Ford Pictures Removed from Statehouse
Iowa lawmakers marked Carter taking office by removing Gerald Ford portraits from the statehouse at 11 am. Officials explained Carter photos are not yet taken, with possible replacement by a campaign shot. The Ford prints were state bureau of criminal investigation blowups, likely to Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu or the minority caucus choice.
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House
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Steve Cross
The
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
White House
BCI
Cross
Ford
Arthur Neu
Wray
Weather and births noted in Marion and surrounding areas
Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies from Saturday through Monday with little precipitation. Highs range from the 30s to the low 30s and 20s, while lows fall to the teens Saturday and near zero to 10 above Sunday and Monday. Birth announcements list several couples and newborns from Marion, Clarence, Fairfax and surrounding areas, with multiple names and dates.
Handicapped Poster Contest Seeks Entries statewide
Des Moines reports entries are invited for the Affirmative Action and Handicapped People poster contest sponsored by the governor's committee on employment of the handi capped and the Iowa AMVETS department. Open to public and parochial junior and senior high students. top prize is a 100 dollar savings bond in each of two age groups. Deadline January 31. Winners announced in March. Submissions to Harold S. Schaffner or Alva Williams in Cedar Rapids. Further details from Ann Copie in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Governor’s Committee On Employment of the Handicapped
Iowa Department of Amvets
Harold S. Schaffner
J Street
Alva Williams
F Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Ann Copie
Governor’s Committee
Grimes State Office
Two Men Face Separate Counts In Local Crime Reports
Francis E. Mclaskey, 31, of 3130 Thirty-third Avenue SW, charged with larceny and forgery after a payroll check theft reported by Robert Brewer of Hiawatha on January 7. Randy D. Worley, 20, of 1215 First Avenue SE, charged with breaking and entering for allegedly stealing cash from Bode Optical at 1802 SE Tower in early December.
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Francis E. Mclaskey
Thirty-third Avenue
Robert Brewer
Hiawatha
Randy D. Worley
First Avenue SE
Worley
Bode Optical
SE Tower
Dougherty Named Jaycee Boss of the Year at Cedar Rapids
Dougherty of Fifth Avenue SE received the boss of the year award at the Cedar Rapids Jaycees annual meeting held at the Longbranch supper club. He is Seifert's downtown manager and active in the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and Emerald Knights. also vice-president of the drum and bugle corps. Dennis Rubenow was named outstanding young lay religious leader for his community work and service as a Kennedy high school business education teacher and football coach at First Lutheran church affiliate programs.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Dennis Rubenow
Terrace Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Jaycees
Longbranch
Dougherty
Seifert’s
Rabenow
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Central Retail Merchants Bureau
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Council
Emerald Knights
Kennedy High School
First Lutheran Church
Woman Hurt In Toboggan Accident At Squaw Creek
Denise Richard, a Marion resident, was treated and released from Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids after a toboggan accident at the Squaw Creek area. She suffered a broken nose and minor injuries in the incident about 8:30 p.m.
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Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Squaw Creek
Denise Richard
Hospital Names New Central Services Chief
Diane Brantner is named director of St. Luke's Methodist hospital central services department. She previously supervised medical equipment in the central sterile processing unit at the University of Minnesota and led 60 employees in the director's absence. She is a certified LPN with experience in cardiac catheterizations.
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Diane Brantner
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
St. Luke’s
Brantner
University of Minnesota
Foresters Gift Film on Child Abuse to Family Services
The Independent Order of Foresters court 1325 presented the film Fragile Handle with Care narrated by Bill Cosby to the family service agency on January 14. The film aims to prevent child abuse and is available to community groups at no charge, with contact 398-3574 for access.
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Independent Order of Foresters
Family Service Agency
Bill Cosby
Two Men Arrested on Drunk Driving Counts
Two persons were charged with drunk driving early Thursday. Randy A. Winberg, 22, of 700 Thirty-fifth street, Marion, was arrested at 2:13 a.m. on Seventh avenue near Thirty-fifth street in Marion. Bruce A. Slaymaker, 23, of 1308 M avenue NE, was arrested at 2:01 a.m. in the 500 block of Center Point road NE.
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Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Seventh Avenue
Bruce A. Slaymaker
M Avenue
Center Point Road
Obituaries from Cedar Rapids area residents
A long obituary list from Cedar Rapids area includes Anna Norton 70 of 5530 Ohio St SW with long illness. Edward August Mims 76 of 1311 Fifteenth St SE. multiple services noted at Turner chapels and churches, with cremation, burial, and memorial funds. Also listed are on date items for Springville, Shellsburg, Oxford Junction, Coralville, West Union, Guernsey, Postville, Maynard, Keystone, Monticello, and other towns with survivors and funeral plans.
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Ohio Street
Arthur L. Norton
Cedar Rapids
Ashland
Wis
Belva Kinne
Ruth Campbell
Edward Bartel
James Dietz
Chicago
Charles Dietz
McHenry
Ill
Turner Chapel West
Frederick L. Kinne
St. Louis
Turner Crematory
Edward August Mims
Fifteenth Street
Penick and Ford
Meridian
Miss
Captainr Bell
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mount Olive
Thomas Mims
Bill Elam
Timothy
Burrell
Detroit
Lelia Feaster
Rose Darby
Boulder
Colo
Florence Johnson
LeRoy White
Oak Hill
Turner East
Springville
Edna Leah McGrew
Culver City
Calif
United Methodist Church
Murdoch’s
Shellsburg
Anna L. Hamman
Phillips
Vinton
Oxford Junction
Harold T. Hall
Hayden’s
Coralville
Charles J. Dinsmore
George L
Victor
Postville
Edwin J. Lammert
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Schutte’s
Maynard
Lucille Hulda Taylor
Brant Kern
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
van Horne
Fellmer’s
Brewer seeks reinstate charges in Edwards case
Brewer Ronald Wayne Brewer, serving a life term for the Clarence Edwards slaying in Anamosa, asks Attorney General Richard Turner to reinstate a second murder charge in the death of Patricia Jean Edwards. A 1975 murder conviction and life sentence followed. another murder count was dismissed after a hearing in Jones County.
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Ronald Wayne Brewer
Atty
Richard Turner
Brewer
Clarence Edwards
Edwards
Anamosa
Patricia Jean
Jones County
Turner
Patricia Jean Edwards
Carter begins seven party inauguration day with prayers
President Carter appears at a dawn church service with Cabinet members and Mondale. Ruth Stapleton and Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. lead 5000 worshippers in prayer before the Lincoln Memorial as the inauguration celebration continues past 2 a.m. King notes the site recalls his son’s 14 year old, “I have a dream” speech.
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Mondale
Ruth Stapleton
Martin Luther King, Jr
Lincoln Memorial
Plains
Bruce Edwards
Mr. King
Ford Bid Farewell Touches Capitol and World Leaders
On his last full White House day President Ford held farewell calls with Brezhnev Giscard D Estaing Sadat and Rabin after a final tour of government landmarks He plans to move to Palm Springs California and end his term with private life awaiting him following Carter’s inauguration.
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Capitol
Carter
White House
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Palm Springs
Calif
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Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Anwar Sadat
Itzhak Rabin
Barbara Bjornson dies. civic and church leader mourned
Barbara Bjornson, longtime director at the Center for Higher Education in Cedar Rapids, active with the Assn of University Women and League of Women Voters, dies at home. She leaves two daughters Christine and Elizabeth, a son Sig, her father Hans L. Hoffman, three brothers, two sisters, and church ties at First Lutheran. Services Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran. burial Cedar Memorial. Memorial gifts suggested to Camp Good Health or the church memorial fund.
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Gordon Reese
Lisbon
Andrea Streets
Monticello
First Lutheran Church
Dennis W. Wright
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Camp Good Health
First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund
Teacher Session On Oil and the Middle East at Cornell
A workshop for teachers on Oil and the Middle East will be held in the Cornell college commons on Friday from 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Kenneth Stein of the University of Michigan will consult. Dr Melvin Hetland and Dr William Shepard coordinate. The program covers politics economics religion art and music with Stein presenting Teaching Selected Materials and Specific Current Issues. The session is free and open. Contact Hetland or Shepard at 895 881 for information.
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Oil
Middle East
Cornell College
Kenneth Stein
Center For
Helland
Shepard
Man Arrested On Drug Charge
David Convey, 26, was arrested by Marion police at 1018 Seventh Avenue Tuesday night on a warrant for delivery of a controlled substance. The arrest stems from an undercover investigation that led to December charges against multiple people.
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David Convey
Marion
Seventh Avenue
C R Woman Hurt When Car Hits Pole
Kathleen M. Kempf 21 of 116 Thirty-third Street NE was treated at Mercy hospital and released after her car struck a utility pole near the intersection of Highway 151 and Thirty-fourth Street NE just before 1 a.m. Thursday according to police.
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Kathleen M. Kempf
Thirty-third Street
Mercy Hospital
Highway 151
Thirty-fourth Street
Three Iowa youths placed on probation in mailbox damage case
Three Black Hawk county men pleaded guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to destroying rural mailboxes between Jesup and Waterloo last October. Charles Lichty 20 LaPorte City Dale Fenner 21 Jesup and Gary Kayser 18 Jesup were given probation under the federal youth corrections act and agreed to make restitution for the damage. Probation could last up to six years.
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Waterloo
Charles Lichty
LaPorte City
Dale Fenner
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