Sprague Picked as Chief Counsel Amid Controversy
Select committee head Downing said Sprague overall qualified despite known criticisms. He noted Sprague lacks a background in investigation yet expects he will contribute, after interviewing six candidates and selecting from a final list with help from several committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing
Select Committee
Sprague
D-Va
Congress
Rep
Henry Gonzales
Texas
Controversy Over Food Stamp Reform Proposals Emerges
lawmakers clash with Ford administration over proposed changes to food stamp program. Key issues include shifting recipients to a 30 percent net income contribution and basing eligibility on income in the 90 days prior, seen as delaying aid for new unemployed applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Administration
Obituaries Chronicle Cedar Rapids Area Roster
Obituaries notice list from Cedar Rapids area includes Robert C. Kacere 60, born 1916, WWII veteran, wife Elizabeth Shadid, several relatives, funeral details at St George Orthodox church. Also Donna E. Kimm 56, formerly of Blairstown, Cedar Rapids resident since 1939, cremation and memorial service planned, and Monte H. McClure 56, Decatur native, Cedar Rapids resident, memorials and service details. Additional notices list Ashby Wayne O., Bell Hamilton, Andrews Anna Dora, Mary Leona Borton with service times, locations, and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kacere
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Kacere
Elizabeth Shadid
Ohio National Life Insurance Co
St. George’s Orthodox Church
Kevin
Patti Kacere
Lilian Kacere
Sam Laham
Wichita
Kan
Sam M. Haddy
George Webby
Nicolas Nemer
Abe
George
John
New York City
St. George Building Fund
Donna E. Kimm
Thirty-seventh Street
Blairstown
van Horne
Kent C. Kimm
Kimm
Kenwood Park
Monte H. McClure
Sherman Street
Decatur
Iowa
Leon
Glendolyn Meek
Collins Radio Group
McClure
Grace Brethren Church
Patricia McClure
Hiawatha
Bonnie Haines
Spokane
Wash
Dennis McClure
Robins
SFC
Ronald McClure
Schweinfurt
Germany
Romaine McClure
Wade McClure
Charles McClure
Richland
Max McClure
Montrose
Colo
Obituary notices from White's and Goettsch's services announced
Independence May Wer ner 92 and Michael McGrane 22 remembered in notices from White's. Tipton Mearle Brown 79 funeral services Tuesday at 1 30 with calling hours 9 to 9 Monday. Monticello Raymond Taylor 60 of Central City Ill. Goettsch's services 11 a.m. Tuesday with visitation after 7 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Werner
White’s. Independence
Michael McGrane
White's
Tipton
Mearle Brown
Sheets and Son
Monticello
Raymond
Pic) Taylor
Central City
Ill
Goettsch
Just Missed Being Bicentennial Baby
Thomas Byfield Conley was Rhode Island's first baby of 1977 born at 12:49 a.m. to Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Conley of Cranston at Women’s and Infants’ Hospital. Patrick Conley, head of the state bicentennial commission, hoped for a 1976 exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R.I
Rhode Island
Patrick Conley
Cranston
Conley
Thomas Byfield Conley
Women’s and Infants’ Hospital of
Conleys
Pat
Des Moines Man Charged With Drunk Driving
D M Man arrested on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids at 6 p.m. Saturday on a charge of drunk driving. Iowa highway patrol officers made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Cotton
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Patrol
Wintry Chill Storm Opens New Year Across Regions
Americans from the Great Plains to the Atlantic greet the New Year in deep cold as a major winter storm sweeps into Arizona and moves toward Colorado and New Mexico. Temperatures reach 24 below in Bisbee while snow and ice disrupt travel from New York to Pennsylvania and into the deserts of the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Bis
mid-Mississippi
Ohio River
New York
Pennsylvania
National Weather Service
British Leaders To Visit Carter
London sources say Prime Minister James Callaghan and Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland plan a trip to the United States soon after Jimmy Carter's January 20 inauguration to meet the president-elect. Carter has visited Britain once, in 1972, a trip officials once viewed favorably though some note he may see Britain as a second-rate power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James Callaghan
Jimmy Carter
United States
Carter
Callaghan
Anthony Crosland
Britain
Saudis Split With Oil Allies Over Price Rise
In Bonn West Germany Saudi Arabia says it will hold its price increase to 5 percent and fears about Western economic instability drive the split from other oil producing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
West Germany
UPI
West
Saudi Arabia
TV theft and vandalism reported in Roosevelt area
Police said two television sets valued at 200 dollars were stolen from rooms at the Roosevelt Royale on Saturday. A brick broke two windows worth 200 dollars at 1421 Sierra drive NE. Jack Miller at 1609 Sierra drive NE reported a window five by six feet valued at 400 dollars broken at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Royale
Barbara A. McGee
Sierra Drive
Jack Miller
Contributing Charge Filed Against Woman
Sue A. Gunzenhauser twenty one of 828 C avenue NW was arrested Saturday on contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police said she and a sixteen year old boy were found in a car on Thirteenth street NW engaging in allegedly indecent behavior. She was jailed on125 dollar bond. the boy was released to his parents as police continued questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue A. Gunzenhauser
C Avenue NW
Gunzenhauser
Thirteenth Street
Linn County
Police Youth Bureau
Burglars Loot 7 11 Store Then Flee
Police report burglars pried open the northwest door of the 7 11 at 226 Sixteenth Avenue SW. They stacked eight bags of snacks, two 12 packs of beer, a camera, and doughnuts near the exit but fled without taking the loot, possibly startled by an arriving employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Weather and local notices from Daily Record and services
Saturday forecast shows high in 20s and near 30 with snow chance Tuesday and partly cloudy midweek. Humidity at 10 p.m. 57 percent. NW wind 8 mph. Births reported from St. Luke's and local addresses. Fire and incident logs note overheated furnace, broken sprinkler, defective toaster, frozen sprinkler, and false alarms in multiple locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
Michael Grover
F Avenue NW
Edgewood Road
Thirteenth Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Penick and
Ford
First Street
Palo Man Critical With Head Injury
A 25 year old Palo man James Huff is in critical condition with head injuries after an incident near Shellsburg. Officials say he was picked up by Palo ambulance service at 2 p.m. Saturday and taken to St Luke's then University hospitals. The cause of the head injuries is not yet known and investigators consider whether it was accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
Palo
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Benton County
James Huff
L.E. Huelsenbech
Huff
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mother Will Make Nuisance of Herself in Abduction Case
Beverly Davis vows to pressure federal intervention after her two children Ami Copeland four and Cecilia nineteen months were abducted by Samuel Copeland from Urbandale. Local police say Copeland and an accomplice took the children in a rental car. a warrant has been issued. Federal agents declined involvement, citing no immediate danger to the kids and Copeland’s earlier return of the children from Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Urbandale
Beverly Davis
Ami Copeland
Cecilia
Justice Department
Davis
Washington
Samuel Copeland
Copeland
John
Cecelia Gannon
Gannon
Polk County Attorney's Office
Camp Good Health Donations Move Camp Support
Cedar Rapids Children’s Home operates Camp Good Health a summer program for underprivileged youth. Donors gave gifts in memory or honor of individuals and families including Reed Chipley Atkinson Langer McGranahan Robertson Borg Fisher Lodge Bachman Josifek Hoyt and others totaling 13,928.36 with larger receipts showing 23,100.00 and 9,171.64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Reed
Henry Peasley
Granville
Georgia Mae Chipley
Robert
Edith Atkinson
Rose McGranahan
Ken Robertson
Arnold Borg
Parke Fisher
Jerry Fox
George Lodge
Harold Bachman
Carol Josifek
Louis Hoyt
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Mark Lane
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Gilbert W. Gilgan
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Mary Leona Borton
Meth-Wick Manor
Guthrie County
Oskaloosa College
E.n. Burton
Dexter
F.B.I
Highway Patrol
Sheriff Medical Society
Pierson
Ellis Bird
Cedar Is Love Funeral Home
Cemetery Flower Shop
D.M. Man
United Press International
Greyhound
Oxford
Davenport
Jim Anderson
Anderson
March
N.D
Elswhere
Midwest
Brainerd
Minn
Deserts
Hawley Lake
Flagstaff
Cotton Bowl
Dalhart
Novak Monument CO
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
Yellow Pine Court
Mark Shepard
North Towne Lane
Ronald Hendricks
William Seely
Michael Hall
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Twelfth Avenue
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Palo Man
Sahara Desert
U.S
George Perry
Israel
Senior Citizens Bus Service
John C. Langer
Emil Langer
Eleanor H. Taylor
John D. Taylor, Jr
Ang
Richard L. Jensen
Paul Myers
Mom
Onie
Edward Hospodarsky
Anne
Karen Hospodarsky
Camp Good Health
Buck Darling
Don Meggers Dittens
Walter J. Briney
Fay Briney
Stanley Stastny
Fred Platz
Mary Ann
Leland S. Evans
Arlen J. James
Robert Scroggs
Modern Maid Club
Vernon
Raymond McCleary
Nellie McCleary
Arien J. James
Ruth
George Steinbeck
Margaret
Bertha
Merle L. Burton
Teeee
George Vilek
Robert Stolba
Harry Lee
Hazel Cooper
Marion
Bill Rucker
Orvie Ness
Frank Stary
Sovereign
Charles, Henrietta & Charles, Jr
Pochobradsky
MT. Vernon RD
Stewart Funeral Home
First Ave. N.E
William J. Stewart
James F. Stewart
3Rd Ave
Wilbert
Jundaatit
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
Marien
Lows
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