Notary John Ely May Hold Iowa Record for Public Service
At 93 John M Ely Jr may hold an unmatched Iowa public service record as a notary since 1909. Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst weighs a special commendation while noting the vast renewal workload for 30,000 active notaries. Ely continues daily work at Oak Hill Cemetery Assn and a Burkhalter Insurance office.
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Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
John M. Ely, Jr
First Avenue
Synhorst
Robert Ray
Ely
Secretary of State
L. D. Burkhalter
Burkhalter Insurance Agency
Cedar Rapids
Burkhalter Agency
Oak Hill Cemetery Assn
Guaranty Bank
Burkhalter
William B. Allison
Dubuque
U.S. Senate
Lynhorst
Iowa City Council Rejects Condemnation For Hickory Hill Land
The Iowa City council rejected condemnation of 13 acres near Hickory Hill park after citing high costs and potential court fights. Pat Harding owns the land and plans a housing development, with council members split on park expansion. The panel approved a $28,000 SEATS transport contract for the elderly and disabled. University Heights dispute over municipal services continues with Iowa City and the town at an impasse over 1978 costs.
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Iowa City Council
Hickory Hill Park
Pat Harding
Harding
Carol dePresse
David Perret
DePresse
Orientation and political notices fill Cedar Rapids briefs
Orientation for eighth and ninth grade transfer students at Franklin junior high is scheduled for Friday. Cedar Rapids Community School District classes start Monday. Charles Schmitt campaigns with public safety as a focus and a campaign line lists a contact number 362 8272. Catholic Laymen host Michael W O Rieley to discuss Cedar Rapids history. Door County fall tour offered September 26 to 29 with local contact numbers.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Charles Schmitt
Office of Public Safety
Pol. Adv
Michael W. O’rieley
Cedar Rapids
Bishop’s
Berkowitz Denies Identity at Bronx Arraignment
David R. Berkowitz denied being David R. Berkowitz at arraignment on a Bronx county grand jury indictment charging six murders and seven woundings tied to the Son of Sam killings. His attorney asked that he be allowed to stand mute as he undergoes psychiatric evaluation.
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New York
UPI
David R. Berkowitz
Bronx County
Sam
Berkowitz
Supreme Court
Bronx
Kings County Hospital
Mark Jay Heller
Johnson Sets 1.9 Million Jail Bond in Johnson County
Johnson County supervisors vote to place a 1.9 million bond before voters to build a new county jail and sheriff’s department facility. Iowa City council weighs a second 500 thousand bond for city police space, plans a joint facility. Previous 6.5 million city county bond failed twice.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Iowa City Council
Bargaining Unit Formed for Cedar Rapids School Secretaries
Cedar Rapids Community district secretaries voted 114 to 7 to form an official bargaining unit. The Cedar Rapids Association of Educational Secretaries will represent 195 eligible voters and handle 1978-79 contract negotiations, joining teachers custodians carpenters and painters as district bargaining units.
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Cedar Rapids
Finney Returns To National Theater In London
Albert Finney, fresh from promoting his debut album as a pop singer, rejoins Britain's National Theater company. He previously played Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great. for the coming season he is penciled in for Macbeth The Cherry Orchard and The Country Wife.
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UPI
Albert Finney
Britain
National Theater Company
Hamlet
Tamberlaine the Great
National
Macbeth
Coralville Lake Winds and Mississippi River Levels Update
Winds from ENE at 9 mph this morning. Forecast shows a 6:24 a.m. rise Thursday and a sunny weekend with mostly clear skies and highs in the 80s. Mississippi river levels at several gauges show small rises or no change, with La Crosse 5.0 feet and Dubuque 7.1 feet, among others.
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Ten Hurt When Bus Is Struck By Truck At City Crossing
Ten persons were hospitalized after a truck struck a city bus stopped on the west side of the Eighth street railroad crossing. Lyndel Evans of Mayfield Kentucky faces charges of failure to have control of his vehicle.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Lyndel Evans
Mayfield
Mercy Hospital
Ethel Strong
Second Street
Mary Sadderis
Bever Avenue
John Riley
Thirty-first Street
Winnie Nelson
Shellsburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carman Webber
Montrose Hotel
Bonnie Vance
Melissa Upchurch
Riverdale
Gloria Egli
Thirtyfirst Street
Lee Lybarger
Crestview Nursing Home
Marion
Riley
Evans
Faulk
Thirteenth Street
Looters Treated Harshly in Post-Blackout Arrests
New York reports show more than 70 percent of blackout looters were jailed, far above the 30 percent rate for similar crimes. Only 6 percent of blackout cases were disposed of at arraignment, vs the 39 percent overall, as Richard Gelb urged firmer leadership and a unified emergency plan after the July 13 14 blackout.
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New York
Division of Criminal Justice Services
Richard Gelb
Abraham Beame
Gelb
Births and marriages fill local vital statistics
Birth notices list multiple hospitals and couples with names and locations including Mercy St Luke's Cedar Falls Mason City and Anamosa. Marriage licenses include Zanzie Taake Troxel Rees Polansky Englert Layher Ryan Harris Bratten Gotterup Stevens. Dissolutions cite Cole Roman with times and addresses. Accidents and nuisance calls appear with street locations and times.
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Kenneth W. Zanzie
Adeline A. Taake
John A. Troxel
Ellen L. Rees
Mark T. Polansky
Annette M. Englert
Cedar Rapids
David S. Layher
Terry L. Ryan
Norway
Ronald A. Harris
Toni J. Bratten
Marion
John L. Gotterup
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Sherry L. Stevens
Dean Becomes Full Time Writer On Watergate Memoir
In New York John Dean former White House counsel promotes the paperback of Blind Ambition and states he is now a full time writer at age 39. He says he writes to make a living and offers perspective on the Nixon era while noting his wife Maureen also faces media offers, often seen as exploitative.
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White House
John Dean
Watergate
Dean
Nixon White House
Maureen
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