Weather Snapshot and River Readings Across Iowa Regions
Extended forecast calls for sunny skies Saturday with a chance of rain Sunday. Highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Rainfall readings: LaCrosse missing. Lansing steady at 8.0. Dam 9 at 11.8. McGregor 6.5, down 0.3. Guttenberg 3.6, up 0.2. Dubuque 6.9, stable. Davenport 3.2, up 0.6. Keokuk 2.1, down 0.3. Cedar at C.R. 2.99, up 0.5. Coralville Lake pool level noted.
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Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Births and local notices from The Daily Record
Birth announcements list numerous couples from Marion Center Point Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with names and addresses in Aug. 11 to Aug. 12. The page also covers social notices engagements and a series of traffic violations fines plus incidents at local addresses including National Oats Co and several residences.
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National Oats Co
Sixteenth Street
Linden Drive
Twenty-fifth Street
Twenty-sixth Street
First Street
Murray Hall
Coe College
Jeffrey Stotter
Marion
Kevin Modwinkle
Fifth Avenue
Gregory Hayslett
Western Drive
Jess Banard
Ellis Boulevard
Denise Curtis
Staub Court
Tim McAleer
Bever Avenue
Michael Richman
Regent Street
Michael Allen
Decorah
Randall Rohrer
Fairfax
Louis Holmes
Brentwood Drive
John Diehl
Thirty-third Street
Kathleen Abernathy
1580 Avenue
William Cass
Trailridge Road
Charles van Dyck, Jr
West Des Moines
Betty Enrich
Tipton
James Montegue
Moline
Ill
Randall Janssen
Vinton
Loraine Ward
Eastern Drive
Leslie Ross
Fourth Street
Stanley Johnston
Steven Wells
Route One
Glenn Hinrichsen
Martello
Steven Ford
Dalewood Avenue
Jerry Hopker
Sixth Avenue
Roger Sokolowski
Park Towne Court
Carlene Parker
Mt. Vernon Road
James Welky
Solon
Ricky Hempstead
Summer Circle
Michael Dunn
Center Point
Marion Himes
First Avenue
Bobby Caldwell
Third Avenue
Phillip Pierce
Fourth Street NW
Donald Packingham
Palo
Larry Dingman
Iowa City
Exodus of Corporate Officers Accelerating
New York reports a rising churn in top executive roles. John Arnold of Applied Synergetics notes 60 US companies changed chief officers in early 1976, while Forbes cites 117 big company CEO changes in 1975. Experts attribute firings to a mix of retirements and expansion driven shifts, with increased pressure on leaders.
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New York
John Arnold
Applied Synergetics, Inc
Waltham
Mass
Arnold
United States
Forbes Magazine
Lester Korn
Korn-Ferry International, Inc
Korn
Japanese Visitors Informed Kosygin Ill In Moscow
A group of visiting Japanese businessmen were told by a Soviet trade ministry official that Premier Alexei Kosygin is ill. They reportedly felt the illness was not serious and had expected to meet him during their Moscow visit. On this date in 1530, Holy Roman Empire troops restored Florence to the Medici family.
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Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Soviet Trade Ministry
Holy Roman Empire
Florence
Synhorst
Whitcome
Severn
Rush
Huber
the Gazette
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Cedar Rapids Area
Obituary listings report Arthur Edward Butterfield 83 of Phoenix dies after a long illness. Also noted are services for Riley Jr. and Hauskins Edna E. and others with cremation and burial details. Inscribed memorials include heart fund and Trinity Lutheran church. Life events for Estella Robertson and many local residents are listed with church services, cemeteries, and funeral homes across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Arthur Edward Butterfield
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Ariz
Kathryn Hart
Butterfield
Masonic Lodge
James Atherton
Canoga Park
Calif
Lloyd Brockmeyer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial
Heart Fund
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Specifications for Remodeling Work Are Approved
SIGOURNEY The Sigourney Community School District board approved remodeling specifications for the building bought for administration offices. Action included hiring and personnel decisions with five teacher contracts and staff appointments. Beaty named head high school girls basketball coach. Davis granted a two week vacation in a 12 month contract. Jensen and Morris named instructors and coaches. Mateer appointed elementary PE and assistant high school wrestling and football coach.
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Sigourney
Board of Education
Sigourney Community School District
Gene Bielke
David Beaty
Beaty
Tom Davis
Keith Jensen
Rebecca Morris
Shelli Forshee
Mike Mateer
Oldest Tree on Earth Methuselah Near Bishop Calif
In Bishop California AP notes Methuselah a 4600 year old bristlecone pine lives about 12 miles east of town. Rand McNally National Forest Guide lists Methuselah as the oldest living thing on earth with companion Patriarch nearby in the Bristlecone Pine Forest by John Muir Wilderness area.
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Calif
Methuselah
Here
Rand McNally
California
John Muir
Sleeping Boy Found After Strawbery Point Search
Four year old Jeff Sergeant son of Mr and Mrs John Sergeant was found asleep at his grandparents farm six and a half miles north of Strawbery Point after a search by Strawbery Point police Clayton county sheriff firemen neighbors and family. The boy had been missing since about 5 30 p m and was located in theHoward Meyers farm bedroom.
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Strawberry Point
Jeff Sergeant
John Sergeant
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Clayton County
Howard Meyers
Soles sniper attack shocks Wichita shoppers
Police swarmed the Holiday Inn after a 2:54 p.m. shooting as James Soles was wounded by five officers on a balcony. Witnesses described a man carrying a 30-30 rifle and a .22 pistol, while the Red Cross appealed for blood and residents rushed to help friends and family.
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Holiday Inn
Wednes
Bobby Stout
Soles
Red Cross
Wichita
Gary Keneipp
Linn Dems Seek Safe Nomination After Severn Resigns
Severn resignation prompts a rushed nomination for his Cedar Rapids seat with uncertainty over certification. Democratic leaders including Ben Benzine and Tom Whitney unavailable, while Republicans prepare a rival nomination at Kirkwood Community College as county officials face vacancy issues and election timing.
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Whitney
15Th District Central Committee
Severn
Bush
Synhorst
Ray
Rush
Whitcome
Rita Huber
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Melissa Hubbard
Ford Faces Conservative Push on 1976 Platform
Conservatives press to drop detente and ERA support marks in 1976 platform debate. Ford wins early key decisions on Panama Canal Africa and Taiwan while Connally possible as GOP chair looms in White House planning.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
Panama Canal
Era
Africa
Taiwan
Judge Withdraws From Drug Case In Tama County
District Judge James H. Carter has withdrawn from sentencing George M. Ebert who pled guilty May 2 to conspiracy to commit a felony tied to a July 1975 illicit drug factory in north Tama. Carter cited potential bias from prior proceedings and ordered sentencing and the pre sentence investigation hearing postponed pending assignment of a new judge.
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Toledo
Tama County
James H. Carter
George M. Ebert
Ames
Ebert
North
Carter
Goldstein Calls for Constitution Amendment on Sex Rights
UPI reports publisher Al Goldstein facing potential 60 year jail term for obscenity forms Citizens Committee To Amend the Constitution to lobby for sexual rights. He says government must get out of bedrooms and criticizes state laws defining sexual normalcy as criminal.
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U.S
New York
UPI
Screw
al Goldstein
Ciizens Committee
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Ross Stickley
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LaVerne Arlene) McCalley
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