Cedar Rapids institutions to share in Lineberry estate
Three Cedar Rapids institutions and Meadville Theological Seminary will receive portions of Mrs. Edwin Van Vechten Lineberry’s estate. The four will split about one fourth of a $3.5 million bequest, with exact figures pending fees. Mrs. Lineberry died this week in Taos, New Mexico.
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Cedar Rapids
Edwin van Vechten Lineberry
Taos
N.M
Coe College
Home For
Meadville Theological Seminary
Chicago
Ralph van Vechten
State Bank of Chicago
van Vechten
Mrs
Lineberry
van Vechtens
Carl van Vechten
van Vechten Shaffer
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Weather outlook with clouds and rising temperatures
Partly cloudy and warmer today with highs in the low 30s. Tonight and Sunday expect mainly cloudy skies with a chance of snow Sunday. Lows tonight around 20.
Morley Elevator Card Club Draws Town Talk
In Morley the elevator serves as a social hub with daily card games jokes and chats attracting locals. Page 5A features the gathering and people sharing stories and photos.
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Morley
If you think for one minute you can understand teenagers
A compact, tongue in cheek remark about teen behavior and the perception adults have of adolescence. The line plays on the idea that understanding teens requires time and patience rather than instant insight.
Trying To Beat The Sloppy Streets
Snow coats streets but melts into a sloppy mess near curbs. Riders negotiate ridges, sand, and slush while cars churn the mix. People leap, tiptoe, or carefully step through as some avoid the fight until laundry day.
Praise Scorn Heaped On Carter for Pardon
The pardon for Vietnam era draft resisters drew mixed reactions. An American exile in Sweden called it inconsistent while a France-based deserter welcomed it as a limited step. Critics say it endangers future mobilization and could affect about 10,000 people including 8,700 convicts and 1,800 fugitives. The Justice Department plans notices and reviews, with Page 3 to follow.
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U.S
Carter
Sweden
France
Jack Calhoun
Amex
Canada
Congress
T. Cooper Holt
Washington
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Air Force Reserve
Justice Department
John Russell
Department
Griffin Bell
Russell
Marion Fathers Hail Carter Pardon For Sons
Koris Raits of Marion and Walter Krauel of Cedar Rapids welcomed President Carter’s pardon for seven Cedar Rapids Marion area men linked to Vietnam era draft resistance. The decision allows two sons to visit their home area, while one deserter cannot yet return home.
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Koris Raits
Carter
Raits
Andris
Marion
Walter Krauel
Jerome
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Raits and
Krauel
Gary Adams
Gary
British Columbia
United States
Europe
Fans Overcome by Fumes at Indiana High School Basketball Game
More than 50 people were rushed to Culver Hospital with numbness nausea and fainting after a sweet smelling odor spread through the Alamo High School gym during Linden Christian Academy versus Greenfield Christian. Authorities suspect a heater leak. the gym was evacuated and victims treated on-site and at Crawfordsville facilities.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Judith Bruce
Culver Hospital
Linden Christian Academy
Greenfield Christian
Alamo High School
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Crawfordsville High School
Carter Seeks Quick Gas Law Amid Energy Crisis
President Carter urged Congress for emergency gas legislation and asked Americans to lower thermostats to 65 degrees. He cited plant closures and over 200000 workers affected, with schools also disrupted as shortages deepen.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
James Schlesinger
Federal Power Commission
Lee White
Jody Powell
David Freeman
Florida Citrus
Sunshine State
Florida Citrus Commission
University of Florida
William Grierson
Minnesota
Rudy Perpich
Perpich
Avenson Refuses Lake Volga Trade Amid Political Bargains
Des Moines report profiles Avenson a 32 year old Iowa House member from Oelwein who resists barter over Volga Lake. A public meeting at Upper Iowa College Gorbie hall frames ongoing tensions with past vote trades including Norpel and Doderer as they clash over naming the state office building.
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Des Moines
Don Avenson
Fayette County
Avenson
D-Oelwein
Towa House
Volga Lake
Volga
Gorbie Hall
Upper
Iowa
Fay
Richard Norpel
Bellevue
Norpel
Ansel Briggs
Briggs
Sen
Minnette Doderer
Lowa City
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Cross County
Robert Gulick
Sixth Avenue SE
Jackie Duffy
Fifth Street SE
Richard Adams
Yellow Pine Court
David
Darrell
Pentagon
C.R
Pardon
By Bill Lavelette Gozette
Gazette
White
FPC
Southern Natural Gas Co
Birmingham
Ala
W.J. Bowen
Transcon
Tinental Gas Pipeline Corp
Transco
Schlesinger
Roger Munns
Gazette Sotenouse
Carolyn Pendray
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