Longtime Cedar Rapids dealer Ray Allen Allen Motor Co leader dies
Ray Allen 81 of 3840 Indiandale Circle SE died unexpectedly in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He headed Allen Motors from 1929 to 1963 and led the Allen Co a firm owning the property housing the auto firm and operating a service station. He held multiple community roles including Masonic groups Cedar Rapids Airport Commission YMCA Rotary Club and churches. Born March 9 1898 in McGregor he studied at the University of Wisconsin and worked in Elkader before leading Allen Motor Co in Oelwein. He is survived by his brother A W Allen. Funeral arrangements are pending at Turner’s East.
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Indiandale Circle SE
Allen Motor Co
Cedar Rapids
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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Consistory
YMCA
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Iowa Obituaries Roundup Colesburg to Williamsburg
Death notices for Colesburg Sophia Klaus 89 funeral at Colesburg Methodist Church burial Zion Cemetery. Coralville Delbert Gingerich 61 service at George L Gay's burial Memory Gardens. Independence Lydia Dehning 91 service at Mason-Howe's. Jesup Bernadette Cook 58 mass at St Athanasius with rosary. Sigourney Gladys Glandon 78 service at Reynolds'. Williamsburg Francis Jennings 75 mass at St Marys with rosary and burial at St Josephs Cemetery Parnell.
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Colesburg
Sophia E. Klaus
Coralville
Delbert L. Gingerich
George L. Gay
Memory Gardens
Jesup
Bernadette
Bunny” Cook
St. Athanasius Catholic Church
Parker’s
Sigourney
Gladys Marie Glandon
Reynolds
Williamsburg
Francis M. Jennings
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Uhlmann’s
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Parnell
Grain embargo affects prices despite official optimism
The administration and Chicago Board of Trade officials say average farm prices will hold despite Carter’s grain and soybean embargo. A new Agriculture Department report projects corn at 2.25 to 2.55 per bushel, wheat at 3.60 to 3.90, and soybeans at 5.75 to 6.50, with exports expected to fall from previous estimates but offset by gains from Brazil, China, Mexico, and Egypt.
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China
Mexico
Egypt
Russia
Clerk duties and local government reforms in Iowa towns
The piece covers changes in town officer residency rules adopted in 1967, shared clerks in several Iowa communities, and support services from regional associations. It highlights Mrs. Ehlers of Aurora who oversaw sewer upgrades in Stanley and a fire station bond, plus a 1977 car crash that forced a home sworn-in council ceremony via telephone.
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Ehlers
Stanley’s
Oelwein
Stanley Council
Aurora
Sanctions on Iran face hurdle amid Soviet stance
In Washington sources say the USSR will block outside interference in Iran and resist U.S. attempts to impose economic sanctions. A senior official notes Brezhnev and Kosygin may have limited influence on any Afghan troop decision while White House talks with the International Longshoremen's Association target a boycott of Soviet shipping.
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United States
Tass
Washington
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Alexei Kosygin
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Afghanistan
U.S
White House
International Longshoremen’s Association
Carter sister to meet public in Manchester Iowa
Jean Carter Stapleton sister of President Jimmy Carter will greet the public at 12 30 p m Friday at the Phyllis Hughes residence in Manchester. The visit is sponsored by the Delaware County Democrats. On this date in 1738 Ethan Allen the early American patriot was born.
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Manchester
Jean Carter Stapleton
Jimmy Carter
Phyllis Hughes
Delaware County Democrats
Ethan Allen
Weather Summary and Snowstorm North to West
Wind from the south at 16 to 29 mph at 11 a.m. Sun rises 7 34 and sets 4 56. Temperature extremes include 79 above in Florida and 17 below in Minnesota. A major snowstorm affects the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies with 1 to 4 inches forecast for the Dakotas and Great Lakes region.
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Vital Statistics Births and notices reach across Iowa
Vital statistics list multiple births with names and addresses in Anamosa Marion Solon Palo Scotch Grove and Central City plus Minneapolis noted. Grandparents and relatives named for several newborns. Local incident timings include false alarm at 200 First St SE and fault at 418 Second St NE followed by ambulance assist at 4800 Edgewood Rd SW and electrical short at 1776 Mallory St SW.
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Diana
Michael Anderson
26Th St. NW
Vicki
Michael McGuire
Woodside Court NW
Barbara
Robert Quint
35Th St
Marion
Jacqueline
James Lovell
Central City
Karen
Edward Zirkelbach
Scotch Grove
Kevin Booth
Palo
Jane
James Fenel
Solon
First St
Second St. NE
Edgewood Road
Ken Gulick named Center Point police chief
Center Point will form its own police department with Ken Gulick, 29, chosen from four applicants to lead the new force. He will start Feb. 4 and will work under a plan where Linn County Sheriff patrol continues until July 1. The city will rely on the sheriff’s radio system and dispatch, with potential additions as advised. An armed robbery at Casey’s General Store occurred about 6:30 p.m. the same night, with $200 taken and the incident prompting council action.
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Casey’s General
Highway 150
Linn
Ken Gulick
Linn Sheriffs Department
Robert Pepin
Gulick
Lisbon
Vietnam
Linn County
Sheriff's Department
Pepin
Shirer in Good Condition After Heart Surgery
William Shirer 75 a former Cedar Rapids resident is listed in good condition after open heart surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center Milwaukee performed by Dr Dudley Johnson. He was admitted Sunday transferred from Sarasota Fla and two daughters and a research assistant visited.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee
Shirer
Europe
Sarasota
Fla
City Briefs Offer Weekend Meetings And Mediation Sessions
NAACP group meets Friday at 7 30 p m at Jane Boyd Community House. Republican women host a 2nd District workshop at Longbranch Supper Club with Rep Tom Tauke speaking at 12 30 lunch. Cedar Rapids School District mediations proceed with two units and two mediators from FMCS. High Twelve program features Capt Ralph Myers on Iowa juvenile justice law.
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Jane Boyd Community House
Iowa Federation of Republican Women
Longbranch
Tom Tauke
Cedar Rapids Community
Robert Bergstrom
Bill Weier
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cedar Rapids
District
Education Association
Ralph Myers
Iowa
Shrine Embassy Club
Amana man struck on head with baseball bat
Amana resident Bill Leichsenring Jr., 23, was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after being struck on the head with a baseball bat. He was listed in fair condition this morning. The incident occurred as he walked through a doorway at his parents' Amana home. his family runs the Ox Yoke Inn restaurant.
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Bill Leichsenring Jr
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Kevin Svoboda
Leichsenring
Ox Yoke Inn
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