United Way Marion leaders named 1975 campaign chairs
Herman and Bernie Cooper named co chairs of the Marion division of the 1975 United Way campaign. Arneth Gertsen heads major firms, Greg Hapgood intermediate firms, Al Wardenburg small firms, Don Hoskins professional section, Bill Stroope special gifts, and Charles Beahm leads government and schools. Fourteen firms and associates to recruit volunteers. Dickey's Cleaners closed August 7 through 10. Retail bureau meet Thursday at 9 30 a m. Marion Chamber cancels quarterly meeting set for Tuesday night at the Indian House with later rescheduling expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Bernie Cooper
Marion
United Way
Arneth Gertsen
Marion Drive
Greg Hapgood
al Wardenburg
Don Hoskins
Bill Stroope
Indian House
Marion Division
Sign Erected at Cedar Rapids Engineering Plant Site in Marion
Marion groups including the Chamber of Commerce and the Marion Jaycees are installing an 8 by 12 foot sign at the east edge site of the Cedar Rapids Engineering Co. plant. A dedication ceremony is planned for Tuesday at 5 30 p.m. with company, chamber, city and Jaycee officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Division Chamber of Commerce
Marion Jaycees
Cedar Rapids Engineering Co
Chamber
Jaycee
Marion
Farm groups launch toll free hotline over grain sales to Soviets
Farm spokesmen announced a nationwide toll free hotline to counter claims that Soviet grain purchases drive higher U S food prices. ACA leaders said selling 10 million tons to the Soviets helps both consumers and farmers and urged calls from any witness of price manipulation. Critics warned such sales may invite price hikes, while ACA stressed transparent facts to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Council of America
Baxter Freese
Wellman
ACA
Freese
Thurman Gaskill
Corwith
Don Woodward
Pendleton, Ore
National Assn. of
Defense rests in Davis trial in Dickinson County
SPIRIT LAKE AP The defense in the Jimmy Don Davis trial rested Monday without calling Davis wife Mary Margaret as expected. Davis a Des Moines radio personality is tried in Dickinson county district court on a charge of attempting to hire someone to kill his wife. The trial moved from Polk county on venue change. Davis testified most of Friday and closing arguments were expected to begin Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Jimmy Don Davis
Davis
Mary Margaret
Des Moines
Dickinson County
Polk County
Too Young To Drive Nabbed In Car Theft
Cedar Rapids police arrested two youths aged 12 and 13 early Sunday for larceny of a motor vehicle. They were stopped in the 100 block of Sixth Street SE driving a car owned by Lois Hanson reported stolen from Lee's Skelly station. The boys were released to their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Lois Hanson
Carter Street
Lee's Skelly Station
First Avenue
Enquirer reports Kis singer trash prompt Secret Service probe
The National Enquirer claims a Secret Service investigation is underway after a reporter found bags of trash behind Henry Kissinger's home. It cites a spokesman noting concern over documents and agent schedules and says the agency asked for the return of any material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Jack Warner
Hoover Days Festival in West Branch Celebrates Hoover Birthday
West Branch hosts Hoover Days this weekend to mark Herbert Hoover's birth with a two day celebration. A wreath laying at Hoover's grave Sunday features main speaker Sen. Barry Goldwater, introduced by Gov. Robert D. Ray. The event honors Hoover at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site with Goldwater as keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
UPI
U.S
Herbert Hoover
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Hoover
Goldwater
The
Hoover Presidential Library Assn
Robert D. Ray
Man Charged with Intoxication and Resisting Arrest
Jerry Herbert Wenzel, 25, of 1300 Oakland road NE, was arrested at 11 10 p m Sunday in the 600 block of First avenue SW after a fight with Chuck Wagner. He faced intoxication and resisting arrest charges, and posted a 160 bond to gain release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Herbert Wenzel
Oakland Road
First Avenue
Chuck Wagner
Wenzel
Probation Revoked for White Former Iowa City Attorney Sentenced
A Johnson county judge revoked the probation of Jack C. White 62 and ordered him to begin a 15 year sentence at Fort Madison. White pled guilty in 1974 to eight counts of embezzlement by agent and surrendered his license. He must report August 8 for transfer and restitution remains a probation condition. White is a former Johnson county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Fort Madison
Jack C. White
Johnson County
Gary Hughes
White
Johnson County District Court
August F. Hansell
Wedelstedt Firm Ordered To Pay Back Wages
International Amusements Inc a Cedar Rapids company owned by Edward J Wedelstedt and parent to adult book stores was ordered by U S District Judge Edward J McManus to pay 2340 in back wages for overtime to 16 warehouse workers from January 1973 to March 1974. The suit filed by the labor department under the Fair Labor Standards Act notes nonpayment of overtime at the wholesale warehouse 31 Ninth Avenue SE. Owed wages ranged from 6 46 to 724 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Amusements, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. Wedelstedt
U.S
Edward J. McManus
U.S. Department of Labor
International Amusements
McManus
Ninth Avenue SE
Ten Persons Injured in Weekend C R Accidents
Traffic accidents across the city over the weekend caused minor injuries to 10 people who were treated at local hospitals. Details include three injured at First avenue and First street SW and four at Twelfth avenue and Sixth street SE, with several drivers charged for violations. Additional incidents involve a three car crash on Sixth street near Twenty eighth avenue SW and other minor injuries. Also noted is a 1805 peace treaty with Tripoli.
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First Avenue
First Street
Mercy Hospital
Karen Michael
Seventeenth Street SE
Barbara Bealby
Chris Jennings
Bever Avenue SE
Michael
Russell P. McCullough
Golfview Drive
Twelfth Avenue
Sixth Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lillian Moore
Seventh Avenue SE
Richard Bauman
Seventh Avenue SW
Mark Stone
Lucille Stone
Moore
Arnold Volkmann
Volkmann
Michael Johnson
Tenth Street SE
Sixth Street
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Sheryl Ann Graham
Pioneer Avenue
John R. de Sotel
A Avenue NW
Dennis W. Fryer
South Eleventh Street
Marion
Graham
Kathleen Doyle
Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Kenmore Street
Barbara Mayer
Third Avenue
Magistrate Court Actions Include Guilty Pleas and Sentences
Melvin Irwin pled guilty to affray for a July 28 fight and paid 25 dollars plus costs. James Yeater pled guilty to assault and battery and received a 10 day suspended jail term for an alleged May 25 incident with Cedar Rapids officer Richard Hamlin. Frank Wells pled guilty to drunk driving with a 300 dollar fine and costs for a May 4 arrest. William Harmon had a marijuana possession charge dismissed. William Rose waived prelim and was bound over on a possession with intent to deliver charge. Don Washington waived on resisting process. Elbert Wilson received a 30 day suspended sentence for drunk driving after a July 25 arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Irwin
Tenth Avenue SE
James Yeater
No Address
Richard Hamlin
Cedar Rapids
Frank Wells
Springville
William Harmon
Hiawatha
William Rose
Longwood Drive
Don Washington
Grande Avenue SE
Elbert Wilson
Waterloo
Corrupt Hiring in SBA Officials Revealed by CSC Report
A 1974 Civil Service Commission report finds SBA top officials hired on political influence during the Nixon era. The CSC cites appointments to district director posts based on political affiliation and non merit factors, with potential disciplinary action under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Small Business Administration
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
CSC
SBA
Thomas Kleppe
Bernard Rosen
David Henderson
D-N.c
House Civil Service Subcommittee
Man Arrested After Fight Over Dead Body
Douglas Dean Besler, 25, of 514 Sixth avenue SE, is jailed on assault and battery and resisting an officer charges after scuffling with police over a non existent dead body. Officers responded to a report of a body inside another apartment. He demanded entry. no one was home. Besler allegedly struck Officer John C. Huston and resisted arrest. Police later checked the apartment and found no body.
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Douglas Dean Besler
Sixth Avenue SE
Linn County
Besler
John C. Huston
Burglary Oddities and Local Thefts Reported in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents report multiple thefts and break ins including an $18 hair dryer and $11 radio from Gail Wilson’s basement entry, a $230 citizen band radio from Paul Olmstead’s car, a $1,110 haul from John Anderson’s rural home, and seven Hummel figurines worth $346 taken from Corrina Pope. Police note various other incidents such as a snatched purse at Snow White Laundry and a stolen watch from Robert Zamastil. Public notices include a priest’s seminar at Immaculate Conception Church and a city hearing aid service relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Wilson
H Avenue NW
Frost Devastates 70 Percent of Brazil Coffee Crop
Brazilian experts say about 70 percent of the coffee crop in southern Brazil was wiped out by a killer frost. The loss occurred across Parana state and surrounding areas, with Londrina producers calling it the worst frost this century. Brazil may rely on reserves to maintain its roughly 37 percent share of world exports, with 1975 earnings estimated from $1.2 to $1.5 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londrina
Brazil
Parana
Rio de Janeiro
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Arion
Dickey's Cleaners
Retail Bureau of the
Farmers State Bank
YMCA
Marion Ymca
Enquirer
Henry
Bever Park
Wedelstedt
C.R
United States
Tripoli
Oguszette
10Th Street
Weaver’s Fine Meats
34Th Street
S.E
Monthru
Europe
Center Point
N.E
Paul D. Olmstead
Fifth Avenue
Second Avenue SE
John T. Anderson, Jr
Route One
Gene Jakubek
Jesuit Seminary Guild of Milwaukee
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Martha Rose
Vickie Fisher
Fifteenth Street
Snow White Laundry
First Avenue NE
7Th St. S.E
Robert Zamastil
Hillside Drive
Adv
Abel Island
Guttenberg
Iowa
Gohmann Realtors
Loulette M. Hood
Bowling Street
Fifth Street
Bob
Eugene McIntosh
Temple Judah
Lindsay Lane S.E
Clifford Wright
Fourteenth Street SE
Eastern
Hearing Aid Service
2Nd Ave
James Sixta
Twenty-first Avenue
Jerome's
Corrina Pope
J Avenue
Giants
Merian Alexander
Eighteenth Avenue SW
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