Young Columbus Winners to Tour Spain and Portugal
Two Gazette newspaper carriers win an all expense paid trip to Spain and Portugal during Easter week April 7 to 19. They will join Young Columbus XXI via Trans World Airlines visiting historic Iberian sites meet U S ambassadors and Spanish and Portuguese officials. Sponsored by The Gazette and Parade magazine for outstanding route performance and citizenship.
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Young Columbus XXI Group
Trans World Airlines
Land of Great Heroes
Spain and
Portugal
Isabella
Christopher Columbus
Magellan
Henry the Navigator
U.S
Spain
Gazette
The
Parade Magazine
Extended forecast and local notices from Daily Record
Weather forecast calls for a chance of snow Friday and Friday night, then generally fair Saturday and Sunday. Highs 10 to teens, lows five to below zero. Births list multiple area hospitals with numerous newborns and parents. Marriage licenses include Cedar Rapids entries. Police log notes multiple nuisance incidents with times and locations across local streets.
Ten Cent Bottle Deposit Proposed by Gov Ray
Gov. Robert Ray urged a ten cent deposit on bottles and cans for beverages in a clean environment bill. He cited Oregon's system and noted potential jobs from bottle returns. He also pressed for minority stockholder protections and county like school districts to cut admin costs amid declining enrollments.
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Gov. Ray
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Oregon
Iowa
Ray
Iowa Native James E. Kearney, Rochester Bishop, Dies
James E. Kearney, a Red Oak Iowa native and long serving Roman Catholic bishop of the Rochester diocese, died at St. Ann's Home after a long illness at age 92. He led Rochester from 1937 to 1966 after serving as Salt Lake City bishop starting in 1932.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
James E. Kearney
St. Ann's
Kearney
Red Oak
Iowa
New York City
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kenneth Perry former court clerk dies after long illness
Kenneth LeRoy Perry 67 of Cedar Rapids died at home Wednesday after a long illness. He served Linn County as court clerk from 1965 to 1976 and was active in politics and community groups. Survived by wife Pearl, three children, ten grandchildren, services Friday at Immaculate Conception church with burial at Mt. Calvary.
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Kenneth LeRoy Perry
Seventeenth Street
Linn
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Perry
Quaker Oats Co
Democratic Central Committee
Citizens Committee
Immaculate Conception Church
Pearl Melchior
Kenneth L. Perry, Jr
Byron L. Perry
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jerry Johnson
William P. Leonard
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Stewart Funeral Home
Father Leonard
Vivian C. Brown
Rockford
Centerville
Davis County
Charles D. Brown
Brown
First Church of the Nazarene
James Mays
Clermont
Fla
Walter McCullough
Chapel of Memories
Dana Turner
First Church of the Nazarene of
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
First Church of the Nazarene of Cedar Rapids Memorial Fund
E.J. Vanous
E Avenue NW
Murder Victim Steven Swalley Memorial Services Pending
The Beatty Bearle Murdoch Funeral Home lists services for Steven Gregg Swalley 23 of 3215 Cameo Lane SW Cedar Rapids born August 20 1953. Swalley was stabbed to death near Monticello Florida and survived by wife Carol Bihlmire and several relatives. Also noted is the death of Vivian C Brown 74 of Rockford Illinois with funeral details and charitable donation note.
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Steven Gregg Swalley
Cameolane
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch
Swalley
North
Florida
Monticello
Fla
Mr. Swalley
Cedar Rapids
Prairie High School
Carol Bihlmire
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Arnold Swalley
Wendy
Sheila
Roger
Mark
Francis Aimers
Gladys Swalley
Lake Superior Until Now at Effigy Mounds Film Festival
McGREGOR hosts a weekend film festival featuring Lake Superior Until Now about a major inland waterway. A second short, Blade and Pressure Flaking, shows stone tool making. Student artwork from Guttenberg Community School will be displayed at the visitor center through Monday with hourly screenings 11 to 4 Saturday and Sunday and at 1 pm Monday. Effigy Mounds is north of McGregor and Marquette on highway 76.
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McGregor
Lake Superior
Guttenberg Community School
McGregor and
Marquette
Highway 76
Official Rules Point to Self-Inflicted Death in Gillam Case
Miriam Gillam, 40, of 1101 Dover Street NE Cedar Rapids, was found dead in a car in a closed garage. Linn County medical examiner indicates carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause, death deemed likely self-inflicted pending final ruling. Funeral services set for Friday at Turner Chapel East with Rev. Allen S. Van Cleve.
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Miriam Gillam
Dover Street
Linn County
John Gillam
Cedar Rapids
Finland
Las Vegas
Nev
Gillam
Michael O’rourke Gillam
Elmer Wuori
Santana
Flo
Karl Wuori
Wildwood
Ill
Turner Chapel East
Allen S. van Cleve
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Turner East
Pair Arrested in Toddville Theft Case
Paul R. Boots age 18 and a 16 year old Toddville boy were charged with larceny of less than $20 for stealing two car batteries from H. R. Lillie on Route 1 in Toddville Tuesday. The arrest also clears a break in at Robert Halverson’s rural Toddville residence on January 6.
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Paul R. Boots
Thompson Street
Toddville
H. R. Lillie
Linn
Robert Halverson
Carter Picks Vance and Brown for key posts in new cabinet
At hearings the Senate praised Vance as secretary of state and Brown as defense secretary while Bergland and Schultze won broad support. Vance acknowledged Vietnam policy errors. Brown projected Pentagon savings of 5 to 7 billion dollars next year. Carter pressed leaders to cooperate on foreign policy as Mondale joins his administration.
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Cyrus Vance
Harold Brown
Defense
Robert Bergland
Agriculture
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Bergland
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vance
Frank Church
Idaho
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Tee
Schultze
Proxmire
Congress
Swanson cites anti trust law exemption in St Paul case
Swanson says the new anti trust law’s exemptions cover actions approved by regulatory bodies, leaving the state unable to regulate The St Paul rate structure. The department’s preliminary report found The St Paul did not cut rates but appeared to overcharge hospitals in seven months 1975 76. Investigation to finish next week.
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Swanson
United States
St. Paul
Insurance Commission
Insurance Department
General Assembly
William Hager
Witness Implicates C R Sawyer in Business Scheme
Cedar Rapids attorney William Olinger aided Voeltz and Braumann in creating dummy firms Starr Sales and Mt. Vernon Sales to obtain merchandise by fraud. Voeltz testified in the Glenn McClintic case, detailing false credit references and thousands of dollars in goods routed to McClintic, who allegedly threatened him. Several witnesses face plea deals. McClintic’s role and links to Morrissey are explored as the trial unfolds. On this date in 1737, John Hancock was born.
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Cedar Rapids
Scott Voeltz
Florida
William Olinger
Incorporated
Voeltz
Glenn McClintic
Robert Braumann
Starr Sales
Mt. Vernon Sales
McClintic
Braumann
Voeitz
Voltz
MecClintic
U.S
Tim Morrissey
Mt. Vernon
Morrissey
Colorado
Clifford Irving
Olinger
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Kevin D. McCormick
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