Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Local Ads and Promoted Service
Local notes include promotions of Kerry Oberholser and Darwin Barnes in military service, multiple thefts and break ins at Cedar Rapids residences, and widespread ads for sales and services. Items stolen include televisions, sound equipment, a chain saw, and purses, with police investigation ongoing. Also listed are travel offers, flower shops, and a February cruise briefing at Sheraton Inn.
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Sheraton Inn
Universal Travel
Adv
Girl Charged in Woman's Death At Burlington
A 17 year old high school girl, Melanie Dawn Staub, is charged with murder in the death of Robin Unzicker, 25, the Burlington YMCA program director. Staub was arrested at her home and is jailed in Des Moines County without bond. Unzicker was shot Wednesday as she entered her car and died Thursday at University Hospitals in Iowa City.
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Burlington
Robin Unzicker
Melanie Dawn Staub
Miss Unzicker
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Miss Staub
Des Moines
FBI Commendations For Two Cedar Rapids Detectives
Two Cedar Rapids police detectives Kenneth E Mill sap and Darwin A Ammeter were cited by FBI Director Clarence Kelley for superb cooperative efforts in a bank robbery investigation. The Bohemian Savings and Loan branch in Cedar Rapids was targeted and two suspects were taken into custody.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth E. Millsap
Darwin A. Ammeter
Clarence Kelley
FBI
Gareth Clift
Kelley
Bohemian Savings and Loan
Mall Talks Delay Parking Ramp Plans in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city officials postponed decisions on a First Avenue downtown parking ramp as a mall feasibility study probes new parking needs. Mayor Don Canney and the group noted a nine month ramp build with two year center construction, leaving time to adjust designs if the mall changes parking plans.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Don Canney
Mel Meyer
McConnell- Stevely-Anderson and Brown, Healey, Bock
Canney
Illness Surge at Bowman Woods School Draws Health Officials
More than one fifth of Bowman Woods elementary students were absent on Thursday due to fevers sore throats and headaches. Ruth Stark Linn-Mar health director said 130 of 550 pupils were out and state hygienic lab staff planned threat cultures to identify the illness. Nearby Nixon elementary also reported increased absences with similar symptoms though district nurse Allene Ketelsen noted absences were not excessively high overall.
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Bowman Woods Elementary School
Ruth Stark
Linn-Mar
Iowa City
Nixon
Cedar Rapids
Allene Ketelsen
C R Student Chosen for Political Talks
Patrick J Marshall a Washington high school student from 1721 Blake boulevard SE will join a week long seminar in Washington DC from February 12 to 19 titled A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans He will study the federal government and related institutions including the military media business and organized labor.
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Patrick J. Marshall
Blake Boulevard
Washington High School
Washington, D.C
Marshall
Lisbon Teachers Approve Pact
Lisbon Education Association members approved a tentative contract with Lisbon Community School District for the coming year. The base salary rises from 8950 to 9250, about 7 percent, with total wages and fringes up roughly 8.4 percent. A special board session Monday at 7:30 will consider ratification.
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Lisbon
Lisbon Education Assn
Concern Voiced Over Lake Macbride Plans
Johnson County regional planning commission voiced concerns to the state conservation commission about proposed expansion at Lake Macbride park. Conservation officers outlined plans for camp grounds lagoons land acquisition and expanded boating and commercial activity. A full public hearing with the regional planning board and Johnson County is tentatively set for late February or early March.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Macbride
Commission
Regional Planning Board
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Kerry L. Oberholser
Mrs. Burrel Oberholser
Clarence
26Th Signal Battalion
Heilbronn
Germany
Johnny’s Parkway
Corner Ellis and
Five
Pauline
28Th Avenue
Marion
Ralph Frisbey
Avenue NE
Buresh
1St Avenue
Ryder Truck Rental
Buresh Rental
Jerome’s
Breakin
Norma Flaugh
Eighth Avenue SW
Peck
Avenue Floral
Pierson’s Florists
Coe College
Center Pt. Rd
Las Vegas
Travel and Transport
Toman Florist
2Nd St. SE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alanon
St. Jude’s School
Edgewood Road
Saint George Orthodox Church
12Th Ave
10Th St
Liebke
Robert Schindhelm
Park Avenue SE
USAF
Darwin E. Barnes
Don Brennaman
Cherry Hill Road
Offutt Afb
Nebraska
Kevin Sackett
Center Point Road
Stickney
Thomas Booher
Roy Booher
Kainz Drive
Hiawatha
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
16Th Ave
C St. SW
Lila Schrader
Second Avenue SE
Fourteenth Street SE
Farm Bureau
Fullerton
Eleventh Street NW
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
Lindale Plaza
Robert Stoddard
Nineteenth Street
Christine Vietor
Bever Avenue SE
Gazette
Dial
Skore
Bowman Woods
C.R
Lake Macbride
Smulekoff
Smulekoffs
RCA ColorTrak
RCA
ColorTrak
Ron
COLOR
Liberal Credit Plan
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