Ford Begins VP Poll Mondale Attacks Farm Policy
President Ford asked GOP delegates and leaders to list five preferred running mates, while Sen Walter Mondale attacked farm policy in a farmbelt speech in Pierre South Dakota. Mondale promised to end embargoes on grain if Carter wins. Ripon Society suggested John Connally would hurt Ford with Watergate baggage and criticized his past positions.
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Ford
Walter Mondale
Congress
Ron Nelsen
Mondale
Pierre
S.C
Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ing
Ripon Society
John Connally
Rose Mary Woods
Connally
Texas
Treasury
Ripon
U.S
Supreme Court
United States
Weather and Birth Notices From Cedar Rapids Area
Weather at 10 p.m. northwest wind 7 mph. Sunrise Monday 6 01 sunset 8 24. Yesterday high 90 low 73 with no precip. Extended forecast clear to partly cloudy with warming trend Tuesday through Thursday. Births listed for Mercy July 31 and multiple families with newborns across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Morning and afternoon times noted for a cigarette chair location and an undetermined store incident.
Local obituaries list Cedar Rapids residents and relatives
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Cedar Rapids area. Dionne Kay Shepard, 5, dies in a traffic accident with services set at Turner chapel west. Pearlie M. Pomeroy, 91, dies after a short illness with Ottumwa burial. Arnold Henry Stark, 66, a lifelong farmer, dies at home with services at St Jude's. Frank Hasek, 86, Cedar Rapids resident, dies after long illness with Czech National burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearlie M. Pomeroy
Charles
Toddville
Jamesport
Robert Pomeroy
Missouri
Baptist Temple
Ottumwa
Johnson Funeral Home
Shaul
Turner
Napel West
Two Rendered Obituaries for Godson Addie and J Alice Tomanka
Godson Addie-3 Monday service by Dr LeRoy White at Mt Zion Baptist Church followed by burial at Oak Hill. Calling hours at Turner Chapel East until 9 p m Sunday and church from 10 a m to 2 30 p m Monday. Casket will not be opened after the service. J Alice-2 Tomanka funeral Monday by Rev Phillip Ewaldsen at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home West with burial at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionne Kay Shepard
Gary Shepard
Eastview Avenue
Longmont
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Lynette
James
Richard Shepard
Curtis Narron
Glenwood
Marrel Snyder
Shenandoah
Pearl Shepard
Turner Chapel West
Terry S. Slinde
Arnold Henry Stark
Helen Bednar
Ralph
Herbert
Angela
Lincolnwood
Ill
Ted
Newhall
Mary Portman
Dearfield
Emma Ard
Edna Denton
Evanston, Ill
Henrietta Danshill
Burlington
Richard Ament
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph's
Teahen Chapel
Frank Hasek
Twenty-first Avenue
Kladno
Czechoslovakia
United States
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Lodge Karel IV
Western Fraternal Life Assn
Laborers Union Local 43
Harold Jepson
John Weiland
Jerry
Anna
Robert W. Cizek
Janeba-Kuba
Addie
LeRoy White
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Oak Hill
Turner Chapel East
Tomanka
Alice
Phillip Ewaldsen
Janeba-Kuba Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial
Camp Good Health Donations and Memorials Totals
Donations and memorial gifts listed for Camp Good Health include contributions from The Gazette Co employes canteen fund amounting to 8,299.01 and 90.45 memory gifts to Bernadine Chadima from FPCUUE Fis CURIE scp, plus several bequests to Gertrude J Owen Mrs Lester Chadima Minnie Pear Niebuhr Mary Luberger Craft Jennie Johnson Charlie Kolda Petrzelka and others from multiple individuals and groups. The 1976 budget shows 23,100.00 yet to be raised 14,626.54 and total 8,473.46 recorded alongside.
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Eeereeree
Lester Chadima
Barbara Bjornson
Ceeeeeeseseeseereseeevenes
R. B. Var
Camp Good Health
International
Cedar Rapids
Minnie Pear Niebuhr
John and
Irene McKvain
Mary Luberger
Helen M. Jordan
Edna C. Lund
Jennie Johnson
Bert
Theo
Charlie Kolda
Mary Kolda
Obituary Notices From Eastern Iowa Cemeteries
Multiple death notices from Eastern Iowa towns list ages and service times. Names include Glen L. Steward 62 in Toledo, Nellie Augusta Mowes 67 in Sigourney, Myrtle Border 79 in Ladora, Peter H. Von Spreecken 80 in Wyoming, Douglas Ball 17 in Oxford in a serious accident, Waldo Reisner 83 in Fort Atkinson, Myrna Strempke 54 in Independence, James Riha 89 in Tama, John Sass 84 in Shellsburg, John Bohdan 55 in Belle Plaine, Raymond Zavodsky in Belle Plaine, Dale Slater 56 in Aurora. Burial and service details vary by location and church. The Oxford accident also mentions other injured teens and hospital stays.
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Toledo
Glen L. Steward
Henderson’s
Haven Cemetery
Tama
Sigourney
Nellie Augusta Mowes
Reynold’s. Ladora
Myrtle Border
McAninch’s
Victor
Wyoming
Peter H. von Spreecken
Methodist Church
Hayden's
Fort Atkinson
Waldo Reisner
St. John's Church
Chekal’s
Independence
Myrna Strempke
St. John's Catholic Church
White's
James Riha
Mason- Hand's
National Cemetery
Rural
Revolver Found In Man's Car
Richard E. Cook 27 of 1611 Park Towne lane NE faced a concealed weapon charge after police found an unloaded .22 revolver in the car he was riding in at the Martin Oil Co station. Officers traced the vehicle to Second avenue and Tenth street SE before detaining Cook, who was jailed in lieu of a $500 bond at Linn county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Cook
Park Towne Lane
Martin Oil Co
First Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Cook
Linn County
Parliament grants Scotland Sunday pub drinking rights
In London the UPI reports Parliament ended a long debate on alcoholism and public drunkenness and voted to allow Scotland to serve alcohol in bars on Sundays. Previously Sunday drinking was restricted to travelers in hotels.
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London
UPI
Scotland
Iowa City Sues Westinghouse Over Maternity Leave Policy
The city of Iowa City sued Westinghouse Learning Corp in Johnson County District Court claiming discriminatory maternity leave practices. The complaint filed with the Iowa City Human Relations Commission seeks $556.50 in back pay and an injunction to change maternity and sick leave policies, alleging women are disadvantaged compared to leaves for other illnesses.
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Iowa City
Westinghouse Learning Corp
Iowa City Human Relations Commission
Johnson County
Westinghouse
City Briefs Tire and Theft Incidents Reported
Mrs. Robert Bell reported two left side tires slashed at her Briarwood Street residence Saturday. Tires valued at $50. Joyce Cooper reported a breakin at her Fifth Avenue SE residence Saturday with $25 in cash and two pant suits valued at $25 taken.
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Robert Bell
Briarwood Street
Breakin
Joyce Cooper
Fifth Avenue SE
Pickett's Brewery Protest Over Fair License
Des Moines officials face a disputed license issue as Pickett's Premium Beer seeks a fair concession. Randy Duncan argues state law favors locally produced beer and urges the fair board to license Pickett's, noting four licenses already exist and new requests are often denied.
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Des Moines
UPI
Pickett
Dubuque
Randy Duncan
Fair
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1882 by The Gazette Co. describes subscription options including carrier and mail rates and notes the Afternoon Edition and weekend publications. The paper outlines 7 issues per week and varying weekly and yearly prices, with restrictions on mail delivery in carrier areas and AP republication rights.
Viking lander faces sterilization doubt over life signs
Scientists debate whether sterilizing the soil sample eliminates life or non living processes causing high radioactivity. An organic analysis is delayed as soil collection gaps and incomplete data from biology probes leave researchers cautious yet intrigued by the findings.
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Viking
Gilbert Levin
Saudi arms sales heighten Middle East tensions
U S arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Jordan spark concern among Israel supporters fearing arms transfers and a possible Arab confrontation. Saudi Arabia ordered 110 F-5E interceptors with 50 delivered, shaping a weapons package financed by Riyadh. Congress faces a 30 day window to block deals over 25 million dollars. Jordan’s Hussein chose the U S as its arms supplier after weighing Soviet options amid a shifting mix of funding and military advice.
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United States
Iran
Israel
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Jordan
Hussein
Moscow
Soviet Union
Amman
Congress
Judge hears testimony on hangman’s noose incident
Harris trial witness Miss Hansen described a plain clothes deputy in the jury assembly room as a prospective juror built a paper gallows. The man was later dismissed on a peremptory challenge. She said others on the deliberating jury warned of the event and suggested it was obvious to authorities.
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Miss Hansen
Sode
Weinglass
Weinglaas
Abduction timeline and alibi questions surround Fred Woods case
Witness James Hunt places Woods at the Woods 80 acre San Francisco peninsula estate between 1 and 2 p.m on the day of the kidnapping. Hunt recalls no change in Woods demeanor and notes Woods often travels to auto auctions. Abduction time cited as 4:10 to 4:30 p.m. Officials say Woods flew or drove to Chowchilla, about 150 miles away. Woods paid Hunt 2.50 per hour to restore cars for about nine months and Woods sold 15 to 20 cars monthly. Woods was arrested in Vancouver five hours after James Schoenfeld's arrest in Meno Park. Richard Schoenfeld turned himself in July 23.
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Woods
Hunt
Fred
San Francisco Peninsula
Chowchilla
Vancouver
Canada
James Schoenfeld
Menlo Park
Calif
Richard Schoenfeld
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C.R. Weather
Daily Record
Mercy
William Lane
Route Two
St. Luke's
Robert Loomis
Fifteenth Avenue
Russel Holroyd
Henderson Avenue
David M. Padget
Swisher
Ted Martin
Daws Road
Hiawatha
John Schriner
Edgewood Road
Jack Bennett
Sixteenth Street
Phillip Koundakjian
Belmont Parkway
Steve Hite
Thirty-first Street
Drive
Henry L. Stevens
Tenth Street
Robert Trickler
G Avenue
Ice
Iowa
Oxford
Douglas Ball
University Hospitals
Iowa Highway Patrol
Leo Hospadosky
Timothy Crist
Shellsburg
John Sass
St. Stephens Lutheran Church
Atkins
Fellmer’s
Keystone
Belle Plaine
John Bohdan
Hrabak Funeral Home
Raymond Zavodsky
Hrabak
Aurora
Dale Slater
First Baptist Church
Madison
Fawcett’s
Winthrop
1644
Brat Avenue
N.E
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Pickett's
The
the Gazette Co
Rapids
Lowe
Owe
Associated Press
Novak Monument CO
Las
14Th Ave
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Henry Kissinger
P.m
Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta, & Charles, Jr
Pochobradsky
MT Vernon
John B. Turner
San Mortuanes
Crematory
Second Avenue S.E
Turner West
First Avenue West
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