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Chorus
Omaha
Lincolnaires
Lincoln
Neb
Gentle Touch
Sound of Velvet
Cedar Rapids Man Charged in Robbery of Teen
David Convey, 25, of 1524 A Avenue NE, charged with robbery for taking $10 from a 13 year old boy on March 28 on Tenth Street NW. He was arrested by Cedar Rapids police and jailed in lieu of a $5,000 bond. Two other Cedar Rapids men facedrelated charges earlier in the week.
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David Convey
A Avenue NE
Tenth Street NW
Cedar Rapids
Deaths Told in Airplane Crash Near Decorah
Three persons were killed when a light single engine plane crashed about ten to fifteen miles north of Decorah Saturday afternoon. Names withheld pending relatives' notification. victims' homes reportedly not in Iowa. Local emergency services responded to Locust road area at 5 02 p m.
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Decorah
Here
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Locust Road
Decorah County
Wine missing in Cedar Rapids church break in
A burglar forced entry into Concordia Lutheran church in Cedar Rapids Friday night and took $15 in cash and a $6 bottle of wine while searching for loot. The Rev. Paul Scheidt reported the incident to police on Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
Swisher Resident Elmer Shebetka dies at 62
Elmer Shebetka 62 a feed and fertilizer salesman and lifelong Swisher resident died suddenly Saturday. He was born Sept 29 1913 in Fairfax. Survived by former wife Lucille Kasper a daughter Donna Boswell Chesterton Ind a son Dennis Solon three granddaughters and three sisters. Services Tuesday at 9 15 am at Brosh chapel and 10 am at Holy Trinity Walford with Rev Zachar. Burial St Johns Cedar Rapids. Friends may call after 1 pm Monday. rosary at 8 pm Monday.
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Garber
Russell Howard Wathen
St. John’s
Swisher
Elmer Shebetka
Brushchapel
Holy Trinity Church
Walford
St. John’s Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Bessie Caryl McClurg
Murdoch
Fairfax
Lucille Kasper
Donna Boswell
Chesterton
Ind
Dennis
Route Four
Solon
Lillian Coufal
Irene Barnett
John Mehegan
Brosh Chapel
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
A. L. Zachar
Zachar
Central City Woman 78 Dies in Manchester Nursing Home
Bessie Caryl McClurg aged 78 of Central City died Friday in a Manchester nursing home. Born April 25 1897 in Lafayette she was twice married first to Emery Caryl then to William McClurg. Survived by three sons two daughters and 19 grandchildren. Services set for Monday at Murdoch chapel Central City.
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Central City
Bessie Caryl McClurg
Manchester
Lafayette
Emery Caryl
Marion
William McClurg
George
Emery
Dean
Cambridge
Minn
Don Ziebarth
Princeton
Fred Walton
Center Point
Edna Heefner
Murdoch Chapel
John Rosenberger
Oak Hill Cemetery
Murdoch
Marion resident Forrest F. Blackford dies at 70
Forrest F. Blackford 70 of 970 Eighth street Marion died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born January 17 1896 he married Sarah Jeffries April 10 1917 at Vinton retired as a car penter in 1953. Surviving wife daughter and son five grandchildren two great grandchildren sister and two brothers services Monday 1 30 Murdoch s Marion burial Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call after 11 a.m.
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Forrest F. Blackford
Eighth Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Sarah Jeffries
Vinton
Norman Crouse
Richard E
Jessie Coonrod
Robins
Harry
Hubert Blackford
Murdoch
Weather and birth announcements from local records
Weather notes record yesterday high 53 low 32 with no precipitation and a partly cloudy extended forecast through Thursday with showers possible. Birth notices list new sons and twins for Koenck Gullickson Jensen Papesh Williams McC Ryan Newman Yakish with respective addresses in Marion Ely and multiple SE NW locations.
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Alfred Papesh
Seventeenth Street
Marion
John Williams
Tenth Avenue SE
Edward McC Ryan
Dale Newman
Eighth Avenue SE
William Yakish
Staubcourt NE
KCRG Wins Iowa Photo Award at Iowa Seminar
KCRG in Cedar Rapids took the outstanding news photography award at the Iowa Broadcast News Association seminar held at the University of Iowa. Bud Chaldy of KASI in Ames received the 1976 Jack Shelley award for dedicated service in Iowa broadcast journalism.
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Iowa City
UPL
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Broadcast News Association
University of Iowa
Bud Chaldy
KASI
Ames
Jack Shelley
Iowa
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Linn County
Walt Griffin
Fayette
Joe Damian
Harris Bloc
Supreme Court
Richard Norpel
Bellevue
Lois Pederson
Monticello
Jim Platt
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Volga Lake
Avenson
Demos
Globa
Gluba
City Briefs
The
Associated Press
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr
Podobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Harry Cocker
Alice Cocker
San Luis Rey Downs
Calif
England
California
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cecily McCaffery
Turner Chapel
John P. Woods
Cedar Memorial
Turner's East
Mrs
Frank Novak
Matilda A. Novak
Eighteenth Avenue
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Praha Rebekah Lodge
Jimmie
Melvin
Tom
Ted
Clark Johnson
Gerald Darrow
St. Ludmila’s
Paul McManus
Czech National Cemetery
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
John Mouchka
Rose Mouchka
Wilson Avenue
Lydia
Sharon United Methodist Church
Leonard
Amana
William
George Bistricky
Charles
Everett Burham
Dupont Cemetery
William Congleton
Elinor Jane Congleton
First Street
Milwaukee
Des Moines
William, Jr
Roger Carmen
Ely
Peter Danouski
Waterford
Wis
Hazel Shuebert
Harold
Edward Hoover
Frank
Ray
Sun Valley
Idaho
Teahen Funeral Home
James Edward Davis
Twenty-third Avenue
Collins Radio
Margaret Davis
Oliver Bonesteel
Racine
Dale Hedgecoth
Kuba Funeral Home
Wayne E. Shireman
First Baptist Church
Linn County Cancer Fund
Wesley Svoboda
Eleanor Svoboda
Eighteenth Street
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Lucille Skiba
Houston
Eldred and
Lyle
Clifford
Myrtle Hospodarsky
LaPorte City
Lydia Kahler
Norma Robinson
Arkansas
Verna
Eugene
Edwin
Arthur
Delmar
George McDill
Marengo
Harry R. Hartz
First United Methodist Church
Hoover-Valentine’s
Kelly Sue Eggiman
Fred J. Eggiman
Goettsch’s
Sigourney
Roy Kadel
Reynolds
West Branch
D.E. Edwards
Barker's
Fern I. Beasley
Baxter’s
Baxter
St. John’s Catholic Church
CDA
White’s
Ladora
Dale Moudlin
McAninch’s
Victor
C.R
Shebetka
United Nations Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
St. Luke's
Steven Koenck
Thirty-fifth Street
Lyle Gullickson
Hillside Drive
Robert Jensen
Cseseesorees
Iowa Photo Award
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cemetery
First Avenue
N.E
Ln A
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
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