Elkport youth among six Iowa traffic victims
Six people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. David L. Steen, 18, of Elkport, died in a one car crash near Garber when his vehicle left the road and overturned. Dan Zaph and Kevin Roeder, both 18, survived after minor injuries. Other fatalities included Rohn A. Hildreth, 20, and Ronald McCauley, 22, in a collision with a bus carrying Carroll prep basketball players. Joyce Wiederin and Ann Engstrom, both 19, were seriously injured. Helmeth Welch, 19, died in a single car crash north of Council Bluffs. Cecil Brown, 46, died in Ames in a pickup-semi collision. Vernon Riggs, driver of the semi, was uninjured. Steven Peters, 25, died in a Woodbine collision with another car driven by Dwayne Burmeister, who was uninjured. No citations were issued.
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David L. Steen
Elkport
Garber
Steen
Clayton County
Guttenberg
Dan Zaph
Littleport
Kevin Roeder
Strawberry Point
Rohn A. Hildreth
Lohrville
Ronald McCauley
Lake City
The
Carroll Boys and Girls
Joyce A. Wiederin
Ann E. Engstrom
Helmeth A. Welch
Council Bluffs
Cecil G. Brown
Ames
Vernon L. Riggs
Des Moines
Steven Peters
Woodbine
Dwayne Burmeister
Burmeister
Cedar Rapids Names Panel To Draft Cable Ordinance
Mayor Don Canney named a 10 member special committee to draft an ordinance regulating cable television in Cedar Rapids. The panel will review the franchise proposal from Cedar Rapids Cable Communications Corp and make changes for local needs before FCC approval.
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Don Canney
Cedar Rapids Cable Communications Corp
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Canney
Donald Gardner
12Th Ave
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Terry Crawford
C Ave
Rockwell-Collins
Lew van Nostrand
Trailridge Road
WMT, Inc
Mary Ann Kucera
Larry Drive
Former Cedar Rapids Youth Given Probation in U S Check Case
George Burnley once of Cedar Rapids now living in Washington Iowa received two years probation in U S District Court after pleading guilty to a federal check charge. He admitted stealing a $741 Treasury check from the mail last April and forging and cashing it. He faced three counts but pleaded guilty to one and others were dismissed under the federal youth corrections act.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa
U.S. District Court
George Burnley
St. SW
U.S. Treasury
Burnley
Winthrop Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Raymond Clarence Spaight, 64, of Winthrop, died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen at 7 30 p m Sunday. The body was found in a barn on his farm in Buchanan County. Medical examiner Dr A E Mayner ruled the death a self inflicted death. Surviving are his wife Eula Belle two brothers Art Cedar Rapids Maynard Pharr Texas one sister Mrs Robert Sorensen Walker and two grandchildren. Services set 1 30 p m Wednesday at Mason Harris Quasqueton with visitation after 1 p m Tuesday. Memorial fund established.
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Raymond Clarence Spaight
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Buchanan County
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Eula Belle
Robert Sorensen
Walker
Art
Cedar Rapids
Maynard
Pharr
Texas
Lansing Man Dies After 200 Foot Cliff Fall
A 22 year old Lansing man Gary Trondle fell 200 feet from a south edge cliff near New Albin on Sunday. He died on arrival at a La Crosse hospital. He is survived by his parents and worked at John Deere Tractor Works in Waterloo. Services are pending at Burke Thornburg in Lansing.
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Lansing
Gary Trondle
Trendle
Carter Lectures on Death Wealth and Fame
President Carter taught a Bible class at First Baptist Church advising students to avoid obsession with death wealth fame and social status. Thirty years ago the American Farm Bureau urged Congress to raise peacetime price supports for farm products.
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President Carter
First Baptist Church
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Man charged after assaulting deputies in Linn County
A 27 year old Cedar Rapids man Duane R Sills was charged with intoxication and two counts of assault after allegedly kicking Deputy Swain in the head and Deputy Jacobs in the back while being transported to Linn County Jail. He was arrested early Sunday and released to the Department of Adult Correctional Services.
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Linn
Duane R. Sills
49Th St. NE
Karl Kolz
Robert Swain
Linn County
Sills
Center Point Road
Collins Road
Swain
Daniel Jacobs
Jacobs
Department of Adult Correctional Services
Weather Outlook Another Cold Spell
Extended forecast shows mostly fair weather Wednesday through Friday. Highs in the 20s and lows in the teens.
Births Recorded Across Mercy St Luke's and Other Local Hospitals
Birth notices list multiple newborns Dec 17 to Dec 19 at Mercy St Luke's St Luke's and St. Luke's hospital networks including Keystone Center Point Lisbon and Rockville Md with parents Mr Mrs and addresses in Keystone Fifth Street NW North Towne Lane NE Gateway St NE First St NW among others. An out of town birth in Rockville Md notes a daughter for Mr and Mrs Charles M Cochran Jr. with familial ties to Mount Vernon and Bever Ave. SE. A series of local emergency and service calls follow including overheated heater at 1422 Eighth Ave SE a possible cigarette to locker at 321 First Ave SE and a car fire on 32nd Street SE.
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Michael McNamara
Fifth St. NW
Rich Farris
First St. NW
Charles Breedlove
North Towne Lane
Steven Mrkvicka
Center Point
Andrew Hamilton
16Th Ave
Joseph Solem
Gateway St
Steven Allard
Lisbon
Richard Kahler
Cambridge Drive
Rockville
Charles M. Cochran
Cochran
Mount Vernon
W. Robert James
Bever Ave
Eighth Ave
First Ave
Thunderbird Road
Edgewood Road
32Nd Street
First St
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