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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1977

Page

2

Second District GOP vote creates women majority on panel

Marian Pfaff of Dubuque won the 2nd District committee seat, giving the state Republican central committee a women majority of seven to five after a four-ballot contest to replace Thomas Tauke. Pfaff beat Paul Pfeffer 14 to 11. Diana Stadtmueller of Monticello is the other new woman on the panel.

Des Moines Republican Party Dubuque Marian Pfaff Thomas Tauke Pfaff Diana Stadtmueller Monticello Paul Pfeffer Clinton

Oberthien filing belated campaign report for Cedar Rapids safety post

John Oberthien, an unsuccessful candidate for Cedar Rapids public safety commissioner, filed a late final financial report covering Nov 2 to Dec 8. Receipts totaled 1332 with 834 old balance. expenditures 1665 to LaCombe Kucera Associates. cash on hand 501. unpaid bills 727 to the same firm. Several gifts over 25 included 200 from Tom Kelly and 100 from George Bowler. Final report shows spending about 2,000 less than Floyd Bergen, who will assume the post in three weeks. Richard Smith had not filed. Iowa law deadline was last Thursday.

John Oberthien Cedar Rapids Oberthien Tom Kelly 1St Ave LaCombe/ Rucera Floyd Bergen Richard Smith Iowa

Holding firm bids for Iowa bank in cash deal

Northwest Bancorporation offers $102.50 per share for 48 000 shares of the First National Bank of Marion in Iowa. The Marion bank board will likely back the tender. no changes to directors management or staff are expected. Regulatory approval is required.

Phil Morris First National Bank of Marion Richard H. Vaughan Northwest Bancorporation Morris Vaughan

Jury awards $21 500 in arrest suit

A Linn District Court jury awarded Larry T. Wilson 21500 in his false arrest and false imprisonment suit against Cedar Rapids officers, the Police Department and the city. The verdict covers 500 actual and 5000 punitive in false arrest and 1000 actual and 10000 punitive in false imprisonment. Klappholz not liable for false arrest.

Linn District Court Larry T. Wilson Cedar Rapids Wilson James Young Michael Klappholz Sixteenth Ave Larry Wilson Klappholz Robert Osmundson Steven D. Thomas Robert L. Engretson Billy R. Benefield Mary L. Rauch Thomas F. Brundage Sandra Shultice Helen M. McGowan Colette M. Janisch

Two Arrests Reported In Hiawatha And Springville

Police listed two arrests weekend results. Craig R. Bean 29 of 265 Quash St Hiawatha charged with larceny and speeding failure to yield and display of plates held on 1155 bond after allegedly taking a tire and wheel from a car owned by Betty Besta in K mart west lot. Kenneth L. Ohlhauser 19 of 1414 Fourth Ave SW charged Saturday night with malicious injury to a building for allegedly kicking in a door at 212 Eighth Ave SW he signed a promise to appear and was released. Also notes Sara Jane Moore 1975 plea request in San Francisco court over Ford assassination attempt.

Craig R. Bean Quash St Hiawatha Bean Betty Besta Springville Kmart Fourth Ave Ohlhauser Eighth Ave

Weather Summary for the Area

Weekend forecast shows high around the 30s and overnight lows in the teens to low 20s. No precipitation expected Wednesday through Friday with temperatures cooler than average and light winds around 15 mph.

Anchorage Atlanta Miami Bismarck Mets Chicago Denver New York N.orleans Duluth Phoenix Honolulu Seattle Houston Washington C.R

Four Charged in Fayette Fight at Flip n Flop Lounge

In Fayette four men were charged with disturbing the peace after a Saturday night fight at the Flip n Flop Lounge left a man injured. John Hauptle needed 30 stitches for a bar glass cut, and authorities seek Terry Lott who allegedly threw the glass. Danny Keig Don Lyons and Kevin Brumley are charged. a fourth suspect is at large.

Fayette John Hauptle Danny Keig Don Lyons Kevin Brumley Terry Lott Hauptle

Leach seeks full probe of Food For Peace program

U S Representative James Leach urged a comprehensive investigation into the Food For Peace program citing reported ties to South Korean businessman Tongsun Park. He asked Attorney General Griffin Bell to revisit his earlier decision not to probe possible anti trust violations. Park reportedly earned more than 9 million dollars as a sales agent for a U S rice firm involved in the program.

Davenport U.S James Leach Tongsun Park Leach Griffin Bell Iowa Republican Park

Vital statistics and marriages in Cedar Rapids area

A list of marriage licenses including Dennis A. Wilcox and Laura E. Darling and others in Cedar Rapids and Marion, with dissolved marriages noted. Birth announcements from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals detail several newborns with parent addresses. A sequence of reported incidents lists home alarms, a space heater malfunction, sprinkler fault, a chimney clog, and other local emergencies with times and locations.

Dennis A. Wilcox Laura E. Darling Dana D. Heeren Judy A. Haugen Albert P. Lucas Leslee A. Moss Dennis L. Lange Victoria A. Harling Donald R. Wallner Sharyl K Robert B. Hagerman Julie A. Jamison Kerry D. Mounce Nancy L. Shaughnessy Cedar Rapids Jeffrey L. Fredericks Nancy M. Enneking Marion Edward D. Harrison Tacoma Wash Ida L. Dahl

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