Grant Clifford win nominations in county primary election
Incumbents Grant and Clifford won renomination for two county offices in the primary. Grant, a Springville Democrat, faces Cedar Rapids Republican Gary Leach in November, while Clifford, a Bertam township Republican, is one of four candidates for two board of supervisors seats. Other uncontested offices results listed show tallies for Auditor Clerk of Court and County Attorney with write-in activity noted for the attorney race.
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Linn
Walter Grant
Springville
George Clifford
Bertram Township
Grant
Cedar Rapids
Gary Leach
Clifford
Board of Supervisors
Dudley Henderson
Central City
Jean E. Oxley
Marion
Richard C. Wenzel
Arthur Williams
Merle L. Kopel
Kenneth L. Perry
Kenneth P. Quinn
William G. Faches
Faches
November Line-up in Iowa Races Includes Contested Seats
State officials report results from uncontested and contested races across Linn Johnson and Benton counties. Precinct breakdowns show John M. Ely Jr. and Tom Riley leading in several Senate and representative districts, with incumbents and challengers listed and margins noted. Infant mortality figures cited at national level, with health authorities noting a 1971 record low around 19 deaths per 1,000 live births.
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United States
Ewell Unseated by Miller for House
Independence incum bent Democrat Vernon Ewell of Elk Run Heights lost his party nomination for the 32nd district to Kenneth D. Miller of Independence. Miller 871 votes Ewell 779, Miller to face Republican Dale M. Cone in November. County totals show Buchanan Miller 720 Ewell 256 Black Hawk Miller 151 Ewell 523.
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Independence
Vernon Ewell
Elk Run Heights
Kenneth D. Miller
Miller
Buchanan County
Democratic Central Committee
Ewell
Iowa
Dale M. Cone
Cone
G.O.P
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Linn primary votes 11583 in governor race
Linn county voters cast 11583 ballots in the governor race Tuesday, fewer than four years ago but more than two years ago. The tally covered three Republicans and one Democrat. In 1968, 14373 votes were cast for three Republicans and one Democrat. in 1970, 10315 votes were for three Democrats and one Republican.
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Linn Countiaes
Linn Totals Given for State and National Offices
Unofficial Linn county totals from county auditor list votes for U S Senator Republicans Jack Miller and Ralph Scott and Democrat Richard Clark, plus House, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, agriculture, and attorney general races with per candidate tallies from various cities.
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Linn
Linn County
U. S
Jack Miller
Sioux City
Ralph Scott
Cedar Falls
Richard Clark
Marion
William A. Rocap
Des Moines
Lloyd R. Smith
F. Harold Forret
Adel
Maurice E. Baringer
Oelwein
Albert L. Anderson
West Des Moines
Robert H. Lounsberry
McCallsburg
Neil H. Stadiman
Sac City
James L. Murphy
Runnells
Kenneth E. Owen
Centerville
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
James H. Reynolds
Dubuque
Cherry Wins G O P Nod for Senator
Fred Cherry, 55, Rowley farmer and chair of the state technical review board, won the Republican nomination for the 16th district Senate race defeating William Shimp by 1,829 to 1,775. He will face Democrat James Gallagher in November. Gallagher was unopposed in the primary. County results show Cherry ahead in Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Linn, and Tama compared with Shimp.
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Rowley
Fred Cherry
Rowley Farmer
Cherry
State Technical Review Board
Dewar
William Shimp
Jesup
James Gallagher
Gallagher
Benton
Franklin
Frank Crabb
Denison
Jewell Waugh
Whiting
Crabb
Harry Nielsen
Blencoe
Vincent Mayberry
Fort Dodge
Jerome Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
John Culver
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Michael Blouin
D-Dubuque
Blouin
Sen
John Walsh
R-Dubuque
Kenneth Logemann
Northwood
Worth County Board of Supervisors
Logemann
Richard Turner
Richard Haesemeyer
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Norland
Lyle Bancroft
Mason City
She Gives the Bird Away Anxious Father Pranks Park
In Bournemouth England Diana Stiller donated her pet mynah to an amusement park after her husband Harry trained the bird to mock Prime Minister Edward Heath by calling him Ted's a twit. Mrs Stiller said the bird learned the phrase to annoy her father Harold Pryce. Pryce, 59, is a Conservative party vice president in Heath’s Bexley constituency.
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Bournemouth
England
UPI
Diana Stiller
Mynah
Harry
Edward Heath
Ted
Only Black Loses in Iowa Senate Primary Defeat
In Des Moines AP reports the only Black member of the Iowa legislature failed in a bid for a senate seat while the chairman of the senate appropriations committee also appeared defeated in Tuesday’s primary. Unofficial returns from Black Hawk county show Messerly losing by 42 votes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Black Hawk County
Rep
A. June Franklin
Earl Willitts
Bridge Pact approved by 3-2 vote in Iowa highway panel
Iowa highway commission approved a three year contract with Modjeski and Masters for inspection on Savanna Sabula and two Clinton toll bridges, despite opposition from Robert Rigler and Harry Reed who questioned ethics and quotes. The panel also okayed printing specs for the 1972 annual report amid debate on its form and public relations value.
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AMES
Modjeski
Masters
Mississippi River
Highway Commission
Savanna-Sabula
Gateway
Lyons-Fulton
Clinton
Commission
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Harry Reed
Winterset
Modjeski and
Rigler
Reed
Iowa
Development Commission
City Library Adds Variety of New Books to Shelves
Cedar Rapids Public Library recently added titles spanning past and present. Works include The Compact History of the American Newspaper by John Tebbel and The Nineteenth Century by Asa Briggs. Other features cover The Dance Band Era, American Indian herbs, Foxfire, Jungle Cowboy, and recent medical and firefighting memoirs.
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City Library
Cedar Rapids
John Tebbel
Asa Briggs
Russia
U. S
Albert McCarthy
Virginia Scully
Eliot Wigginton
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Georgia
Stanley E. Brock
British Guiana
John McNabb
Engine Co
Dennis Smith
New York City Fire Department
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Bus plunge near Seoul kills twenty two in picnic crash
A bus chartered for a picnic veered off a 66 foot cliff into a reservoir near Chun chon, 45 miles east of Seoul, killing 22 and injuring 12. Police said 12 of the dead belonged to two families.
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Seoul
Chunchon
Red Cross Plans Advanced Work in Linn County
The Linn county Red Cross schedules a senior lifesaving course and a water safety instructor course for this month. Lifesaving begins Monday at 8 am at Noelridge pool taught by Tom Victor and requires strong swimming ability and completion of ninth grade. Water safety instructor class starts Aug 16 at 9 am at Bever pool with a senior lifesaving card required. second session Aug 28 to Sept 1 at Noelridge pool 6:30 to 9:30 pm. contact Red Cross office 366-3538. Fall plans at the YWCA include a housewives lifesaving and water safety instructors class.
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Linn County
The
Red Cross
Noelridge Pool
Tom Victor
Bever Pool
Noelridge
YWCA
Easy to use and hard to beat want ad line
A brief classified style item promotes an easy to use ad option with the phone number 398-8234, suggesting it as a strong value for readers seeking economical advertising.
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Dial
Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers
Emergency contact list for Cedar Rapids includes Ambulance 366 7654 FBI 402 348 1210 Fire 398 5343 Highway Patrol 364 5171 After Hours 363 5629 Police canase Sheriff 398 3521 Medical Society 365 2527 Foundation II 362 2174 Crisis help 4 pm midnight
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F.B.I
Canase Sheriff
Medical Society
Foundation
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Larry Dean Wright
Troy Mills
Richard Wenzel
Jean Oxley
Leach
LeRoy F
John) Hoyt
Henderson
George Bowler
Hiawatha
Oxley
Wenzel
Harold H. Hensel
Robert Carson
Patchett
Stanley
Ivor Stanley
Tom Riley
Cedar
Cloyd Robinson
Walford
Benton County
Robinson
Dahn
Ralph Potter
Publican
Bernard Beuter
Cedar Rapids Democrat
Joan Lipsky
George W. DuCharme
James D. Wells
Arthur N. Hauschild
B. Joseph Rinas
Precinct
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C.R
Bertram
College Ee Enene
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Mt. Vernon
Eeneee
Putnam
Johnson County
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Madison
Monroe Sesnes
Oxford
Pennere Eeeene
Eeere
Grand
Horn Precinct
Sage
All C.R
DO Ans Asad
Seer Weres
Eesrvevstere
Jordan Newell
Boulder
Brown
Buffalo
Jackson
Maine
Robins
Otter Creek Washington
Linn-Mar
Wally
Horn
Mac H
James D
Jordan
Artists’ Supply Center
5Th Ave
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Kenneth
Theodore R. Ellsworth
John C. Culver
Robert D. Ray
Paul
Franzenburg
John
Tapscott
Robert D. Dilley
William H. Harbor
Arthur A
Neu
Carroll
William Gannon
Mingo
Melvin D. Lynhurst
Orange City
Daryl E. Beall
Waukee
Fred
Messerly
Valliant Corley
By Dale Kueter
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
Francis Messerly
Willard Hansen
Hansen
House
Higher Education
Charles Uban
Waterloo
Uban
Marvin Haguebak
Frommelt
Charles Grassley
Rnew Hartford
Lavern Kehe
Waverly
Grassley
Tim Youngblood
Bartons
First Trust
Saving Bank
Third Street
12Th Avenue
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